Japanese Kitchen

There are lots of Tepanyaki optionsIn Fresno but Japanese Kitchen should be your only choice. Make reservations on weekends or go early if you don't want to wait! It's a dive but it's a delicious dive.Miso soup hands down FULL of flavor and it's only a few green onions and mushrooms.Get ginger on the side and HOT & SPICY. I love my hot and spicy cooked into my meat as well! It's so flavorful and more sweet than spicy. I've eat Teppan all over and this is the BEST hot and spicy that I've ever had.The food makes me overlook the rundown dive and the fact that many of the chefs fake their way through the performative aspect of the Tepanyaki experience.Good measure to tip chef after dinner with cash. The moreYou engage the chef, the better the show. Go and have fun and be open to socializing with strangers.Pepsi products...but I can overlook a lot for that Hot & Spicy sauce.

I normally don't write reviews like this but this place was not good at all. First of all, I am from Atlanta and if Hibachi on the west coast is different, then I apologize in advance and will eat my words.The atmosphere here is off. Hibachi places are normally lively and exciting, this place is just dull. The waiting area could use some sprucing up and it is dead silent. There is no music or anything. The lights are dim and the colors are dark. You're greeted by an empty fish tank and that's about it. While waiting in the lobby, all you hear is whatever the hostesses are talking about.The wait staff was friendly but the food just lacks any seasoning or too much seasoning. The soup was good but the salad was a let down. I feel like all my lettuce was old and had hardly any green to it. When it came to the actual food, the options threw me off when it came to what was served with your meal.Most hibachi places when it comes to veggies include carrots, broccoli, squash, onions, zucchini, and mushrooms. This place had nothing but onions, bean sprouts (wtf), I think zucchini, and mushrooms. And then they are all cooked separately instead of together. It was bland and visually unappealing. When it came to the meat, I believe our chef used onion powder and a lot of it right at the end of the cook. So when you got your food, all you tasted was huge chunks of uncooked onion powder. It was the grossest thing I've ever tasted. Just raw, uncooked onion powder. You could not enjoy the meat at all!And then why is there no yum yum sauce?! Is that a west coast thing? The only sauce option was teriyaki sauce. We also sat next to a family that had so many ridiculous requests which I know is not the restaurants fault but it affected everyone's food, not just theirs. They asked for their meat to be cooked with the mushrooms and we did not. The chef must've forgot because our food was cooked with the mushrooms as well (with a pound of onion powder). They were also very rude so hey, some of my frustrations are with them.I'm giving it two stars only because the wait staff was friendly and the sushi was ok. I got a dragon roll which is normally eel but here it was crab. The roll was absolutely huge and honestly, I should've just done sushi by itself. If it wasn't for the sushi, this is a one star restaurant.Again, if west coast hibachi is different, I will take my words back. But if this is what it is over here, I'll stick to the taco places. What a major letdown for what's normally a meal you're excited to go to.

Japanese kitchen offers a pretty decent menu. Today I had the miso, fried rice, and two classic rolls. My boyfriend and I enjoyed everything we had. The one issue I had was I felt a bit rushed when it came to service, which was a bit stressful. For a Sunday night, we enjoyed how quiet and peaceful it felt. While we felt a bit rushed at first, the staff was very kind.

I've been dining at Japanese Kitchen in Clovis for over two decades, and it remains a top choice for authentic Japanese cuisine. The teppanyaki experience is consistently outstanding, with skilled chefs delivering both exceptional food and engaging performances. The menu offers a variety of options, including fresh sushi and traditional dishes, all prepared with high-quality ingredients. While the teppanyaki chefs excel, the waitstaff can occasionally be less attentive, which slightly affects the overall experience. Despite this, the restaurant's inviting atmosphere and culinary excellence make it a must-visit for anyone seeking a memorable dining experience in Clovis. I had to knock off a star because of the servers.

Such excellent service on our recent visit in September 2024 to celebrate my dad's birthday. Our chef took the time to joke and celebrate with us and took care that we had a little bit of a nervous 3.5 yr old who wasn't sure about the "fire." He was great and we all had a great time! I'm so glad they let us move our seats around a bit and sat us all at one table. Great place for family dinners!

Ordered the j&j roll and the crunchy roll with salmon and it was delicious! Sushi chef Jin made the layers so cute and tasty! I love that there is never a wait at the sushi bar

We arrived last Sunday about 1:30PM for lunch. We all knew what we wanted and sat down at a table. Our waitress who was in her 70's took forever to even greet our table. When she got there we told her our drink orders and told her we were ready to order also. She ignored us and walked away to the kitchen. When she brought our drinks, we again told her that we were ready to order and she looked flustered, like she wasn't ready to take our order. She took our orders. 2 of us ordered from the sushi bar and 1 of us ordered from the kitchen. The kitchen order was delivered by our waitress fairly fast. We waited and waited for our sushi orders to no avail. Our waitress was literally delivering kitchen orders to tables that were not even her tables as we continued to wait. When she wasn't delivering other orders to tables that were not hers, she hid in the kitchen. When I was finally able to catch a glimpse at her, I tried to flag her down, she ignored me. I finally got up from our table to speak to her, the one person who ordered from the kitchen was finishing her meal, and we still did not receive our meal from the sushi side. Our waitress yelled something to the sushi guys, they yelled back at her, it was very intense. I finally got up again and told her to cancel our whole sushi order. We paid for the one meal and left. The inside and outside ambience has really gone down hill. They need an update badly.

Exceptionally perfect!! Omg we miss it already, this is one of THE best restaurants...in the world. Grilled right before your very eyes, everything is fresh, flavorful and their sauces are rich, you'll embark on a mission just to obtain extra sauces to go, I promise you. We went crazy...ordered their soup, hot green tea (which there has got to be some secret, it's like butter in a cup, smooth...and flavorful but it's just tea in water so how!?) I hadn't been there in about 10 years and upon returning it was everything I promised my husband it would be. His first time. And we will always keep coming back!!

Was super hungry, didn't want to wait for teppanyaki so opted for the regular dining instead.Service is okay. Not the greatest. We've never been here, it was our first time and our waitress was kind of rushing us. Dining area did not seem busy at all. And Their menu is pretty large. Usually I look over menus online beforehand but we just happened to pass by and stopped on in. So there was no prep. We had to ask her for a minute 3 times. And no, we weren't taking a long time. She sat us down handed us our menus and asked if we were ready. (Asked for a minute). She came back in a minute. This happened two times after this. She it the minute quite literal. (2/5)Salmon sashimi: basic, standard, good. No complaints (4/5)I don't remember what was the name of the sushi: this was pretty good. It was soy paper wrapped, had shrimp tempura and was topped with baked krab. (4/5)Veggie fried rice: not a fan, this fried rice was kind of wet, soggy in a way. I'm not sure how to explain it but you can kind of tell from the picture I posted. It didn't really have much flavor, thankfully we had hot and spicy sauce to make up for the flavor(2/5)Hot and spicy chicken dinner? Lunch?: you get a noodle pasta salad thing (basically mayo and noodles) this also had no flavor. Tempura was delicious, hot and spicy chicken also had no flavor. And the chicken was also kind of burnt so it was a little bitter in some parts. (2/3)Shrimp tempura udon: this was good. It definitely hit the spot for me. If you're not a fan of shiitake mushroom flavor you won't like this. The flavor is strong. But I enjoyed it. (4/5)

Sushi is BOMB we come here about once a week for sushi it's always fresh and it's always fast seating for the dine in! Service is okay ! But the sushi is the bestttttttt 10/10