Shogun

this is definitely one of my favorite places to eat in Gastonia, it’s a bit on the pricey side but it is worth it. the portion sizes are huge and the chefs are very friendly and have a great sense of humor. the food is very very good! I come here whenever I can.

This was one of the earliest and has been the longest enduring
asian restaurant in Gastonia.
The food is good, the service is good and the locaiton is good.

Went here Saturday night around 7. Me and my wife were in the waiting area and they staff ignored us completely. We were there for about 15 minutes and they looked at me a couple times as they walked through the waiting area but never acknowledged us. The restaurant was really dirty to the point that our shoes were sticking to the floor. Vents were very nasty and we’re held together with duck tape. We decided to leave after the 15 minutes in the waiting area.

Small and crowded. Impersonal service. Not recommended

I had a party of 14. we waited 1 hour. i asked waitress to move things along, drinks or a table, she complained. She brought soup and skipped me, I got last bowl of soup w/​hair in it, never again.

I am appalled. It takes quite a bit to get me to write a bad review. The wait staff is horrid. I can’t believe this place has a 97.5 health rating. The state should revisit them. The vent systems are not adequate for this. If a restaurant can’t vent the grease, at least clean your walls! We’re not talking about a huge place either. Half the restaurant is unused bar space.
Be advised that you ARE charged gratuity for parties of 6 or more. This is not a line item on your receipt. Clever huh?
The only reason this place didn’t get one star was the chef was nice and the portions were even larger then typical Japanese restaurants. I found their ginger salad dressing a train wreck. The onion soup tasted like dirty dish water. Clear cutting of corners even though they charge pricing in line with any other Japanese restaurant. I would hate to take a walk through their walk-​ins.

So as for the food, its great but expensive. Their filet mignon is excellent and the fried rice is the best I have ever had. Also the jumbo shrimp is delicious. Once again, this place is expensive. Second, the waitresses are very attentive which is a plus but the cooks who cook on the grill top in front of you can be obnoxius. They will do a little show which is neat at first until you see it 10 times. The chefs also will flirt with the women and attempt to speak English but no doubt can only say «How you want your steak»? A positive about the chefs is that the food is great. Therefore, the restaurant is somewhere you go once or twice a year. You want good, cheaper Japanese that is not quite as good but still good, go to Sake!

Food: thee stars. Service: one star. Chef: three stars.
Details: right off the bat, the waiter made bizarre comments as a disabled customer tried to navigate the extremely cramped quarters. Not a good start.
The waiter was all up in the Chef’s space. It was just annoying. The food was good, the chef was entertaining and nice. For some reason, however, our dining experience took an hour and a half plus. That’s skipping the sherbert that the waiter called ice cream a dozen times.
I really wanted to stretch my legs after sitting in such tight quarters for so long, but I couldn’t put my legs under the table or push my chair back bc the person behind me was too close to our table. It’s so cramped.
The restrooms are an experience all their own. Very small. Not very clean. Bi-​fold doors that do not lock. SMALL!
The food was ok, but not sure I’ll make plans to head back soon.

As with most of these type showie restaurants it was the usual fair. fast seared steak, chicken and shrimp.
The disappointment was the sauté cabbage, for the amount of money generally shelled out I expected Savoy or Bok Choy. Wow me surprise me and start uping the anti on the Veggies. give me choice If I was vegetarian I would be truely upset with peas carrots, onion, zucchini and mushrooms.

On a recent trip home to visit my parents, we decided to visit Shogun since the Japanese restaurant in my hometown had closed. Shogun was one of the first Japanese restaurants to have opened in this area and was where we ate for my high school prom. I was highly disappointed when I looked on Unilocal and saw that Shogun was closed. Their website looked very up to date, so I decided to take the extra step and call the number. The woman who answered the phone seemed very shocked to hear that I thought they were closed and assured me they were very much open. Yay!
We arrived around 5:30 on a Friday night. There was one table already full, and we were seated at a second table that quickly filled up. By the time we finished dinner, all of the tables on the first floor were full and people were being seated in the upstairs section. Our party ordered different combinations of filet, shrimp, and salmon. The filet was super tender, and the salmon had wonderful flavor. I did not try the shrimp. In addition to the meat, the meal consisted of soup, salad, rice, zucchini & onions, mushrooms, broccoli, cabbage, and sherbet. The chef was very good about asking each person if they wanted a component before putting it on a plate.
The flavors and quality of the food were much higher than a majority of the «fast food» and many of the sit-​down Japanese restaurants I’ve been to. The best part was they had a coupon on their website for buy one meal, get one half off.