My wife and I ate there last night. The concierge at our condo recommended it. I love seafood and Asian cuisine. This was phenomenal! The complimentary won tons were awesome! We also had the garlic adamame and pot stickers. Fantastic ! I had the Yose Nabe. It's basically seafood stew served in an iron pot. It was friggin awesome. The seafood broth was out of this world! I highly recommend recommend this place. My wife doesn't like seafood otherwise I'd go back before we leave! Aloha!!

Kintaro's went through a recent rebuild due to a kitchen fire. It's very nice and spacious today. Inside is modeled after a typical Japanese family restaurant. Think Gyotaku's on Oahu. Even with spillover parking across the street, parking fills up during peak times: We were there just before 7 pm on a Friday night and we were lucky someone was pulling out. Food offerings are also similar to Gyotaku. Maybe the difference is teppanyaki but we didn't try that. Extensive sushi menu - we had the combo nigiri that the 4 of us shared. All fresh and good. Complimentary fried wontons with shoyu-mustard sauce were served. Tasty and meaty. My wife and I both ordered the shrimp tempura combo that came with 4 medium sized shrimp, carrot, sweet potato and string beans tempura. Sides included a generous bowl of rice, miso soup (excellent!), and a serving of zaru soba with dipping sauce - was okay. The tempura was perfectly cooked and tasty. All in all the food is pretty good, just like Gyotaku's. Service was excellent. The salt water aquarium we were seated next to was a nice attraction. It is well-maintained and the fish appeared healthy.

This was a great restaurant- we ate at the Hibachi grill & had filet & lobster-you have to ask to sit at the hibachi grill- it opened at 1730 & there was a li e at 1700 to get in- you can make reservations but we did not have reservations & got right in at opening- aero was amazing & our chef was excellent- I think it's been the best meal we've had on Kauai. The hula pie has nothing on the matcha pie!

Yummy as usual. Arrived @ 5:00 pm to be first in line for a walk-in table. No reservations so we were offered a seat at either the sushi bar or two other bars. We chose the sushi bar. The sushi chef served up delicious fresh ahi and hamachi and an ahi maki. The mahi was garlicky and served w capers. Delicious!

I wasn't sure what I was walking into as when I looked up the restaurant it had 3.5 stars. It could be because I don't live on Kauai that I actually like this restaurant. The server that we got was very on it and took care of us very well. Very attentive and quick. I guess this place had closed and reopened according to some of the reviews I read. But the inside of this restaurant looks very fancy. They even have teppanyaki tables towards the back of the restaurant! So I heard that the hamachi chunks is a must when you visit this restaurant!! So that is exactly what we got! We also ordered the in foil special, I think the bistro special rolls?, and the seafood nabe! Omg!! That nabe was huge!!! But it is soooo good!! There was even real crab legs in there!! Overall I think the food was yummy and the service was great!! Will definitely come back when I'm in Kauai!!! If you never been, should definitely try!! :)

Kintaro... We love you so. When we started coming to Kauai, Kintaro was closed due to fire damage. Driving by often, I always wondered how it was. Then the pandemic hit and it remained closed during those 2 (years) summers. Finally in 2023, we were able to sample what Kintaros was all about. I made reservations way ahead of time. We actually ate at Kintaros TWICE during our 14 day stay on the island. That should tell you how much we liked it. During our first dinner there (Wednesday night) we ordered gyoza ($12.95), Bali Hi Bomb roll ($13.95) and soft shell crab roll ($11.95) to share. The gyoza was good. You get 5 pieces and comes with a rice wine vinegar & shoyu dipping sauce. The Bali Hi Bomb roll came highly recommended and it was good. But it wasnt our favorite of the rolls we ordered. Its a baked California roll topped with Atlantic salmon & tobiko plus special seasoning. The soft shell crab roll was amazing. It wasnt like your regular soft shell crab. What they do is panko crust the crab then chop it up then put it in the roll. It was so good. We loved it. The texture was perfect. The flavor was great. For my entree, I ordered the Unagi Ju ($27.95). This is grilled fresh water eel served over rice with a sweet sauce... IT. WAS. DELICIOUS. It was so good. I love eel and this was an exemplary one. You get 2 generous butterflied pieces. It comes with soba & dipping sauce, miso soup and tsukemono. It was a lot of food especially after an appetizer and sushi. I couldnt finish all my unagi but I gladly took it home. I was really happy with my entree. The lady ordered the sukiyaki dinner ($34.95) and it came with a crab & shrimp salad and a bowl of rice.. She liked it but it wasnt her favorite version of sukiyaki. The broth had some bitterness to it instead being sweet throughout. On our 2nd dinner at Kintaros the following week, we ordered the soft shell crab roll again then added salmon skin roll ($11.95). We were given the fried wontons complimentary as soon as we were seated. They were great. Apparently, the owner of Kintaros makes these for wholesale and they are really good. They are filled with whole cuts of tender beef. So good. It comes with a hot mustard dipping sauce. I got an Unagi Ju again for my entree and the lady ordered the butterfish dinner ($32.95) which came in a bento box with a side salad, pickled vegetables and a grilled potato. She liked the butterfish a lot. Alex (?) was our server both times. She was a nice lady. We were seated at the same table both times which was right by the 2nd bar. It was perfect. Kintaros is great for both group dinners and date nights. It is huge inside and they have private rooms as well as teppanyaki dinners with chefs cooking your group meals tableside. Plenty of parking in their lot right next to the restaurant or the bigger parking lot across the street. Reservations are a must. We loved Kintaros. We will for sure be back next Summer. Multiple times, most likely. A hui hou.

Ono Kintaro! If you're ever in the beautiful and lush area of Kapa'a, Kauai...Kintaro Japanese Restaurant is an absolute must! We came here on a Monday night at 6pm...by 7 it was absolutely packed and buzzing with good vibes and energy! Service was professional, quick and top notch! Our food was devoured as was our dessert. We ordered edamame as an app and the Tempura Combination and Tender Hibachi Shrimp as our entrees. For dessert we settled on the Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Mud Pie. TDF...so good! 5-Stars all-around and then some. Will more than likely hit this place up again before we leave HI! Mahalo!