Odori-ko - Honolulu

Found this place through Yelp a few months back and recently visited for date night (again . This place is a rare gem in town for good Japanese food and drinks.... read more Found this place through Yelp a few months back and recently visited for date night (again . This place is a rare gem in town for good Japanese food and drinks. Not your typical traditional ambiance, but more of a restaurant and bar with a private dining area in the back, seats at the bar, couple big screen TVs, but also cozy booths and regular tables as well. But, I'm here for the food lol. Their teishoku is more than reasonably priced for the amount of food you get! And I love eating teishoku, so they can get pricey at other Japanese places. Like normal teishoku, it comes with miso soup, salad, edamame, and rice in addition to your two entrees of choice. The salad dressing is yummy! This second time around I still ordered my usual--butterfish, but dynamite-style (must try! with assorted tempura. The portions for each is A LOT. I can normally eat my entire meal, but here, I have to take home leftovers. You get twice the serving of fish, and the tempura--oh my gosh! They give THREE shrimp tempura, a piece of fish tempura, AND assorted veggie tempura. Like I said, this is a lot for teishoku, and I don't like to waste, so I'm always glad to bring it home. They have a variety of sushi--nigiri, rolls, and even sashimi. A couple next us in a booth had a beer tower with their meal. Full bar with sake, soju, and other specials, can't go wrong with that! Customer service is good. It seems like there are a lot of employees and they all help each other out. Someone isn't too far if you need something. There was also a couple of large parties, so it's a good place for groups. I plan on bringing my mom and rest of my family here for the next occasion. They are open for dinner and are open late on Sundays, too (I think 10pm? unlike other restaurants that close early on Sundays. Hope their hours will change soon so they're open during lunch again. We lucked out on parking both visits during the weekend and were right out front on the street. But, since they're on the ground level next to part of 24 Hour Fitness and below Hawaiian Brian's, there's lots of parking in the vicinity!

Really good food and great portions for the price! Will definitely be coming back soon read more Really good food and great portions for the price! Will definitely be coming back soon

Very good food. We loved the shrimp tempura Good customer service and very nice ambience. read more Very good food. We loved the shrimp tempura Good customer service and very nice ambience.

Was not impressed at all by the food. The yakisoba cod was smoothed in way too much sauce. The garlic clam was way too garlicky. Oyster shooters was drowning in... read more Was not impressed at all by the food. The yakisoba cod was smoothed in way too much sauce. The garlic clam was way too garlicky. Oyster shooters was drowning in cocktail sauce. The dynamite I don't even know what was going on there. Could not taste theactual seafood in these dishes.

I went here with my family for a night out and the food and beverages were all wonderful. We had a wide assortment of dishes and all of them were delightful. My... read more I went here with my family for a night out and the food and beverages were all wonderful. We had a wide assortment of dishes and all of them were delightful. My family had insisted I try the oyster shooters and I was skeptical at first but they had greatflavor and a nice variety of texture, and weren't slimy like I'd expected with raw oysters. The wait staff were attentive andalways seemed to check up on us right as we needed them. Later in the night we ordered more drinks and I wanted a mojito whichwas not something on their menu, but they do have a fully stocked bar. The drink they came back with wasn't quite a mojito. Theydidn't have fresh mint so they used ginger instead, but it was absolutely delicious and I was very pleased with it! I asked foranother a while later and the second time they added fresh cucumber to it, which made it even better!! Very refreshing anddelicious. Definitely a top notch place to go to, highly recommended.