Mikato Japanese Steak House and Sushi Bar

We absolutely Loooooove going to this restaurant! It is one of our all time favorites! Great staff, great food, great entertainment and atmosphere for all. We so greatly miss the one that we used to go to back in our hometown of Huntsville :(… but at least we get a treat when we go to the beach :) …yay! YUM!!!

Once again! Unilocal reviews here were not all stellar but this place absolutely was great! Service was EXCELLENT, the air conditioner was COLD, the place was spotless CLEAN, the service was EXCELLENT and the sushi was topnotch. I have ZERO complaints about the quality at all.
It was about 4pm and hotter than the Devil (or «Deebil» as we calls him in the South) outside so I broke away from fishing and the beach late afternoon to have a little time for myself and take a trip to Walmarts to get a few things. (And yes. I like to add an S to Walmart. Why? Prolly just to irritate you!)
Upon arrival sweet lil’ redhead waitress wasted no time in making sure that I was taken care of in every way and wasted no time in getting me both a cold beer to enjoy with my sushi and also an ice water to kind of re-​hydrate. She was very attentive as well as engaging. Not everywhere you go you get to have an intelligent conversation about Asian art as well as philosophy and even tattoo art as well. Additionally she knew the menu quite well and made good suggestions.
Mostly when I eat sushi my thing tends to be sashimi but I could not resist the temptation for a specialty roll. My pick (per suggestion) was the Dragon roll which featured Fried softshell crab and cucumber inside and topped with eel and avocado eel sauce and crunchy — $ 12.95 It did not disappoint as it had two of my all time faves of both eel and fried softshell crab together in the same place! Had Madman finally pleased the fickle God’s and they were now smiling upon him?
I also ordered the Tuna (Maguro) — $ 4.95 from the Nigiri menu and the 2 piece portions were generous in size and VERY fresh too. Madman doesn’t mind dropping some change on some good food but if you don’t make me full then I will get very grumpy. In fact I might even eat a small cute pet or a tender young woman or some such. Be advised.
For dessert I ordered a Mai Tai which seemed kinda pricey at $ 9 bucks a pop but I gave it a whirl and it was tasty although the portion for that price seemed kinda stingy. But I have got to admit that it was the best tasting Mai Tai that I have had just about anywhere except in Hawaii where you just can’t beat the Hawaiian Mai Tai drinks no matter how hard you try. But the fact that they did not try to kill me on import beer prices such as Kirin Ichiban, Sapporo or Asahi per bottle made up for it. Next time I may go for the saki martini.
Guess what? If I really like you then I post the web link of your establishment within my review:
Yes. Yes Mikato! I like you. I like you a lot! NOTE: The only other tip that I can add is that Mikato is off the beaten path of the beach and tucked away in a shopping center and the traffic in and out of it was rather hellish. But once parked and inside Mikato was a quiet oasis in the storm of live and vacation too. Yes! The trip to Mikato was worth it!
I am YOUR Unilocal buddy, Madman and you can ALWAYS trust MY reviews! I ain’t no damn phony food blogger yammering about the vicarious experiences of others! Guess what? I actually eat and drink EVERY single thing and menu item that I review MYSELF so that YOU know what to expect. And YOU can take that to the bank! The Madman Review Bank! Got it?! GOOD! The fact that you understand shows you obviously have good common sense ! …which of course as you may be well aware. ain’t so common these days.

Loved this place! Went for the last night of my bachelorette party in gulf shores and it was really fun. The service was top notch and food was delicious, both sushi and hibachi! Toria and Yoshi were the best :)

While on vacation, my boyfriend and I decided to try out Mikato. At first, we were skeptical because of the negative reviews but decided to try it anyway. The prices are affordable and the sushi is quality. The most common complaint I read was that the service was subpar, but I have to say that I disagree. Since starting our vacation, we’ve visited Mikato twice and both of our servers were phenomenal (Chelsea and Ali). My boyfriend and I both have sevre shellfish allergies and both times we were accommodated. Both of our servers made an appoint to inform the kitchen of our allergies. I totally recommend Mikato. It’s quality sushi for a very fair price!

This was our second time at this restaurant the server remembered us from 6 months ago and she was fantastic. The service and attention couldn’t have been better. The sushi I very good. Even the host was awesome! I definitely recommend this restaurant. I was there with 3 kids so it’s very family friendly.

Let me start off by saying, if I could give 0 stars to this place I would. We sat down and ordered our sweet teas and filet mignon and asked how many pieces came in the California roll. Our waitress told us 8 and we told her we couldn’t eat that many, could we order 4? For some reason she misunderstood and thought we wanted 4 orders of 8. When she brought the plate out we were very confused and she realized quickly she had made a mistake. The owner «happened» to be standing there and seemed very upset and had a very bad attitude about the situation and told us that we didn’t understand and we made a mistake. We told him to bring us the bill and we would pay for the sushi and go. I asked his name and he told me he didn’t need to tell me his name. I wish we had looked at the reviews before we wasted our time here. The 15 minute wait time on a Friday night should have been a sign. We never had the opportunity to try the food. No matter how good or bad the food is, service starts with the owner and head management. Anyone that will tell a customer that they are wrong and try to cause a problem, instead of find a solution doesn’t need to be dealing with the customers.

First off, the place was OK. However, I wish I’ve read the reviews about the customer service because it was really HORRIBLE. The chef for the hibachi came out late though he cooked good. However, our waitress was rude. Instead of enjoying the food and nice ambience of the restaurant, we felt rushed. We were just halfway chomping on our food, she came to us asking if we needed to go boxes. Five minutes later, she came back asking the same question again. It wasn’t even near the closing time! But despite this, we still gave them 20% tip. We were still within hearing distance and they were discussing how much tip we gave and said «not bad» to the amount we gave! How much do they expect?

Terrible management left us waiting and then skipped our group twice while seating people

Good décor and set up. Service is awful. Took over 30 minutes for our chef to come to the hibachi after we finished our salads. He was very nice but new. He was very honest about not getting our portion sizes right. Most of us walked out hungry. Wait staff was not friendly. The food itself was good. I had the filet mignon and I also has some teriyaki chicken. In summary good food but service is a nightmare.

This place is huge with terrific décor! Our waitress was very helpful and full of character. It was a Thursday night with dinner for two so we opted for the sushi instead of hibachi, plus I believe we were the only ones there. But this did not have a negative effect on the quality of the food because it was outstanding! We had the Tokyo Crunch and Dreamin Roll and both were insanely delicious.

If I could leave no stars I would. This place was horrible. We waiting over 30 minutes before the waiter came by so we could ask to order drinks. The waiter then told my sister in a very unprofessional matter that they were busy then left off with calling her sweetheart in a very condescending tone. After that I asked to speak with a manager because the server was a complete jerk. The manager acted as if he didn’t care. The service was horrendous and I don’t know about the food.

Great food and a great show! Waiters recommendation of entrée was spot on! Excellent prices on sushi.

We went back on our vacation to Orange Beach. This place was better then before. Our chef Steven was great! He entertained our kids and the others at the table. Food was prepared as ordered. We will continue to come to this location when we visit.

Very nice atmosphere, and such tasty rolls! I always come here if I’m in the «sushi mood».

Very good! Wanted Sashimi in Gulf Shores! Always fresh and delicious!

After walking into Mikato I had high expectations. Mikato is a well designed use of space. Dark gray tones give Mikato a very modern feel. The old and the new Japanese art work well together. The piped in techno music, also took me into a modern demographic, and not the Gulf Shores of Alabama.
I sat at the sushi bar, and as expected the service was most likely better then sitting at a table, my server was good, not a real buoyant individual, but, he was more then adequate, as the sushi chef, was there for any questions.
I ordered the Devil Roll, and Salmon Nagiri, the Devil Roll actually had some back heat, something that typically you don’t find. I liked the roll, I liked the negiri too!
Price point, I found Mikato was kind of pricy and in that aspect, I’m a little leary about returning. Also a big minus, they don’t serve brown rice for there sushi on request.
Mikato, is good, It’s not a three star, but not a four star either!

This was a cool place with good quality fish with a few drawbacks. The specialty sushi rolls were fresh with good flavor but on the expensive side. We had the Vegas, Butterfly, Superman, Samurai, Devil, and Tokyo rolls. 6 rolls came to $ 96.47! They did try to charge me for 7 rolls until I corrected them.
A lady that works there had a dish in each hand and coughed onto the food but thank god it was not for our table.
Our waiter did not tells us which roll was which, so we had a guessing game while eating. We would go back again if in the area.

The first time we went the service was absolutely awful. Our waiter pretty much ignored our table. He brought half the table’s drinks (nonalcoholic) and then their salads while the rest of us waited for our drinks (also nonalcoholic) which were brought about 15 minutes AFTER he brought their salads. He also forgot to put in an order for our table, which led to the hibachi chef having to cook a meal after the rest of us had been served. He was primarily absent during the meal. Extremely disappointed in the way staff but the chef was reaaaallly good. Funny, good tasting food and personable. Second time we had passable service but worse food.

Extremely fresh, well prepared sushi. Wide selection of rolls, upscale atmosphere. Favorites were the Mikato roll and the yellowtail nigiri. Would definitely eat there again.

It’s girls night out and we were craving sushi so we decided to try Mikato — I think there is one of these in Auburn but it’s been a while and my memory may be failing me.
We sat in the sushi bar and waited for what seemed like an eternity to be noticed for drink service. It was not busy at all but I think the waitstaff was downsized so I can understand. We all tried different rolls — I went with the War Eagle roll and it was a nice spicy (jalapeño)change of pace! The spicy flavor went well with my ice cold sapporo.