Hakata Robata Fishman

Luckily I can get the seats without reservation on Sunday night but I will strongly recommend to reserve the table first if you are visiting in a group of people since this is a Izakaya popular among local Japanese. Everything in the menu looks good. All tastes excellent with very reasonable price. Highly recommend the handcrafted coke highball and Liver pate monaka!😛 Will definitely visit again and try more dishes🫶🏻 was too full this time🥹

This place seems impossible to get reservations so call ahead or even better, plan your weekend around dinner at Hakata Robata Fishman. But when you do get a seat, think of it as an early birthday, Christmas, Hannakah, Kwanza, Halloween gift from the world. We were seated at the counter next to the kitchen with a perfect view of the magic behind the scenes. But to be honest, there were no bad seats in the house. All the action going on in the izakaya can cause whiplash. From the mobile tamagoyaki cooking station to the belly dancing performance there wasn’t a dull millisecond. But take all the theatrics away and when you’re left with the food, it will blow your mind. We started with the sashimi staircase, and each level was incredible. Especially when you pair it with any of the sauces, each bite takes your breath away. I ordered the Wagyu meat and potatoes and it was such a mind fuck because it really looked like slice of fruit pie but was so savory good! We also ordered the seared ozaki beef yukke and the mushroom tempura with truffle dip. This was the moment that I wish I had another stomach because the whole menu looks so good! We really really love this place and just like the noren at the entrance says, I ❤️ Hakata!

I had a wonderful dining experience here! The service was excellent — especially from Badu and Lai San. Lai San made an amazing Japanese-style omelette — it was perfectly cooked and incredibly tasty. Badu was very warm and friendly, making us feel truly welcomed throughout the meal. The food quality overall was great, and the atmosphere made the experience even better. Highly recommended — I’ll definitely come back again!

This is a unique place that offers some really interesting Japanese dishes. Such a cozy vibe. We actually had a reservation for later in the evening, but they still managed to squeeze us in. So nice! Most of the dishes are cooked right at your table, which makes it super entertaining to watch. But please get their recommended noodles. In general a bit on the pricey side tho! And the service? We had a few dietary challenges, but Lai san and the rest helped us out with such care and great advice. Thank you!

Had dinner here with my mum and the food was amazing! The food was beautifully presented and every dish was delicious. The staff were all super friendly, helpful, and always had a smile on their faces. Big shoutout to Lai San - he had such a funny interaction with my mum that made us laugh so much. Highly recommend this place!

Everything was amazing! Staffs were very friendly and welcoming! Definitely not forgetting Raisan who cooked our Japanese omelette and beef to perfection! Be sure to make a reservation as there are people coming in every hour!

Favourite izakaya in Fukuoka!! We ended up going twice in a row, the menu is so extensive and some dishes change every day while others like the sashimi and the omelette are a staple. The food is absolutely delicious and the service is so friendly! Big shout out to Lai San: not only he made the most delicious omelette for us, but he was a kind and friendly chat on both nights making us feel super welcomed (even though the place is full of locals which could feel overwhelming, but as foreigner you actually feel welcomed here and treated so well!)

Love the dining experience here. The service crew was very entertaining. The fusion food is great for us too. Recommended to make a reservation

We ate at Fishman 3 out of 5 nights during a recent visit to Fukuoka. Never ate the same dish twice. Superb. The staff is fun and service was top notch.

Suggestion is that you make reservations if you want to try this place. We walked in 5:45'ish and was turned away because derp, no rez. We must have put on some pretty sad, disappointed faces because as we turned around, he murmured 'chotto matte kudasai'. Well, it still didn't give us much hope because the Japanese are too kind to turn you away so abruptly, thinking maybe he's just making an appearance to try and squeeze you in. Well, to my surprise, he offered a seating but we needed to done by 7pm. I bowed gratefully and profusely with glee while we were directed to our seats. The restaurant's interior is really nice and inviting. Open kitchen but only the raw fish prep up front is viewable, and the backside is the hot food kitchen. No worries if you're and english-speaking tourist, there is an English menu available for drinks and food. I just wanted to try the sashimi 'staircase' and asked the waiter for recommendations. Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. They spent a lot of time explaining dishes and checking in on us (maybe to see if we were on a trajectory to be done by 7). It's no surprise the sashimi was fresh and delicious. I realize fish is usually fresh in restaurants all over Japan but the quality and freshness was at another level. Not only the quality but I didn't know half the items I was enjoying. I was too embarrassed to ask again after the waiter introduced each tier on the staircase to us. One piece in particular was different and I just needed to know what it was. I flagged another waiter to ask (because to avoid embarrassment from the first waiter) but he ended up asking the first waiter to come over to help us. He only knew the Japanese name of the fish and said he would be back after asking the chef. He came back but had to pull out the smarty pants phone to Google Translate it ... it was whale. Ummm, I don't know if I would've partake knowing it was whale due to all the controversy over whale hunting in Japan. I'm sorry Willy! As we finished our fantastic dinner - well before 7 if you need to know - the owner walked us out and handed us mandarin oranges with something written on a tiny sticker. I finally translated the sticker to say "come again!". Oh, we will.

Fishman is the place to be if you want to enjoy good food and have a fun evening. I was debating where to go for my last meal in Fukuoka and ended up coming here after seeing all the photos of stairway of Sashimi! How can I resist that?!! We arrived as a walk in but able to be seated in a fully packed restaurant. Thanks so much for being accommodating! Reservation is a must on weekends for sure! Menu is in Japanese with English translation so ordering was not a problem but there was so many interesting item on the menu and that made ordering challenging. We ended up ordering the Maguro Hamburger, Kaidan Sashimi and the Fish of the Day cooked as a seafood stew. They were all tasty and interesting plus priced reasonably. But I think I do prefer my fresh seafood raw and Kaidan Sashimi (Stairway of Raw Seafood) was the highlight of the evening! Service was attentive and friendly. They even have a magician that do little tricks for the diners at their individual tables. It was kind of fun when he shown us his tricks! We were walked to the door and given free bag of popcorn to take home when we leave. Talking about good hospitality! Highly recommend if you want a fun evening. Though as an Izakaya, it could get a little loud so don't come here for a romantic evening!

I got intrigued by the name of the restaurant and really wanted to have their stairs of sushi, figured it would be interesting and good for picture taking. Apparently as of Mar 2017, they are not offering stairs of sushi on the lunch menu. What a bummer! You can still order stairs of sashimi for dinner. Anyhow, we got there for lunch before opening (11:30) and by 11:40, the place was already packed! By 12:00, people were waiting outside. My husband and I had ahi hamburger steak and chirashi. They were both delicious. We ordered desserts for extra 100 yen each but to be honest, we were way to full. The rice is all you can eat and they have really good pickles (also all you can eat). The service was really slow, we had to grab their attentions every single time. Maybe they can staff one more person??? I think they provide a different vibe for dinner time and it looks like fun by the look of all the pics. お店の名前が面白くて気になりました。階段寿司が食べれるとのことで写真をとるのにもいいかなと思い、出向くことに。 残念ながら2017年3月現在、ランフメニューの階段寿司は無くなっていました。ディナータイムには階段刺身が注文できますよ。 開店前に到着しましたが11：40分にはもうすでに満席、12時になると外に列が出来てました。 主人と私はマグロハンバーグと魚男丼を注文。どちらも美味しかったです。100円でデザートも付けましたが正直かなりお腹いっぱいでした。ご飯とお漬物はおかわり自由です。 サービスはかなり遅かったです。毎回声をかけないと回ってきてくれない感じ。もう1人スタッフ増やした方がいいんじゃないかな。写真を見るとディナータイムだとまた違う雰囲気で楽しそうな感じです。

Second time I've visited there. Generally foods, atmosphere, and so on, almost all of them are awesome. Above all, waiter are all entertainers! If you are lucky, you can enjoy some kinds of shows while eating dishes! However since it was a holiday it appeared to take a little long time to serve dishes. So my rate is 4.

I always recommend this place to my friends who visit Fukuoka for the first time. After all, Fukuoka is known to be stylish, and we are known to have great food. Fishman combines high quality meals with flawless style, the presentation is gorgeous, the atmosphere is energetic and hectic, and the interior of the restaurant is visually pleasing as well. One thing I always recommend is the Kaidan Sushi (available during Lunch Time) or the Kaidan Sashimi (available during Dinner.) Select fish of the day placed on a mounted "stairway", served with miso soup during the day, and a variety of dipping sauces at night (including my favorite--frothy ponzu bubbles.) For the yen conscious consumer, lunch is a great value! Affordable "teishoku" style lunch sets at at a reasonable price. Dinner is a little more expensive, as everything is ordered individually, but it's a good place to catch up with friends and relax causally. The only thing I would complain about, is how their service can be a little slow. Some days it is really just so busy and they can't help it, but on those days, you might want to make sure you're visiting with people you can have lengthly conversations with, so you're not stuck twiddling your thumbs while wondering out loud if "maybe they forgot your order." (They've never forgotten an order, by the way. And I have found lunch to be a lot quicker and more efficient than dinner.) Also they have a Japanese menu with some very interesting English translations, so I recommend you spend some time flipping through that if you can ;)

Wow! My first meal of this trip to Japan and it was great! The lunch menu was in Japanese so I asked the friendly waiter for a suggestion and he said without hesitation: mackerel burger. It was so good and so was everything that came with it. I'm definitely coming back.

Great restaurant! Very original restaurant with great food and great staff. You can have all the rice you want and other ingredients are free to take. You can see the cooks cooking, it's very nice. The price is okay considering that everything is great (I paid 1000yens). Only one bad point: the wrestlers poster on the toilets' door. I felt like they were looking at me while peeing ahah!

Very very very very good. Had the maguro hamburger. 1000 yen but honestly I could have paid more for it. It was so good Probably one of my favorite restaurant of Fukuoka :)