Kokoro Maki House

Kokoro Maki House is a casual, family-run Japanese and Korean restaurant in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, known for fresh, reasonably priced sushi and a notable Korean menu of bibimbap, kimchi jjigae, and marinated short ribs.¹²³

Description

Kokoro Maki House is an order-at-the-counter, casual sushi and Asian restaurant at 340 W 75th Street in Waldo, KCMO.¹² It offers “a wide array of authentic Japanese & Korean food, such as variety of Sushi, Rolls, Tempura, Udon, Bibimbap and more.”² Beyond its sushi program, the restaurant is locally noted for a comparatively deep Korean menu — including dolsot (stone-bowl) bibimbap, marinated short ribs, spicy pork, and kimchi jjigae, served with traditional banchan.³ The restaurant offers lunch specials, a daily happy hour, dine-in, and takeout.²

Ownership and history

Kokoro Maki House is described in customer accounts as a warm, family-run operation.⁴ The business was reviewed by The Pitch in May 2013, establishing that it was operating in Waldo by at least that date.³ The restaurant’s exact founding year and the names of its owners are not published in available public sources “. A The Pitch review of the era highlighted the restaurant’s Korean offerings as a local rarity, noting “there are so few places around here that serve bibim bap.”³

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-23 · Source: Kokoro Maki House official menu page · URL(s): https://www.kokoromaki.com/menus · Confidence: High (official site); aggregator cross-check shows lower prices on a stale cache — see note.

Specialty / signature rolls

• Kokoro Maki ($13.95) — shrimp tempura, spicy crab, cream cheese, crunchy tempura flakes (the house namesake roll).⁵
• Waldo’s Volcano ($14.95) — California roll topped with spicy scallop.⁵
• Dragon ($14.95) — shrimp tempura, cream cheese, asparagus, wrapped with eel and avocado.⁵
• Caterpillar ($13.95), Hot Mama ($13.95), Sex and the City ($14.95), and Seaweed California ($12.95) round out the specialty list.⁵

Classic & vegetarian rolls

• Standards include California ($7.95), Spicy Tuna ($9.25), Spicy Salmon ($8.45), Philadelphia ($8.95), Rainbow ($13.95), Spider ($10.45), Eel ($9.45), Shrimp Tempura ($9.45), Boston, New York, and Alaskan ($8.95 each).⁵
• Vegetarian rolls — Vegetable, Avocado, Asparagus, Cucumber ($7.95 each), plus Vegetable Tempura and Banana Tempura rolls.⁵

Nigiri (2 pieces)

• Tuna / Salmon / Eel ($5.00), Yellowtail ($5.50), Crab / Red Snapper / Shrimp ($4.50).⁵

Korean dishes

• Dolsot Bi Bim Bab (stone-bowl bibimbap, $18.95) and Bi Bim Bab ($17.95).⁵
• Bul Go Gi (marinated beef, $20.95), Spicy Pork ($18.95), Kimchi Jigae ($18.95), Sun Du Bu (soft-tofu stew, $17.95), Hae Dup Bab (raw-fish rice bowl, $19.95).⁵

Japanese hot dishes

• Chicken Teriyaki ($18.95), Beef Teriyaki ($20.95), Tofu Teriyaki ($17.95), Chicken Katsu ($18.95), Pork Cutlet ($18.95), Unagi Donburi ($19.95), Shrimp Tempura ($24.95).⁵
• Noodles: Yaki Udon / Yaki Soba / Udon Soup ($14.95 each); Ramen — miso/shoyu ($14.95), tonkotsu ($15.95).⁵

Appetizers, lunch specials & dessert

• Starters include Gyoza ($7.25), Steamed Dumplings ($7.95), Crab Rangoon ($6.25), Calamari ($8.25), Edamame ($5.25), Seaweed Salad ($7.25), Miso Soup ($3.50).⁵
• Lunch specials ($14.95–$19.95) include the Sushi Box ($18.45), Pick Two Rolls ($14.95), and teriyaki/bulgogi plates.⁵
• Dessert: Fried Cheesecake ($7.00), Banana Tempura Ice Cream ($8.50), Green Tea Ice Cream ($6.50), Mochi Ice Cream ($3.00).⁵

Price tier: Medium. Maki rolls run roughly $6–$15; Korean and Japanese entrees $17.95–$24.95. Prices are from the official menu page (2026-06-23). A secondary aggregator (allmenus.com) lists materially lower prices (e.g., Korean entrees at $12.95), consistent with a stale cached menu and superseded by the official site; item names and the signature-roll lineup agree across both. Prices subject to change.

Links

• Official website: https://www.kokoromaki.com/
• Official menu: https://www.kokoromaki.com/menus
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/kokoro-maki-house-kansas-city
• Waldo KC business listing: https://www.waldokc.org/businesses/kokoro-maki-house/

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — Kokoro Maki House (Updated June 2026, 166 reviews) (accessed 2026-06-23) — active listing, no closure indicators; address 340 W 75th St confirmed.

Disputes

None recorded.

Footnotes

1. Yelp — Kokoro Maki House, Kansas City. https://www.yelp.com/biz/kokoro-maki-house-kansas-city — asserts: address (340 W 75th St, Kansas City, MO), sushi bar / restaurant category, active listing with reviews and photos updated June 2026 (154 photos / 166 reviews) (operating-status proof). ↩ ↩²

2. Kokoro Maki House official website. https://www.kokoromaki.com/ — asserts: name, address (340 W. 75th, Kansas City, MO 64114), “authentic Japanese & Korean” cuisine, menu items (sushi, rolls, tempura, udon, bibimbap), current operating hours, takeout/dine-in. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. “Waldo’s Kokoro Maki House makes decent sushi — and good Korean food,” The Pitch, May 23, 2013. https://www.thepitchkc.com/waldos-kokoro-maki-house-makes-decent-sushi-and-good-korean-food/ — asserts: operating by 2013, Korean menu depth (dolsot bibimbap, short ribs, spicy pork, kimchi jjigae, banchan), Waldo/75th St location, sushi program description. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Waldo KC business listing — Kokoro Maki House. https://www.waldokc.org/businesses/kokoro-maki-house/ — asserts: Waldo-neighborhood placement, address, Japanese-and-Korean cuisine, family-run/welcoming character. ↩

5. Kokoro Maki House official menu page. https://www.kokoromaki.com/menus — asserts: current menu and prices — specialty rolls (Kokoro Maki, Waldo’s Volcano, Dragon, Caterpillar, Hot Mama, Sex and the City, Seaweed California), classic/vegetarian rolls, nigiri (2pc), Korean dishes (dolsot/bi bim bab, bul go gi, spicy pork, kimchi jigae, sun du bu, hae dup bab), Japanese hot dishes (teriyaki, katsu, pork cutlet, unagi donburi, tempura, yaki udon/soba, ramen, udon soup), appetizers, lunch specials, desserts. Cross-checked against allmenus.com (https://www.allmenus.com/mo/kansas-city/615777-kokoro-maki-house/menu/), which corroborates item names and signature-roll lineup but lists lower (stale-cache) prices superseded by the official site. Verified 2026-06-23. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴