Yaki Yaki Miwa

Amazing food prepared simply. The cook is always funny. I love the feel of the counter and the bustling atmosphereAlways great

Ate a late night dinner after a basketball game.Excellent food.Order the skirt steak and it was excellently seasoned.Also ate the okonomiyaki, dashimaki tamago, garlic clam,and all excellent.

Tonight was our first time trying this restaurant off of King St. We've passed by this restaurant many times but never knew what their menu consisted of until just recently when I was craving Okonomiyaki. There aren't too many places that make this locally, and our go-to place in Waikiki closed down. So off to Yelp we went in search or suggestions. That's when Yaki Yaki Miwa popped up. Tonight's review is on service. As we walked in, the hostess asked if we had reservations. We replied that we did not. Mind you, two booths were occupied but the counter chairs and two additional long tables were empty. She replied that she had prior reservations for the empty chairs, but the main chef motioned her to the side. He informed her it would be ok for us to sit at the counter, nearest the teppanyaki cooktop. She then stated we could sit here so long as we would be finished by 6:45pm. It was a little before 5:30 so we said sure, we could make that deadline. And away we went to sampling their food. I would like to say thank you to the head chef that made an accommodation for us this evening. Another couple came in around 6:30 and was turned away and they had to make reservations....for next week. This place is extremely popular. So tip of the day, make reservations ahead of time so you won't be disappointed. BTW, the Okonomiyaki was delicious and so was the Kim Chee. We also had the Mixed Fried Noodles, but sadly I forgot to take a pic of it.

Really was looking forward to the Okonomiyaki and the more unique Japanese style dishes. Disappointed that the only menus were via the scan codes online. It's terribly hard to see and read the menus on your phone...so highly recommend going online to see and select your dishes beforehand. With only 2 chefs, there was a substantial wait for dishes. Enough said. Service was only ok, no check in or water refills. The food was good. Started with the grilled octopus and oysters. The oysters were outstanding, octopus chewy. We had to remind the server about the onion salad, which was tasty and simple. The dynamite was good with a creamy white sauce with bubbly cheese and potatoes and bacon. Next we had what we came for, their Okonomiyaki. A seafood and a pork selection. They were ok, a little underwhelming....needed some mayonnaise. Their soba noodles were good. The dessert was a great treat though. Toasted Japanese bread with honey and a scoop of vanilla and green tea ice cream. A simple but lovely treat!

Disappointing dinner in Honolulu, Hawaii...Looking for somewhere different for our group of nine, I found Yaki Yaki Miwa on my Yelp app. There were favorable reviews by my friends, Jo Y. and Irene M., so I was looking forward to this experience!Maybe Yaki Yaki Miwa is not set up for large groups? I had called to make a reservation for 6pm, but I was told that 6:30pm would be better... ok! I reminded our group about dinner and informed them of the time change. Free parking in the back of the building is much appreciated! Some of our friends parked on the street, right in front of the restaurant, since metered street parking is free after 6:30pm!My friend ordered Korokoro Steak - that sounded like chopped steak with some veggies. I decided to order that, too! It was quite good, but didn't look like the photo on the menu. It seems like we got more veggies and less steak?I feel like we waited so long for our meals... I think the air conditioner wasn't working because I was perspiring more than usual! I just wanted to leave! Some of our friends were still waiting for their food... uhg!I apologized and told them I had to go because I needed to wake up at 3:30am. I left cash plus 20 percent tip because we had a big group.Later, they told me about problems with the bill. I didn't know that there was a time limit! It appeared that they were charging us an extra 20 percent for going overtime? Our friend who paid the bill with his credit card screenshotted this extra charge. I posted it for this review. Anyway, the food was good and tasty. However, the service went downhill after a while. The guys on the other table felt ignored by the lone waitress... they needed another water refill... and towards the end, we're ignored.Awww... so sorry... we'll find a better place next time. We did have fun together and we did support a local, small business!

First of all, I feel like this place is shady AF with groups of 6+. They state that there is a 20% gratuity automatically added to the bill for groups of 6 or more but it's not added on the bill you receive. Normally it's itemized and you get a grand total but the bill you receive is only for the food and drinks ordered. You are asked to tip when they charge your card so if you didn't catch that verbiage on the bill or aren't sure if you need to tip or not then you can double tip. To avoid being charged 20% later, just pay cash. We were disappointed that we had to pay a 20% tip for bad service all night. The service received this most recent visit was pretty horrible where someone in our group had to say something to our server in both English and Japanese. It's not often that I'm going to take time to update my review of a place but this visit was so bad that I had to take time to write this review. Food took a long time even though we took the server's recommendation to order the same thing. Our table ordered appetizers to share and the same main dish to make it easier on the one person cooking. There was a helper in the back but they definitely need more help. Maybe with more help, they would have caught that one of the drinks they gave someone in our party was in a cracked glass cup! Super dangerous. Our friends on the next table watched us eat our appetizers while having only water to drink. Unfortunately we didn't get refills unless we flagged down our server and I believe she only refilled the water once, maybe twice at most the 2+ hours we were there. After we finished our appetizers, they got their orders and started to eat. We were basically talking story because we had no food nor water for a very long time at our table. The next table finished their meal and we still didn't get our main dish. They waited for us but one person had to leave so she left cash and left. We did ask if they could split the check since it was two separate tables so the other table could leave but they said no because the reservations made was for 9 people. Not very accommodating at all. Maybe they wanted the 20% tip for bad service? The inside is really hot as some of us were sweating in there. This was in December so going outside was much cooler than staying inside. As far as the food, it was ok. Nothing to rave about but we all felt it lacked a little. A few of us ate after dinner because we were still quite hungry after a pricey dinner. Thanks for the burgers, Paul! Drunk me remembers this as a fun place because I was there for more drinks and some food but sober me doesn't think it'll be a place I'll visit again. There are many other better options at similar a price point. 1.5 stars considering I had a good drunken time on previous visits. Hope they improve and provide future diners a much better experience.

It's painful to write a subpar review. You do your best to focus on the positives of your experience. Because there weren't many highlights of the experience, you start pointing out the negatives. And unfortunately, the list of negatives bombards the positives. Our foodie group recently met up for a Christmas get together and Yaki Yaki Miwa (YYM) was the venue. The majority of our group haven't been here so we were excited to try them. YYM, which hails from Osaka started over 50yrs ago and has a total of 5 locations (2 Osaka 1 Tokyo 1 Fukuoka) where Hawaii's location started in April 2012. They are located near the corner of S King St and Keeaumoku St with neighbors of La Pizza Rina and Kotetsu Chaya. YYM primarily offers teppanyaki and okonomiyaki. Shout out to Auntie (Nadine C.) who made reservations for our party of 9. I'm grateful for businesses that are willing to accommodate our group so we can have dinner together. It was surprisingly empty as we arrived before our 630pm reservations as there were 3 people dining at the counter. But after we sat down, other customers shuffled in and all 3 booths were filled. Because of the logistics of the establishment, our waitress forewarned our group that we may want to consider ordering the same items. In observing that night, there were 2 chefs (1 at the grill 1 in the back preparing non-grilled items) and 1 wait staff. We took her recommendation where our table of 5 ordered the same dish plus appetizers to share and the other table of 4 had 3 ordering the same dish plus some appetizers.At first the waiting time was utilized with us catching up with each other as it's been a month since we last met. One by one appetizers and my drink were delivered but then there was a long wait in between. Our table shared multiple appetizers but I felt bad for the other table as 2 girls waited for a very long time for their food and just watched us munch away. On the bright side, the food was tasty. Our table really enjoyed the grilled beef tongue was hearty and tender. Loved the chili paste that came on the side. The dressing on the octopus carpaccio was very tasty and refreshing. We also enjoyed the cold tofu appetizer that had a slight spicy kick. Quite delicious. For me personally, the seafood negiyaki was just okay. To be fair, I'm not really a fan of okonomiyaki. But it was standard to me and nothing to write home about. I appreciated the staff provided a basket of condiments (green seaweed, katsuo powder, shichimi pepper and okonomiyaki sauce) for us to use. Not a fan of the sauce so I could control the toppings. Service was below par. There was only 1 wait staff and we had to flag her down multiple times throughout the night, mostly for water as the restaurant had poor ventilation and the AC wasn't powerful enough to keep the restaurant cool. I didn't even notice but my friend saw a huge crack on my grapefruit sour glass that was dangerous. The staff didn't seem to care when I addressed this cracked glass served to me.We asked for separate checks, at least 2 different checks for each table, but our request was denied. One reservation yields one check. Our meal took over 2hrs where at the end, we were restless and tired of waiting. We scrapped the idea of ordering dessert here and asked for the check. No surprise it took time for the check to arrive. Prior to the check arriving, the other table passed their money to me and one left as she was drenched with perspiration. Yes, it was that warm. By this time I had had it with the poor service where I clearly told the server how bad our experience was. We flagged her multiple times for water refills and how towards the end she ignored me when I tried to get her attention. If you want authentic Japanese teppanyaki and okonomiyaki in an enclosed place with poor ventilation and don't mind waiting a long, long time for food - - this place is for you. Sadly, all 9 of us walked away disappointed and majority of us mentioning never to return again. NOTE: Our bill was $440+ and several people mentioned they were still hungry after our dinner. Of the 9 of us, only I ordered an alcoholic drink.

Where should I start ? Well a group of us made plans to have dinner at Yaki Yaki Miwa located on King St next door to La Pizza Rina . I was looking forward eating here because I've passed by so many time and never been there . Well just to let everyone know the food takes forever to come out . The set up there's a teppanyaki grill with 1 cook then there's another cook that does all the prepping . Also only 1 waitress so when the order comes in the cook will prepare the food then the waitress would deliver to the proper table .I remind there's other customers as well Our dinner reservation was at 6:30pm we all arrived approximately @ 6:00pm . The waitress advised us that we can come in and sit down but we cannot order until 6:30pm . So since there was 9 in our party instead of having 2 checks 5 in one group than 4 in the other . The waitress advised she needs to have one check because it was called in as one reservation. I personally I think they just wanted to add the 20% gratuity for group of 6 or larger. Service : Was horrible the waitress never did come around to stop to fill our water .Someone in our group had a cracked glass which the waitress didn't catch that ,Food: had no taste whatsoever and we took 2 hours to eat and receive our food . When I got home later and I was still hungry Parking : in the back of the building or street parking after 6:30pm Support local

Yaki Yaki Miwa is trying ... but not so much.They have a great location on the corner of Keeaumoku and South King streets.The parking lot in the back is now free.Both great attributes for a restaurant.However, when we dined there a couple weeks ago, the food dribbled out and the service was sub-par. I acknowledge that in this era when people don't want to work, or even work so hard, and restaurants find it hard to hire servers and other employees, the service will suffer.In our party of nine, most of the diners were unhappy. When people are unhappy about the food or the service, the attitude snowballs and the group mood turns negative. Although there were five of us on one table, and four on another, and someone asked for separate tabs for each table, YYM refused and someone in our party said the rationale was that an automatic tip of 20% is added to parties of six or more so they didn't want to break up our tab. Whether that is true or not is subject to conjecture, but the bottom line for me is that I don't think the service warranted a 20% tip. To make matters worse, Daniel C. collected the funds and paid the tab via his credit card, and I believe ended up paying an additional 20% which he didn't collect from everyone because the bill was a little confusing.We ordered the beef tongue as an appetizer to share on our table of five, and I thought it was tough although some others liked it. The okonomiyaki, which is the signature dish for the restaurant, wasn't my cup of tea. I have had better at restaurants which no longer exist in Honolulu.There have been several great reviews by other Yelp Elites, which contributed to out selection of this venue, but I wasn't impressed.In my opinion, YYM needs to try harder.

I was with party of 9. Looking forward to having a fun time and a good dinner at Yaki Yaki Miwa. The Yelp reviews looked promising. I'm sorry that our group had a bad experience. None of our group had any real positive comments. We had reservations for 6:30 pm. Being early we asked if we could come in and sit. We were let in and seated but was told the we won't be served until 6:30. At that time the restaurant had four people sitting at the counter,and four people in a booth. Service was slow. There was just one server, and one cook. I noticed that about 7:30 another person was helping cook. After our orders were taken the food was a long time coming. My entree was the first to come out. I had finished my dinner when the other entrees started coming out.As for the food ,I had the poke and avocado,tomato salad. The fish was a white fish with lots of vein. My entree was the Abalone. For the price of $44.00 I got seared black pepper abalone. You couldn't taste the abalone. I have to question If I was getting real abalone. The food trickled on to our table. Our group finally finished eating just after 8:00. Hope this was a fluke. Enjoy