Miya Japanese Bistro — Restaurant in Winona

Miya has a welcoming, clean, and cute environment. The waitress was extremely nice and bubbly. The cook, probably the owner, made ALL OF THE FOOD for a packed lunch crowd of at least 30 people. The wait time was about 45 minutes. When we saw there were only 2 staff I was immediately more patient. They served the most expertly prepared dishes. Not only were they delicious they were artfully presented and high quality. I judge a sushi restaurant on their rainbow roll and seaweed salad. The seaweed salad was small but included fresh wild greens including mustard greens which I love! A mild Wasabi ginger dressing really made it pop. The rainbow roll was small but the rice and toppings were expertly prepared. My family's table was all well taken care of. My husband's katsu pork was a big portion and gorgeously plated. I will be back. They even gave us a "happy birthday " dessert of tempura banana with chocolate sauce for dessert even though it was no one's birthday and it made the meal. I want to give a shout out to these TWO...IM SAYING TWO people who ran a crazy busy Sat lunch service with no complaints or looks or apologies. Thank you Miya. We will be back. This would be an amazing date night restaurant. I'm so happy to see local...

Stopped here while visiting Winona with my fiancé on a Sunday evening for dinner. The host/waitress was very friendly and you can tell they put a lot of effort into getting to know their patrons. Our food was very good and I’d recommend the chicken katsu. The presentation was super fun and gave us an experience to remember! We could overhear the waitress/host talking with other patrons and took the effort to remember things about them and striking up conversations which was a really nice personal touch.

Some negative : they are a family business and it is great to see them thriving however I can see some patrons being turned off by a baby crying through their meal. The older children are very well behaved and babies will be babies but it can be a little bit of a mood killer.

Secondly with the singular host/waitress it makes service take a long time. We got all of our food quickly but we had to wait 23 minutes for the check to be brought to us after we had asked for it which was a bit irritating.

Overall I would go here again and recommend people to give it a try. Just be aware that it’s a lovely but small family running it so service may take some time but the food...

UPDATE: Went back and tried again today around noon and the service was fast and friendly, food was delicious and price was very reasonable. Also, food was beautifully presented. Very satisfied customer.

Attempted to try it out on Saturday around 1:30 PM. The one waitress was very friendly and polite but obviously overwhelmed. When cable and internet went out and card reader went down she had to call for tech support even though we'd been waiting nearly 10 minutes and still had not received water or been asked if we'd like anything to drink. My blood sugar was low so we went to Ocean Sushi instead. The prices were similar to Ocean Sushi, but serving sizes of other patrons looked significantly smaller. Once the hiring sign is down and they are staffed properly I'm willing to give them another shot. Gave a 3 because poor planning/staffing was possibly not the waitress/cashier's fault and she was very polite, apologetic and friendly. Hopefully, if their internet is through Spectrum they'll switch to a more...