Food was great, the drinks was cold and the workers do a fantastic job at making it feel like a friendly environment to eat at. My dad and I just had a blast sitting here talking and waiting away and didn't wait to long and before we knew it she was bringing it out to the table. Best experience I've had in Athens to date! read more

We love coming and getting takeout from Inokos's. They have a location in Winder, Ga and Athen, Ga - express version. They have a sit down hibachi restaurant in Athens as well. My husband loves the Terriyaki Steak Fried rice with Yellow Sauce. I don't know what's in the yellow sauce but keen to know. I love the Steak Fried Rice as well with lots of mushrooms. Call ahead and pickup at the counter. Prices are super fair and great for areas with college students. This location is next to Anytime Fitness and Cici's Pizza across the the Honda Dealership in Athens. read more

Inoko Express - Steak Fried Rice with extra steak and yellow 4oz Extra Sauce - Japanese Near Me - Athens, Georgia

This was a delivery, so I can't comment about dining in...which I won't after the food I got tonight. Folks, I'm not all that fussy, but the food was a disgrace. I got the vegetable noodles, which was a soggy and oily mess of sad, sad vegetables and noodles. I also got the gyoza, which were shriveled and dry, and overfried. Oh dear. Never again. read more

Fantastic food, great price, and even better service. Seemed like most people were getting take out, but dining in was cute and peaceful. Make sure you try the yellow sauce, you won't regret it. Will be coming back for more in the future! read more

Clean and had friendly counter service. Sadly, the service was incommensurate to quality of food. I ordered teriyaki hibachi chicken with white rice and veggies. My chicken was so bland, like they didn't cook it with basic salt or pepper bland. They didn't even cook it with the TERIYAKI... just splashed a bit of teriyaki sauce on top of the bland semi dry chicken. Not stirred for even coating. Veggies were watery onion and quarter disk zucchini. At least the rice was cooked normally. I observed the plates of a party of 6 on my walk to the door. The people who ordered chicken had the same flavorless chunks on their plates as well. Their version of YumYum sauce is nontraditional: mustard based (its yellow instead of white or pinkish). If you have ever eaten mustard based potato salad from any grocery store, that's the best comparison of the flavor. Just take the potato salad coating and make it more runny for sauce-like consistency. Thankfully I only one little cup on the side because I at least wanted to try it. Its bearable enough to eat through the meal (if you absolutely need sauce on your food). It helped give that chicken a bit of flavor I can say that much. And I'm very very serious about my sauces, for any food, not just for hibachi. I know what I'm talking about lol. I wish I took photos of the food so everyone could understand more, but I did see a picture in a different review I read about bland chicken. I really should have believed my eyes instead of giving the restaurant the benefit of the doubt- thinking by asking for teriyaki chicken would come out with a better experience. Because honestly, how do you even mess up teriyaki chicken?? read more

Really great experience. Spotless. Order at the counter from very friendly and helpful staff. The hibachi steak was very flavorful and well cooked. Shrimp and chicken was good also. Chicken was a little dry. Really good, all you can eat mom, soup. read more

Horrible service!!! The manger is very rude and disrespectful. The food tasted horrible and I got sick and the manger said do whatever you want but I can't do anything.... WORST PLACE EVER THEY ALL NEED FIRED AND THEY NEED A NEW MANAGER read more

Did I order the wrong thing? I ordered "chicken fried rice" through Door Dash and my order came promptly. Food was warm and all was well...but it wasn't the fried rice I was expecting. It was literally plain rice tossed in soy sauce and chunks of chicken in the same sauce. No egg, tomato, onion, nada. I ended up frying it some more with my own egg and used some of the onions from my husbands order. It ended up being good-but not what I was expecting. The yellow sauce and eggs rolls were on point though! read more

Loved the setup of this restaurant! All soup, drinks, and condiments (soy sauce, etc) is self-serve which was quite a new and refreshing experience for me. Also you pack up all leftovers by yourself with the takeout boxes they have out. I got the udon with eel bowl combo and it was so good! I definitely recommend it if you generally like sushi with eel. All the staff were very friendly too. read more

ordered $40 worth of food and half was not edible. Shrimp smelled horrible and extremely slimy. chicken and steak were all very rubbery. basically All the meat that was ordered was horrible. I called them back immediately and asked if it was ok to bring back, to which they said was ok. i was half way back and they called me back to say NO they would not take it back. Iv eaten here around 10 times now and this is my last. Over the last year Iv been eating here it's only gotten worse. Would not recommend read more

Hair in food. Skin in shrimp. Dry rice. Nice staff. The vegetables are mostly cabbage. I won't be returning. read more

This is for the location on Atlanta highway. This place is GREAT! They have excellent management and the food is cooked perfectly. I love that they use bigger containers for the yellow sauce because at other locations I never had enough yellow sauce for my food! This place is so good! DEFINITELY worth your money! read more

Perfect when you're craving a quick chicken and rice type of meal! The prices are very reasonable and the portions are more than adequate. Hawaiian chicken and rice... 6 bucks. Steak and shrimp with rice... less than 10 dollars. If you're looking for some fancy Japanese steakhouse type experience then you're gonna have to go to a place like that and spend 50-60 dollars for two people. But if you're looking for a quick chicken, rice, steak, shrimp, whatever, type thing to pick up on the way home- this place is perfect. Also, they are freakishly fast! I don't even bother to call ahead for a carry out order anymore. It doesn't really save any time. Way better food than Panda Express at a Jimmy John's pace. So skip the fancy 50 dollar Japanese steakhouse dinner date, bring home 12 bucks worth of Netflix and chill instead, and have a much better night! read more

The manager is absolutely awful. I used to LOVE this place but will not be going back due to how the manager talked to me over some yellow sauce that was a option to get on their menu. Very disappointed. They turned out to be disrespectful and unprofessional. read more

The food was really good and big portions. This was my first time here in over a year. It looks like they have new owners or new staff. Also the inside has been remodeled. They were very friendly and the food was prepared fast. The last time I ate here I wasn't impressed and that is why I haven't been back until now but now everything looks like it has turned around and I will definitely be back soon. 5 stars from me! read more

ordered off of uber eats yesterday night and it was delicious! large portions for the price, clean, and fast. i'll definitely be checking it out again soon. read more

The fried rice .... is just rice ... no vegetable or egg in sight! If you ask for a side of vegetables you get 4 broccoli heads and a pound of onion! Y'all seriously need to do better, I am not coming back! read more

I've come here several times before and always enjoyed myself, but I haven't been back in quite a while (I've been visiting the Eastside location). So many things have unfortunately changed for the worse. The restaurant received a remodel. The remodel didn't really add anything or take away from what was already there, so this is kind of irrelevant. From the time we walked in, our eyes were burning nonstop. My eyes are still burning and I left about an hour ago. Not sure if their hoods/fans aren't working in the kitchen or what is going on. I noticed several other people inside rubbing their eyes as well. As for the food... The onion soup that was free with fried onions now no longer has onions in it. It tastes like hot beef bullion pepper water. The sauces come in a larger ramekin than they did before, but you only get one instead of two, and they don't fill it up all the way. So you're actually in fact getting less than before when you received two sauces of your choice with your meal. The meal itself no longer has the vegetables they used to serve with their meals. Before you would get a ton of broccoli, cabbage, onions, squash and zucchini. Now they give you only one and a half (not joking) broccoli florets and a few onions and zucchini per meal. The food doesn't even taste the same. My boyfriend and I both ordered ribeye and shrimp. It was incredibly disappointing. The shrimp are a lot smaller than they were before, and I'm not impressed with the beef. It seems like they may have changed owners recently, and that this place is trying to cut back on costs any way they can. It's really a shame, because it is running away customers like me that once loved eating here. It's definitely worth a trip to the Eastside Inokos even if you live on the West end of town - much better food and atmosphere. read more

This place rocks my socks! Great food that goes easy on the budget. Oh yeah and yellow sauce try the yellow sauce.

This is the worst Japanese steak house I have ever been to. First of all my child who is six will not eat that food yet they wanted me to buy a meal because whoever sits at a table has to buy something. Next apparently at lunch time for a Japanese Steakhouse they don't cook the rice in front of you. I personally do not like eggs and either you have it with eggs and vegetables or plain. Will never go back again. read more

2 words: YELLOW SAUCE!! The food is excellent, especially when smothered with their signature "yellow sauce." Great value and always a safe bet. read more

We had the worst customer service experience here last night. The girl who works there is always slightly rude but last night took it to a new level. We definitely will not be going back. I brought my concerns up with the manager as well and they were brushed aside. Customer service is something I really value. I have worked in fast food, sales and as a waitress... so I understand things can get busy/stressful, but not an excuse for her to interact with us the way she did. We WERE regular customers, but won't be going back after this. read more

Steak and shrimp dinner. Shrimp were too salty to eat, steak too tough I chew, grilled vegs consisted of just onions and cabbage. Rice was good. read more

HORRIBLE! Apparently this place has changed hands since I last ate there, soup was only warm, no onions to put in soup, no cabbage for the vegetables, our vegetables were burnt, they fixed that, but just no good taste to the vegetables at all. Food used to be served on a nice plate, not now everything goes in a to go container. Never again! read more

Highly suggest the other location on College Station. The staff was fine, however the food was incomparable to the other location, which apparently is under different ownership. The chicken was too chewy in my opinion, and the "vegetables" included with my fried rice was literally cabbage and onions. read more

I would probably give this a 2.5 stars if I could. I've been here two times and both times I have ordered a regular chicken dish. They are in the range of $5.99-6.99 for chicken and more for beef, shrimp,etc. While they do give you a good amount of food(only reason I basically will still go), the chicken is always cold and hard, so I cannot fathom it being cooked to order. I mean, I really don't see many customers there so having them keep cooking food which could just sit around laying there is basically an insult to all their customers in my opinion. The chicken is still edible, the rice is usually pretty decent(at least it's warm), and the vegetables are just pretty much mushy and flavorless. Don't go if you are looking for good food, but I recommend if you feel like binging on sub-par "asian inspired" food. read more

This particular inoko express (I'm not sure of other ones) has recently gone under new management and it is clearly suffering. While it is great that they are renovating...too many changes have been made. There is no longer the option of free soup-something my family has always taken advantage of. At 7 p.m. we were told they would not be making any more tea. We were charged extra to get just zucchini and onion in our vegetables (this has never been a problem for us before) We did not receive our food on a plate but rather in styrofoam containers after we had said we would be dining in. We will not be visiting this particular restaurant again and hope that other operations of this chain will not be like this one. read more

food is what you expect (fast, filling, delicious), service left more to be desired. we just had dinner and were enjoying our meal and each other when all of the sudden the cashier yelled across the restaurant "alright we're closed". they didn't actually close for three more minutes. we would have gladly gotten up to leave without a second thought, we know it's sunday and closing time, if the approach had been different. this was just abrupt and rude and unnecessary. read more

Arrived here at 9 pm on a Thursday. The door sign stated the restaurant closed at 9:30. The staff had already removed the tea canisters and the onion soup from the service counter. We were dining in and the cooks boxed our order to go. When we got our order at 9:10, the cashier told me they were closing in 15 minutes. I've worked in several restaurants. You do not tell customers you're closing in 15 minutes and you do not try to run them out of the dining room. If the customer is in the door by 9:30, you do your clean up work and allow them to eat. The staff was clearly more interested in getting out the door ASAP than serving its customers. We grabbed the food and took it home instead. The vegetables were bland and mostly cabbage. The rice was a clumpy mess. We won't be back. Do yourself a favor and go to the one on the eastside. That gentleman knows how to run a restaurant. read more