Kimono Japanese Restaurant

Nomadic Bliss Travel

Happy to check out nearby Kimono Japanese Restaurant for a friends birthday. Lot's of people celebrating so the mood was cheery and place looked busy which was a good sign. We were in the back room at two of the private tables surrounding the grill. We got a fun show as our server Brent prepared our meals right in front of us. Good variety of delicious dishes to choose from. I had grilled scallops, onions & zucchini with chicken fried rice. Sadly I was so hungry I ate it before taking pictures! I will definitely put this on my list for future dining.

Jaela L

I’m only giving this review 2 stars because of the service from the two ladies that were out waitresses. One ladys name started with a M and I never got the other ladies name but I appreciate them. My fiancé and I booked a 530 pm Sunday reservation 3-4 weeks in advance to gather our groomsmen and bridesmaids together. The restaurant called 15min before our reservation informing us that they were behind and will need to push back the seating time to 630. We arrived with some of the party (not all guests came ) and was told we could not be seated because all of our party was not there. I informed Alex who seemed to be the manager that we were told 15min prior to the original time that it needed to be pushed back and we had ppl coming from Sacramento and emeryville area. Basically having to plead to be seated and have water due to the inconvenience of the restaurant. Long story short, our experience seemed to be a first come first serve type of situation even though they were aware of our large party and the time we reserved. There were other large parties present and there were things missing from our entrées such as all the sauces, the ice cream. My sister in law didn’t receive her fried rice, as well as multiple groomsmens orders were incorrect- so we definitely paid extra for the items we did not get or were accurate. I enjoy kimonos and have been coming here for some time but I’m not really happy with the experience we had here. I can tell they were overbooked and instead of turning people away to accommodate the people who already had a reservation, they allowed others to be seated then played catch up with us and a couple who had reservations at 7. Either that or overbooked everyone. Overall it seemed to be unorganized and my bridesmaids were more upset that the manager on duty did not try to accommodate for their inconveniences. We definitely made the most of our experience and chose to have a good time but in the future, we won’t be returning unless we it’s just two of us or to go.

Andre Johnson

I can't remember but we had a few things we had the shrimp fried rice fried rice and bomb lobster chicken the salad is also bomb suit with me so is very good and some other stuff because the menu is not in front of me I can't really tell you everything we had but most of the food there is very delicious go get the experience and eat some great food just remember whatever goes in comes out hahaha

Jennifer Reynolds

It was a really cool place very beautiful dining experience, saw one of the lunch boats come out and they are pretty big! Definitely going to try that next time!