Sim Steak and Sushi

it is a smaller restaurant and we went for my 9 year olds birthday. He loves Sushi! We let him pick all the different rolls, and they were all really good! We love sushi and moved here from California where there are sushi restaurants all over the place and we have eaten at quite a few. this place had high quality and great service. We went with 4 small children and it was late so they were a little cranky and the staff were all very nice and didn’t complain about the cranky kids. we will be returning!

The sushi and service was great let’s talk about my date with my girl Dahlia and sushi! Once again thanks to Unilocal I found a stellar place with good food and and service!
We got there just as they were opening for dinner. Our waitress was really sweet and very informative and happy to answer any questions we had about the various sushi! We at stated off with gyoza and the calamari! Let me just say spicy mayo and eel sauce on calamari! Winning!!! It was probably the best calamari I have ever had and I love calamari
It was really delicious and having great service really puts this place over the edge. I enjoyed the rainbow roll and the California roll as well as some fried. Rice
This place also offers hibachi type plates:) now if I am in a greedy I love me some Hibachi:) please go and check this place out in E town it has all the stuff you would like if you are a sushi lover!!!

Despite the fact that I like the food here, I’m giving Sim’s 2 stars. Find another place to eat if you don’t want a server who will openly comment about your tip. Allow me to explain.
I was a long time customer and ate here frequently since it opened. I usually placed a to-​go order. Yesterday, a family member of mine picked up a take out order for me. As she was leaving a server said, «We don’t work for free you know.» I’m not going to use this review to explain to this server why the majority of people don’t tip on a to-​go order. I am going to call them out for committing a cardinal sin of the service industry.
I don’t know which employee made the comment. I did call to complain. I’m not sure who I talked to though; they never gave their name. They said they weren’t a manager, but they did claim to be some sort of supervisor and said they’d take care of it — whatever that means.
I would leave it at that, but I decided to write a negative review because it’s not the first time a server at Sim’s has been rude. There is a noticeable difference in how they treat you before and after you pay. To be fair, there are a few good servers there, so I don’t want the good ones to feel bad if they see this review.
Besides the general rudeness from some of the waitstaff, I did have another incident worth writing about. As a former server, I understand that you hope to have your tables done by closing time. I also know that it’s unbelievably rude to rush people in any way, even if they are making you stay late. A few weeks ago, I placed an order for sushi around 20 minutes before they closed for lunch, which is at 2 pm. With still plenty of time left for me to pick up this order, the server I talked to on the phone balked at taking my order, and even had the gall to tell me to «hurry up» getting there. I didn’t make them wait; I got there in plenty of time and tipped in case I caused any inconvenience. It doesn’t matter though. I shouldn’t have to explain why a server should be polite to me. They just should.
Personally, I will never eat here again. It’s a shame too because I really liked the food, and the owners seemed like good people deserving of their success.

Sushi was very good we had the spicy tuna, chineese vegtable, and Las Vegas roll. The pot stickers are good, but the sauce was very salty and did not taste very good. We had the Chicken terriaki meal it was very sweet, almost pure sugar.

Took the family out for lunch and ordered 4 bento boxes — all Katsu and Teriyaki. A lot of food, worth the price of $ 11.99. Very tasty too.

My boyfriend and I just left the restaurant two minutes ago (1 June 2015 @ 1930 or 7:30 PM). When we came in the door, the waitress passed us two times and looked at us (also made eye contact). We had to stop one of the waitresses so we could be seated. She suggested that we sit at the bar because it would take about 10 minutes to clean off the only empty table. We sat at the bar area and it took them a maximum of three minutes to clean the table. We had to stop one of the waitresses and ask for two menus because they did not give us menus once we sat down. The way she handed me the menus, it was as if she didn’t want to touch me or something. As we looked at the menu, two different waitresses just kept walking by us, not saying anything. We sat there for 15 minutes as we overheard them debate as to who would take our orders from behind the register. Once we saw them seat another couple (with menus and utensils) and overheard them ask them for their drink order, we decided to leave. This is no way to treat customers, whether busy or not. If you didn’t want to serve us, next time just be honest about how you really feel and turn us away.

This is the best sushi in Etown. Don’t waste your time with the other places if you actually want good stuff. We came from Hawaii before this and Sim is doing it right.

Good food, good service, great value. Great lunchtime venue. Not somewhere you would want to sit and chat after eating. Chairs are not designed for long term seating.

I love this quaint restaurant. It is the best sushi around. My favorite is the Cool Springs Roll, but there is nothing I have tried there that hasn’t been great. Also the servers are terrific as well!

Went here a few times and I always ate so much until I fell into a sushi coma. They already know what I want.
Sushi is well done and fresh, one can taste the freshness at first bite.
Prices are decent.
Staff always friendly.
I would say this is my favorite Sushi joint in the area.

Sim is a decent Sushi place. The rolls aren’t nearly as good as other Sushi places in town. They were a great place to get sushi because they were cheaper than the rest by quite a bit. Now I can no longer recommend this place as they have raised the prices to the same level as the other superior sushi restaurants.

Best fried rice I have ever tasted! Nice restaurant, great staff and reasonable prices.

Thanks to our beautiful waitress, our Mother’s Day dinner (celebrated early since I live out of town) was PERFECT!
The place was clean and comfy, as stated earlier, our waitress was kind, friendly, and helpful. Our food was beautiful and tasted wonderful! We had the shrimp tempura; the house salad with ginger dressing and a seaweed salad; the VIP Roll; Lobster Roll; and the Cucumber Passion. ALL of it was delicious!
Anyone who gives this place anything less that five stars had a bad day!

Bad

I was excited to try Sim after the good reviews that were posted. I do agree with the negatives – the wait staff seem to be pretty overwhelmed. Although they were nice, they were running well behind.
By the time our server was ready, we were ready to order everything at once. We both ordered green tea and house salads. He ordered the combo udon (which came with the miso soup) and I had a Louisville roll. The green tea was room temperature. So it couldn’t even get cooler with the rest of the cups poured. The salads were watery. The miso soup was really good. The udon was greasy. And my roll came about 25 minutes after his udon was served. When my roll was served, they didn’t bring any soy sauce or a dipping bowl (which I usually dilute the wasabi paste in). Then I was asked if I wanted «low fat» or «regular» soy sauce? She meant «low sodium» but I would think at that point, she would have just put both on the table.
We have been to Sims, Ginza, and Kanzai and prefer Ginza for sushi. The prices at all three seem comparable for the rolls and sides. Maybe the lunch is better?!

So — other reviews give a good impression of the sushi at this informal, café-​style restaurant. Rolls are relatively well made, certainly better than the grocery-​store quality sushi available elsewhere in this area, but certainly not comparable to sushi available in anything other than central-​bumble KY. (A tip for those a little overwhelmed by the sushi order form — there are descriptions of each of the rolls on the last two pages of the menu.)
That said, I wanted to try out the «other stuff» — appetizers and entrees from their comparatively long menu. The results were fairly good, again, especially for Hardin County.
The gyoza filling was tasty, as was the shumai; next time, though, I’m going to ask if they can steam the (otherwise pan-​fried) gyoza, because the wrappers were really tough and not very appetizing. The (steamed) shumai were much better.
Entrees come with soup (miso or house), salad, plain fried rice, a veg mix, and noodles. Seriously. That’s *AND* not *OR*. All for between $ 12 — $ 20-​something, depending selection. It is a huge amount of food, especially if you like to add a roll or appetizer to your meal.
If you don’t like leftovers, they also offer rice bowls with various proteins added.
The house soup was absolutely amazing: one of the most flavorful yet delicate broths I’ve ever had. The salad was a typical Japa-​rican salad nod to an iceberg mix, but the fabulous house ginger dressing made even a simple salad not to be missed. Both the soup and salad dressing are totally crave-​worthy.
Wide, flat noodles were tasty (and while I’m not going on record as saying they were house-​made, they were, at least, soft, not boxed, dry), as was plain fried rice, which had a great texture. Veggies were a steamed carrot /​broccoli mix: fine, and fresh.
As far as the proteins (including the (Ton)Katsu), I’ve had the steak, chicken, shrimp, and pork, all were well-​cooked, minimally seasoned quality meat, fish, and poultry. Be prepared: otherwise larger meats are precut into bite-​sizes before cooking, the side benefit is each piece is carefully cut to minimize cartilage or other gristle, though it can be a little unexpected.
Without the soup or ginger dressing, my rating of Sim would hover around 3.5 stars, but these two standouts will definitely bring me back! Can’t wait to try their bulgogi next time.
Servers are trying, but are fairly inexperienced and somewhat awkward (excepting the sushi dude working behind the sushi bar); frankly, the café layout & small, but multipurpose space does them no favors (though it certainly is stylish & pleasant). The café-​style space just translates more as a good place to get a couple of sushi rolls or grab carryout (as tons of customers do!), not a place to drop over 60 $ on a fabulous meal (w/​o sake or any other alcohol) for 2.
No wine or beer on Sundays.
One last thing: do watch out for cooked items, as some are served hotter (temperature-​wise) than molten lava. Mama is all for serving hot food hot, but yikes.

Good food, quaint coffee shop type atmosphere. No big hibachi set up to get in the way. The sashimi was thickly sliced and lots other roll options. Service was a little lacking, but not rude, just seemed inexperienced with a full house. Will certainly return and hope the business makes it

Sim has the best sushi in the area. The flavor and the quality is hard to beat unless you go to Louisville and even there Sim would be a big competitor. The Crunch Munch roll is fantastic! It’s slightly spicy, a little sweet, just yum!

Best sushi in Hardin County! It’s hard to find good, fresh sushi in KY, but this place does it. Love the portion sizes and l REALLY love the prices!!! I had 4 different rolls (my favorite being the VIP Roll). My dad had the ribeye steak dish. He inhaled it LoL. I’ll be back ASAP.

Growing up Asian and around Japanese food there is a level of expectation when going to a restaurant. SIM meets that expectation. Portion size is good for the price. The atmosphere is nice. Although it’s tucked out of the way from regular traffic this place will remain busy with excellent word-​of-​mouth advertising.
I have gone 3x already since they have opened. This is my go-​to place for local Sushi.
The service is o.k., the menu options are good.
This is not a teppanyaki (cook at your table) type of restaurant. It is designed as a casual atmosphere to enjoy good sushi and other hot food items.
Too bad they don’t offer a military discount.