Tokyo Grill & Sushi — Restaurant in Kentwood

I've been to almost every sushi and japanese place in the area and this is by far the greatest. Any time I try somewhere else, it just makes me crave Tokyo Grill.

Their special rolls (from the center leaf of the menu) are enormous. Like 10 pieces probably 3in in diameter. Try the Greg's Maki - it's amazing and by far my favorite. But seriously, huge rolls. If I get an entree and a special roll I can't finish. All of their raw fish is super fresh and delicious. Their tuna is to die for. The octopus, escolar, and salmon are all incredible. Try the chirashi if you're craving raw fish - it's my favorite entree. You get octopus, squid, salmon, tuna, tamago, escolar, daikon, cucumber, and one other kind of fish - and 2-4 pieces of each kind. The super chirashi adds another kind of squid that's kind of soft and I don't like it much. Tastes fine, just not for me. Their sushi rice is literally the best I've ever tasted. I've tried a dozen times to recreate it. It's just so good. Their katsu dishes are mindblowing and the portions are huge. If you go, get the seaweed salad appetizer. It's so good. You cannot miss it. The tempura ice cream is heavenly. Unagi Ju. If you like eel and eel sauce, you have to order this. It will satisfy your eel cravings for at least a week. The cool towels to wash your hands. The cool tatami room (I've never been, but it's there and it's cool) Good, relaxing, unobtrusive music Amazing service

The only negative I can think of is that sometimes it can take a while for the food to come out. But everything is beyond 5 stars delicious... I don't mind the wait for it one bit.

Seriously... this is the best place for japanese. Better than XO, Marado (my second favorite in town), and sushi yama. Way, way better than world market, ming ten, and any hibachi grill. Light years beyond pf chang's (technically chinese, but...).

11 stars, man....

Easily one of my favorite restaurants in the Grand rapids area and has been for at least the last 17 years. Consistent, delicious execution every time. Prefer to dine in but the take away holds up as well. We don't often get to eat out but Tokyo Grill is always in consideration when we do. I've tried much of the menu (not much of an octopus/squid person) and everything has been delicious. Great hibachi/udon/soba/tempura (have never been to Japan so take that into consideration). Lately I have been stuck on the katsu. All of them are fantastic but I really love the Tonkatsu! Every time it is fried perfectly with the panko crispy and the meat juicy and delicious. I consider the coleslaw to be what a coleslaw should be. Crisp and slightly sweet unlike the cloying sweetness of most. The portion is generous as well with it often being breakfast or lunch the next day. It holds up quite well in takeout out even the fridge with the breading holding an amazing texture and crunch. I'm not very much into fish, in fact about the only way i eat fish is sashimi or nigiri (I'm not a fan of the flavor the seaweed imparts in rolls). The Toro is what I consider perfect. Tender and flavorful excellent balance with the rice and prepared with the right amount of wasabi. Enough that you know it's there but not so much that it takes over the flavor of the nigiri. Service is always attentive without being intrusive. Price is quite fair and I would even consider it undervalued given the consistency of execution. Wish I were better with words to sing my praise of...

Our clearly frazzled server not only forgot one of my daughter’s ordered items, she forgot to put my entire lunch order in. After about 45 minutes, when the rest of my family was almost finished eating, she told us she forgot to put it in and that they were very busy (the restaurant wasn’t even half full) and that the kitchen was backed up but that it might be 5-10 minutes.

20 minutes later, no food (it was a rice bowl with tempura on top; an uncomplicated dish).

10 minutes after that, I asked to have to have it removed from the bill and to pay the check, because at this point we had been there over an hour and a half, only three of us had eaten, and we couldn’t spend the rest of our lives there.

She brought the check and my food in a to go box. I opened it to find the tempura and the rice thrown together, so that the rice was already making the tempura it was surrounding soggy. There was no sauce or the soup it supposedly came with. I signed the check, left no tip for the first time in maybe a decade, and left the unappetizing food on the table.

I don’t care how “backed up” your kitchen is - if one of your servers messes up this badly, you make that food immediately. It probably takes ten minutes to make tempura and toss it on top of rice. the server was very apologetic but the kitchen clearly didn’t care enough to get it out quickly or serve it properly.

I had cheez-its from our road trip snack...