Koji Express Japanese Grill

Food is delicious and served up quickly. My wife and I have a hard time making it home without eating when we get it to go.
I think the sweet carrots served on each dish give the food a little more depth. The sauce is delicious and I’m pretty sure it’s bad for you (probably makes it even better).
I recommend getting a combo with a mixed meat. My favorite is the shrimp and chicken.

I love «hibachi» restaurants, but this place just isn’t what I was hoping for. I really wanted to love it, but I just can’t.
Every dish comes with «sweet carrots» which they should call «the sweetest thing you will eat this week». They don’t seem to go well with teppanyaki (what most Americans call hibachi). I prefer sweet stuff for dessert, and if you’re like me in that regard you will not want them in your dish.
I ordered steak and scallops. The steak was chopped in small pieces and cooked medium well (I think medium would have been better in a dish like this). The scallops were also small and were overcooked, with no sear on them at all. The rice, mushrooms, and broccoli in my dish were cooked just right. The portion size was pretty big (maybe enough for 2 people), but almost a third of that was just dessert carrots.
The young woman that brought us our food was very friendly and polite with a big smile.
The idea is great, the execution is not.

The food is made fresh to order and it was delicious. Loved the carrots, loved the big portions and loved the price. Ate there last night for the first time and headed back today for lunch!

Super good food for the price and service was quick in the drive thru. The carrots are amazing! And they have the best shrimp sauce! Yummy.

A Japanese place in an old Mrs. winner’s. After I stopped laughing, I decided to try based on reviews as unique lunch places in the Boro are hard to come by. Hibachi beef with sweet carrots, rice and some Crack-​containing shrimp sauce for $ 10 is a great value and pretty good. It’s a lot of food, so gotta save it for hungry days, and when dinner is going to be light.

How does this only have 4 stars??? If you haven’t been to Koji’s please stop what you are doing and go there NOW. We always do take out and our doggy box is cram packed full of fresh food. I honestly don’t know how they afford it! I get the mixed meat (shrimp, steak, and chicken with sweet carrots, and grilled onions and zuchinni. The shrimp sauce that comes with it is SOOO SO SO good! ENJOY!

Don’t let the outside turn you away from this place! Yes it has a drive thru, that’s because you want to grab this takeout!
Wonderful flavor, huge portions! Meat and vegetables are cooked perfectly. Fast food fresh and fairly healthy.
I will definitely make this a regular spot.

This is a fast food hibachi. It is amazing as you order the cashier tells cook your order and right there. The helpings are huge. I get the same thing every time, chicken and shrimp with broccoli no mushrooms and it comes with rice and a pile of sweet carrots. It’s the best thing every time I go murfressboro I must come here. Love it.

I absolutely love this place! If you’re looking for a place that is fast and delicious, Koji is perfect! The fact that the food comes out fast might scare some people, but the food is fresh and the vegetables are cooked great! The sauce is also very good.

I was craving Asian food for lunch so I was reading the reviews on Unilocal and decided to give this place a try. You can either drive thru or go inside and order and eat there. The concept at this place is fairly new to me, I’m from CA and have never really seen a place like this. I’m use to places like Benihana’s were you sit down and they cook everything for you. This place is a faster version of it.
They have a good selection of plates and pictures for you to see if you can’t really decide. I’m a visual person, so I was happy to see the pictures on the menu above the cashier. Their menu is very simple, so it made it a lot easier to choose.
— Hibachi steak and chicken served with rice and mixed vegetables — the steak and chicken was cooked perfectly and the flavor was absolutely great. They had a side of ginger lemon type of sauce and it added a really good flavor to the dish. I used that sauce to dip my vegetables in. The onions, zucchini, mushrooms and broccoli was cooked perfectly. I’m usually not a fan of carrots, but they added these carrots on the side that was something that I have never tasted before. The carrots were so sweet and tender and I could have eaten that as my dessert.
Overall I like this concept, it’s quick service and good food. It looks like family owned so their hospitality is impeccable. Thanks Koji, I’m a big fan! I will come back to visit again when I’m in town.

Omffgg. great food good price. Teriyaki sauce is on point. Not to over powering. And the orange dipping sauce is great with the chicken teriyaki. The steak sucks but the veggies on the side are delicious. The carrots are soft and sweet as if they are marinated in a honey or something. Good sized portions. Good customer service.

Amazing shrimp sauce!!! So good I would eat a dirty old boot if it was covered in their shrimp sauce! They make all 3 sauces from scratch! Friendly staff too! 10,000,000/5 stars

Great service, fast, amazing tasting food, and good pricing! Loved our visit and would recommend it to anyone!

I promise you this is a real review. I want to say that because I have nothing but good things to say about Koji Express. I am from Miami, FL and there is a hibachi place down there that makes the best shrimp sauce I’ve ever had. Ever since I moved from Miami I have been desperately trying to find a hibachi place that has a shrimp sauce that comes anywhere near close to Miami’s one. I finally found a place and that place is Koji. As soon as my food comes I pour the sauce all over it, and they give you a 4oz cup of it so you have plenty.
This place is extremely quick (as evidenced by the fact that they have a drive thru). But seriously. When eating inside, you won’t be waiting more than 5 mins from the time you order to get your food, if you even come close to waiting that long. The prices are great for the amount of food you get. It’s $ 7.24 for a basic plate with fried rice, chicken, carrots, and broccoli. I trade out the carrots for zucchini. The carrots are sweet, just fyi.
But yeah, this place is so good and so quick. Last week I literally went 3 days in a row for lunch. It’s that good. I just went today as well! They also give you 10% off if you show them an MTSU ID. I work at MTSU so it works for employees as well, even though their sign is only advertised for student IDs.

Last night we really wanted hibachi and the place closest to our house doesn’t offer a veggie option…
I looked on here and found Koji. They not only have a vegetarian selection, but also offer quick drive-​thru service & a MTSU student discount!
The $ 5.45 vegetable entrée comes with broccoli, onions, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, and sweet carrots, which is way more veggies than our favorite hibachi place back home offers without an additional charge. It also comes with fried rice and 4oz shrimp sauce.
Overall, I have to agree with another reviewer who mentioned the flavor being a little bland. I added soy sauce and the shrimp sauce and that helped, but it still needed something. But for the value, amount of food you get, and the fact that it was one seasoning away from tasting pretty darn close to my favorite hibachi back in east Tn, we will definitely be back!

The amount of food you receive for the price is good. The drive through is pretty fast. The food is prepared well and the meat is nice and juicy. However, the food is bland. Even with soy sauce and shrimp sauce it was just lacking flavor. A lot of my co workers love this place… So I might give it one more try.

Great place for a quick meal to take home for the family! It is a healthier option than running thru the drive thru of the typical fast food chain! I do wish they offered soup and salad! The food is good, prices fair and serving sizes generous.

I’m a fan of this place because it reminds me a lot of a Japanese place we had in Johnson City, near where I grew up. It’s no frills hibachi at an affordable price. For lunch today we got two separate entrees for around $ 14 with my MTSU id. I love the teriyaki chicken and my mom enjoys their shrimp and carrots. It’s usually a very short wait and the entrée is big enough for two decent meals for myself. Only bad thing is they are closed on Sunday’s and I always end up craving them on that day! lol.

Actually I would give Koji Express a 3.75. Carrots to sweet for my taste, but you can substitute broccoli. Inexpensive as compared to a traditional hibachi without much difference in taste.

Aha, a new quick-​service asian restaurant opened up on my side of town in the old Church’s Chicken building.
There were two tiers of plates, single-​item (shrimp, chicken, beef etc) and combo items (shrimp/​beef, scallop/​beef etc). Both plates also come with flavorful rice and a vegetable (tonite it was sweet carrots). Prices ranged from just over $ 5 to $ 10 for the single meat dishes and $ 8-​$ 14 for the double meat dishes.
Kim, our cashier, was super nice and chatted with us as we finished our meal. Everyone seemed very friendly and I will be back to try some other combinations. The portions were generous and I felt like it was worth the increased price over typical fast food because of the serving size and the higher quality of the food.