Takumi Maui

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   Elizabeth

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 1, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A truly exquisite Omakase -- prepared with incredible delicacy by Chef Eima Yamada! We were excited to try a new restaurant on the Westside which was getting RAVE reviews from locals. It took us awhile to secure a Friday night reservation, but it was definitely worth the wait. Probably the tastiest and freshest fish I have ever had in my entire life. Definitely felt like you were dining in Tokyo!
   

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   Jerome

   Orange County

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on January 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Takumi Sushi is a new sushi restaurant in Kaanapali that is truly outstanding. This review will focus on Takumi’s omakase offering, but the restaurant also offers a less expensive patio dining option featuring a range of a la carte nigiri and roll choices or combos, as well as a tempura combo. All of the patio options can also be ordered as takeout, along with a 40 or 60 piece sushi platter. Any of their sushi is top notch and reasonably priced ($30-60 for a meal) given the top quality. The 17 dish omakase course is absolutely world class. (Takumi’s $160 omakase is as good as much more expensive omakase dinners that my Japanese wife and I have had in Japan and California). There is presently only one omakase seating per night for the 7 sushi counter seats and one 4 person table. Reservations on their website. Chef Yamada is very friendly and explains each item that he has chosen for the evening in fluent English and Japanese. The omakase course has a few traditional items such as pickled vegetables, chawanmushi, grilled fish and tender octopus (which I usually hate but was delectable). But the star of the evening was, of course, THE SUSHI. Chef Yamada prepared about 10 delicately seasoned nigiri sushi, most of them exotic cuts of fish that you won’t see in your typical sushi restaurant, except the tuna which was the best of thousands of maguro that I’ve eaten in my life — just melt-in-your mouth, savory delicious! The fish are mostly flown in that day from Japan, though the marvelous sweet shrimp (amaebi) came from Molokai. The last sushi item was a delightful hand roll containing toro and crunchy takuwan radish pickles). Yes, $160 is not cheap for a dinner, but you will feel that you got full value for a very memorable sushi experience that may be the best of your life.
   

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   Takashi

   Hawaii

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was an amazing experience. 99.9% of the ingredients were from Japan and the rest was from Hawaii. Only 7 seats at bar counter and one table for 4 people. We were served by the chef one at a time. Menu was “Omakase” which was chef’s choice. So you make sure you might be experiencing something new. Other staffs helping us were so friendly and professional. It was our son’s 24 year old birthday dinner. We couldn’t have better dinner than this. We can’t wait to go back again.
   

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   Laura

   Hawaii

   28 reviews

   5.0

   28 reviews

   Dined on December 27, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A Fantastic Experience! My Second time and it was different than the first.. An Authentic Japanese Omakase .. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   

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   Jodiesy

   Hawaii

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was hands down one of the best dining experiences I’ve had. Everyone was super friendly, the chef was amazing, HUGE FAN. The secret menu items put us over the edge in the BEST WAY. Definitely worth the splurge and will be returning for other celebrations. I had issues with OT changing my reservation on the app, but whoever was helping me via IG messages was so kind and assured me (multiple times) that everything was correct on their end. I cannot wait to come back!!!
   

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   Laura

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 20, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fantastic Omakase dinner! Every course was well presented and delicious. Well worth the price and the sake pairing was great as well!
   

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   Henry

   San Francisco

   23 reviews

   5.0

   23 reviews

   Dined on December 6, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   one of the best Omakase dinners for my wife and I. Chef Yamada used fresh fishes and ingredients for the dinner. Some ingredients were from Japan. The service from the wait staff was excellent. The dinner was delicious. We enjoyed it very much.
   

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   K1234

   VIP

   Cleveland

   24 reviews

   5.0

   24 reviews

   Dined on November 14, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A great addition to the West Maui food scene. Feels like you are in Kyoto and you walk into a really good neighborhood sushi restaurant. Small and intimate space - 1 table of 4 and 7 seats at the sushi bar. The decor is clean and minimalist. The fish quality, assortment, and preparation were all outstanding! An all omakase menu with interesting sake pairings (good interesting). The hamachi shabu shabu, the Hokkaido scallop, and the snow crab were my favorites but the fish was all excellent and the ‘front row’ to watch the chef in action added to the atmosphere evening. For an authentic Japanese evening, Takumi hits the spot.
   

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   Peter

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on November 10, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Superb Omakase experience and worth the expense in my opinion. Delicious courses and all paired beautifully with a selection of Sakes.
   

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    Henry

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 9, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Fun experience , high quality fish , chef was fun to watch as well! Will go back!
    

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