We loved this location. It wasn’t touristy & everyone was really nice. The chefs & bartenders are literally artists. Beautiful presentation on every dish. Our favorites were the double happiness & lobster & steak maki rolls. We also enjoyed the garlic roll & sweet & spicy edamame. The Halloween special drink menu is awesome & the restaurant is decorated so nicely for Halloween. I had the Ursula’s revenge which they actually light on fire 🔥. So cool. Also very strong & delicious. The hot sake was very smooth. Our server, Erika, went above & beyond & was just a cool person. I would definitely recommend this spot. Some of the best sushi we’ve ever had.
Amazing place! Easier to get into the sushi bar if a busy night. Parking is unexpectedly easy in this busy city center. Great selection and sushi is definitely an art form!!
I just had the best tempura fried brownies. When I was eating it I was already missing it, and knew that I would be thinking about the dish for days. Almost a week later I still think about it. The ambience of the place is really nice but it gets busy and crowded so reservations are highly encouraged. The parking is also limited, I recommend that you park on the street parking, if you use their valet it will be $7. They have a lot of interesting menu options that you might not get in normal sushi restaurants. The restaurant is busy so expect a slower service but I hope it is worth the wait because that brownie is just... Magical.
First time here and we loved everything about it. The restaurant is beautiful. The hosts were super friendly and courteous. The wait staff was attentive and very detail oriented. The chefs are amazing. The food was delicious. We had a really great time. I highly recommend this place for a date night or if you're looking for a good sushi place in general.
For those of you wondering, Happy Hour is 4-6 and it's worth coming at that time.
Trendy vibrant vibe, fresh and creative sushi rolls. The tableside cooking of the wagyu fried rice was a nice touch and would recommend it.
I’ve always loved coming to Doraku for their happy hour, their food never disappoints. This time we came during prime dinner time and it was just as delicious as I remember! Some of the things I’d recommend ordering are the Jidori Chicken Ginger Karaage (we ordered it 2x), Wagyu Beef Fried Rice, and Ahi Tataki. Their sushi rolls were yummy too, but the hot dishes really made it for me.
I read the reviews and was afraid of bad service. But everything went great! The service was excellent, the waitress was very friendly, smiling, always came to us, brought orders quickly. Everything is great! The food is delicious!
We stopped in before an event at Blaisdell. It's a perfect location to just pop on over to your event after a meal or some drinks. They have both indoor and outdoor seating, and valet available at the parking garage next door. My husband and I shared Ahi, brussel sprouts, mushrooms, edamame, a spicy tuna roll, and the steak and lobster roll. Just about everything on the menu is sharable. Everything was delicious.
Service was slow when we first arrived, and it took nearly 18 minutes to be sat for a 4PM reservation. It seemed as though maybe the team was short staffed or new hires. All reservations include a 90 minute limit, which we were reminded of at our table after being sat, and after we had been waiting for about 20 minutes to be greeted by a server. I didn't love this.
We dined outside, which was great, but once our food was dropped off at the table, we didn't get much servicing. The food was delicious, and we'd definitely be going back
I had the best experience here in Friday 5/20/22. Had a reservation to meet my old coworkers. I walked in with my service dog and was greeted by an amazing mgr. named Mina. She said she had an area reserved for me & walked me to the most perfect area of the restaurant inside private area in the front. She made me feel like she cared about comfort and a big enough area for my party. We also had the most amazing, wonderful, patient, attentative server Kim, who absolutely blew our minds how quick and accurate she was! One of the best servers we've come across, 5 stars. She went above and beyond. It made the night special for all of us. Perfect food, perfect drinks, happy hr was fantastic to catch & the ambiance was awesome. We couldn't ask for anything better. Our favorite restaurant now, and we've been to many. I can't wait to come back. Thank you Mina and Kim 🙏🍻🙌🍣🦪
Adriana S Kogake (Dri)
+5
Delicious Asian food, fresh fish and very taste! Wonderful place to celebrate, a little price the portion is not so big, but is worth for the price.
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Very nice izakaya, atmosphere is like you’re in Japan. Quality of food was mostly good. Best dish imo was the hamachi carpaccio. Very thin sliced and melt in your mouth hamachi - Umai! The Doraku salmon and crispy eel roll was great. The wagyu beef fried rice which is cooked at your table was good (a little bland, could use just a little more seasoning to kick it up a notch). Inaka yakisoba was good. Ordered It with Jidori chicken. This is the first time I’ve tried Jidori chicken which (from what I’ve read on the internet) is fresh free range chicken brought in from California. I would have liked a little more seasoning on the chicken, but may be that’s a no no for Jidori chicken (like pouring A-1 on my ribeye🤔). Although the Jidori chicken ginger karaage was well seasoned, crispy, and had lots of flavor.. The garlic teriyaki Edamame was very ono! Was so good we ordered a second round. Negitoro don could have used ahi that was more fresh. It was great that it was served with sushi rice, though. Yuzu lemonade was pretty good - a little more yuzu would have made it perfect. Spicy tuna crispy rice - not recommended - rice was too crispy (some of the rice was too hard.). The king oyster mushroom was was tasty and tender. Overall, Doraku at Kakaako was great - nice atmosphere and good food. A good place to hang out and celebrate an occasion or relax after work.
Unfortunately I used fb story msgs during our meal (which is video) so I only have 1 photo from our lunch date. We enjoyed the chicken kar'age & tiger shrimp tempura (huge!) We also ordered the sashimi + sushi deluxe which was great as well, their slices were thick and better than most. We also had the steak and lobster rolls which was great and juicy and plump. Umami fries were moist and delicious addition as well. And lastly while sippin my Old fashion, I love the way they make theirs, we ordered the lamp chops with mashed taters. 💯🤙
Every trip back has been great. Tonight we sat on the patio with friends and chatted. Great evening for it
No longer any lunch happy hour, dinner happy hour only. Free validated parking. Cozy, modern, upscale Izakaya. Customer service is absolutely wonderful! Ask for Dale. He's amazing, and has great recommendations.
If there was nothing else on the happy hour menu but the lamb chop I would still be happy. For 6 dollars it is very hard to beat. The quality of the food makes coming here any time they are open worth while but the bill will add up during normal dining hours.
Very welcoming staff when first walking in, the server and service were great, the food was honestly the best I’ve had on island, everything tasted really good and presentation was really good too. First time eating there but definitely won’t be the last!
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