Morimoto vs Gaku vs Miyako in Honolulu??

[daantaat]

San Diego hound trying to figure out which of the 3 places we want to go for dinner. I've searched the board and not much is coming up re: Morimoto or Miyako. We've never done kaiseki and would also love to check out Morimoto's place for the fusion aspect of it.

If it helps, we really like Alan Wong's, Poke Stop, Matsugen. All three are already on our must eat list. We also do the traditional pilgrimage to Matsumoto Shave Ice on every trip and liked the Opal Thai truck in N. Shore.

Can anyone comment or compare the 3 places?

TIA

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Alan Wong's Restaurant
1857 S King St Fl 3, Honolulu, HI 96826

Matsumoto Shave Ice
66-087 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa, HI 96712

[russkar]

Simple answer: Izakaya Gaku

[daantaat]

why would you pick Gaku over Morimoto and Miyako?

[russkar]

Because I've eaten at all of them more than once and Gaku is a much higher level.

[daantaat]

can you explain what makes Gaku a much higher level than the others?

[wpage]

I haven't been to the other two, but my wife and I had superb (and reasonably priced) omakase at Gaku Friday night. There may be a handful of places in LA that would better Gaku (although at much higher prices), though I doubt that they would best it by much. For me, Gaku is enough of a reason to visit Oahu again all by itself.