Matsuri

Everything was so delicious!! Had to get the ikura again for dessert. 😋 I highly recommend the karaage. They also have a wonderful sake list. The one pictured is the karakuchi (dry) sake we had. Excellent service too.

During COVID, a lot of restaurants are requiring a reservation to dine in. I love when restaurants utilize online apps/services for this purpose, it just makes life easier. Maturi uses OpenTable. It was a breeze to make a reservation and when I needed to make a change I called the restaurant directly and I learned you can also call/text to make a reservation or order take out. Talk about convenient.

Parking is free and is in a private lot where the restaurant is located. The lot is kind of tight and may require maneuvering such as in the Austin Powers movie.

I decided to come here because I

Great small authentic Japanese restaurant. Enjoyed their appetizers and sushi! Clean, quick service. Was in and out in less than hour with reservations at opening time.

5/5 for everything!

Uni sashimi $40 but super fresh and sweet and creamy.

Agedashi tofu - large portion with silky tofu, chewy soft skin and nice sauce

Tempura - large portion, crispy light

Oysters so refreshing and sweet

Nigiri - fresh with unique fish, took the servers recommendations and was highly impressed!

It's a small place, but the food is delicious. Now one of my fave places for sushi and sashimi. I wish I took more pics of the yummy food!

So glad we discovered this hidden gem! Feels like we were transported back to Japan! Amazing toro and great sake selection. We ordered a bottle and had them warm up our sake, it really complimented all the great little dishes we enjoyed. We started the meal with uni shooters, oysters, and the fried shrimp...after that we had the ahi assortment which included an assortment of ahi to include that decadent toro that melts in your mouth! Customer service was top notch, they took really great care of us. I will definitely be back!

Excellent food but definitely pricey if you go for the sushi/sashimi. We had the Oboro Tofu with Ikura, Kabocha Nimono (pumpkin), Hokkaido Uni with Quail Egg, Amaebi, Shima Aji, Kinmei Dai, and Kotobuki Dynamite Roll. All tasted amazing and authentic. Wanted to try more of their dishes but it could easily add up to over $100 a person. Highly recommend the tofu and pumpkin dishes, they are very unique cold appetizers you won’t find in most American sushi restaurants.
The menu can be confusing and it took a long time for us to decide what to order, but our waitress was extremely patient.

Huh. How have I never written a review for this place?

Matsuri is kind of a hidden gem for Japanese food. A small restaurant in a tiny shopping center on low traffic road, you likely won't know about this place unless someone in the know brings you to this place. It's been around for ages yet it has less than 200 yelp review!

Anyways, I recently took an out of town friend here for dinner. Reservations were easy on Opentable and plenty of parking at night time as there are no other businesses operating in the shopping center and plenty of street parking.

They checked our vaccination

My dad was craving sushi and found this place on Opentable. Small hole in the wall type of place. There's a small parkiing lot that they share with other businesses, but quite a bit of open spaces when we went for dinner.

We ordered their sashimi trio, which came with hamachi, ahi and salmon, hamachi kama, assorted tempura, chicken karaage, agedashi tofu, thunder dynamite roll, and sake creme brulee.

The highlight was probably the hamachi kama as the portion you get for the price was an amazing deal. I believe they make their own tofu which made the agedashi tofu stand out compared to other

Wow, absolutely loved this place! Fresh fish and seafood flown in from Japan! Nice wait staff! Love the presentation of the dishes!

Wow. This place was unbelievably great.

Found it online and was very easily able to get a reservation on a Saturday night. They have their own stalls so parking was a breeze. The dining area is a little small but they maintained spacing between tables to align with local guidelines.

My group of 4 ordered oysters, chicken karaage, wafu steak, agedashi tofu, negitoro nigiri, matsuri nigiri combo and followed it up with a pitcher of Asahi and a bottle of sake.

I kid you not, everything was delicious. Extremely high quality of fish, authentic japanese flavors and fast and friendly customer service

Izakaya Matsuri could achieve excellence, but our recent visit fell far short of that potential. Serving a wide selection of sushi and cooked dishes, the small restaurant located just off of Keaumoku on Young Street left us wishing we had gone to Sushi Sasabune instead.

This was our first dine-in experience following the vaccine or test mandate. Checking in took a little longer because of the vaccine checks, and they demanded identification for our minor daughter (because every 14 year old carries ID, right?). No big deal, and we were seated after a few minutes.

The menu is online-only through

Tried this place out. Small spot. Very strict covid policy. Once you walked in you have to scan barcode to complete to make sure you are clear and vaccinated and they want you see id and vaccination card. Then we got seated. We ordered chef choice sashimi. Squid. Dynamite sushi. Sea bass and chicken karaage. Sea bass was cooked/roasted but you had to eat it with your hand. It was tough exterior. Squid was tender but bland. The sashimi were delish. Fresh. The dynamite sushi was really flavorful. Chicken was just that. Chicken bites. Nothing special. Always look at your check Bc they added something

Came here for my birthday this year and it was great! Easy to text them and make a reservation. I made a few changes and they were very accommodating. The restaurant is very small so make sure to reserve in advance. The one downside is that they do not have happy hour anymore which is the main reason why I wanted to visit. I wasn't sure since it wasn't on their online menu, but I thought maybe they still had it.

My boyfriend and I dined in around 5:30 pm and they had our table ready. It wasn't too crowded when we first sat down which was nice. Once seated, we scanned the code to

The husband-n-wife run Matsuri has become our go-to neighborhood izakaya place!

Very authentic Japanese dishes, such as delicacies like the hard-to-find Hokkaido crab (have to be lucky or come early to get it), and the monk fish liver. Their fish is always fresh, and great sake to pair!

The place is small, reservation is highly recommended, either with Julie (chef's wife) directly by text or on Open Table! The service is informal but family like, very much like the local izakaya places in Japan.

The food was yummy!
We got the 3 fish sashimi, misoyaki cod bento, garlic edemame, kombucha and agadashi tofu, and sausage (hubby liked it, I didn't try).

I would order all these again.

Only issue is that you have to pay .50c for packaging (containers) for most items. Which most places don't charge. But it's ok. The problem was that the ONLY actually saucy one, the edamame, was the ONLY one in order that didn't have this option. Therefore, it spilt all over the bench when taking the Saran Wrap off as I obviously had to tilt the container to take it off.

For the price,

Solid solid 4.

Agedashi tofu had good shoyu based flavor. Chicken karaage was crispy and juicy. Grilled butter fish misoyaki was flavorful but too many bones
Wafu steak was the best dish. The ribeye was tender and sizzling with a nice crust. Salmon sashimi, Tuna sashimi, Yellow tail sashimi was this evening's 3 sashimi chefs choice. Washoi roll was a spicy ahi roll with torched toro on top. It is worth ordering.

Service was good. Place is small so make a reservation. Parking is conveniently right out front of the restaurant.

Really glad I was able to find this spot. Fresh sushi and tasted really good. The place is a bit small and it may be a little hard to find. The owner was very nice as she made small talk. To my surprise, the server was a bit rude, almost took away from the experience. Would be open to coming back.

This is a very small and busy restaurant. We made reservations for 7 o'clock, and were seen at exactly 7 o'clock.

It took about 10 minutes to have our order taken, as the restaurant was quite busy! Not bad, I think, for a packed restaurant!

Within 10 minutes after ordering all of our items have arrived.

We started off with the kabocha nimono, and you can taste the ponzu on each stewed kabocha. It was chilled and cold and very refreshing.

The garlic edamame was THE ONE. It was so delicious. A shoyu butter garlic base with the pepper kick was amazing. I kind of wanted rice!!

The

My family and I wanted to go somewhere with good Japanese food and my father decided on taking us to Matsuri since he went there 3 years ago! We were not disappointed at all with our experience!

Tip ~ They have a decent sized lot for you to park your car! I also suggest that you call ahead and make reservations, tonight we were lucky enough to get seated because a reservation got cancelled!

*** Our Orders ***

Wafu Steak (10/10) ~
This wafu steak was SO GOOD. It's served on a hot plate and glazed with some sort of sweet sauce. At first I thought they were going to give out a small sized

Customer service
8/10
Value for money
10/10
Quality of experience
10/10
A hidden gem of Waikiki!
The moment you sit down you feel like you have left for Japan. You are in one of the humble authentic Izakaya (居酒屋).
The place is hidden on the map.
With some luck you might be able to enjoy it the way it is meant to be: at the bar.
Whether you are a couple or a lonesome soul seeking a moment of peace and pure enjoyment, this place is right.
We had two drinks. Very well done. Properly made!
Then the dishes actually has the sutle texture and quality and the taste that warrants their

One of the best Japanese food! We litterely finished everything before pic sorry for not great pic. Edamame with garlic, vegetables tempura, eggplant nimono and rainbow sushi/roll we got and all was delicious! Service and staff were also amazing. We also ordered Sake picture was added. I am not a sake fun but this one was really good, smooth and nice to drink. Thanks guys

Finally we returned to one of our favorite sushi places!

I spoke to owner Julie on their new phone number 808-745-5858. You can also Text your Take Out Order after reviewing their website. MatsuriHawaii.com

They have a New Online Menu! Sadly, they no longer have Happy Hour Menu, but everything was still exceptional quality! Owner / Executive Chef Yoshi always impresses us! He has many years of experience and his creativity and love shows through in his food.

We were so happy to see Julie and Yoshi as we picked up our food order. It was Saturday night and they were open for dine-in with

Our first time here since the March 2020 lock down. We ordered take-out. When we arrived we were very happy to see they complied to Covid standards. The staff wore face mask and customers were also required to wear them too. Seating were spread out and they had hand sanitizer's by the front door.

We ordered the Kotobuki roll which had Shrimp Tempura, Hamachi, thinly sliced peppers. The flavors just burst in your mouth tasting all ingredients. We also had the Thunder roll which had Seared Spicy Ahi, Shrimp Tempura, Dynamite sauce. An amazing tasting roll.

The Hamachi Kama was huge with lots

Nice little spot for a nice variety of several sushi favorites.

Service was pleasant and helpful.

We ordered the chefs Omakase and it was really good. Prior we had a tempura appy which was perfect.

We had a last minute craving for some good fish, so on a hunt for an Izakaya, we stumbled upon this place thanks to Open Table. We hadn't had much expectations, but everything we tried was beautiful, delicious and most importantly...a reasonable price. Great to get your amaebi fixings! Enjoyed the oyster shooter. Fish was quality. And, the veggie tempura helped balance out the meal. Definitely bookmarked to visit again soon.

The restaurant has a very good vibe and nicely decorated. We ordered the 3 different Ramens on the menu (tonkotsu, shoyu and miso) and we were very disappointed with the presentation, flavours and very little vegetables in each Ramen. The waiter was very friendly, but he forgot to offer us the drinks.
We decided to give another try and went back today and what an amazing experience we had. Abdullah (I hope I'm spelling his name correctly) was our waiter and he showed and explained the menu. We decided to go with his recommendation and we tried the "tapas", assorted taste of really good food. We

This was a really nice place. I didn't realize it was as upscale as it is. When we walked in, the hostess immediately asked if we had a reservation. If that is the preferred way of visiting this restaurant, it needs to be clearly written on the main page of any social media. (It was not an issue) The staff was very nice and helpful. The food was delicious! It was a little on the pricey side, but taste the food and you'll know why. I will definitely (set a reservation) and go back. Highly recommended.

This is Hot and Brand New Izakaya Restaurant, Opened in April 2017!! Tasty Japanese food and nice selection of sake, shochu and wine. Must try their amazing sashimi - omakase and sushi when you go there. Don't forget their exceptionally delicious home made desserts by chef Yoshi.