Nakato

This restaurant is the best place for hibachi! Watching it cooked in front of you is a treat!The soup, salad, noodles, shrimp, and sauce is the best. The waiter made sure that your glass would never go empty. The ambiance has an amazing Japanese feel with pretty furniture and paintings. Please I do recommend (it is a little pricy).

Family owned since the 70s, nakato is a charlotte staple for special occasions and fun date nights. Not only do they have a mouth watering hibachi menu, they also boast a great sushi menu prepared at their sushi bar chef.My typical order begins with a sushi roll, following that I get the hibachi scallops and New York strip. The main courses come with a lot of sides and apps. They start you off with a salad and onion soup, both of which are brought out before the grill gets going. Then you receive a hibachi shrimp appetizer, followed by hibachi veggies containing zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli, onions, and carrots. Next is the garlic noodles and your main protein. Oh, and can't forget the fried rice! Always a good time!

Came for a dinner tonight but was sadly disappointed with the lack of attention to the food we were served. We didn't have reservations so we opted to eat at the sushi bar . You can order the Same menu food - just no chef or show. The fried rice was not fried rice . It was simply plain rice with no egg or veggies in it just plain rice with soy sauce poured over it. When I brought it to the attention of the server she didn't offer to remake it or replace it , she had a lost look on her face. She took our ticket to the kitchen where she then came back with $2.00 (two dollars) off my meal. Hard fail . My husband's meal was exactly the same. No offer to fix it . No manager . Nothing. Check out the picture of the rice. It's clearly just plain rice. Very very disappointed.

Decent Hibachi experience in Charlotte! Definitely recommend making a reservation. We got seated right away with ours and there was a long line of people when we arrived waiting to get their names in. There's not a ton of options for hibachi tables in Charlotte. I would honestly recommend doing one of the travel ones that comes to you for the best experience. But as far as restaurant hibachi tables this one was average if not a little above!Our chef was a lot of fun and interactive. Although he didn't have us catch shrimp in our mouths! They were very good about drink service and came around often to see if anyone needed another drink!The food portions were large! We had to take a lot of it home with us, but it was delicious! We usually get some combo of either shrimp, chicken or filet! Overall a good experience!

I don't see why this place has low scores? It's a cute Japanese gril with awesome sushi. We tried the Volcano Roll, which is my new favorite. It's a Fried California Roll with Crab and Carrot toppings. It's not hot at all but it's delicious.We had a small party of 2 and ordered the Filet Mignon, Shrimp, Chicken, and a Hibachi Dinner that includes a NY Strip Steak and chicken. The cook was even and made perfectly. The traditional accompaniments of Onion Soup and Ginger salad were delicious. The ginger wasn't stringent either but more mellowed out. I was disappointed in the Yum Yum sauce as it was watered down. The service was great. The safe was attentive and focused on all their tables. Ours had 3 birthdays being celebrated that night! It's a great spot for a family sitdown experience.

Went for my sons birthday - it was his first hibachi. The food was excellent - service was great. The whole fire onion tower was probably the best I've seen. I love the show of hibachi but sometimes don't love when you can't really converse during it - but for this we could chat and interact in a perfect mix. He devoureddddd his meal. I like to have leftovers :) I wish they were open a little later. But it was a Tuesday night, A friend also got the birthday special for him - so there was cake and singing and they take a group photo and print it and put it in a little cardboard frame folder for you, super cute.

I thoroughly enjoyed a birthday dinner at Nakato last night! It's been like a decade since I've gone to this type of restaurant so I was nervous excited lol. We had a reservation for 7:30, for a group of 4. We weren't seated until 7:45 and a server didn't come over until almost 8pm, so that was annoying. They were pretty busy, but the issue with this was they closed at 9pm. Towards the end of dinner I felt very rushed to eat because they were trying to close down. I get it, but it took them 30 minutes to even get us started. That's my only complaint.Now, on to the fun and yum! I ordered the teriyaki steak hibachi situation, it comes with miso soup, salad with ginger dressing, fried rice, noodles and vegetables! I was so hungry so I was too excited for all this food. I also ordered the Dojo sushi roll and OMG.....legit one of the best rolls I've had in a long while. The roll had a bunch of different types of fish, salmon skin, eel sauce...all of my fav things. It was phenomenal. My honey ordered the dragon roll and his was pretty tasty too! The rest of food was pretty good, of course I drowned it in the yum yum sauce (I mean that's why I was there lol). Everything was tasty, well cooked and hot. You really get so much food too. We all had a big old box of leftovers. I also ordered the hot sake with chambord and it was a nice addition to the meal and evening.Now, onto this theatrical presentation of a dinner. Amazing Chef, amazing show and great service! Our Chef wasn't super chatty like I'm used to in the past, but times have changed. He was definitely nice and had a joke or two, but he was pretty quiet the whole time. Our group of 4 chatted a bit and enjoyed the show. This was a great experience overall and I'd definitely come back again!

They are reservation only. Staff is super friendly and accommodating. Since theres alot of hibachi id recommended people with asthma and weakness to smoke fair warning. Also, a huge number of birthday parties. If you're entertained by parents wrangling children like rabid animals, i definitely recommend this place. However, the light shines above all else. The sushi chef works on Saturday. OH MA GAWD. This man is funny, diligent , clean ive no complaints. I usually dont eat sushi out cause it's hard to find good quality , but this guy is right here. Hes the real fucking deal. I can't wait to go back for more. Oh yea, sushi bar accepts walk-ins.

Prices are way too high. Service subpar, food just ok definitely not worth the money in my personal opinion.

The food was cooked with no seasoning. It was like he was in a hurry. The server was not much better. Shouldn't have to ask for drink refills multiple times.