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Travellers' Choice2023
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Midtown West
0.4 km from Times Square
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Gyu-Kaku, meaning "Horn of the Bull" in Japanese provides the authentic Japanese Yakiniku (barbeque) dining experience where customers share premium cooked meats over a flaming charcoal grill while sipping on Japanese Sake, Shochu and frosty cold beers. Gyu-Kaku offers a wide range of meats including the bestseller Harami Skirt Steak in Miso marinade, Certified Angus Kalbi Short Rib in Tare Soy marinade. Other popular items include pork, lamb, duck & chicken, Shrimp Garlic & a variety of vegetables.
PRICE RANGE
AU$47 - AU$76
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours
CUISINES
Japanese, Barbecue, Asian
FEATURES
Reservations, Private Dining, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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Reviewed 24 January 2024

The quality of meat here is sending any other all you can eat BBQ spot to the shadow realm, but at $80 a head, it better. This is my big bros favorite restaurant on the planet, so after he won the 2023 World Salsa Summit...a celebration was in order. We came in without a res and were told the wait was going to be an hour. I mentioned how I was with the World Salsa Summit champion, but it didn't carry weight with the hostess smh. After an hour and 11 minute wait we were seated, hungrier than a 1932 Mahatma Ghandi. I hang my hat on being an essential team member for an all you can eat BBQ experience, I pull my weight and then some. That doesn't really tie in here but I just wanted to let y'all know I'm a Croatian Warrior. I need to shoutout the Yaki-Shabu as it was literally orgasmic. Well not literally but... yeah. Head and shoulders the best cut of meat The food was fantastic, but the service let me down worse than when the Lakers traded for Russell Westbrook. It felt like our waitress didn't want us to be there lol. We were trying to figure out if we said something or what happened, but sis seemed completely disinterested. At this price point of food I was expecting better service. My big bro might beat me up for only giving 4 stars, so if you don't hear from me after this review is posted you know why. IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov__More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 5 January 2024 via mobile

Been here many times and always a great experience! Atmosphere is fun and service is great! Food is amazing! You actually cook your own food on the grill in the middle of the table. The meats are fresh and delicious! The appetizers never let you...down and make sure you leave room for dessert! Reasonably priced for a NYC Times Square location. Happy Hour is daily! Try it out! You won’t be disappointed!More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed 5 November 2023

It wasn’t the best on the block when in New York but if one has a hankering for it, it scratches the itch. Visited 10 restaurants in New York and may I say this one would get five stars for less friendly.

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 2 October 2023

A great experience! We had a lot of amazing meat (maybe too much), including wagyu, you cook your meat the way you want, at your own pace, the restaurant is freezing (too much A/C), but with the BBQ in front of you, that's ok. And...the price is cheap with the amount and quality of the meat.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 8 August 2023

This restaurant featured grill your own meats and veggies at the table. There were some items that they cooked, e.g. chicken wing pieces but there was a large number of items that you could cook. The menu was quite exceptional with the variety available, including...combos where you could have a couple of meats and shrimp. The staff was helpful in explaining everything most of the time. We went once at lunch and a couple of days later for dinner. The lunch time service was better than dinner but it was also busier at dinner. I had a had salad and an appetizer called chili beef which was quite tasty. I did not need to cook it because it was roasted beef but I liked it more done and hot. My wife shared some noodles with me that she had ordered. They were good. She loved her calamari and shrimp. At dinner though, when I ordered the fried banana cheesecake dessert, it was so long in coming that I wanted to cancel but it came about a minute later. BTW, it was delicious!More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 2 August 2023 via mobile

My daughter and I went and were really excited about the concept of grilling on the table (which was fun). The meat was disappointing - fatty and not cut very well so it was hard to navigate with only tongues, chopsticks, and the one fork...I requested. Flavor of the meat wasn’t great either. Spring rolls, salad, and spicy cucumbers were good.More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 17 June 2023

The Gyu Kaku Japanese BBQ is an amazing Japanese cuisine style restaurant that offers guests a unique and superb dining experience. In December of 2018, I brought and treated my wife and myself for dinner at Gyu Kaku Japanese BBQ to celebrate our Happy Engagement...Anniversary!!! We very much enjoyed our visit at this great restaurant. Both my wife and I were kindly welcomed and treated politely by the restaurant’s staff and we found our meal to be absolutely delicious!!! We highly enjoyed seasoning and cooking our own meals and our table grill did a great job on heating our food!!! Both my wife and I highly recommend for everyone to visit and dine Gyu Kaku!!!More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 17 May 2023

Very poor service as restaurant starting cleaning up around us at 10pm, mopping floors and clearing our table into washing up bowls and large trash containers. We were not advised at 830pm arrival that the restaurant closed at 10pm and given this is a cook...your own BBQ experience 90 mins is not enough time the staff seemed hostile to us at the end ans seemed surprised when I did not tip. Food also average. Very thin strips of meat like bacon.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 17 February 2023 via mobile

For a Daddy Daughter Trip and dinner before a show, this was an excellent experience and very tasty. The two of us enjoyed the packaged value menu for two people that had a salad, s’mores, veggies and eight different marinated meats. Wow! We ate it...all! I would advise planning on at least an hour to enjoy the whole experience (As a matter of fact they will limit the dining experience to an hour and a half.) Since we only had 45 minutes before we needed to get to our show, they also helped us thru the experience and out the door on time. Great staff. Indeed a great experience to remember to do again.More

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 8 February 2023 via mobile

We enjoyed an amazing meal prior to seeing Moulin Rouge at the Al Hirschfeld theatre. Gyu-kaku’s menu offers many different options and we enjoyed every bite.

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 5 February 2023

Really enjoyable japanese bbq meal - lovely decor and table, friendly and efficient staff and pretty good value too. Popular so book ahead.

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 22 January 2023 via mobile

Introduced to this by the Hell’s Kitchen Food Tour, was so good we went back the following day for dinner. Extremely busy so book in advance. Great fun, good food.. we had noodles, mushrooms, green peppers, and four plates of meat to cook on the...bbq between the two of us, perfect amount. Good value for money.More

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 8 January 2023 via mobile

Visited for late lunch and chose meat lovers menu alongside a few individual dishes. Great choice of cuts and sauces left whole family happy. Half price beers and cocktails in happy hour.

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 25 November 2022 via mobile

Great food, bustling atmosphere, great for a dinner before or after a show. Always very busy. All dishes were really good and we loved the s'mores at the end!

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 20 November 2022

Lived in Japan and I'm always looking for great places to recreate the experience, and this one is spot on! Just like the yaki-niku places in Japan. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful in getting us the right menu selection, we did the chef's...choice, and it was plenty of food. The quality of the meat was very surprising, I didn't expect top quality, it was melt in your mouth delicious! Of course, it could have been the cook (hahaha). Ae was the name of our waiter, he was excellent, and we enjoyed his service. We were a little early for dinner, and there was no problem being seated around 5:30, but by the time we left the place was packed. Be sure to ask to have a little more heat on the grill, Ae turned ours up about halfway through and it made all the difference. Would eat here again!More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Yes. It is awesome for families. My niece is 10 and she loved it. Espeially the dessert smore you get to make. 👍🏻
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  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4