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April 2024 by Richard
What an amazing selection of Japanese kitchen wares. I got a teapot I couldn’t resist and wanted to leave with half the shop. Check it out!
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December 2023 by Diva S.
This shop is absolutely quality top shelf items at affordable prices, considering the wares are imported from Japan and might be handcrafted. The speciality is a pottery ware for cooking over fire, called Donabe like a crock pot. There are many items I haven't seen outside of Japan for cooking entertaining purposes. The staff is helpful, friendly and attentive. A Donabe is a great piece to make and serve soups, stews, beans... and it looks great in the range...
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June 2023 by Jana R.
The employees here are so sweet and nice! TOIRO is right next to a Ralph's, and we just parked in the Ralph's parking lot. I found out about TOIRO first online but never had the chance to visit in person until today. Everything is laid out in a very pretty manner and each item has a small card detailing the history of the company or the use of the item. I really liked looking through the food section which is towards the back of the store! I got a small glass cup and a matcha spread which I'm so excited about. The nice ladies also walked me and my family to the exit which was cute!! I will absolutely come back soon hehe thank you!!!
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June 2023 by Tami Gibson
Incredible packaging and everything arrived perfectly. So excited to receive such authentic craftsmanship from Japan. I appreciate Toiro for helping me get quality and beautiful tableware, donabe and such functional art to my front door in Indiana. Using it and loving it.
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June 2023 by Tatyana Gruver
They ship you broken items and make it very time-consuming to get your money back. Beware before you buy online
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June 2023 by Antoine Burg
Mon commentaire est par rapport au site web. Je ne me suis jamais rendu dans leur magasin aux US.Super site proposant une multitude de Donabe et surtout un super service client, à l’écoute, accommodant et qui prend le temps de conseiller ! ( merci Kristian)Je conseille vivement
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May 2023 by Peter Cucè
Famous Japanese donabe company
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March 2023 by SFpatient I.
I am just learning to cook Japanese meals and discovered Toiro's online shop. The Miso-shiru Nabe donabe arrived in perfect condition, packaged so carefully (double-boxed with plenty of paper stuffing). It is simply beautiful. I can't wait to start using it. My sister commented that it could be in a museum because the craftsmanship is superb. I also ordered some hard-to-find ingredients. Thank you so much for offering these wonderful, unique Japanese items to the U.S. audience!
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February 2023 by Sabrina G.
Kind staff and excellent selection! One of my favorite Japanese stores in Los Angeles.
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January 2023 by N B.
I love this shop! This is a nice place to buy gifts from. The store has nice selections of Japanese housewares. And the staff is very polite and they will walk you to the door when you shop. The only thing I'm not impressed by is the packaging. Everything is expensive already but they won't put ceramic items in the box...unless you pay for the gift wrap. That's kinda crazy to me.., I spend a lot of money there but they decline my request to put the fragile items in the box unless I pay for the gift wrap. And this happened every time I went. I should just stop asking about it next time. hahaha But if you buy a nabe, it comes in the box so you don't need to worry about that. I don't mind a box from a grocery store. Just any boxes would be fine. Wouldn't you agree?
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October 2022 by Amy M.
Love my personal size donabe and it makes the perfect fluffy rice. I make sure to buy organic sushi rice and the rice always turns out perfect. The rice cooks fairly fast so don't walk away and forget about it or rice will be burnt. The bottom of donabe may not stay in pristine condition. Mine had some burn marks after first use. You have to make sure to read instructions and also you must "season" donabe before you start cooking rice. I hope there are some cooking demo classes coming up soon!I bought a tea set and there is a little chip in it so they are very delicate.
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June 2022 by thomas duncan
Purchased three Tenugui cloths and while the patterns and colors are as advertised, none of the ends are basted/hemmed. Throw them in the wash and they emerge a tangle. Unforgivable at $17/each.
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June 2022 by Christopher Yokota
They have a great variety of hand crafted donabe pots and grilling ones as well.
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June 2022 by Alejandra Kossak
A few years ago we bought a Donabe for rice, we came back to buy another one. They are excellent! The store has many traditional Japanese products for the kitchen, all of good quality and design.
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January 2022 by Allie P.
I've purchased quite a few items from TOIRO and loved them all. The pieces are unique and imported from Japan. I was first drawn into getting to know their website from seeing a donabe off somewhere, can't really remember. So rightly so, one of my first buys was a donabe. I have 3 of them (and would like to add eventually throughout the years) as there are certain ones that are used for different cooking methods (to steam, to cook rice dishes, to use as a hot pot, etc. and if there are new designs because they all look so pretty! I'd like to get a Tagine someday (they also have these cute mini Tagine condiment bowls). I've gotten lots of compliments from the ones I have and have also gotten a couple people interested in donabes and some of the bowls I had where they wanted it for their home. I enjoy eating soup, noodles, rice, salad, etc. in my bowls. They're really like works of art that should be on display. I did accidentally break one of the rice bowls I had while I was hand washing, it had slipped out of my hand :/ I was sad for a few days. Handle with care and hand wash- do not use in the microwave or dishwasher. (Be sure to follow the initial use instructions on your Donabe). I even have these bowls where the handle does not get hot which makes it good when using the donabe. Small donabe is good for 1-2 people, medium donabe is good for 3-4 people, and a large donabe is good for 5-6. I also have the owner's Donabe cook book which has recipes for all of their clay pots. Beautiful photography and easy to follow instructions. These are investment pieces that can also be handed down for generations to come. I'm glad that I got to share this with my parents!I had always ordered online for local pick-up. There is a small back parking lot where you can pull into and ring the bell and someone will be out to hand over the goods. There is also a grocery store lot on the same corner that maybe you could pull into to quickly run to the store and back. I've only eve pulled into their back lot but its a VERY tight lot so you'd be going head in and backing out to the street. Everything is nicely packaged in their original boxes from Japan. Not in the area to pick-up? Not a problem, they also ship.In the words of Naoko (the owner), "Happy Donabe Life". :)
