Staying in Amarillo for an extended business trip and wanted to try it as it was close to the hotel and highly recommended by the staff. Scoped out their website and the pictures looked very good. Sushi looked high quality and professionally made. The actual result was anything but. Ordered to-go because of Covid-19. Boxes were much smaller than expected. While I certainly don't believe that quantity makes up for quality, the price of the sushi versus the serving size was very disproportionate. Even at high end sushi restaurants, the rolls were a bit larger for similar prices. Once I made the short trip back to the hotel I opened the boxes and was very disappointed. The rolls were sloppy and oddly made. The contents were not like anything I've had. I ordered a tiger, spider and toro sushi. The rolls were mostly filled with cream cheese and the toro was very tough and lacked the melt in your mouth feel that most toro does. Maybe my expectations were too high for a Texas sushi restaurant, but even so, I will not be going back and recommend you avoid this place. read more

This is the most amazing and authentic restaurant in Amarillo. It certainly is a welcome surprise to dine here with a very welcoming staff. The food was delicious and I will most definitely return. Rico, Daniella and Jason were an absolute pleasure to experience this with and I must highly recommend Kabuki as a "must enjoy." As a San Francisco native, this truly is an authentic experience worth traveling to. I hope you enjoy Kabuki as much as I did. read more

I was passing through and decided to get some food. I order the chicken dinner with fried rice and my girlfriend ordered the shrimp dinner with steamed rice. My girlfriend's side salad had a hair in it to start the night off. Which we decided to not eat it. I ordered a diet Dr. Pepper and the soda was flat. So we sat there already let down waiting for our food. The chicken was dry and the fried rice was bland. But what really made me give them 1 star vs. 3 was they were not enforcing social distancing and sat 2 tables, 1 in front and 1 behind with a couple's kid coughing. Will not come back here unless I'm looking to get COVID19. read more

Anthony was Fantastic! Great service and super friendly. Haven't been here in a while but glad I came back!!!

I love the sushi here, so fresh, exactly what I was wanting tonight! The service is spectacular! Love our bartender! read more

Kabuki Romanza - Japanese Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

We ate at Kabuki for lunch today. We were seated quickly and waited on immediately by Jaeden, who did an amazing job. Our food was cooked to order and tasted delicious and we were brought extra refills without having to ask for them. Great food and great dining experience! read more

Don't let the 3.5 rating fool you. The food was excellent. Candie was the best server we've seen in quite a while and we've been in the restaurant business 20+ years. Great experience all around. We'll be back. read more

The food was great and we really enjoyed the thunderstorms! The staff is very friendly and the chefs provide great entertainment.

This place use to my favorite place. However, the service sucks, the wait is forever and the crowd at the door overflows into where people are eating. This has happen to me twice at this location. It's definitely not worth the wait. read more

Highly recommended! An Amarillo favorite! We have to stop here when we're in town. We enjoy Kabuki more and more each time. Had the steak and scallops this time and it was excellent. Food quality is superb and the service is excellent! read more

It was a little pricey for the quality of the food served. The food was kind of bland. The happy hour menu is incorrect on Yelp as well. Our server was nice and attentive. I did like the ambiance of the hibachi grill/decor. read more

Kabuki sushi is fresh, and always pleasing. The sushi chefs are great and are accommodating to anything you ask for. The owner of this restaurant is always walking around making sure you are 100% satisfied, and that's incredible. Always a pleasure to eat at Kabuki and sit at the sushi bar. read more

Walked in for lunch and hostess acted like she didn't care. Showed us our table where we sat go 15 minutes without seeing our server. So we left. No idea if the food is any good but the service was lousy. read more

The food was very good. I don't really understand the bad reviews. They are quite expensive, but you get a huge amount of food. Service was outstanding. Great atmosphere. Will definitely go again the next time we're in town. read more

I came to eat here today and had the best service by a server named Braylee! She is very kind and sweet and very attentive. Also our cook last week was Carlos and he was great! We had so much fun so we came back today and our cook today was great also! Thank you for the great service! The food is always yummy, and worth the money! read more

Kabuki was one of the most entertaining dinners I've been to in a long time! The cooks put on a great show and the servers were just awesome! The design of the restaurant is super neat too. You're literally having dinner on a boat. Occasionally there is a waterfall that happens in the middle of the restaurant. The food was cooked perfectly! read more

Kabuki Romanza - Japanese Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

Food is ok. Honestly there are so many better options. Overpriced for what you get. If it weren't for the luxury aspect, this place would be like any other cheap take out. You want real Japanese? Go to Dallas or cook at home. read more

This is a surprise for Amarillo. I did not expect this level of Japanese restaurant here .At Rico's suggestion I had a Bento box with grilled salmon cheeks with seaweed salad, squid salad and a lettuce salad with rice and miso soup. It was delicious and I was very pleased. I have never had sake at three dollars which was the happy hour price! I come back to this restaurant every time I am in Amarillo for a nice Japanese meal! read more

We are a tourist excited about the location arrived at 7:30pm and didn't get served until 9:30pm. Poor service and manager was not apologetic at all. read more

This restaurant is horrible will never go again. Asked sever for butter multiple times. Man said he did not have time too get us butter he was very very rude told us we all had a bad attitude was very insulted when we asked for sauce with our rice. His rice has absolutely no taste therefore we needed sauce to drown out his horrible rice. He told my husband if he asked for butter one more time he's gonna refuse too cook for us packed up his things and left us with only rice while food was still on grill so me and my family got up and walked towards the door. If he's gonna walk on us we're gonna walk on him. Then he started screaming "LOCK THE DOOR" and manger came out and said what's the problem. We kept walking and left. WE WILL NEVER EVER BE BACK. Other Japanese steakhouse houses in the town are wayyyyyy better. read more

Thank s is the best Japanese food we have had ver had but like all places the use grills never should you cook anything on surface oh grill where fish was cooked without a thorough cleansing. I can not eat fish products and have to advise each time to not put my food on grill where fish had been cooked! Otherwise food was great! read more

Excellemt sushi with some new concepts. Staff was wonderful. Came here by because of a friend referral, Butch, and I am not dissappointed. Leaving here satisfied and full. Highly recommended. read more

Terrible customer service. My husband was fond of their chicken fried rice, so we were eating there between 1-3 times a week for months. One day, our ticket was $20 more than usual (for 2 people) even though we ordered the same thing as always, two chicken specials, and we were told that it was charged to us correctly. We tried to take it up with management because it's not like it was our first time there and we are well aware of how much we had been paying. We were told that we were incorrect and basically to shove off. That was the last time we will ever eat there. I'd recommend taking your money to Tokyo on Bell. It's more affordable and twice as much food. read more

Food was decent. Served 2 meals 30 min apart even though everything was ordered at the same time. Waitress disappeared for about 20 min and could not be found. $90 for two entrees ... wasn't really worth it. read more

My family and I love Kabuki, we have been to many different Sushi bars and Kabuki's is by far the best we have had. We travel from NM just to eat it. read more

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Do you enjoy smelling like the restaurant you have eaten at for hours afterwards? Or perhaps you like sitting at a table full of strangers who all seem to chew with their mouths open? Copious amount of salt you say? Then have I got a place for you. Kabuki Romanza. Great place for a first date as nothing says romance quite like watching strangers sweat as they are slowly basted in the fine mist of grease wafting from the table. read more

The restaurant is to crowded the food is excellent but the environment is partially okay the restaurant is slowly falling apart as you can see cracks in the doors walls. When you walk in and the chairs are falling apart the music they play is depressing and the restaurant is kinda hot when you walk in! (Just my opinion don't get mad! I'm just saying what I saw and feel) read more

The service was a little slow but that may have been due to it being valentines day. The food was excellent as always tho! I had the sukiaki steak, miso soup and ginger salad. The salad was a little sour this time. I have always had pretty good experience here so o highly recommend it!! read more

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Visiting Amarillo? Looking for a fun place with great food? Head out to Kabuki. When you think of Amarillo, TX ~ Japanese Steakhouse is not the first thing that comes to mind. Going to Kabuki is an event; from the ship shaped dining room to the hibachi tables to the rain show... You will be entertained. We enjoyed our meal in the outdoor courtyard ~ Fresh sushi and Seattle grilled lobster tail. The quality of the food was evident from the first bite to the last. Cocktails were unique and refreshing. Makes sure to finish your meal with fried ice cream and a fried banana. Both are a must! read more

My colleague JR got to choose the restaurants on this trip to Amarillo, and he was damned and determined to try Kabuki. Can you say indoor rain storm, moat, and crazy cool waterfall installation behind the bar? Definitely gets some points for unexpected decor and the lightening rain storm. The food, however, was just alright. I got the chicken hibachi and it was cooked well, but the sauce that came with it was odd, and the chef looked like he would rather be somewhere else. It was a ton of food, though. read more

Kabuki, where "it should be really short wait" turns to an hour, potentially more as I am still waiting while typing this review. More than that, 4,5 tables are visibly empty right in front me, taunting me. I totally get when a restaurant is busy and there's a wait time, but at least be honest and communicate how long the wait is so I can make an educated decision based on how hangry I am. Instead, I got the "next 10 minutes or so" couple of times. It's a shame that the food here is actually decent. read more

Used to be my favorite japenese steakhouse, but now I'd go to hyashi(spelling?) way too over priced and has just gone down hill since they built the big fancy new place. I wouldn't waste my time or money with kabuki. read more

This place takes the cake for worst dining experience. The staff at the front had no clue what the estimated wait time was, just handed us a buzzer. So we went to the bar to have a drink. The bartender, sweet and cute as she was, had no clue what she was doing and had to look up directions for every mixed drink ordered. The water feature behind the bar and the bar area itself looked old and dirty. After we thought we might have been forgotten about (there were whole tables open) we finally got buzzed. Unfortunately, we chose to sit at the grill. I say unfortunately because unlike most japanese style steakhouses, this place did not turn off the grill tops or have vent fans above the grills. So, my ice water turned to warm water and my face felt so hot, I had to get up and take a walk. I had time to do so because out of the dozen plus grills they have, there were only four cooks. I started feeling so bad that I was feeling faint, from the combination of an empty stomach and the drink I had at the bar plus the extreme heat, we requested a regular table away from the grill. We were moved to a table near the bar, where people where clustered everywhere waiting for tables. A guy with a beer was literally leaning on one of our chars and another guy kept coughing and we thought he was going to throw up right next to our table. Wait staff and customers at the bar were bumping into each other behind our chairs. After we moved (after about 45 mins sitting at the grill, everyone just looking around awkwardly with no food) one of the grill cooks finally showed up. So they still just cooked our food at the grill and put it on our plates, then brought it to us...cold. I spoke to the manager about our disappointment with our dining experience overall. Her answer was basically sorry we suck, here are some 5.00 coupons for next time. She took my name and number to give to the owner, who I doubt will call. Thanks for the useless coupons, I won't be using them. :( read more

Yes I love the food here but when we walked in the hostess was very unfriendly. She just asked how many and just handed us a buzzer, no wait time was given. She acted like she didn't want to be here, no smile or anything. If you want to work in customer service at least smile or something. There are so many people waiting for the grill, which only extends the wait time. Staff looked bored. One of the girls said "Have a good day" without even looking at the people who were leaving. Again, no smile. Also I heard one complain that my outfit was"tacky" even though I was obviously in earshot. I do love the decor and rain show though. 5 stars for that. "THATS MY LINE" read more

Used to be a lot better. The Filet Mignon and extra fried rice. The stake was NOT a filet. It was full of fat and hard non-chewable meat, so much, that the cook couldn't cut it and he placed chunk of it on my plate with nothing to cut it with. Then the flavor was like a greasy roast. The vegetables were under cooked, and we received about the same amount of fried rice as the others at the table. Drink came out slow, but they were busy which might explain the under cooked vegetables as well. But when you pay $31.60 per plate, it should be perfect every time. Seem they have gone downhill since moving to this location. Not sure we will go back. read more

Very poor customer service. They messed up my order, the food wasn't what I ordered, and they still demanded me to pay for it. I've never had a restaurant be so unprofessional, definitely not coming back. Bangkok Tokyo has better sushi, had never messed up my order, and is more on par with modern restaurant standards. read more

Had a reservation and still had to wait a long time. When you call 6 hours in advance for a restaurant, they should be able to serve you. Otherwise, don't say you take reservations. This was for a large party and a special birthday. read more

The only other Japanese restaurant in town. It's okay, but the ventilation sucks. If one person smokes, everyone else in the restaurant is smoking. We had to leave at one point because of this. read more

So i was really excited to go here for my anniversary since both my wife and I love Japanese food. So we got there about 10 minutes after it opened and there were already about 4-5 families waiting to be seated. Hostess said it would be about 30-45 minutes to get seated. Thats only because we HAD to sit at the grill. We actually went there to sit at a regular table but they didn't have a waitress to work the tables. Anyway, i took the pager and waited almost an hour before i went back inside to check on the wait time. Apparently, they had forgotten about me even though i had the pager and was literally standing in front of her when she grabbed other people to take the seats we were waiting for. After i asked whats the wait time, she says she thought we had left. Thanks for wasting an hour of my family's time lady. I get they have a low amount of workers but to forget the customers even exists. Well cant even rate the food since we didnt even get to eat there. Good luck if you give this place a try. My tip: dont leave their immediate eyesight. read more

Place is getting progressively worse with each visit. Money is NOT being spent on upkeep and repairs. Sushi looked and tasted like it was amateur night at the sushi bar. Ordered lobster (2 lobster tails) - got 1 medium lobster tail at best. Never turned on inside "rain" feature which our son loves and was only reason we came. It was also his birthday which we made clear to the hostess and waitress - one crappy bowl of ice cream after everyone else at the table left - nothing else! Two stars is being generous! read more