Katsumidori sushi tokyo

As someone who enjoys sushi regularly, I had high hopes for this restaurant, especially with Japanese staff both in the kitchen and front of house. Unfortunately, the experience was underwhelming. The uni was not fresh and tasted unpleasant, the shrimp was dry and lacking in flavor, the rice crumbled apart and seemed improperly seasoned, and the fish had a strange off taste that made me question its quality. The eel, on top of everything else, had so many tiny bones that it was nearly impossible to eat. To add to the disappointment, they didn’t even ask if we wanted hot or cold water, which felt like a basic oversight. I genuinely don’t understand how the food could be this mediocre given the authenticity I was expecting. Even basic chain spots like KazuNori or Sugarfish manage to deliver a better and more consistent dining experience. This place seems more geared toward white or Americanized tourists than anyone looking for quality, authentic Japanese food. I really wanted to like it, but sadly, it fell far short of expectations.

Customer service was good and it seemed that it was layed out like a typical Japanese restaurant in Japan would be. The fresh spicy shrimp sushi and the spicy salmon sushi were fresh and savory and delicious. One of the best shrimp sushi I’ve had. The delicate fresh shrimp won me over. The katsu parfait was underwhelming and would not recommend.

Katsumidori is very very busy (at least at night times after 8pm) and I would recommend you make a reservation before going, or you may need to wait 30 minutes to an hour to grab a seat or to get your takeout orders processed. The sushi stations have much more backlog than the rest of the kitchen, and if you’re dining in, you should be able to enjoy your non-sushi items before you get your sushi. As for takeouts, I highly recommend you either go all sushi or all non-sushi, when you mix the two your non-sushi items can come out very cold. We ordered fried chicken along with a Yokozuna sushi set, and we ate the food immediately at a bench nearby the restaurant after receiving the food and we noticed fried chicken is already quite cold and soggy. As far as the sushi goes, some items are undoubtedly quite good. We enjoyed most of the nigiris except for the clam and eel ones, but these lower quality nigiri (and cold fried chickens) really lowered the overall dining experience (see picture, ones with green checkmarks are good, rest you should avoid). We tried multiple sushi restaurants in Oahu at this point, and we had Genki sushi (sushi chain with multiple locations in Oahu) the night before and I would recommend going there instead as quality of sushi is equal and most of the times better than Katsumidori, and you don’t have to wait at all there. I highly appreciate Katsumidori’s serving staff, they were like superheroes doing multiple jobs at the same time, but overall I wouldn’t come back here again.

Katsumidori Sushi is one of the best sushi places in Oahu, Hawaii. Most of the fishes are flown from their headquarter in Tokyo, Japan. In my opinion, it is on different level of other local sushi-ya. I love their seasonal selections especially the Hikarimono (Blue Fish) based. I can eat here every day. I would recommend this place for anyone looking for best possible sushi you can have in the Island.

Update 12/4/24: for Dinner, let’s get this out of the way, this is one of the top sushi places in the USA period. Seasoned master Japanese sushi chefs, the sushi is sublime, Tokyo+ quality, full stop. Now, as far as other dishes, it’s a significant step down. Soups, desserts, all a bunch of notches below the sushi. So it’s a great, great sushi restaurant that offers truly authentic Japanese food, a rarity anywhere in the USA. Now on to the restaurant. It’s pretentious, very snooty service. The management and everything is Frenetic, very loud atmosphere. I was called ahead of time to confirm my reservation and promise not to exceed 90 minutes. The master sushi chefs will take food orders from Japanese but not from Most non-Japanese. It is what it is. Side note, reasonable prices relatively speaking. December 2023 Lunch: There seems to be (at least) three authentic Japanese restaurants in Waikiki. Authentic means Japanese key staff, authentic dishes, none of the American rolls etc. the other two being Suntory and Yoshitsune. This restaurant features very high quality Japanese fare for lunch and dinner. This review focuses on lunch. There’s a few great specials and we had the Chirashi , assorted tempura, miso soup and a huge flavorful very fresh tofu salad bargain at $7.50. Call ahead for sure and dinner can be hard to get into.

This was certainly a unique experience for me. The typical sushi place where I am from is AYCE and I only order the items I like until I think I won't be able to move anymore. That is not the case here, as you must order a la carte, which isn't really bad, but I'd had a couple beers already and was worrying about over ordering, or under ordering and being a bother to the wait staff too often. Turns out that likely would not have been an issue as the staff was super helpful and polite. Anyways, with their help, we decided to be adventurous and order a combo platter that had all sorts of stuff on it that I would normally never take a second look at (Horse Mackerel, Sea Eel, Salmon Roe, Urchin), and match it with some tempura and seared nigiri that I knew we would like. I am glad we did because it gave me the chance to try new things and although I didn't love all of it, it was nice to experiment.

I have been to this place a few times and was never disappointed. Even though the price has gone up and portion of some dishes reduced, it's still worth the value for money spent here versus others. This place is always crammed but cozy. Early (2-3 weeks) reservation is highly recommended. Staff are super friendly and accommodating. I prefer to sit at sushi bar for immediate service and interaction with the chef. Dishes I always order include the fish soup, steamed egg custard, uni overflowing sushi, homemade Macadamia Nut tofu, and assorted sashimi platter.

Located in the Prince Hotel, the place has a cute vibe. We ordered the premium platter for takeout, which is advertised for 3-4 people, but most items only had 3 pieces. What’s the plan for the 4th person? Are they supposed to go hungry? Aside from that, the taste was good, as expected for the high prices. You can temporarily park your car in the valet lane while picking up the order.