Kiko Japan Express

Highly recommend this restaurant. Friendly fast services and always fresh! I come here at least once a week since I found it!

Favorite hibachi place hands down. Staff is nice, white sauce is good, steak is always great
I drive a good half hour to get this. There isn’t any other hibachi take out that’s as good in Raleigh

When this place first opened I went there a few times and it was OK. Fast forward years later and we went back. For the last time.
Good:
Prices (but then again if you look at what you are getting I am not so sure they are good)
Staff is nice
Bad:
We got there at the start of lunch and the garbage can was full and spilling over onto the floor. I am thinking it was not emptied from the day before.
Limit on the # of sauces you can get without having to pay extra. This is tacky and irritating.
The forks. Yes, I am complaining about the forks. They are really weird and have odd shaped prongs that made it hard to pickup rice and twirl noodles.
I got the veggie hibachi and the base was supposed to have mushrooms. No mushrooms in sight but they did have shredded cabbage. I am going to assume this is because it is cheaper to do it that way but what you are left with is basically flavorless.. Well, unless sodium is considered a flavor. There were 2 small, thin carrots. The onions were burnt on the edges.
My husband got noodles with steak. It was basically a few pieces of tough meat thrown on top of some oily noodles.
Honestly it felt like no one cared about the quality or flavor of the food. Just threw some stuff on a plate.
We were just picking at the meals talking about how bad the twangy country music playing was and then Mambo #5 came on that that ran us out. We thought about taking all of the leftovers home to the dogs but decided all of the sodium may kill them and tossed them.
The meal was cheap but it was still a waste of money.

I always get the shrimp fried rice and I add mushrooms to it. I believe it’s an extra dollar for mushrooms. They start to cook the food as soon as you order it so it’s fresh. Be ready to have leftovers because it’s a lot of rice with the fried rice. My mom always gets the hibachi steak and she always raves over it. The food is great for the price. You can go in and order and eat there or call in take out.

A-​Ok. I stopped here for lunch since it’s somewhat close to my job. I ordered it ahead of time and was happy to see that it was ready when I arrived. I was disappointed that they didn’t offer a lunch sized portion (and price to go along with it). It was very busy during this time, but the cashier was fast and efficient. She was not overly friendly, but I’d still say it was good service, since she was so busy.
There are about 15 tables inside and none on the outside. It’s takeout style, so no waitress. The establishment is clean; the Health Grade was 98.5, I believe.
On to the food. I ordered the hibachi chicken and steak. I can tell that the food is fresh, b/​c I saw them cooking it and putting it on the trays straight from the grill as opposed to spooning it out of chafing dishes like some places. However, the taste was just lacking. There wasn’t a ton of flavor and everything was really dry until I doused the entire plate with «yum yum» sauce, which is white sauce.
I would go back again, b/​c there aren’t that many options for Asian food around here and the other Japanese joint across the street and next to the grocery store is worse.

Great, good quality food! We always get the hibachi chicken with vegetables and chicken fried rice. It’s always fresh and delicious! We live about 45 minutes away and eat here almost every time we come to shop. Highly recommended!

Awesome Japanese, fast, clean, fairly priced. My wife and I eat here every time we are in Knightdale. You won’t be disappointed.