MAISHIN IZAKAYA Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Semarang

The most authentic Japanese food in Semarang. If you want to taste true Japanese food and cuisine, this is the place to go. Maishin Izakaya offers a cozy high-end dining experience with a wide variety of Japanese food ranging from sushi, sashimi, yakitori, and many more delicious dishes to try. The service still needs some work and is still quite slow, but overall, the staff are helpful and kind.

First, I would like to mention about the food and beverages in Maishin Izakaya. Sadly, there are a lot of dishes that are not available yet, but everything that I have tried so far is really good. The rolls are simple yet delicious, there is a wide variety of sashimi which are all fresh and taste exquisite. I highly recommend trying out their yakitori and their signature dishes such as the roasted bone marrow, and bone marrow porridge. The cost is on the higher end of Semarang's price range and far more than dining at Sushi Tei or Gion The Sushi Bar, but it is unquestionably worthwhile and reasonable given the standard and quality of the food provided at Maishin. Maishin Izakaya provides a range of soft drinks and tea, but I highly recommend trying their ocha. Additionally, I have heard from someone that they will be providing alcohol such as sake, vodka, gin, and many more, but as of right now, they only have a few cocktails. Overall, I would give them a 5/5 for their food and beverage quality.

Secondly, I would like to mention about the atmosphere. Maishin provides a cozy, minimalistic, and chic atmosphere. No matter day or night, I love the atmosphere that Maishin Izakaya has. Maishin plays a variety of music ranging from jazz, to lounge music, and music that I would call Japanese jazz rap. If I had a say about the music, and the admin of the restaurant would consider my opinion, I think playing Japanese jazz fusion music from bands such as Casiopea, T-Square, Bohemianvodoo and playing Japanese City pop from artists such as Miki Matsubara, Mariya Takeuchi, etc. would fit with the physical atmosphere of the restaurant. Again, overall, I would give them a 5/5 for their atmosphere.

Lastly, I would like to mention about the service. The service still requires improvement and is slow. I had to wait for someone to fetch my order yesterday for twenty minutes. Nevertheless, once they get your order, they process your order quickly and well. However, I would like to mention that sometimes tea refills in this restaurant are long even though there are waiters that walk around asking if you want refills. Also, sometimes the cold ocha is not available. I would also like to mention that sometimes wasabi is forgotten on the dishes and that you have to ask for wasabi from the waiters. Despite this, the waiters are still kind and attentive to your needs. They truly appreciate it when they ask for your feedback and suggestions for improvement. This restaurant would receive a perfect five stars if the staff continued to improve, which is something I hope they do. With this said, I would give them a 3.5/5 for their service.

In Conclusion, Maishin is probably one of the best, if not the best Japanese restaurants in Semarang when it comes to true authentic Japanese food. The dining experience is great and I would definitely come back for more. I would still give them a 5 star rating for the restaurant overall even though I only gave them 4 stars for service because the wait times for the meals are still...

A very nice izakaya dining. Everything we ordered was delicious. Staff were all kind and attentive. Niha my bestie was a very good staff and happy to help. I am impressed with the quality of product. I can taste the experience, love and dedication from the chef. Of all Japanese restaurant in Indonesia that I've been, I can confidently say this is one of the closest to real Japanese flavour. I can taste that they craft their own food there in the restaurant and I am happy and very appreciative for the craftsmanship. The interior itself is very setting and calming. The oyster was nice and fresh. the bone marrow was surprisingly very light as normally it is very rich and you have to eat it with bread or something else. I really like the stingray fin, I thought that was very unique and intriguing. The flavour delivers. We had a few sashimi and nigiri. They were all very tasty and portioned very well. I'm surprised to taste truffle in the rice filling for the inari. That was genius. The yakitori series were vary. The chicken skin is what intrigued me the most. Normally it is oily and rich, but this one is very light crispy on the side and soft on the inside. I thought that was very interesting. Niha gave me a soft serve. A vanilla ice cream with lemon and cheese (was it cheese?) I have never had soft serve that good before.

All in all I must say good job to everyone and thank you so much for a wonderful dining experience I will...

Happened to be just passing by, but felt glad that we took a chance to try this place out. Thankfully the facade is interesting and inviting 😁

Love the interior design, as well as the warm friendly staffs.

All of the food was great, with an exception of a strand of hair in the Chirashi, but the staffs respond were swift and apologetic, so no problem at all. It happens.

Although they did award us with a complimentary ice cream, which is delish and much appreciated 👍🏻

Will definitely return and recommend to others along the way✨

UPDATE: recently had a chance to try out their cakery, mainly the 'Matcha Cheese Cake' & 'Satsumaimo Crème Brûlée' and boy was it a blissful experience 🤤🤤

The crumb bases are the right thickness and texture, coupled with the ever so perfect consistency of the Cheese cake filling, which is at the perfect sweet and tartness 👌🏻 It was pure bliss I tell ya, highly recommended for those wanting to have dessert after an awesome Japanese meal✨

You guys are definitely going full force on things, exceptionally well done, management. Kudos 👌🏻✨

2ND UPDATE: Just bought 2x Xmas Medium Hampers, am so impressed by their attention to details on the overall sushi arrangements. You could really tell they take ample of time to arrange and chose the bestest of quality ingredients.... simply exquisite.

On top of that, they looked so Yummy & Lovely.

What a Joy to be giving someone such premium Hampers...