Inoko Japanese Steakhouse — Restaurant in Winder

Anyone giving this place low ratings is not cultured or has their taste buds burned off. This spot is fire. First off let me say how friendly the staff are, even the cooks. You can tell this place loves their community and customers and enjoy working with each other and I’ve seen them help each other. I get the chicken fried rice with yellow sauce and side of habachi vegetables and mushroom soup, I don’t even like soup, but I’ll eat this soup. The soup does NOT taste like “dirty water” like she brittney girl said below, it tastes like perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned soup. And all the rice and meat have taste and are perfectly seasoned. The yellow sauce should be winning awards at shows and events, they put their heart and soul in that sht. I have NO idea what that Pamela woman is talking about, floors are never sticky and there is definitely fried rice, I get it each time lmao and the sauce is the best sauce I’ve ever had. She must be the type to order chicken fingers and fries with only ketchup wherever she goes, don’t listen to that. Everything is always cooked to order and fresh and hot. You can’t beat the price and get a full plate. The portions are great and I usually eat a lot like a fat a$$. I have tried the ultimate rice and the teriyaki rice and both are just as good and same portions. You literally cannot go wrong ordering here. Does not have all the MSG that Chinese food has and I would get this over any Chinese spot or fast food in the area. It’s like $7 for a full plate of food how can you beat that? AND they take coupons in the community advertising booklets. I always cal ahead, order, they say 15 min but I’ve ordered and drove there in 10 and they ready, every time. They are quick, efficient, fresh, kind, clean and tastes great. Again, anyone below giving low stars has lost their minds. I have ate at places all over Atlanta and downtown and upscale and low scale and Decatur and Monroe and even in different states and this place is one of the best places I’ve ate, honestly. I’m almost addicted to it and I’m NEVER like that with a place. Usually I’ll go once maybe twice somewhere even if it’s good, I come here SO much now it’s embarrassing lol. Especially if you’re...

This is the most disappointing “Japanese” I’ve had.. ever. Tokyo House was our go to for a long time but recently closed so we decided to try Inoko again - we had previously tried it a year or 2 ago and we didn’t have any specific feeling about it so gave it another try when Tokyo House wasn’t an option tonight. To start, this is the only Japanese place I’ve ate at that doesn’t have gyoza. It’s a family favorite so I was sad they didn’t have it as an option. At first glance, the hibachi looked okay, however they were tasteless and the rice/meat/veggies all tasted like water. The steak was the only thing that tasted edible and that’s just because it was a good piece of meat. The veggies and meat were all mixed up and the rice was so so stiff I could barely chew it. The salad that I paid an additional $2.75 for was tiny and wrapped in plastic wrap in a tiny plastic bowl. The “soup” tasted like dirty water. My mothers meal also had a lemon wedge in it, she’s allergic to lemons, when I called to ask the restaurant if the meal had lemon juice all over it or if the lemon was just on the side for looks and I was told “the lemon goes with the shrimp” but she never answered my question. Luckily my plate didn’t have lemon so I swapped with her. To top of my terrible $50 meal for my family of 3, there were no forks/spoons/chopsticks/napkins - nothing that would help us eat the tasteless meal.

Can I please have Tokyo House back? The best place sadly closed and now I won’t get Japanese if I don’t drive 30+ minutes, terrible...

Sunday around 6pm. Dinner for two, dine in. The place was busy to say the least. To go orders being picked up, ordering at the register and the phone was ringing every few minutes with another to go order.

The dining area is a decent size with tables throughout and a few plants adorn a 1/2 wall separating the dining area from the register. A little spruce up of the area and maybe a light coat of paint on the walls would definitely brighten up a not-so-bright eating area.

We got our drinks, found a table and a short time later, our food was brought out. We ordered hibachi steak, no veggies, with extra steak and hibachi chicken and shrimp with white rice and ginger sauce with 2 drinks. Our meals were very good. The temperature of the food could have been a bit warmer - the white rice seemed more room temperature. The amount of steak, chicken, and shrimp was awesome! And even though the shrimp are on the smaller side, they do give you a good amount to enjoy.

While the atmosphere isn't the most up to date, all of the staff we observed from the lady at the counter, to the cooks in the back, to the lady who brought out the meal....they were all friendly and busy. We enjoyed a very good meal, with large portions, free drink refills and all at a price we didn't choke on. Thank you for...