Super delicious! Their spam musubi variations are delicious! Ordered their furikake wings and salmon. Definition of Japanese/Hawaiian comfort foods. The market is a bit small but they have everything you need. Jump over for lunch before the close. It’ll be worth your while!

Great friendly service ALWAYS. Imports authentic fresh frozen Hawaiian food products, you can’t find elsewhere, e. g., limo seaweed, kokui nut for poke, lau lau, Prepares daily local bento like sushi and spam musubi. Huge variety of Japanese snacks. I recommend highly.

Small market, Hawaiian-based grocery store. I would recommend the fresh Unagi/crawfish musubi. Make sure to come early to get it still warm and fresh. The rest of the musubi seems normal and taste ok.

A selection of hot lunches can be ordered at the entrance so itll be ready by the time you check out. Premade lunches are also available at the fridge. All the employees were very friendly. Store is very organized with being Covid compliant. The parking lot could get a little tight when multiple cars are exiting and entering at once.

Have you ever found such great hole in the wall places that youre afraid to share it because then maybe its too busy when you go in the future? Yeah this is one of them! The best lunch plates Ive ever had. Ive been a few times and each one is a new home cooked meal straight from Hawaii.Not looking for a lunch plate combo? Get an absolutely excellent Musibi or better yet some of the freshest Poke Ive had. Definitely dont waste your time at some poke bowl place that loads you up with a heap ton of rice, condiments and little fish pieces when you can have excellent quality sliced chunks to enjoy right here!The location is really close to downtown San Mateo and it has its own, generally full, parking lot. Come early for lunch or youll have to park on the street.

Our go to place for the best musubi in town! Love their lunch plates as well! Friendly staff, fast service.. they do run out so get there early. Also, great poke and edamame rice in the back part of the market.

In line 10 min before opening and at least 3 dozen guests already waiting. Easy to see why when you taste the food, DELICIOUS! I believe the food options are available only Friday-Sunday but I could be wrong. They really deserve 6 stars! And the cashier and bagger where probably the friendliest people you would ever meet. Great market, great food, great service. I will certainly be back, especially for post covid precautions to see if there is more to experience. But for a first time, I cant say enough about how happy I am that I stopped in. Bring your appetite and wallet. Things are reasonably priced but if youre like me then Ill take 1 of everything.

As a very homesick gal from Hawaii, finding out about Takahashi’s has been a light in this weird time. Walking in makes me feel like I’ve been transported home. This is the ONLY mainland poke I will eat and the various musubis are BOMB. The folks who work here are so sweet and responsive and make the trip from Oakland beyond worth it. I’m so grateful!

Cool place to find all them bomb snacks that youd find in Hawaii or the fete. Prices are decent and people are polite and cashier reminds me of my papa😎

This is a small market but in reality its to go Hawaiian food. Go there hungry and with friends. They have a bunch of different masubi that are large and generous. Grab a plate of Kahlua pork, the masubi, some sides, one of the Hawaiian drinks and maybe fresh mochi. Then walk over to the central park and enjoy your haul. I really cannot recommend this place more.

This is the best pork ever! Food is amazing and everyone is super helpful

Yummy! Love their unagi and crawfish masubi!

Great spot, amazing poke, very limited parking though. Get here early because poke and musubi are first come first served, and theyre totally worth the trip every time

Made a phone order for pick up. They were super helpful and inquisitive. Awesome customer service.Make sure you order at least 2 days before your pick up date and have your card ready!The parking lot is small so its a hit or miss on finding a spot but there is some street parking available as well.

Pork Lau lau was tender, spam musubi had comfort food feel. Ahi tuna was lightly salted but still full of flavor.

Fast and friendly service. Deli options have a a variety of musubi until they are sold out. There are also a couple poke options in the back. Hawaiian snacks, dry and frozen Japanese food staples. Nice to see that they control the flow to help customers social distance. Check hours they are modified now. Definitely a must stop if you are in the area.

Small, super old-school Japanese/Hawaiian grocery store with a small kitchen selling hot foods to order and poke. They sell lots of Hawaii soft drink by the can, Hawaiian style butter cookies, butter mochi mixes, and furikake Chex mix (the latter much more expensive than in Hawaii) small parking lot

Extremely friendly, delicious food, cant ask for more than that. I had the musubi with salmon belly and it was really good, it was one of the specials. I cant emphasize enough how friendly and helpful the staff is. Good service is easy to find, amazing service is not and they deserve some love for that. Thank you!

Awesome local market with good food for takeout. Musubi and poke are the go-to

Came here on a Sunday afternoon at noon with my family and friends. The line wasn’t bad at all, maybe like three people in front of us. We had to wait maybe 10-15 minutes to get the food and found outdoor seating (which was limited) and parking (luckily since there wasn’t much space).Food: We got the Salmon belly musubi special and then Large Saimin and also the Salmon Poke with cucumber salad. The musubi definitely stood out as a really rich flavorful dish and it almost melted in my mouth. The Saimin was good, not stellar but it was very nourishing.Service: The waiters were very kind and patient and brought our food outside to us as we waited!Ambiance: It’s a small casual grocery market and not the fanciest of places — flies buzz around and it’s not easy to find spaces but if you’re on the go it’s perfect.Would recommend this place to anyone who’s driving from SF to the South Bay since it’s right off of the 101 highway!

Oh mang! What a great find by dh.Since finding this spot out we have been coming back every weekend.The owners and their staff are very friendly and helpful.Lastly, omg the food and quality hands down! Just like in Hawaii! 😋😋😋😋🤗Will continue to come here and definitely recommend this place!!

COVID lines are long but helpful in keeping the market less crowded

Went there to get some quick bites, the food court has closed due to the pandemic but there is prepackaged bentos and poke bowls in the produce section. In the end I got the salmon and crawfish musubi, size was perfect for 2 people as the afternoon snacks, flavor was very good, definitely will go back again when i’m in the area!

Its the best market around!

Awesome selection of musubi. I got the unagi, which was excellent, and my daughter loved the regular spam musubi. Wife got the salmon edamame rice, which was perfect for her as well. Parking lot is tiny, but there is plenty of street parking (just remember to pay the meter, since San Mateo parking enforcement is notoriously strict).

Best Musubi Ever! Great service and delicious food

If youre desperate for Hawaiian goodies (Hurricane popcorn, various spams, Hawaiian Sun drinks), this is the place to go. Howver, their little food corner is what keeps drawing me back. The fried rice musubi wasnt amazing, but the ahi poke is delicious. Good-sized portion that comes with rice and macaroni salad for just $1 more. There are benches outside for those that cant wait to eat!

Friendly staff and very welcoming. Food was great for a quick bite to eat at lunch time. Make sure to get there early as they attract a crowd the closer it is to high noon.

#1 ono dakine plate lunch

Love the lunch plates and musubi here. I go across the bay for this stuff and its worth it. The Hawaiian items carried in the store are always fun to peruse as well.

They have a musubi table. Hands down. That alone makes this place amazing!!! The line to get in isnt as fun, but that is just a small blimp in the awesomeness of this family owned spot. Reminds me of the superettes in Hawaii!

Small neighborhood store. Feels like Im back in Hawaii. Staff were friendly. Excellent spam musubi.

Great place to get Hawaiian and Japanese specialty foods.

A gem in San Mateo. A slice of Hawaiian heaven. Super Covid-safe!

OMG... I was craving spam musubi on Sunday and I found this place on Google. Had to wait 2 days because they aren’t open on Monday or Tuesday. Went on Wednesday and ordered salmon belly musubi and spam musubi. They gave me about 10 pounds of food. I ate half of it and put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow’s dinner. 3 hours later I ate the other half. So good. Highly recommend. I can’t wait to try their other dishes.

Ordered Fried rice, original spam masubi and loco Moco masubi. The food was good especially the loco Moco masubi with the loco moco sauce it came with it. The gentleman taking orders said it would be half HR wait for the masubi cause they wete short handed, but it wasnt as long as he said which was great.

Get their musubi. Our favorite is the eel and crawfish.

Hawaiian/Japanese market where you can find some of the best snacks & treats from Hawaii. I purchased fresh ogo limu (hawaiian seaweed) to make poke. Friendly & helpful staff. They have a small parking lot too.

They close early. Make sure you order your food before entering.

Great musubi selections! Go there early.

Love this little market. Its full of great Hawaiian and Japanese finds, and everyone is so friendly! Plus their to-go counter has all kinds of things you can order as a fresh made meal, like musubi and poke. Definitely worth stopping in!

Update hours please. Its 4:45pm on a Friday, its closed.:( google maps says it should be open til 6 today.

Really nice staff, very good about practicing social distancing in their store, so there is a line out the door, but it was really short when we got there and we got in in

Great local market! Fresh produce and other delicacies. Awesome sandwiches from the deli inside.

This is how you do covid people! Of the few places Ive visited since the pandemic started, this is the only one Ive felt 100% safe at. Im definitely stricter on safety protocols than alot of people, so me feeling safe here is impressive.First off. 3 people in the store at a time. Totally willing to stand outside and wait my turn if it means staff and customers are safer.Second, you actively see them wiping baskets down before they come out to let you in... Also they hold the hand sanitizer and add a pump to your hand. I love this. Every other place has a communal pump that I feel defeats the purpose when everyone touches it and you dont know if they actually used it if they dont man someone at the front to watch everyone.Third, you go in one way, leave the other route.Finally, touchless payment options. Just ask them as the machine isnt out by the customer.As for the food. Poke is in the back now and musubis are on the far left in the front. They have signs, you wont miss it.Musubis are pre packaged and theyre first come first serve. You can order 2 days ahead of time if thats your jam too. I showed up Thanksgiving Eve at 12 and they had alot of options still. Salmon belly was gone but thats always overcooked anyways. Snagged the spam, unagi, loco moco (eat the first day cuz seaweed gets soggy otherwise), and the unagi with crawfish.Overall, safe and still great food Im going back tomorrow for more.

It’s a kitchen tucked in Asian grocery store. Couldn’t believe I didn’t discover this place sooner having lived in the Bay Area for 5+ years! We ordered loco moco, some musubi, and their special chicken kaarage. All were good!

Great option for snacks and groceries. The food options have been limited with covid restrictions but they still have a variety of masubi, poke, etc! Limited number of people into the store at a time, plastic barriers between the customer and the cashier. Parking lot available right outside

The closest place I can get some good authentic Hawaiian Food like Lau Lau and Poke without going to Hawaii!

So welcoming! The ALOHA is definitely there.

Only place I know around here where you can buy poi. But I also enjoy their poke, lau lau and other hawaiian food. Staff is very friendly.

Theyve started warm food again, yay !

Nice market with a lot of nostalgic local food, snacks, plate lunches, and candies specific to Hawaii culture in under one roof. Prices are high but they do have some harder to find in the bay area items. The plate lunches look good and prices for those seem reasonable. must visit for locals in the bay missing home.

They get fresh products from Hawaii every Friday. Poi, portuguese sausage, Lau lau and more. They also make poke and musubi daily

Amazing Hawaiian food. They even have chili water! No short ribs, but plenty of ono. Eggs are super high quality. Fun market too.

Mesubi is so good but a little pricey. Market is well controlled for COVID.

Great food at good prices

Love it. Great for lunch.

Always the very best. Food amazing, people great. Love going to this market. Feels like home. Thank you Takahashi Market. You are the best.

Great little Japanese Hawaiian Market. I grew up coming here and now my family and children shop here too. They make delicious classic foods. We like to use them to cater our summer parties.

Its a small market, but have lots of stuff in it. Good variety, would definitely come here way more often if I didnt live 400 miles away. Lots of Japanese and Hawaiian comfort food items.

What a great hidden gem!! If you like Hawaiian style food, snacks, and condiments this Takahashi Market is fantastic! They have a warm food made to order menu with a load of options, if you can make up your mind you wont be disappointed!!! The poke is fresh and they have ahi and salmon choices.Try it! Its great! The food and service were amazing!!

This place has been here since I was a kid ...its like going to the islands (Hawaii) w/o going to the islands . great place to grab some classic Hawaiian plates .dine in or take it to go . outside patio eating area reserved for the nice weather that is usually available in San Mateo . I only wish there were more locations along the peninsula !

Great offerings even during current kitchen closure. Very friendly staff and taking many precautions to protect their employees and customers. They keep # of people in the store low and have arrows to follow for one way shopping. They have plenty of hand sanitizer and shields for employees. Poke was fantastic, especially the salmon! Everything very fresh. We recommend the portuguese sausage musubi over the spam. Only downside was how much we spent! Mahalo friends!

This is a small Japanese market with a variety of sometimes-hard-to-find essentials and a stunning variety of cookies and snacks. Recently the thing people really go for is the deli, which serves a variety of casual API small bites. And it is always hopping.

Very friendly staff and fresh food! I was a little confused on where to order but the staff was friendly and got my order at the counter. They gave me a order receipt and went to pay at the register. Ordered 1/4 lb ahi poke with spicy mayo and 1/4 lb salmon poke with shoyu. So good. Will come back again!

This is one of the best of very few Japanese/Hawaiian market in the Bay Area. They carry almost every thing you would want from snacks, drinks and ingredients. The best part of this market is the hot food they offer on the corner of the store as soon as you walk in. The menu are clearly visible with description and picture of each item. They also offer a delicious range of poke.

Their deli was recommended to me by my coworker who is from Hawaii. We tried the salmon musubi and it was so good! Will definitely be back to try the loco moco and other lunch plates.

Nice!

The only place I found in 15 years on the west coast that has real food from back home in Hawaii. Love this place and the family there too

Great local gem! They offer a variety of musubi along with a lot of other Hawaiian plates. Prices are great and everyone is so nice there!

Delish Hawaiian Dishes made to order! Great market with solid selection. 👍👍

Best Hawaiian food around and most authentic. Its a Hawaiian grocery store, but there plate lunch is so good. Aloha tater tots are amazing and so is the michiko chicken. While youre there pick up all your favorite snacks from Hawaii - cookies, arare and various Hawaiian sun products. Its worth the trip from the city!

Safe and friendly service catering to Hawaiian groceries and boxed lunches.

Their musubis are quite awesome and totally worth the drive. Will need to go there a bit more often to sample the rest of the menu. But it is a great find and a bit sad that I did not discover this place a decade ago

Nice little Asian market. I was in there to get some items to make kalbi, they had everything I needed. Also has a little counter service for food, it looked good but I didnt try it.

Best food ever.

This is a hidden gem that Kore people should go to. Well home cooked meals. Very down to earth with excellent prices. I would definitely go back once a week. Loco Moco was great and they have quite a menu of diverse dishes.

Every time we come here we wonder why we dont go more often. During the week its the early close time but Im not sure why we dont think of it on the weekends more often. Their plate lunches make us want to be in Hawaii and the selections at the market let us stock up on some favorite treats.

Do yourself a favor; get some spicy aioli ahi poke, and eat it with a bag of Ono giant furikake shrimp chips.

Am stunned that so many have already rated one of my fave markets. Its like taking a trip to Hawaii, with Hawaiian eats that verge on affordable. Its worth a trip, as its quicker and more affordable than traveling all the way to Oahu for lunch. Portions: well, big, as youd expect. Spam sandwich: check. Rice and seaweed: check. Musubi: check. Sausage items are a bit fatty, so eat on an empty stomach. Surely worth a look as there are few in this niche.

My first time here and had the salmon crawfish musubi. It was very tasty! Delicious! A bit pricey for my range but I was quite satisfied. The staff there was friendly and very pleasant. They also have great selection of grocery and food items, including Hawaiian items. Free parking. They do accept credit cards.

This place is amazing. I personally love it for lunch. The spicy salmon belly log is to die for. The teriyaki chicken is also really good. Tons of cool things to buy in the store as well.

Love this place. Takes me back to my childhood in Hawaii with the small business grocery store. They sell frozen zippys food here. Plate lunches are also delicious! Super friendly people work here.

Delicious selection of musubis and poke.

Love this place. Hot plate food is bomb dot com.

I love this place! All their musubi and other food is delicious, and they have lots of Hawaiian products in the actual market that are awesome and hard to find other places! I love bringing people here and totally recommend coming to eat here

Their macaroni salad stood out, though what me and my friends had was good too.

Delicious, freshly made to order musubis. They offer unique flavors like unagi, salmon, bacon, crawfish and sell them in sets of 6 pieces.

Musubis were to die for! Theyre filling and just delicious! I had the Salmon & Crawfish Musubi actually went back twice in 1 one! The staff was nice and food was made to eat!

Impressive array of Hawaiian foods and plate lunches, supplies flown fresh from Hawaii every Thursday. Feels like walking into a market back home on the Rock.

Pricey, better lunch counter food selection than actual groceries

Nice place to eat Hawaiian Japanese food. Sitting is tight n everybody share 2 tables. It is self service n it has its own grocery store.Parking is tight.

Amazing lunch spot. Hawaiian style. The employees are incredibly nice!

Very friendly and quaint market, one of the LAST Hawaiian markets in the Bay

Takahashi Market is s Japanese-Hawaiian fusion market with items ranging from soy sauce, oyster sauce, Hawaiian barbecue sauce to vegetable and fruits to alcohol. But thats not why you come here, you come here for their hot food. Theres only a couple of long tables outside so it is best just order for takeout. Thats what we did on our way down south.We ordered the pull pork and cabbage over rice, kimchi fry rice and Siam musabi. The pull pork is tender and juicy minus the salt. A good option for people who try to avoid salt. All very delicious and reasonably priced.

Broke da mouth! Tried the Local Boy plate and loved it. Rice, spam, Portuguese sausage and a fried egg on top. Menu is simple and all in pictures on the wall. Friendly, fast and outdoor seating. Limited parking!

Best Musubi!

Best Spam Musubi. But slow

Great selection of Hawaiian and Asian foods a grocery. Fresh fish, and take out counter. Poi shipped fresh from Hawaii, and Japanese sweets from San Jose bakeries.

To get my Hawaiian food fix with no frills or fuss. Just simple Hawaiian food