VKI Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar

Only place I have ever seen a fried crawfish sushi roll! I requested that they add cream cheese & it was AMAZING. We are going there again tonight because I have not been able to stop craving that roll! Also, the hibachi is delicious too. Filet mignon is our favorite! Side Note: For happy hour, sushi is ½ off! Can’t beat it!

Decent sushi. Service is okay. A little pricey. The booths are uncomfortable and far from the tables, so you have to sit on the edge of the seat and get no back support. Despite some of the not so great things, you almost always get seated right away even on a busy night during the summer and you’ll have decent food.

Great assortment of very tasty rolls. The service was prompt throughout. We were skeptical due to lack of patrons parked in lot. But the food was very good. Priced like most sushi restaurants.

Went here on a last minute dinner, they where very accommodating for a table of nine. Excellent service, good food. Nothing out of the ordinary but good for what they do, the kids loved the hibachi chef.

Maybe it was a bad night for the waitresses I do not know however I know my whole family drove almost 2 ours for a birthday dinner with my brother here and I had made reservations almost two weeks in advance. I walked in with my family after a long day of sight seeing and watched as two waitresses stood at the bar playing on their phones and honestly sounded like they were laughing and complaining about us being there mind you there were a couple customers in the restaurant seated so I’m sure they didn’t appreciate watching their waitresses just ignore them. Our waitress could only response with one word replies it seems or at least that’s all she could be bothered with doing… I told her that I would be ordering sushi while my party had hibachi she said okay so why did she take my menu away from my seat and practically make me hunt her down for my menu, also don’t expect any drink refills at all.
If it wasn’t for Tristan our awesome cook I would have considered this birthday dinner really disappointing and this place would honestly be getting a 1 star. Tristan practically memorized all 7 kids names in our party and interacted with them with patience and it was an awesome experience, he even refilled our sake cups at the grill. I was so impressed with him vice our waitress that he got a 20% tip from me the waitress only 10% which by the way is UNHEARD of for me to give. Even if the service is crap I at least give 15%… As I sat there after our dinner (we had just received our checks) I grew even more impatient with our server because we all waited mind you we had 7 children (1 being 10 but the rest varied from a year to 5 years old) for this woman to pick up our checks so I am sure you know I wasn’t surprised when I watched her walk out from the kitchen with her cell phone in hand… I was told by someone there well the waitresses are just young… I’m sorry but I have been providing customer service since I was 15 years old and I am now 33… I was never like that. So much in fact when I saw the bartender/​host he might be even the owner ask the waitress to go wait on a party she slowly walked over in reluctance to drink her drink first before she walked over there… I mean seriously your boss ask you to do your job and you just walk in the opposite direction you shouldn’t even have to be asked to do something as basic as ask someone for their drink order. It’s not like this place was packed…
Lastly the food, well it’s your typical good hibachi I can’t really complain and as for my sushi I was disappointed with how old my soft shell crab tasted in my spider roll but then quickly made up by the Bomb Lobster roll (I believe that was the name of it) even my mom tried that one she liked it!
All in all if you get or request my guy Tristan it will be a GREAT experience just be ready to probe the waitresses and have to wait on ANYTHING else that she is providing.

Despite its less than appealing exterior, this restaurant was fantastic! The inside looks newly renovated and the service kept us entertained. The food was SO good, but I think the sushi we had stole the show. We tried the Alaskan Roll which had raw salmon that tasted VERY fresh! We had the pleasure of experiencing their Hibachi grill and most of us in the party got the steak which was grilled and seasoned to perfection. It was especially good mixed with the fried rice. We went at lunchtime and I’m quite surprised it wasn’t more packed. This place definitely needs more publicity!
We’ll definitely be eating here again and I can’t wait to try the other sushi!

My first tine here with my family i heard a lot about this place. The service is nice and its clean. The sushi is 50% off after 4:30 which makes it much cheaper.

We went for early dinner Saturday afternoon and as usual, everything was impeccable. Attentive, friendly service, large platters of hibachi combos promptly served and delicious! Flawless! Felt pampered! Ask for Ben as your server. You couldn’t ask for a better server! Takes great photos if you ask! Could not get a picture of today’s meal; we ate it ALL down to the last grain of scrumptious fried rice. Pictures are from last visit – romantically-​lit sushi!

We went to VKI tonight and I can’t understand why this place isn’t crowded.
The food was great and so was the entertainment. The price was pretty normal for a Japanese steak house.

We travel to Florida for vacation every year, and when we are in Destin we usually eat near the main part of Destin. On this trip we were staying in a beach house near this sushi place. It really does not matter what kind of food you serve, a server with no skills and a manager with a «what was your problem» attitude is not going to get me back to spend money. The minute the three of us arrived we noticed that the waitress assigned to our table frequently would visit with two young men near the door. She continued to rush us even when we told her to not do so. The three of us spent almost $ 200 on food that was dumped on top of us, and as soon as our hibachi chef served our main course, she came to our table with to go containers and our bill. This was stupid. The sign on the door indicated we had an hour until closing. I told her that I wanted to speak to the manager. He came to our table, and although he was in the same room the whole night he saw nothing, and his response made me feel that I just wasted $ 200 on mediocre sushi and also disturbed his nap. The only reason for 2 stars is that the hibachi cook did a good job. I will not go back.