Mokutanya Yakitori Charcoal

4.8

889 Reviews

$31 to $50

Japanese

Make a reservation

2 people

Nov 23, 2024

7:00 PM

Booked 15 times today

Good for groups
Good for special occasions
Charming

Experience Japanese charcoal-grilled skewers, small plates, wine and beer in individual glass-divided rooms with sunken Japanese tables. We strive to source our ingredients locally.

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Japanese, Barbecue, Tapas / Small Plates
Hours of operation
Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Phone number
(650) 348-9388
Payment options
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
1155 California Dr., Burlingame, CA 94010
Neighborhood
Burlingame
Cross street
Broadway Ave
Parking details
-On-site parking lot -Metered street parking along California Dr. and Broadway Ave -Metered parking lot on Chula Vista Ave (between Broadway Ave and Carmelita Ave)
Public transit
Caltrain (weekends only): We are located right across from the Broadway Station Sam Trans: 292 stops right in front of the small shopping plaza where we are located
Additional
Beer, Corkage Fee, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Late Night, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wine

Popular dishes

Fried Black Cod Bones$7.00
Ankimo (Monkfish Liver)$16.00
Chicken Karaage$14.00
Croquette$11.00
Takoyaki$14.00
Fried Baby Octopus$13.00
Geso Karaage (Fried Squid Tentacles)$13.00
Hamachi Carpaccio$17.00
Hamachi Kama (Grilled Yellowtail Collar)$17.00
Ika Sugata Yaki (Grilled Squid)$17.00
Grilled Lamb Chop$16.00
Grilled Lobster Tail$27.00
Takowasa (Wasabi Raw Octopus)$10.00
Japanese Wagyu Beef Tataki$21.00
Fried Purple Yam Chips$6.00
Wakame (Seaweed) Salad$8.00
Tsukemono (Japanese Pickle Sampler)$12.00
Miso Soup$4.00
Spinach Goma-Ae$13.00
Edamame$5.00
Fries$10.00
w/ Kewpie Mayo, Tonkatsu Sauce, Bonito Flakes, Green Scallions, Seaweed Sprinkles

Grilled Veggie Skewers

1 Skewer per order

Cherry Tomato$3.50
Corn$3.50
Okra$4.50
Onion$2.50
Shiitake Mushroom$5.00
Shishitou Sweet Chilli Pepper$4.50
King Oyster Mushroom$3.50

Yakitori & Kushiyaki

1 Skewer per order

Abalone$11.50
Bacon Asparagus$5.50
Bacon Cherry Tomato$5.50
Bacon Enoki$6.00
Bacon Quail Eggs$5.50
Bacon Salmon$5.50
Bacon Mochi$5.50
Bacon Lobster$14.50
Bagai (Sea Snail)$6.50
Black Cod Belly$5.50
Butabara (Pork Belly)$6.00
Chicken Knee Cartilage$5.00
Ebi (Shrimp)$3.00
Fried Chicken Skin w/ Ponzu & Scallions$5.50
Gindara Kasuzuke (Black Cod)$6.00
Grilled Chicken Skin$5.00
Gyutan (Beef Tongue)$7.00
Hatsu (Chicken Heart)$4.50
Kurobuta Sausage Non Spicy$4.00
Kurobuta Sausage Spicy$4.00
Lobster Skewer$14.00
Spicy Beef Aorta$5.00
Momo (Chicken Thigh)$6.00
Momo w/ Spicy Mayonnaise$6.50
Momo w/ Wasabi$6.50
Momo w/ Yuzu Honey Glaze$6.50
Pork Cheeks$6.00
Reba (Chicken Liver)$4.50
Saba (Mackerel)$6.00
Salmon$6.00
Shiitake Tsukune (Chicken Meatball)$5.50
Shishamo (Fried Smelt Fish)$5.50
Spicy Berkshire Pork Belly$6.00
Spicy Mayonnaise Tsukune$5.75
Sunagimo (Chicken Gizzards)$5.00
Teba (Chicken Wing)$5.75
Tofu$4.00
Wagyu Beef (Salt & Pepper)$8.00
Wagyu Beef (Spicy)$7.50
Wagyu Beef (Sweet)$7.50
Unagi (Freshwater Eel)$6.00
Uzura Tamago (Quail Eggs)$4.50

Rice & Ramen

Steam Rice$4.00
Yakitori Don$14.00
Grilled Chicken Skewers w/ rice, Kimchee & Seaweed
Yaki Onigiri$5.00
Grilled Rice Ball w/ Yakitori Sauce & Shredded Seaweed
Tonkotsu Ramen$15.00
Pork bone broth w/ bean sprouts, sliced pork, corn, shiitake mushroom, egg, green onions & roasted seaweed
Shoyu Ramen$15.00
Soy sauce broth w/ bean sprouts, sliced pork, corn, bamboo shoots, egg, green onions & roasted seaweed
Miso Ramen$15.00
Miso broth w/ bean sprouts, sliced pork, corn, egg, bamboo shoots, green onions & roasted seaweed
Spicy Black Garlic Miso Ramen$21.00
Spicy miso broth w/ bean sprouts, sliced pork, quail eggs, enoki mushroom, green onions & black garlic oil
Spicy Beef Ramen$21.00
House spicy broth w/ bean sprouts, spinach, egg Wagyu beef slices, shiitake mushroom & green onions
Cold Ramen$12.00
House tangy wasabi sauce w/ daikon radish, green onions, shredded seaweed & tobiko caviar

Extra Add-Ons

Please let the server know

Black Garlic Oil$3.00
Bamboo Shoots$2.50
Pork Slices
- 2pcs$2.00
Roasted Seaweed
- 4pcs$1.75
Shiitake Mushroom$2.50
Spicy Miso$3.00
Fried Garlic$1.50
Boiled Egg$1.50
Bean Sprouts$0.75
Kimchee$2.00
House Spicy Sauce$2.00
Wagyu Beef Slices$2.75
Corn$1.50
Spinach$0.75
Extra Noodle$2.00

Dessert

Chocolate Mousse Cake$14.00
Raspberry Mascarpone Mousse Cake$14.00

Hot Tea

Genmaicha Green Tea
- per pot$3.00
Oolong Tea
- per pot$3.00

What 889 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.8

4.8 based on recent ratings

4.8Food
4.9Service
4.8Ambience
4.4Value

Noise • Moderate

Loved For

San Francisco Bay Area
Japanese

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews

Mokutanya Yakitori Charcoal offers a unique and "authentic experience" with "fantastic food" and "attentive service." Enjoy a cozy ambiance with semi-private rooms perfect for socializing. The menu features delicious yakitori and "the best ramen" in the Bay Area. A great spot for birthdays and special occasions!

889 Reviews

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Don
Los Angeles
10 reviews
vip
5.0
10 reviews
Dined today
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Incredible Rainy Friday night with Old Friends at Mokutanya. Shochu, Yakitori, Asian Pop, in private Japanese Sit Down rooms! Reminded us of late nights spent in Nishi-Azabu in Tokyo! Food was high quality with friendly and attentive Service. Will definitely be going back.
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michelle
San Francisco
11 reviews
vip
5.0
11 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Fun and delicious! Love the no shoe/floor seating, glass partitions which give you and your party a private feel, but most of all the charcoal yakitori. Favs for us are the pork belly, corn, wagyu beef, and the bacon wrapped mochi. Staff was attentive and delightful. Open until 2am so perfect for those late night munchies.
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OpenTable Diner
New York City
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on November 14, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great unique restaurant. Food quality is outstanding and you can taste a great variety of dishes without stuffing yourself. I am very pleased they survived COVID nightmare.
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Allison
San Francisco
16 reviews
vip
5.0
16 reviews
Dined on November 14, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Delicious food, especially the Wagyu beef w/ salt & Pepper and the seaweed salad, but many others as well. Excellent service helping you to navigate ordering some food in the beginning and then more later once you know which ones you especially like.
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Patricia
San Francisco
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on November 4, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
A new favorite spot! Mokutanya has a wide array of delicious yakitori with the ambience to match. However, it can get pricy here since you pay by the skewer - the quality, however, matches the price. For special occasions, this is a great place to have dinner!
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Jamie
San Francisco
2 reviews
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on November 3, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Very friendly staff everyone was warm and upbeat. The skewers were cooked with the best char on them. Our favorites were the lobster, waygu pepper, Waygu spicy and waygu sweet. We also loved the tongue our server recommended, mochi bacon, and pork belly skewers were also delicious. I recommend adding a side of the house made hot sauce it was the best hot sauce I’ve ever had. Cool down the heat with a lychee soju. Creme brûlée for dessert was perfection. We will definitely be back.
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JoAnne
San Francisco
37 reviews
vip
4.0
37 reviews
Dined on October 29, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Nice place with great ambiance. Ramen bowls are huge. Enough for two people. Food overall was good.
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Allena
Cincinnati
5 reviews
3.0
5 reviews
Dined on October 26, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 5
Food was great, service was extremely slow. Had reservations at 7pm, didn’t get seated till 7:20 (it wasn’t crowded, lots of seats available but just super slow getting us seated…not sure why). Ordered food and there was a note of the menus that said they make everything fresh so allow for 15min ish to receive food. It took around 40minutes. We ordered a second round of skewered foods before we were finished so that we wouldn’t have to wait as long and they brought out one at a time (with about 10min in between) but didn’t bring out our bowl of rice with any of them! So it was really awkward eating one skewer (without rice) and then waiting 10-15min for a second skewer…the food was great but the service was incredibly slow and it made the experience and the food less than it should have been. We cancelled our last few skewers and bowls of rice after about another 30min because we had waited so long in between our pieces of skewers that we were just ready to go. They gave us a $20 Giftcard to come back which was nice but still the overall experience was not great. Everyone was nice when they did tend to us, and the food, again, great. But the service was slow even though the other tables seemed to be getting served like normal. Not sure what happened.
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Karen
San Francisco
2 reviews
vip
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on October 19, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Excellent service and great food!!!! It’s our favorite restaurant to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on October 13, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great food and environment for talking and eating.. relax and comfortable atmosphere.
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FAQs

Mokutanya Yakitori Charcoal offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (650) 348-9388.

Mokutanya Yakitori Charcoal is rated 4.8 stars by 889 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

Nov 23, 2024

7:00 PM

Booked 15 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Mokutanya Yakitori Charcoal

1155 California Dr., Burlingame, CA 94010

Additional information

Cross street
Broadway Ave
Neighborhood
Burlingame
Hours of operation
Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Japanese, Barbecue, Tapas / Small Plates
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
-On-site parking lot -Metered street parking along California Dr. and Broadway Ave -Metered parking lot on Chula Vista Ave (between Broadway Ave and Carmelita Ave)
Public transit
Caltrain (weekends only): We are located right across from the Broadway StationSam Trans: 292 stops right in front of the small shopping plaza where we are located
Payment options
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Beer, Corkage Fee, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Late Night, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wine

Phone number
(650) 348-9388

Mokutanya Yakitori Charcoal

Make a reservation

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

Yakitori Don

Shoyu Ramen

Miso Ramen

Tapas

Fried Black Cod Bones$7.00

Ankimo (Monkfish Liver)$16.00

Chicken Karaage$14.00

Croquette$11.00

Takoyaki$14.00

Fried Baby Octopus$13.00

Geso Karaage (Fried Squid Tentacles)$13.00

Hamachi Carpaccio$17.00

Hamachi Kama (Grilled Yellowtail Collar)$17.00

Ika Sugata Yaki (Grilled Squid)$17.00

Grilled Lamb Chop$16.00

Grilled Lobster Tail$27.00

Takowasa (Wasabi Raw Octopus)$10.00

Japanese Wagyu Beef Tataki$21.00

Fried Purple Yam Chips$6.00

Wakame (Seaweed) Salad$8.00

Tsukemono (Japanese Pickle Sampler)$12.00

Miso Soup$4.00

Spinach Goma-Ae$13.00

Edamame$5.00

Fries$10.00

Grilled Veggie Skewers

Cherry Tomato$3.50

Corn$3.50

Okra$4.50

Onion$2.50

Shiitake Mushroom$5.00

Shishitou Sweet Chilli Pepper$4.50

King Oyster Mushroom$3.50

Yakitori & Kushiyaki

Abalone$11.50

Bacon Asparagus$5.50

Bacon Cherry Tomato$5.50

Bacon Enoki$6.00

Bacon Quail Eggs$5.50

Bacon Salmon$5.50

Bacon Mochi$5.50

Bacon Lobster$14.50

Bagai (Sea Snail)$6.50

Black Cod Belly$5.50

Butabara (Pork Belly)$6.00

Chicken Knee Cartilage$5.00

Ebi (Shrimp)$3.00

Fried Chicken Skin w/ Ponzu & Scallions$5.50

Gindara Kasuzuke (Black Cod)$6.00

Grilled Chicken Skin$5.00

Gyutan (Beef Tongue)$7.00

Hatsu (Chicken Heart)$4.50

Kurobuta Sausage Non Spicy$4.00

Kurobuta Sausage Spicy$4.00

Lobster Skewer$14.00

Spicy Beef Aorta$5.00

Momo (Chicken Thigh)$6.00

Momo w/ Spicy Mayonnaise$6.50

Momo w/ Wasabi$6.50

Momo w/ Yuzu Honey Glaze$6.50

Pork Cheeks$6.00

Reba (Chicken Liver)$4.50

Saba (Mackerel)$6.00

Salmon$6.00

Shiitake Tsukune (Chicken Meatball)$5.50

Shishamo (Fried Smelt Fish)$5.50

Spicy Berkshire Pork Belly$6.00

Spicy Mayonnaise Tsukune$5.75

Sunagimo (Chicken Gizzards)$5.00

Teba (Chicken Wing)$5.75

Tofu$4.00

Wagyu Beef (Salt & Pepper)$8.00

Wagyu Beef (Spicy)$7.50

Wagyu Beef (Sweet)$7.50

Unagi (Freshwater Eel)$6.00

Uzura Tamago (Quail Eggs)$4.50