Personally when I go to Japanese place I prefer it to have an authentic Japanese name, but the…read morebirthday boy picked this place for a birthday celebration. I can see why, as they do lovely fried rice artwork in the end (teddy bear with fluffy bonito flakes for fur and cavier for eyes) so it does make for a memorable ending for a special occasion dining. Another thing the birthday boy loved is that there are lots of toys on display inside the restaurant. I wonder if the name Chiu comes from the owner's name, or his love for Ultraman. This place has a nice assortment of courses for teppanyaki, from seafood to meat. A big warning: if you are uncomfortable with watching your dinner being tortured and dying a painful death, DO NOT ORDER THE LOBSTER. Our chef is great. He doesn't do gimmicky tricks but his hands work the grill with precision and flaire. He's also acutely on top of what's going on. He signals the waiters when our sake runs low, and offers to take a group picture when we are taking pictures among ourselves. He also grills some extra garlic when he sees how popular it is, and gives us extra bowls when he sees us sharing the rice. Myriad little things that get noticed and taken care of before we have to ask. While this place scores low in my book for animal rights (almost dock a star for that but then who am I to judge other culture's dining practice?), it gets points for workplace diversity: there is a female teppanyaki chef, and a few employees with disability.

This restaurant is off the side street from Nathan Road, very closed to the Jordan MTR station,…read morejust pass Austin Road. Owner is also a cooking chef as well, very friendly person. The cooking atmosphere (entertainment) from the other cooking chefs is lacking, have not seen much 'showmanship' as comparing to a Benihana. Lunch prices is very reasonable and the portion is good. Dinner could be pricy depending on what you order. Good selections of Saki. Fairly clean establishment, they also employs several 'handicapped' staff (mute) I give them credit for providing these folks an opportunity to work in the restaurant industry, they are alway smiling and friendly.

This was one of the first higher end omakase's that we had gone to in Hong Kong. It's pretty good…read morevalue. The rice is nice and vinegary. The service was good. Our favorites were the golden eye snapper, which is usually seared to render some of the fat. The uni was also excellent although we prefer it with nori. The special was this gigantic mountain of sushi. Toro topped with uni. It's a little too rich and decadent but it's satisfying. Pretty good meal for a nice price point. Taste: **** Service: **** Ambiance: **** ------------------------------ Hanabi 4/F, 6 Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong ------------------------------

I was in HK for a wedding and stopped by Hanabi for lunch by myself. Chef Michael served the…read morefreshest sushi! I got the omakase and special ordered the Angel Tower. The Angel Tower is a must have and was nothing I've had seen before!! I definitely recommend going to Hanabi!!

I was fortunate enough to come here with my cousin in laws and man am I happy they did. I was…read moredebating between 4 and 5 stars because, don't get me wrong, this place is freaking amazing. The only reason 4? Well... 5 is ONLY for "as good as it gets" something that is the best in it's league. Apparently this place is one of the only ones that do this style of cooking. Not to say they haven't earned the 5 stars. It's still dang amazing. The setup: You come in and select your seafood. In all HK style seafood restaurant cases, it's got tanks full of live, fresh, delicious seafood. They've also got a sauce bar where you can make your own sauce using soy sauce, hot oils, anything you could want. After selecting the poor organisms that will be subject to your stomach, they bring them out in various shifts and steam them in the table's central steamer. Before they start that though, they put some rice in the bottom so the juices from all of your seafood drips down. At the end of the meal, you have seafood flavored congee. HOLY CRAP IS IT GOOD. The Food: The seafood is fresh and amazing. We got a lobster, razor clams, chicken, pork, shrimp, and I honestly can't remember off the top of my head. It was all super fresh and super tasty. They set timers for each thing they put into the steamer so everything is cooked perfectly. They do bring things out once at a time so you don't have cross contamination which is nice. The only down side to this place is, as far as I could tell, they dont' speak English. As a "useless chinese person" (self proclaimed title due to not speaking Chinese) I struggled to comprehend anything. Thankfully, the cousin in laws were my translators.

Tucked away in the streets of TST (roughly a 10 minute walk from the MTR), Steam Seafood Hotpot…read moreRestaurant was my first try on the fairly new hotpot style that's currently a craze in HK. Essentially, all of the raw dishes are taken to the pot for "steaming". Most of the options that are given are fresh seafood.. so if you are a fan of fish/shellfishes, you would love this type of restaurant. Similar to traditional hotpot spots, you create your own sauce on the side. In the end, all the natural taste/juice of each unique dish is drip down to below the pot, where there's a congee (now infused with the flavours of the seafood) for your final course. Again, with this being my first time trying this type of restaurant in HK, it definitely did not disappoint! Pros: Great service. There was essentially a waitress serving two-three tables at once. As each time they insert a new dish in (whether that's fish, crab, vegetables, lobsters, etc), they have a specific timer for each type of food as they all require a unique time for preparation. Once each dish is done, the server would divide the course equally to each individual on the table. Fresh food. All the seafood is as fresh as can be (as they should be). Some of the food were pre-marinated (such as the lobster), and others were steam as it is (the shrimp balls). Sets to order from that is recommended for a party depending on the number of people. This way, you are not over ordering or under ordering. You can always add on more food if you are still hungry in the end. Cons: A little far from the MTR, which isn't a big deal but since it was raining heavily on the day that I went, it probably seemed longer than it actually was. Tough to locate. Its tucked away on a street that's virtually a dead end. Being a visitor from abroad, it took a while to locate this place. Although I'm sure locals would be able to find it swiftly and with ease. Tips: Go during lunch as you can get the same exact set of food for 3/4 of the price and also you don't need to pay for the 10% service fee at lunch time. They do take reservations so call ahead just in case especially for dinner since I would imagine it being much busier.

Before leaving Hong Kong, we always ended up having our last meal at IFC after checking in at Hong…read moreKong Station. Tonckchi Tonkatsu Seafood is on the pricey side but you are paying for quality. Sashimi Platter was fresh with good fish selection. Pork was deep fried to perfection: golden crisp outside and tender inside. Service was fast and friendly. Love how the staff going around and refilling cabbage salad which is part of the set without requesting. Great dining experience worth trying if you like tonkatsu!

Had to wait about 25-30min for a table for 2 after arriving at 12.15, but the service was efficient…read moreand we didn't wait long for out orders to come out. The lunch sets include multiple little side plates which can help fill you up. A bit expensive with the sets around $200 give or take depending on which one you pick, but the food is good.

Wow what a great deal! Good bang for the buck in this cute little Japanese restaurant tucked in an…read moreunassuming street, almost alley, in Tsui Sha Tsui. Last call is 2:30 and we got there around 2pm on a Sunday. We had wait a little for the bar to clear up. It's a very small restaurant with only maybe capacity for 20 people or so. We ordered a sashimi lunch set and a tempura set and man it was such a great deal! My sashimi set includes almost 10 pieces of assorted fish like yellowtail, maguro, salmon, imitation crab (don't care), but hey they put amaebi and toro on my plate too and that was quite a nice surprise! Not only the sashimi was plentiful and amazing, my set also came with the steamed egg, miso soup and some pickled vegetables! The tempura was pretty good too and I liked the fried fish, very flavorful and tender! The sashimi set cost around $220 and the tempura a little less than $200. The prices are reasonable for the portions and the quality! Very great deal! Just come here earlier and be prepared to wait.

Boyfriend and I wanted to have a more pricey dinner so we are on vacation…read more This is a really cute, small restaurant. They closed at 10:30pm and we showed up at about 8:30pm. One of the waitress approached us and apologized that they were busy and no seats available. She walked around and came back to tell us that there should be seating at 9pm, and so we told her, "no problem, we will be back then." We walked around the block and went to the mall to kill time. When we got back about 8:50pm, we waited another 15 minutes, which was fine. We could tell it was busy and every seat in the place was taken (they had group celebrating a birthday-- they offer birthday cake!) By the time we were seated, half the place was getting up to leave. Every staff member starts their sentence with "I am sorry.." which they have nothing to be sorry for!-- but just could be their way of being polite. The waitress who took our order was an older lady. She's the one who approached us when we first arrived, who seated us, and took our order. Her English was pretty good, with a very thick accent (of course) but you can understand her. If you couldn't she will repeat herself or try to say it in a different way. She offered many great selections!-- including which needs to be dipped into their special soy sauce and regular soy sauce. We had sashimi of: baby tuna, tuna, salmon, sea urchin, yellowtail.. and a few others I can't remember. And one tuna roll. Their wasabi is delicious! Everything is fantastic! They offer coke, sprite, and orange juice, along with different types of alcohol. The staff is always busy, literally hurrying along. They come over and wipe down the soy sauce drops that are on the table. They switch out your plates once they start to look a little too used, and always makes sure your drinking glass is full. One of the best services I've ever had! I did have to ask for the check, but maybe they do that so you can enjoy your stay and not feel like you need to leave. Our bill was just a little under $250 USD, but that was expected with all the sushi we had, and just what we were looking for. We highly recommend this place!

While I was walking around Central, I spotted this hidden alley and saw a busy, busy dai pai dong…read more Obviously, I decided to check it out. I dropped in on a Wednesday around lunch time and it was busy with mainly locals/businessman. I didn't spot an English menu so good luck ordering if you don't speak or read. I asked a businessman who helped me; it's mainly noodles and rice. Most were getting takeout. - Fried rice with ham and egg ($36 HKD) - good wok hei to the rice. It's pretty standard fare but flavour was good and not over seasoned. Pretty solid portion size too. Good, cheap street food. Cash only. 3.5 stars.

Delicious fried food! I loved the tonkatsu and the soft shell crab. The crab was probably the best…read moreI had anywhere. The restaurant is right above the Apple Store and across the Harbour Mall, which lately seems to be devoid of tourists (as with the rest of HK). Getting there around 11:30 would be the best to snag a booth.

Tonkichi Tonkatsu, as its name suggests, specializes in tonkatsu, which means deep-fried pork…read morecutlet. My mother and I decided to have lunch here when we were in Causeway Bay. There isn't much variety in the lunch sets offered - most of the sets consist of something that's deep fried, whether it be their signature pork chops, fish fillet, prawn or oysters. My mother got the pork chop set while I got the deep fried prawns and oysters with salmon sashimi. Before your food comes, you're given a mortar and pestle to make your own sauce. Inside the mortar are some sesame seeds and you are to add sauce and grind it with the sesame until the sesame seeds are no longer visible. Personally I find this process really fun! I was pretty impressed with the food. The prawns were really nice and normally I don't like cooked oysters, but this was a pleasant surprise! The breadcrumbs were a nice contrast to the, well, sliminess of the oysters. My salmon was good too and was quite fresh. My mother let me have some, and the pork was really, really tender. I think I'll order that next time! One complaint with deep fried food like this is that I feel that it's really filling. As good as it was, my mother and I both struggled with finishing our food! Including service charge, it's a little less than $150 per set which is a bit on the pricy side for lunch, but it's definitely worth a try!

Food: Been here a few times before and the sashimi is good! Generally, I would get the sashimi…read morechirashi (sashimi over rice) or the sashimi with shrimp chirashi. The sets comes with egg, miso soup (for $10 can change to clam soup), side salad of vermicelli and pickled veggies, pickled veggies. Service: Quick, efficient service. Price: Sets are in the $100+ range depending on what you order. Quite worth it. Tip: There are lines, even though they are quick, so plan ahead to grab a number when the first person in your party gets there.

This restaurant has a really delicious salmon, salmon roe and sea urchin (Uni) rice bowl set. The…read moresalmon was so fresh and melted in my mouth. It is a small place seating just 24 people. Service from the wait staff was good and they were nice and friendly. Highly recommended.