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New Restaurant Review: Nagoya
Posted on 7/16/08 at 8:45 am
Posted on 7/16/08 at 8:45 am
Nagoya - South Sherwood Forest, just north of Picadilly Cafeteria.
Atmosphere ***
Cleanliness *****
Service *****
Selection ****
Taste ***
Value *****
So I went to this place right after work, after hearing about it on here yesterday.
When I walked in, the place had a very strong salt-water fish market smell to it, which threw me off, since it was just a restaurant, and not a fish market.
First thing I noticed is that sushi/asian restaurants in Baton Rouge have this strange affinity to paint their walls sea-foam green.
The second thing I noticed was that there were a lot of asian families eating there. Kinda goes along with my theory about ethnic restaurants that if there is a good percentage of people of that ethnicity there eating the food, they must be doing something right.
The dinner buffet is $15.95 - including all you can eat sushi, sashimi, 'regualar asian buffet food', and hibachi grill. I'm thinking to myself, 'for $15.95 I'm not going to hold this place to the same standards of other sushi bars in the city - it just wouldn't be fair'.
I went straight for the sushi/sashimi - because thats where I thought I could get the most out of my $15.95; and I was right...In about 10 minutes, I had already eaten what would have probably been $25's worth of sashimi.
This place is not like King buffet on Bluebonnet (that says they have 'sushi', but its just one guy back there making california rolls). Behind the bar were 4 'real' sushi chefs cutting fresh shanks of fish and rolling a pretty wide variety of rolls.
While I don't think they used the highest quality fish, I had no complaints about the sashimi. Again, was it the best Ive had compared to other 'non-buffet' sushi restaurants in town? No, but there was nothing to complain about either.
After eating a good amount of sashimi, I had a couple of the rolls, and again, not the absolute tastiest sushi, but not bad either...All of it 'worth the money you paid for it'.
They had a couple of hot food items that I hadn't seen at other asian buffets in town, like pineapple sweet rice - which I had never tried, and tasted quite good.
They even had a guy behind the bar shucking fresh oysters (didn't try them, though - but again still impressed that a buffet for that price would have freshly shucked oysters).
The hibachi grill was very popular among the clientele...I didn't try it, but the family sitting in the table next to me seemed to really enjoy it (but really, how can you frick up hibachi meat anyways?)
There was a dessert bar with 'real' cheesecake, 'real' pastries, and a woman serving about 15 different flavors of ice cream (order by flavor number cuz she wont understand 'chocolate').
The service (for a buffet place) was tremendous...but I would expect this for any restaurant open for less than a week (law of diminishing returns has to set in at some point, though). I could not get my ice tea glass all the way empty before the girl brought me a new glass (and this becamse sort of a game for me to try to drink down all my tea before someone would come by with another refill). Didn't hurt either that my waitress looked like an Asian Shania Twain.
Overall, I would not consider this a 'date' place at all...but if you want some decent sushi and are on a budget, Nagoya exceeded my expectations. They also give an AARP and LSU student discount - and the manager told me that he plans to advertise pretty heavily in the LSU area when school starts.
This place is not on par with high-end sushi restaurants in Baton Rouge, but I more than ate what I thougth was $15.95's worth of decent food. I will go back, and recommend that people try it out.
Atmosphere ***
Cleanliness *****
Service *****
Selection ****
Taste ***
Value *****
So I went to this place right after work, after hearing about it on here yesterday.
When I walked in, the place had a very strong salt-water fish market smell to it, which threw me off, since it was just a restaurant, and not a fish market.
First thing I noticed is that sushi/asian restaurants in Baton Rouge have this strange affinity to paint their walls sea-foam green.
The second thing I noticed was that there were a lot of asian families eating there. Kinda goes along with my theory about ethnic restaurants that if there is a good percentage of people of that ethnicity there eating the food, they must be doing something right.
The dinner buffet is $15.95 - including all you can eat sushi, sashimi, 'regualar asian buffet food', and hibachi grill. I'm thinking to myself, 'for $15.95 I'm not going to hold this place to the same standards of other sushi bars in the city - it just wouldn't be fair'.
I went straight for the sushi/sashimi - because thats where I thought I could get the most out of my $15.95; and I was right...In about 10 minutes, I had already eaten what would have probably been $25's worth of sashimi.
This place is not like King buffet on Bluebonnet (that says they have 'sushi', but its just one guy back there making california rolls). Behind the bar were 4 'real' sushi chefs cutting fresh shanks of fish and rolling a pretty wide variety of rolls.
While I don't think they used the highest quality fish, I had no complaints about the sashimi. Again, was it the best Ive had compared to other 'non-buffet' sushi restaurants in town? No, but there was nothing to complain about either.
After eating a good amount of sashimi, I had a couple of the rolls, and again, not the absolute tastiest sushi, but not bad either...All of it 'worth the money you paid for it'.
They had a couple of hot food items that I hadn't seen at other asian buffets in town, like pineapple sweet rice - which I had never tried, and tasted quite good.
They even had a guy behind the bar shucking fresh oysters (didn't try them, though - but again still impressed that a buffet for that price would have freshly shucked oysters).
The hibachi grill was very popular among the clientele...I didn't try it, but the family sitting in the table next to me seemed to really enjoy it (but really, how can you frick up hibachi meat anyways?)
There was a dessert bar with 'real' cheesecake, 'real' pastries, and a woman serving about 15 different flavors of ice cream (order by flavor number cuz she wont understand 'chocolate').
The service (for a buffet place) was tremendous...but I would expect this for any restaurant open for less than a week (law of diminishing returns has to set in at some point, though). I could not get my ice tea glass all the way empty before the girl brought me a new glass (and this becamse sort of a game for me to try to drink down all my tea before someone would come by with another refill). Didn't hurt either that my waitress looked like an Asian Shania Twain.
Overall, I would not consider this a 'date' place at all...but if you want some decent sushi and are on a budget, Nagoya exceeded my expectations. They also give an AARP and LSU student discount - and the manager told me that he plans to advertise pretty heavily in the LSU area when school starts.
This place is not on par with high-end sushi restaurants in Baton Rouge, but I more than ate what I thougth was $15.95's worth of decent food. I will go back, and recommend that people try it out.
This post was edited on 7/16/08 at 8:49 am
Posted on 7/16/08 at 9:02 am to ToplessTenors4evuh
nicely done review..........
Posted on 7/16/08 at 9:10 am to ToplessTenors4evuh
Great review!
I would echo everything you said.
I would echo everything you said.
Posted on 7/16/08 at 9:30 am to Turbo93
quote:
All buffet's suck. Fact.
Texas De Brazil, Fogo De Chao, Ohana at Polynesian resort WDW. These all suck by your logic..
Posted on 7/16/08 at 9:44 am to LittleLady
I just thought I'd share this reply from a co-worker of mine, just cuz im still in tears from reading it (actual names have been hidden to protect the innocent)
quote:
I wanted to double check TT4E’s restaurant review:
So I walked into Nagoya and right away asked for the Asian Shania Twain. She was not there and I was instead served by an Asian Rosie O’Donnell. I recognized the short-skirted waitress in the next section from a massage parlor I patronized a year ago, and I remember her as being very, very nice. The place smelled like fish but I had been smelling a subtle fish smell since the date I was on the previous night so I didn’t mark it against the restaurant. I ordered some California rolls since only the best sushi places have those. Judging by the color, it looked very good; I was hungry and they were good. Except it had a bit much of a rice flavor to it though. (I don’t mind the ‘fishy’ flavor, since, as mentioned, I ate some fish the night before.) I would consider it a date place, but that may be related to my memories of the other waitress. Either way, I plan on returning to Nagoya on my next date so that when I tell the girl about that other waitress, it should make her jealous, thereby convincing her to get frisky with me. The ol’ you-snooze-you-lose play.
Atmosphere ***
Cleanliness *****
Service ***
Selection ***
Taste ****
Value *****
This post was edited on 7/16/08 at 9:45 am
Posted on 7/16/08 at 10:57 am to ToplessTenors4evuh
The revised review is much better.
Posted on 7/16/08 at 11:22 am to LittleLady
thanks, ive been wondering about that place
Posted on 7/16/08 at 4:02 pm to Turbo93
quote:
my theory about ethnic restaurants that if there is a good percentage of people of that ethnicity there eating the food, they must be doing something right.
IMO, El Magey is a similar experience for mexican in BR. Now the people eating may be construction workers, but i dont hold that against them.
Posted on 7/16/08 at 4:04 pm to jmtigers
quote:
IMO, El Magey is a similar experience for mexican in BR
Absolutely, same for the Casa Maria up on Choctaw and Flannery.
Posted on 7/16/08 at 4:07 pm to ToplessTenors4evuh
did they have a mayo dispensing machine similar to the ones you usually see serving soft serve ice cream?
This post was edited on 7/16/08 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 7/16/08 at 4:21 pm to LSUfan4444
quote:
did they have a mayo dispensing machine similar to the ones you usually see serving soft serve ice cream?
Yes, you know who was able to get plenty of spicy mayo.
Posted on 7/16/08 at 10:02 pm to ToplessTenors4evuh
Ate there today for lunch and was very impressed with the selection and price. I mean, $10.99 for all you can eat sushi?!
Posted on 7/16/08 at 10:43 pm to tigerfan5803
Will go there soon. What kind of discount do you get for being an LSU student? Not a student anymore but still have my ID from last year.
Posted on 7/17/08 at 1:12 pm to Stewie Griffin
I'm about to make the drive out there and try it out, does lunch buffet end at a certain time? Are they like Chinese buffets that'll kind of shut down around 2:30-30?
It'd be great to know before I make the drive.
It'd be great to know before I make the drive.
Posted on 7/17/08 at 1:21 pm to danman6336
Just went today...I think lunch ends at 3:30. Overall, very positive review, however the organization of rolls in two rows was quite confusing to me; if you're not a sushi expert, or are very particular, you may have difficulty figuring out what rolls you would like to try on the back row. The selection is amazing and definitely worth 11 bucks for lunch.
However they were out of coffee ice cream (#5) and had no hot fudge, dammit.
However they were out of coffee ice cream (#5) and had no hot fudge, dammit.
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