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   OpenTable Diner

   Portland

   2 reviews

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   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

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   Mitch and his team delivered an incredible experience. An amazing flavor adventure not to be missed for lovers of tasting menu style dining experiences.

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   Anne

   Seattle

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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   Make your reservation immediately. It was such a wonderful evening. The food was artfully crafted. Local, fresh and unique. Each course was its own experience. We were simply blown away by the beauty and flavors. And the drinks were fabulous. I don’t want to say too much and spoil the experience but it was the highlight of our trip to Kauai. Super friendly service too!!

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   OpenTable Diner

   Detroit

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on January 27, 2023

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   Best dining we've had on the island this week. If you are a foodie, I would make sure this place is on your list. It should be a Michelin ⭐️

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   OpenTable Diner

   London

   4 reviews

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   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on January 23, 2023

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   Dinner was amazing as well as the staff. The staff was not only very knowledgeable but also extremely attentive. Chef grows several ingredients on his own farm and you can taste the freshness. Will recommend others to go and encourage everyone for this once in a life time experience.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Central Coast

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on January 22, 2023

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   We enjoyed the tasting menu and the excellent service. The ambience of the restaurant does not match the quality of the dining experience. Although we both judge, this restaurant has outstanding, our recent dining experience was marred by a very noisy table next to us.

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   JimH

   Los Angeles

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on January 22, 2023

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   Fantastic food, service and atmosphere. Bring everyone who visits us on Kauai. Freshest local ingredients prepared exquisitely!

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 20, 2023

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   Wonderful food. One dish paired nicely with the next. Definitely felt full after our meal. Wonderful staff and great atmosphere.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Seattle

   3 reviews

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   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on January 20, 2023

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   Well executed, true to nature with amazing technique in preparations. Hyper local ingredients, many from chef’s garden. Must try when in Kauai.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Wilmington

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on January 16, 2023

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   WOW! What an amazing experience! Highly recommend for anyone visiting Kauai. One of the best restaurants I have ever been to!

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    Bill

    Orange County

    12 reviews

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    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on January 8, 2023

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    Best restaurant on Kauai.

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    OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 7, 2023

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    What an unbelievable restaurant experience. One of the best we’ve ever had!!

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    JimH

    Los Angeles

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on January 7, 2023

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    Extraordinary experience.

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 2, 2023

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    Nothing to complain about this place 10/10 would recommend and comeback every time I go to Kauai

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    Kelly

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 1, 2023

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    Incredible experience! The Kaiseki tasting menu was even more plentiful and delicious than we expected. As Kauai residents it is such a gift to see local farms and growers celebrated in such a special way. The only thing we didn't love was the constant fan noise coming from the kitchen, which the music didn't blend well with. Maybe there's something that could be done to improve the audio ambiance. Thank you for a great meal!

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    BrendaB

    Portland

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 24, 2022

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    We had a wonderful experience. The food was excellent and there was plenty of it. We were beyond full. The service was perfect, the staff and Chef were engaging and seemed truly appreciative that we chose their restaurant to dine in. Food was fresh, abundant and well prepared.

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    Michael

    Los Angeles

    37 reviews

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    5.0

    37 reviews

    Dined on December 23, 2022

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    It was a really fantastic meal. It’s modern is cooking with a Hawaiian/Japanese flair. Strongly recommended. The sake flight was good with the meal. Mitch, the owner and the chef is fantastic and really has done some amazing things with local plants and flavors.

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    GabrielH

    Seattle

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 23, 2022

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    Amazing food. One of the best broths ever. Very impressed.

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    HeidiS

    Hawaii

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 23, 2022

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    The best restaurant in Kauai. Our second meal here and we are already plotting our third. Love this place. It’s an experience, not just a meal.

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    Asdama

    New York Area

    2 reviews

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    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 23, 2022

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    Terrific emphasis on local ingredients with a well curated and highly inventive approach. Nice wine / sake / cocktail suggestions, too

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    Love2eatoutkauai

    Chicago

    1 review

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    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 17, 2022

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    Every single bite we both were saying “wow”. Every element on each plate was so delicious

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    ihih

    Montreal

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 12, 2022

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    A truly great experience! Not only was the food delicious, but also was presented with a lot of attention to detail. I’m so glad to have had a chance to dive here because I expect that in years to come it will be difficult to get a reservation.

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    LizS

    Chicago

    15 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on December 11, 2022

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    Exceptional service and food. Best dining experience in Kauai in 25 years - I’ll definitely be back!!

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    TysonK

    Anchorage

    46 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    46 reviews

    Dined on December 11, 2022

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    Very unique experience. The food was excellent, though the order of courses probably needs some work. Overall, worth the visit for sure, we had a great evening and enjoyed trying a unique menu.

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    LaLa

    San Francisco

    11 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on December 11, 2022

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    First, we had some dietary restrictions and the chef graciously accommodated us. Secondly, the 2.5 hour tasting experience exceeded our expectations! From the great service, menu explanations to artistic food presentations with beautiful serving dishes to the complimentary beverage pairings. Each of the 9 courses came out timed in succession right after the last diner finished their dish. We all loved that we started with the 1. Kakigōri, a palate cleanser of shave ice with roselle, lime sorbet and butterfly pea lemongrass foam. The 2. Sarada was locally grown mixed greens with star fruit and pomegranate arils. The 3. (4-piece) Sashimi was arranged as a checker board pattern alternating Ahi/Kanpachi topped with ginger liliko’i drops and bathed in Island ponzu. The 4. Sanshu Mori was a vegetable trio of Ohitashi -a cylindrical wrap of blanched tender cabbage sitting in a macadamia sauce topped with Bonito flakes; Furofuki- dashi broth base with a braised heart of palm topped with a miso dot; Agebitashi - fried eggplant in a dashi-shoyo broth. The 5. Sakano or market fish was a Hawaiian snapper with crispy skin in a saikyo miso sauce, kukui, chive and chili oils. The 6. Robata platter contained a skewer of bite-sized grilled zucchini, tomato, shishito pepper, skewer of Ahi tuna chunks, skewer of chicken meatballs and fish cake. All came with assorted sauces - mango/chili, hot mustard paste, wasabi and pink Hawaiian salt. 7. Tempura including shrimp, purple sweet potato, squash and kale. 8. Shokuji was a trio of items including: Oshinko, a picked cabbage; an Osuimono - Daahi with winter melon, Kamaboko, mitauba and Takikomi Gohan. brown rice topped with grilled ali’i mushroom, Tsukidani asparagus seaweed and Āina Furikake. Final 9. Island Mizukashi trio of chocolate matcha cake, umeshu kanten, gelatin w/finger lime & pineapple ube sorbet! Everything tasted so fresh and it was a real treat to have a plethora of Kauai’s ingredients! We highly recommend this fine-dining

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    Karen

    Hawaii

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 11, 2022

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    Had a great time with friends. Food really outstanding, tasty and inventive. Our server, Lacey was very knowledgeable about each dish and explained it too us as she served. Only 'down' side, the cost, our bill for 4 adding drinks and tip was $1,000.00. Sadly we won't be able to return any time soon.

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    KalaniA

    Hawaii

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 4, 2022

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    Excellent food and great service.

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    CavaW

    Central Coast

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on December 3, 2022

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    It was super delicious and we had great fun. All Kauai familiar ingredients made into unique beautiful creations. High fashion food. Thank you I only wish more time was taken to explain the ingredients and cooking methods. Most of the descriptions were using Japanese words that I didn’t understand. It was missing the storyline.

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    seriousjean

    Sacramento

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 3, 2022

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    If you are looking for a truly unique and exciting evening and meal, this will not disappoint. Excellent food, menu, service, ambiance, need I say more? Oh, by the way, the people are wonderful too! This has been the highlight of our trip to Kauai, and we will definitely come back.

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    JosettW

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 3, 2022

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    This is a dining experience, not just a meal! The food was very good and presentation spectacular! Because of the high price and set menu, it's not somewhere where you would dine regularly, however. They only serve about ten diners at a time, so very intimate setting, and just an overall great experience!

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    CarrieK

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on December 3, 2022

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    We loved the food, the service, and the story of the chef and creator. Centrally located to get to from the north shore of Poipu areas. Highly recommend for a special date night in Kauai.

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    ShannaM

    Philadelphia

    5 reviews

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    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on November 28, 2022

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    My boyfriend and I had a wonderful date night here last night eating delicious food. I don’t want to give too much away, like some other reviews have stated, because I think being pleasantly surprised was part of this great dining experience. My boyfriend is a tall and bigger man and I was worried that he would not be full and this was not going to be his type of food. The waitress was very personable and answered all of my boyfriend’s questions about the food, which I’m glad he asked because I also didn’t know what certain ingredients were. We both left feeling full, satisfied, and very impressed. The cocktails were also unique and tasty.

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    4eats

    Chicago

    22 reviews

    4.0

    22 reviews

    Dined on November 28, 2022

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    Food was excellent except for tempura was very oily and not crisp. Dessert was also not very good a dry matcha Swiss roll cake and some gelatin thing. Service was great but it is probably very easy with a fixed menu where everyone in the place is eating the same thing at the exact same time. However some of the dishes were very creative takes on standard Japanese cuisine with a local twist. Servers were knowledgeable about the food and were attentive without being overbearing.

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    katherineg

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 28, 2022

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    One of my top dinning experiences this year!!!

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    Neri

    Seattle

    2 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 28, 2022

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    The food and service was outstanding! Will be back soon! Mahalo💞

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    OpenTable Diner

    Raleigh

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on November 26, 2022

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    It was a symphony of flavors. Most amazing.

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    Elyse

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 25, 2022

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    Incredible! The entire experience was absolutely amazing. The food blew us away!

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    JessH

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 25, 2022

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    Incredible kaiseki dinner with locally sourced ingredients. Loved that the chefs stayed true to what a traditional kaiseki is. The sake pairing was well thought through.

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    KimE

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 18, 2022

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    Outstanding. Pleasantly unexpected The food was perfectly selected

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    OpenTable Diner

    Palm Springs

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 14, 2022

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    Amazing, tasty, lots of flavors.. Beautiful presentation. Friendly staff.

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    OpenTable Diner

    Las Vegas

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 14, 2022

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    This restaurant is a (not so hidden) gem! We had a fantastic tasting menu with several favorite dishes. We sat at the chefs counter (a must-do if it’s available) and watched the plating and preparation up close. The beautifully plated dishes and careful attention to detail were that of fine dining. The servers and chef explained each dish and answered questions. We will definitely return on our next visit to Kauai!

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