White Buddha — Restaurant in Louisville

Sorry my pic has the salad gone and a few bites missing... Because to be honest... A small hibachi place like this... I was just hoping for "better than McDonald's for lunch". Well they caught me off guard... The brought the salad which was a creamy ginger salad dressing and it was good... Which I was like "oh... Wasn't expecting that".

They brought the food like 5 mins later and asked if I needed anything else and I was like "ginger sauce for the steak?" And they brought out the ginger sauce for the steak and what most hibachi places call "yum yum sauce" and said "in case you want it for your rice". I usually eat my rice the way it comes because I figure it's added calories and I'm already splurging.... But I do know what time yum sauce should taste like...

So the steak I got medium and it was perfect... The ginger sauce was spot on... The rice was good... The yum yum sauce was also good but like I said I usually don't do that on my rice I use it for chicken but I didn't get chicken ;-p. I also enjoyed the vegetables (except the mushrooms but I kinda figured they would be there and I just always eat around them... I'm not big into special ordering stuff if I don't have to)

This was $14... Unfortunately I'm at a satellite office just for 2 days and this is my last day.. but if this was near my home office I'd be here at least once a week at this price... And I will probably be here EVERY TIME I come to the Louisville office.

I gave it 5 stars on atmosphere... I want to pause here... My lunch was $14... Completely met expectations ... But this isn't like first date level atmosphere... That being said... Most hibachi you share a table with strangers and have someone performing...you can't easily have meaningful conversation... I'm in a booth here by myself... I could have a conversation about anything I want AND enjoy hibachi... So maybe it is first date material if they really like hibachi...

White Buddha if you are going to open more locations... Downtown Cincinnati or Taylor Mill KY will get you at least 1 repeat...

I have been wanting to order from White Buddha for a while; it's about 30 minutes from where I live. I finally decided to place a to go order and travel a little further to try different (to me) sushi based on the Google reviews when searching for a new place to get some sushi.

The lady who put the order together and cashed me out was very nice and friendly.

The restaurant has about 5-6 booths for dining in. There seemed to be a few regulars dining in by hearing the conversations between them and the lady worker. To me, regular customers is a sign that the restaurant is good.

The food was delicious, and my order was accurate, but it was not ready at the scheduled time for pick up that I received notification that it was ready.

The prices seem reasonable for the quality/quantity of food you get.

I did find it odd that a few men were coming into the restaurant, going straight to the kitchen and leaving shortly after. No, they were not delivery drivers or workers at the restaurant.

Overall, it was worth the drive, but I probably won't order from here again unless I...

My family was in town for a baseball tournament over the 4th of July weekend and in the mood for some sushi! Now we are from Chicago and consider ourselves to be "sushi snobs". We consider white Buddha to be right up there with our favorite sushi place back home if not better!!! The sushi was excellent and some of our favorite all time sushi!!! We especially loved the New Orleans roll. We loved the food so much we ate there again 2 nights later!!! We absolutely love Rich and Barbie and the rest of the staff there. They were super accommodating to a large party we brought in on the 2nd night. The sushi came out pretty quick as well, especially for as many rolls as we ordered. We will be going out of our way to eat there again and consider it a must stop anytime we are close...