Kenko Ya, Kaneohe HI

The food and service were well worth the wait before being seated. I loved their smiling service, and the food was so delicious. I look forward to returning to Kenko Ya and enjoying another well prepared and traditional Japanese meal with an Asahi draft beer.

Food was delicious & portion sizes were perfect. Staff was
friendly, helpful & courteous. Clean, well spaced tables & chairs. Very nice lunch w/a large group.

Embarrassing service and quality. Salad is lettuce soaked in thousand island dressing!
Salad dressing is not mentioned on the menu or by the server and not Japanese cuisine, this ruined the lettuce they call salad. "Appetizers" are a joke, 4 pods of tiny edamame, and a dash of bean sprouts soaked in salty soy sauce, so the bean sprouts were inedible. Received a Raw egg after asking if the egg that comes with the Udon is cooked and told it is cooked. Yellow yolk flowed all over the udon noodles. The Udon was supposed to come with chicken and there was barely two pieces of tiny chicken in the bowl. The udon bowl was boiling and loaded with steam when it came out so it was impossible to eat or enjoy until much time passed to cool it. Server forgot us while we waited to place our order, waited 15-20 minutes with the menu off to the side to make clear we were ready to order. When the miso soup came out, there was no soup spoon so instead if waiting longer I had to go to the counter and ask for a spoon for the miso soup. The main course came before the "appetizers" so after waiting 10 min, I went to the counter to ask the server who was cleaning if the appetizers were on the way. Server said oh my mistake and disappeared I supposed she went to correct her deficiency. I sat down at the soy sauce soaked bean sprouts and 4 edamame pods arrived. By the time I sorted out the mess, the main dish of cheap white rice and chicken served first was cold.

Always my go to spot for delicious fishy freshness after work. (and bento boxes before ze beach!) The salmon sashimi, calamari, baked salmon & misoyaki butterfish are pure freaking delight. I literally dream about them when eating anything less than their quality

From the moment we entered the restaurant we were greeted by Aloha,
The servers were quick and friendly. Our food came out hot, plentiful and delicious. Definitely going there again!

I love their combination plates! It is soooooo good! Enjoyed our food! Will come back again next time.

Kenko Ya was a great, cozy spot in Kaneohe. I ordered the bento with tempura and sashimi. The tempura was fried absolutely perfectly - super crispy and not too bready. The sashimi was a decent portion of fish, and really fresh. The sukiyaki was also a big surprise, and had a very bold umami and sweet flavor. I would absolutely order either of those again. This spot is super busy, so get here early or make reservations.

Man this place was so busy.tried to go there twice and 30min+ wait each time. Second finally got in.

I love the variety of selections for their bentos! We shared and I enjoyed everything that was on the table.

Kudos to the lady running the till and also running to bring out the food, i think that was the owner maybe? The waitress that originally helped us was not very good though, missed giving us spoons for the soup but the owner lady helped us right away when i asked.

All in, was a good experience and i would go back! Maybe at a earlier time away from regular dinner time.

OMG, IF YOU LOVE JAPANESE STYLE FOOD, ENJOY AWESOME CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR THE PATRONS. YOU'LL LOVE EATING AT THIS RESTAURANT. THEY HAVE IT ALL. THE TEAMWORK ALONE MAKES YOU SEE HOW HARD SOME PURPLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND DEFINE THEIR RESTAURANT FROM EVERYONE ONE ELSE. THEY HAVE WAITING LISTS DURING BUSY TIMES THOUGH THE PEOPLE ARE NEVER LEFT WAITING VERY LONG. I RECOMMEND TO ALL WHO WANT A GREAT EXPERIENCE IF SIMPLY EATING OUT.

Awesome service and great food. I had the teriyaki steak teshoku and everything was so good. Definitely one of my favorite Japanese places to eat!

Staff gave excellent recommendations on food and drinks. Pretty good prices for the food and it was excellent quality! Staff was super friendly and felt like talking with family. Highly recommend this place. They also serve really good uni and sake!

Worst restaurant on the island. My family and I went there for supposed dinner the other night. Bad food, bad experience and the worst customer service ever. We left hangry.

The serving of the Nabeyaki udon has shrunk with 2 bites of chicken. Flavor is good, but times have changed.