Ninja Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar

This is very traditional businessmen’s lunch and dinner fare. For instance if you get strong cravings for iron pot udon soup you can find it here, but if you want egg in it don’t order the fish, order the chicken since the chef won’t put egg into fish. The teriyaki salmon is dark and smoky. The genmaicha, or burnt rice with sencha tea is traditional, and some of us like the way it tastes. Fortunately you don’t have to sit right next to the hibachi section if you don’t want to, In sum, come here for Japanese comfort food at reasonable prices, not slashing knives and fancy sushi.

A group of us came here on a Friday evening, as our original intended restaurant was at least an hour wait, and we called and were able to get seated within 15 minutes at this restaurant. That was very accommodating for them, but the rest was not so great.
We did not want to order teppan, but were seated at a teppan space anyways (that was «broken»). I’m not sure if the restaurant was understaffed when we went, but there were only two waitresses working the floor and one sushi chef, and while the people who ordered regular entrees got their meals in a timely manner, it took over one hour for the people who ordered sushi to get what they ordered. And even when we got the sushi orders, they brought out the wrong items for some people and they had to wait another 20 minutes. It was a bit outrageous to have to wait so long, and because we were a large group, it felt like they were not checking in with us to let us know since the restaurant automatically charges a 20% tip for larger parties. The food itself was nothing spectacular. I ordered the spicy chicken plate, which was fine, but nothing to write home about.

This was the worst dining experience of my life. The food was decent but the service was terrible. I understand that they were extremely understaffed but no one was ever apologetic. We ordered and after 20 minutes the first person got his food, he ate it and by the time he was done the other two of us still hadn’t gotten ours so he went out to the car to have a 20 minute nap. Finally after 35 minutes from the time the first person got his meal we finally got ours. At this point it was almost 1 hour after we ordered and all we had was 2 sushi rolls. One roll came out wrong but whatever. Never once did our waitress offer to even comp the one soda we had or anything. Seriously horrible. If the service is that bad or that slow the least you can do is take a soda off our bill or something!

Strike 1 was the hot tea. Filled with puffed rice (seriously???) and green tea. Smelled awful and tasted as bad.
Strike 2 was one person served the other person’s sushi and the other person not being served the sushi they ordered. Wasabi had no pinch to it. Seemed like low quality fish — tasteless.
Strike 3 was the chicken yakisoba. Overcooked noodles, bland dish that had no redeeming value as a meal.
Also, the miso soup was like greasy dishwater.
This used to be a pretty decent Japanese hibachi /​sushi restaurant. Was told it changed hands a year and a half ago. I would never return. Even in St. George there are many, much better options.

Wow the food is amazing! I am so glad I stop in here. I heard was food good. We had the ninja rolls Oh man there were so good… I had the chicken Katsu for my main dish. The chicken was so yummy and tender the sauce is to die for. The service was spot on. The décor makes for feel like your in a little village in Japon. Very nice. I personally like the fish Koi pond in the entry. Good job guys! Thanks

This place is the BEST. I’m from San Diego and there is so many sushi places to chose from. I will say the sushi far exceeded my expectations. I will make this a half to spot when I’m close to st. George. The service was over the top as well. I’m so happy my family and I found this place. In a tuff spot to find. Don’t give up when looking for it. You will not be disappointed. Thanks for a great experience.

This is the fourth or fifth time eating here, and I’ve yet to be disappointed. We’ve had Liz as our server almost every time, and she’s the bomb. The kids usually get hibachi, while the wife and I eat the amazing sushi. We’ve eaten at Sakura in the past, but we keep coming back to Ninja. Great food and excellent people. Plus, it’s considerably quieter here than Sakura, which is a bonus when you want to actually talk to the people you’re eating with.

Interior of this place is awesome, very nice furnishings and décor. Very Japanese, pushing authentic but definitely visually pleasing. Service, however, could stand some improvement and they’re overall somewhat slow, even with a mostly empty restaurant. Ambiance was definitely pretty nice.
Tempuras were decent, but the contents were odd relative to the menu description. The sushi rolls featured mayo and cream cheese heavily. A lot of them were also fried, so the authenticity went pretty quickly out the window. The tuna nigiri was excellent and everything else was pretty average. Even ginger was a bit on the weak side. Crab with a «k», lots of catfood-​y spiced meat concoctions. We have basically a 50% off place charging full prices.
They also have a hibachi grill on several of the tables, so maybe that’s better, but sushi probably would not be anything I’d care to repeat again, about what you’d expect from a smaller town in a landlocked state.

Sorry but the sushi is pretty bad. The Wasabi was so old that it lost its flavor. Sushi chef told me to use more. Rice was dried out and the fish was fishy. Hope i don’t get sick.

I love Ninja! This is THE place in this area to get great sushi, an amazing hibachi show, and don’t you dare leave without trying their spicy edamame. Pariseth & co are friendly & fun, and always accommodating. This is my favorite hidden gem in St. George; share the secret!

Well one of the reviews gave this place a higher rating because Saint George is a small town. Small town yes, but there is good food to be had. Not at this place!
We have tried many restaurants here in Saint George, and had yet to try this place. So to celebrate the first day of school, off we went.
First off the waiter acted like he had better things to do. There was only one other table occupied in the whole place on a Thursday night at 6:30.
Once the waiter came to take our drink order, he took 3 out of 4 people’s drink orders and then walked away. My son, whom we came to celebrate got water and was never asked. We shrugged it off.
Then it came time to order… I asked what the chicken stir fry included. He gave me an annoyed look and said stir fried chicken.
I said then I must assume that the Teriyaki Beef just consisted of Teriyaki Beef, and he nodded.
The rest of the table ordered Tempura and Sushi.
The Beef was chewy and tough. The Tempura was barely cooked, and tasteless, and the Sushi was mediocre at best.
The waiter walked by ONCE and asked how was dinner, we nodded and off he went.
Didn’t see him for another ½ hour.
In closing we will not come back here on my dime.
$ 80.00 later, and I think Panda Express would’ve been a better meal.

This place was great and had great prices. I got the chicken and filet combo with fried rice, soup, and salad and everything was perfect. Makes me hungry again just writing about it! Good service, great food, great prices… Can’t go wrong.

For the location, the restaurant far exceeds our expectations! St. George is a super small town, and obviously this is the only Japanese restaurant in the town that is located in pretty much the only big plaza in the town, so you can imagine. We went in with really low expectations but the meal surpassed them by a lot! If this were in a big city like LA, I’d still give it at least 3 stars!
There was ample space in the dining area with unique décor with character. I also like how they place their furniture. Service was very friendly and attentive, one of the reasons being that we were one of the 3 groups of people there at that time too.
Food wise… I got their udon, and geez! They gave me a whole cast iron pot of soup udon! It was definitely unexpected and I couldn’t help taking a photo of course! The presentation scored, and the food was impressive too. Udon texture was cooked perfectly, with the crunchy shrimp tempura, delicious broth and fresh toppings, it was the best meal I had on a chilly day Utah day in the winter. Pork cutlet combo included the delicious, crunchy cutlet, al dente rice and crispy green salad with creamy Japanese mayo dressing.
Along with the food, I also ordered a green tea, which was served in a personal metal tea pot! The tea didn’t only have a good presentation, but an intense, raw flavor too, which is how green tea is supposed to taste like!
Happy meal and we walked out with satisfied tummies. :)

Best sushi ! Sake bomb too. I would definitely recommend this place. Really good food and service

I have been coming in here for a while now and really like their food. Their sushi is the best! I had the Green Roll for lunch and really liked it. I will be coming back again in the near future for lunch or dinner.

I have been here many times. When it first opened the service and quality of food seemed pretty great. Definitely nothing to complain about. Well, that is not the case for the past 4 or 5 times I’ve gone. Each time I told myself it would be different and I’d give it another chance, as I used to be able to get relatively good sushi for a great price, but today was the last straw.
Each time the service has been extremely slow and unfriendly, (tonights visit the only exception to the slow service, the host behind the counter was quick and friendly) and it seems that each time I revisit the sushi gets worse and worse in quality. Tonights visit, DEFINITELY no exception. Something smelled very wrong in that to go box.
I don’t know if I just have bad luck and catch Ninja at it’s worst, but I remember the service and food being so good at one point that I’d suggest it to all of my friends when trying to find a place to eat, so it really is disappointing to me that I have to write this review, but I am just so sick of spending good money at this place, only to receive less than my money’s worth. And I don’t appreciate being on hold for 12+ minutes just to make a to go order.
So, unless I hear that things change, it is unlikely I will be coming back, which, again is disappointing because I appreciated the slightly cheaper cost of sushi compared to benjas or sakura, but at this point it’s definitely worth it to me to spend a couple more dollars to get better service and quality food.

Went here for lunch when it replaced Samurai 21. Got greeted and put in close quarters with everyone else.
Sushi was pretty good, probably what they do best. Had the dragon roll and the caterpillar.
Ordered the lunch boxes. Nothing to brag about. Tempura was crunchy but needed more flavor, the salad was standard of Asian cuisine. The chicken was okay, little dry.

I’m not going to lie live in St George over 10 years now moved from salt lake it’s nice to see something new from the sushi roll to the hibachi or so called teppan yaki chef if you want to see something different go and give ninja a try just go in and try it out for yourself instead of hearing it from another person or restaurant! We didn’t want to try this place out because it used to be samurai 21 and we had a bad experience last time we where there and thought they changed there name and found out they are not related to samurai 21 or sakura! They also have another ninja out in cedar city and someone told us they are planning to open late for late night sushi and sake bomb which will be so cool there is Notting to do after hours in St George we will be there!

Came in around 5pm on a Friday afternoon and were seated right away. We decided to have the hibachi/​teppanyaki side for dinner and it was a great experience !! Service was fast and we had the nicest, most entertaining chef ! We ordered the dinner special for two which included: appetizer of beef teriyaki AND chicken yakitori, onion soup, salad, fried rice, NY strip steak, chicken, AND shrimp, and vegetables, anddd 2 scoops of icecream !! All for $ 49.95. Food was DELICIOUS. Just FYI: the green tea icecream here isn’t as sweet as other places. I would recommend getting the other flavors and I love green tea icecream. But we loved our dining experience here regardless. 5 stars hands down !

This is the former Samurai 21. Its pretty good. I personally visit Sakura more often as its closer to me and I like their food better, but don’t let that deter you if you think you’ll like eating here, because you most likely will enjoy it. The hibachi is a lot of fun, especially if you want to bring your young ones.