Was recommended by a random local college student! Let face it, they give true honest opinions when it comes to food! They said "cheap and a lot of food" so we were sold! Hehe The service staff was nice and the food was great as well. Everyone in our group got the lunch special. Less than $12 and you got an egg roll, choose of soup and your entree with fried or steamed rice. Didn't disappoint, that's for sure! College kids were right! read more

Our server was nice but the people running the register were very rude and the food took so long. I guess for the price what do you expect.

I always make sure and visit Taste Grill when I'm in town! They were packed today but the service was still very fast and really good! I ended up getting egg drop soup and orange chicken. One of the reasons I love this place is the portions you can easily make multiple meals out of once dish. read more

Taste Grill - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

I found the hibachi special a great deal for chicken and shrimp, rice, white sauce, and soup for under $20 for dinner. The front was a bit chaotic for pickup orders but staff was friendly and hooked me up. Will def be back when I'm in town! read more

Got there about an hour before closing aPayed $13 for chicken fried rice (only chicken and fried rice plain) never had rice that tasted or felt so cheap in my life. Chicken looked, felt, and tasted like rubber. Extremely cheap ingredients and no taste at all. Shouldn't be called taste should be called Tasteless. read more

We've had dine and take out. Take out was better in the aspect of wait time, experience and warmth of food. We love Taste Grill. It's easy on the wallet, plenty of options and the food "can" be good! Our take out experiences have always bee 5 stars. But dine in is lacking. While even with a large party we were seated right away the service was slow and Orders were not accurate. Highly recommend for take out- not dine in. UNLESS only getting sushi. read more

Awesome food. Sheave was like butter. The waitress was really nice and she worked hard to care for our huge group. The restaurant was very clean and we had a great time. The bathroom was clean read more

Great food lovely service, and they complimented my huzzah sweatshirt much recommended

This is my favorite place to eat in Boone. I've never been disappointed with anything I've ordered.

Decent restaurant in Boone. First time here for lunch. Will come back. Nice lunch combos. read more

Taste Grill - Shrimp and Broccoli - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

Taste Grill is one of the biggest hit or miss restaurants that I've ever experienced, and it is reflected in the overall sentiment from other Yelpers. The visit that I had with my friends also exemplified this, as our individual experiences varied from decent, to very bad. Taste Grill offers a variety of cuisines including Chinese, Japanese and Thai food. I personally ordered the Thai fried rice with shrimp, and I was pleased with the final product. The rice was cooked well, had a lot of flavor, and even had a kick to it. The shrimp were plentiful and complemented the dish. We all agreed that this was the best item at the table, and is one that I would recommend you order. On the other hand, my friends both ordered Chinese combination meals and were both disappointed in their meals. The combinations come with soup, a variation of an egg roll, entrée, and a choice of fried or white rice. The appetizers were a bad start, the miso soup looked like it had been sitting there for a long time and it certainly tasted that way. The egg rolls had an odd red color that could have been pork, but we weren't certain what it could be. The biggest travesty of the experience was how bad the rice was. One of my friends described the rice as tasting "a month old" and my other friend received cold rice and mushrooms. Perhaps I just got lucky with my Thai fried rice. The entrees themselves were fair, but could not make up for the rice. Although we had varying experiences with the food we could all agree that the general cleanliness was below par. Many of the spoons that were given to us were still dirty, and the waitress picked up my friend's cup from the rim where you drink the water. The restaurant itself at first glance seems worn down. If we were to come back to Boone, I would be hesitant to return to Taste Grill. If you find that one dish that you love from here, stick to it. Venturing off could lead to a sub-par experience like my friends had. Nevertheless, a good restaurant has the consistency and quality to make every choice a viable option, and unfortunately Taste Grill doesn't have the consistency nor quality to be a top Asian restaurant in my book. read more

The sushi looks pretty but it's literally the worst asian fusion restaurant I've ever been to. The food sucked. I got egg foo young with pork and it looked gross and tasted like a spoonful of grease. The "gravy" looked like sludge. The hot and sour soup was too sour, didn't have black fungus, and was extremely salty. To the owner/kitchen staff: do you taste what you cook before selling it to people? The Thai fried rice tasted awful as well and had two chopped cold tomato pieces on it. It was strange. The service was excellent. There is no atmosphere in the restaurant and tables are sticky. Very polite nice young man was our server and we left a good tip because he was so nice! The food is atrocious though. read more

Taste Grill - Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

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I don't live in Boone, however when I come up here to visit friends, I always make sure to get Taste Grill. Their chicken is always great, although the vegetable rolls are my favorite! They give you huge portions with pretty cheap prices and the food is always fresh. Taste Grill is by far one of my favorite American/Chinese restaurants and I highly recommend you checking it out :) read more

For Boone, it's not too bad. definitely more flavor is needed but the food wasn't bad but wasn't AMAZING. Affordable during specials and combination menu. read more

I eat here a good amount of times, I might as well as write a review right! So I have been here a handful of times, and so far here is how I feel I think this sushi is good for what you would get in Boone. I have to remind myself I will never find sushi as fresh as when I lived in California's Bay Area. I do really enjoy the service, even when they are BUSY or behind on orders you can tell they are really working behind the bar to make sure they can get stuff done so 5 stars on that forsure. If you are getting the sushi get the specialty rolls, the classics are a little to basic for the price. The only one I have had that I really enjoy actually would be the Godzilla roll, that one stays constant every time I get it. I also feel like they do take covid precautions very carefully so I do recommend even if you sit in to eat. If you are going to order -Pickup= Pretty good, have had no issues with this and its very fast in my opinion, you have to think that this is a sushi place as well and that takes time its not a quick burger so be patient. So I do see the wait as reasonable. -Boone delivery= dont recommend, It took over an hour and half to get my food, and it was kind of soggy once so I'm not a fan. -Dine in= It gets busy, but they have spaced seating, I don't worry about the staff, I worry about the other customers because a lot of them feel inclined to not take safety precautions after they finish, they usually get up massless and walk past everyone to leave. Overall, . read more

The only thing I've gotten from here is the crab Rangoons but, they're worth the trip over there! The workers were very nice and efficient. The Rangoons are always absolutely amazing and they always throw a free tub of sweet & sour sauce in. Totally recommend! read more

I want to like your food but it isn't consistent. Staff is great. I just wish it was better.

I work three jobs, one of which is DoorDash and having been a server in the past, I can empathize with being busy and the kitchen behind on orders. However that is not the case with Taste Grill, and every time I have an order for this joke of a restaurant I start to have horrible anxiety anticipating the stress of picking up an order. Including the time the online orders are placed, to the time it says it will be "ready"; it will be well over an hour before I can even drop off the customers order. To top it all off, I lose money and my tips go down bc they had to wait so long. I wish the long wait times were the worst part, but it can't even compete with the horrible customer service. Every other restaurant in Boone is amazing, and timely. The waitresses at TG are rude, ugly and have not an ounce of common sense or sense of urgency. For instance tonight there were 10-13 people including kitchen staff that were preparing orders for patrons that were not even there to pick up their food yet. Dozens of bags sit on the counter for 30-59 minutes but will take an hour to bag up sushi and sauces. They were extremely rude to me for asking the eta, they ignore you and will cater to everyone else. I've honestly never experienced such contempt from servers, just for simply asking why there is such a delay. If you're looking for sushi or Asian Fusion foods, Boone and Blowing Rock have expanded a lot with amazing high quality locally owned restaurants; it would behoove you to go somewhere else. read more

Why set up an online ordering system if you don't check the online orders? Super unhappy with consistently going to Taste Grill and order not being ready for take out. Food is good. Prices are reasonable. Respecting my time is terrible. read more

Our first time here and service and dood was amazing. We will definitely come back. I ordered the Hibachi vegetables with tofu. Food was loaded with flavor. I can see why they were so busy, everyone must love there food. read more

Taste Grill - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

It sucks i have to write this review but its only right. First of all its a 2 star because i had a 1 star experience here with my group of 4, but honestly ive had a 4-5 star experience once or twice. Taste has been a go to for a while at least for take out, but its also been a very inconsistent experience. We either have dealt with at least mediocre service, over cooked tough chewy food, or a long wait. Now just having one of those checked off at a time hasnt ever warranted a review but tonight was different. To start our waitress was nearly whispering to us and had just started off our dining experience on the wrong foot. Every remark she made was either rude or she would almost nearly ignore our requests. Our drinks sat empty for nearly 10 minutes at a time probably (mind you we were seated from 5:10-6:50). About 30 minutes into our evening a large family of about 6-7 came and sat a table down from us. In between clearly choosing to serve them over us she would come tell us she would be with us in a moment and those moments felt like closer to about 10 minutes each time. They had their whole meals ordered by the time we could get out appetizers put in. We had to basically rush to even say it to her. And now we are not out to ruin this young woman's night and we were trying to be as kind and respectful as we could, 2 of the friends i was with work in the restaurant industry so they know how a long busy day can be on a waiter/waitress or the cooking staff. I also for one work in customer service and i know you cant carry yourself the way she had been doing tonight. Its not good for business, and its not good for your customers/clients. After waiting nearly 30 minutes for our appetizers it felt like the witching our for NFL Redzone. We waited and waited and waited (then watched the family of 6-7 get their whole table served before us) and waited a little more. My girlfriends food and mine arrived but the couple we were out with hadn't received theirs. After being handed our food the waitress said theirs would be "right out." Well after figuring out that "right out" actually meant an hour we decided to time it. It took closer to 20 minutes for their food to arrive. Heres the part i hate to write, because for 1 their food is normally really good and we are usually happy with it. My friends sesame tofu was as hard as a rock, i am not kidding. You could take it up the road to Mystery Hill and find amethyst geodes in it instead of tofu. Jokes aside it was bad, she was so hungry after waiting an hour and a half for it so she just tried to suck it up and eat it anyways but it just got to the point that was unenjoyable. My poke was good but its hard to mess up, my friends shrimp lo mein was okay but he scarfed it down, and my girlfriends hibachi chicken was some good tender pieces but some really tough chewy pieces. At the end we were approached with the bill question of how it would be split and thats when we gave them our concerns for the service we were given. Now yes maybe we shouldnt have waited but like i said before we were not out to be disrespectful or ruin anyones night so we typically try to not bring up inconveniences. The waitress' face turned sour as she stormed to the kitchen and yelled for the manager "hes mad..." (thats all we heard before she got out of ear shot). The waitress came back and said she could take off 50% of the tofu because "majority of the plate had been eaten and thats the policy there." Which for one just sounds oddly contradictory to the words "customer service." Rightfully so we disputed it and the waitress took the plate and returned to the kitchen talking a storm up. Also my friend maybe ate 25% of the plate i mean she couldn't even chew it. The, what i assume, manager comes to us and apologizes for a busy slammed night apologizing about our food and i mean it just still made no sense. We had been there 2 hours total, a table of 6-7 got served and left probably 25 minutes before us. She offered us the 50% again on the tofu and 10% over the additional meal. Which was acceptable since we were just ready to get back home and do homework. We paid the price but truthfully we weren't happy about it I'm sorry. The lady who approached us at the end who i assume was the manager just didn't do a good job of dealing with us either. Wish i could provide photos but i dont think their was much to document honestly. All in all, look, taste grill is a good place on a good day. But the worst days sting the most. Thank you. read more

Shrimp jumbo sized and done expertly. fried rice good but not great. Loved the hot and sour soup. Took some to go. Sebastian did a great job. Very attentive but not annoying. Will be back read more

Taste Grill - Shrimp chow main was lick the plate clean. - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

Greasy, tasteless food. You'll fell bad afterwards. They are lucky to have a very friendly waitstaff because it's the only redeeming quality. read more

The "no taste grill" is more like it. My Orange chicken entree was bland and had no flavor except for a weird background taste. Come on! The crab rangoon had no crab and the red sauce had no flavor. How hard can it be to improve the cooking? The bathroom was filthy, also. Too bad, it's a nice place and could be so much better. read more

Food is ok at best and not getting better. We eat Chinese once a week and will not go here anymore. They also have the strangest charging system I have ever seen. At least three different price points for the same food. read more

Really Good! Other reviews say it's bad but it's actually pretty good. Not oily or greasy either! Our waiter was a young guy and very attentive and kind to us. We'd definitely go back again! Won Ton soup was delicious!!!!! read more

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I wish I could review the food but all I can do is leave a 1* review for a waste of 30 minutes earlier today at 1pm. I walked in and stood by the "Please wait here to be seated" sign, only to be walked past and ignored by 3 or 4 employees. When I was finally seated in the booth, two servers walked past my table no less than five times each without acknowledging me or taking my drink order. When the young lady came back by with the table behind mine's soup, the customer interrupted the girl and said, "excuse me but this soup is not even luke warm." Being that I have a cold and was really after the hot & sour soup, I was already strongly considering putting my coat back on and heading for the door. But...I stayed. When the waitress brought the lady her replacement soup (no word whether the second cup was hot or not), she almost walked back past me again, but I guess my stare caught her attention and she finally asked if anyone had taken my drink order. I said "No, but I just want a coke..." She disappeared and scrambled around for another 5 minutes (as I watched her and the others flail around in the open kitchen). When she returned, empty handed, she said, "I'm sorry, what did you want to drink, again?" O.K. I get you are scramblin' but come on...it's a coke, and I've been sitting here looking your way for over 20 minutes. At that point, I made the call and told her how long I had been waiting, and started to put my coat on. I am sure the food may be decent on one of their good days, but I'll never be back to find out. This is my first negative review on Yelp, but being ignored from my first step in the door (by the owner/manager who was sauntering around in the back of the open kitchen), to the experience with the two servers walking by my booth multiple times, I felt the need to make this post. Now...where can I find some good HOT & Sour soup in this hometown of mine!? Oh...and Mapo Tofu too, that would be nice. Thanks ;) read more

Taste Grill - Wish I could've made it past my drink order that I never got to try the food... - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

I put in my order at 5:45. my order was not done til 6:30. there was no rush. everyone else recieved their food. they made it last because it was a comped order. I would've rather paid for a 15-20 min time like I was told or just be honest and say you'll get to it when the paid orders are done. rather then having me wait more then 40 min. read more

This place is way overhyped. I've heard it called the "best Asian food in Boone", and it's nothing close. The food was mediocre at best, cold, and expensive. I know this sounds sad, but in Boone, you're much better off going to the buffet or the Asian bar at Harris Teeter. Don't waste your money at this place or any other Asian places in Boone other than the 2 I mentioned. read more

The food varies from OK to very good. Dining in, chances are one or more of these things will happen: Taking forever to order, taking forever for the food to arrive, taking forever to get the bill, or the order is wrong. With all these bad reviews it's hard to understand why this restaurant is so consistently slow in all these aspects without it being addressed. The owners must have the same attitude that the servers do, we don't care. I live and work in Boone and I won't be back. read more

Wow, I'm super impressed with this place. I got delivery to a local hotel with out of town friends. One dinner combo was huge..It fed two of us for two whole days. We also got delicious dumplings. Everything showed up hot and ready with Door Dash, and it showed up earlier than the estimated delivery time! Hot and sour soup was a highlight too. One of the best I've had. Dinner portion size was HUGE, and much appreciated! I'll be back read more

Taste Grill - Holy mother of take out! - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

The House Special Soup and the triple delight are excellent. This is my go to for Asian food in Boone.

We had lunch today and It will probably be the last time eating there. The place has really gone downhill in recent years. The place was very dirty. Windows were so greasy, you could barely see through them. The floors were in need of mopping and a good sweeping. The floors and tables felt sticky. The walls were dirty. 5 waitstaff were standing behind the counter doing nothing most of the time we were there. When we paid and were asked how everything was, my husband said the place needed a good cleaning. The person said they did the best they could to which my husband replied that one of the people behind the counter could pick up a broom at least. We've been there many times since it first opened. This was the worst condition I've ever seen the place in. read more

I would not recommend getting the sushi or anything, I currently have food poisoning from this excuse for a restaurant. They do not even wear gloves when preparing your food, if I were a health inspector I would shut this place down! To put the icing on the cake, the staff are very rude and act like you are a burden for coming in to sit down and enjoy a meal. Extremely disappointed! read more

Taste Grill - Rotten, disgusting and disappointing - Japanese Near Me - Boone, North Carolina

First visit and I was pleasantly surprised. Comfortable sit down place. I had a combination dinner, food was plentiful and excellent, service was spot on. I will go back for sure. read more

This place is better than a five star. I give it 7 out of 5! I had the pineapple fried rice with chicken and it was excellent. Wife had hibachi vegetables with tofu it was also excellent. I am hoping to have some of her leftovers. I'm going to save this location for future trips to Boone North Carolina. read more

Food was awful! Please do not go here !!! Everything was tasteless. You can get better in the frozen section at the grocery store and save yourself money read more

the food is awful and greasy all looking boiled and under seasoned. had to take it home and recook it and still was the worst food in boone

Service was decent. Menu seemed to have a lot of the standard options one expects in an "Asian" restaurant (Chinese, Japanese, Thai). My companion's sushi had just the slightest 'fishy' smell, meaning it was not as fresh as one might expect. My Hot and Sour soup was very thick. Taste was okay. Crab Rangoon was excellent and one receives 8 (most places serve 4 or 5 at most). Floors in restaurant and in restroom had a very slight film of grease or something that made the slippery when a bit of water got on the soles of shoes (same happened with my companion). I may go back for another try, but if not improved, it will be my last visit. read more

Great food ! Fresh and hot!! Was an incredible bonus to see 100% MSG free!! Thank you for a great meal! Worth the stop :)