Helmi’s Japanese Hibachi & Sushi

I am totally amazed at this little gem in Dillon, SC. My parents took me here after church today and although I was flustered from my own issues, the staff was very helpful and patient with me. I got the Hibachi chicken breast and it was loaded with veggies. Thanks a lot ladies! We WILL be back!

I happen to find this place by chance and if you are used to hibachi, this place looks nothing like it but the style of cooking the food in terms of the sauces and veggies used is basically the same. You order and then sit down at one of the tables (they have different sizes and styles but all nice wooden «family dinner» tables.) they call out your order when it’s ready for you to pick it up. My mom got miso soup and the tofu was fried in it which was different. The broth isn’t super salty. My steak was okay but my mom’s was kind of tough. Christian really liked his chicken bowl. The people here are really nice. Even though we asked a million questions, they weren’t exasperated or annoyed.

My husband enjoyed the size of the portions and the fresh sushi served here. He is definitely a fan!

We eat here everytime we drive north from Fla… it is cheap– and pretty good… this time I tried the sushi… odd an older white woman making sushi… I had the tempura california roll… It has some weird gravy on it… not a hit… I like the BOWLS– so I will stick to them. The spring rolls were greasy and the chicken wings were so so but inexpensive…

Avoid the sushi here. It is truly awful. I don’t think they’d know sushi if I slapped them with a tuna.
Like others, we saw this place advertised on I-​95 and hopped off the interstate for lunch. Since another review stated that the sushi was good, despite the sketch factor, we decided to eat here anyway. Mistake! I can’t speak for any of the kitchen items. Maybe they’re great, but the sushi is not. We sat down right near the sushi bar and strangely enough hardly heard any chopping coming from the bar, where the chef was preparing the sushi. When we got the sushi, it was bad. Tons of rice on the outside and almost no fish on the inside. At about $ 5 a roll, it was a total ripoff. And my dad’s Philly Roll was totally inedible — the salmon was completely brown! Nasty! We all left hungry.

I reluctantly stopped at Helmi’s and was totally pleased with the quality and quantity of food. We got a shrimp bowl, a chicken bowl and 4 sushi rolls. It was fresh and tasty. What a change from the typical road stop food! I would highly recommend it.