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    Ally S.

    Had the Chicken Teriyaki tonight !! Absolutely delicious! Thank you so much ! Always served with love and care, I appreciate it. Never fails to amaze me !!

    BBQ Pork with Vermicelli
    Audrey N.

    Solid lunch choice with very attentive service. Chicken katsu and BBQ pork vermicelli were delicious. Squash tempura batter was thicker than expect and less tempura like.

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    Allena C.

    After picking up some things in the bayshore area, my sis and I decided to have lunch in Bernal Heights. It's a cute area with a bunch of restaurants and stores. Kiwa Kitchen popped up when checking yelp. It was only a few minutes away from where we were at. Parking can take awhile but side streets usually have 2 hr parking. Check the signs to make sure there's no street cleaning! Kiwa Kitchen has this island vibe with Hawaiian music playing in the background. Looking over the menu, it's a melting pot of different Asian dishes. We decided to share the chicken kaarage, tea leaf salad and a tonkatsu ramen. The kaarage was tasty little bits of chicken and tea leaf salad was good as well. However, the ramen noodles were overcooked and soggy. The broth was kind of bland. And the egg was not your typical ramen egg but a soft boiled egg without the umami flavor. Maybe the chef had an off day or this is how it's supposed to be? I wouldn't recommend the ramen. Maybe the vermicelli or garlic noodles would have been a better choice. I guess I'll stick to ramen restaurants for ramen.

    Lunch Special: BBQ Pork salad and Thai iced tea

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    Wonderful vermicelli and grilled pork. Excellent pear salad. Love the fresh hibiscus cooler. Great service. Cannot eat here often enough!

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    Great service and delicious food!!! I had some ramen for lunch and will definitely be coming back again.

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    I had the Pork Katsu and it was delicious! The pork was nice and tender and the sauce really had me sold.

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    Okaeri Japanese Bistro - Interior

    Okaeri Japanese Bistro

    4.4(529 reviews)
    1.4 miMission
    $$
    Casual dining
    Family-owned & operated

    What a gem! Small, warm, unmistakably Japanese inside…read more The fish is so fresh. Rice seasoned just right, nothing hiding behind sauce. The signature uni toast is a must! Creamy, briny uni on warm crisp toast, rich without being heavy. Highly recommend! The donburis are gorgeous. Beautifully composed plates you want to photograph before you touch them, and they *deliver* on flavor. One of the best sushi spots in the Mission, and honestly in the conversation for best in the city!

    Let's start off with the most important part of this review and it's the food. Amazing quality, and…read morethe cuts were very pristine. I got the tuna donburi which definitely hit the spot while my friends got the sake donburi, and some specialty rolls. They really enjoyed it! 5/5 for food quality and taste. Now for the reason of 4/5 which I may even opted for 3.5/5 if it were available. We were the first group of 9 to come in right at opening and were told that because we had a large group everyone was required to spend $70. That's not hard to hit considering you're eating out at a sushi restaurant, but the fact that we were told to spend at least $70 a person in order to be seated is crazy! We even asked what was recommended and the seasonal donburi or sake was the most popular. So now we went for those options, but still had to make up the remaining $32 per person that went for the sake donburi. Some people that didn't even want to drink opted for beer because they already got matcha next door. Service charge was already included yet the requirement to spend $70 a person just to dine here is ridiculous. I would come back, but not with a group of more than 4. Anyone that has friends or colleagues of more than 4 go elsewhere!

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    Chome - NYC "Big Mac" Nigiri w/ seared A5 wagyu, otoro, uni, black tobiko, truffle ($20 each x3)

    Chome

    4.5(605 reviews)
    0.7 miMission
    $$$

    Ate here last weekend and really enjoyed the meal…read more The beef udon was AMAZING. It was so flavorful. The pineapple beer was delicious. The pork belly was perfect. The beef skewers were good, not great. I was really hoping to try the bacon mochi but it was unfortunately sold out :(

    I made a reservation for Chome for Friday evening with a large party. However, they require your…read morewhole party to be there. But when our party was all here, they said they still didn't have a table ready for us. We waited for about an hour before we could be seated, which to me kinda defeats the point of a reservation. The food itself was really good, so it did make the wait feel less bad. We got the chutoro sizzler which is a MUST get! The fish is amazing and the crunchy bits are so yummy. We also got the oxtail omurice and I thought it was good, but was a bit one note flavor wise. My other friends thought that the nigiri and yakitori were great, but the ramen/noodles were okay comparatively. We also got the pineapple beer which looked pretty different from photos I saw on Yelp. I would say it's more beer with a pineapple on top and some syrup mixed in, nothing super special. Overall, all the food was great and it came out quickly! Would just be wary of a wait when you go because it is a popular spot!

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    Being close and cozy to friends large party reservation

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    Taishoken San Francisco

    Taishoken San Francisco

    4.5(631 reviews)
    1.6 miMission
    $$
    Happy hour specials
    Vegetarian friendly

    Took young adult kids to dinner at Taishoken (I had a sore throat so ramen sounded good). Used Yelp…read morewaitlist to make a "reservation" and were seated within ten minutes of arrival. Cute restaurant, great service, seemed like very authentic Japanese decor. We did not find it hard to hold conversation among the four of us seated in the middle of the restaurant. Chicken karaage, 5 pieces - 5/5, large pieces of fried chicken yum! with dipping sauce Agedashi Tofu - 5/5, lightly fried tofu (says deep fried but there's hardly a crust on the silky soft tofu), came with a generous amount of shiitake and shimeiji mushrooms, in a light broth. It came out after our ramen so unfortunately I did not taste it without having already tried the spicy miso broth Tonkotsu Spicy Miso Ramen - 5/5, excellent broth, noodles (straight white thin noodles) perfectly cooked, came with two generous thick slices of tasty roast pork chashu, a warm soft boiled egg (sometimes ramen places give you a cold egg, I don't like that!), green onion, bamboo shoots. I opted for no red onion because that just seemed weird to me. Just the right level of spice and made my throat feel great! I look forward to going back next time I'm visiting the kids in the Mission!

    came back again before i left the city-- so sad to go. we loved it just as much as the first time…read more still would absolutely recommend going to anyone who enjoys a good, hearty bowl of ramen. this time i tried the ginger lime cocktail with shochu. loved it. thank you taishoken for another great experience.

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    Taishoken San Francisco - Fried Cauliflower   Saikyo miso glaze with mala chili sauce.

    Fried Cauliflower Saikyo miso glaze with mala chili sauce.

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    Amami Sushi Bistro - 2025 Omakase!

    Amami Sushi Bistro

    4.2(358 reviews)
    1.2 miExcelsior
    $$

    We came here for Mother's Day dinner at 5:00pm. There were empty tables but they informed us it was…read morean hour wait for food because they had too many door dash orders and they were trying to deter us from dining in without a reservation. We sat down anyways but it wasn't an hour wait. We ordered a variety of food for 6 adults. Tofu, fried gyoza, 3 rolls, the sushi lovers boat and deluxe sashimi. We ordered chicken kaarage but they got our order wrong and gave us a chopped up chicken katsu which didn't look appetizing for Katsu. Everything else was delicious. There were a ton of door dash people waiting to pick up their orders which were delayed. They were all waiting by the sushi bar. They were so busy they did not give us our miso soup that came with the katsu dinner.

    My son and I have been dying to try Amami Sushi on Geary. The sushi always looks incredibly fresh…read morewhen we walk by, and their lunch specials and Omakase offerings are so tempting. My son took me here for Mother's Day lunch today, and we were absolutely blown away. We ordered the Snow White roll -- easily one of the best rolls either of us has ever tasted -- along with the sashimi lunch special and the sushi special. Every piece of fish melted in our mouths. The salad was crisp with a delicious dressing, and the miso soup was seasoned perfectly. Our waitress was phenomenal, and the chefs were friendly, professional, and clearly take pride in their craft. I can't wait to come back and try the Omakase now that I know just how fresh and high‑quality everything is.

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    Amami Sushi Bistro - Salmon lover roll, dragon roll, omakase set

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