Passing through Temple and stumbled upon this hidden gem. Both Japanese and Korean option with an…read moreextensive menu. Had the grilled hamachi Kama, Seoul Bridge sashimi/sushi combo, Korean sashimi bowl (hwe du bap), and a California handroll. Check out this mom and pop restaurant. You won't be disappointed!!

If you're in Waco come here. This is the best place to eat Korean and Japanese food, hands down.read more

Fantastic sushi and as always the fried rice was AMAZING!! Great service and parking wasn't too…read morebad. Nice change after moving back to Belton from the Austin area.

Worst food ever! I met friends for lunch at Nami's in Temple today. I ordered the hibachi steak,…read morerice and salad. They said the grill area was reserved so it was served at our table. I ordered my steak cooked medium. It was cold and raw not to mention it had no flavor. The rice tasted old and the salad, which used to have ginger dressing seemed to have a squirt of yum yum sauce. Twenty five dollars for the worst meal ever. I won't be back!!

Never again. Placed at order for pick up at 6:45, which was supposed to be ready at 7:25. I'm still…read morestanding here waiting at 8:25. I've now been here over an hour and continue to wait. There's only 3 tables with people at them, so maybe 15% capacity. Not even remotely busy. Maybe the foods incredible, but the service and timeliness is so poor is doesn't matter. It might have been quicker if I just ordered here. But if I had ordered here I would have walked out a long time ago. The only reason I'm still here is because I've already been charged. Update: I finally got the order ~8:30. Somehow the food was actually more disappointing than the service. The Bulgogi Ramen okay, but the Tonkatsu Ramen was questionable, in particular the meat was pretty much dry shoe leather, even in the broth. The "house salad" was literally just a handful of lettuce, and the "sushi sampler" was three sad pieces of sashimi just tossed into a to-go box. All in all, super disappointed, maybe it's much better in the restaurant itself. But this experience was so poor I will not be giving them a second chance. And I would warn anyone trying to go in with a reasonable expectation for disappointment.

Great friendly service. We enjoyed the lunch special with 2 large rolls ( Cajun was my favorite)…read more Candy Cane till and Alaska both had delicious salmon!

Stopped in with our church group right after services soon after the restaurant had opened…read more Pleanty of cars in the parking lot when we arrived. We opted for the buffet and there was plenty of food to select from. Loved the Egg Rolls being they are very hard to find now a days. All of the Chicken and shrimp fried rice was excellent. Loved the fish and the fresh shrimp to peel. Only down side was that they did not have Low-Sodium Soy Sauce. There were 8 of us and did not hear any one complain about any of the meal at the table. Out waitress was excellent and kept the table clean as we went up for more courses and drinks were kept full. They only serve Pepsi products and do not have Zero Sugar Pepsi. We will be back that is for sure.

Perfect lunch spot if you want something more than burgers/pizza, or have kids in tow. Plenty of…read moreoptions for most any kind of picky eater, everything is hot and fresh tasting. Even with the lunch rush, the buffet table is kept well stocked, and if you order off the menu, it isn't a long wait for the menu items (prepared fresh, not poached off the buffet). All the servers hustle and do a good job keeping up with drink refills, our regular server Nancy and others remember repeat customers, and add the extra touch of friendliness that makes places welcoming.

Once again, they hit it out of the park with their Chicken Pad Thai! My son treated me to take out…read morefrom Narunya's for a surprise on my birthday. He got it home piping hot and it was loaded with chicken. Staff even wrote a nice birthday well-wishes for me on the box. Nice touch...

Being a very frequent business traveler, I have the opportunity to eat at restaurants all over the…read morecountry. Two I always come back to bookend the same shopping center, Miller's Smokehouse and Narunya's. I have eaten Thai coast to coast. They all claim authenticity, but quality varies widely. Out of all that I've tried, Narunya's is a favorite. The restaurant itself has an interesting layout. There is no parking just for them, so it can be a challenge. There is a small lot on the side, but you have to jump the curb to access it. It has an indoor balcony area with plentiful seating, though I've never seen anyone up there. Every time I've come in, the food is excellently prepared and presented. Service has always been attentive with regular checking to ensure the food is good and my needs met Desserts are magnificent! Really, the only thing that gives it a demerit is the programming on their deplorable credit card machine. It is programmed not only to calculate your tip after tax, but also after the excessive credit card usage fee of 3.5%. So beware and select either custom tip or a lower percentage unless you like giving businesses unearned income.

We went here for lunch before a show. Service was friendly and fast. Clean and pleasant…read moreatmosphere. The food was wonderful. We will definitely be back.

The service was pleasant and prompt. The ambience is quiet…read moreand typical cafe. We sat in a booth. We got the vegetable tempura. There was one onion ring and one sweet potato and two broccoli. The batter was gummy and needed salt. Not their best start. The tofu yakisoba noodles were tasty but the tofu crust was doughy and not fully fried/cooked. Could have been a bad night but not the best impression.

This is our go-to Korean/Sushi restaurant in Bell County…read more Under new ownership and still great. Authentic Korean dishes and great sushi options. Highly recommend the crispy tofu, bulgogi, Japchae, Duck Man Doo Guk (dumpling soup). I do not understand why the Korean pancake is $26... Korean dishes come with banchan (Korean side dishes). Service is always phenomenal and friendly. The inside is nice and well decorated. Limited entryway space. Can get very very busy.

I will say a solid 3 maybe 3.5 for food but 4 to 4.5 for service. The food has been a bit on and…read moreoff for me. Even with some menu items i.e. the chicken tangsuyuk or soups have been weird at times and ive had to say im sorry i dont think I can eat it. They were kind enough to replace the soup with another soup but it makes me wonder why the consistency or flavor changes. The side dishes are the star of the meal for me. I love their sweet soy potatoes always hits the spot for me. Their kimchi is solid and their rotation of other side dishes is always a nice surprise. The lady makes her rounds from time to time and I believe the sound is there too they're both very down to earth and nice people. I will say two of my all time fav dishes are their galbitang and their dolsot bibimbap can't go wrong if I stick with either of those dishes. I was slightly confused the very first time I tried them in late 2024 and felt like I was walking into a sushi bar, but glad they make korean dishes. The service is pretty good, some of them are very polite and helpful sometimes it can get busy and it's hard to get the waiters attention. The feel is a sushi restaurant with the counter in front where they make rolls not too contemporary but not very old either. Go for the service and try some korean dishes a little more expensive than I would like as the dishes are not consistent and some of the dishes are definitely a fusion or a slight twist on the original flavor or tradition taste. I haven't tried the sushi so I can't speak on that but I have seen quite a few customers order it.

Absolutely fantastic sushi experience. The fish was incredibly fresh, beautifully presented, and…read morepacked with flavor. Each roll was well balanced, and the nigiri practically melted in my mouth. The staff was attentive without being overbearing, and the atmosphere was relaxed yet refined. This is the kind of place you come back to again and again!

Came here to grab a quick lunch. I was surprised at how busy it was. There was only one person…read moreworking the front and she was moving. The food came out quick, given the restaurant was full. I ordered the shrimp dynamite roll. I love a good fried roll. It was flavorful and the shrimp was perfectly fried. My kids ate the galbi lunch box. It was a pretty good size. It came with galbi, rice, salad, California rolls, and shrimp tempura. It was a nice surprise. The service was amazing and she was really great and patient with my kids

The food was amazing, just like always. DJ is honestly one of the best hibachi chefs I've ever had…read more-- he makes the whole experience fun and memorable. The service was great from start to finish, and I'd definitely recommend making a reservation if you want hibachi seating. I was also sad to hear that DJ will be leaving in December, so make sure to book a reservation with him before he goes. Such an amazing hibachi spot overall!

There is barely any Japanese food in this area, so I am glad this restaurant exists. I really can't…read moresay the food was great though. I would like to think that I would've enjoyed it more had I done hibachi or gotten their specialty rolls. I ordered over the phone for pickup as I couldn't find an online option. This was an easy process, and the food was ready for the time I scheduled. The staff were very friendly. I got the pork katsu bento box, which comes with a decent number of pork katsu pieces, steamed white rice, four California roll pieces, Nami tempura, and house salad. I normally love bento boxes, but this one was probably my least favourite I've had. It was sufficient for food (I had leftovers), but none of the items stood out, and some were worse than others. The pork katsu itself was fine, but the sauce tasted very artificially sweet. It had a strange taste. The California roll lacked flavour. The Nami tempura was interesting. I couldn't tell what was inside. Maybe vegetables? I'm not sure. The sauce for that one also tasted strange, but the tempura had a decent taste. The house salad had a very weird-tasting sauce too, and the vegetables were a pain to eat just because they were so bland.

The ambience is very loud. It can be difficult to hear and you feel like shouting. This ruins the…read moreromantic "date night" feel for me. The service was excellent. Our waitress was "Augie" (short for Augustina) The food was the big surprise. The bread was amazing as was the dipping oil. The garlic butter with honey was wonderful on the bread. We got the tomato soup and it was one of the best I have had in a very long time. We got the eggplant rollitini. The butterfly pasta was the star of the dish. While the eggplant was excellent the butterfly pasta I could have eaten every day. The green beans were a little over cooked but still not bad. I will include a picture of the HUGE slice of chocolate cake I received. I will be eating it for a week. The price for four people was $150. So it was not outrageous. Recommended.

We chose Pignetti's for my wife's birthday dinner because we wanted to see if it would be worth…read morereturning once Temple starts charging for parking. Consider this our "test run." The evening started with a game of Restaurant Hide and Seek. After being seated, we sat for quite a while wondering if we were part of a social experiment--no water, no menus, no acknowledgment. Eventually a waiter arrived and, very honestly, said he was there to take our order because we'd been "ignored." Accurate assessment. We placed our order, and later a woman who appeared to be a manager brought out our appetizer, apologized for no one taking care of us, and said the appetizer would be comped. A very nice gesture--unfortunately one that didn't make it to the bill, where the appetizer showed up like it never heard that conversation. The food itself? Genuinely good. No complaints there. However, my wife's Caesar salad never arrived. She didn't bring it up because, frankly, after the earlier disappearing-staff act, it felt like tempting fate. We paid the bill (about $100), including a surprise 3% credit card fee we didn't see posted anywhere. We opted to take dessert home, mostly because the night already felt complete... enough. Bottom line: the food has real potential, but the service needs leadership, consistency, and maybe a map. It's hard to justify coming back in the future when you factor in parking fees, credit card fees, and the possibility of being politely ignored on a special occasion. It's a shame--good food deserves better service.