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    Omaniku

    4.4 (245 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndAsian Fusion, Bars, Seafood
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM

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    Hailey T.

    It is a nice restaurant with the right ambiance. Drinks are good and the bartender was so attentive. As for the food, between meat and seafood, I would recommend to pick seafood over the meat as it is too overwhelming with no dish to cleanse your palette or vegetables dishes. The sauces were used tasted the same for almost all of them. As for the seafood, I would say the shrimp and the lobster were overcooked a bit. The spaghetti was very lacking in term of flavor and dry. Overall, if you're there for the alcohol then it is worth it.

    A5 wagyu : aight
    Hannah L.

    Came here to celebrate a birthday with a reservation. At $128 for 11 courses, pretty reasonable. However, it was hit or miss for both the beef and seafood. Some courses were oddly more salty than others. If I had to pick between the two, I think seafood edges out the beef course, as the beef tended to be saltier more often. I don't recommend drinks, as they weren't memorable, and it's a separate check (served from the Sheraton bar) Got a chawanmushi on the house for SO's birthday. It was probably our fave thing - so silky, tasty, and hearty. 1. BUTTERFLY YUZU CLEANSER: Butterfly Pea Flower Tea blended with Japanese Yuzu. This is always a refreshing palette cleanser 2. UNIniku "Gold" Grade Beef Tartare with Truffle-Infused Yakiniku, Crispy Nori, and Fresh Uni. SO liked this beef more than the Seafood version which was topped with Dungeness Crab, which was more fishy than I would've liked. I did very much like the way it was served in a bowl of liquid nitrogen - that was quite cool. 3. a5 wagyu amuse A5 Wagyu Tartare served with in-house Ponzu Jelly. 3. seasonal oyster, ponzu jelly Fresh Seasonal Oyster topped with Delicate Ponzu Jelly. Small but tasty 4. SRF "GOLD" Outside Skirt, Ponzu sauce Snake River Farms Gold Grade Outside Skirt Finished with Ponzu 4. tiger prawns, Tangy mayo Seared Tiger Prawns served with Tangy Mayo. sizeable shrimps! yummy 5. srf "Gold" Short Rib, boursin yakiniku Gold Grade American Wagyu Short Rib with Boursin Yakiniku. we liked the boursin more than the meat... 5. Branzino, tomato sauce Branzino paired with a Tomato White Wine Reduction: crispy and yummy! 6. Celadon Trinity Ponzu Marinated Spring Mix with sliced Cucumber, Tomato, & Bamboo Shoots. Super refreshing, and one of our fave course. 7. seared scallops, truffle butter Pan-Seared Scallop served with Rich Truffle Butter and Crispy Garlic Toast. toast was yummy, scallop was pretty good too. Truffle butter on the saltier side. 8. SRF "GOLD" Ribeye Inside, Bordelaise Gold Grade American Wagyu Ribeye Inside Cut served with Bordelaise Sauce: not memorable 8. lobster tail, compound butter Lobster Tail served with Compound Butter (cooked with various spices): pretty good! 9. a5 wagyu, goma sauce Japanese A5 Wagyu paired with Nutty Sesame Goma Dressing 9. crab cake Savory Fried Crab Cake served with Snow Pea Purée. not impressed by this; also fishier than I would've liked 10. Bone marrow rice Rich Bone Marrow Rice Topped with Prime Beef, Egg Yolk, & Crispy Nori. saltyyyy 10. Creamy pasta Rich and Creamy Spaghetti Noodle topped with Snow Crab. Less heavy, compared to the bone marrow rice. i liked it! 11. Mango pudding Light and Refreshing Mango Pudding topped with Fresh Fruits and Mint. Tasty! Birthday dessert was a frozen version of the mango pudding with an artistic cherry blossom tree made with chocolate/matcha powders. so cool! Service was fast and friendly. I would recommend others to try this place, especially for an occasion - more so for the experience than for the food. Parking was validated and easy.

    Butterfly yuzu cleanser
    Cody P.

    Omaniku is a fine dining restaurant located in the Sheraton hotel in San Gabriel. Guests have the option between a beef or seafood tasting menu. We came as a party of 9 for my friend's birthday and all opted for the beef - the Omaniku tasting course. We were seated in a private room. It was relatively quiet with few other guests. The ambiance didn't feel quite right. I felt like I was sitting in a hotel lobby or an office conference room as opposed to a luxury restaurant. The lighting was a bit too bright, and the table, made up of several other tables with a tablecloth on top, had several bumps and gaps.  I started with a Tokyo Night cocktail from the bar, which set me back $18. Sake base with grapefruit, grated ginger, nutmeg, and sparkling water. It was good. Sweet and refreshing with a strong rice wine flavor. The actual meal left me disappointed. It started strong enough. First, we had the Butterfly Yuzu Cleanser, a palate cleanser made of butterfly pea flower and yuzu. Then, our servers brought each of us an ornate black sphere. Opening it revealed a cloud of mist and a "one bite" beef tartare topped with uni and served on a nori cracker. The uni was fresh and buttery and melded beautifully with the raw beef. The nori gave a nice surprising crispness. The A5 Amuse was good too - more beef tartare served on a "one bite" spoon with truffle jelly. For me, the meal reached its peak here. I found fault with the remaining courses in one way or another whether it be their flavor pairing or quality of cooking. The next dish for example, the USDA prime skirt, was cooked tenderly, but its natural juiciness and aroma were vastly overpowered by the ponzu sauce and onion. The ponzu was very tangy. The onion was sweet, caramelized, and biting. All together, however, it was too much and the meat did not shine. In addition, there was too much onion. In terms of volume, I felt like there was more onion than meat on the plate. The chive on top was just overkill. Next was the short rib, which was largely unimpressive. The meat itself tasted bland with most of the flavor coming from the dill garnish. In this dish, the eggplant, which should have just been a side, outshined the beef. The vegetable trio dish was refreshing. I liked the pickled bamboo shoot and the tangy sauce. The green beans kinda just tasted like cold green beans. We then received a crab chawanmushi on the house because it was my friend's birthday. It was one of the better dishes of the night. The egg was silky, warm, and filling. The broth was umami and delicious. Then, we were each served an overcooked scallop with a side of garlic bread. The scallop was very disappointing. It was tiny. The texture was all wrong - mealy, stringy, and tough. It did not taste fresh. I was not getting truffle from the truffle butter. The broth and scallop were bland. The best thing on the plate was the garlic bread. The ribeye was fine. I don't remember much about it other than it was served with a Bordelaise sauce. The A5 Wagyu with goma sauce was.. Fine. Objectively, it tasted good. But when I compare it to similar dishes I've had, I wasn't too impressed. I think it was slightly overcooked as the edges were a bit charred. It was not as tender and buttery of a bite as I was expecting for A5 Wagyu. The bone marrow rice was a huge let down. I don't know why they chose to sear the bone marrow. It looked dry before they even began mixing it. I did not taste the bone marrow in the rice. I was expecting a fatty richness to coat the grains of rice, but I did not get that at all.  Mango pudding was good. At $128 per person, this tasting menu is definitely expensive. Was the food disgusting? No. It was decent. But at this price, I was expecting so much more and was severely disappointed

    Fake paper floral/candle arrangement on each table
    Emily T.

    This restaurant was highly recommend recommended by a friend to us. And maybe it's because we just dined at Yakiya few days ago, we can with high expectation as they also market themselves as an high-end restaurant and their course menu price is the same as Yakiya. Our first impression as we walk into the restaurant is great. It's a beautiful restaurant with great ambience. After we are seated, we then realize all of the servicing staff that we have encountered our lack of professional training for supposedly a high-end restaurant. Staff from the bar were walking back-and-forth with buckets & and drop off a bar menu on our table on his way to the kitchen. The first course was presented beautifully because of the dry ice show, but we noticed the waitress seemed rushed when introducing the dish. After we finish one of the dish, a waiter came to clear our table. Before he remove my plate, he lifted my used fork, dropped the tip of the fork to the rim of the plate gently twice making 2 ding ding sounds and then set my used fork on top of my knife with rest of my utensils. I wonder why he would do that? Every dish was introduced hurriedly with cold faces from different servicing staffs. I can feel they really wanted to drop the plate, say what they need to say and rush to go back to where they prefer to be. It just feels really unwelcoming. The food is OK for the price we paid, but I was not impressed by their food. The worst part of the dining experience was you can hear kitchen staff talking loudly to each other even when the music is pretty loud and I was sitting pretty far away closer to the bar. That's the reason why can only give this Restaurant a 1 star rating. I even recorded a video of the kitchen staffs talking loudly in this empty restaurant on a Saturday night & shared it to the friend who recommended this restaurant. For this price and this kind of experience, I will never go back again.

    Branzino /Tomato Sauce
    Jeremy L.

    12/21/2025 - Decided to take an Omaniku Seafood Menu $128 with 11 courses. Every course is 5 stars excluding Branzino /Tomato Sauce and Zucchini Aioli - Branzino, in my opinion, should be placed with skin facing up so that a crispy skin will not be soggy or soft, which ruined a tasting characteristics. Also, Seared Scallop, Truffle Butter, is 4 stars because the size is too small in comparison to a large size (yummy or wow) in the past - blame the wage increase or inflation, etc. Zucchini Aioli is fine, which is just a dish for transitioning to three seafood courses soon. The last course Mango Pudding was replaced with a holiday special chocolate cake, but I prefer to have a Mango Pudding as desert! The ambience is excellent - see some photos for details - This restaurant is an idea venue for your special occasion celebration or dating, etc. The restaurant will give you a 3-hour validation parking for free under the Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel underground parking lot. Special note: For the entire 2-hour dining, I noticed that no one ordered any cocktails from the Bar area that belongs to the Sheraton hotel. That's common in Asian communities. As a result, the restaurant may consider to offer a 50% discount for a cocktail if a diner will stay at the hotel by working with the hotel for a reimbursement - that is a Win-Win situation.

    Kristine L.

    My friend took me here for my birthday. The reservation was for lunch around 12pm on a Sunday. There is a good amount of street parking around and it's located inside the Sheraton San Gabriel hotel. There was no wait and maybe one other table when we arrived. The decor and interior are very nice and welcoming. I ordered the seafood tasting course and my bestie ordered the regular tasting course. I really enjoyed the uni crab and Wellington sea bass. I liked the bone marrow rice more from the regular tasting course over the one from the seafood but both menus are very good. Service was overall good and accommodating to my bestie who was pregnant to make sure everything fit the dietary needs. The lemon cheesecake at the end was definitely the most beautiful and shoe shopping. It actually also tasted very nice. Light and lemony so it was more refreshing than decadent. I enjoyed it here and the tasting course is more a special occasion type of thing for me, still reasonably priced for the quality and presentation.

    Nan S.

    The ambiance is very suitable for special occasions like anniversaries or birthdays. For an omakase experience, the pricing is quite reasonable and offers good value. For our wedding anniversary, they thoughtfully gave us a complimentary crab chawanmushi. The bone marrow fried rice and the uni in the appetizer were both excellent. The cocktails were just average and not particularly impressive. The service was also very good--they even brought out the beef for us to see before cooking. Overall, it was a great experience

    Lisa Y.

    I liked this place, it was a great ambiance to celebrate something special. I had the omaniku course (waygu), it was very good and filling. The service was amazing and attentive, staff was very nice and professional. I really enjoyed the waygu, the bring it out for you to grab a photo before they cook it in the back. Very delicious.

    Debbie W.

    It's been awhile since we've been back and this time we got the be beef 11-course meal. We started with Uni over tartare and the presentation was beautiful. I've never seen a bigger Uni, and we had 2 on our plate! Everything was amazingly delicious and service was perfect. We came during the day this time and had the chance to admire the interior space and decor. This place is perfect for a romantic date.

    Phillip D.

    Surprised I was actually full. Portions are a good size for the type of dinning. The staff was professional, friendly and very accommodating. Atmosphere was perfect, a bit of noise but not too much that you can't hold conversation with your party.

    Elaine P.

    Upon entry the ambiance was nice with the high hotel ceiling. But it was mostly all downhill from there. The food was so mid. The presentation was beautiful but that's it. The taste was mediocre. Some dishes were too salty or felt like it was microwaved with how lukewarm it was. For the price it shouldn't be this disappointing. The fish wellington was disappointing. the 2 little steak pieces were tough and basic. They didn't even know the name of the a5 japanese wagyu cow upon presentation. The service was nice. We had 2 different people serve us food, both stuttering with the words. I don't know if I can recommend it to anyone

    uni, beef tartar, snow crab egg, beef steak, scallops, wagyu, bone marrow fried rice
    Megan H.

    my thoughts on omankinu: * free parking (validates) * service: perfect. very attentive. serves you as if you're royalty. 10/10. * beef menu: 9.5/10. very fresh, lets you see the wagyu slice before they cook it. every slice was very easy to chew. sauces were flavorful. * seafood that came with the beef menu: scallops + uni. the uni could have been more fresher and buttery. the scallops were great, no complaints there. truffle butter sauce topped it off. 8/10. * price was $128 per menu, not bad for 12 courses! if you're celebrating something, they give you a free item. overall: i do recommend this place with special occasions! i didn't taste the seafood menu but my sisters liked it.

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    Vincent W.

    Love this place, same menu for years but so consistent, love the atmosphere and ambience highly recommend!

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    Ask the Community - Omaniku

    I'm taking the fam for dinner. My kids are 10 and younger. Do they have kids menu?

    No, they only have two Omakase menus - One for Seafood and the other for Meat, but you can order each dish one by one without selecting the Omakase menu.

    Is there vegetarian option?

    Is this same management as Yakiya? Menu looks similar.

    Far from it...Yakiya is significantly better.

    Are walk ins allowed?

    It is highly recommended to make reservations since they specialize in omakase. This will allow the restaurant to properly allocate the ingredients needed to create and enhance your omakase experience.

    What's the prices between the 2 course?

    How is parking?

    You can park at the hotel parking lot- 2 hour free

    Is there a dress code policy?

    No dress code policy so far

    What is your corkage fee? Is there a wine list?

    How to make reservations?

    Make reservation on Resy, the dining app.

    How much is the 13 course beef or seafood meal?

    Beef it $108 seafood $125

    Is there a menu for kids?

    Yes. $20 set

    Can i have seafood menu?

    Reserve by phone

    How long is the meal?

    2 hour meal course

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    Found this hotpot restaurant and it's a bit different from your usual AYCE hotpots or one pot type…read moreorders. This is similar to YGF where you'll get all your ingredients and it'll be weighted as you select your broth. Price can get pretty high if your bowl is heavy enough. I've seen from the ranges of $15 to all the way up in the $40 range. As for ingredients, it's pretty much got all the usual hotpot foods selections you can think of. Many places have limited fish ball options but not this one, so choose what you like. The options are practically endless in my opinion including noodles. Very happy with the wide variety of selections. Parking here is in a underground parking lot, very spacious and plenty of spots. Can get packed so watch out for that. This specific restaurant can get very busy. From ranges of 20 minutes waiting time to an hour+. Make sure to join the waitlist on Yelp or in person to avoid wait times. Broths are plentiful as well, spice levels are plenty. My favorite turns out to be the Collagen and the Tomato broth. I believe the flavoring of both broths fits very well with the ingredients I get. However, it's not anything too special compared to other same style hotpot restaurants. Only Pro I've give in comparison is that their selection is great and plentiful along with their complimentary ice cream cone that you can request to conclude your meal. Aside from that, my partner and I enjoyed a nice hangout with friends despite the long wait times.

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    Big Way Hot Pot - Inside

    Inside

    Big Way Hot Pot - Complimentary Ice Cream

    Complimentary Ice Cream

    Big Way Hot Pot - Free dessert for all patrons

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    Boston Lobster - fried noodle with seafood

    Boston Lobster

    4.3(1.9k reviews)
    1.4 mi
    $$

    Came to the Rosemead location to celebrate a family member's birthday on a Friday evening. We were…read moreable to call ahead earlier in the morning and ask if we could be on the wait list or reserve a table. They told us they could reserve a table for us at 6pm. We originally were hoping for 7 or 7:30, but based on how busy and popular this place is I can see why they said no. Come early and get seated right away and there's still ample parking in their parking lot. By the time we left at 7:30p, the lot was packed and people circling around hoping to snag a spot from folks leaving. The restaurant is pretty large and has about 3 rooms with different size tables and booths. No matter the size of your party, there's a table that will accommodate. The staff were very nice and attentive and FAST! We had our food out probably 15 min after we put in our order! Now...on to the food. We ordered one of the set menus for our party of 7 and it was spot on! As you can see in the pictures we had all the "classics". Our set meal could easily be enjoyed by at least 10 people. We had so many leftovers! The food was all well prepared and sufficiently seasoned. Portions of each dish was plentiful and everyone will be able to get enough to satisfy. My favorite items: lobster (duh!), kung pao chicken, pork chops, and shaking beef. The seafood soup is a great starter, and don't forget to add a little vinegar and pepper! Great restaurant in the SGV. This location is much bigger than their Rowland Heights restaurant, but the food is exactly the same. This is a great alternative to the popular Newport Seafood, so don't sleep on this place!

    Been looking for an authentic Chinese restaurant. Haven't been to one in a while. This place was…read morerecommended to us by a friend. Came at 530 pm on a tuesday, and there wasen't anyone here yet. Afterwards it filled up quickly!! The main thing I dont like about this place is they dont have the prices on what your ordering. Which I'll get too at the end. Like any other Chinese restaurant, their menu is super extensive. I love how they have a little bit of everything. And its very well organized too. We ordered the following: 1. Crab and fish maw soup- this soup was amazing. It was just the right temp. Got me sweating. Can easily feed 12 people. Great amount of maw. The consistency is just right. Tasted so good!! 2. Small lobster special- on a bed of noodles. It was about 5 lbs. Cooked well. Could do without. Basically flavors. And it was expensive!! About $30 a lb. So this one dish cost basically the same amount as all the other dishes. Which was just too much. If I knew it was that much I would definitely not have ordered it. 3. Walnut shrimp- not the best walnut shrimp I've had. But it was ok. 4. Garlic shrimp- this shrimp dish was ok. Too many bell peppers and onions. It was just ok. 5. Mongolian beef- flavors were not that great. Very tender though. Could've been better. 6. Sea trout- this was amazing!! I love the sauce. Fish was so soft and tender. The heat, the spice, the sweetness. Some of that sauce in white rice was just perfection. It was really really good. Best dish of what we ordered. 7. Kung pao chicken- this was a really good dish. Crispy bits of chicken. But so soft and tender inside. I love the sauce that it was in. It was by far one of the highlights of the meal. It was good food. Price for everything (except the lobster) was pretty good. Food tasted amazing for the most part. Typical Chinese customer service. Pay at the front. Massively large portions. Solid authentic Chinese food.

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    Dining area with pretty cherry blossoms tree painted on wall...

    Boston Lobster - Clam with basil

    Clam with basil

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