Let me get this straight. How did this restaurant get a 4+ stars. Honestly, the one star is for the service and my beer. 1. The restaurant smells weird upon walked in, smells like fish has gone bad 2. one of the two hand towels smells like my wet swim suit sitting in my bathroom for days. 3. We ordered dinner set B and a sushi course. Funny thing is this restaurant starts with main course (butter fish) then followed by sashimi then tempura. Then finally the sushi course. How on earth does this serve order make sense????? 4. Sushi set finally arrived and it look like sushi I would make with my five year child if I have one. The fish tastes like they got them on sale in the supermarket. The waitress ladies are friendly and nice, but the food is just terrible. This is a tourist trap!!!!!! read more

Wonderful experience. The Japanese service is personal and part of my high rating. The lady was so nice and made us feel special. The prices are unbelievably good value for the meal. We ordered the Butterfish Misoyaki and Teriyaki Tuna (Ahi). Both were very tasty. The numerous side dishes that came as part of the meal made this Japanese meal experience. Miso soup, homemade tofu marinaded in soy, pickled cabbage, seaweed salad, lettuce salad, egg pudding, an appetizer dish with Kombucha squash, cucumber, shrimp and more tofu. Wow! Ice cream dessert all for less than $60 for two. It is a calm and quiet environment. There is also a tatami room if you reserve it ahead for a special occasion. There was another local couple from Ala Moana that was next to us and made nice conversation. A new friend read more

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We made a reservation on Friday night (Apr 01) and we had a table quickly. But.... All waitresses were busy on the other two big parties and ignored us. The elder lady finally took order for us after 35 minutes. We waited another ~30 min for food. No water or tea for us for the whole night, even the younger lady notice there was no water cup on our table when she tried to refill water. One of the chefs put his mask under chin when he was making sashimi and talking. So I decided not to order any "seasoned" sashimi. We still tipped 15% regardless of their service ($111 food + $5.24 tax + $16.76 tip = $133). We signed and put the bill on table and left. All three waitress were gossiping in the hall way (Oh that's why long waiting and no water) and one of the young ladies stopped us and asked us "did u sign the tip???" rudely and then rushed to the table and checked our bill (Oh I never saw that speed when we waited for food). I hoped that was not racism but did we look like "not tipping" people? read more

My favorite authentic Japanese restaurant in Honolulu. Great service, cozy atmosphere, amazing fish. My go-to's: * Ikura * salmon * chawanmushi * whole grilled squid * house made tofu * azuki ice cream * otokoyama Will be back again and again! read more

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Had reservations, preordered foods. But twenty minutes later still no food. Restaurant was not busy also. 30 minutes later got my food.... bad service Sizzling platter without sizzle...I am a restaurant manager saying this. read more

Yoshitsune lives up to its reputation and strong Yelp ratings. Food was SUPERB and service was fantastic! We enjoyed it so much that we decided to book another reservation before we return home to the mainland. For reference, my mom is Japanese, so we have high standards - and we both agreed everything was delish. The pricing also makes it a great value! You won't be disappointed. Go visit them and support small business - and don't forget to tip well, it's been a rough year for restaurants! read more

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Authentic Japanese cuisine and wonderful service. We were visiting from CA and was so glad we found this restaurant as we haven't come across any place as good where we live and it was a close to what you'd expect in Japan. Highly recommended! read more

suffering from a severe lack of staffing due to COVID-19. Be prepared to wait a long time for anything, even just getting seated if you have a reservation. Although the service is somewhat friendly, the severe understaffing makes it tough to enjoy the experience. Regardless of the service though, the food is very good. read more

Came for lunch. Everything is so good. It Comes with ice cream too. Always serve real Japanese food. read more

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Poor, poor, poor. Lot of money for no service. Everything came out in 10 minutes with a bill of $200+ to follow. Food was good but not served or paced properly. read more

Lovely food, we went there twice during our stay in Honolulu. I highly recommend this to any sushi lover. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Homemade tofu - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Amazing and authentic japanese food. The course meal apps are great, as is the sashimi.

This place is tucked into a hotel at the end of Waikiki, near the zoo and aquarium and was thus a little deceiving, especially since I was coming here equipped with a coupon. I originally came here two years ago and have been dreaming of it since. I came again last week and it was just as delicious! The price is very reasonable (for lunch, I haven't seen the dinner menu); $15 for the pork katsu lunch special which comes with rice, miso, and assorted appetizers. Apparently the appetizers have changed in two years, but they're still absolutely delicious! The staff is very friendly and very Japanese (think Japanese grandmas serving you). They were super cute. Two years ago the wait staff wore Japanese garments, however, this time around they were just wearing all black with aprons. Anyhow, everyone still speaks English and the menu is printed in English as well. read more

CON: I had the Toro, I've had better. PRO: Tried the chicken cutlet box, very good. Crispy chicken and the Butterfish was excellent. Date visited: 5/4/11 read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Food is good but service is terrible. We waited 50 minutes for the first entre and the last entre was an hour later. Only one server for the entire room. Wasted an entire afternoon. read more

Hands down the best and most authentic Japanese food I've had on Oahu! Free valet parking is available with validation. Go down Kalakaua Ave, turn left on Kapahulu Ave, the second building on your left is the Parc Shore Hotel. Don't blink or you'll miss it. The Restaurant is directly across the lobby. I ordered the complete meal with misoyaki butter fish. Sooo flavorful, all the way through the fish. It's not just a sauce. Sashimi, miso soup, chawanmushi, hand made tofu noodles, an assortment of custom appetizers, and ice cream, is all included. Plus, awesome green tea. Service is excellent! Where have you ever dined and they asked you if you wanted more?! Our waitress offered to bring out more food! Ambiance, I felt like I was dining in a tea house in Japan. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Full course dinner - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This is a pretty quaint spot located in the Park Shore Hotel. The atmosphere is not as sophisticated as I had expected based on photos and reviews posted here. I thought it was a more high end, dressy restaurant but instead it was very ordinary and, to be frank, slightly grimy. The staff was very attentive and friendly, willing to answer any questions we had. The service was also expeditious, arriving within minutes of us ordering. Unfortunately, the food was nothing miraculous. The butterfish that reviewers raved about was disappointing in terms of presentation and taste. It was lukewarm, dry and stiff. The sashimi was also ok, a bit tough except for the tuna which was decent. In the end, I paid $222 with tip. Not worth, wouldn't come again read more

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Try their Course Menu - If you want to experience authentic Japanese food. And don't forget to pick up FUTOMAKI(It's about $20/roll) for your plane ride. ^___^ I'm very glad that I found this place. Thanks for other yelpers! read more

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We took my parents here on 06/18/2021 for my mom's birthday dinner. It was delicious, fresh and mouthwatering all at the same time in every single bite. I love how they had courses plan ready for you to pick from. I would highly recommend going with coarse B (The butterfish just melts in your mouth). The B course came with a miso soup, sashimi, rice, a plate of butter fish along with assortments. The sashimi special combo and a Toro special is also a must try. The Toro (tuna belly) is a raw piece of fish that melts in your mouth, if you can handle sashimi then I would highly recommend you trying their Toro. But if you cannot handle raw fish but still wants melt in your mouth deliciousness then I would highly recommend the butterfish. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Toro special - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

It's matsutake mushroom season. Enjoy the matsutake soup served in a teapot and the matsutake kamemeshi cooked at your table.

Five-star food and service! We ordered the seafood hot pot. The waitress kindly told us two orders would be too much for two people, but my wife and I decided to give a try. Turned out it's true but because the food was so good we couldn't stop until both were full belly. The food looked Japanese-traditional and tasted very special! Started with some appetizers and served with plum flavor soy milk (yes soy milk not soy sauce). Impressive! The seed weed jello was too good! Various seafood including lobster came with the hot pot. It looked pricy but when we saw the full plate of seafood, totally worth! We finished the dinner with rice+hot pot soup, oyishi! read more

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This was some of the best fish I have EVER had. Soft as butter, 5 star sushi. Don't leave HNL without eating here.

If you want authentic Japanese food, this is the place hands down. Strongly recommended

Got the chance to eat a dinner set which is very rare in the bay area. Seasonal special dinner set is very tasty.

By far the best sushi we ever had. The highest quality fish with a rare Matsutake mushroom delicacy. Everything was delicious. We will be back! read more

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The food here has been great over the last few times - so was it this time. Something that I saw today threw me off a bit ie a bug zapper inside the restaurant, followed by friends walking around the place. Again, love this place, the food, the people, its authenticity...but left with a little sour memory given my boss was here. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Sashimi - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This restaurant is inside the Park Shore Waikiki hotel and has great atmosphere. We ordered 3 bento boxes for lunch (sashimi, butterfish, and mackerel), which we thought were reasonably priced for the amount and quality of food. Some notable menu items are the house-made tofu, the butterfish, and the salmon roe sashimi. Service was a little bit slow but overall we left satisfied. read more

I'd get this restaurant a 10 star if I could. The Kamameshi is so authentic and delicious. Don't get intimated by the price shown on the menu for the course as there were so many dishes and each of which are awesome - you can appetizer, full a la carte grilled item, soup and the entree - and of course, dessert. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Yoshitsune looks like a hole in the wall of the Waikiki Parc Hotel but once inside you're taken to a good size dining room in back. I think this back area is reserved for the serious eaters - the ones who don't need the sushi maker's show. By the time we left at 8 pm the entire place - front and back- was filled and people were waiting outside. The restaurant came highly recommended for the quality and pricing of their food. They did not disappoint! The first appetizer was a house made tofu soaked in a bit of soy sauce broth and topped w a pinch of grated ginger and minced shiso leaves. When you grab the tofu with your chopstick it falls apart BC it's been neatly and precisely sliced to ramen sized strips. What a treat to the eyes as well as the palette. A dish w 3 different bite size appetizers came next. One was seaweed or konbu based but I can't tell you what the other 2 were. Nothing I've ever had before. The chawan mushi was filled w fresh mushrooms, a bit of bamboo shoots and cilantro. So tasty. There was also miso soup, pickled Napa cabbage, a bowl of rice and hot green tea. Wait! The main dishes have yet to arrive. One of our group had teriyaki ahi which was cut at least an inch thick and cooked to perfection. It was still juicy on the inside. It came w a huge vegetable salad. The second main dish was a grilled salmon also cooked perfectly. Me? I like my seafood raw so I had the sashimi dinner. Six different, thickly sliced types of fish, shellfish and squid. Sooo tender and fresh. Dessert was ice cream- vanilla, green tea or azuki bean. I looked around the room as we ate and the extensive menu was evident. Shabu Shabu, nabemono and grilled delicacies were cooked at your table by the staff. Orders of sushi and beer were also served. The prep staff is amazing. Our elderly waitress was also the buser. What energy! All in all we had a great first experience at Yoshitsune and hope to return again. T read more

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It was alright. It's hidden inside the Park Shore Hotel Waikiki. You first walk in and it's really tiny and muggy. I got turned off by the flys flying. I saw that it had good reviews so we decided to go but the reviews do not live up to the quality and taste of their food. We got the course meal $35 per person. It tasted like it should of been $35 total. Anywho, the presentation and customer service was great. The salmon was overcooked and the fish didn't taste fresh. I was really disappointed. read more

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With the great ratings, I was excited to have good sushi. I had the omakase and my partner had a sushi combo. The tofu is definitely one of a kind and delicious. I'm from Canada so I was ready to have some fish I've never had. Boy was I wrong. Not only were the fish easily recognizable, my partners dish nearly mirrored mine. So why did I pay more than double the price when I could've basically had the same thing for a fraction of the cost. To add, I guess the chef ran out of fish because two of my 16 nigiris were repeats. The only other good thing I can say about all this is that the food itself was fresh and tasted good. However, there's more to my horrible experience! This is an omakase. So typically, it is a slow, take your time experience. I barely finished my first plate before the second one came, then my third and fourth came before I finished my second. This made me feel rushed, like they wanted us out of there ASAP! (We showed up at 9 and they close at 1030). I couldn't enjoy my food whatsoever. If I wanted all you can eat, plates piling on my table, I would go get all you can eat. I'm very upset and disappointed considering how much that dinner cost. In conclusion, not worth the money. Would never go back. read more

It is a Japanese style. Very cool. Ordered a full course. It includes several items. All very good and it is an interesting experience. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Delicious and high quality food! The staff was also very welcoming and checked on us often. The environment was very laid back. Great place for a low key type of date night! read more

Every once in a while my mom takes me here for lunch. She's a regular, she knows all the staff and usually most of the patrons as she frequents Waikiki on business trips. While a few of the reviewers here seemed to complain about the price, I've found that Yoshitsune is a huge bargain! For roughly $12 you can get a full course meal, dessert included! Typically, I get the chicken lunch set, which includes a teriyaki chicken, shrimp and vegetable tempura, sashimi (usually ahi), hiyayakko tofu, and all the a-typical sides (tsukemono, miso soup, rice). The portions are sized for most asian stomachs, so if you're used to large meals than I doubt you'll be satisfied. Things I love about this place: the decor, the dish-ware, tea served in ceramic teapots, the staff! I've never been dissatisfied and can't wait to visit again! read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - chicken lunch set. - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Always my favorite Chirashi place. Appetizer (clod tofu) is perfect, Chirashi has lots of fresh sashimi, egg, and eel. Dessert at the and. My favorite is green tea flavor. Free valet parking only need to pay tips read more

Get the omakase. $88 for 16 pieces (avg $5/piece!) with uni, sweet shrimp, otoro, eel, shellfish, scallop, and the usual. The full course is also very great value. Took one star off because the food was great but not spetacular. But you get what you pay for so I would say for the price, this is as good as it gets! read more

The food is amazing! It is a little bit difficult to find the place, which is right inside the park shore hotel. Fresh Sashimi and Sushi! I recommand the eel and the sashimi combination. The service is also great! read more

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Fantastic restaurant; food is phenomenal and service is equally so. They validate parking for the Park Shore Waikiki, but it's kind of difficult to get into the parking, so if you'd rather, valet parking at the Aston Waikiki Beach is not too bad and it's easier to find and leave from. read more

Yoshitsune Restaurant - Tofu - Japanese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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This is THE best Japanese restaurant on Oahu!!! I was raised with Japanese homemade food and EVERYTHING on their menu tastes like a Japanese home-cooked meal. When our family has special celebrations, we order take out sushi from them all the time! Their ingredients are fresh and their home-cooked egg is mouth-watering. The staff are very friendly and welcoming; just like coming home after a long day at work. If you're coming here for the first time, definitely try their lunch special. You may want to call in to ask what their special is and even if their special sells out, they have other nice things on the menu. Their special comes with a main dish, rice, miso soup, some small dishes on the side. And yup, don't forget dessert; it comes with green tea or azuki bean ice-cream. A very nice meal for the price. They take pride in selecting their ingredients so I guarantee, everything is a thumbs up! read more

Pretty good restaurant. We ordered the full course set for the dinner and the chirashi set dinner. The chirashi meal was a miss as there really isn't any special pieces in there (tuna, snapper, octopus, tomago, and abalone). The full course came with pretty much the same but no abalone. I think it's a pretty good deal for the volume of food you get and the quality is good. But nothing excellent. read more