Located 10 minute drive from Waikiki and the next block of Ala Moana Shopping Center, Gyu-Kaku is all about fun and food. You are your own chef, cooking premium cuts of beef, poultry, seafood and vegetables perfectly to your liking at your own smokeless charcoal barbeque. It is an ideal way to share a meal with family and friends. At Gyu-Kaku you can share the warmth not only of our delicious food, but also the warmth of those you love. Gyu-Kaku, meaning “Horn of the Bull” in Japanese, is Japan's best loved yakiniku restaurant with over 800 locations across the land of the rising sun. Now Gyu-Kaku has come to Hawaii and the U.S. Mainland to offer Americans the same unsurpassed dining experience. Yaki (grilling) niku (meats) has its origins in the Korean barbecue style and now Gyu-Kaku has taken yakiniku to a new level with Japanese style appetizers, tapas, and a great selection of Japanese premium beer, sake and shochu.
"Unfortunately, the hostess we had wasn't very friendly. We were about 10-15 minutes late and she didn't seem pleased about it, even though I called to let them know we were running late. When seating us she implied that we would need to rush the dinner and she just seemed unprofessional on handling the whole manner. However, the waiter we had out shinned the hostess and we soon forgot about her. He was super friendly and very helpful. The food was awesome and I would go back."
Dined on 12/15/2012
2012
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"gyu-kaku has 3 great happy hour periods and with a gold card you can get it all day from sunday to thursday. you seriously can't complain about $8 kirin pitchers and the prices for the food is super cheap. our server rodney was super attentive and took care of us."
Dined on 6/12/2013
2012
Special Features: fit for foodies, good for groups, great for brunch, late-night find, neighborhood gem, hot spot, great for lunch
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"This is a great place to get great tasting food as well as your grilling fix. I love grilling food but hate prepping it & the clean up. However, Gyu-kaku does both for you so all you have to worry about is cooking the food perfectly. I highly recommend happy hour, which makes the menu pretty reasonable."
Dined on 6/09/2013
Special Features: late-night find, hot spot, special occasion
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"I thought the service was really friendly and helpful in explaining the menu for first timers. They were also very good at getting us refills in beverages and putting our orders in even though they weren't our server. The food was also very tasty, especially liking the different meats and happy hour prices."
Dined on 6/07/2013
Special Features: good for groups
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"Gyu-Kaku is a good place to celebrate something special or for a change of pace. The drink menu is perfect for such occasions. The food is a bit pricey so be prepared to spend some money for the ambience."
Dined on 6/06/2013
Special Features: special occasion
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"This place is really cool!. Loved the foods, good Merlot :-) and customer service is the best. Everyone seems to enjoy and loved what they do in this restaurant. They tend to customers right away with a smile. Keep up the good job...."
Dined on 5/10/2013
Special Features: fit for foodies, good for groups, hot spot, great for lunch, special occasion
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"This was a successful Mother's Day dinner! The staff was very friendly and the food was great. We did arrive early and the only flaw is there were not enough waiting seats outside of the restaurant (which made it difficult for my parents who are senior citizens and my grandmother). The noise level was very loud but this is definitely a good place to go drink and eat pupu's. My boyfriend REALLY enjoyed it for his first time and my parents were grateful. It was a different scene but if you're parents are more of the quite and enjoy the relaxing scene, I would recommend to go somewhere else. This place is fun and a go to place with friends."
Dined on 5/11/2013
Special Features: fit for foodies, good for groups, vibrant bar scene, late-night find, hot spot, great for lunch, special occasion
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"Didn’t start off right when the host tried to sit five of us by the door way one chair sticking out; We were planning on ordering a lot of food and this small table wasn’t going to work. The couple in front of us sat table enough for 6 should have gotten our table for four. Felt like a second class if you made reservation thru Open Table. There was a lot of large tables in the back; once we got situated our waiter was great, orded everything off the mneu and had a great time."
Dined on 5/05/2013
Special Features: fit for foodies, good for groups, great for outdoor dining
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"Their "lunchtime" happy hour was till 6:30, so they had specialty items that were marked down to happy hour prices, so it was a great deal for dinner. Service was friendly and attentive, and the good --both quality as well as taste -- was great. Enjoyed it very much. My friend who recommended we eat there was surprised we could get a reservation, and said it is usually a mad house, so the early dining was definitely a plus, price-wise and experience-wise. Very nice, and open table reservation made it very easy."
Dined on 5/04/2013
Special Features: special occasion
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"Everything went well! Celebrated a birthday, went very well. Only thing that was a bit bothersome was the greeters attitude. Waited a bit longer than usual because they got our reservation time mixed up. After that, everything was awesome! Food was very delicious & server was excellent!!"
Dined on 5/03/2013
Special Features: fit for foodies, good for groups, late-night find, hot spot, special occasion
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"I had a reservation for 9:30 PM. We did not get seated until 10:05PM. Unfortunately it is common knowledge that even if you make an appointment at Gyukaku it doesn't make a difference on your wait time. I love the food and the experience once you get seated. I might try the one in Kaneohe next time because rumor has it there is no wait."
Dined on 04/26/2013
2013
Special Features: late-night find, special occasion, hot spot
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"Little disappointed this time. Enjoyed the food as usual. Hostess was very nice. Waiters forgot two orders, milk for my son and food item. Made reservations online and put that it was my wife's birthday. Would have been fine that they didn't do anything for her except that they sang Happy Bday for the customer in the booth next to us. The saving grace was them letting us order from the Happy Hour menu that just finished. The staff is very courteous and friendly so that helps too! C grade this time won't stop me from returning."
Dined on 04/24/2013
2013
Special Features: good for groups, neighborhood gem
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"The service was great! The only thing is that it's busy so we were waiting for our food to come quite a while. However, with so much food and time ,it didn't matter to us."
Dined on 03/31/2013
2013
Special Features: good for groups, kid-friendly
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"If it's raining and you don't have a reservation I suggest you don't go. There's only minimal awning available and the hostess will tell you that you can't wait inside (even if it's a half hour wait), so be forewarned - YOU WILL GET WET!
Also hopefully they have asked the nice Caucasian boy to shower before he comes to work because he reeks of B/O. It's an immediate appetite suppressant. You can smell him from several tables away.
Overall, the food is great and the atmosphere can be pleasant, but if you come here on a bad day, everything just goes down the tubes. No fun waiting 17 minutes for a check because they forgot you were sitting in the back during lunch and no one came around."
Dined on 03/24/2013
2012
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"Food was good, but reservations didn't help in getting seated at the time I requested. I had to wait about half an hour from when I checked in to get seated. And then I was finally offered the bar/group table to sit around strangers even though I requested a private table. We finally just sat at the group table."
Dined on 03/16/2013
2012
Special Features: vibrant bar scene
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"FOOD WAS SUPER GOOD. SERVICE WAS AWESOME. tHE COUPLE / GUY NEXT TO US ON A DATE WAS BURPING LOUDLY FEW TIMES TO BE FUNNY BUT WE COULD HEAR HIM AND IT RUINED OUR DINNER! wE LOST APPETITE AND WAS SO OFFENDED BY HIS CHILDISH BEHAVIOUR. I WAS SHOCKED BY HIS MANNERS!"
Dined on 03/13/2013
2011
Special Features: good for groups, late-night find, neighborhood gem, great for lunch, hot spot
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"Although the service was a mixed bag (some times inattentive, some times very personal and friendly), we had a good dinner and would probably go back. It was a good place for a casual, tasty meal, and we had a fun time."
Dined on 02/27/2013
2008
Special Features: good for groups
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"Our table was not ready at our reservation time. We had to wait over 15 minutes outside. At the end of dinner we were asked to leave because they had another reservation for our table."
Dined on 03/01/2013
2013
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"Food is always good but the service gives them the outstanding ratings! We love going here! Open Table makes it a easy experience to make reservations!"
Dined on 02/15/2013
2011
Special Features: good for groups, special occasion, hot spot
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