Tokyo Grill

Ordered take out today and enjoyed the hibachi. I also ordered sushi which was good. They put too much sauce of their special rolls for my liking. I enjoy raw rolls with a super fresh feeling. These rolls seamed a little heavy/​saucy etc.

I wanted something light for lunch so a few days ago I stopped at this place. They say that everything happens for a reason and making this stop made me think of that phrase. I had two sushi rolls. They were reasonably priced, great tasting, and actually made me want more. I literally came back for lunch the next three days. I recommend this place to enjoy fresh tasting sushi for a great price. Lunch deals are available. I haven’t had the time to enjoy the dine in experience but, people seem to enjoy themselves.

Very good Japanese food — sushi, soups, noodles, rice, and more. The focus is on to-​go orders, but there is dining inside also, and the dining room is attractive and clean. It is run by a family, and the service is fast, efficient and friendly. My only criticism is that they don’t serve alcohol at all — I enjoy a Sapparo with my Japanese food.

Expectations are always key to keep in mind when trying something new. I went in to Tokyo Grill with low expectations (I always am skeptical of Japanese places for authenticity reasons). That being said, I was pretty surprised. This is a to-​go restaurant, pure and simple. What I love about it is that it’s not pretentious like so many other Japanese restaurants in this city. While you can eat inside (which I did), it’s not really the best experience. I’m not saying that to make the staff sound bad, they did fine, but it’s not meant to be a great sit-​down experience. And that’s fine; I’ve now eaten here both take out only and eat-​in, and I enjoyed both. The food itself is much better than I would expect for a take-​out Japanese restaurant. They have several items which are common items in Japan, and they do a good job with recreating them. The sushi I had was pretty average to me, I honestly think the meals are much better. Unfortunately, none of their locations are all that close to me, or I would go more often. I tried the california roll, fancy dragon roll, katsu don, yakitori, hibachi steak and fried rice. What I was most impressed with was the katsu don, actually. All in all, a great deal. Not to mention that I have been to lesser Japanese restaurants in town that appear to be «better» and «nicer.»

Came here with the hubby in the late afternoon for some lunch. The place seemed pretty dead for an afternoon but that just meant we had faster service. Well we thought we would, but then more people came out of no where. We ordered the chicken katsu, pork katsu, and fried calamari. The fried calamari is an appetizer but it was served along with our meals for some reason.
The chicken katsu was delicious and juicy. The pork katsu seemed very thin or overly beaten, whatever you want to look at it. The pork katsu was also very dry, which made me feel like I needed more sauce to make it edible. The fried calamari was delicious. It wasn’t overly battered like most places and you could see that you were actually eating fresh squid. With the katsu, they served fried rice in little to go containers. The fried rice was very bland, makes it seem like white jasmine rice had more flavor than this.
It was different to see that everything that we were being served were in to go containers when we said that this was for here. Honestly, I don’t mind it that much, but I definitely missed the whole feeling of real plates, cups, and etc when I say I’m eating it here.
Service was not the greatest. The server came to us a total of 3 times. One to give us the menu and water. Second was to give us the food. Third was to give us the bill. We went up to the cashier to pay for our meal. After we paid, and saw that the server wasn’t throwing away our empty dishes after standing with the cashier for 5 minutes, we felt that this was the type of place that you have to clean up after yourself.
Honestly, you might as well just get your order to go since you have to eat out of to go containers to begin with and clean up after yourselves like you were at home. Didn’t feel the server deserved the tip we gave him, but we understand that this is their only source of income. Overall the place is small yet has spacious seating. Service isn’t the greatest, and food is alright for what you pay for. It is definitely affordable and there is enough food to have you feeling satisfied. You definitely won’t need a to go bag as well unless you order more than you can handle.

The dinner box comes with a ton of food and was under 10 dollars ! Food was delicious! I got the chicken teriyaki bento box ! It came with rice, sushi, chicken, and dumplins ! I left full and satisfied ! Great service !

Small little kitchen off of kriby. Staff was warm and the food was about average. The lunch pricing was good. I ordered the chicken katsu and some sushmi spent less then 15 bucks.

Come here at least once a week and dine in. Love the sushi! Definitely get the East Memphis roll or Memphis roll! These are speciality rolls and are huge, perfect for sharing

Tokyo Grill has great prices for great food. I always get my food the way I order it. No egg in my fried rice etc. this location is very friendly with great customer service. I just wished they would use regular utensils for the sake of the environment. They serve everything in styrofoam cups and use plastic forks and spoons. Not very green and everyone should be trying to do a better job at going Green! We only have one world! Please join me in asking this chain to go green!

The morning commute.
Starbucks in the strip mall off Kirby and Quince has a drive thru. This day the drive thru is closed. I am forced to park and go in. By happenstance, I park in front of a restaurant two doors down. Tokyo Grill.
Never paid attention to it before. I step out of my middle class oversized SUV and step up on the sidewalk as I watch people continue to drive around the building to hit the drive-​thru for the ‘Bucks and I giggle. I see the infamous asian joint printed menu taped to the window. My eye catches Bento Box.
Say whaaaaat?!
Next to the window bolted fiercely to the bricks, was a little menu holder chocked full of their menus. Snag. I know whats for lunch today. Off to the Starbucks for the Flat White.
Fast forward to lunch.
«Yo boss, found a new joint, you down?» slides him the menu.
«Yep, lets roll». We roll.
Joint is tiny, seats about 20. (So hurry and bring your jukebox money… you get that right?) Its clean, theres people seated, chowing down. That makes me happy, folks enjoying the food. There’s 3 MGU (Memphis Gang Unit) scarfing down some sushi with chopsticks and as my eyes pan over to the gentleman with the gorgeous Yanagiba (sushi sword, cmon you know these words, dont slack) slicing up some rolls he had just made.
The lady behind the counter finally puts down the phone of the call in orders and takes our orders. We order identical steak and chicken combos. Me with miso, boss no miso.
10 minutes later, our orders are ready after 4 or 5 others who had the sense to call in pick up their orders. This Japanese lady with a purple ponytail reveals herself form the magical curtain, the curtains that all good asian joints have to hide the giant woks on 5 foot flames, with our styrofoam clad goodies. I ask her if this lunch was busy or slow. She says slow. I retort that now I know to call ahead. She grins with some approval.
We take our food and head back to the office. Head to separate desks.
I fire up the Netflix and open the steamy styrofoam. The smell hits you, mmm hmmm. Steak done right, chicken tastes perfect, the friend rice has just the right flavor, butteriness and stickiness and the soy covered veggies.
So good, steak and chicken done just right. Soup is great, overall a great meal.
Boss strolls by, «whaddaya think?»
«It’s gooood» I say.
«Yea, chicken was just perfect, I’d go back.»
So yes, I would recommend this joint, I would indeed go back.

We ordered lunch for the office today. I split a Pork Katsu Bento Box ($ 9.95) and a Black Pepper Tuna Roll ($ 10.00.) The pork was a tad dry and bland and I’m not a fan of shumai, however that could just be my issue as I’ve not had them elsewhere. The shrimp tempura is the pre-​battered type but I found it tasty enough. The tuna roll was quite good and fairly large. The contrast of the pepper and sweet mango was surprisingly good! My lunch buddy agreed with my comments on our food choices.
A friend picked the shrimp and chicken combo meal served with fried rice and sautéed zucchini, mushrooms and onion. She was very happy and commented that the flavor of everything was very good, the meats were moist and the flavor of the vegetables were better than she’s had at pricier places.
The last member of our group ordered the two standard rolls and soup for $ 6.95 — a California roll and a spicy tuna roll. Pretty standard choices and they came as expected.
I was stuffed for ten bucks. You can’t beat that!

I often grab lunch here and the staff is so friendly. The food is more like fast food, so don’t expect gourmet authentic Japanese food. Good for a quick affordable lunch.