Takara — Restaurant in Clinton

VERY underwhelming. This place has steadily gone downhill. Went here because it was close. Won't be back.

Sushi was full of "crunch" even after I purposfully ordered sushi that did not have "crunch". The gyoza was was burned and the beer was warm. Service was pretty non-existent. When our appetizers, oops, excuse me, half of the appetizer came out, they never brought any plates and the person with me had to eat hers off her napkin. We would have asked our waiter, but was MIA for about 20 minutes. The other half of the appetizer came out at when they were bringing out the sushi. Thank heavens the lady that brought the sushi did notice we were out of water, and the 1 napkin that my friend had used with the appetizer was soiled. Oh and the 1 round of beer was warm.

Needless to say, we will not be back. After the steady decline, really afraid what else they might mess up next if we did decide to return. I figure the next step mighy be a little food poisoning........ummmmmm..........nope. I think will...

This was such a great restaurant previously. We visited on April 26, 2025 for a birthday lunch. I was surprised that the ambiance is now like a fast food restaurant with a big menu board to choose your food. The half of the restaurant that used to be where you could sit for Hibachi was no longer open. The young lady behind the counter was not friendly or helpful and could not stop watching the T.V. mounted to the wall that was showing music videos. We felt very unwelcome. The food was AWFUL. I gave the steak from my hibachi meal to my dog when i got home and we threw away the sushi. The cream cheese wontons were delicious; however, we spent a total of $88.00 and the only thing good were the wontons. I will...

I decided to try this because it's closer to my house than the hibachi grill is and I have to say it was very underwhelming. I had heard such great things about takara but in my opinion the pink sauce is not the same recipe that they use at hibachi and in my opinion I don't like it also the chicken seem to be dried out and the rice was off as well. Now yes it was edible but it did not hold up to the standards that I hold hibachi grill at or that other people had told me how amazing it was. No offense to them at all but I definitely recommend going to hibachi by Kroger if you want the best. Also I want to say I paid more than what I would pay at the other restaurant and it was not even as...