I come here every year with my Dad's family. We come here to relax, rewind, and celebrate family after a long, hectic day of Christmas shopping. The food is great of course, but the people are better. Our chef is always amazing, making it a personal objective to allow us to enjoy our night through great food and a show. Â The staff is constantly working hard, showing us the true meaning of customer satisfaction. Â All in all, this is one of, if not the best, Japanese steakhouses that I have ever been to. I look forward to coming here next year and seeing the fishes... Oh, and eating the food.
Review Source:Four stars for food quality, presentation and decor. Zero stars for service. My wife and I were out of town and decided to celebrate our anniversary dinner at the locally famous Nagasaki Inn. I'm from the city and had always heard great things about the restaurant. The dinner boat of sushi and sashimi exceeded our expectations and was fun to explore and eat. The wait staff left much to be desired and we had clues this would be the case shortly after we sat down. The first waiter (manager?) asked if anyone had helped us yet and then took our drink order. He brought our drinks and we ordered an app just before he asked, or seemed to insist we immediately decide if we wanted soup and salad. We were leaning this way but had yet to parse the 8 page or so menu but his urgency rushed us into this decision. (It was a near empty restaurant so no urgency was needed to seat waiting customers and we were in no rush either.) Kind of off putting, but whatever. The salad then came out and it was overrun with their house dressing to the point of making portions of the salads inedible. (It should have been described as dressing with a side of lettuce.) Finally the appropriate waiter arrived, took our dinner order, delivered our delicious food and disappeared. When she appeared again the TV was apparently more interesting than we were as she watched ESPN while asking if we were ready for our check. We were ready for the check and ready to give her a minimum tip. Again, great sushi and sashimi (we want to check out the hibachi next time), but when I spend more than $30 per person for dinner I expect better than average service and certainly not below average.
Review Source:Where do I start? Â I was looking forward to some good sushi whilst in Evansville. Â Great reviews and proximity lead me to Nagasaki.
Arrived, interior decor was very cool. Â I took a seat at the sushi bar. Â Wednesday evening, not crowded, but not dead.
The waitress was very pleasant and friendly.
Don't get me wrong, I do not have super high standards. Â Ask anyone that knows me. Â But I do draw the line some places.
I had just decided on the sushi dinner and laid the menu when... what to my wondering eyes appeared... a little teeny baby.... roach!! Walking right towards me.
I understand restaurants have bugs. Â That's life. Â However after being in the pest control business for a time let me share with you what this means.
Roaches hate light and open spaces. Â When a teeny little baby roach ventures into the wide open in the light it means one thing. Â There are so many roaches where they were that they had to get out...
And there my friends is low part of my standards. Â I left.
You may check out my review for Zuki, which is where I ended up.
For Evansville, this is as good as it gets when it comes to sushi and Japanese cuisine. Â We arrived on a Saturday night and it was slammed with customers trying to get seated at Teppanyaki tables. Â The hostesses here are adorable, they have rainbow color streaks in their hair to match their kimono. Â We just wanted sushi, so we were seated immediately at one of the low tables, where you sit on a pillow. Â Next time, I am going to request to sit at the sushi bar and talk to the sushi chef. Â He is a vintage Japanese man, that has probably been perfecting his craft for decades.
This is a Japanese restaurant, where the food is prepared/managed to Japanese standards.  The menu  is massive and has many items that you would normally only be able to find in a large city.  Not only did they have Onigiri, but grilled Onigiri.  Yes! Â
There is also a special menu that has some Korean kalbi and bulgogi as well as Vietnamese selections like Goi Cuon. Â I should not have ordered the Goi Cuon here because they were not wrapped tightly and the filling was not appropriate for the style of cuisine. Â Stick the with Japanese menu items here and you will be satisfied, especially with the sushi.
I trust the raw fish here, eat it. Â All of the nigiri we had was excellent. Â The creative rolls, not so much. Â The lobster roll was lost in batter. Â I recommend sticking with the simple rolls with just seafood. Â The ramen was recommended, so we gave it a try to find it was made from a mix and the pork was not tender. Â
We will definitely be returned during our next visit to sit at the sushi bar. Â The prices are nothing surprising, especially for the quality of the food offered. Â They definitely have some issues with the servers because they were trying to give us items that other tables had ordered, this happened at least four times at this single dining experience.
This is our favorite place to have lunch or dinner in Evansville. We kind of burned ourselves out on the hibachi side so we usually just go for the sushi. Our faves are Thai Roll, Lobster Roll, and the Big Mouth Roll. Although we have had many others that we like too. Those are just our top 3!
Service is usually pretty good. Sushi chefs are always friendly and happy to chat. Love this place!
When my sister's in town she usually wants to go to Nagasaki, and we usually end up sitting in the hibachi section. Â I've definitely grown tired of the hibachi tricks (aka the onion ring volcano, yawn...), and generally just wish they would give me my food! Â My favorite part of the meal is the salad, I really like the dressing. Â The soup is pretty bland and the Vegetarian hibachi dinner is good, but nothing special. Â The restaurant itself is very nice, and I would like to try dining in one of the other sections next time and sample some of their other options.
Review Source:One of my most amazing finds in Indiana for authentic Japanese cuisine. It's not a western take on Japanese food with an emphasis on creative rolls. Â In Japan, rolls are not common in the sense we see in the US.
I suppose the greatest advantage to this place is that they cater to Japanese customers looking for a sense of home because of the factories in the area. Being from Chicago, I have only found two authentic Japanese restaurants and this one is a great find.
Great ramen, great nigiri, and appetizers. I know where I'll be going when I come to Evansville for great Japanese food.
Also in response to Bob L: Who orders sushi to go??? It's about freshness and waiting to eat raw fish that has been sitting in your car for 15-20 minutes is a recipe for disaster.
I'm moving back to the area soon but while I was visiting in April, I went here for dinner with my sister and two nephews. Â We ate at the hibachi table. Â I was impressed with the decor, very nice. Â The food was good and the serving size was so big, we all took home leftovers enough for another meal each. Â Prices are a little high. Â Service was fine. Â Not a showstopper but good food.
Review Source:Interesting... driving around in Evansville and Kentucky - I am finding all sorts of food that I would not think I would find in these neck of the woods...
Very good - the dashi for the udon was quite deep - that is it had depth and maturity - a gem in these parts of the US.
Bon Appetit...
Offers a little bit of everything... from sushi, teriyaki, udon, ramen, more authentic dishes, even Korean food.
For the most part, it works. Â Every thing was good except for the maki rolls (the nigiri was excellent) and the service was a bit uneven.
The maki was all the same; too much avocado and tempura shrimp, but their nigiri  is good with perfect sushi rice and very fresh fish.
Check out their awesome indoor koi pond.
Maybe it was because I ordered it to go. Maybe it was because I ordered from the menu. All I know is that of the five rolls that I ordered, only one of them was actually what was depicted on the menu. I have never had a Philly roll with that much avocado on it. Â The menu did not state that there was even supposed to be avocado on it. Â Actually, every roll I ordered that was not supposed to have avocado on it, did have avocado in it. Â The Nagasaki roll was poorly put together and tasted like a mushy gloopy mess that fell apart as soon a it was picked up. The rising sun, even though was not listed as having avocado, was of course packed with it. The largest abomination of the evening had to be the fire dragon. Indeed the menu lists avocado as an ingredient, but it did not list spicy tuna that should have been disposed of instead of being put on my roll. On a bright note? The staff all smiled as I waited at the counter wondering why they would be gone so long with my credit card. Â So, maybe this is what sushi is in Indiana, but it certainly should not be.
Review Source:I went to Nagaski with a group of 5 others with the express purpose of experiencing their teppanyaki/hibachi dining. It should be noted that they offer what looks like a very decent sushi bar as well as typical table service, but my group didn't pursue either of these two options, so your mileage may vary. My review is based solely on my dining under the care of their teppanyaki chefs.
Overall, Nagaski has done an outstanding job in the décor department, and it's apparent the moment you walk in the front doors. The restaurant is very spacious and bright. The large expanses are broken up into smaller subsections with various environmental elements including koi ponds, raised decking, "false" walls, large aquariums, and of course the sushi bar area. All of the teppanyaki grills are on the outside walls of the restaurant and from a distance look as if each has its own tatami room. It's a pretty cool effect, but once inside you'll find it's actually one huge (shared) room. I'm not aware of any private rooms in the restaurant.
The menu for the hibachi dining is not terribly unique and consists mostly of your choice of chicken, steak, shrimp, or scallops in various combination platters with and without teriyaki sauce. Overall, the entrees are a little pricey for the food you're ordering (put bluntly, Â you're paying $20 for meat, rice, & veggies), but really the prices reflect the dining experience more so than the actual food. Â As with many other similar hibachi restaurants, the food is prepared before your eyes by a teppanyaki chef, and is done so in an entertaining fashion by using lots of flashy knife/grill work.
If you've never been before, it's worth going once. In more harsh terms, if you've been to one hibachi grill, you've been to them all: toss the egg on the spatula, stack the onions and make the volcano, etc. In general, we had a good time, but it was nothing I would classify as unique or different.
Sushi. Â My fav food in the world!! Â Esp now that chocolate gives me a migraine!? Â At any rate, I have had eaten sushi at some of the "best" Japanese restaurants from Boston to Miam and from San Francisco to DC...but, few compare to the quality and selection at Nagasaki. Â Marie (no relation) and her team are phenomenal! Â Â Aside from the sushi, they have an extensive menu of Japanese food, from noodles to traditionals like Katsudon.
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