I LOVE THIS PLACE! They always come through with the tastiest food and its so quick! The employees are so kind every time and I never leave feeling annoyed or dissatisfied. One time I ordered online and got a tonkatsu ramen (so freaking good btw) and I added to the note "can it be spicy?" and they added a little spicy sauce for me in the bag! Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside I love you. Thank you for making my evenings tasty read more

They always had a banner about a lunch special for around $9, and you're able to add a drink or a side salad for $1.75. I got the lunch special to go, with teriyaki chicken, fried rice, veggies, and a side salad with yellow sauce and spicy mayo, and ginger dressing. The lunch special comes with an egg roll as well! The portions are appropriate for lunch, and the wait wasn't long either. I am slightly disappointed that they only gave me about 8 pieces of chicken, but still tasted amazing! The rice, however, was just rice and soy sauce and that's not how I usually prefer it, so I would just recommend getting white rice instead. Salad was ok, it wasn't fresh, and some pieces of lettuce were wilted. Overall, I'm not sure if I would come back for hibachi, but maybe try to sushi next time. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Lunch Special: teriyaki chicken with fried rice and veggies, and a side salad - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

What great food! The lady bug roll is an absolute must here! Also recommend getting some extra eel sauce to dip the gyoza in because that combination is amazing. Great shrimp and rice! Would honestly recommend getting it with double rice and no veggies though because the zucchini are very undercooked and crunchy. Just depends on your preference though. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Ladybug Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

This place has been an Athens mainstay for many years. We don't love cabbage, but upgrading to the Ultimate Veggies means more broccoli, carrots, and mushrooms. Well worth the small up charge. Everything on the menu is good, and when I call for takeout, it's always hot and ready in about 10 minutes. read more

Awesome Chicken Hibachi lunch. The food was awesome and fresh. It's feels great to be able to locate the best Japanese/Hibachi restaurants in Athens and in glad to have this one. It was Sunday afternoon and surprisingly it wasn't as busy as I thought. I was able to get my food to go without a problem and it was worth the trip here. I can't wait to bring friends here on the next visit. I know they'll love this restaurant. :) read more

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Great atmosphere and friendly staff. Chicken bowl deal is a steal, recommend the sweat tea as well.

One of my favorites. friendly and sweet staff, great food as well. Always a good experience.

Hot & Ready. Very short wait times. Excellent food. Contactless payment not available -1 read more

Ordered at 18:34 on Wednesday... food came out at 19:04... $29 for 3 sushi rolls and sweet tea... and the staff needs a tip. Idk what I was expecting from a strip mall "sushi" place, but this is not worth your time or money, trust me. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Refried shrimp tails for decorations There was literally no shrimp attached - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

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The superior of the two fast style hibachi on the east side. Good price point and good food.

Spent $3.25 on a side salad. All I got was some chopped up romaine lettuce. Could've at least had some carrots or something. After eating I found a bug in the salad. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Side salad - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

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Hands down my favorite sushi in town. You get a lot of food for your money here. Compared to RuSans or Utage, the sushi just tastes more fresh and you get more of it. The only thing is I wish there was another location on the west side of Athens. But I am still willing to make the trek to east side just for the sushi. Don't be fooled by the similar name. This is nothing like the Inoko on Alps or the Inoko Express off Atlanta Highway next to Ingles. I've had lackluster experiences at those locations. But Sushi Express is great! Besides sushi, you can get your typical hibachi rice bowls. They aren't as great as Choo Choos, and the yellow sauce isn't as good, but they are still delicious. You get a discount for using cash, but Yelp does offer cash back if you pay with a linked card, so it kinda evens out. I do feel like quality has diminished a bit since my last visit, but it may just be a one-off thing. If you dine in, the order will be brought to your table, but everything else is self-serve. Takeout and delivery options are available through Bulldawg and Cosmic. Staff is always friendly. The place is always clean. I want to give 5 stars but today's meal wasn't quite as good as I remembered when the Japanese sushi makers would greet you immediately upon entering. Next time I go there, I'll reassess and return the star that I think they can certainly win back. read more

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This place is great!! I've been there at least 3 times in the past 3 months. I get the fried rice and veggies meal. It comes with a salad and they have a delicious brothy soup at the drink station. Each time I've been there the service is fast, friendly and very helpful. The portions are large and the price is very reasonable. You go to a counter to order and there's a nice table area. I always take food home. Very very good. read more

I generally like this place. Its relatively cheap for a decent amount of food. However, I made the mistake of getting the calamari for $6.95. I got probably around ~13 pieces. I've been told that this is the "normal" amount to get. They also put it on a bed of lettuce which was warm due to the heat of the calamari which wasn't super appetizing. It just kind of feels like a rip-off, especially when you know the bed of lettuce is take make the plate/box look more full. Everything else it's at least decent, but this was definitely kind of depressing to receive. Try anything else, just avoid the calamari. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Fried Calamari on a weird bed of lettuce - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

Delicious chicken hibachi dinner! I love the Fukuhara sauce. The edamame is also great!

I purchased Yellow Tail and Yum Yum sushi roll. It was average. Don't have any high expectations...

This place has decent quality food for an amazing price. Expect the same quality in par with Ru Sans---except cheaper prices. I highly suggest anyone game for a sushi bargain to go here. The lunch special is around $8, and you get to choose 2 sushi rolls, an entree, salad, and drink. A serving of rice is $1 extra for steamed or fried rice. Regardless of what you order you get unlimited "refills" of miso or onion soup. There's nothing in the soup except broth, but you can add pieces of fried onion in it. My favorite roll was the raging bull dog. Pieces of tuna and shrimp wrapped up in crunchy pieces and masago. The scallop and masago maki roll is also awesome. Now that I live near here, I don't see why this can't be a frequent lunch spot :) read more

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The food was very good. Employees are so nice. But very hot inside today no air . So uncomfortable eating lunch. So good today. The employees are very friendly. The food was the best I ever had. read more

Haven't been here in a while and while the food was good, the service was horrible; wanted to have a restaurant experience, but got incomplete order in a plastic box, no utensils, no napkins, hot tea served in a styrofoam cup Obviously, the staff wanted to be anywhere but at work, the usual situation in Athens when the boss is away read more

This place was absolutely terrible. The people are great but the food is not good! I had fried calamari and it was not good. The rice seemed as if it had been sitting for quite some time. The shrimp were ok but the chicken I had was not, I was not able to finish it. read more

Love the food, hate the sticky floor. Staff is very friendly. But the floor stickiness drives me crazy.

This is a decent place to eat at if you're doing grocery shopping and am hungry. Well, it's an okay place to eat at in general. There are always lunch specials going on. The soups (miso and onion) are located near the drinks so you can get as much as you want. The food quality (to me) is like any other quicky Japenese place. Not super great, but not super shabby at all. You get a small 10% discount if you pay with cash. ;) Seating is plentiful. Parking is the same. read more

I enjoyed this place because it's so cheap, but awesome food! We found this place from Yelp and decided to give it a try. Ordering is at the counter and you sit at your table for them to bring out. They had serve yourself unlimited soup. Miso and Onion as well as a self serve soft drink machine and soy sauce. No one bothers you meaning waiters. They brought our food out on authentic sushi table holders. Made experience seem authentic. Fresh food and cheap prices. Can't wait to go back soon! read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Maki roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

This place is awesome! Their lunch specials are great for poor college students like me. Their portions are large (can easily be 2 meals), and its fairly healthy. You get unlimited miso soup too, which is always a plus. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - Surf and turf lunch special with their miso soup - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

The food was ok but I was disappointed when I got home and there was no Shrimp. I ordered Steak and Shrimp. I doubt I will be spending $40 for another meal for 2 at your restaurant. read more

I hate to do this, but this isn't the same quality food, since they moved next to Publix. I has the rainbow roll, two salmon nigiri, two yellow tail nigiri and two shrimp and smelt roe nigiri and none of it was good. I spent almost $30 for some stuff that seemed like they had left out overnight. Doubt that we will be visiting the new location anytime soon. read more

Inoko Sushi Express, man. You knocked me off my feet! First of all, they share a parking lot with Kroger, so parking is not a problem, there is room for all! Given that they are the "sushi express" version of Inoko family restaurants, my expectations weren't that high, but this location rocked me! Their staff is friendly and welcoming, they all wore a smile, and they were all on the same level of communication with both themselves and the customers. Which makes the dinner rush go smoothly and customers happy! We started with our eel roll, which is a basic roll anywhere you go, but they didn't disappoint. Even through their rush, their food is still good quality. Then we had the udon noodle soup. Which came out perfectly. Flavor was on point and noodles were cooked perfectly. Again, even with their dinner rush, the food is still good quality. Which says a lot. Most places try to imitate the Japanese flavoring for the udon noodle soup and also the eel roll, but you can taste that it's off. But here at Inoko Sushi Express, you get the real deal. The food is spot on! Inoko Sushi Express, you have earned my business. I will return every time I need to get my Sushi fix! read more

We've loved going to Inoko Hibachi Express for years! It always hits the spot, and there's something for everybody. The sushi chefs greet you when you arrive and it's always very clean. We especially love the filet steak special and the sushi. The new location is great, too! read more

Finally decided to gave this place a try and order takeout, since it's right down the street from me. I should have known from 'Express' in the name not to try it. The reviews are spot on, it's cheap and the food reflects. In this case though I actually think their prices should be less due to the lack of food quality, amounts and presentation. We tried 3 different rolls and ordered some sushi a la carte since they don't offer combinations. The fish was minimal and low grade. The pieces of eel on the roll were some of the smallest I've seen and one still had a small bone in it, which I didn't realize until I was chewing. One of the rolls was fried and consisted almost entirely of rice and fried batter. To put it nicely, we didn't bother to save the leftovers. read more

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If it was possible to give 0 stars, I would. Spent $22 for myself and one more person. Food was completely unsightly. Chicken tasted like I was chewing on a piece of cardboard. Extremely disappointed in the quality of food. Rice was undercooked and had zero flavor as well. Instead of cooking the food properly, they just drowned it in teriyaki sauce. Don't waste your money or time at this establishment. read more

I dropped by this evening before grabbing some groceries and was surprised by how good it was! The cashier was friendly. I'm not much of a sushi or seafood person, so I gave one of the chicken bowls, the Goma Bowl, specifically, a try. My food came out quickly, though it was a very large portion, even for me, and I eat quite a bit. The free, self-serve soup is an awesome bonus too! I think that, and the slightly lower prices, might have tipped me in favor of Inoko over Choo Choo down the street. Glad I stopped by, I'll be sure to come back and try some more of the menu! read more

I love inoko!! It is my favorite hibachi place on the eastside and maybe in Athens. My friends and I LOVE the sushi (especially the spicy bulldog roll) and the fried rice meals are always good too. They did recently go up in pricing which is the only reason they are getting a 4 today (I totally understand why they needed to it just stinks) I honestly eat here like twice a week and would totally recommend to anyone!! read more

I wasn't expecting a lot from a place that calls itself "Sushi Express." The snob in me was a little appalled. But seriously? The sushi here is NOT BAD. It's not as good as Utage or Shokitini, obviously, but you cannot beat it for the price anywhere -- even the sushi at Publix is more expensive than the sushi here. You get free onion soup, too, that's pretty good, and I could see myself filling up on a bowl of the onion soup and just one maki roll. The rolls are so cheap that means that you could, conceivably, do lunch or dinner for $3-$5. CHEAP! Like, Kraft Dinner cheap but cheaper! I'm going to try this place again tonight for the second time. The first and only time I've been here, I got a dynamite roll, a yum yum roll, and the aforementioned onion soup. I could not finish all of my food. I gotta warn you though -- the yum yum roll was weird. I'm used to "fried" rolls being dipped in tempura and fried. This was dipped in... not tempura, but something breadcrumb-esque. Yeah, a little weird. Tasted okay, but not what I was expecting. I will stay away from the fried rolls from now on. Also, the place is almost fast-food-style. You walk in, write down what you want, give your order to the cashier, pay, and then sit down and wait for your food to be brought to you. Thus the "express" name. Seriously, the sushi isn't the highest quality I've ever had (thus the three-star rating), but it is AWESOME for the price. And it's on the eastside. This would make a great cheap lunch or dinner. read more

I wanted to like this place so much, but it falls short. Friendly service and a nice set up, and I also love that they deliver, but the food is not up to par. I was excited to see soup tureens that you can serve yourself, but was disappointed in the actual soup itself. It tastes like somebody put a few MSG-filled bullion cubes into boiling water. It is too salty and otherwise tasteless. Hardly any vegetarian options on the menu at all. I ended up ordering vegetable tempura when I actually wanted sushi because there wasn't anything on the menu for me. What I did get was incredibly greasy and almost inedible. It definitely wasn't worth the prices they are charging. read more

Inoko Sushi Express has become one of my favorites in town after a handful of repeat visits. For years I was a huge fan of Choo Choo's, and don't get me wrong, I still am. But I can get basically the same thing, plus more, for about the same price, at Inoko, and I like that! I almost always get one of the entrees which come with rice, vegetables, soup, and a salad. Plenty of food alone! But they have some good appetizers too. I've had several of their sushi rolls and all have been great, definitely on par with, say, Ru Sans, especially considering the price. I almost always go here with a coupon, since they're so easy to find, whether it's buy one get one free or half off entrees, or a free appetizer. The point is, we always end up with more food than we can eat for a super low price. And now that they're open late, they definitely compete for my business with Choo Choo's! I also like being greeted in Japanese when you walk in the door -- at least, I assume that's what they're saying ;-) read more

This is a great little restaurant with some very fine food. I'm not much of one for sushi but I certainly like Japanese cuisine. This place has anything you could ask for and they do it well. The cashiers are nice and the prices are reasonable. You can't ask for much more from a quick service Japanese restaurant. read more

Really like eating here good fresh sushi for reasonable price the hibachi food is also very good. I usually get the California rolls and the steak and chicken with fried rice. The staff is very friendly. read more

Inoko Hibachi Express Eastside - California rolls sushi bar special of the day! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Athens, Georgia

Great value for the price! The chicken was very tender, the sauces were delicious. The food was out in less than five minutes! Staff were also very friendly and welcoming. Would visit again soon, and would prefer this restaurant as opposed to Choo Choo hibachi across the street. Overall great experience. read more

got the inoko special roll with teriyaki sauce on the side and it was soooooo good. definitely one of my favorite sushi rolls I've tried to date. however, the ginger salad was not great but the yummy sushi and good service made up for it!!!! read more

I've been coming here for 10+ years. It's always been a favorite restaurant of mine but it has really gone down hill, the food, the service, and the prices continue to go up. Everything is now served on plastic plates and plastic utensils. The service was horrible. The employee that brought us our food was so rude. I've never wrote a review on a place before but I was so disappointed how this place has gone so down hill that I wanted others to know. read more