Jimotti's Restaurant

Dead flies in the windowsill, completely ruined my appetite. Wooden interior. Business refuses to improve any part of it

Excellent first experience today at Jimotti's - a small but mighty Japanese restaurant near downtown Sanford. Not all 5-star restaurants are what you might call "fancy schmancy." Quality is what counts and Jimotti's is both delicious and charming. Lunch today was the simple Tempura Bowl - a small bowl of rice topped with pieces of vegetable tempura, including a couple of shrimp and pork. Nothing fancy - just good food and enough of it to sustain me. The family that owns Jimotti's are lovely, as was my server, and I have EVERY intention of returning soon with family. To be clear, I don't bring my family to restaurants that are anything less than stellar. My loved ones are going to love Jimotti's as much as I did today - as much as I hope you do and soon.

Excellent service and food.The waitress Mary is so attentive, professional and friendly. Try it and you will not be disappointed when you take your first bite of your meal. Prices are good too! This is a little quaint restaurant but it's great!

I was looking for spots close to the Central Florida Zoo, and this restaurant came up. My friend and I love Japanese and decided to try Jimotti's out especially due to the deal on ramen on Wednesday and the happy hour. I ordered a miso soup and from the happy hour: California roll, spicy tuna roll, and karaage. The chicken was the star and the rolls were good. I asked for spicy mayo for the chicken, as I prefer when it's served with a sauce.The spot is definitely a dive, but you can tell it's popular with the locals. Service was very attentive and friendly. I would recommend Jimotti's!

This saddens me to write, but the customer service and quality of the food is diminishing as of recent. My last visits here have been sub par, as the crew is understaffed and as of my last visit, the ramen was not good at all. I normally go in and devour their delicious food, to include the ramen, but it has not been good as of late. I hope they improve the staffing and the quality of the food returns to its old glory. I now have to find a new place to eat authentic Japanese ramen and kaarage

Now serving Valencia College! Jimotti's will be rotating between campus' with a smaller selection from the menu. Grill items mostly and not sushi. Amazing ramen and the pickled ginger they add to the dishes is a delight. So happy to have them in the cafe as it needed the life back in it to serve hot food the students instead of just food trucks and vending machines.

Stopped by this place to check out their version of the Japanese festival with booths. I never heard of this place as far as Japanese eats snd judging by the name you wouldn't know they serve Japanese eats.The festival they had only had 4-5 selling tables selling anime toys, Japanese used housewares and kimonos, green tea soap, bonsai trees and Japanese yarn craft balls.I didn't buy anything from the festival because lack of accepting transaction negotiations from sellers. One seller was selling kimonos for $20 which isnt bad but wouldn't negotiate $5 off each. I bought kimonos from the Kissimmee Japanese festival for $10 each and same fabric quality as what this seller was selling. Her booth was pricey to me for used housewares items etc. Her used tea mug was $10! I am all about supporting locals but sometimes they can rip you off on prices! Anyway back to the restaurant review! Its a small restaurant with wooden tables and chairs and also offers bench seating. The trash can was made out of home depot moving boxes with trash bag inside.I was kind of confused with the concept of the restaurant because it didn't look settled in. What I mean is it seemed open just because they had a festival? The menu was by the cash register and no other menu offered and they had coolers storing not sure what. It just felt like it was a pop up style eatery today. Not an establishment. As far as the food offerings, The yakisoba at $5 was served on a styrofoam plate with my ticket number on the side. The serving was portioned for a person serving themselves at a house party. It tasted like the yakisoba kits from costco. It was not served hot but warm and the sauce tasted slight salty. It consisted more of the noodles than vegetables and meat. It had a sprinkle of cabbage and 1-2 pcs of carrot. That's it. The pork belly Yakitori were delicious! This is what gives them 4 stars. You get 2 pcs for $5. It was freshly made from the grill and it was juicy and seasoned well. I re ordered 2 more sets if these. Susuru have excellent Yakitori sticks but these tastes delicious in a home made manner like someone's home kitchen. I would come back here for the pork belly Yakitori but since its so far from my side of town who knows when I will be back.They didnt serve the matcha parfait and the takoyaki are frozen per cashier. So be aware of the takoyaki freshness!

So good!! This place did a pop kitchen at my school and it was delicious, so my boyfriend and I decided to check it out. I got the Dan Dan ramen, while he got the tonkatsu ramen, and they were both delicious. The service was also very efficient. No complaints!!

Found this in my food. Owner was extremely rude/condescending and said I put that in myself.......

Went here a few days ago with the wife and it was a wonderful experience. Very personable and great ramen/egg plant. Service was timely and they were accommodating when we expressed we were too cold.