Tanakaya
A Tustin soba restaurant with tempura woven through its menu, from tenzaru to shrimp and vegetable rice-box options.
How we calculate this
We combine ratings from independent platforms and weight each source by how many ratings back its score.
- Google Maps4.3332 ratingsCounted
- Yelp4.0885 reviewsCounted
= 4.1 / 5 · 2 independent sources, each weighted by how many ratings back it.
Our own Taster score is never mixed in.
Public platform ratings, shown as of when we last checked, kept separate from our own Taster score.
What diners are saying
Distinct notes drawn from the public review sample, attributed summaries, not verbatim quotes or our own review.
A detailed 2016 diner report praised Tanakaya’s shrimp tempura as delicate and clean-tasting, with shiitake and kabocha also singled out
This is useful historical texture commentary, but not a current consistency assessment
One detailed historical report. Criticism elsewhere in the post concerns chicken karaage, not the tempura; do not mix the dishes.
Cool, Refreshing Soba Noodles, TanakayaWhy it matters
Its official menu supports a substantial tempura-and-soba profile. A detailed older diner report adds useful texture observations, provided its 2016 date stays visible.
Dishes highlighted in the coverage we read, not a promise of today’s menu, and not our own picks.
Listed on sources checked today; live operation was not phone-verified.
In the press
What critics and reporters have written, attributed summaries, not our own review.
OC Weekly’s dish feature celebrates Tanakaya’s ten zaru soba, cold buckwheat noodles served with shrimp-and-vegetable tempura praised for staying crisp through the meal.
Historical (2016) single-dish feature within a roundup series; tempura is part of the ten-zaru set.
ContextLocation & visit
654 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92780 · Tustin, California
How ratings work
Diner ratings. We show each platform's public rating as of the date we recorded it, on a 5-point scale, with a link to the current rating. Our tempura rating is our own firsthand tempura score, always kept separate and never blended in.
Diner consensus. We combine independent platforms into one score, weighting each by how many ratings back it. Platforms that share the same reviews are counted once, and the consensus only appears with two or more independent sources.
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