Walked by Nabeya Maido, decided to give it a try as it is lunch time. As I often eat alone, hot pot is normally not a suitable choice. But Nabeya Maido has a lunch special for only $9.90, with your choice of broth, comes pork belly, chicken, minced chicken in a bamboo tube, slices of pumpkin, two kinds of mushrooms, cabbage, watercress , tofu and udon. More than enough to feed a person. It is a steal! For a few dollars more , one can pick up extra meat or vegetables from their food cave. The wait staff is very friendly and helpful. Brought me some complementary hot tea as well as water. It was a pleasant surprise, that the owner, Kevin, came out to say hello, asked how did I like the hot pot, and the happy hour specials. I told him that everything tasted good, especially the broth. And that I'll be back! read more

This place has it all - delicious food and quick, kind service. Try their new steam pot to try all their homemade dipping sauces in their truest forms! Yum. read more

Most amazing Japanese hot pot or Shabu Shabu restaurant that I have experienced in Hawaii, or on mainland and I have experienced hundreds with my business travel in the states and over seas. The owner Kevin has found the most delicious secret recipe including freshest vegetables, most tender and ono meats, chicken and pork that make this the best possible take out experience possible during the Coronavirus pandemic! I cannot wait until they open dining in to take my business clients and friends! My new favorite in Honolulu! Mahalo Kevin for your great food and excellent service! read more

My first time here and the food was amazing! We order the Maido broth (keep in the mind that they charge by broth). The best thing about the broth is that it's not as salty as other hot pot places. There are two fridges: one for the meat and noodles. One fridge has vegetables. It's nice that you are able to can pick your own sides. At other places, it is usually a set menu and you can order à la carte. Each color plate is a different price, so just be aware. The servers were proactive, checking on us, filling our water, and clearing our table. The bill came out to $95, which is not bad for three people. I can't wait to come back! read more

Good service, good food!! Great for any occasion! The food is spot on! Liked it so much came back the next day for seconds !

EXCELLENT place for a COLD day. The daily lunch special is a good mix of ingredients but you have to get there early as they only make a specific amount daily and when it's gone... but other reasonable choices available by colored plates. read more

Located at Market CIty, this place adds to the eclectic mix of eateries along its fellow restaurant neighbors. My bf and I came here after work during a weeknight and parking was considerably easy to find. Upon entering the restaurant, we were impressed by the clean decor and welcoming smell of nabe cooking. The ingredients for nabe are self-serve style located in 2 refrigerators in the back. Dishes range from your typical meats, vegetables, fish balls, mushrooms...etc. The omakase platter are unimpressively small - along with the rest of the food in the refrigerator. Everything seems to be carefully rationed onto the colored plates - Not my kind of restaurant. In my opinion, everything in the 2 refrigerators could be condensed onto 1. There were not a lot of things to choose from. Any enjoyment we had from our meal were cut short by the dull and unhelpful waitress we had. Perhaps she was inexperienced in the food and beverage industry or maybe this was her first job. In addition to forgetting our zosui order, she was completely clueless about the menu and all she seems to be comfortable doing is refilling waters. It also doesn't help that she chills out by the POS near the kitchen. By the end of our meal, we just gave up...we ate, we paid, we left. Don't think this place is worth coming back for more. read more

There's a worker at Nabeya Maido that's like Father Time. Except he's a young dude with short hair. He knows the exact time your table will be ready and is constantly checking up on you. Ran out of broth? No worries, Father Time Junior and his crew will refill your pot instantly. No need to raise your hand, yell across the room, or ring a bell. The peeps at Nabeya Maido can read minds. It's amazing! Without uttering a word that I wanted rice, Father Time Junior looked me in the eye and said "one large bowl of steamed rice!" Perfection. read more

Our favorite hot pot place! Always fresh veggies and the curry sauce is delish! Love the risotto at the end!

Good very friendly service. Real Japanese people eating inside. The base soup very delicious. All raw veggies and seafood is very fresh. I would definitely recommend here. I am absolutely coming back to eat here when I am back in Hawaii read more

Nabeya Maido is located in Market City which consists of plenty of parking. The restaurant is decently sized, but it can get crowded for dinner where people have to wait for a seat. Unlike Ichiriki, there is no set menu. You first order your broth and then go to the refrigerators to choose your different ingredients. Each plate consists of different meats or vegetables and each plate varies in cost. This lets you customize your nabe so every visit could be a new experience. I chose the Nabeya broth and it was very flavorful and had a nice saltiness to it. At the refrigerators I added in pork belly, cabbage, udon, tsukune, enoki mushrooms, and tofu..,needless to say I had quite the nabe going! I liked how at the end of the meal they encouraged everyone to take home any remaining broth so it could be reused for leftovers which was also enjoyed haha. Nabeya Maido serves a very flavorful nabe and at a great value for dinner. I will definitely be coming back to try a different broth and more ingredients! read more

Parking at dinner a challenge but great system for meal portions. Service is good n friendly. Sauces for Shabu Shabu could be better. Good place for a quick and satisfyingly healthy meal! read more

Our fam decided to eat here after hiking to a waterfall on a Friday and it was literally the best decision over fireworks!! The soup bases were really good, I don't really remember what we got but it was so yums?!? The meat and vegetable choice is ayce. It wasn't packed on a Friday night, we were seated right away. Service was alright. read more

Hands down my favorite spot to eat. Price is great. Food is amazing. Experience like non other. This is a must visit.

Nabeya Maido is located at Market City Shopping Center in Kaimuki/Kapahulu. We've passed this place a few times and checked on Yelp for reviews. We saw a deal, during lunch time, they make 10 sets of omakase for only about $10. We went right when it opened, 11am. There's about 7 tables in there... not a very big place. We each ordered a special, although you can share it with someone, pay for one omakase, and if you want add something else, you can choose your meats or veggies from the refrigerator. It would've been cheaper if we shared but everyone wanted their own. The omakase came with a lot on the set... it included ground pork on a bamboo stick, 2 different mushrooms, won bok cabbage, carrot, aburage (fried tofu), tofu, watercrest, udon, chicken, kabocha (pumpkin), and mochi. It is a lot of food and so worth it. You can also choose from the different broth that they have. To me, the broth doesn't really matter because you usually dip your food into the sauces. They gave us bottles of sauces to choose from. They have happy hour from the time they open at 11am to 5pm (or was it 5:30?)... you get 20% discount off of your bill but that does not apply to the omakase set that is limited to 10 sets. I'm not a big fan of nabe (hotpot) but this place was one of the best ones I've been to. This is a place I would definitely go back to again. read more

Service is always great here! We come a few times a year when we're craving hot pot. Our favorite soup turns into a tofu broth and they also have shabu shabu. Items you pull from the fridge include tofu, meats, veggies, noodles, seafood, and fish, shrimp and lobster balls. They have a 10% off Yelp check-in offer and often have specials posted on their windows. Great place on a cold night and they also give you shabu shabu sauces when you order the hot pot. Parking can be tricky since there's so many things in this little shopping center but we haven't had too much of a problem ever finding parking. read more

I am from Kyoto Japan where is very famous "yudoufu" so I know what is a good japanese nabe taste like. Very good real soup not instant base. read more

This is my first review heard about Nabeya Maido from a friend and we decided to try it finally, it was not the greatest but ok. We went for dinner on Tues night around 8:00 p.m. and it was not really crowded we sat down and our waitress Kalinda greeted us warmly then just disappeared for awhile after serving us water. We had ordered the maido and Bijin broth for sampling and all of us felt that it lacked flavor also the cooktop that was used seemed very slow to warm up and not very even as the maido broth was boiling and the binjin broth was just warm tried turning it up and rotating the pots but to no avail. The zosui we ordered at the end for the maido broth was probably the best thing about our experience here also each of us tried the 4 different desserts that were available and we liked the mango sorbet one the best. Overall I personally like Ichiriki alot better because of the set menu it makes it alot easier to understand and not need to go put what you want in your broth etc... I think its more humbug to go and get your veggies and meats separately. read more

sauces and house broth not so tasty. Service was excellent though.

Definitely in love with this place. The lunch special is such a great deal and then stacked on top of that is the -20% happy hour special! It's pretty dang healthy, too; mostly loaded with vegetables, so if you're a meat fiend, you will probably have to grab more protein from the "food cave." I have an average appetite and it was just the right portion size for me. We had the curry and house special broths and both were OK. I really enjoyed the house made sauces that they provide, especially the red spicy one! Now on service. The waiter that served us was nothing short of awesome. Excellent at explaining things and he was constantly checking up on us. He was at our table like 10x asking us if we were doing okay, refilling our soup, water, etc. Super appreciated :). Tip: DO ask for the lunch special. I tried looking around for some signage about the deal, but couldn't find it...maybe I have crappy eyes, but always good to ask! Tip 2/rant: Parking here sucks. Always. read more

Server was super cool. Very attentive and always gave us the shaka! Definitely made the experience :) also the spicy broth was amazeballs, would definitely recommend to friends read more

Was here before they opened because I wanted to get the lunch special and I was number 8 in line but the server didn't open his eyes and I missed out. Note to self push your way to get in & jump in front of the server so he remembers what # you are!!! Oh and be sure to sit all the way inside by the kitchen because I noticed that's the order he went by, not who was in the restaurant first. The kitchen couldn't even make accommodations for 2 people, so terrible nor give us discount since it's their system that sucks. They need to revamp how they do their lunch special either a sign in sheet outside first 10 or they need more than one server monitoring who comes in. Not gonna lie, the food is good they just aren't fair. Didn't even want to give 1 star but had to in order to post this. read more

We love Nabeya Maido! KEVIN and his crew are awesome. You always feel welcomed and hospitality is first class!

Based solely on the fact that we came here during the hours they marked as OPEN and they were closed. Came during marked open hours Tuesday around 3 pm. Wasted time, uber expense to make it out. We're from out of town and we're excited to try this place but we're disappointed with the lack of professionalism. If you say you'll be open, at least have a sign out stating why you're closed as this can be an inconvenience. Spending my money else where read more

Nabeya Maido - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This restaurant has a unique way in serving its customers. First, they have this food cave in which you take any food you want and the color of the plate means the price. The beef tongue and ribeye were extremely delicious as was the lotus root. Overall, it was quite delicious. read more

I live close to here and come here once in a while. But every time i come the food is good!! I heard they have a really good lunch special deal. I will deff come back for lunch to try it one day. Overall, price isn't that bad and food is great!! read more

Their lunch special is filling. We had a wonderful lunch experience. Our server Brian was very attentive and made recommendations. My BF and I will be coming back for sure. Thanks for the great service! read more

Love the both bijin. Great taste not salty just right good variety of veggies and meats. They now serve alcohol too and dessert. Today due to iselle there's a 20% off the bill yeah!!!! read more

I go here at least once a week. It's that good! The spicy broth never fails me. Udon and pork belly are a match made in heaven. The tare set is so worth the extra charge! Can never ever get tired of nabeya maido read more

Pretty good! Definitely more expensive than other places (like Ichiriki or Asuka Nabe) but a good choice for sure.

Decided to give this place a try since we were in the area and had time to kill. We came in around 11:30 (great timing because it was happy hour, 20% of the bill) and were seated right away. The options for broths are similar to those at Ichiriki, BUT you can choose your own "filling" items, which I LOVE for hotpot. We got the Miso broth and chose items from the refrigerators, which range in price from about $4-$7 and are noted by the plate color. The miso broth came out pretty quickly. It didn't taste bad, the miso flavor was strong but it was a little sour for our liking (just a preference thing). I enjoyed the variety of items they had in the refrigerators because I prefer mainly vegetables and don't usually get meats (unlike Ichiriki where you'd get a set plate). They provide a number of dipping sauces which were pretty good as well, my favorite was the special sauce (I can't remember the persons the specific name). Overall it was a good experience and the food was good, but didn't suit my hotpot palette. I'd say that this restaurant is a mix of Ichiriki (broth wise) and Sweet Home Cafe (option wise). If you prefer Ichiriki style nabe, this restaurant will be right up your alley. I personally prefer a more Taiwanese style hotpot (Sweet Home). read more

I think this might be one of my new go-to hotpot spots. The soup is garlicky and spicy but not too spicy. I can't handle spicy and was hesitant to order the house broth but it was perfect. Although it could use a little shoyu, it was a nice simple broth. The servers were really nice and checked on us regularly. This place is a pricier hotpot place but it's worth it. This place is awesome but I really did not like their "90 minute" time limit sign. It made me nervous even though I knew we wouldn't take that long to eat. Overall, I liked this place and will probably be back soon! read more

If you are looking for hot pot, go here. This the slap. The food is A1 And u get to choose it yourself. Nothing more to be said.

We came here on a whim and are very happy with our decision. We got the maido nabe with the combination plate for 2. The combination plate was perfect for us because it has a little of bit of everything. The soup was full of flavor. My favorite was the shrimp ball with lobster filling. We added some noddles to have a little bit of carbs to balance it out. Everything was delicious and very filling. The prices are reasonable as well. read more

Service here is everything. I've never met a more enthusiastic waiter who is proud of what he does and damn good at it. The hot pot style is more nabe rather than shabu shabu style. We split their house special broth with their spicy one. This best part is that it's unlimited on refills. There is also an area with two fridges filled with things that you can put into your soups. Each plate is color coded for pricing and they mark it off on the sheet at your table (similar to dim sum style). The seafood, veggies and meat were all fresh. We had four people in our party (3 of which were bigger guys who can definitely eat) and our bill came to $94 (before gratuities). It was definitely worth the money. This restaurant is not located in the Waikiki resort areas so it's also nice since you get away from the tourist traps if you're not into that kind of thing. read more

This place is the best place to get shabu shabu. It's fun, eccentric and very affordable. They have the best broth and best servers. I also love how they have their happy hour. Highly recommend this place. read more

Third time in 2 weeks and I could eat here again tomorrow. Meal was excellent again. With 4 peeps we went for 2 broths -- Curry and Akakara (spicy). Anxiously awaited the end of the meal so i could have the curry risotto. But i was surprised how much i liked the Akakara risotto...spicy and cheesy. So addictive it makes my tongue curl. read more

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Great setup, you pick your broth and pick whatever plates you want from the coolers, veggies, meats or combo plate. Different colored plates are different prices. Wish the had a broth or dipping sauce that was spicier. read more

Staff is attentive and kind. Awesome concept, tasty food, comfortable atmosphere and decor!

Very very disappointed and upset!! First of all if there is any inconvenience of customers dining specially if it's their first time you would accommodate that incident and take care of them. My sister got drenched by the AC leaking and management wouldn't even have consideration to adjust the tab! Plus the food is blahhhh.. All soup is bland kinda need to add your sauce to it.. HOT POT HEAVEN IS BETTER.. Don't go you'll be very disappointed! read more