Kobe’s Japanese Cuisine

Great food and good service. Their sushi chefs are really good! You can reserve spots at the hibachi for a fun experience, great for a birthday dinner. Food never takes a long time at Kobe’s, another plus. Lots of unique sushi rolls.

Great service, food is superb and drinks are crafted to perfection.
Low the hot miso soup on a cold evening, the Olympic Roll was marvelous and the fried rice was done to perfection.
My server, OG was on top of his game, very attentive and knowledgeable about restaurant and menu.
A great place to relax and have Sushi.

Really great food — fun atmosphere. Have been here several times and have never been disappointed. Great for adults or families — the teppanyaki chefs make sure the kids really have fun, too!

I usually go here for lunch. Lunch specials are really great value. They even have half price sushi deals. Lunch bento box. I think its best Japanese place to go for lunch in Fargo.

The inside was dirty and the outside was not maintained at all. Floors and chairs were sticky and the menus smelled like mildew. The only good thing was the actual hibachi chef. Won’t be going back for a return trip, too expensive for the low quality experience.

Bad, bad, bad. I don’t wanna go there ever. Food is bad, the waiters there is not every friendly. I sit there, only ask me one time.

The sushi tasted like it was days old, and the manager was fighting to keep her 3 dollars instead of trying to keep previously loyal customers. Horrible service as well, we didn’t get our appetizers for 45 minutes, and the whole trip took an hour and a half. I’ll be taking my business elsewhere.

We had a good time while at the sushi bar here at Kobe’s drinks with good sushi we tried Tuna cucumber, spring time roll, Philadelphia roll, (spicy Crab salad complimentary) all of it was exceptional delicious I will definitely be coming back here again to try other styles and sushi and drinks.

I should have learned from the last time my wife and I ate at Kobe’s. Here is a brief history. Last winter, we went out to eat. We were seated in a booth, and were immediately greeted by our server. That may have been the last time we saw him the rest of the time. Turns out, he poached our table from the server assigned to our section. I can only imagine our service being perfect had she served us. She was extremely attentive to the three tables she had, whereas our server was busy running from one end of the restaurant to the other. After sitting for 10 minutes with no refills or our order taken, we should have left. Our mistake. We ended up spending 2 hours there for a meal and unattentive service. I was so frustrated that I fetched my own to go containers so that we could speed up our departure. When we finally received the check, I could no longer justify tipping the terrible service. I did however tip our non server for grabbing our refills and checking on our food and basically doing someone else’s job.
Fast forward to this past Saturday. We walked in, and they were dressed in Halloween costumes. A little off putting since Halloween had passed, but nothing crazy. Our server came and took our drink order, sushi, and food order. 45 minutes later, he came by to check on our food. Never asked for a refill. 30 minutes later, he came by and asked us if we needed a box for our food. We should have said no. We watched him walk by us twice, never with anything in his hand. It seemed that he kept forgetting and remembering every time he passed us. We finally received our boxes, but no check. That was twenty minutes later. When it finally arrived, I dug deep into the wallet to make sure to have exact change. There was no way he deserved a dime. My wife and I spent the last hour of our meal with empty glasses, never an offer even of a refill.
While we were waiting for our meal, we watched a four top get seated right next to us. They managed to order, get drinks, receive their food, checks, cards processed, in and out before us. I don’t understand how that is possible. How can four receive service faster than two? We didn’t order special menu items, we didn’t change any items, no complicated special orders, just off the menu.
As we were leaving, we mentioned to the couple that just sat down at the table next to us (another in our server’s section) how awful the service was. I even pointed out to them that since they had been seated, the server passed them twice and never once acknowledged them. We then left, and as we were leaving, I asked to see the manager. Probably the second dumbest thing I decided to do (first being going to Kobe’s to eat). I was stating how awful the service was and how disappointed I was, and rather than empathize or apologize, she defended him. Stated that she was even waiting tables because they were so busy. Baloney! If I can watch other tables receive attentive service and an attentive server, it can’t be an restaurant wide issue.
Needless to say, that was probably the last time for me to go to Kobe’s. There are other options in town for sushi and hibachi. I have continued to frequent Kobe’s out of loyalty since they were the first to arrive in town, but no longer The food quality is acceptable, but the service is TERRIBLE. If you are considering Kobe’s, I highly encourage you to look at other options first.

Sushi rolls were good. Hibachi show was enjoyable. Wine was good. It’s a little overpriced, but meh — what are you gonna do? It’s Fargo — I’m happy to have sushi and not get food poisoning. Always have an enjoyable experience.

What a completely enjoyable dining experience! The atmosphere and service were great. They were very friendly, polite, and informative. The chef was a treat to watch, and really made this a fun and interactive experience. The food was VERY good, fresh, cooked to our specifications, and beautifully presented.
*Despite one negative and very verbose rating on this page, I encourage you to try them. We drove 2 hours for this dinner out, and WILL certainly do it again!
Thank you Kobe’s staff.

Kobe’s is great choice for fun and great tasting Japanese cuisine. The Teppanyaki experience is very entertaining and I always leave completely stuffed full. It is not just a great meal, but you are entertained while your meal is made. It is like Chucky Cheeses for adults, but you won’t end up with influenza after the visit! To my amazement, there are always family’s with young children there loving the food (my nieces and nephews can’t and won’t do anything but pizza and chicken nuggets). I enjoy the sushi at Kobe’s as well. I am not a big fish fan, but the spicy tuna roll is one of my favorites! I really want to try some of their signature rolls because they look awesome!

the food is soooo good! Along with everything else! I recommend it to everyone! I don’t really like their fish Pond though, it is beautiful buy those fish look sick… and next time I go in if they don’t look any better I will take my money to Osaka or sushi 101. If you’re going to have fish for people to look at, take care of them.

I blame myself. I should have known better, given the rather dismal track record that Fargo has had with me. Places in much larger cities will have trouble with this food type, I don’t know why I didn’t follow my gut hunch and skip going to a place serving it that the city seemed incapable of executing, given the aforementioned experiences with other types of cuisine less demanding. Still, we went, even going in knowing better, as we did.
I like the live fish in the fountain, but it stops there. The pseudo-​industrial vibe is incredibly off-​putting and is not to be found in a single sushi restaurant, say, in Salt Lake, for instance. I presume the owners to be Japanese and it is astounding to me how they could allow such a misfire as that. Sure, throw some random Japanese stuff on the walls and doorways and that’s enough, right? No. Not even close.
We open the menus anyway and there is no pictures of the sushi and no description of what is in the rolls. No nigiri, no sashimi and at that point, we should have probably just gone, but my wife gamely went with the salmon teppanyaki. The salmon was fairly overdone, but edible, while the rest of it is heavily, heavily Americanized. I’d long given up hope for authenticity here, so no real surprise.
I got the sushi roll sampler lunch plate and some tempura, which is usual for me as places rarely screw both up to the point of inedibility. I also had the by-​now ubiquitous Diet Mt. Dew, which they also happily had. If there is one redeeming thing about restaurants in this area, it is that many, many of them have that on fountain, though the mix varies. Here, it was pretty good. On the other hand, this place also followed the weird trend of restaurants being hot and stuffy inside, almost as much so as the city itself was outside. But why bother with your patrons being comfortable if you can save a few bucks on electricity, amirite?
The sushi was predictably awful, unless you’re a fan of mayo and sauce all over everything. I am not and it was very difficult to work through the sushi, which was constructed poorly. I ordered the spicy yellowfish and spicy tuna and both were a sort of mush in the center. About the only way I could tell them apart was the very slight tuna taste, but it was more like the taste of canned tuna. I’m assuming it was. My wife said it looked like catfood. Possibly it was that also.
Amusingly, the server seemed shocked when I refused his offer of a fork, not once, but twice and I think now that I should probably have been equally surprised to find chopsticks on the table in the paper sleeve at all. That aside, the tempura was decent, but only just. The shrimp was covered in Panko crumbs, which was both irritating, as I did not order furai and the only thing on the dish to have those. Vegetables were acceptable, but only that.
Sometimes you hate to be right and this was one of those. Never again will I be gracing the hallowed doors of this place, though, since Daring is my middle name, I probably will attempt sushi in Fargo again… at least once more.

Pretty standard sushi fare for Fargo-​good go to, but not spectacular. I’ve ate here maybe 10 times & gotten delivery twice. Kobe’s does have the best calamari in this area, though!
Prices are reasonable, service is good, food tastes fresh, A-​OK in my book.

My first time having sushi and the waiter was extremely helpful with making a choice. We had the King Crunch Crab Roll. It was awesome. I will definatly be going back.

Overrated. Chefs lack true flair and the service can be questionable. I have been there 4 times and the rice has been either burned or overcooked each time.

I love Kobe’s! The only downfall tonight was I was to full to get any sushi! It was a hibachi night. I had the hibachi with shrimp and scallops and it was SO good. Of course, I ate way to much food, but I do love a take home container.
We also shared a few appetizers. The staple, edamame, the Thai Style Crispy Calamari and the Shrimp Shumai. All are worth an order!
For dessert, I tried the Green Tea Ice Cream… surprisingly refreshing and yummy, very good with a dessert sake!

Nothing impressive just another imitation of Japanese restaurant, I’m thankful that they are doing business because it’s hard to find help in North Dakota.
When I think about Sushi… I shake my head (cream cheese imitation crab and deep fried entire thing and topped with another deep fried imitation crab, and bunch of spicy mayo and unagi sauce)
How about term of Sushi; fresh vibrant light and tasty… Like an art but it’s was truly opposite of what I know about sushi, I think that teppanyaki dinner was good, but friend rice was little off, I was couldn’t eat it much

It is a normal chain… nothing spectacular but the food is good enough. The sushi isn’t fantastic… I would go other places for sushi but the hibachi is good… I don’t like sitting at the tables but I do like to sit and order away from where they cook it.
It is a chain… so it isn’t anything special… but people here are very excited about it so I support that. If you want sushi, go to Wasabi or one of the others… but the food is fresh and service is decent.