Ninki: Japanese Bistro - Nashville

I ordered my usual soup from my neighborhood restaurant for lunch as a Togo order. Got there and my order was not ready. It was after lunch rush hour. 15 minutes later my order is ready. Why did I bother to call in ahead. Take it home and poured thesoup into a bowl and tasted the broth. No flavor or seasoning. No mixed vegetables and certainly no mixed seafood. One loneshrimp. I called and asked for my money back. They told me I had to bring it back so I take it back. The host goes to theback to discuss the issues with the chef and manager. Tone deaf! I was hungry when I went to pick up my lunch. An hour later,I am hangry. I asked someone to get the host back. They need to resolve their internal problems not at my expense. I havealready wasted an hour of my time I asked for a receipt and they said they don?t print credit receipts. I lost it. Then sheproduces a credit receipt. They should have told me that my soup was sold out. To have given me the tofu water as soup is justembarrassing and arrogant. Do they really think we are that stupid and won?t notice everything in the soup is missing? Itdemonstrates the state of that business. I will never go there again. When you start cutting key ingredients in the dishes youadvertise, what happens to food safety?

Great place to eat with family or friends. Make appointments in advance to eat hibachi. Food is good. Just in case you don't know, they charge you for their service but is not bad.

I had a short lunch break before I met my client, so I took this sushi place on the street. Sushi tasted great. I had a rainbow roll and Tuna sashimi for beginners. Wünsch the menu was more of the raw rolls than cream cheese and deep fried fish.

TIL that there is a difference between a professional chef and a professional hibachi chef. Both make good food, but the latter can entertain as well. It wasn 't very busy when I got there around 5:30pm on a Sunday, and I asked to be seated at the hibachi grill. I noticed that there was still a wait to fill up the seats around the grill. While I waited, I ordered a Japanese hot green tea for $2.75, and it came with a little ceramic cup tea pot (I suspect it was matcha; I liked it . I was also brought a complementary bowl of soup (possibly miso, or maybe a mushroom soup broth . Once all the seats around the grill were full and everyone had made their order (from a hibachi page in the back of the menu; I ordered the salmon for $19.95 , the chef came out with a cart that had all the raw ingredients on it. He started by making an impressive (for me, at least; first time seeing it display of his spatula and fork skills, flaring up something (possibly sake; it burned like alcohol, and I suspect the flame had a caramelizing effect, but I don 't know for certain; it was hot and entertaining though (FIRE! , and started the rice. I opted for the spicy fried rice, same with everyone else at the table (in the sense of had spices ; contrast the Indian culinary sense where spicy raging inferno , which this rice was not . It was excellent, flavorful, had a hint of what my limited culinary vocabulary can only describe as Mongolian grill-esque , and there was a lot of it. By the time I was done, I didn 't have to wait long for a couple small shrimp that came complementary, and after that was the stir fry vegetables, and my salmon followed shortly after that. All very good food, and I left full. An 18% mandatory tip is automatically included when seated at the hibachi grills (not mandatory at other tables , but I thought he deserved more, so I added a bit extra on top all that. After taxes and tips my total for a single dinner was $30. Expensive, yes, but I 'm on travel, and today I thought that it was worth it.

What a fantastic sushi spot for a late evening! This was some of the best sushi I've had in a long time. We were served by the same waiter on both visits, and though we didn't catch his name, he was incredibly friendly and polite! I highly recommend this place—10/10!