I was looking for a Japanese restaurant in and found this nice place called Little Kobe. The first thing I noticed was they have a great variety of lunch specials. I ordered a bento box lunch special and some sushi on the side. The sushi was fresh and the bento box came with a ton of awesome food such as gyoza , tempura as well as a sushi roll. The service was very good and friendly. I would definitely hit this place up again. read more

Rolls are sloppy and loosely rolled. Fish sashimi style is cut too thickly. There is no creativity in rolls. Fried salmon skin roll was inedible. There's no creativity at all. They just threw the rolls together and put them individually on a plate. Miso soup was average. Salad was good. Manager was a bit stressed as they had limited staff to perform hibachi and also make sushi. read more

We usually get food to go and they are always very quick and servings are good too! Its one of my two teenagers favorite places to eat! read more

My boyfriend and I don't remember ordering food poisoning with our meals. Alas, that is what we got.

Roaches on the tables and walls IN THE DINING AREA, just imagine the kitchen. Also I hear the owners are very very rude.

The food was good, host was absolutely fantastic! The chef was very boring and barely did anything.. kids were with us and my first time and he did bare minimum.. ambiance was nice in there but for the price you would expect more. Gf and i split a dinner and he put it all on one plate? The sushi rolls were good though, he made a custom one for me with ingredients i asked for, at least the ones they had but was willing to make it. Host 5/5, food 4/5 but chef/cook 1/5 stars read more

Recommended by a friend and I'm glad to have stopped here for lunch. They beyond expectations will definitely come again and highly recommend. read more

Best food ever. Phong is an amazing server. It has been a while since I've been here, but if you are in Cookeville...stop here. You will not be disappointed! read more

If you are looking to purchase fresh, quality sushi in the Cookeville area I would highly recommend AVOIDING Little Kobe. Multiple rolls were ordered in my party, with each having a foul smell and less than average presentation. Salad was served with brown lettuce. The service is not great, the inside is run down and not well cleaned, and the lighting was so dark that it was challenging to read the menu. Yuck!!!!! read more

We were hungry for a bit of sushi today, and stopped in for a late lunch. This place is pretty run down and ragged looking, but we ordered a couple California rolls, an eel roll and a couple spicy tuna rolls. The plates were not all brought out at once, but o e at a time. Started with cali roll. Not bad, but I suppose pretty hard to screw up. Then came the eel. The eel was tough and not really great. The spicy tuna was just a tuna roll, with a small squirt of hot sauce on each slice. Absolute garbage. I think the hot sauce was bad or something? That got sent back. On top of that, somewhere between the eel roll and the spicy tuna being brought to the table, we were greeted by a roach scurrying up the wall and onto the table. See attached photo. read more

Little Kobe - Roach, found crawling up wall and onto table. - Japanese Near Me - Cookeville, Tennessee

Wanted to try this place for the first time . -Horrible customer service -received water in a dirty glass - all the sushi was warm , discolored and smelled bad We did not eat it and when we spoke to the manager he freaked out and called the police on us . DO NOT EAT AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT !!!! Deserves negative stars read more

I called to get takeout from this place the guy on the phone told me to hurry up with my order soon as I get there do you is rude talking to me because he doesn't know what order I am because he didn't take a name or a number then he's being rude to me and having me wait in the lobby for 10 minutes before even trying to talk to me so I just walked out this is a horrible establishment and it needs to be closed And nobody in the facility was wearing their masks read more

The sushi was amazing here! I got the Tennessee Roll and my friend got the Kobe!! The man that greeted me and provided my to go box was so kind and very thorough. He made sure I received everything. Also, on our phone call, he triple check my order. I am definitely going to make a come back!! Maybe next time I will dine in! I didn't get a picture, but trust me!! It'll be amazing and presented well--even in a to-go box! read more

Great food and the people where so nice definitely going back my boyfriend has been going there since he was a teen they treat him like family love this place read more

This place is dirty, the food is sub-par, the service is terribly slow, AND the chef just cooked our food and there was no show...he just cooked. He also gave 2 people very ugly glances when the ordered their steaks medium well. I won't go back. read more

Went in, no one greeted us. It smelled really bad and wasn't clean. Tables were not bussed and it was deserted. We waited about 2 minutes and then just bailed. The smell was really gross. I'm kind of glad no one greeted us because it made it easy to take off. read more

Me my wife and kids made reservations, for the grill show for my birthday dinner, and for the kids to see the cooking display for dinner to be prepared. A large group was over at the next grill. Finally the guy comes out but goes to their grill so my wife and I are thinking they were here first so makes sense. Then the guy turns around and starts asking us if we had rice, and if we had steak and were thinking someone is supposed to be cooking ours on our grill so the kids can see it for the first time plus i payed for a grill reservation and that's what we expected, so confused I ask the gentlemen, I EVEN ADDRESSED HIM AS SIR keep in mind, I asked so are you cooking ours over here or over there, to which he responds, no we are short staffed there is more people over here you only have 2 meals (when we actually ordered 3) and grunts and says atleast you got your food. Then turns back around and continues to say stuff under his breath, and continues to try to go with some conflict, all because I asked a simple question and my wife and I were getting frustrated that he became so rude, out of the blue just for me nicely asking a question. He could have left it at sorry we are short staffed, but know he had said atleast 3 times at this point atleast you got your food this is where I got irritated and made the remark okay dude, we're not mad we're not even making this an argue meant I asked a question, we got your point chill out. All while he's giving the other table twice the portion sizes he was giving us, at this point we were fed up spoke to another gentlemen, told him we wasnt eating there then he was okay I'll only charge you for the salad, and drinks and a sushi roll. That's understandable (still being 26$) which is outrageous, the sodas were watered down, the soup had a funky taste to it, and the salads dressing was very runny almost as if they had watered it down to make it stretch. overall terrible experience, rude service and if your looking for a (wasabi) hibachi style cooking show, just go to wasabi not this genaric knock off version with horrible service. read more

I have always enjoyed Little Kobe's food, it makes me sad that they are not as popular as they used to be because their food is so good. I usually always get their terriyaki chicken or sukiyaki steak, or just chicken and steak and I turns out great every time. today I tried something new, Nubeyaki Udon noodles. They were amazing!!! I have had other noodles because at Toki and they were not the best but the noodles at Little Kobe were AMAZING!! 10/10 recommend. I have also tried their sushi and it was pretty good too, I'm not usually a fan of raw sushi but this was really good too. I hope little Kobe can go back to being as popular as they used to be. the customer service is great and they only have 2 workers so Im always patient. I love this place and if they ever close down, I will be very sad. read more

Amazing service and great quality food highly recommended!!!! We frequent here twice a month, traveling about 40 miles, and we wish we could come more! read more

My husband and I was really hungry and we saw this Japanese Restaurant nearby. We try it and satisfied about their food. We ate a complete meal for dinner and I'm happy it includes a dessert. The servers are also nice . Two thumbs up read more

Little Kobe - a plate of food with rice and vegetables - Japanese Near Me - Cookeville, Tennessee

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Their food is great and service excellent! This is my favorite restaurant and I frequently get delivery so I can enjoy a good meal that I didn't have to cook! I'd recommend anyone to check out the great menu selections. read more

The food was super expensive for what we got. I ordered 3 different sushi rolls and calamari. Everyone single piece of sushi barely had any fish in it. Like the tiniest amount of salmon you could barely taste it. They mainly put the cheap veggies to take up the room so theirs food cost is low. The calamari was disappointing too, it was soggy. I could have gotten the same stuff at Walmart next door for way cheaper. Other places in town serve amazing sushi that puts this place to shame. read more

Great Hibachi Grill and Cooks! They have some catching up to do to be better at making sushi otherwise I'd give it 5 stars!

We walked in and sat our self's down. There was a roach on the grill. They completely messed up our orders. We ordered nearly twenty dollar meals but received 10 dollar meals. When I said our meals are messed they become ugly about it and when I said I wasn't going to pay for this they said no we will make it right . They then brought out two scallops that were hardly cooked they still had ice on the inside . When confronted they were rude . The food made me sick. It looks nice but this restaurant was the worst. The food and the experience was comprable to eating out of a dumpster. I wouldn't recommend this place to someone who was close to me I wouldn't want them to be like WTF. read more

Right off the bat the place was smokey. Not real a huge issue other than a bit hard on the eyes and nose. The real issue came when ordering for my 4yr old. No child's portions, no exceptions. No they can't serve plain noodles . Or even pay attention to how many forks are on the table, soy sauce cups, napkins or sushi menus. As always rush rush rush. you americans eat to much attitude, you pay and you leave now. Why are we rushed? read more

Decided to stop here on a whim and definitely wasn't disappointed! Server was incredibly courteous and prompt. Got a side giver salad, Cookeville Roll, and Plum Wine. Will definitely be back to try out more of their sushi menu. read more

Little Kobe - a plate of sushi and a glass of wine - Japanese Near Me - Cookeville, Tennessee

THEIR SUSHI IS SO AMAZING!!!! Literally the best sushi i've ever had!! i crave it all the time their hibachi food is also very very good!! The staff is super nice too! 10/10 recommend!! read more

Cute place on inside. Had the Cookeville roll, which was good. This place offers saki and a small beer selection. Check out the pics of our sushi! read more

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First, let me start out by saying their food is isn't an issue. Flavors were decent, food was of decent quality, and it was cooked properly. Portions weren't impressive, but also weren't so small to be a ripoff. The servers were friendly. They were also a little pushy about getting us to leave, even though the restaurant was nowhere near capacity. But, the big issues were the menu and the bathrooms. The menu was confusing and limited, mostly because it was a fairly typical limited lunch menu...no full menu was offered, and the prices weren't commensurate with lunch specials...unless their dinner prices are outrageous. We also saw material about sushi, but couldn't figure out how to order it. More importantly, the men's room was foul. Covered in dirt and other particulate matter. Tobacco? Every surface was filthy. Based on the bathroom alone I couldn't recommend them. Shame, too, because with bigger portions they'd have the food to go toe-to-toe with most decent small-town Japanese joints. read more

Use to be my favorite place and we would go almost once a week, until today. After eating our soup and salad the guy comes out to fix the food hes hateful and apparently aggravated and super rude. We almost left at this point but didnt. Anyways after her left the table we found 3 baby roaches on our table 1 was crawling up the sky sauce bottle. I told the nice man and was kinda like we clean every day maam, yes but do you spray. We stopped eating and the waitress said I will get the bill. Umm really we havent even ate nothing but soup and salad. He threatened us and yelled at us said we always eat but no pay. Really we never touched our food really why are we paying. Will never be back read more

Very disappointing visit. Took my five granddaughters to be able to see the meal cooked in front of us for a special occasion. Called to make a reservation the day before. The chef cooked for two tables and his back was to us on the other grill. My granddaughters kept asking when is he going to cook in front of us. It took 30 minutes to get our check and I had to get up to get my own to go containers. read more

DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU VALUE YOUR HEALTH! Just don't do it! I was served toxic chicken and let me tell you it was awful! There are roaches and rats covering the kitchen. I promise I acted a fool after being served that garbage. He wanted to charge me for the soups and drinks that were not even drank or eaten. This place is a complete nightmare just go to Fuji bc they got the best sushi and sashimi in cookeville as well as hibachi. Kobe place derserves no stars. read more

This was not good. We went because we were wanting to compare it to Fuji and it was a waste of our money. The soup was really gross and the salad was drenched in dressing. The rice was cold and the portion of meat served was not worth the price. People had to stand at the doors for a long time before being seated. Also, the people cooking weren't wearing masks which doesn't excite me amid the pandemic. read more

If I could leave 0 stars I would, I have been coming here forever and every time it's been amazing. But tonight me and my friend went to eat there and I found a hair in my Cookeville roll, yes I did eat nearly all of it but the hair was in the last piece and the waitress even said she would take it off the bill. When I went to pay the guy was super rude and refused to take it off the bill, he even threatened to call the cops when I said I wasn't paying for someone's hair. The poor waitress even tried to tell him there was a food in my hair, and just like he was to me he was rude to her. He looked at my friend and asked if I was his girlfriend and then said man I'm so sorry for you. It's safe to say I will never be back read more

This place is a hidden gem and total delight. Go enjoy their great food, intimate atmosphere and TIP THEM WELL because the waiters/sushi chefs are AWESOME. read more

I've been to a lot better Hibachi restaurants in other towns but this one is decent. No complaints about the food which is consistently good. Sushi is fresh and of good quality. Food cooked on the hibachi grill is yummy. Service is....so-so. The waitresses never seem very happy to be there and the show you typically expect at a hibachi grill is meh - they tend to put on a better show if there are kids at the table though. Overall not a bad place, prices are comparable to other hibachi restaurants. read more

Be aware of the takeout. Ended up with someone else's food as well as the stuff we ordered. The takeout was really unimpressive. Soggy, tasteless fried rice. Dry, old chicken. I was really disappointed because I've eaten in a few times and it never was an issue. I'll mark this one off the list read more

I went in at a little after lunch time at a suggestion from a friend. I the sun was bright as I entered and paused at the little entry way before entering. I noticed how filthy the floor was but went on in. There was no one in there but me and waitress brought me the menu then said she had to leave and the cook would take my order. Food came out and I can honestly say every thing was bad. Even the ice tea. About 4 or 5 bites and I got up and left. Maybe there sushi is good ? If you went at night you would not notice how uncles the place is. I'll never return. Bud/Baxter Tennessee read more

I normally LOVE eating here. They have the best salad and yum yum sauce ever and they give you big portions, but ever since they got a new grill chef, my food always ends up burnt. The man is so vulgar too. He talks and says inappropriate things every time me and my fiancé are around him. read more

Last night we had dinner at Little Kobe. We've probably eaten there 25 times in the past few years. Last night was very good. The cook was pleasant and entertaining as he prepared the food on the grill. He hit the nice balance of entertaining while still allowing the groups to have conversation. The food, as usual, was very good. Service was very good as well. read more