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Takara Japanese Restaurant: Traveler Reviews

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#7 of 53 restaurants in Marathon
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  • Cuisines: Japanese
  • Average price*: $ 10
  • Address: 3740 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050-2390
  • Tel:  (305) 743-0505

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“Don't miss it!”

Takara Japanese Restaurant

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5 of 5 stars
Indianapolis
Mar 30, 2008

We ate at several places during our stay in Marathon and didn't have a bad experience at any of them. Takara, however, was our favorite by far. The food was outstanding and Sue is a sweetie. Our waiter was a lot of fun, though we didn't get his name.

Because of it's less than flashy appearance and less than ideal location, it would be easy to miss this great place, but do yourself a favor and don't.

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“I Have A Real Passion For Sue's Takara!”

Takara Japanese Restaurant

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5 of 5 stars
Des Moines, Iowa
Mar 13, 2008

Best crispy duck ever!!!...will cook anything on their menu specifically to your wants and needs. Real cheap compared to its actual value. A 5,000 out of 100/must try right now!!!

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“our favourite place in Marathon”

Takara Japanese Restaurant

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5 of 5 stars
Delaware
Jan 25, 2008
2/3 found this review helpful

While on vacation here in marathon for 2 weeks we visited Takara 5 times total. 4 times for dinner and 1 time for lunch. (they're open for lunch 11am-2pm).
This was definatelly our favourite place to eat here. We tried a handfull different dishes and all of them were awesome. We love thai food, but realy enjoyed GOOD thai food.
I have to admit that i had one of absolutelly best dishes in my entire life. It's called Pad Prick and i had it with beef. Simply awesome. My girlfriend enjoyed sweet and sour seafood combination twice. Sushi we had for lunch were very good, fresh and large.
It's a family run business and that's why it's just good. Service is very good, place makes you feel like at home. The owner's make you feel like you're their family.
Place is closed on sundays.

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“Great Thai!”

Takara Japanese Restaurant

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4 of 5 stars
SE Michigan
Dec 23, 2007

Takara is a tiny place with island-typical pseudo-wood table & vinyl chairs. The atmosphere is definitely relaxed and they offer a range of sushi and Thai standards. We were impressed that the chef was able and willing to prepare a Thai dish not on the menu and it was delicious! The Thai food is authentic and very good. Prices were reasonable, at $13 for a curry dish. My seafood curry had a great assortment, with scallops, octopus, muscles, etc. Takara is not a place for great atmosphere, but the food was outstanding and the service friendly and good.

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“GREAT Thai food!”

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5 of 5 stars
Florida Keys
Mar 2, 2007
4/4 found this review helpful

Marathon (in the Heart of the beautiful Florida Keys) has recently been blessed with a truly wonderful Thai restaurant, Takara Thai. Located Gulfside in the former digs of our departed Japanese restaurant, Sue & Lou are serving up a nice array of dishes ranging from soups, salads, curries, and fried rice to noodle dishes and sauteed dinner entrees. On our first visit, I tried Thai ice tea for the first time--creamy, sweet, but with a good strong tea flavor, much like a tea milkshake! (Great foil for the spicy stuff.) The chicken, mushroom and coconut milk soup (tom ka kai)--always a favorite of mine--was delicious, and not so spicy it choked you, although all the dishes can be more or less spicy to taste (six levels of heat are listed in the menu--our second, takeout purchase of this soup we notched it up to a 2--still yummy and edible, we may go for 3 next time!--our takeout Pad Thai chicken was also terrific). Hubby's Al's seafood version of the soup (Tom Ka Talay) was just as impressive, with scallop, squid, a huge mussel, and other goodies in that wonderful stock. Chicken sate and a salad rounded out my meal, and it should be noted that even a simple garden salad (with huge cuke and tomato slices) is made heavenly with either the house ginger (savory!) or peanut (sweet!) dressings (these are so good they're also sold separately). Al's curried duck was tasty and extremely generous--we're sure there was half a bird there! The restaurant is small enough that I could clearly hear every single table at one point or another effuse to Sue (or Lou) about how wonderful the food was. Service was very good, with the whole family pitching in (we don't know for sure who's cooking in the back, but it looked as if it was probably Sue's mom). Part of the reason I am writing this review is because--and you may not believe this, I hardly did!--it is the first time in my entire life that I have ever been in a restaurant where all the customers broke into APPLAUSE over their delightedness with their meals. As of this writing reservations are not required, but given the word of mouth already spreading around town and the small, intimate nature of the venue, this will probably not remain the case! Open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday, 11-2 and 5-10 respectively, closed Sundays; [--].

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3740 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050-2390
Tel: (305) 743-0505
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