Still awesome! I've enjoyed their delicious food for the past four years (pre-, during, and post-pandemic)! Great food and great service make Sim the best Japanese restaurant in E-Town. Definitely recommend the Cardinal roll and the Kentucky roll. Their dinner plates offer ample portions for the money and are deliciously seasoned. I recommend their Steak Hibachi Dinner. You won't go wrong with Sim's. read more

I love Sim!! I have never had a bad meal! They are also so polite and they do a great job with their service even if they are busy! This is my favorite place to eat in etown! read more

The bento box is always my go to at Sims great food but crazy hours. Check ahead f9r times.

This guy one of my favorite restaurants in Elizabethtown! The food is delicious, and the staff is so friendly. I really like the chicken bowl and their yum yum sauce is the best. It's very clean too. read more

Great service and awesome food!! We love this place. We bring our grandsons here often. They love sushi.

Best spicy tuna roll I've had in Kentucky so far. Philly was roll was excellent too. I like how they use fountain drinks with refills. Waitress did a great job for me kept my drink refilled and knew when I wanted the check right away. I'll be back often. read more

When I come to KY I like to come here. I love their sushi but so badly wish they had kani salad! That would compliment the sushi so well! The service is quick and I love that you can watch the sushi chef prepare your order. I was not a fan of the calamari sticks. They were over cooked and it was obvious they were fried earlier in the day and then fried again upon order. It wasn't pleasant at all. The sushi however was deli, fresh and refreshing. The ingredients are fresh, and orders are packaged in styrofoam containers in reflection of the pandemic. There is no dining in, take out only but it works! read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Fantastic sushi. I just wish they have have an online ordering system set up if they don't answer their phone.

The sushi and service was great let's talk about my date with my girl Dahlia and sushi! Once again thanks to Yelp I found a stellar place with good food and and service!! We got there just as they were opening for dinner. Our waitress was really sweet and very informative and happy to answer any questions we had about the various sushi!! We at stated off with gyoza and the calamari!! Let me just say spicy mayo and eel sauce on calamari! Winning!!!! It was probably the best calamari I have ever had and I love calamari It was really delicious and having great service really puts this place over the edge. I enjoyed the rainbow roll and the California roll as well as some fried. Rice This place also offers hibachi type plates:) now if I am in a greedy I love me some Hibachi:) please go and check this place out in E town it has all the stuff you would like if you are a sushi lover!!! read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - Rainbow rolls and California rolls - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

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Consistently good-tasting food and friendly service. A go-to for our family when we want to eat out.

We love sushi and there are a couple places to get it in elizabethtown. My favorite thing to get here is a bento box at lunch time. It's a huge portion and there are so many things in it to try. Their sushi is ok but I much prefer just getting a bento box. One time when I got sushi my fish wasn't very fresh and it actually made my stomach hurt a bit. read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - a bento box of food - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

The service is always amazing. The only place I want to go get sushi now! Also if you are looking for something besides sushi, they have a bento lunch box to die for. Never disappointed. read more

I don't really understand how this place is still in business. The phone is disconnected. The hours are whenever they decide to open and are never reliable. Don't get a cooked roll either, it'll come out cold like they froze and heated it up. read more

I'm giving this one star tonight. This is my favorite sushi restaurant in town. They make my favorite sushi. Always willing to have it ready to go. Now they have changed waitresses over the last 6 to 9 months. So when it is time to place a to go order they get attitude. I was on hold for over 30 minutes. And walked in. Still on hold. The lady got an attitude with me because I told her she needed to hang up the phone so other customers could call in. And told me that she refused to hang up the phone for others to be able to call in, and told me she would refuse to wait on me the next time I come asking her to do her job- I told her that she needed to hang up the phone so other people could make orders, and they could make more business. Apparently the owner decides that they need to leave the phone off the hook when they're busy the restaurant had three tables with customers at it. And two to go orders sitting behind the lady. Owner was standing behind the sushi counter now doing anything else. Food is great, but customers are NOT right when you go there. Go see for yourself if this is where you want to eat in town. Good luck! read more

Wow. Not a fancy place, but the food was really good. I had a rice bowl and a VIP roll. Definitely a place I would come back to. Quality of the food is excellent. Fresh and plentiful. The staff was very friendly. read more

Best lunch in town....but be prepared to wait. We absolutely love their lunch bento boxes, especially their Kudzu chicken. Love that you get 4 pieces of California roll with the bento box, it is a great variety. They have the best Miso soup around, and I absolutely love their fried rice. However, now that more people are discovering this yummy little place, it is quite busy and understaffed. We waited 38 minutes from the moment we ordered until we received our food, good thing we weren't in a hurry on an hour lunch break! read more

I only ordered one sushi roll but that roll was amazing. The Playboy roll. I could've eaten a whole other order of it. From what I hear, you can't go wrong with any of them. My friend loves the Cardinal Roll. read more

Growing up Asian and around Japanese food there is a level of expectation when going to a restaurant. SIM meets that expectation. Portion size is good for the price. The atmosphere is nice. Although it's tucked out of the way from regular traffic this place will remain busy with excellent word-of-mouth advertising. I have gone 3x already since they have opened. This is my go-to place for local Sushi. The service is o.k., the menu options are good. This is not a teppanyaki (cook at your table) type of restaurant. It is designed as a casual atmosphere to enjoy good sushi and other hot food items. Too bad they don't offer a military discount. read more

Having lived in Japan for six years, I have been blessed to have the opportunity to try authentic Japanese sushi and cuisine so coming here I was skeptical at first. However, trying a variety of the sushi rolls & fried rice that they have was extremely refreshing. The food here is absolutely great and the lunch service has constantly been amazing! You HAVE to try the E-Town or Louisville rolls! It will get busy at 11:45am onward because of the lunch rush, so try to get there as soon as they open for lunch because the place gets packed. read more

A great alternative to the big cliched "Japanese restaurant". It's not a massive space dominates by large hibachi grills. It's quaint and cozy. I go mostly for the sushi and every roll I've ever tried has been packed with flavor and variety. Staff may come and go but they've always been friendly and attentive. read more

I will have to break this review in different parts. Location: plenty of parking spots and easy to find. The restaurant needs a better ambient and decoration. Bathrooms are clean. Cheap Formica and tables makes the place looks bad. Service: very polite waitressess and attentive. Menu: simple and lunch specials. A lot of sushi plates and different names, hard to read. Food: 7 out of 10. Good enough to enjoy and talk without complaining about it. read more

This is a favorite place to go, it's quite and the food is delicious and quick. I have had their lunches, dinner and sushi. I have never had a dish from this place that disappointed, the sushi is fresh and delicious. I'm always trying different rolls and haven't had one that I hated. Service is always friendly and quick with the different groups I have went with. Kid approved menu. They are great, the dishes are clean and the restaurant cleanliness is good too. read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - Etown Sashimi appetizer - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

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This place is busy on week days. Hard to seat a group of more than 4, limited seating. Usually can get in and out within an hour. Have a great lunch menu. Bento A is a platter that has many appetizers and fried rice. You can choose from a meat and steamed or fried rice. Also, includes sushi. I opted for the bento A veggie with soup rather than salad. My friend ordered bento A with chicken. Service is just ok, not anything special. Maybe because they were super busy, during lunch rush. They have sushi rolls too. read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - Veggie bento A lunch tray, lots of variety. - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

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Amazing wait staff but something was very wrong with my sushi. The rice was either stale or overworked into that hard gummy consistancy that is nigh impossible to chew. The roll kept falling apart, even though it was a simple alaska roll. Bland and the fake crab even tasted.. off. Not my first sushi by far, I make my own sometimes and I've had better pre-boxed from a grocery store than what I ate at Sim. If you want quality sushi I recommend Ooshi Sushi or Hiko-A-Mon in Louisville. They're not that much further a drive for me. (And no, I'm not affilliated with either) Really wanted to like this place but it did not live up to the hype at all. Maybe it was an off day, maybe the quality has dropped, maybe they are ranked the best in etown because there really is no competition. I don't know. I hate leaving bad feedback but that really was some of the worse sushi I've had in a while. At least the wait staff was super friendly. read more

I love their food but the website open times are wrong, they don't answer the phones & the hours change often. We've been excited to eat here the last 4 times and they were closed early or had new hours. read more

Every time I come to this place it is closed during their normal business hours. After multiple attempts I will not be back. Good luck opening and closing when you feel like. I couldn't imagine running a business like that. read more

Nice its 7:30pm 12/13/21 the sign states they close at 9:00pm as well as Yelp. I walked in to be waited on and they told me they werent serving anyone else bc business was slow. There were two sets of customers eating. When i left another couple came inside and were turned away too. Now I know why business is slow. I wont be back! Dont run a business with hours posted if you cant serve customers. Just stay closed! read more

Thanks to our beautiful waitress, our Mother's Day dinner (celebrated early since I live out of town) was PERFECT! The place was clean and comfy, as stated earlier, our waitress was kind, friendly, and helpful. Our food was beautiful and tasted wonderful! We had the shrimp tempura; the house salad with ginger dressing and a seaweed salad; the VIP Roll; Lobster Roll; and the Cucumber Passion. ALL of it was delicious! Anyone who gives this place anything less that five stars had a bad day! read more

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Got the veggie yakisoba with some tofu on the side. The box was half empty, but it was delicious!

Great customer service !!!! Nicki was great !! Food was great !! I'm overall satisfied with my experience here I recommend anyone wanting great sushi to come here !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Great sushi in etown! This is my go to sushi spot in etown. Next time you are in etown and craving sushi check it out.

I would highly recommend this place! The food is so good! The staff are very friendly. I love their chicken bowl and gyoza. The absolute best yum yum sauce I've ever tasted. Give them a try, you won't be disappointed. read more

Best sushi in Hardin County! It's hard to find good, fresh sushi in KY, but this place does it. Love the portion sizes and l REALLY love the prices!!! I had 4 different rolls (my favorite being the VIP Roll). My dad had the ribeye steak dish. He inhaled it LoL. I'll be back ASAP. read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Of the 3 Japanese restaurants in Elizabethtown, this is the best one. It's small and there is limited seating, so there's a wait on busy nights, but the wait isn't very long. They don't cook the food in front of you, so if you're looking for a show this isn't the place for you. We've always had great service, probably because we dine here frequently, but they seem very friendly and attentive to other diners. The appetizers and entrées are good, except for the yaki niku (bulgogi). If you want bulgogi, go to a Korean restaurant like Song's Buffet in Radcliff. The entrées come with a house salad with a creamy ginger dressing and a choice of soup (miso or clear broth). They have the typical nigiri sushi/sashimi menu as most other Japanese restaurants, except uni (sea urchin), which is disappointing. If you've never had uni, I highly recommend trying it. It's like a fresh oyster on steroids, with a creamy texture and a briny ocean taste. They have a good selection of sushi rolls and specialty sushi rolls, my daughters highly recommend the sexy girl roll. All in all a good dining option and the best Japanese in Elizabethtown. read more

So - other reviews give a good impression of the sushi at this informal, café-style restaurant. Rolls are relatively well made, certainly better than the grocery-store quality sushi available elsewhere in this area, but certainly not comparable to sushi available in anything other than central-bumble KY. (A tip for those a little overwhelmed by the sushi order form - there are descriptions of each of the rolls on the last two pages of the menu.) That said, I wanted to try out the "other stuff" - appetizers and entrees from their comparatively long menu. The results were fairly good, again, especially for Hardin County. The gyoza filling was tasty, as was the shumai; next time, though, I'm going to ask if they can steam the (otherwise pan-fried) gyoza, because the wrappers were really tough and not very appetizing. The (steamed) shumai were much better. Entrees come with soup (miso or house), salad, plain fried rice, a veg mix, and noodles. Seriously. That's *AND* not *OR*. All for between $12 - $20-something, depending selection. It is a huge amount of food, especially if you like to add a roll or appetizer to your meal. If you don't like leftovers, they also offer rice bowls with various proteins added. The house soup was absolutely amazing: one of the most flavorful yet delicate broths I've ever had. The salad was a typical Japa-rican salad nod to an iceberg mix, but the fabulous house ginger dressing made even a simple salad not to be missed. Both the soup and salad dressing are totally crave-worthy. Wide, flat noodles were tasty (and while I'm not going on record as saying they were house-made, they were, at least, soft, not boxed, dry), as was plain fried rice, which had a great texture. Veggies were a steamed carrot / broccoli mix: fine, and fresh. As far as the proteins (including the (Ton)Katsu), I've had the steak, chicken, shrimp, and pork, all were well-cooked, minimally seasoned quality meat, fish, and poultry. Be prepared: otherwise larger meats are precut into bite-sizes before cooking, the side benefit is each piece is carefully cut to minimize cartilage or other gristle, though it can be a little unexpected. Without the soup or ginger dressing, my rating of Sim would hover around 3.5 stars, but these two standouts will definitely bring me back! Can't wait to try their bulgogi next time. Servers are trying, but are fairly inexperienced and somewhat awkward (excepting the sushi dude working behind the sushi bar); frankly, the café layout & small, but multipurpose space does them no favors (though it certainly is stylish & pleasant). The cafe-style space just translates more as a good place to get a couple of sushi rolls or grab carryout (as tons of customers do!), not a place to drop over 60$ on a fabulous meal (w/o sake or any other alcohol) for 2. No wine or beer on Sundays. One last thing: do watch out for cooked items, as some are served hotter (temperature-wise) than molten lava. Mama is all for serving hot food hot, but yikes. read more

I have called to place an order and it rings and then hangs up. I have called before and have not had this issue. Now it I saying the line is busy. read more

Ate here tonight and the food was just as good as always. I ordered the chicken bowl with a side of salmon and both were great. I even left with enough to eat for lunch tomorrow. On top of the great food we also had an excellent waitress who gave us many good suggestions. I love that I'm able to go here on a Saturday night and get hibachi style food without the wait that I would have at Ginza. read more

Sim Steak and Sushi - Hibachi special dinner with teriyaki chicken and steak. - Japanese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Best sushi and hibachi place in town. The customer service was awesome! (Something the other places are lacking.) We got take out, which took a little while, but it was a busy Friday night! The service was still great and the staff was so nice. Would definitely recommend coming here instead of the other ones in town! read more

Went here a few times and I always ate so much until I fell into a sushi coma. They already know what I want. Sushi is well done and fresh, one can taste the freshness at first bite. Prices are decent. Staff always friendly. I would say this is my favorite Sushi joint in the area. read more

Favorite sushi in Etown! I always get the Cardinal Roll, but any roll I've ever tried has been just as great. My only critique would be that they're hard to get ahold of sometimes. read more