This place titters between 4.5 and 5 stars for me. It's a hole in a wall kind of Japanese restaurant, which was surprisingly good. Again, one of these place you wouldn't have ever noticed without Yelp! If you don't make a reservation at this place, don't bother coming here. It's almost a MUST to get seated here because it's a Japanese style type of Izakaya place. The broth for the Okinawan Raman were light, but flavorful. The soup base are not overly salted like some ramen can get. The noodles are thin noodles, which were perfectly cooked. Pork Feet Soba is not the kind of soba noodles I was expect. The noodles are thick like udon noodles, but has a texture like ramen. The soup base were sweeter than the usual broth, and has a flavor that's familiar to me, but can't quit tell what is it. The best takoyaki I have in the state. Not too gooey, not to hard, just perfectly cooked with about 2 pieces of octopus inside. I only wished there was more Japanese mayo on it. There's nothing special for their Agadashi tofu. Wish it was fried more crunchy. Tip: Reservation is a must on weekend cause it was packed even during a weekday.

Been here twice: great food, service and pricing both times. Pink cocktail was only like $9 for a giant glass. Weak alcohol but still very tasty and refreshing. Corn tempura truffle salt, Clam salt ramen, dried squid tempura, and chicken katsu curry were AWESOME. Meh but still tasty were the green bean tempura, grilled mackerel, and spam musubi (disclaimer: I'm not a musubi fan in general) Downsides: wait time, space is small tight and cramped. Service is fast and efficient

Came here on a whim with my boyfriend on a Friday night around 6 and thankfully there was no wait! I still placed our name on the waitlist and they seated us immediately when we got in. By the time we left, there was a 60+ minute wait so we got lucky. The small shop was decorated with all sorts of trinkets and posters. It was honestly super cool to look around. We ordered salmon sashimi ($15), which came with 5 pieces and a side of a wasabi sauce. It was so good! So fresh and delicious. We both agreed this was the highlight of our meal. We also got takoyaki ($6.80), which was hot and crispy when it came out. It was good, but nothing spectacular so I'll probably skip on this next time. The soft shelled crab ($12.80) was delicious as well; it was crispy and perfectly seasoned - especially with the lemon on top and dipped in the ponzu sauce. We shared a bowl of pork belly soba ($16.80), which came with 2 big pieces of meat. The broth was delicious, not too salty, and a perfect portion for us to share. Service was great; the server was extremely nice and she constantly came to check on us, we got our food extremely quickly as well. This was overall a really good experience filled with delicious food and colorful decorations all around us. It is quite small though so I do not recommend coming here with a group of more than 4. I will definitely be back!

My husband and I came here 30 minutes after opening and thankfully were seated right away! The place is small but they are really efficient and the food came out so fast! Overall great experience with authentic Japanese cuisine, we can't wait to come back and try more items on the menu! EATS -Purple yam - they were nice and crispy, like sweet potatoes but less sweet? lol -Takoyaki- on the softer side but delicious nonetheless. -Grilled chicken gizzard - the sauce and grilled scallions complemented the gizzards nicely. -Salmon sashimi - wow the fish quality was amazing, thick buttery pieces! With fresh wasabi too. -White corn tempura- so different but so good!! -Goya avo salad- didn't know what goya was and found out after it was bitter melon, not my favorite but everything else in the salad was good! -Pork belly soba- clean and simple broth, not a heavy at all and the pork belly is melt in your mouth delicious.

When all the stars align perfectly...we have a dog sitter, kids are away from home, the gods of "good eats" smile down on me and points me in the direction of this beloved gem. I have been eyeing this restaurant for months but can't make it until now. Drove across town and got here when they opened for the first wave of diners at 5pm, so glad we got seated before a hoard of people showed up. The food is unparalleled and I loved everything we have tried so far. We have been here twice and enjoyed every morsel of our food. This is our favorite restaurant for date night by far. The cozy ambience makes the dining experience so much more enjoyable.

Such a cute little restaurant!! I felt like I was transported back to Japan in here. We ordered hot soba noodles. Super delicious and like comfort food. They were pretty generous with their noodles and meat too. we also tried the taiyaki balls which were pretty good as well.

Small restaurant hole in the wall. Not great for groups of more than 4 given the size of the restaurant. My group enjoyed many small bites such as their mackeral, takoyaki, fries, squid, curry. Quick service.

Haven't been here is a few years and was curious about their current menu. They no longer take reservations but you can add yourself to the waitlist. Once your table is ready, you will receive a text. My waitlist for about 20 minutes for arrive but I received a text and got there as my name was dropped. I went in and told the lady my name and although she was frustrated that I was late, she added me back and I got seated once a table was available. It was super nice of her. The restaurant was still decorated the same. Nothing has really changed except that the food is even yummier now. We ordered the following to share between four: Takowasa Grilled chicken gizzard White corn tempura w/truffle salt Teba Soft shell crab Banana fish Grilled eel Spicy miso ramen Wagyu sukiyaki A lot of the items were new. Everything was delicious and well balanced. My favorites were gizzard, teba and white corn. Gizzard was tender. Teba was juicy and seasoned well. The white corn was simply scrumptious with the hint of truffle salt. 15% service fee was automatically added to the bill. That is pretty reasonable.

Yelp waitlist check in only. Small but cozy shop. Delicious food. Everything was delicious and takes me back to Japan. I would come back to try curry next time, it smelled so good at the table next to mine. I would recommend to friends and come back often.

One of the most unique Japanese restaurants you can go to since there's not many out there, at least not that I know of, that specializes in Okinawan cuisine. DEF get yourself on the Yelp waitlist as early as you can and make sure that you keep your eye on the waitlist since lots of people get taken off as they don't hold you on the list for longer than 5 minutes. I can kinda see why as the restaurant was packed from beginning to end when we were there and the restaurant itself wasn't that big. Another thing I gotta say is DO NOT fall for any of the "trap" dishes aka anything that you can get at any other Japanese restaurant (I'm talking about standard donburi, curries, or ramen...). You're at an Okinawan restaurant! Get some unique regional dishes here! We got the: 1) Clam Chowder Corokke: -Comes with 2 pieces and some Bulldog sauce (Worcester sauce) to dip with. -The exterior is delicately crispy, though not made with panko like other croquettes. -Inside is gooey clam chowder with real pieces of clam. Nice and creamy and a different type of croquette than what I'm used to (potato, meat, or imitation crab filling). 2) Purple Yam: -Not sure if this is more of a red herring type dish but it is something that is a bit more unique and took some time for it to be prepared. -It's lightly salted fried purple yam. A bit dense for an appetizer, but I can see it being more like a beer snack food. -Richer and denser than sweet potato for sure and if you like sweet potato fries, you'll really enjoy this. 3) Gurukun aka BANANA FISH: -I can't believe they named this dish after a BL series. Jk jk. -It's a small crispy fried fish with some soy sauce and lemon to add for taste. -Fluffy meat and not too many bones to pick through. Slightly salty to taste. -Good as an appetizer. 4) White Corn Tempura with Truffle Salt: -I've never seen this offered at a restaurant before and it tastes good, don't get me wrong but another one of those dishes where I'm not sure if it's a red herring dish. -It's actual slices of corn on the cob that's fried in tempura batter with truffle salt on top. Gotta take bites out of it like you would for any regular corn on the cob. -Nicely sweet and juicy with the corn and salty with the truffle salt and tempura exterior. 5) Fried MIMIGA (pork year): -Comes with a side of mayo to dip in. Slightly crispy exterior and the pig ear part isn't too chewy despite being all cartilage. -Great beer snack type appetizer. 6) Tebichi Soba: -This is their pig feet/trotter soba noodles. This is a souple noodles dish. -I'm not a big fan of pig trotter as a meat, but the little bit that I had was very tender. There's also other meat in there too like fish cake. -Noodles are more flat and wide, absorbing the flavorful pork broth nicely. There's a slight chewy texture to them too and unique from other soba noodles for sure. 7) Goya Chanpuru: -This is a dish that I've never seen offered before. -It's a fried dish of bitter melon, tofu, spam, and scrambled eggs, with bonito flakes on top. -I'm not a fan of bitter melon and even this was a bit too much for me but my boyfriend who is ALSO not a fan of bitter melon said this was pretty good and downed the dish. -It's a solid, bit more hefty appetizer dish and not too salty either. I can easily imagine this going on top of a bowl of rice. 8) Tsukemori: -These are homemade pickles and comes with 3 types. I believe they were mustard/dark leafy greens, radish, and cucumber. -Nice crunchiness and sour taste and works great as a refreshing palate cleanser between bites of other dishes. I liked the radish one the best! 9) Shikwasa Juice: -Non alcoholic beverage. Shikwasa is is a citrus fruit that can be found in Okinawa, Japan and in Taiwan. It's a flat lime/lemon. -Reminds me of a calamansi juice. It's sweet and not tart. Refreshing and yummy. 10) Awamori: -This is apparently a hard alcohol that is indigenous to Okinawa. It's made from long grain indica rice that's distilled in the same manner that shochu is. -There's a couple brands you can choose from and my boyfriend got the Shimauta one. -The tiniest sip I took, it did NOT taste alcoholic in the slightest. It was pretty light and fruity honestly despite not having any fruit in it I think. I can imagine this being dangerous and destroying people who have too many. Service was attentive and friendly despite being packed and busy. I LOVED the personality in the decor that the restaurant has. Make sure you use their restroom too, the stickers and posters are really neat. Apparently the "habu" in Habuya is for a pit viper that can be found in Okinawa, would be SO COOL if they had merch of that for sale as well (I saw a t-shirt but didn't get a chance to inquire).