Japanese Restaurant Near Me in Brickell: Gyu-Kaku's Late Happy Hour Yakiniku

At Gyu-Kaku in Brickell you grill your own meat, and a plate of kalbi chuck rib costs $10.45, or $8.95 during happy hour, which runs all day on Sunday. The restaurant is in the Infinity at Brickell building, Unit R1, 34 SW 13th Street, and seats until 10:45 pm Sunday to Thursday and 11:45 pm on Friday and Saturday. For a japanese restaurant near me that works late and in a group, this is the Brickell answer.

Miami New Times reported on May 28, 2014, that Gyu-Kaku held its grand opening that night at the Infinity at Brickell after a quiet soft opening a few weeks earlier, noting it was the first Florida location of a chain with more than 700 restaurants worldwide. The paper explained yakiniku simply: you choose proteins and vegetables and grill them yourself at the table, an upscale version of the barbecue dinner in the film Lost in Translation.

Twelve years on, the format is unchanged. Each table has a built-in grill, the menu is organized by cut and marinade, and the location page, updated September 28, 2026, lists separate lunch, kids, vegetarian, A5 wagyu, all-you-can-eat and dessert menus alongside the standard a la carte list. Its summer Miami Spice menu ended on September 30, so October visits are back to the regular a la carte and happy hour pricing.

The menu prints five rules worth reading before the first plate lands. Use the metal tongs for raw meat and your chopsticks only for cooked meat. Do not overload the grill, because too much fat at once raises the risk of flare-ups. Cook fattier cuts, especially the Toro Beef and pork, around the edge of the grill. Keep table sauces in the sauce tray rather than on the grate, and ask your server if you are unsure.

In practice, start with leaner beef in the hot center, then move fatty cuts to the edges once the grill is seasoned. Cook one or two slices at a time, especially thin cuts such as the Toro Beef, sliced beef belly that the menu compares to bacon, because they cook fast and flare if crowded. Sauces go on after the meat reaches your plate, which keeps the marinade from burning onto the grate.

The Kalbi Chuck Rib, light marbling in sweet soy tare or garlic, is the starter cut at $10.45. Toro Beef is $9.45, as is the Angus beef rib. The Harami Skirt Steak, aged 21 days and called the best seller on the menu, is $13.95 and comes with a premium dipping sauce, in miso or shio marinade. Those three cuts give two people a good tour before anyone opens the wagyu page.

Our honest call: skip the $59 A5 Wagyu Kalbi Short Rib Slice unless you are celebrating. It is extremely rich, and on a tabletop grill a few seconds too long turns it from silky to greasy. Two orders of harami and one kalbi cost less than half as much and teach you more about the grill. If you do order the A5, cook it last, one slice at a time, and eat it with only salt and pepper.

Order a few sides while the grill heats. Garlic edamame is $5.95, or $4.95 during happy hour, and the cheese corn butter, melted butter, cheese and corn served in a small cast-iron skillet, is $6.95. The Chili and Yuzu Roast Beef, the house roast beef with crunchy chili garlic yuzu oil, costs $10.45, and the fried bacon chips of crisp pork belly are $8.45.

To finish, the bibimbap of sukiyaki-marinated beef over rice arrives sizzling in a hot stone bowl for $10.95, or $12.95 with double beef, and brown rice costs $1 more. The shrimp and mushroom ahijo, with mushrooms in olive oil, garlic and basil, is $11.45, and the Hokkaido scallop version is $13.45, a good dish for anyone at the table who eats less red meat. Fried pork gyoza and fried cheese wontons, cream cheese and green onion with sweet chili sauce at $6.95, round out the snack list for anyone waiting on the grill.

Happy hour prices apply only during set windows, and the menu says so on every page. From Monday to Thursday, happy hour runs from 11:30 am to 5 pm and again from 9:30 pm to the 10:45 pm last seating. On Friday and Saturday, it is 11:30 am to 5 pm and 10:30 pm to 11:45 pm. On Sunday, happy hour lasts all day, which makes Sunday dinner the best-value night of the week.

The weekday lunch menu is served Monday to Friday from 11:30 am to the 3 pm last seating and is not available on weekends or holidays. The all-you-can-eat menu runs until 9:45 pm Sunday to Thursday and 10:45 pm on Friday and Saturday, also excluding holidays. Takeout orders close at 10:30 pm on weeknights and 11:30 pm on weekends.

Reserve through the Reserve a Table link on the official location page, especially for Friday and Saturday evenings. If you want something more formal nearby, Gekko, the Japanese steakhouse at 8 SE 8th Street, is a short walk north, though it opens only at 6 pm and charges a mandatory 20 percent service charge. For late grilling on a budget, though, Gyu-Kaku is the better call.

Address: Infinity at Brickell, Unit R1, 34 SW 13th Street, Miami, FL 33130. Hours: Sunday to Thursday 11:30 am to a 10:45 pm last seating, Friday and Saturday 11:30 am to an 11:45 pm last seating. Happy hour: weekdays 11:30 am to 5 pm plus a late window, all day Sunday. Weekday lunch menu until the 3 pm last seating. Gluten-free and vegetarian items are marked on the menu.