Volcano Japanese Steakhouse

Note to self. Never EVER let your kids chose a restaurant on a whim while driving by.
We were on our way to Cafe Korea and my kids spotted a Japanese Steakhouse and sushi bar. I had never heard of this place and figured what the heck. Well I couldn't have been more wrong. While waiting for the other half of my brood we got a table and sat down. The kids ordered drinks and I chose to hold off on a drink until my wife and daughter got there. We waited about 10 minutes for my wife and I must say I was extremely annoyed by our miserable server. She kept asking me "you want beer or sake" why don't you want to drink" "are you ready for a beer or sake". She must have asked me this 10 times in 10 minutes and at least 20 times during dinner. I can be a little quirky at times so I refused even water! Which seemed to infuriate her. The experience was definitely decimated by this woman's miserable attitude and demeanor. The sushi was fair to poor. My wife opted for the sushi. I added a couple of things for me as well in addition to my teppanyaki meal. I love hotate or raw sea scallop. I ordered them nigiri style. They came out chopped and mixed with tobiko and spicy sauce spooned into little nori cups. Not what I wanted. Mrs Miserable said that's how they make it. It should have been described as a chopped spicy scallop. Not hotate nigiri! The teppanyaki chef was pleasant enough. I had Filet and Shrimp. This was not bad. My children got Shrimp and Chicken. Overall I would have rather gone to Cafe Korea across the street and if I was pinned down to Japanese Steak House would have rather gone to Kazan at 86th & Township Line road or Benihana at the Fashion Mall.
Sorry Volcano there was no taste eruption there.

I dined here with a group of friends (9 of us) on New Years Eve and the whole experience gave me mixed feelings. We originally had reservations for 7 p.m. and finally get sat at 7:40. Not too happy about this, considering they sat smaller parties before us. The hostess looked more frazzled than I have ever seen anyone look! Now on to dinner... We knew things were not going to go well when the waitress screwed up our drink order. Coke and water for everyone. How hard is it? Things got better after this. Dinner was great. We all ordered hibachi and the amount of food for the price was well worth the hassle beforehand. We all left with full bellies! I would recommend this place based on the food. I will try it again but definitely not on a holiday!

This restaurant has a fairly authentic atmosphere when compared to "big city" sushi restaurants. The quality of the sushi was above average but the rolls were small. I was not impressed with the miso soup, in fact, I think it is 'instant'.

I will try this place again for the hibachi and I will update the review after comparing with other sushi places in town.