Ninki: Japanese Bistro - Nashville

What a great late evening sushi place! Some of the best sushi I had in a while. We had the same server twice and didn't catch his name, but he's always so nice and polite!! 10/10 recommend this place very much.

Great place to eat with family or friends. Make appointments in advance to eat Hibachi. Eating is good. Only in case you do not know, they charge you for their service, but is not bad.

The salmon nigiri was so delicious and fresh. I am always hesitant to order sashimi or nigiri in Nashville (in contrast to the coast) because I fear it will be disappointing. But Ninkis was so delicious! The hibachi chicken stable was quite good, on par with other hibachi places. The broccoli was a little soggy, but overall decent. I will definitely come back to try more nigiri, shashimi and sushi! The interior is definitely outdated, but I didn't care after I had eaten the nigger.

I had a short lunch break before I met my client, so I took this sushi place on the street. Sushi tasted great. I had a rainbow roll and Tuna sashimi for beginners. Wünsch the menu was more of the raw rolls than cream cheese and deep fried fish.

TIL that there is a difference between a professional chef and a professional hibachi chef. Both make good food, but the latter can entertain as well. It wasn 't very busy when I got there around 5:30pm on a Sunday, and I asked to be seated at the hibachi grill. I noticed that there was still a wait to fill up the seats around the grill. While I waited, I ordered a Japanese hot green tea for $2.75, and it came with a little ceramic cup tea pot (I suspect it was matcha; I liked it . I was also brought a complementary bowl of soup (possibly miso, or maybe a mushroom soup broth . Once all the seats around the grill were full and everyone had made their order (from a hibachi page in the back of the menu; I ordered the salmon for $19.95 , the chef came out with a cart that had all the raw ingredients on it. He started by making an impressive (for me, at least; first time seeing it display of his spatula and fork skills, flaring up something (possibly sake; it burned like alcohol, and I suspect the flame had a caramelizing effect, but I don 't know for certain; it was hot and entertaining though (FIRE! , and started the rice. I opted for the spicy fried rice, same with everyone else at the table (in the sense of had spices ; contrast the Indian culinary sense where spicy raging inferno , which this rice was not . It was excellent, flavorful, had a hint of what my limited culinary vocabulary can only describe as Mongolian grill-esque , and there was a lot of it. By the time I was done, I didn 't have to wait long for a couple small shrimp that came complementary, and after that was the stir fry vegetables, and my salmon followed shortly after that. All very good food, and I left full. An 18% mandatory tip is automatically included when seated at the hibachi grills (not mandatory at other tables , but I thought he deserved more, so I added a bit extra on top all that. After taxes and tips my total for a single dinner was $30. Expensive, yes, but I 'm on travel, and today I thought that it was worth it.