Finding a place that specializes in Japanese pancakes is not easy and this place checks all the boxes! Wow that pancake was perfection. And the squid balls were so delicious I bought a dozen more to take home. Put this on your list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lianne Barney
Loved trying the takiyaki! I had the Ponzu and the Parmesan Truffle (P.T.). I wish I had a bigger appetite because I would’ve loved to try the Jalapeño too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mentaiko Takoyaki, Squid
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Great food love it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki, Noodles
Janice Y
Known for hiroshima style okonomiyaki. Arrive around 15 min before it opened and was able to get seated quickly. Besides ordering the special seafood okonomiyaki, we also ordered karaage and several types of takoyaki (there was a variety to try). Everything was well presented and tasted great. This place is always popular with long lines whenever I visited lil tokyo and I can see why. If you really want to try this go early or expect to wait (will be worth it)
Bronze Wool
Really good limited menu for different types of okonomiyaki and Takoyaki. The grilled squid was really nice and watching the chefs make each dish was a delight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki
Tony Canchola
Good, unique experience...try it, you won't be disappointed. Delicious!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Yize Wang
Unpalatable ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Colin Scholl
Excellent in all
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki, Noodles
Daisy H.
Spicy one is a little too spicy, order one to share is totally enough.No need toppings, it’s big.
Garrett Ward
From the moment one of the servers gleefully shouted across the room "いらっしゃませ!" ("Welcome"), I knew I was in for a treat. If you want to try something a little more authentically Japanese than Sushi while in Little Tokyo, give this place a shot. The Okonomiyaki was extremely delicious. Service was extremely friendly and even during dinner rush the food came surprisingly quick.
The hot plate in front of you is not actually to cook, but more so keep food warm. I wish it was a but more sizzling but it is easier to have them cook and serve I guess. Food was great. Kara-age was bland in my opinion. Tantanmen was tasty but looked creamy, may be bcz of mayonnaise. Okonomiyaki that was ground beef… beef did not have flavor just ground beef in okonomiyaki.Still enjoyed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goam, Karage, Soupless Spicy Tan Tan Men
Berenice Salas-Sanchez
We went for lunch and qaited over 30 minutes tonget food waiters disappeared untill the end do not go if your going on lunch break. We had to walk 20 minutes to and from office waited 30 minutes to get food we were so late to office.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
yeonjin Hur
Never had okonomiyaki before, but I still had good experience. This would be good drinking food! But for a meal it was a little heavy for me. Also, Yelp has adding your name on the waitlist option, so I saved time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki
K Do
One of my favorite places in little tokyo!Parking: It's hard to park there. You should find a paid or free street parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki, Goam, Squid, Karage, Soupless Spicy Tan Tan Men, Sauce
Jan Maxwell
First time here with my nephew. I almost ordered ramen but changed my mind last minute because the whole point was to experience okonomiyaki. You come here for that. We have lots of great japanese food in San Diego but none makes Okonomiyaki. I ordered the Loaded Kaisen with the choice of Crispy Noodles. It had Shrimp and Squid on top. It was delicious. We also ordered wasabi takoyaki. I was bit surprised by the Public Parking because the price was 15$ ? but overall the trip to little Tokyo was all worth it.
Finding a place that specializes in Japanese pancakes is not easy and this place checks all the boxes! Wow that pancake was perfection. And the squid balls were so delicious I bought a dozen more to take home. Put this on your list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loved trying the takiyaki! I had the Ponzu and the Parmesan Truffle (P.T.). I wish I had a bigger appetite because I would’ve loved to try the Jalapeño too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mentaiko Takoyaki, Squid
Great food love it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki, Noodles
Known for hiroshima style okonomiyaki. Arrive around 15 min before it opened and was able to get seated quickly. Besides ordering the special seafood okonomiyaki, we also ordered karaage and several types of takoyaki (there was a variety to try). Everything was well presented and tasted great. This place is always popular with long lines whenever I visited lil tokyo and I can see why. If you really want to try this go early or expect to wait (will be worth it)
Really good limited menu for different types of okonomiyaki and Takoyaki. The grilled squid was really nice and watching the chefs make each dish was a delight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki
Good, unique experience...try it, you won't be disappointed. Delicious!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unpalatable ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Excellent in all
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki, Noodles
Spicy one is a little too spicy, order one to share is totally enough.No need toppings, it’s big.
From the moment one of the servers gleefully shouted across the room "いらっしゃませ!" ("Welcome"), I knew I was in for a treat. If you want to try something a little more authentically Japanese than Sushi while in Little Tokyo, give this place a shot. The Okonomiyaki was extremely delicious. Service was extremely friendly and even during dinner rush the food came surprisingly quick.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Osaka-Style Okonomiyaki
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The hot plate in front of you is not actually to cook, but more so keep food warm. I wish it was a but more sizzling but it is easier to have them cook and serve I guess. Food was great. Kara-age was bland in my opinion. Tantanmen was tasty but looked creamy, may be bcz of mayonnaise. Okonomiyaki that was ground beef… beef did not have flavor just ground beef in okonomiyaki.Still enjoyed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goam, Karage, Soupless Spicy Tan Tan Men
We went for lunch and qaited over 30 minutes tonget food waiters disappeared untill the end do not go if your going on lunch break. We had to walk 20 minutes to and from office waited 30 minutes to get food we were so late to office.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Never had okonomiyaki before, but I still had good experience. This would be good drinking food! But for a meal it was a little heavy for me. Also, Yelp has adding your name on the waitlist option, so I saved time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki
One of my favorite places in little tokyo!Parking: It's hard to park there. You should find a paid or free street parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hiroshima Oko Nomi Yaki, Goam, Squid, Karage, Soupless Spicy Tan Tan Men, Sauce
First time here with my nephew. I almost ordered ramen but changed my mind last minute because the whole point was to experience okonomiyaki. You come here for that. We have lots of great japanese food in San Diego but none makes Okonomiyaki. I ordered the Loaded Kaisen with the choice of Crispy Noodles. It had Shrimp and Squid on top. It was delicious. We also ordered wasabi takoyaki. I was bit surprised by the Public Parking because the price was 15$ ? but overall the trip to little Tokyo was all worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Okonomiyaki