Hakatataro Sushi博多太郎壽司 — Restaurant in Fukuoka

Got to about this place from vlog and I made a trip to try it out.

It’s situated along a small street, out if the hustle and bustle of the Tenjin shopping area. I was their first customer for dinner today 😄.

Not a lot of selection on their menu but I noticed most of the locals ask for sushi or sashimi. Too lazy to take my pick, I ask for their sashimi omasake. I know I made a good choice when the sashimi was served. The sashimi was fresh and sweet. I also tried their clam miso soup. Lots of clams in the soup.

This is really a value for money place for sushi or sashimi. The chefs were chatting away with the locals. Too bad I can’t speak Japanese, or else I would have gladly chat...

The queuing system in Japan means that you will never be seated ahead of someone that is queuing in front of you. So if you are a party of 2, and there are a spare 2 seats in the restaurant, and the party in front is a larger group (cannot fit in the space), you won’t be seated first.

We found the service nice, they accommodate tourists with a translator and menus in multiple languages. The sashimi and sushi is decent, but we waited 30-40 minutes for a grilled miso cod which was very salty.

Although the chefs seem experienced and friendly, they did sneeze loudly quite a lot in the kitchen area 😅 The food is on the...

Great value for the food.

Excellent service esp from one of the waitresses. We were using Google translate for the daily specials menu (only in Japanese) and she came over to translate each...