Yakitori Hachibei

The food is amazing here!! Everything is cooked to perfection and they have a really great selection of choices. We went here to celebrate our anniversary, and had a great experience. Really loved the Chawanmushi and the variety of yakitori selections. Everything was delicious and delicately seasoned. My only complaints are that the staff didn’t really make it special for us (which most restaurants do) and there were two homeless people wrestling right outside the restaurant, which was kinda awkward. But, other than that would definitely recommend this place if you love Japanese BBQ and yakitori.

First, look at the price. You may think it's a little high for a skewer. However, the yakitori is really well prepared. Taste really good. My wife and I got a bar seat and got to see the chef make the yakitori. Kudos to him, seeing all the orders and smoke. The chef ran out to tell us that there was no Uber on the street the restaurant is located. Great service and definitely worth a try.

Live there steam clam and the Yakitori chicken wing. So delicious. Pork belly was a bit hard to chew. Fried chicken wings were too salty. The chicken ramen was okay. There were not many non alcoholic drinks so we just had ice water. Overall very good vibe of izakaya. Reminds me of Japan a ton. Decent Yakitori and not bad the price. Would probably go again if I’m in Honolulu.

I'm glad we were able to try this place out. When walking in there, you can already feel it's going to be good. We ordered a variety of items to share and everyone ended up satisfied. Everything that we ordered tasted great. Some of the standouts include the watercress salad, tsukune, sukiyaki, corn karaage, miso ribs and donburi. The skewers were cooked over a special wood in the counter area. I would come here again and may try to get a seat at the counter to see all the action.