Nhinja Sushi & Wok

This place is so quick on a to go order, we love it! The fried rice is real good, and our favorites to order here are honey chicken, Mongolian beef, and mandarin orange chicken. The Mongolian beef isn’t the typical spicy sauce, it’s more like beef stir fry with snow peas and green onions.
The only sushi I tried here is the tempura shrimp which is good, but sushi is sushi… Especially ones made without raw fish.
Overall it is one of our favorite takeout places.

When I think of fast, cheap sushi, I think of grocery store, chinese buffet, or gas station sushi. The vast majority of this type of sushi feels like a high risk for a low reward.
Nhinja is the perfect balance between fast, affordable, and high quality.
While the rolls aren’t extremely cheap (seems like around $ 5 to $ 10), it’s really the diversity of the menu that makes the overall bill go down. For example, an order of two rolls, fried rice, Mongolian beef, house salad, seaweed salad and sake was $ 37. If I ordered that much at a higher-​end place, it would have easily been double the cost.
So that brings me to my next point: sake! They have beer and sake. Having sake at lunch in a place with a fast-​food sushi ambience feels like cheating at life. It’s awesome.
The whole layout of the restaurant is extremely convenient for setting yourself up. I’m a sauce person and they have extra sriracha bottles, hot chili paste, low sodium/​regular soy sauce, hot mustard, utensils, various sizes of sauce trays/​plates, napkins, etc. all in one station so you don’t have to ask and wait for anything.
I could go on about why this place is awesome, but this review is getting kind of long.
If I had to come up with one criticism for Nhinja, it would be that the name is ridiculous and I always forget where the ‘h’ is when I’m trying to GPS it, but maybe that is more a criticism for Apple, since apparently their GPS algorithm isn’t smart enough to tell that when I type Ninjha, which doesn’t exist, I really want to go to Nhinja!

I can’t believe I’ve never reviewed Nhinja, since I’m here pretty frequently!
We are closer to the Rockwell location now but used to go to the one on May, and I do find the May location to be a little better quality. The food is always just a little hotter.
Cream cheese puffs (their crab rangoon) are a must have. I could eat a whole large order as my meal and feel just fine lol.
I’ve tried most of the wok dishes and while they aren’t anything to call home about they are a step up from Panda Express. Plus, if I’m in the mood for fast Chinese I would rather support a local business.
I’m not a sushi snob, so the rolls do me just fine. I think the only bad sushi I’ve ever had was from Sprouts. The Firecracker and Nhinja roll are my fav and you get a lot of for the price, so you can eat two or three rolls to fill you up. I mean, I’ve had better sushi, which cost more. So of a sushi fix is all you’re after, this will do it.
Oh and I love the steamed brown rice option! You can get it in the wok dishes and sub it in some of the sushi rolls.

Sushi is pretty good! Reasonable prices. Charged .50 cents extra for eel sauce and another .50 cents for spicy mayo to have extra on the side. But still good.

I’ve only been here twice and have only ever gotten sushi, so I don’t know about their real food menu. It’s very much like a fast food restaurant, but I don’t mind that. The sushi is pretty decent; I’ve never had a bad experience with it, but it’s also not the best sushi in OKC, and I’m okay with that. Their sushi menu isn’t bountiful, but I like most of the selections, and it’s decently priced for the amount of pieces you get (something I’m very fond of since sushi tends to leave my wallet thin). I’m not really into fresh rolls but if you are, there’s not a whole lot to choose from, just so you know. My experiences here have been good so far, and I definitely plan on coming back when I’m in the area.

I am a frequent traveler and use Unilocal to find delicious unique restaurants that are not chains. I wish there was a review that would have saved me from this disappointing experience. This was a fast-​food type experience with below average quality food. The Hispanic woman that took our order at the cash register was extremely nice but did not know anything about the sushi. She asked the chef for simple ponzu sauce and after the third spicy concoction they brought out, I opted to not try anything else. We were tired from traveling all day and really wanted to experience a decent meal. I typically do not share negative reviews. But this place looked so promising. Clean lines, bright colors, convenient to our hotel. We couldn’t even finish the simple rolls that we ordered. We left still hungry and very disappointed.

The sushi is ok I guess. The menu reads well and sounds great, overall it was bland in flavor. Not a busy place during my visit for lunch. Service is good. Greeted when I walked in.

I like the concept but the food can be very bland.
The egg drop soup for instance and the sushi is missing a kick, I had the lettuce wraps and like usual it wasn’t seasoned the greatest. I haven’t had the wok but if I go back I will. I can say the egg rolls are good and so is there ginger sauce.

Great sushi for not breaking the bank. In fact, this 8s the best place to bring the teenagers and chill with amazing food, trendy music, and relaxed atmosphere.

Good for fast sushi. Over sauced on many items, which friends or the flair of you are a real sushi fan, but die a quick to go sushi, it’s clean and fast.

Awesome Fresh Asian inspired food. Needs better drink selection. But very good, blows Panda Express out the water!!! Sushi looks good as well.

Trendy, simple, and delicious.
I ordered the geisha roll with miso soup as an appetizer and all flavors were where they needed to be.
I loved the white furniture and colored lights. They gave the restaurant a clean, modern look.

I love supporting locally-​owned businesses… I love it even more when a message on the wall states the owners mission is nutritious, healthy food served quickly, and reference their three young sons as their inspiration… this mothers’ heart melted!
Our daughter had told us about the great food she and her husband had at another location. Big L and I were wanting to try something different than our tried (and tired) usual restaurants, so we tried Nhinja, and thoroughly enjoyed our dinner.
We each had an egg roll and they were a little too overcooked, but no complaints with our entrees. From the «Wok’d» section of the menu, Big L had the chicken «Hunan Garden» with white rice and ate every bite. I had the spicier General Tso’s and added, for an additional $ 1.50, the fried rice. It was excellent!
While we were «dining in» a steady stream of customers came in to pick up carry-​out orders, and no one had to wait for their order. Since we love carry-​out, we will definitely be using Nhinja often!

Good quality food. Friendly people. I had the Mongolian Beef. Good flavor & good portion. Also like the Tempura Shrimp. Worth a stop.

Yummy! My new favorite go to lunch place. The firefly is the best! And you can’t go wrong with the California roll.
Plus it’s always clean & plenty of places to sit in this location!
And there are plenty of options for kids too.

I think Nhinja is a really great deal for decent sushi. It’s not the best in OKC or anything, but the prices are much lower than anywhere else. I think all of the sushi rolls are cheaper than $ 10, and you still get 7 to 10 pieces on each one. For that price, it’s great. I had only had their sushi until recently when I tried the crispy honey chicken wok entrée, and I was just as impressed with that. The portions are large so easily enough for lunch the next day, especially since I was nibbling on my boyfriend’s sushi as well. This has become a regular spot for me as it’s only about a mile from my house. I live in northwest OKC and I’m so glad to finally have a decent sushi place so closeby.

I just can’t do it any more, Nhinja. This is the sushi place for people that don’t really eat sushi or maybe only had it from grocery stores. Based on a lot of reviews here most people eat the cooked dishes instead, so maybe I made a mistake there. We’re in a landlocked state so I feel that I have pretty realistic sushi expectations here. I’ve also been to many fast food sushi joints and even sushi food trucks with far superior product.
The place smells like a combination of less-​than-​fresh fish and cleaning product. I noticed the same at the May location. The white furniture is getting really dirty. Let’s be honest… Who seriously who thought that was a good idea to begin with?
But back to the most important detail: the food. I ordered a miso soup, 911 roll and rainbow roll to go. First, by the time I got home, the soup was beginning to cook the fish through the plastic container it was sitting on inside the bag. Those should have been bagged separately. The miso was actually pretty tasty as I put the sushi in the fridge to stop the cooking process.
So then I got to the rolls. There was a very fishy smell coming from both and I can only surmise that all of it was slightly past its prime. The rice had no flavor but okay consistency… C– at best.
I was feeling pretty hungry so I tried to suffer through. But I did not last long, leaving several pieces uneaten. And leaving sushi behind is like a cardinal sin to me.
Sorry but it’s over. I’ve now been burned with bad smelling, actually kind of gross, meals at both this location and also at May & Memorial. Today I threw away $ 22 on a meal that I hated (outside of the miso). I can’t do it again.

I’m taking a page from the «Spoony Bard» (now «Data Geek»).
A Haiku:
Tasty tempura
Was told there would be ninjas
Don’t eat steak sushi

Here’s the tl: dr for you impatient folk:
— Keep It Local, 10% off your order
— You can order online to pick it up,
(remember to specify the correct location) or over the phone. Online is way better, unless you’re paying with a card, in which case the KIL discount can’t be applied. Or just do what I’d do if I was going to use a card — click «cash», use a card when you get there.
— Friendly service
— Decent-​great sushi, I guess depending on what you get and what you like
— (Con) Loud music
Now for sushi junk.
Catcher (salmon, cucumber, masago, scallions, spicy mayo) ³⁄₅: There is something about Nhinja’s cucumbers that I don’t like and it messes with the sushi for me. The salmon in this roll was alright.
Spider (tempura soft shell crab, avocado, cucumber, crab stick, masago) ⁴⁄₅: A good indicator for decent sushi is a stable construction. The more smooshed inside, the more difficult it is to make a roll that doesn’t fall apart (in theory, right?). These rolls stayed together pretty well when picked up, luckily. My opinion on the cucumber is the same, so no reason to go into that, but the avocado is the same — kind of bland and doesn’t do much to accent the flavors of the crab (s) and masago. The meat manages to do well on its own, though.
Kobe (a tempura roll — grilled steak, cream cheese, scallion, spicy mayo) ⁴⁄₅: I really dig this roll, and it’s nice that there’s a roll there for those who generally don’t like sushi because of fish. Even my boyfriend liked it well enough, and he hates seafood, so that’s good. The steak is juicy and tastes great with the cream cheese and spicy mayo, and the scallions are a good subtle flavor addition. Not to mention, tempura sushi is awesome.
Firefly (boiled shrimp, cream cheese, scallions, spicy mayo) ⁵⁄₅: This roll will be a future repeat for me, especially since the 7 pieces cost $ 4.95.
Eel nigiri (⁵⁄₅): Eel+rice. Eel is my jam and nigiri is such a simple structure but so good (when made well, obviously). A slightly more accurate label would be «bbq eel nigiri», because of the sauce that comes on the eel. I know a lot of eel comes that way, but I’ve had «unsauced» eel nigiri plenty. I’m rambling about «eel sauce». EEL NIGIRI GOOD.

A solid performance from a great local chain.
This location lives up to the high standard I’d come to expect from their original N. May location. Food was delivered to our tables quickly and was fresh and delicious! My brown rice sushi fell apart a bit, which hadn’t been an issue at the N. May store before. I’m hoping the sushi chef was just in a rush as it was quite difficult to eat.
Overall, still a great visit. Hopefully next time the sushi rolls will stick together a bit better!