MauiRestaurantsBlog $, Ambience: 2 Stars, Central Maui, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 4 Stars, Japanese, Love: 5 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Overall Rating: 3.8, Plate Lunch, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 3 Stars, Take-Out, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 5 Stars, Wailuku 0
Well off the beaten path, this one-room kitchen belongs to a bygone era. The word “okazuya” is Japanese for “side dish shop” and refers to the days when bachelors left for work on the sugar plantations with rice in tow and in need of tasty sides to spice it up. They picked from piles of […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog Ambience: 3 Stars, Children's Menu, Dinner, Early Bird Specials, Food: 3 Stars, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Japanese, Kama'aina Deals, Lahaina, Late-Night, Love: 3 Stars, Main Content, Overall Rating: 3.4, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Seafood, Service: 4 Stars, Steaks, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 4 Stars, West Maui 1
Teppanyaki is just plain fun, dontcha think? (James does — he begs Molly to visit Kobe at least once a quarter.) Japanese chefs juggle knives and throw fire while they prep, sear, and serve your meal tableside … it is Food Theater (and everyone gets a front row seat at the U-shaped tables). Kobe is […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$, Ambience: 2 Stars, Bar Seating, Dinner, Food: 5 Stars, Japanese, Kihei, Love: 5 Stars, Main Content, Overall Rating: 4, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 4 Stars, South Maui, Sushi, Sushi Bar, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 4 Stars 1
The secret is out about Koiso. After several years of singing Sushi Master Hiro-san’s praises we find we can’t get in if we just show up. We have to call and make reservations. That’s OK with us — he’s worth the extra planning, and we can’t begrudge sushi lovers such an excellent experience, or Hirosan […]