Restaurant Domo

This is without a doubt my favorite Japanese restaurant ever! I usually get the mini steak (but they’ve temporarily discontinued it) and assorted tempura. There is only one chef for this small restaurant, but he always cooks the food to perfection. It is always fresh and never under/​overcooked. Always generous portions too. My mom had the sashimi and it was super fresh! The waitresses there are always so friendly and welcoming. This shop is worth every penny!

My mom, husband, and 2 son’s went to eat lunch today and my mom went to pay the bill well the lady didn’t see a tip on the table and came running after my husband saying where is the tip. SO RUDE. It’s not expected it’s earned. What was she thinking. My husband was so shocked. I am writing to let everyone know just what kind of customer service they have. WE WILL NEVER BE EATING IN THERE AGAIN !!!

I am a regular at Domo. Always great food and excellent service. Great combos and great sushi. It seems to be family operated and they go above and beyond to make your experience pleasant.

The food, service, and the prices here are great. This is one of my favorite Japanese restaurants to go to. Having it near where I live is an added bonus for me.

We come here for our sushi date night a lot, it’s BYOB, like all of my other favorite restaurants. I love the salad dressing, it’s simple and goes good with shichimi pepper, I think it used to have peanuts in it but it’s still yummy without. The soft shell crab is awesome, I prefer the whole crabs (2 per order) but they have a roll too. We had the Hamachi sashimi last time and it was very fresh and a generous portion, melts in your mouth like butter. I’ve had their butterfish teishoku, and it was real butterfish and cooked to perfection. My only gripe about this place is the lighting, it’s super bright fluorescents and they don’t make for much ambience. But their great food and service make up for the bad lighting.

Great restaurant to go to if you’re looking for some good Japanese food. I had the 3-​piece combination of mini steak, chicken karaage, and sashimi. The food was really good and I can’t wait to go back next time i’m on that side of the island. Only reason that I give this place only ⁴⁄₅ stars is because it took around 30 minutes for the food to come out (with barley anyone inside). Regardless, if you don’t mind the wait, then it’s worth it.

You will find friendly service and tasty Japanese cuisine. We got spider, super Cali rolls and 3 double combos for dinner for 84 greenbacks before tip, no drinks. Somewhat tucked away location.

Great food. Great service. Highly recommend. It is our go to Japanese restaurant in Kaneohe.

Service is very slow and very impersonal. Not rude but indifferent. Food was average at best.

Seriously one of the best restaurants on Island. Super clean place with really high quality food. Great portions too.

I revisited Restaurant Domo on Wednesday. I had the Katsu Don and Teishoko: Tempura/​Rib Eye steak. OMG, the Katsu was soooo tough and it had pink kamoboku in it (yuck-don’t expect to find that in a Katsu Don!!!). The ribeye steak was tough and overdone! We informed our server and she only made excuses as to why the Katsu and Steak WAS TOUGH and replaced the steak (only) with TOUGH Teriyaki Meat. Too many excuses as to their tough meat!!! Ridiculous!!!
Ok, this was finally our last visit to this place. I don’t want to pay to eat TOUGH MEAT.
By the way, the food took 25 minutes to come out. (I timed it).
**Also, since I recently visited Kikuya, on Kahuhipa Street, and had their Katsu Don, I was able to compare the two and Kikuya’s tops Domo’s Katsu Don by 5 stars. I’ll stick to authentic Japanese food at Kikuya in Kaneohe.

Great food. This was my first time here; I had the chicken karaage, mini steak, sushi rice combination and it was delicious! I also had side of California roll and it was just okay. I’ve tasted better at other Japanese restaurants. I love the Asian décor and the workers are nice and friendly. Prince is reasonable. If I’m ever down in the windward side again, I’ll definitely come back here!

Found ourselves in Kaneohe looking for a t-​shirt — shorts — and slippers casual, and no-​raucous-​Seattle fans quiet place for dinner.
This small restaurant is tucked away in a little shopping plaza on the Kahuhipa Street side of Windward Mall. Clean and tidy.
Our food took a little long to get to us. Understandable as the cook-​owner mans the kitchen by himself. There were just 2 other couples besides the 3 of us. But a phone order was filled while we were there so he can get quite busy quite fast.
Had the 3-​choice combo dinner for $ 20.95. Broiled salmon, assorted tempura, and sashimi.
The fair sized piece of salmon was overcooked and under-​seasoned. Also, the wife’s teriyaki steak was well-​done; not the medium-​rare she ordered. Maybe both were left on the grill a bit too long while the cook was attending to the more demanding tempura.
Tempura good with a flavorful batter. Assortment included 3 shrimp, 2 green beans, and a slice each of eggplant and kabocha. Tentsuyu too light for my taste. In Japan (Shinagawa), my wife and I experienced a hoidy-​toidy tempura restaurant that didn’t even serve a sauce with its tempura. The tempura was meant to be enjoyed with nothing more than a dash of sea salt if anything at all. Maybe that was the intent of Domo, but the batter wasn’t THAT tasty. Nor was there any sea salt at hand.
Sashimi was ahi and fresh, but sinewy. Properly cut across the lines of sinew, the 6 bite-​sized pieces were no problem at all.
All in all, a decent place for decent Japanese food.
Domo, DOMO.

Food is great! just takes way too long to prepare :-(waited for almost an hour.
Never coming back!

We live in Kaneohe and were looking for a new place to try. Restaurant Domo received so many positive reviews, we thought we’d give them a try. My son had the butterfish… he said it was one of the best fish dishes he’d ever had, my husband had the shrimp tempura and it was delicious as well, and I had the pork tonkatsu which was perfect (I am a tonkatsu connoisseur and it definitely passed the test!)
We went on Monday at 5pm when they opened at which time there was plenty of parking. The service was very good as well. We will definitely be eating here again.

My bro and his girlfriend invited the girls and I to dinner. My bro perused Unilocal and suggested this place because a) they’d eaten here before and b) I think they secretly wanted to see what I Unilocaled about after the experience.
See whenever we go out, they always tease me that I better get good service or I am going to Unilocal about it. Which is true… however, I also Unilocal about places that offer EXCELLENT service as well, not just the bad stuff.
So we arrived and they’d already ordered food. This place is a hole-​in-​the-​wall behind Kaneohe Zippys and near Boston Pizza. If you aren’t familiar with Kaneohe I can almost bet that you wouldn’t be able to find this place, it’s that discreet.
Inside is fairly simple and basic. A bunch of chairs and tables in a quaint setting. Nothing fancy.
The bro and his girl already ordered sushi when we arrived. We checked out the menu and a teishoku-​style combo with 2 choices was around $ 16.99 and $ 19.95 or so for 3.
The girls had udon and I ordered a grilled salmon and tempura teishoku combo.
The meals came quickly and the food was tasty. The salmon was moist and grilled to perfection. The tempura was lightly battered, which I like, and not soggy.
The miso soup was hot and tasty with a few small bits of tofu. The udon came in a large noodle bowl and was filling for the rugrats.
As for the sushi it was not bad and tasty.
The waitress/​cashier/​hostess was a really sweet Japanese woman and she expertly maneuvered her way through the restaurant managing to fill water glasses, take orders, place orders, deliver meals and cash out patrons single-​handedly. She was amazing, to say the least!
She also gave fruit snacks to the girls when the meal was over as a nice gesture, sooo sweet!
Overall loved the service, the food and the place, excellent choice!

Thought we would try a new Japanese restaurant in Kaneohe, so went here. It wasn’t very crowded, only one other couple at 6:30pm. A Korean women came out and tried to explain something on the menu. It was very hard to understand her.
We ordered miso soup and rice and udon for the children, which they ate. One daughter said shes had better (guess who?).
Hubby and I ordered the spicy tuna roll and salmon sashimi. The sashimi was about two inches thick (I’m exaggerating) with some remnants of skin. The sushi was typical.
I was going to rate a two but rated a three because maybe we just ordered wrong. It looks like the box sets are better but it’s back to our favorite, Kenko-​Ya next time.

We went here on a Wednesday night and to our surprise it was completely empty. There were about 10 tables or so but everything was nice and clean (well, it better be if no customers are present). Moreover, maybe since the absence of customers, body heat was minimal and the AC dominated the atmosphere. Anyway, bring a jacket just in case.
Other than that, the food was of moderate quality. And, as a big fan of spicy tuna, their roll tasted rather bland to me. The miso soup and green tea were both tasty and hot though. In addition, their menu displays a decent array of bento meals, combination plates, and desserts.
Lastly, even though we were the only ones in there, the service was prompt; everything came out in a timely manner.

Went here by accident… looking for Kikuya. Remember seeing a review on cheap eats about a good Japanese food restaurant in Kaneohe.
This place is clean and the food is tasty and fresh. You have to wait a while for your food (my 5 year old was bouncing off the walls waiting) as a result of everything being made to order.
I had the tonkatsu/​sashimi, the misses had the udon/​Unagi, and the oldest child had butterfish/​sashimi.
While the portions look small, it fills you up. For some unknown reason, the tonkatsu tasted awesome the next day (usually leftover tonkatsu taste like cardboard).
Definitely will come back here again. Need to support small, quality mom and pop establishments like this!

Love, love, love this place!
Everything is sooo delicious and reasonably priced… the owners are soo nice.
My partner treated me to lunch there last week… he told them it was my birthday… they were so nice, gave me mochi ice cream… ha ha. So cute ya!
Love the bento lunches…2 choices and only about $ 10. I really want to go over there for dinner… kind of a long drive for us, but I think it’s worth it!
Let’s support great local businesses! Can’t wait to go back!