Okonomiyaki

[snaporaz]

Does anyone know of a place to get okonomiyaki in Manhattan (and beyond)?
Thanks,
Snaporaz

[Greg]

Riki also has okonomiyaki, though I've been too busy getting through the rest of their giant menu to give it a try. The place is more of an izakaya, but most of the things I've tried have been pretty tasty.

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Riki
141 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017

[snaporaz]

Thanks guys. As always CH is a great resource!

[Andrew P.]

I've had it at Yakitori Taisho on St. Mark's, and at Otafuku on 9th. Otafuku's is much better.

[megan]

In Brooklyn, Geido does okonomiyaki. B/Q to 7th Ave, 331 Flatbush Ave.
http://newyork.citysearch.com/review/...

[lanadai]

Taisho on st marks makes it.

[Midtown Jimmi]

There're two places I like for okonomiyaki near Otafuku. On St. Marks Place, off Third Avenue, there's the place on the downtown side of the street with the outdoor seating. After 7 or so they have okonomiyaki and a great version called Dynamite-yaki made with kim-chee. Then further east on St. Mark's there's Typhoon which does a very nice okonomiyaki made with rice AND noodles, crunchy and tasty. And the place with the big Racoon on St. Mark's makes one too -- don't remember it being that distinctive -- but that place is fun for a visit anyways.

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[Woodside Al]

The "big racoon" is a Tanuki. Which may look like one, but isn't really a racoon at all. It's a canine!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki

[olia]

The place with tanuki in front is Kenka, which really is most known for $1.50 beers -- the okonomiyaki I had there was pretty bad (way too soggy/gummy in the middle so could only nibble on the edges).

[Kanger]

Aah, Kenka ... you know you're in for quality when the menu has listed prices for vomiting and glass breakage. And as bad as their okonomiyaki is, it's mighty tasty at 3:30 am!

[Polecat]

"there's the place on the downtown side of the street with the outdoor seating"
Do you mean Go?
P.

[Midtown Jimmi]

Yep.

[warrenr]

the only place i know is otafuku on 9th st bet 2nd and 3rd ave. it's pretty good.

[Woodside Al]

Otafuku is the best and most authentic okonomiyaki in NYC. Not Hiroshima-style though, so no noodles in it (and I love that stuff from my days in Hiroshima). They give you a very large 2 cake portion for about $7, or you can get 1 in combination with some tako-yaki or yakisoba for about $8. But it is just a hole-in-the-wall (almost literally - a truly tiny space) with absolutely no seating other than a park bench out on the sidewalk, so its really for carryout.

I would love to see a Japanese-style sit down grill-it-yourself okonomiyaki place in NYC, but I'm not sure it would work. The one time I remember it being tried here the place was open for a little more than a year, took a lot of grief from the city bureaucracy, saw its business slip, and then closed shop.