Hanamizuki Japanese Restaurant

Amazing Japanese food! I have been here couple of times and it's my husband's and I favorite Japanese restaurant. Very authentic and the food is delicious. I have tried different things but my absolutely favorite are gyoza, SUKIYAKI Hot Pot, sushi, and Katsu don.

The service is very good and fast. The food quality is excellent, I recommend to do a reservation even during week days, it's not easy to just walk in, you might not be able to get in.
The ambience is also nice, usually quite pleasant and not noisy at all.

The only bad thing I have to say is they don't have a baby changing table in the bathroom so I needed to go to my car to change my baby's diaper. Except for that I love this place. Take in consideration also the prices, it's not very cheap but the food is great quality and delicious so it's a reasonable price.

Great place for truly authentic Japanese food. Reservations are a must! Even on a week day! We enjoyed the ambience, very attentive service and trying new things on the menu. Most items we ordered we really liked. The sushi quality was definitely better than your regular "sushi restaurant". The prices definitely reflect that as well.

One negative for us was that there were a few patrons that were not very respectful of other diners, and it was not addressed by the staff. At one table the guy was chatting away on FaceTime loud enough to carry through the entire room, and at another there was a family with kids who had "baby shark" on their iPad for a better part of an hour, loud enough to block out the actual restaurant's music. Now I'm a mom, and have had to resort to a use of phone/ipad when my kids were running out of patience, so I get it, but we wished the waitress asked them to turn it a bit down.. it was very hard to rectify "baby shark" on repeat with a fancy, reservations only authentic Japanese restaurant.

Back again! This place has become a staple to us when we find ourselves in Florida and I could not be happier!

On this particular winter day, the Chicken Katsu Curry Rice was calling my name and I was so satisfied by the end! There is a decent portion of chicken, but the curry sauce is really everything you could ask for! I loved combining the rice with the curry and a bit of the red pickles for the perfect bite!

Tempura appetizer was also nice to have! Nothing unique about it, but as a Japanese food lover, it satisfied the craving. The appetizer comes with 2 shrimp tempura, a piece of kabocha squash, 1 onion ring, and one more piece which I think was a carrot.

Gyoza, again, nothing special but perfect to satisfy the craving!

Service- As usual, it was impeccable! They are still mostly on a reservation-only basis (so be sure to call ahead) but when you are there, they are attentive, kind, and helpful!

See you again soon!

Want Japanese food? Like real traditional Japanese food. This is the place in Orlando. The family and I found this place a couple of years ago, and pretty much visited every day. We were in Daytona and did a day trip to Disney Springs to finish off with a nice dinner here for some comfort food. Glad to see they haven't changed and quality is the same. Service is always great. Ambience is Japanese-esque.

Back for another awesome experience with the Service and food of Meg and her family. The menu is truly totally unexpected; great variety and spectacular flavors. The background music and ambiance makes this place an oasis in International Drive. Great free parking

Hanamizuki is one of the best Japanese restaurants in Orlando. However, they have very short service hours and require a reservation. Be sure to do your research to ensure you can get it. Don't try to walk-in; they will not take walk-ins. Also, know that you're not getting an Asian chain restaurant - there are tons of items on the menu that are not "staples" around town. But, when you get them, prepare to be amazed.

If you follow my reviews, I'm a sucker for gyoza. This is one of the best gyoza's I have ever had. Tons of flavor, perfectly cooked, and inexpensive. Honestly, it checks every box, and will be on my table during the next visit too.

I also found both noodle dishes to be perfectly executed. The flavors were forward, but not overwhelming and the noodles were very good. Nothing was on the verge of too chewy or lacking flavor.

I can't wait to go back and try more.

Best authentic Japanese food in town !
On PTO, my husband and I decide to go to our favorite restaurant and enjoy nice lunch and relax! The waitress is very friendly and the food came to table fast. There are some Japanese tourists in the restaurant, so you know the food is good. Highly recommend you to try this place, reservation is recommended if you don't want to wait long time.
Today was a good lunch experience . We will definitely be back again soon.

The best Japanese restaurant I have ever visited. The ambiance as well as the service was great. The food was delicious and fresh. Prices were very reasonable and I highly recommend them.

Came here because I was craving ramen. I got the gyoza and miso tonkotsu ramen. The service was great. The gyoza was very good. For the ramen, the broth had good flavor, but the noodles were off. The noodles had a weird taste. I would come back to try the other items on the menu.

Poor service!!! The waitress got my mother's order wrong and then restaurant would not refund my mother and instead made her order again and pay for the correct dish that she originally ordered AND PAY THE RESTAURANT FOR THE WRONG ORDER TOO. The waitress brought me warm water without any ice and I had to ask for ice cold water after watching the table over across from us get ice cold water without asking for it. Plus the restaurant's policy is to automatically add 18% gratuity despite the poor service AND the waitress gets more of a tip even though she doesn't deserve it because the restaurant would not remove the wrong order. Folks this restaurant doesn't have any integrity to do that to its customers. And NO the customers don't want an ice cream for free for the mix up. The customer wants to only pay for the correct order and receive the correct order. I WILL NEVER GO TO THIS RESTAURANT AGAIN I WAS SO OFFENDED!!! Don't say you were not warned about this sad service and restaurant. It's so cheap it needs to do that to a customer instead of correcting its mistake.