Little Tokyo

Love this place. Eat here monthly. Sushi is great. Hibachi is great. Specify to waiter if you’re there for lunch or dinner. Service is iffy, they don’t have many servers, but they are nice (as long as you are nice, and patient) the almond shrimp and crunchy shrimp rolls are highly recommended

About what you expect from a hibachi. I had steak and chicken and my date had scallops and shrimp. We were both pleased with our meal. She actually said it was the best meal we had all weekend, though that doesn’t exactly speak volumes as adult dining simply does not exist in this tourist trap where every other restaurant is a pancake house. She especially liked the fried rice as they included egg (which oddly enough some restaurants leave out) and was not overloaded with vegetables. She also added some noodles though they were apparently not that great. Overall pretty pleased and would eat again.

I wish this app would allow to rate for 0 star! This is the worst Japanese Restaurant I had ever dined in! The service was extremely terrible, we had a group of 5 people, we sat down and the waiter came to us not even greeted then asked «what you like to drink?» with an unpleasant look. I was really nice to him at first, but later when he picked up the empty bowls, he just threw the chopstick into my friend’s plate. Never came to refill the drinks before I reported to the manager about his attitude. And the food was just okay. For sure, we will never ever go back again. Never! Bad service!!!

Lunch was excellent and very flavorful, staff was great and very friendly. Good price for lunch!

This was the first place we stopped on our honeymoon as we enjoy sushi on a weekly basis normally. What a huge and terrifying mistake!
The waiter was terribly rude and condescending, NEVER bothering to refill (or even ask about) our drinks. The «hibachi fried rice» was as bland and monochromatic as anything I’ve ever seen. Full of grease and little else. We ordered 3 separate rolls (tempura shrimp roll, spider roll, and a deep fried soft shell crab roll) of which we ate a total of about 4 pieces. My wife instantly knew something was up upon the first bite. I, however, optimistically kept trying to eat past the obvious disaster that was unfolding in my mouth. Eventually we asked for the check and left to confront our inevitable sickness from the safety of our cabin.
I can’t elaborate enough on how bad this sushi was. I’ll take a prepackaged roll from Kroger any day of the week over this this. I cannot confirm that real meat was even used anywhere in this dish. What was there was terribly «gamey» for lack of a better word. The other «meat» was made up entirely of crabstick. The rest of the vegetables tasted as though they’d sat out on a cold line all day exposed to the elements. The avocado was especially guilty of this appearing brown and sloppy from the first bite onwards.
On top of everything else, when our dismay at our meal was made apparent to the waiter, I observed him and the other staff laughing and joking about our misfortune. Pointing and laughing at our dissatisfaction.
The only way this place could get good reviews on sushi is by getting them from people who have never had it ANYWHERE else. Sushi is an art form and this restaurant makes it into a laughing stock.
Rule of thumb: If you enter a Japanese restaurant and EVERY soy sauce dispenser is empty on every table, you should at least consider coming back later if not abandoning all hope immediately.
0 for service
0 for flavor
0 for atmosphere
⁴⁄₅ for plating though… we were totally deceived until we actually tasted it.
I suppose that’s what we get for thinking that a place like Gatlinburg would have good sushi. If you go I recommend sticking to the abundance of pancakes and soul food instead of being adventurous about it.

We had dinner here while on vacation loved every bit of it. The show the food the price

Great food! Great service! Very nice chef! Expect a little wait because they are busy. We are very please with the experience and the kids are happy and full!

Great food! Worth every penny! We eat hibachi a lot and this is our new favorite. Cook has great personality and we were sat in no time. Scallops were huge, steak and chicken were very tasty! Spring rolls were also good, didn’t taste frozen or mushy inside.

Fantastic, fresh food! And plenty of it! Waiter was very attentive and friendly! This was my first visit and I was not aware food portions are huge here so next time I will be ordering less! The Ribeye and Shrimp combo dinner was great, steak melted in your mouth and shrimp was tender. I will definitely be back in my next trip…

Not too much of a wait for the hibachi and it was definitely worth it. Food was wonderful and the service was good. Price was on par for hibachi.

We had a party of 7. We had great service and the guy cooking our food on the hibachi grill was very pleasant and skilled. We really enjoyed ourselves! It was very warm seated at the grill, but expected.

We eat here every time we come to PigeonForge. The service is great, the food is excellent, and portions are unbelievably large. We frequent hibachi, and this place prepares the best hibachi seafood I’ve had. The lobster, shrimp, and scallops are cooked perfectly.

Our family loved it. Very delicious and affordable lunch hibachi for 10 people. Cooked with lots of flavor and style. Also ordered some lobster rolls that were very flavorful.

I’m being completely honest.
Service: 2/​5, the gentleman who came around for us to put our drink order in was a little arrogant. Next, when asked about napkins he brought them out but then acted as if the restaurant was on a budget and handed them out carefully. Did I mention that getting a refill came after I had finished the course of my meal?
Sushi: 3/​5, if you’re looking for a unique well prepared sushi this is not the place. The sushi is very generic.
Hibachi: 2/​5, generic, generic, GENERIC. The rice was actually very good, however the steak was just ‘ok’ not anything to marvel at. The shrimp were unfortunately over cooked :/​, and they were fishy. (Granted you’re in pigeon forge)
Overall I’m not impressed and the rating was very misleading. I’ve been on vacation from New Orleans to Florida, and now here for the last week. And have wanted nothing more then quality hibachi and sushi. I didn’t find it here. There was no seasoning, the sauce wasn’t great. ¹⁄₅ is my final rating.
To end positivity this business has potential to succeed but as of now they’re failing, I wish them the best.

The cook was very shy so it wasn’t the greatest entertainment I’ve ever had but the prices were very nice on hibachi. Sushi prices were a little high. I ordered a roll with lobster, avocado, salmon and ect. Only on about 5 of the 8 rolls was there avocado, so that was slightly disappointing. The staff was nice and it was a very clean place.

Very good fried sushi! We had the OMG and Spicy tuna. Both were tasty.
The miso soup was average. The ginger dressing on the salad was the worst I’ve ever had.
The Hibachi (we just ate in a booth, not at grill) were huge portions. We could have shared 2 plates amongst my husband and 2 sons and me. And still had some left… The steak was a little better than the chicken, but both were good. The fried rice was very good, and my youngest loved that it didn’t have tons of those icky veggies in it!
Service could have been quicker. Took 20 min to get our soups and salads. But they were friendly, so that made up for it.
We will be fighting for the Leftovers for dinner. Lucky for mom, there is enough for all 3 of my guys!

Can’t go wrong .
Service was quick, and efficient. Place was clean. Food was well prepared and hot. Salads were fresh, ginger dressings were spot on.
Noodles were a little over cooked though.

If you’re craving good sushi, this is not the place.
The place was nice, service was good but would not go there again.
–For starters we ordered ginger salad which was prob the worst ginger salad I’ve ever had. The ginger dressing tasted gritty, the lettuce was pale, and it was swimming in lemon which was so acidic I couldn’t even finish it.
–The sushi wasn’t what I expected either. I had a double dragon roll and a French kiss. He had spicy tuna (forgot what else he had)
–My dragon roll I think had egg? I’m not sure but it had this weird gritty taste to it that just overpowered everything else. I ended up picking it out just so I wouldn’t have to taste it. The French kiss roll just had too much going on, it was like having a buffet of seafood stuffed in your mouth and you can’t really taste what you’re eating. Props to the spicy mayo that I had to put on these rolls to make them taste better.
–My boyfriend had spicy tuna, which had kiwi on top and it would have been delicious had it not been for some coconut sauce they put on top. Why ruin the roll? The other roll he had was just plain, and he ordered another roll with tempura chicken, but they cut a giant piece of salmon on top that overpowered the roll as well. I don’t think they know how to balance their rolls and their cuts were all just too big.
On the upside we had miso soup which was probably the highlight of this place. It was hot and tasty which is why I give this review 2 stars. But we didn’t come here for soup we came for sushi and sadly it was not worth the price.

My boyfriend ordered us the sashimi plate which I was a tit bit nervous about; however, there was nothing to fear! The fish was not fishy! A good sign when eating raw. The flavor was definitely there though the cuts weren’t the best I’ve ever experienced. We also ordered the Spicy Tuna – it had some heat but didn’t light my mouth on fire, thankfully. The kiwi was a very nice & unique touch. The Tokyo Volcano had fire to it! Oh boy, my mouth burned – great flavor, nice presentation and hot hot hot.
The place is small so you could have a fair wait but it was worth it. We were seated at the sushi bar where we were very well cared for. Great experience

Visiting from Maryland and decided to give this restaurant a try. Boy was that a great choice!!! They were so friendly and the sushi was AMAZING! If I lived here this would be my sushi place! I’am actually sad we aren’t here longer to eat here again! May need to visit just for the sushi!