Miyako Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in San Clemente

Must reserve the cabana seating on the lanai! The sunset view is absolutely amazing. My boyfriend took me here for my birthday. The restaurant is inside the Kaimana Beach Hotel on the second floor. The waitresses are polite and friendly. They all speak Japanese and wear kimonos so English isn't their first language.

I ordered the October Kaiseki pre fixe dinner. It included a miso marinated beef, salmon in ginger vinegar, tuna and flounder sashimi, tempura, seabream steamed with seaweed, seasoned mushroom rice, miso soup, and orange gelée for dessert. I have never had flounder sashimi and both my boyfriend and I both loved it! It was our favorite. My boyfriend ordered the lobster & steak pre fixe dinner (aoi) and lychee ice cream for dessert. The waitress explained each dish as she brought them to us. My boyfriend thought the lobster was just okay. The dressing that was on it was not necessary. Also the lychee sorbet was to die for! I love lychee and this was probably the best one I have had so far. Anyway, everything was delicate, delicious, and fresh.

We were the only people on the lanai so it was very intimate with just my boyfriend and I. The view of Waikiki beach was gorgeous! It was my birthday so they gave us a 20% discount. When our waitress bought out the receipt we did not look that closely and signed it. After a few moments a different waitress came and told us that the discount was calculated incorrectly and that we should've gotten more taken off than previously. I thought that was very honest of them and we really appreciated it.

Overall, great food, ambiance, and view. Would definitely recommend for a...

I am new to the area and discovered this restaurant. I was surprised to see how busy it is at times, but was thinking ... good for them. Food is decent ... balance of flavors but not great. The original draw was the casualness and location for ease of ordering to go. I ate there once (very crowded/tables too close/not the best ambiance). A few more times I got the food to go. Each time I went, I observed the owner/manager and she is so stern and rigid. The staff seem to fear her. As such, the vibe did not appeal to me. Well, I tried one more time which will be my last. Very busy Friday night has my vegetable soup (Miyako Udon) and two easy/simple rolls took 45 full minutes to process. By the way, no customer service or appreciation of giving them business. More like the attitude that I should be lucky they are willing to take my order. Upon arriving home, the soup was suspiciously/oddly half full (practically no juice). We take a picture of the soup and return the next day with our receipt and picture ... the lady owner/manager literally laughs at the sight of the picture! My husband says, you think that is funny? Well, hearing his tone, she got into more of a sorry mode but too late ... she showed herself (time and time again a little bit every visit). We will not be doing business there again. If she continues to be the vibe maker and run the restaurant in the manner I have been observing and quality/care of customers order prevails like our food lacked, I think business...

I went for first time and it was a rather disrespectfull customer service and better than average food. I walked in and tgere was 5 or 6 customers in place and was greeted with you need to wait at least 5 min for table. What? Two sushi makers and three servers and 6 customers?? I sat outside while worker hostess was self absorbed in paper work. I then was seated in the empty restuarant . I quickly ordered and then couple sat next to me 15 min later. 45 min went by. No food. To go orders were being made and picked up. Internet buys. Couple next to me were really hungry too. Way too slow !! And two sushi cooks would not pick up speed from the turtle pace they steadily kept. I watched them. A friendly young waiter i told and he agreed and apologized. I was about to walk out when food came .. it was tasy. But not with the customer service. If they tried to care about aervice even 20 percent more .. food would have been deluvered 40 percent faster. Owner knew this and never said a thing but arrigato .. when i wallked out. Im a big tipper but owner gave noting in apology. I was there a hour and 20 min in empty restuarant. Never go there if yoy want...