Osaka Restaurant

What a lovely place. Service was exceptional, the food tasted really good. Loved it and will visit again!

Good spot, delicious food

A small and cozy place. Very friendly service . The food are great !!!! Sushi , the dog , is the best !!! 🤍

Will say it was cold and Alaska was definitely interesting and some other points I think I need to point out is that it's a very small quaint town and I've been warned that the wildlife here is quite dangerous. BTW, the food was good as well

The food was great. Prices high. Interior not too appealing but all places up here are like that so do not hold that against them. I had enough to take home and it still tasted great the next day.

5 out of 5. Good Avocado Rolls and owner a pretty nice and give you the WiFi Code when you ask nice.

Everything is relative. If you judge this restaurant by normal standards, you could do better. However, judging based on Utqiagvik's standards then this is a top restaurant. The lunch special is $17 and the teriyaki chicken was such a small portion it felt like only half of a breast. But the flavor was spot on. Considering the location, it's a blessing to eat authentic Korean and pseudo Japanese food.

Hot and delicious. Good menu variety and good service even when it was crowded (which is only because there was a convention in town.)

Looks like the place to eat in town!!! Your review on youtube was great! Looking forward to a visit soon.

The service and the food was high quality! I recommend this place. The ambience is comfortable. This place is in a good location.

Osakas. For Utqiagvik - This is some decent sushi! Heck it would be great sushi even down in Anchorage. The sushi here is on par (if not better) than any big city. The Ikura is fresh, the king salmon is fat and the sushi rolls are very tasty. We also at other times have had the Chicken teriyaki. It is a decent serving amount that is tasty with a great thick Teri sauce! It may be speedy, But hey remind yourself just exactly where you are having the privilege to eat some (good) sushi! Eat here, you will not be disappointed. Sorry no pics.

Fits the bill and meets your needs for breakfast lunch or dinner. Unique combinations of American, Japanese, and Thi cuisine.

Salmon roll tasted old af Delivery was quick Edit:2 hours later was hospitalized for food poisoning

It's simple, good service, friendly people, and great food. That's it. They're always busy and while sometimes you can't get your food on time, the food is worth it.

Very good food, friendly service, and quite possibly the tastiest salmon I've ever had, and I've been to many sushi restaurants!

I called to ask how the weather is, ended up having a minute-long conversation with the lady. Very good service

Best bacon and eggs I've had in a while. Weird? Yeah, I know. We stumbled through Barrow and the bright orange japanese restaurant called to us. They brought us some miso soup to start and then we found the breakfast menu. A hot meal sounded better than cold sushi so I went for the bacon and eggs and sausage. Really solid standard fare.

Service is horrible! If I could've refrained from giving any stars I would have. The lady owner is so rude and in front of me she yelled in Korean and English that every time I order I make her take the food back and make new food and that I'm a waste of her time and money. That is poor customer service! No owner should say that to a paying customer. I will not be ordering from here or coming here again. That is the worst customer service I've seen in this town.

Three of us had bento boxes, which were good, and one of us had the nabe udon, which he liked. Prices seem comparable to the other restaurants here (no cheap eats in this town!). We'll try another place for dinner.

I came to this restaurant for 2 reasons. The first is that most reviews were favorable and I knew that my options in Barrow were limited. The second is that I'm 1/2 Korean. It was an actual Korean family running the restaurant, and the menu was straight up authentic, as far as Korean food is concerned. The food came quickly, and everything was delicious. We have been in Alaska for 3 days, so far, and I told my husband that it's been the best meal we've had so far! Well worth a visit.

Ordered the Large sushi boat and was super delicious. The only thing I wish is that we had more sushi, we figured that the large sushi boat would feed at least four us but unfortunately it didn't and we had to end up ordering more. Besides that the sushi was great and the delivery was fast.

i like this place because not only can you get some decent sushi, but the lady will try to hook you up with her nephew. NICE eh?( this is where i wiggle my brows in a suggestive manner). the oxtail soup is delicious, the burgers are mediocre the breakfast is MEH. my scrambled egg were flat, no texture to them at all. i go for the sushi, but my friend swears by the chicken fried steak. so much so, that she will walk through the -40 with blasting arctic wind to get at them. and be sure to get there by 12 or there will be no seats for you.

We enjoyed our lunch at Osaka. We had Teriyaki chicken and short ribs. The service was outstanding. It was terrific to have Asian fare in Barrow.

I had the chicken teriyaki and the California roll , it was very good .I would return, remember this is Barrows! No five star restaurants here

We were staying at the King Eider Hotel and after a 100 ft walk decided to order in and headed back to the hotel. Way to cold to walk there. haha. Very happy to have the food delivered faster than what we could have walked there. Food was warm and good but since we didn't visit the location I can't talk about the building. I had meet one of the workers in the morning on one of our walks. She was up from LA and was delightful to talk to while we were trying to find our way around Barrow. (BTW, if you trust on of those free maps from the hotels to find your way around town, don't. They have mislabled a lot of the sites.) I got more food than I expected and for a resonable price which is a lot to say when in Barrow. Everything is at least 30% more than down in Anchorage.

It's a really good place to eat, I loved that place, people there are kind, I want to go again to Barrow some day in my life and obviously I will go back to that place

Reminded me of home, and I'm from Seattle. Felt comfortable and welcoming, and had the delightful charm of all the good Japanese restaurants I'm used to. I ordered the bento box, with teriyaki chicken, vegetable tempura, rice, salad and gyoza. It was served quickly and accurate and best of all, delicious! The staff were friendly and polite. It was very comforting to have a warm meal that reminded me of home, in such a far away place as Barrow.

The sushi here is as good as the Anchorage places. They also serve things like edemame. They have the American burgers and sandwiches you expect for around $10 including fries, and a great breakfast. You can't go wrong with the Bento boxes at lunch that come out in the neat little, well, Bento boxes...You get a lot to eat for about $13. The owners and servers are always nice and the place is usually packed. They deliver if you want something brought to your hotel room or house. It's a tiny place and if you go right at noon, you won't get a seat. And if it's bitter cold out, you end up hiking to Pepe's which is cavernous and always has an open table. When tourists staying at the Top of the World hotel would say they didn't want to eat at Pepe's again, I'd tell them to come here, which is right across the street from both.

I usually have several meals here just about every time I come to Barrow. The sushi is second to none and way better than any place back home. Always fresh or they won't serve it. The staff is super friendly and I haven't had anything that wasn't outstanding. There aren't too many tables so they fill up quickly around lunch and dinner time but they have extended hours and it is worth the wait. This is not only the best place in Barrow to eat but just about anywhere north of the Alaska Range.

As with most restaurants in Barrow, it's very small but with great service. Group ordered quite a few dishes including kung poa, mongolian beef, and I had the beef bulgoki. Food came out fast and hot, portion size was large. We asked for spicy but really no zip. Flavors were ok but nothing about any of the dishes that resulted in any 'wow' factor. None of us were really impressed. Of course, no alcohol. Pricey but not for Barrow.

This was the first place we ate at in Barrow and went in with low expectations. The putside looks like a run down shack, and the inside doesn't look much fancier. However, the food is absolutely delicious! I ordered yakisoba and there was a flavor explosion in my mouth! I could not believe that I had to travel to the top of the world for delicious food! Alas, here it is.

We ordered to-go and a member in our group found a screw in their soup.

Love the personal service and great food! Favorite place of the locals, for a reason.

Osaka's is the best place to eat in Barrow. Hands down. I had avoided eating there because I was afraid to try it for two years. It was my biggest mistake about living in Barrow. If you are going out, and planning on spending Barrow food prices, go here. Everything is good, the owners are extremely kind, and you wont regret it. Don't even bother anywhere else unless you want to be disappointed. Not even The Top of the World compares. At least in my husband and my opinion.

If you want fresh sushi, take a vacation to Osaka(or better yet, the tiny island of Okinawa; just don't make the mistake of calling the locals in Okinawa "Japanese", you might get mugged). Consider that there is NO local fishing fleet bringing in seafood, the local catch is mostly salmon, caught by subsistence fishermen providing for their families(not selling it to restaurants). Consider that all the food served in Barrow's restaurants is flown in from Anchorage. Consider that even in Anchorage, it can be difficult to find fresh sushi. You have a recipe for problems. I'm not saying Osaka has bad sushi. I'm not saying Osaka has rotten, or spoiled sushi. What I am saying, is that you're taking a risk by eating here. There is literally no way to guarantee that the food they are serving you is fresh. In Okinawa, by comparison, the fish is caught less than 30 miles away in most cases. I know some people who can run that far in a matter of hours, and this fish is brought in via boat, and then via automobile. It's fresh. And if it isn't, there's more fresh fish brought in the next morning, and again, and again.... you get the picture. You can't get spoiled fish on Okinawa unless you want spoiled fish(they keep it in the trash). I'll stop myself there to mention that I got sick at Osaka(yes, Osaka Restaurant, in Barrow, AK) by eating the WASABI. I'll apologize if it's a bit close-minded of me, but if you can't guarantee your wasabi is fresh, I'll pass on your "fresh" fish. Thanks. The sushi I have eaten there was good, but it's not worth a case of the runs, and if I was traveling I would avoid it that much more. This goes for anyone serving sushi containing raw fish in Barrow, it's just too far to guarantee freshness. Fresh-frozen maybe, but not fresh. Plus, if you want fresh-frozen, and you like the flavor of sushi, go try some maktak(whale skin/blubber). You should be able to get some for free if you ask around at the bank(less than a block away), and just tell people you're visiting and you want to try it. If you're lucky, and you're visiting during the spring or fall whaling season, a crew may be serving. Whaling crews always serve up some of the catch, always cooked fresh, along with a dinner roll, for free to anyone in the community who comes to their home(check to see if anyone is 'serving', ask a local) On the other hand, almost all of their other food is good. They make a very good chicken teriyaki, and the combination dinners which were common fare in Okinawa when I lived there are comparable here(just considerably more expensive, obviously). Tempura, good. Japanese salad, good. The unagi is good too! Unagi is freshwater eel, and that's served cooked(and it's savory and delectable, by the way). Gyoza(potstickers elsewhere), are delicious, steamed or fried. Soybeans(edamame) are at least as good as they are in most places in Japan. They also, like most restaurants in Barrow, serve some American cuisine, but if you're at a Japanese restaurant, I think you should try the Japanese food. Need I say more? The wait staff are usually friendly, but will often hurry you out when you are done in the authentic Japanese style, for the same reason it happens in Japan. The establishment is small, and rush hour often brings more customers than there are tables. Some will be disappointed to find you can't order any Japanese beers here, despite several posters promoting such beverages. Don't despair though, if you are reading this before you trip, you can plan ahead! City ordnance at the time of this writing allows any given traveler arriving in Barrow to import NO MORE than 1 liter of hard liquor(amounts for Beer and Wine vary according to alcohol content, City of Barrow local ordnance is posted online for your reading enjoyment) per trip. More than that is considered bootlegging. Your alcohol will be confiscated and you could be fined. For the record, Barrow is not "dry", or "wet". It's considered "damp". Bon appetit!