Hokkaido - Tuscaloosa

Awesome all the way! The service was phenomenal, and the food was excellent. I really liked the family friendly aspect in an upscale restaurant environment, that's awesome! The waitress was super nice when taking our orders.My teenager ordered the Spicy Octopus Salad, and he's always open to trying new things, so I definitely expected that!The menu is online, so that's definitely a plus.

Went here in my first date with my boyfriend and we’ve been together ever since so i definitely have an attachment to this place. The food is very good. It is a classy sushi/hibachi place. They will put on great shows at the hibachi table and it’s very fun. I highly recommend going here at least once!!Food: 5/5

Me and family went there for a birthday Celebration for my mom on Tuesday 8/1/23, and from the beginning our waiter was rude! He was rushing us to order everything like he really didn’t want to serve us. He wasn’t polite at all. He finally got all our drinks and when they came back all of the drinks tasted weird like dishwater. So the manager comes out and asks us what was the problem like the waiter didn’t already let him know, and we tell him the same thing! And so he begins to take all of our drinks back while asking us what else did we want to drink “because these are so nastyyyy” and when we gave him another choice he said “nooo you not gone like those cause they gone be nasty too”! “They come from the same place!” When the issue wasn’t more so the taste of the drink it was the cups tasting like dishwater soap! So when we suggested to get paper cups they still brought out more of the same glasses! Now let’s get to the ordering of food. We also got rushed to order our food right after that incident happened they just kept rolling it on in lol so he asked did anyone want an appetizer? No one wanted one except me and my friend, but I was hesitant to answer because I was still deciding which one I wanted, so he started to ask certain people at the table what did they want and because the certain people he asked wasn’t ready he got impatient and said “I’ll just give y’all some more time since nobody knows what they want!” So I only wanted fried sushi and it was only 3 different kind on the menu and it was a certain one that I had before, but I didn’t remember the name and they were scattered out on the list so once he showed me the 3 I misplaced them and I just picked one that sounded similar to what I had before! The menu didn’t say fried or raw it just tells you what’s in it! And he’s like “that’s raww” just get this one! And he picks one for me me smh so rude! Then everyone gets to ordering and my cousin saw on the menu they have a kids meal for children under 12, but the waiter once again said they don’t accept it, and my cousin asked why was it on the menu if you won’t honor it. So the manager bring his George Lopez Papa Smurf looking tail out there once again asking d questions and finally say we will honor it for you! No what needs to happen is they need to update their menus so issues like this won’t occur! But hey what the hell do I know? We was just some ole poor black difficult customers!! Then the chef comes out, and mind you this ain’t no first time rodeo for me and my family at a place like that l, so we know the chefs usually are funny and kind of play around with the guests… but after all that has happened you already know the waiter has spoken some words about us in the back so even though he was trying to make the best of it, we could tell that things have been said! So then he gets to cooking do his lil thing and my mom asked what’s that burning smell, and I noticed it was a burning spot on the grill so I tell her that’s what it was and he goes “oh it’s not gone get on the food or anything, I said I know I was telling her what the smell was and he’s like naw it’s from the fire ? like okay dude whatever you say! I was just really disappointed in the whole experience and I would never want to dine in there again! I believe the waiter name was Blake! But who do even report to when the whole staff we had was being rude. People can believe or say what they want but I do believe we were treated that way because of race and be stigmatized. We also noticed how the same waiter had a different tone and mannerisms with the next family that came that was caucasian! So there’s that! My mom likes there food so much she orders to go from them all the time but after that incident I personally won’t be spending any of my money there again. For me to have spent $94 there for an experience I didn’t enjoy was insane! I didn’t even enjoy the food there I took most of my food home! It’s sad how other people will treat you based on your race. I hope the right people actually take the time out to read this! Good bye!

Def a challenge to find a parking place. 20 minute wait for a table at 6:00 pm. Very efficient, personable waitstaff. Teriyaki chicken, vegetables and rice were good, not great. Rainbow roll was very good. Noisey dining room, several celebrations for birthdays...nice dinner. Good time.Food: 4/5

We had a great experience. The service and food was good.Food: 5/5