Mikato Steak and Sushi

The food is always delicious and the service is very fast! The waiters I have had were all very polite and friendly and it was a great spot for family dinners or date nights!

The restaurant is convenient and across from South Oldham High school. Known to the restaurant crowd in Crestwood as the other Japanese restaurant. You can sit at the Sushi bar and watch the Chef or take a seat in the dining area. The beer selection was predictable but also good. When you order, look for the promotional insert as there are a number of the regular offerings at a reduced price. We ordered 2 salads and 2 rolls, soft drinks and a bowl of soup. Both of the rolls were well presented and tasty, served with the usual ginger and wasabi. The soup was good as were the salads. All in all the quality was good but the real star was the price, both of us left for $ 18.00 after a good meal. We noticed this location does a very large take out business and admittedly haven’t tried this for Japanese food but will consider it for busier times.
PS Really liked the Yum Yum roll

My boyfriend and I went for dinner tonight, and we both ordered the chicken Bento boxes with the moonlight roll for the sushi. While a good amount of the food in the box is fried, it is excellent. My boyfriend loved the fried rice, and he is very particular about his rice. The sushi roll was great. Vegetables and gyoza were also good. The real star of the meal was the chicken; it was cooked very well with a delicious teriyaki sauce. For the price, it is a good deal as the portions were enormous. Additionally, we read some of the other reviews before we went tonight. I truly don’t understand the complaints about the service, as we were greeted kindly by our server and both of the sushi chefs as we walked in, and our server was pleasant and attentive the entire meal. I will say that there was a bit of a wait on the food, but for me, a wait is worth a fantastic meal.

Excellent sushi chef! Chef Brian. Very clean restaurant with «A» 98 health ratings. Friendly staff, although young and somewhat inexperienced. The fish is fresh and top quality. I have become a regular eating at least twice a weeks here.

Very solid. They’ve really stepped up their game on the service. We got the Touch of Fire, Crunch Munch and Kevin Roll – all of which were fantastic. Some of the best sushi in the area. The chicken fried rice was also outstanding – it had a very unique flavor that was excellent.

The food was ok. Not very trendy. But for rural area like Crestwood you can’t expect what cities offer. My biggest complaints were with services and portion. The price is actually more costly than city but less than half the portion. So if you want a hearty meal it’ll really cost you. The staffs are friendly enough. But kitchen seems to be understaffed. The meals took forever to come out. Overall I wouldn’t come back here again. Average food, slownservice, and tiny portion combines to be less than desirable experience.
Update… fried rice just came out. it is awful.
Update 2. after waiting over and hour for first dish, another half hour for second dish, waiting for another half hour never to see the rest of the dishes I cancelled rest of the orders and asked for check. Kids were starving and I just couldn’t wait any longer. When I asked the waiter to bring the check he told me they just started making my order. Seriously? 2 hours after the order, they just started making it? It’s 8pm and I’m heading out to another restaurant to finish the dinner. I will never return here.

My son and I ate at this location last week and it was delicious. My son had the teriyaki chicken and heart attack jalapenos for an appetizer, and I had the sunshine rolls. Everything we got was delicious and the service was fast and excellent.
We will be going back very soon.

Tried with a groupon, had hibachi teriyaki chicken and the filet (cooked in kitchen, no table hibachi grills) Meats were excellent! Great taste/​quality without being over salted or covered with sauces. Rice & veggies, salad, soup average to good. In comparison to other hibachi places, this is way better flavor, better food quality, and better prices. Atmosphere decent, small but clean. So now the bad… service was not great, seemed like a new server?! Not knowledgeable about food, drinks… Salad arrived followed quickly by entrée, then the forgotten soup! So what to eat first? Had everything at once?! Not long of a wait, & not busy, but everything at once?! Would definitely try again with or without coupon in hopes they fix the service issue, as food was quality.

Well I don’t Unilocal as much as I would like because of lack of time. When I have strong feelings about a place (positively or negatively) then I try to make the time to help other users. Mikato unfortunately motivated me in a negative perspective to write the review. Before I start, you should know I am a sushi «fiend». I travel a lot and have eaten a lot of really good sushi across the North America and my expectations are pretty high. With that said, let’s get started…
I like raw fish and I like it fresh, an odor makes you skeptical. So, the first thing you DON’T want in a sushi restaurant is an odor. Mikato’s has one and it isn’t pleasant. The odor here is not one that inspires you to think sanitary, actually quite the contrary. While we are on the sanitation issue Mikato also doesn’t appear clean and neither do most if the staff. The restaurant has a «lived in» look yet it’s only been here a couple of months.
The food also disappointed as much as the environment. We ordered two rolls and while adequately constructed the flavor was very poor. The primary reason is the sushi chef doused them with so much sauce they were swimming in it. Not only was there too much sauce, they used the same 3 sauces on both rolls. We literally could not distinguish the rolls from the coverage of sauce. I also ordered two pieces of nigiri. They were «ok», but average at best, I got the impression of low quality on the yellow tail. We also had a couple of quail eggs which were quite good, note these also require very little preparation…
The service was also poor. We had to ask for things repeatedly forks, chopsticks, soy sauce etc. Our waiter was new and certainly not well trained in food service, let alone sushi. He had no idea what was in some of the special rolls.
We were disappointed all the way around. I would make this an absolute last choice for sushi. Quite frankly, I would have preferred Kroger Deli sushi over this place. I hope they get there act together or they likely won’t be here long. I

I had a great experience my first time here. I tried what’s called the mikato roll. It’s not on the menu crab shrimp cream cheese avocado and asparagus. Sliced steak
On top hit with a torch. Cream something sauce drizzle. WOW. have to eat here

Food is great, but it takes a long time to get. Wait staff is awful, inexperienced teens. We have been several time and awful service every time. They forget the simple things like utensils, your salads, to run your credit card card, drink refills.
The ONLY reason we go back is the food. If it were me, I’d cut the staff in half and hire experienced staff.

The food was good and cost comparative to other similar places, but the food took a very long time. I ordered vegetable sushi roll, chicken fried rice, tofu hibachi plate, and two kids chicken teriyaki plates. It took an hour to get our food and they brought all of the plates out at different times causing everyone to half to wait after they were done eating. I came here because of a groupon and the food was ok. But I will not be back or recommend it because of the wait for food and service. When we got here the restaurant was empty. It was not packed. Otherwise I’d make an exception.

The food was absolutely amazing. I had a Combo E, which gives you 4 types of sushi (16 pieces total) at a very reasonable price. The restaurant was nice but small. My only complaint is the service. I was seated fairly quickly and then given my drink within minutes. After that I waited about 15 – 20 minutes before someone took my order. Then I waited another 30 for my food. I will chalk it up to it being fairly busy with a small staff. The sushi was worth the wait and I was given a discount on my meal because of how long it took.
All in all, I’ll give it another shot next time I am in the area!

If I could, I would have given zero stars. The service was HORRIBLE. Three tables walked out while we were there. The coke machine stopped working, and when they got the soda, they never brought us any. The food was over salted, and I love salt… and it was too much for me. I asked for my hibachi to be rare, and it came out well done. There was little pieces of straw in my food, and all the vegetables were over cooked. The food is WAY over priced for what you get. I will NOT go again. The Mikatos in Louisville, is much better.
If it were not for my Groupon, I would have walked out too.

Great find, we had a mix of everything on the menu. Sushi, hibachi, and a box dinner and the only item I didn’t really like was the fried rice. I thought it was a great place for a date and really enjoyed the atmosphere. We were travelling through Louisville and Unilocal helped us find it. Great place!

What feels like the middle of no where to me there i saw an oasis and it was Mikato. The spicy tuna roll contained fresh tuna with enough spice to activate the taste buds. The Kentucky roll was utterly delicious and the dragon roll filled with salmon and avocado was very tasty. They have a special 30% off right now as they are trying to drum up business. I wish it would last because three rolls came to 22 $…not bad, hey?

Have been here twice in a week. It was so delicious and the prices are very good! The sushi was amazing and the chicken fried rice, mushroom soup and desert also were fantastic. Definitely our new favorite sushi place! The moon light roll and derby roll are my favorites along with the yummy Kevin roll and Lobster roll! A must try place! The staff are very friendly and on top of your needs for refills and food servicing. The food looks almost too good to eat with pretty presentation. It’s going to be my and my husbands new favorite date spot for sure!

Wow! What a great restaurant. Food was excellent and not pricey. Service was fast and personable. Sushi was very tasty and entrees were amazing. I highly recommend this place.

Visited again as promised! This time I had family in and we stopped by for my early birthday dinner. They DID NOT DISAPPOINT! On top of the great food I experienced the first go round, we tried several other dishes. Among the highlights was a fantastic rainbow roll, and a warm cooked roll called the Sunday Morning. But by far my two favorite new dishes were the deliciously spicy Kiss of Fire which was topped with fresh slices of jalepeños and a drop of Siracha hot sauce, and then for a grand finale and a huge surprise, the Flaming Volcano which was brought out on a plate that was … On fire! A total delight and a great meal with family! There was so much delicious crab topped on the Flaming Volcano that was such an extra treat.
On top of all of this the Chef remembered that we were coming in for my birthday dinner and graciously gave us three orders of Gyoza Pot Sticker appetizers and after the meal three ice cream sundaes… ON THE HOUSE! This sushi restraint has a great atmosphere and they even came over to the table to wish me a happy birthday (without singing!) and passed around my 6 month old and even posed for pictures with him!
As we left I noticed that from October 13^th through October 25^th all dinners were 30% off. Amazing deal and we will most certainly bring back as much business to this wonderful family friendly sushi extravaganza restaurant!
Thanks to all of our servers for a vet memorable meal and dining experience and especially to the Chef for his wonderful dishes and hospitality!

Absolutely perfect. The service was excellent, the food was spot on. I had the super devil roll, presentation was beautiful and the flavor was great. Added a spicy California roll, probably the best I have had. If tour anywhere near Crestwood stop in and support this place.