Reviews for Japanese Grandma's Cafe in Hanapepe, HI

The prices were high, but food was good. I?m not sure if I will be returning unless I?m willing to drop a ton of money for... lunch. The market price for our poke bowl was 30$+. Just unexpected for lunch. I ordered the burrito and thought it wastasty. Food quality and service was great. The back patio was super cute and the music was popping. Read more

A must visit! We went here several times on our trip to Kauai, the ambience is so cozy and there was a talented live musician... when we went for dinner. Everything on the menu was spectacular but we loved the Avocado Appetizer, the Eel Bomb roll and thepoke sushi burrito! The karaage chicken bento bowl was quite good too. Read more

WOW! A must visit. I would order every single thing again but the highlights were the avocado appetizer and the crispy rice with... tuna. Do not walk away without ordering these two! We went on a Sunday and there was live music. I?d recommend making areservation, but if you don?t there is a cute store in the front you can entertain yourself in. Read more

This was a cute little restaurant/shop. The decor and ambiance were great! This place is clearly popular as there were many... reservations. We didn?t get notified of our table being ready? we only were seated after we inquired how much longer the waitwas, almost 30 minutes after our reservation time. We sat down and the table still had soy sauce spills on the table. However,we overlooked most of this as we love supporting small local businesses. Unfortunately, the food, specifically the sushi, wasunderwhelming as the fish quality was close to grocery store sushi that we ate earlier in the day from Costco (except the ricewas better than Costco?s sushi rice). The salmon nigiri had lots of sinew (difficult to eat in more than one bite), and theother nigiri pieces were thinly sliced or falling apart. We were hoping that maybe this was an off night and maybe they wererunning low? The soft shell crab salad is the size of a side salad with a topping of soft shell crab and not dinner sizeappropriate. None of the fried tempura or the soft shelled crab were hot out of the fryer. The ikura came with one toppled over,which was fine, but indicative of the attention to detail? though I appreciate the waiter not trying to fix this on the way tothe table. The staff were all friendly and they had live music, which created a nice ambience. The main reason this is getting a2 star, unfortunately, is because the food quality to price ratio was ridiculous? our meal was over $100 and we leftdisappointed and hungry for McDonalds. Read more

We absolutely loved Japanese Grandma's Cafe! We went back several times on our trip for both lunch and dinner. Lots of fresh and... delicious options. The order seating area is really nice and there was even live music one of the evenings! Read more

I love this place! The outdoor dining area is very open space which I like it very much! We had ramen and the broth is so... delicious! I can tell they put a lot of time and heart when making it! If you like to experience the ramen, make sure to comevisit on Monday and Wednesday! Read more

Simply delicious! We met a local on the plane ride over who recommended Japanese Grandma and it didn?t disappoint. Such fresh... fish and huge portions! We got the spider roll, spicy tuna poke bowl, and the sushi burrito. Everything was great and the staffwas super friendly! Read more

I cannot say enough good things about this restaurant. We came 4 years ago when it was just located in the tiny space inside of... the attached store. We were so happy to come back and see how much the restaurant has grown and flourished! The outdoor seatingarea was amazing and so beautiful. Food was fresh and delicious and so were the cocktails. They even had live music which was sopleasant and relaxing!! Can?t wait to come back again next time I?m in Kauai :) Read more