The see urchin rice is indeed super good as a lot of articles said. Thought the sashimi is so-so. At least I don't feel it's any different from what u have in southern california.. they told us all those are from either Japan or Korea eailer morning and staff, but i really don't feel it's that fresh.
Excellent food. As someone who travels between Hawaii and Japan almost every month, I can say that this place is the real deal. Definitely one of my favorite places in Hawaii.
Must come for the grilled unagi fresh from Korea!Our server was very attentive and knowledgeable on the menu items. Everything was decently priced for the quality you’re getting.
Food was yummmmmmy! The uni truffle rice is something to come back for! The service was exceptional. The two waiters took care of the whole restaurant!
So fresh sooo good! Sushi was the highlight of the night!!! Service was amazing too!
My night with Uosan was something to remember. Chef nobu and his entourage served us with utmost attention and detail. Ranging from different crustaceans to omakase sashimi to sushi piece by piece (I didn’t take pictures for the fish. Was too hungry!) The quality of the fishes were impeccable, it was all flown in daily from Japan! The crab was live from Japan too. It was HUGE for 78$. The sushi was firm and tasted of years off experience. It doesn’t fall apart nor was the cuts of fish too big.There were such a vast amount of sake that the waiters were kindly explaining to me about sakes that were off list. I settled upon a basic kubota manju after I was paired with an amazing 08 don peri! Their service reminded me of when I spent a getaway at the four seasons in Maldives, DIVINE. I can’t commend them more than that. Well done.I’ve spent monies at other sushi restaurant and I felt that the service and the food in uosan was on par with a fine dining restaurant like sushi sho whilst on the other hand, the cost of the dinner was comparable to an izakaya (which means great price!).***** It saddens me that there are so many one star reviews lately. Maybe they are just fake reviews. Chef nobu definitely does not deserve a one star for uosan. That is saying chef is serving conveyor sushi restaurant quality food, which I object. Additional to that, service was top notch.*****I hope this review helps future foodies!
Good news. No more omakase only after Christmas and new year.The Otoro was boom, so oily, and it tastes so good. It literally melt in your month. Recommend Chu toro if you don't like oily fish. The sweet shrimp was ok because they don't use the head to make a fried head or head soup like other restaurants. Waiter was nice and recommended us uni pancake with caviar ($32), seasalt grill unagi($30). Both were a 4 out 5 good but very pricey for such small portion.The uni truffle egg rice was as good as everyone says. It is so rich in flavor. MUST try item.Overall, I would give a 4.5.
Worst dining experience in my 1 month Hawaii holiday trip! Don't go!!!1. When we arrive, the waiter told us they only provide chef omakase for around $200 per ppl, no "order from menu". But later we found there are few people order the food they like for menu and not doing omakase, when we checked with waiter, he was very annoying and rude, said they are waiters' friend? So they treat customer differently!2. The waiter and chef force us to have the full omakase even we are not hungry. They agreed to serve the half omakase but they still charged us full price! Lier!3. We cannot finish the food, and ask for box to take out, but he said they didn't provide box to go??? And the waiter didn't valid my parking ticket!Actually I would like to give 0 star but Yelp only allows me give 1 star for lowest score! The service is terrible, waiter is a lier, and the food is not worth $200 per person. I don't know why Yelp gives it 2 dollar signs for price, it should be 4 dollar!
Fish、Crab and Uni are pretty fresh. My fav dish is the【roasted white Unagi】, it’s a MUST try!! The Zuwai Kano (snow crab from Japan）tastes good but pricey. The most popular dish- Uni Egg Rice: a little bit greasy and should be save for the last.
Poor service