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Rikishi

4.1 (119 reviews)
ModerateJapanese, Sushi Bars
Closed • 4:30 pm - 9:30 PM

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RIKISHI ATMOSPHERE

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Casual
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Bridget B.

Enjoyable dining experience. We were seated as soon as we entered the restaurant, and the server was attentive throughout our visit (quick to take drink orders, food order, and checked on us several times). The atmosphere is very relaxed, with the lights down low. Our food came out fresh and hot and fairly soon after ordering. Definitely worth a return visit.

So bummed. We love this place! Paid extra for double veggie and no rice. Also sushi was completely frozen

Chicken Teriyaki

Freaking ridiculous to spend $16 on chicken teriyaki when there's hardly any chicken. If I only wanted fried rice- I'd ask for just that. Waste of time and $ from a pile of garbage establishment. Good luck with your take out orders. I wouldn't recommend this place.

Teriyaki chicken meal
Madison M.

I love this place. Before discovering Rikishi, I would drive all the way to Louisville whenever I was in the mood for Japanese food. However, I now prefer Rikishi to a lot of the places in Louisville. The food is delicious and always looks and tastes fresh (I love the presentation). The employees are friendly and the service is generally quick. The decor is nothing fancy, but it's cute and gets the point across. My favorites here are the teriyaki chicken meal and the tempura vegetables. One thing I like about Rikishi is that the vegetables that come with the hibachi style dinners are better vegetables than what I get at most hibachi restaurants. Here I can expect asparagus, a decent amount of broccoli, carrots, etc. versus the meh vegetables I've come to expect at a lot of other places. I also feel like the food gets overcooked at a lot of other places, but here it is exactly to my liking.

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Fat G.

Amazing as always! We love bringing a new family to convert to sushi and Rikishi always brings it! Five rolls later.... Ahhhhhhh. Satisfaction. :) Thank you, Ned, for making Crestwood, KY a sushi destination!

Seared yum and yum yum rolls - amazing!

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23 days ago

The food is fabulous and the service is friendly and fantastic. Wonderful and relaxed ambiance. I love this restaurant!

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3 months ago

Amazing! Will return. Great owners, great service and clean atmosphere. Everything we ordered was exceptional!

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5 months ago

Everything was excellent, had shrimp tempura w/ asparagus, 3 types of traditional nigiri

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1 year ago

Great options, delicious food, with attentive service! Love the low light atmosphere and I can't wait to make it back there again.

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1 year ago

Sushi was fresh and delicious - everything was wonderful and we had a great meal here on a whim one Saturday evening.

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We picked up Rikishi take out and we were blown away! This sushi is so good. The Christy Roll was our favorite but everything was so good!

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4 years ago

Best sushi ever!! I love the rolls variety and they use the best ingredients to bring you the best kind of sushi anywhere!

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3 years ago

Excellent sushi, quick and professional service. I recommend the Cooper 2 roll but all that I've tried are winners.

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2 years ago

This is the best place, that I have eaten in a long time! I recommend this restaurant it's the besttttttt.

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3 years ago

Its good food all around! A little on the slower and quieter side, but its a great sushi spot in town

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4 years ago

The best and freshest sushi around! Quick service as well. It's nice to have a sushi choice in Crestwood!

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4.3(168 reviews)
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I come here just for the sushi! I truly could not write enough about how delicious the sushi here…read moreis. I've been going to Samurai for date nights and friend dinners for years and every roll is huge and fresh, and I always have great service. Good sushi is hard to find in land locked Kentucky! Samurai must have great sources for their fish because the freshness is very apparent, every time I go. Favorite rolls: Mark's Roll, Happy Sunday, Texas Roll, Barbie's Favorite, Sakura Roll, and Midnight Roll but truthfully, you cannot go wrong. We heard the story of our favorite roll! The Mark's roll was named after a very kind soul that was a friend of the restaurant that sadly passed away. He loved spicy food and was the light of the room, so the fried jalalpeno and flaming plate make the perfect homage to him. The love and care Samurai has for their customers and the community is unmatched! Come cute with 15 people, or in your pajamas with your bestie. The atmosphere is very welcoming; casual but romantic still. Either way come ready to EAT!

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We came here on a Thursday night at 6:00p to celebrate a birthday with our party of eight people…read more We were greeted immediately, but had to wait for our entire party to arrive before we were seated at the hibachi table. As always, the dinner entertainment is quite enjoyable with the large, hot fire, egg juggling, and onion-ring choo-choo train. The food was prepared quite nicely, and the chef was very light with the seasonings. The chefs under the previous management were quite heavy with the seasonings and I always had to tell them ..."light on the teriyaki". On this visit, that was not the case and I appreciated the difference. The hibachi dining experience is usually always a nice one. While it is quite generic, it is enjoyable. We will return.

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It lightly.... Had to take a couple days to decide how to leave a review. This place came…read morerecommended by a close friend so didn't expect to feel disappointed. For the money spent, it was not okay to spend so much and not eat. The gentleman working there at the counter was very nice and was pleasant to talk to. The food... I don't know. I guess since it was the end of the night but still... we ordered to go after leaving the Kawaii Candy & Karaoke Elite event... still hot but it was kind of a hot mess. I refused to take photos of the food just added into my sorrow. An order of chicken and one shrimp fried rice- both so over cooked and seemingly recooked and just out too long.. the rice was just mush in both orders. The crab Rangoons two orders came with three- but they tasted really bad like weird and the texture threw us through another dimension. The firecracker shrimp didn't get eaten either... Instead of the sauce put on the side to add once home it was drenched- but made it so soggy there was no saving it no way to do anything with the goop breading. I just gave up. I know the lady who came out the kitchen looked irradiated but people were picking up to go orders when we came in... I know it was 40 minutes or less before closing so... I mean I get it I apologize for wanting to try the place for the first time while in the area- literally across the street... but it's going to have to be super early and in a little while. Heard nothing but good things so I did expect a lot I guess and that's on me... I will try it again and early in the day when I do. My daughter ordered something else but she didn't like it. I want to give it another go... I think it's one of those cases.. have to try again. But we won't order so much. We always order tons to try when we find a new place. So yeah.. less spending next time.

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4.2(162 reviews)
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Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi - 3 Protein Poke Bowl

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