Osakaya is such a cute place with so much potential. The ambiance is a little retro Japanese, and I've been coming here for a long time. However the portions have shrunk and service has disappeared. We were welcomed when we walked in to be seated but after that, there was a coldness to the service. They weren't smiley or friendly; just placing the food trays down and leaving. They were just doing a job of delivering. Thankfully my daughter wasn't very hungry because her dragon roll consisted of 6 tiny bites, so I gave her my miso soup and shared my lunch with her. (Usually a roll would be enough for her to eat for lunch because they are more substantially filled.) I think Osakaya can be okay if you know what you're getting: go for the combo meals and not for quality service. And you'll be fine! read more

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This was the most commitment attempt at flavorless ramen I ever had in Japantown. The broth? Water with ambition. The noodles? Just present. Even the California roll looked like it knew what was happening and tried to stay out of it. How did every ingredient show up and did not show up at the same time? read more

Osakaya Restaurant - 1/5 - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

I love that they have the vegetarian items well marked and were very helpful and accommodating. The veggie tempura roll was super mediocre. The veggies were hard and the avocado was so-so The vegetarian ramen option was very good and I would come back for. Husband ordered the beef udon. The vegetables included were hard and not cooked but the overall flavoring was fine read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Vegetarian ramen - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

Got to spend time with Miki. It was a rainy day so we had nice late lunch. Osakaya Resturant - Japantown Green Tea Hot Sake Starter Mushroom Stuffy Yakitori Lunch Katsu Curry Undon Osakaya Ramen The was so busy and still was able to service us so fast and provide such great recommendations. The decor was simple and so comfortable. Another must try place. read more

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This place gets really busy. You will have to write your name down on this white board they have. We waited for about 10 minutes during their lunch rush hour on a weekend. Service can get a bit slow as they are busy. The food is delicious! I always love their sets with ramen and their rice bowl. You cannot go wrong with that. Whenever I'm in the area, this is a place to go as the food is always consistent. read more

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Simple restaurant with an extensive menu for when your group can't decide on sushi, ramen, or udon. I ordered a special that came with soba noodles, sashimi, California rolls, and salad. The sashimi was fresh and rich, but the soba noodles were incredibly bland. My friends ordered a beef udon that had an incredibly flavorful broth - order that instead! Logistics: - indoor seating only - parking in the paid garage below the mall read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Combo - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

This was my first time coming to the particular restaurant and since I have food, allergies and I'm Hapa it's always problematic. Lol sadly, I'm allergic to monosodium glutamate/MSG. My one safety net is I can get sushi without any sauces! I also cannot use soy sauce since one of the ingredients is MSG. Lol I was able to get B 11; a seared salmon roll with row and a spicy aïoli sauce and avocado on top! I didn't bring my tamari with me, so I made sure to ask for some extra ginger so I could have a little spice with each bite! As we sat, in a booth, I admired the cute set up with the high shelf unit of the booth itself. My friend got the Bento box with miso soup, a California roll, rice, and some shredded beef of some sort. I forgot to take a picture of his dish. Lol. Everything smelled delicious and our food came rather quickly. For a Tuesday night they used to close at 8 PM but I guess they changed their hours to 8:30 PM. Which worked out really well since we got there at 7:45 PM. Lol I will definitely come back again!! read more

Osakaya Restaurant - B11. Crazy Salmon for me. Hee - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

As many times as I've been to Japantown, first time to Osakaya. During our visit, it was busy. Quite a big menu, including lunch specials. We enjoyed the items we ordered and the portions were pretty decently sized - Hiyashi, fried oysters, Spider roll, ramen lunch combo. read more

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Never in my life did any restaurant tell me not to come back! As soon as I went in the lady had an attitude. I greeted her with all smiles. The food was absolutely shit! But when I was done, I said thank you it was Delicious, out of respect. Long story short, when she asked me if I was going to leave a tip, I said no. It's because she never came back to our table to check on us and when we were ordering, we asked for recommendations but she was annoyed and said , "I don't know what you like!" I am so utterly shocked! What an experience! After she told me to not return, I said to her that her attitude was shit and left. read more

Pleasant surprise from this restaurant as personally I tend to shy away from the restaurants in this particular area of Japan town just because of the long waits and hectic atmosphere. However, the interior was quite cute. In terms of service, my party definitely had to try and make eye contact and call out to servers to order and get some water/additions to our orders. The food helped to make up for the service in my opinion. My friend loves their yakiniku bowl with a side of spicy mayo, and I get the hype. I tried some of my friend's spicy ramen, and it was flavorful from the sausage sitting in the broth (planning on trying next time for sure). I personally got the chirashi bowl, and it was okay haha. I am not a fan of tamago, and some of the fish pieces were fresh and some weren't. I personally wouldn't get raw fish at a spot like this, but from my friend's meals I know I just chose the wrong thing. read more

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the food was good! i got the nabeyaki udon and it was super flavorful. there were a lot of toppings and very filling! the service was a bit slow and it was hard to get ahold of a staff member though :( read more

Osakaya Restaurant - G1. Nabeyaki Udon - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

When we walked in we were greeted right away and got a table quickly, it wasn't busy for a Thursday afternoon. Service was mid, it wasn't great but it wasn't bad. They checked on us which was good, food came out quickly. The place was nice and had little small tables and small booths. The edamame was mid, the salt seemed to be sprinkled on and not cooked with it ? the sushi was small compared to other sushi places, the ramen my fiance got was not too bad. They charged us 18% tip automatically, we were only 2 people so we were confused. We didn't tip more because the service wasn't that amazing.. I would not come back, we would love to tip what they deserve not what they think they deserve. read more

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I had the best experience here!! I came here with a group of 8 on a Saturday afternoon. We saw the okay reviews on Yelp and decided to take the risk since there was so much variety - everyone could order what they wanted and the seating was fast! I ordered the lunch special with Yakiniku and Unagi Don. The Yakiniku was so good and they were generous with the Yakiniku portion despite the good price! There wasn't too much unagi in the unagi don, but I wasn't expecting a lot considering it was only $15.95! The flavors of both the unagi don and yakiniku were good and they were quick with our orders. Highly recommend!!! read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Lunch Special - Yakiniku & Unagi Don - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

Do not eat here. My girlfriend and I came here to have some ramen. We were extremely disappointed in the quality of the food. The chashu was slimey and had a weird taste, the noodles were not cooked all the way not even al dente, the broth was bland, we ordered karage and it was partially raw, and to top it off we went to pay where we chose not to leave a tip due to the food and the service. The waitress named "Bogi" proceeded to insult us for not leaving a tip when the extent of her service was an eye roll when asked for a straw, and bringing the food to our table. So no I'm not going to leave a tip for disgusting food and absolutely horrendous, embarrassing service. If you think about eating here you should go literally anywhere else. The vending machines had better food than this place. read more

we really like this Ramen place because it was very fast to get our food and also the portion size was really good because it was really big and filled us up and it was a really good deal for the price. The reason why I gave it five out of five stars is because the beef that was inside of the Ramen had NO FAT on it and that's really important for me because sometimes there's too much fat on the beef and this beef had literally zero fat so this is the best thing about it. read more

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The service was great, part of the reason why I gave I give it a 2.5 rather than a 2. The udon soup was great, really flavorful. However, the fish cakes and carrots in the udon soup were not fully warmed it or softened, it seem like they just threw it in from the fridge and hoped the soup would make it soften up, but it wasn't hot enough. The chirashi bowl was pretty average, but more expensive at $21, probably would be more satisfied if it was $15-17 or so. read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Chirashi - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Osakaya Restaurant is located in the Japan Center Malls. It is among many Japanese restaurants inside the mall - it was a bit overwhelming to have so many to choose from, but this spot was right by the main entrance, so we opted for here. Small little restaurant and food takes awhile also to come out, but the employee helping us was friendly, hence the 3 stars instead of 2 stars. We tried a variety of sushi and it was just decent - the salmon did not taste that fresh. The portion and size of sushi pieces were pretty small for the price, so that was a bummer. read more

My niece and I stopped in while visiting Japan town. It's a small restaurant there in the middle of Japan town. It was comfortable and clean. The staff were friendly and efficient. I got the Bento box with the tonkatsu and California rolls. My niece got the same. we enjoyed our meal. It came with Miso soup rice and salad. but it was a nice we enjoyed our selves. It was good, but not best. read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Bento box - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

Service was the absolute worst here.18% Gratuity automatically added without consent for a party of 3.Food was okay we ordered 2 sushi rolls and ramen and beef yakitori it was too tough to chew. read more

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3.5 stars, but since we can't give half stars, lowering to 3 because Z commented that this place was "good, but forgettable." The boys and I decided to check out OSAKAYA for dinner with Wendell and Veda on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. We arrived around 7 PM sans reservations and were seated almost immediately. Located next door to NANDE-YA, OSAKAYA looks almost like a sister restaurant to its neighbour, but the smaller and cleaner sibling. Below are some of the food items that we ordered: Gyoza - Good Appetizer. Mix Tempura - This Appetizer of "3 pcs shrimp & veggie" wasn't as crispy as it looked, but was still enjoyable nonetheless. Chicken Teriyaki Osakaya Bento - Z ordered this. He said that it was good, but not memorable. Standard. Chicken Katsu Osakaya Bento - This was V's entrée for which he gave a thumbs up rating. Chicken Katsu Curry Udon - I enjoyed this meal, but must admit that the Chicken Katsu wasn't unforgettably delicious like NANDE-YA's. Service was fast and friendly; however, we were given our check without being asked if we were interested in dessert. I don't remember being checked in on, either. read more

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There were a few issues with our order: 1. Both of my kids ordered kake udon, and one of the bowls contained only a single strand of ramen mix in the udon. 2. The udon was served on a tray, and one of the trays included takoyaki. We were not told what it was and initially thought it came with the udon. We later realized we were charged for it even though we never ordered it. It appeared intentionally placed in the tray to make it look like part of a set. We order other small appetizers dish and it was bring it separately. It seem they just want to mix with the udon set so we accidentally use it and won't complain. read more

We ordered chicken karaage, sashimi, the dragon roll, and the spider roll. Karaage - I can only describe this as tasting stale. Even after we asked for it to be cooked a bit longer (some of the chicken pieces were questionable in color), it tasted kind of like day old chicken that had been microwaved instead of freshly made Sashimi - decent but not the freshest fish Spider roll - tasted super fishy and rice was mushy Dragon roll - not wrapped very tightly. Taste was mediocre at best read more

I liked this place. Japantown has quite the range in prices at dinner places, and this is one of the few on the more affordable end. I got the yakiniku, which came with a side of miso soup for $13.50 total. Service was quick and efficient. If you are looking for a place with incredible ambiance and wild, melt-in-your-mouth flavors you will not find it here. However, if you are looking for a simple meal that will leave you satisfied and a place to sit and chat, I would recommend it. read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Yakiniku, miso soup and unagi/yakiniku bowl in the back. - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

Tried it out since it was next to Nandeya and had a much shorter line. Food was ok, service was fairly fast, and the ambiance was ok although a bit loud (we were there during the cherry blossom festival). I was craving Ikura and overall it hit the spot although the seaweed was so tough that I couldn't easily break it with my teeth so I had to pick them off with my chopsticks read more

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That shit was so fucking nasty, after eating a little bit of it. It made my stomach hurt :( and I did end up throwing the bowl of noodle up later that day. The service wasn't bad tho so I can give it credit but please don't come if u don't want a bad stomach. read more

Quick Summary: - Good portions - Had menus that were good for the warm weather That day, the weather in SF was on the warm end. On top of that Japantown was crowded with people and the venue is not fit for the hot summer weather: not-so-sufficient air conditioning in many of the stores. Due to this, the air is stuffy and humid. Naturally, we wanted something cool to drink for dinner. We looked around, but there aren't many restaurants in that style. Browsing around, we finally found this one, where there is cold noodles. We were seated and took some time browsing the menu. Oddly, I ended up choosing the hot tonkotsu ramen. The dishes came one after another in a short spam of time. The tonkotsu ramen is good, just how I imagine a typical tonkotsu ramen to be. I love how it doesn't have too many pork chāsu. I'm not a fan of ramen with meat protein covering the whole surface of the bowl. The portion is nice as well. read more

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Okay food. The restaurant is kind of spacious and some tables have dividers in between. Service is usually friendly and efficient but there are times when it takes forever to get their attention. Food: Eh Shrimp tempura curry - All their curry plates are spicy but you can choose what level you want. This dish literally only had TWO shrimp tempuras in it. TWO. And skinny ones at that?!?! And!!!! Literally just TWO slices of boiled egg. Not half of the egg. Not one third. TWO thin slices. Wtf lmao. Miso soup came with it but it was SO salty. Unagi beef donburi - Beef was dry and salty. Pretty sure unagi was store bought and microwaved. Salty miso soup. Seafood Nabeyaki - Broth didn't have any flavor. Pretty much was a salt and water "broth". Although salmon was cooked, it tasted pretty fishy and some seafood pieces were chewy. Stuffed mushrooms - Only imitation crab is used. First time we ordered it, it was SO good. Second time we ordered it, mushrooms weren't cooked thoroughly and the stuffing was very little. Inconsistent. read more

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Food - meh! I got the unagi don but it was just so plain! For the price, I was expecting a dash of color at least but all it had was hard white rice (my jasmine rice from home tastes better!), sprinkle of yellow strands that I figured out were thinly sliced scrambled egg, some pickled ginger then the cut unagi and its sauce. The whole bowl was hard rice! Mmm, I wasn't happy. The takoyaki was good, thats a plus, the misp soup was a meh. The beef yakitori was meh too. Service - fast and friendly, we got seated right away... in hindsight, this place didn't have any lines that's why we went here. I didn't yelp it because what could go wrong when you are in a japanese restaurant in Jtown??? Ambiance - meh! There was a nice theme going on, wooden roof slabs, then they turned it into storage. So imagine eating with bug boxes of their stuff overhead. Overall, i shouldve checked it out before going in. Don't make the same mistake I did! read more

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DO NOT EAT HERE!!! RUN! They stole the name from a Japanese Confectionery Shop in Sacramento. See a bamboo plant? Run! Service is awful. Tacky people try to appear Japanese. They are not. Probably know people in Sac. That's where they got their name. It's supposed to be Osaka-Ya. They should stuck to their usual names. Happy Sushi Garden. Ninja Sushi. Oishi Sushi. Stick to your own food: chow mein. read more

Came here today during the Cherry Blossom festival. It was a mad house with how many people were in Japan Town and we needed to escape the insanity before one of us was lost forever in the abyss of the unknown. We came here. Wise decision, or mistake? First, customer service is nearly non existent. They herd you like cows here to the slaughter, and they wanted us in and out because it was their busiest day of the year. However, the good news? Service was fast and efficient and no time was wasted. Food was actually better than expected and the wasabi nearly sent me to the great beyond. Overall, don't expect to make friends here, but enjoy your food and get out before they unleash the hounds on you. read more

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We ordered to go and it was Fabulous! We got Gyozas Ozakaya roll Chirashi sashimi over rice Sashimi salad Yakiniku Don rice bowl All were delicious and we would order all again read more

This is probably one of the worst Japanese restaurant I've been to. I ordered a Chirashi bowl that had about 4 small pieces of fish. The rest were eggs and shrimps. It didn't taste fresh. The miso soup I couldn't drink cuz it tasted weird. I really don't think this place knows how to make Japanese food. The service was lousy and unfriendly. The ambiance is like a tiny cheap Vietnamese Pho restaurant. I couldn't wait to get out of there. There are many very good Japanese restaurants in Japan town here. I just chose the wrong one. Don't come here. So many other choices. read more

If it weren't for the mall traffic, this place would not be busy. Sashimi was poor quality. Salmon was filmy with old fish smell. Disappointed, especially after a 3-hr drive. read more

Service was the absolute worst here. Server knocked the food out of my hands while I was eating and the food was all over me. Didn't bother to even give me a napkin. Never offered to give us water and the icing on the cake was that they included 18% gratuity automatically and when I had tried to speak with the woman or manager she told me it's included and she reminded me it doesn't matter if they provide service or not. What a shame. I felt robbed. The only reason we ended up coming into Osakaya was because next door was packed. I don't recommend eating here. read more

Great Japanese food. Great service. Lunch specials are a good deal for places to looks for reasonable dining read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

When I went back in January, I got a table for 2 and I was not informed that there would be a gratuity tip of 18% and I had to ask my parents for more money than I ate. Do not go here if you want to get over taxed. I do not recommend because it's not affordable. read more

Osakaya Restaurant - A bill - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

This place has okay reviews, so don't really have too high of expectations. My friends and I went because the wait wasn't too long compared to other places. I personally really liked my katsu curry! The curry medium spice level was perfect, and katsu was soft and yummy. They did charge me an extra $1 for the pickled radish though, just fyi. However my friends thought their food, spicy ramen, udon & beef plate was just okay. Service was a bit slow. read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

They were busy since it was Saturday night. We got to seat right away. The waitress was quite rushing, she seemed like she didn't like her job. We ordered 3 udons. They were flavorful, but quite salty. The portion is huge, it can feed a person pretty well. The price is reasonable for the size. read more

Osakaya Restaurant - Udon - Ramen Near Me - San Francisco, California

My friend and I visit Osakaya often because the service is always good and quick. It's really cute inside and the seats are comfy. It's not too loud, so you can have a good conversation while you eat. The food is also pretty tasty with generous portions. Our favorite things to order are the Super Dynamite Roll and any of the curry dishes. read more

We live right next to Japantown now and are going to make it a point to try out every restaurant on the restaurant row within both side of the plaza. This was our 3rd stop! While the reviews are pretty correct, I would not say that the food and service is bad - when my partner and I went, we actually were really fond of the experience! Our server actually checked on us more than usual, and was pretty fast and attentive to clearing our table. We ordered the salmon teriyaki donburi and tanin donburi. The tanin that he got was especially really good that he was so surprised by it! The salmon teriyaki was standard, nothing too special but most certainly not 3 star rating. They give a lot of rice!! Overall, the flavors were good and we most certainly left feeling full. read more

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