Otafuku Restaurant

Gardena, CA · Japanese restaurant

Rating
4.5/5
★★★★★ 4.5
Reviews
20
Rank in Gardena
#48
of 292 restaurants
City Percentile
61%
rating percentile
Address
Otafuku Restaurant, 16525 S Western Ave, Gardena, CA 90247
Phone
(310) 532-9348
Website
bit.ly/OtafukuMenu
Status
Closed · Opens 11:30 AM Sat

Otafuku Restaurant is a restaurant located in Gardena, CA. It is one of 292 restaurants listed in Gardena. Its 4.5-star rating is above the Gardena city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Otafuku Restaurant

Family owned authentic, gourmet Japanese restaurant with carefully chosen quality ingredients. We are known for homemade buckwheat “Soba” Noodles and Udon. We also offer other authentic Japanese dishes. Establish in 1997, from Tokyo. Open for outdoor... More

Hours

Friday11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Grace Yoo · Feb 2026

Saturday lunch. It's 150 dollars for three people. It's delicious, but I can't recommend it if it's 50 dollars per person for soba and tempura. I should find a restaurant that is more delicious and reasonably priced.

★★★★★ 5.0 Jaja C · Oct 2025

Delicious appetizers, noodles, and fish. The miso sea bass is to die for! Melt in your mouth delicious and the ginko nuts are light and tasty! Highly recommend the karaage chicken. Enjoyed the buckwheat tea, hot soba and tempera too!

★★★★★ 5.0 Kris Takasuka · Aug 2025

Yummy Izakaya. Patrons speaking Japanese which is always a good sign. Parking in the back which can be a tad tight. Street parking in the front. We had chicken wings (yum) , karage (yum), ginger pork (looked good but i did not personally try), soba (yum). We were lucky to get a table without a wait. The telephone was ringing a lot. The servers were super sweet and the whole team was nice. Looking forward to returning.

★★★★★ 5.0 Don Nguyen · Sep 2025

The staff is wonderful and the good here is great. My wife enjoyed her cold soba and we shared the deep-fried shrimp egg rolls. Oddly, the wrap wasn't that crispy but the tail was (which is what I really care about) and the flavor was fantastic. I think it has to do with moisture from the shiso leaf inside. I'm not normally a fan of shiso but this was delicious. I have to say the bowl was fantastic. Everything was cooked and seasoned well. The portion was big! Great item! Just a heads up- this place gets warm. My wife and I went on a rather warm day and there's no AC. Thankfully, where we were sitting, a breeze would come in through the backdoor from the kitchen every now and then.

★★★★★ 5.0 Soo Bee · Feb 2026

We had a lovely dinner! Every dish was mindful and delicious. We felt incredibly spoiled and wished to have a second stomach to eat all over again. We were too busy enjoying ourselves to take photos but had the kikouchi dipping soba, shisito with sardines, yellowtail collar and sea bass. We look forward to coming back and trying more from the extensive dinner menu. (Please note they unfortunately don’t offer outdoor dining anymore. We were really hoping that they did)

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Japanese restaurantHealth food restaurantAuthentic Japanese restaurantIzakaya restaurantSoba noodle shopUdon noodle restaurant

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