Japanese gastropub with an easygoing contemporary vibe serving grilled yakitori meats & sake. Based on 527 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery
Address:
301 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
Phone: (650) 348-1110
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Hours
| Friday | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 5–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 5–9 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed
Holiday hours
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 5–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 5–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 5–9 PM |
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Reservations: opentable.com
Reviews
Judy Margaret Chen
One of the best place to get Japanese food. The restaurant’s inside is decorated in Japanese style culture. It’s very nice, and we instantly fell in love with the decor.
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S Duan
I really enjoyed the udon and the skewers!
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Urvashi B
Reserved a table here for our first visit. Ordered a combination of yakitori, udon and tempura along with beer. Food was quite underwhelming but service was good . The yakitori was almost too charred and I have had far better ones. The grilled shishito pepper were some of the driest vegetable yakitoris I have had. The tamago udon was better than yakitori but on the saltier side. The renkon/lotus chips were tasteless and the ebi/shrimp tempura was not truly Japanese style and had too much thick batter. They have a huge menu, so I am not sure if we ended up ordering the weaker items. i felt it was too pricey for the quality of the food but then this is the bay area. If I am in the area I may give them a second try but would definitely avoid their yakitori or tempura items.
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Lei X
I saw the review says it’s too salty if order soy sauce flavored skewer. So for most skewer we ordered salt, but the flavor was too plain. On the good side, you can say it provides the natural flavor of the ingredients…. So the $16 wagyu skewer was very tasty, but the rest of the skewer we ordered were just so so. The rice sausage dish we ordered come with a dipping sauce, which also was very good. On the other side the beef rice was also bland. The restaurant was quite busy, and servers are rushed. One advice to improve the service: no need to ask customers “if I can take your plate” it’s just an empty plate after we finished the skewers. I’d appreciate you could simply take it. Overall it is ok place, I may give it another try since there aren’t many good yakitori place.
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Fei Yu
Came with coworkers that had a good introductory experience to yakitori! Skewers and beer on tap are the perfect combo. Chicken was great, karaage was fresh. Dont skip the veggies like mushroom. Deep fried pork belly was a bit too fatty and hard to chew. Flavor was good.
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Nicholas Huang
Very good izakaya space.
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Kevin “Tuan” Tran
Awesome place to get Yakitori. It gets busy but I really enjoyed my experience. The staff was friendly and welcoming. They got a good variety of Yakitori for the right price and offer both Tare and Shio flavors.
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Stephen Lam
We happened to be in the area and we were craving for good Japanese food. We found Izakaya Ginji on Google map. Luckily we arrived early and we were sat right away.
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Grace Lee
We didn’t make a reservation therefore taking outdoor seat. Small portion but very tasty!
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Melinda Ng
Loved the vibes of this place and that you can see the lead chef grilling up the yakitori right up at the front. We came on a week night right at dinner time and it was quite busy but got lucky with a seat right away. The waitress was very nice and helped to explain how the menu works.
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