Hirano’s Southside

This place is small and old and pretty much serves the local area and the university across the street. It could be cleaner, but I eat there once a week and am never disappointed. For the price, best place to grab lunch on the south side! Get there before noon or you might have to wait for a table to open up. My biggest complaint is during the summer it gets pretty warm inside.
I have eaten $ 20 hibachi grill plates at restaurants… This $ 6 chicken teriyaki plate is much better! They have the best ginger dressing I have tasted (simple salad comes with your meal).

This place is a disaster. What was once a nice little teriyaki/​sushi place is filthy, has no service and started cleaning with harsh smelling bleach and oven cleaner while we were still eating. Our table was right next to the grill. It was 10 minutes to 9. Not quite closed but that didn’t stop them from ruining our dinner.

Walked in and tried to sit at 3 different tables and we’re covered with soda and soy sauce. Floor hasn’t been mopped in awhile. Shoes would stick to the floor. Turned around and left. If u can’t even wipe off a table how can u expect the sushi to be any good.

If there is a negative star, this place would deserve it. I mistook this place for the other Hirano on Habersham, and the waitress told me different owners. I always order eel sushi which is one of my favorites, they told me they didn’t sell that anymore because it wasn’t popular. How can eel sushi never be popular? Then I order soft shell crab, they told me they were out of it.
Then I order the Philly roll, which i thought was smoked salmon with cheese (says it on the menu & waitress recommended it to me). Boy was it a surprise, the salmon was very raw. The waitress kept telling me it was already cooked. I know what smoke salmon looks like because I usually order it. So, I didn’t complain anymore, and started to chew my food, couldn’t chew it because it was gliding down my esophagus like I was eating my own flesh.
On top of it, they left some remaining avocado skin in the sushi. They were also very stingy with their ginger, only giving me a tiny pieces when i kept ordering extra ginger 3 times.
Overall, the service lacks to the other popular Hirano. Many popular items were missing on the sushi menu. Plus the décor was cheap, dirty, and tacky. I will not be coming here again.

This was my favorite Japanese restaurant when I lived in Savannah glad to know that all that I’ve been gone for 20 years they maintain the same quality of food

Good lunch deals. The girl who works the cash register is starting to be nicer now. I wonder if someone had a word with her. She smiled the other day for the first time when she took my money.

These people may seem ‘rude’ because they are not native to the southern coastal Ga way. If you knew the family who started this business, you would know that they are nice people who have worked VERY hard coming to America and starting a wonderful Japanese eatery. The food is amazing, the kitchen staff or wait staff might be busy and foreign but that does not mean this is a bad place. If you don’t like the vibe at the Southside location, try the Habersham one. The staff there is generally Caucasian if that is your concern.
just my .02, having worked here I have a lot of respect for this business.

AVOID!!! Hot. Dirty, Rude Mexican wait staff. Had long wait when only one other table had customers. I was ripped off on lunch special pricing. Sushi is below average. My glass tasted like dish soap, after refill. Strong enough that I had stopped drinking after the first sip.
I saw a roach run across the floor. Health Department was notified. AVOID!