Robata JINYA - Honolulu

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   Foodie808

   Hawaii

   33 reviews

   5.0

   33 reviews

   Dined on April 30, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   We had a great dinner at Robata jINYA! We shared all the dishes and everything tasted amazing. The raw fish was very fresh and each dish had its own unique flavor!
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Hawaii

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on April 24, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   This was my first time at Robata JINYA. I started with Three Dots hot sake. For food we ordered the Soft Shell Crab Tempura Roll, the A5 Wagyu Roll, the 9 Sashimi Moriawase and for dessert we ordered the Purple Sweet Potato Mont Blanc. The pricing here was a little higher than I expected but the food was so delicious! Worth every penny. Hot sake just hits different. If you haven’t had hot sake you need to try it. It will change your life. So smooth and the flavor tastes so much more amazing. This was hands down the best soft shell crab I’ve ever had. I’ve never had A5 Wagyu roll but the name speaks for itself. Top of the line beef. AMAZING. The sashimi is chef selection and it was so tasty and delicious. Kept wanting more afterwards. I’m probably going to do the Omakase next time around. The Purple Sweet Potato Mont Blanc is a work of art. They “noodle” the sweet potato right in front of you. I almost didn’t want to eat it based on presentation alone. But glad I did. I didn’t our servers name but she was the BEST! Very friendly. Complimented our selections. Made suggestions on things she liked. Corrected our order before we even realized it was wrong when nigiri was brought out instead of the sashimi. She even pushed another table up against ours so we didn’t have to cram all the plates on ours. She was attentive and kind. Best service I’ve had in a while. Thank you. I’ll be back for sure.
   

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   Supbrah

   Hawaii

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on April 24, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Hana Koa yeah you ipa beer was good! California dynamite roll (8 pieces) really good! Seared kampachi roll (8 pieces) String beans was delicious! Miso soup awesome! A5 Wagyu really delicious! Spend about $100 for date night.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Los Angeles

   7 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on April 23, 2023

   overall3food5service2ambience3

   The food was great but the service was extremely slow. It’s unfortunate that such a nice restaurant with good food does not offer good service. We tried to order a drink and two beers, we were told that all three they were sold out of.
   

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   Leimomi23

   Hawaii

   3 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on April 23, 2023

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   Server was very helpful in explaining menu. Sushi was delicious. Grilled items were okay. The Japanese Old fashioned and other whiskey drink was subpar - watered down.
   

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   Hiroshi

   Hawaii

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on April 21, 2023

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   Wonderful experience! Sat at the sushi counter, ordered the omakase, the food, presentation, and service was impeccable. Beautiful restaurant, friendly staff, compliments to the sushi chef, Hide-san! Much aloha!
   

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   hulagirl77

   Hawaii

   7 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on April 20, 2023

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   Robata Jinya is our new favorite place for great Japanese food, service and ambience - the trifecta! My husband and I hosted a group of 6 for a friend's birthday and everyone RAVED!!! We ordered family-style and shared edamame, ceviche, a sashimi platter, nigiri platter, soft shell crav tempura roll, hot stone wagyu garlic rice, agedashi tofu, eggplant with miso, crispy rice spicy tuna nigiri, shrimp tempura, lobster tempura - and lots of sake! My husband loves the Sohomare Kimoto Junmai. Kampai! Highly recommend Robata Jinya! And we love their Jinya Ramen Bar and LBD Japanese Bar, too!
   

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   LeeS

   Key West

   5 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on April 19, 2023

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   Amazing sushi. I eat at finest sushi restaurants all over the world. This may be the best one of them all!
   

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   TONIM

   Phoenix

   52 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   52 reviews

   Dined on April 14, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   This restaurant was our favorite stop on our Hawaiian vacation. The sushi was top on its class. So many different options and variations to choose from. The service was top notch. Our waiter was so helpful with choices and so happy he made some of the ones he did because we would have never have chosen them on our own and it would have been a big lose not to try. Thank you for. Wonderful evening
   

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    OpenTable Diner

    Atlantic City

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Wonderful food and service. Would definitely recommend.
    

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    Jessi

    Miami

    50 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    50 reviews

    Dined on April 11, 2023

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    Perfect quality great food perfect service - highly recommend
    

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    brendaaaaaa

    New York Area

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on April 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We loved our sushi and the oryxes. Our waitress Shari was so good with helping us decide what to order and the dessert wow !!! Ube spaghetti! Ha ha
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 10, 2023

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    Great food with great atmosphere. Park is also a very attentive and gave great recommendation for food.
    

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    kaukaudiva

    Hawaii

    26 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    26 reviews

    Dined on April 8, 2023

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    Great service, interesting and delicious food. Our waiter Min was especially helpful. HIGHLY recommended. I've been to the Ramen and to the Robata/Sushi sides - both simply superb. GO!
    

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    MJay

    Hawaii

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 7, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Nice place for a pau hana with friends and family.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    They forgot the birthday celebration but overall a great experience
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    It was or first time @ the Robata side of Jinya. We Loved the ambiance! Most especially our service was Great! Our server Drew was Great! He explained & answered any questions we had with the menu. He always checked on our needs! Excellent service!
    

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    JohnL

    Hawaii

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 3, 2023

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    We ordered the Omakase, it had anything and everything on the menu. It also included some meats as well. Great Service!
    

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    Chanel

    Hawaii

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on March 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Lots of Amazing food options and Excellent service!!!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great happy hour, service was outstanding. I think we tried close to everything in the menu and it was all good!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    12 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on March 23, 2023

    overall3food4service3ambience4

    Great spot for happy hour or after work “pau hana.”
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 20, 2023

    overall2food2service3ambience4

    The ambiance is great, but the food was just alright. The most disappointing thing I ordered was the chawanmushi.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    New Mexico

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 19, 2023

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    Beautiful and delicious!!!! Some of the best sushi I’ve had.
    

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    hulagirl77

    Hawaii

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on March 19, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Everything was outstanding, from our greeting at the door to our cocktails, food, service and atmosphere! This was our first visit to Robata Jinya, but it will definitely not be our last! Already planning a return visit with friends. And don't let the scaffolding scare you - they are open!!! Highly recommend!!!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 11, 2023

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    It was our first time dining at Robata Jinya & we had so much fun!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    One of many great food experiences for me and my friends. Staffing members were energetic, friendly, and just overall nice. Thank you to the manager who allowed and held on to the birthday cake I bought for my boyfriend! Also, thank you to Mr. Park who had served us that night! I would absolutely recommend Robata Jinya to anyone! :)
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 8, 2023

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    Excellent menu. The service was great! Try the A5 options.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on March 6, 2023

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    Food and service was excellent
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Surprised at how attentive our server Kenny was. The food came out quickly considering this was a new place with staff still getting into the groove of the pace. The uni toro roll with gold flakes was awesome! Also, according to my daughter the robata grilled pork roll with ume shiso is worth coming back for.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 4, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience5

    Great experience love the food but a bit expensive!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 1, 2023

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    Kenny our server was awesome! Thank you The food was great!! I’ll come back for sure.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    4 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 28, 2023

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    The food and ambiance was amazing as always. However, we were very disappointed with service this time around. It was my second time but my partners first time, and we had a reservation for 8:30 PM. But left within an hour because the staff made us feel rushed by continuous dropping off courses as soon as they could. Sometimes without explanation, a course would be dropped before we could finish the last. Before we were finished with the last two courses of the omakase, they dropped our scoop of ice cream and the runner noted it was because the kitchen was closing.. at 9:20 PM. I was beyond excited to share this new outlet with my seafood loving partner for a belated valentines but we left dissatisfied. Also, we really wanted to try this sweet potato dessert but we’re dropped the check before we could even ask for it. Assuming the server didn’t think we’d want anything else, understandable. Additionally, 1/3 items we ordered was wrong on the check. They were out of a beer that we wanted, and we were still charged for it and even though we ordered a different and cheaper beer.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Tahoe

    255 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    255 reviews

    Dined on February 27, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience3

    Nice Japanese restaurant with full menu and good drink list. Service a little slow but pleasant and correct. Techno music is a bit too much. Just too loud and do not add to atmosphere. I would recommend Sweet Potato Dessert, delicious. A must visit if you are a sushi fan.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Washington DC

    3 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 27, 2023

    overall2food2service1ambience3

    There is a happy hour menu from 4-6, but our server avoided telling us about it. Once we asked (because we saw it online) he showed us the QR code on the menu for the happy hour menu. As soon as we started ordering off the happy hour menu the level of service dropped. Toward the end of happy hour he stopped by all tables around us and avoided us. He finally came back over and immediately notified us that happy hour was over 4 minutes after it ended. We ordered a few more items off the regular menu, but after waiting 40 minutes our food still had not arrived.
    

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    Rocky

    Hawaii

    88 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    88 reviews

    Dined on February 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    I treated my wife to her birthday dinner at Robata JINYA and it was very pleasant. The food was delicious and our server, Victoria, was right on the ball and bent over backwards to help us and make our evening very enjoyable. The only thing I would advise them to do is, advise diners when they make their reservation, that there is no parking in their building due to construction. You have to park in the movie theater lot across the street, (which is many times unavailable), the Ward Ctr. lot, or the Whole Foods lot 2 blocks over. This is quite irritating especially for folks who may be orthopedically compromised. Other than that, we enjoyed our dinner very much! We’ll be back! 👍
    

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    Oishi

    Hawaii

    19 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on February 25, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Great Service and Food! Thank you Victoria for the menu recommendations. Good Stuff
    

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    DexN

    Hawaii

    9 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on February 20, 2023

    overall2food3service1ambience2

    We originally wanted the omakase with otsumami but they said they ran out. Ordered a bottle of sake, they said they ran out, we ordered a different bottle and never got it. We were told the manager would bring the bottle of sake shortly but they never came. Took about 45 minutes before getting the first course of the omakase. Water would never be refilled. Half the time we didn't know what we were eating because we were never told what the dishes were. Lamb was too overpowering with kochijang glaze.
    

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    Bell

    Las Vegas

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on February 17, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5

    Been there twice in 2 weeks. Very good servers! Loved the snow crab hand roll and A5 Wagyu and Toro w/uni…. They also had great wine. Wished they had Casamingos, but 818 was on hand.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 15, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience5

    Good hip vibe and quality of food was great considering how busy the kitchen was during Valentine’s. Servers also tried their best to keep up with everything. Awesome experience with their prix fixe and sake pairing!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    9 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience4

    It was my first time trying out this restaurant. The food and presentation was great! I wouldn’t say it’s a good place for a celebration though. We went for my mothers birthday & retirement celebration (which was noted on the reservation) and nothing was done or said at all which was a bit disappointing. I would probably still come back for a friends get together or regular date night though.
    

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