Nakato Japanese Steakhouse

Got there a little before 6:30, so we were seated almost immediately which was great!
The service was great, but the food was average. There was a sushi conveyer belt section and a hibachi section.
No ramen or katsudon on the menu, which could be found at other japanese restaurants’ menus.
I ordered the eel roll (8pcs) for $ 7, but it was kind of small and not very filling.

Yes… wait was over an hour. However… Excellent food and service for my daughter’s 10^th birthday. Our waiter kept our drinks full and our chef entertained all of us. Everyone’s filet and other items were cooked to perfection. Delicious sushi roll appetizers.

Lucky we were there earlier so did not wait.
Food was good and it was fun to look at chef cooking in front of you.

Don’t go here unless you are with a large group… we waited over 40 minutes and were never seated as a party of two

Good food and great service!

The best sushi I have ever had!!! This restaurant is 3 hours away and we will make special trips to eat here. The restaurant is beautiful, the sushi chefs are very friendly and knowledgable, and the servers are quick and attentive. Definitely sit at the sushi bar!

My favorite Japanese restaurant, for sure! Fun experience and tasty food! Great for groups– birthday parties, girls night out, etc.

We took our friends to dinner here last week. They are moving to Germany and they chose this restaurant.
I don’t normally like hibachi food, but I was very impressed with this place! The entire experience was just really fun. The waitstaff is extremely professional, and the chef did little things to make the kids laugh.
I did not eat any sushi as I don’t enjoy it, but the shrimp and chicken was high quality and seasoned well. I ordered the veggie dinner, and with the noodles and rice I was stuffed to the brim. We also had ice cream and some fried banana type of dessert. This will be one of our new go to places!

Overall, a great Sushi restaurant. Warm towel to clean your hands when you first sit down. Very attentive service by both the waitress and the Sushi chef. Quality sushi even though they have a lot of focus on the hibachi table service. Prices are in line with the quality food you get, so a good value. Definitely a recommend to try solo or with family for sushi. I haven’t experienced their hibachi tables so I’ll leave that for others to rate.

I was so excited to make reservations for my boyfriend’s birthday at our favorite restaurant. When our party arrived a few minutes ahead of us (to be there early to surprise my boyfriend) the hostess said she couldn’t find our reservation and suggested the other Japanese steakhouse down the street. I know for a fact that I made the reservation, but the hostess argued that I did not. Our party was asked to wait almost 30 minutes past the reservation time due to this issue.
Once seated, the food and drinks were great. The server and chef were very efficient and personable.

We went on a Friday night at 9:15pm for hibachi. The server was SLOW, and we were getting impatient, but once we got the order placed and the cook arrived, the rest of the meal went smoothly and it was tasty. I will say that they seem to have greatly increased the portion of noodles and greatly reduced the portion of vegetables both in the fried rice as well as the side dishes in the main meal, which was unfortunate.

Family friendly atmosphere. Server Kristy kept our drinks refilled promptly. My teenage son mentioned he would love to have his birthday party here. I guess it passed «teen test.» Our party ordered the hibachi chicken. Portions were large and yummy. Easy to get reservations, but needed on a Friday night.

We walked in on a Friday night without a reservation. They were able to seat us very quickly. The service was great and our chef Alan was very entertaining and cooked the food perfectly. I ordered the vegetable dinner and they seriously give you A LOT of veggies! The environment was very comfortable too. We will be back!

We went for dinner with friends. It’s hibachi and sushi place. we tried couple of hibachi items sitting in front of cooking place. The food is really delicious.
I have tried shrimp tempura, chicken noodles with mixed vegetables everything is great.
In the menu they have different kind of Asian beers too.
it’s good place to go with entire family and having dinner.

Great family time… reservation made us in and out in hour and half. wait staff on point. food better than ever… thanks to all of the staff

One of my familiy’s favorite places to eat. Ever. Armed with this knowledge I was bracing myself for an… interesting experience. Hibachi is generally standard across the board for me. It’s not a hit or miss type of cuisine. In terms of the actual hibachi, everyone does the same exact thing with some minor twists here and there, so it’s all about the quality of ingredients and service. Lets just say I held my toungue when asked how I liked my meal at the end of the day.
The Service:
— A little slow honestly, it took them forever to get my beer (not cool bro) and even longer to come get my order. Friendly people as per the usual, but for some reason they are on asian standard time when it comes to serving you.
The Food:
— Standard hibachi food, solid but nothing special. A big plus for me are the portions. They tend to give you larger portions than other restaurants along with the traditional soup, salad, shrimp, and veggies. In fact, this is the only place I’ve seen that gives you noodles with your dish at no extra cost. Well played Nakato.
The Ambiance
— Gotta love the ambiance. My cook was playful and had fun with the kids (which is a must, they love attention). The décor was great, modern with a little rustic feel to make you ease into your surroundings.
Overall, wouldn’t jump the gun saying its the best hibachi I’ve ever had, but I also won’t be coming here regularly.

Great experience. We went to celebrate my wife birthday. Everybody had a good time with great meal. Portion on every dish are plenty. About service excellent. .!

My visit to Nakato (first time) was on a Friday night. The place was packed and had a constant stream of people, busy busy. We had 6:30 reservations for a party of 6 and once everyone arrived we were promptly seated. They will not seat you until everyone is there.
We were seated around a hibachi station — each station has seating for 8, so we had two strangers at the end of our station (no big, they were nice). I was a little concerned at the cost of the meal when I was looking at it online, but the amount of food is well worth the cost.
I ordered the teryaki chicken. You start with an onion broth while the chef is warming up. Next is the small chilled garden salad served with a pink creamy dressing. While you are finishing your soup and working on your salad, the chef starts with hibachi veggies (thin sliced carrots, onions, zucchini, mushrooms and broccoli). Next are hibachi noodles (spaghetti with an oil and garlic? coating). Next, if you order fried rice with your meal ($ 1.75 extra) instead of white rice, the chef does the fried rice and portions it out. Then the meat is started. Our table had a variety of steak and shrimp items, which were served first since they cook more quickly than chicken (no one wants rare chicken). I thought everything was quite good (though my white rice was cold, but that is what I get for not ordering fried rice like everyone else at the table). All of the preparation is done in front of you by the chef, who puts on a show while cooking. Very interesting, though I was concerned that I was going to lose my eyebrows when the onion volcano was done.
With 6 people, it was hard to hold a conversation, though not impossible. If you are catching up with friends, I would suggest getting there early for drinks, or planning drinks and dessert after — once the chef’s show starts going, along with all of the tables around you, it is rather noisy.
Our server kept drinks filled. The chef was quite personable. I had water to drink, so my dinner before tip was just under $ 15. Contrary to what my dinner date told me, you don’t necessarily have to take off your shoes, though they do have traditional tables there as an option.
Be warned that your hair and clothes will reek of the hibachi smell, so I wouldn’t take a post-​meal walk through the woods unless you like bears and wildcats.

All time favorite Japanese restaurant. Hibachi shrimp is my fav… Fried rice is the best … Never disappoints

We asked our 15 year old where he wanted to go for his Birthday Dinner and he said a Japanese Steakhouse. We’ve been to both Nakato and Kabuto and both are good, but Nakato stands out a bit more for us so that’s what we decided on. We arrived at 5pm on a Sunday night and didn’t expect much of a wait so imagine our surprise when the waiting area was full and they said it was a 45 minute wait. Oh well, it was what it was AND it was my son’s bday so we waiting… and waited… and waited. Finally, after 50 long minutes, they called our name.
We were seated in the «traditional» teppanyaki room and that was a first for us. We loved it! It was a bit awkward to get into, but worth it.
I’ve been trying to watch my weight so instead of the massive feeding frenzy of the traditional hibachi meal,. I had a bowl of the Onion Soup, a side of Edammame and the Tuna Tataki appetizer (portion was entrée-​sized!). All of it was very good! My family had the steak and chicken hibachi meals and loved it all. My son especially loves the «Yum Yum» sauce (the pink sauce) and has me convinced that he would eat «anything» if he could dip it in Yum Yum sauce!
We opted for the $ 10.00 birthday package. The package included a birthday cake (Pepperidge Farms vanilla cake) with a candle, a family photo in a souvenir cardboard frame (came out awesome, BTW), and the waitstaff sang Happy Birthday in English and Japanese. Well worth the $ 10, in my opinion!