Nippon Grill & Sushi

Found this place and thought I would give it a try, said they didn't have pot stickers so I ordered dumplings. I got three greasy fried pot stickers. Generals chicken was average at best, but the price was decent.

I won't be going back.

Nippon's a little indecisive about what it wants to be... something like Emperor's Japanese Grill, with the ordering at the counter and the teppanyaki grill going on, but a lot more upscale with the real tableware and lovely presentations. I'll chalk that inconsistency up to inexperience, because the food's worth it.

Their sushi menu isn't as vast as some of the other places in town, but in this case I don't care: I could eat nothing but their shrimp tempura roll and be perfectly happy. Crispy shrimp, tasty sauce, asparagus that's exactly right.

My family tends to go with fried rice or one of the teppanyaki entrees, and those are generous and not as greasy as Emperor's version.

Oh, one more quirk: twice now they've been out of chopsticks. I don't know how you can be a sushi place and run out of chopsticks, but you might consider BYO if that's important to you.

We tried the Philly roll here and I was impressed with it. Otherwise, I would say all the rolls we tried were average. I think the highlight of my meal though was the fried rice. They cooked it a little longer than average which gave it a nice crispy texture. The location of this place could be much better (kind of in the middle of nowhere between Maize and new market) which wasn't convenient. Also the decor inside left me a little puzzled, specifically the giant tables we sat at that seemed like they didn't belong. Overall, an average sushi experience.