Kaita - San Jose

Excellent small, family-run, traditional Japanese restaurant in San Jose's Japantown. Excellent staples, hot food, and of course fish! Attentive service,...

I came here for a weekend dinner and the place was pretty busy. Parking can be tough so I suggest heading to the restaurant earlier. Everything was...

Great little authentic Japanese restaurant located in J-town. Daily menu board can change depending on what's fresh and what homey dishes they are serving...

I live in Japan Town for a few years and Kaita is perhaps one of the best Japanese izakaya type restaurants here in Japan Town. They have great specials but I would suggest go with the flow and try their Fish dishes. One improvement they could make is their table registration system the restaurant was more than half empty and I had to wait over 15min for a table for 2 (also 4 Stars because some of the Beef Pork dishes I had were just average)

Hi, I’m kaita’s biggest fan, think I’ve been there more than 10 times since my boyfriend first introduced it to me. It is very authentic, (i had lots of exposures to Japanese food growing up , and it feels like a good home meal mom cooks for you. We usually get two special menus (they write daily special menu on the whiteboard, take a look! and order side like sashimi, tempura, uni (if they have , grilled fish. Their regular menu has various options to enjoy but highly recommend trying special menus. In my photos, I ordered pork tofu hotpot that comes with sashimi, and my partner ordered rib/karaage. Both are so yummy!