Great hibachi restaurant! Friendly staff and excellent service. Both the hibachi and the sushi were delicious.

This place isn't even nearly as good as Dragonfly, on Doniphan. I'd maybe go here for lunch, if co-workers insisted, but man, if it were super, and the choice were mine, I'd GO TO DRANGONFLY. On account of Dragonfly is the REAL DEAL. Don't take my word for it. Try 'em both and decide for yourself. One nice thing about Koze, though, is the cook-in-front of you birthday deal--kinda like when your prom date took you to Benni-Hanna's. That's pretty cool. But if you want food, delicious, first-rate sushi, go to Dragonfly, which is unquestionably the best in El Paso. Try 'em both--you'll see. read more

I'm not from El Paso but was in town visiting family for the holidays. Some members of my family had been missing the good sushi they had enjoyed in California so I decided to look up places to go on the west side. I stumbled upon Koze by chance and I have to say I was incredibly impressed! The ambiance was wonderful, except for the wood floor at the entrance which made getting in difficult for a member of our party who has a hard time walking. We were seated promptly and had a friendly server at our table within a minute. She was very helpful for the members of our party who had not had Japanese food before and was very attentive throughout our time there. The bento box was very good, as was the spider roll. The shrimp tempura udon was huge and incredibly delicious! There is a wide variety of sushi rolls to chose from, and everyone left feeling full and happy. The food is on the pricey side but is well worth it. To sum it up, great restaurant, great service, great food. If you're looking for sushi in El Paso, check out Koze! read more

My experience with this restaurant was phenomenal! Milli was our waitress and was the BEST server I have ever had. The chef was hysterical and kept us entertained throughout. The food is TOP quality!! Fresh grass fed with no hormones, which definitely made a difference in taste. We will most definitely be going to this restaurant again AND asking for Milli as a server! read more

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Best sushi in El Paso. Every time the fish has been fresh and the sushi rice is on point.

I think this is the best sushi we've had in El Paso! We heard of this place initially because we've had the sushi they have only Friday & Saturday nights at the Greenery, because they borrow a chef from Koze for those two nights of the week. The restaurant inside is really nice, and the hostess, server, and busser were all fantastic. They have hibachi here, but we only came for the rolls. The miso soup was good, and I tried the Hawaiian Playboy Rolls which were outrageously good! I ordered it without shrimp, so they doubled up on the crab, and it was definitely a good choice. Their wasabi isn't too hot, but they'll gladly bring you over extra if you ask. My boyfriend got a custom roll without fish, and thoroughly enjoyed it (cucumber, avocado, cream cheese, and jalapeno seaweed rolled in rice & a little spicy mayo on the side). Everything was really good & it's great they have a private lot. read more

Lived in Hawaii for 4 years, and it's nice to finally find a place that makes great sushi!

One of the best sushi restaurants in El Paso!! Super friendly staff and excellent customer service!!! Thanks Kike for taking care of us! Also the Teppan is awesome premium stakes for sure! read more

Came here for some late lunch with my husband. I seemed to have forgotten why I don't come to this place anymore. The service was very good so that is one star and half of the food was good so there's another. We opted for some appetizers. The short ribs were good as always except some of them were more bone than meat. The Tuna and Goat cheese was mediocre at best, four freakin cubes of tuna topped with sliced apples, goat cheese and some kind of apple vinaigrette which was practically tasteless. It needed some spice or some flavor. I made my own little ponzu concoction which made it better. Then the wild caught spicy shrimp, this plate was a joke. Let me sum this up for you four medium sized shrimp in some kind of spicy marinara for $12. The cucumber roll was good as well nice sized pieces of tuna and salmon in it. Overall nice atmosphere and service, but is there really a chef in their kitchen? I wonder.... read more

Koze Teppan Grill - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Not the greatest, authentic, freshest sushi, but the environment is pretty nice and overall a good experience.

I've loved their food for the longest time, BUT recently when my husband and I went for in for dinner we over heard the owner of the restaurant yelling at his staff. It made us quite uncomfortable as the only thing separating the owner and us was a glass window. As I looked around, I noticed other tables glancing over to see what was wrong. In my opinion, yelling at staff (ESPECIALLY in front of your customers) does not give the best look for the restaurant. I loved this restaurant but this past experience did it in for me. I hate to it but I'm disappointed... read more

Food is good, service is just sooooo damn slow. ANNOYING!!! Our rolls were awesome. But we had to keep asking for refills. Can we have utensils, can we have the bill. Common service stuff here, come on! read more

If you are in the mood for some sushi, I highly recommend this place. I was new to El Paso and I would consider this my favorite Date Night Spot! * Good Size Portions. A bit on the pricey side. read more

If you are in a rush you will be stressed. Seated promptly but ddn't see our wait person for 10 minutes, only 4 tables occupied in the place. The miso soup was low salt or cut with water. The sushi roll rice was too mushy overcooked. Nice decor inside and some of the specialty dishes are quite tasty and pricey. read more

Appreciate the consistency of this establishment. From the service to quality of food and cleanliness, Koze is one of the best run businesses on the westside. read more

Came here late afternoon to enjoy a nice relaxing disconnect for a good oriental style cuisine: The food is outstanding very tender meats great rice good environment: highly recommended with amazing staff to take care of you: A great date night place read more

A bit pricy but worth every penny if you want a cool cooking show why you wait for your meal and interaction with the chef why he makes you volcano onions in front of your eyes and an amazing meal well I would recommend this place 10 times. Over . It's great quality and good portions . A awesome date meal for to take on a family evening. read more

Koze Teppan Grill - Amazing!!!!!! This is the newyork steak and chicken and it was worth every penny. - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

It is not often you walk into a Japanese restaurant, where the vinegar rice is made perfect, the texture of fresh fish is noticeable, and even the choice green tea is very close to the traditional one. This is a great place to dine for those who seek the traditional taste but with bit of fusion twist. read more

Horrible experiences here! My family and I have come here for the past two years for the fantastic food but the service has been horrendous! One repeated occasions we have had to wait 45 minutes past our reservation time to be seated! Not sure whether that blame should be placed on the management or their hostess, either way, waiting for a reserved seat should be unacceptable (especially more than 45 minutes waiting). Also many times we have had bad experiences with our waiters/waitress's. Our last trip over this past week was the last straw... On our last trip to Koze, we sat at the Teppan grill for a special occasion and had a great cook but horrible server/waiter. We had to wait 20 minutes after being seated to place drink orders and it took another 10 minutes to receive those ordered drinks. We then placed an order of sushi for an appetizer. We could clearly see our order ready at the sushi bar and when we asked our waiter if he knew if our order was ready he made no eye contact and blurted under his breathe, "its coming up." We waited another 10 minutes before that same sushi sitting at the bar was finally picked up by our waiter and brought over. And before anyone thinks that, "oh maybe this waiter was overworked and had a lot to deal with that night." No, we took note in noticing he was only servicing two tables (one of them being ours). We each ended up only drink two glasses each of our choice drinks (in a 1 and a half hour period) because when we ordered a refill, it literally took our waiter 20 minutes to bring us our refills. So in the end, we tipped our cook $20 for the fantastic food/show. We chose not to tip our waiter for the horrible service and attitude. When leaving the restaurant and walking to our car the same waiter came out running to confront us! In front of the restaurant! He yelled at us for not tipping him and demanded an explanation. We did indeed tell him why and later called the management to complain. So to conclude, the food here is great. If your willing to deal with out of control waiters, poor organization and sloppy service. read more

Second trip to Koze last night with our standard Friday evening dinner group. This place was packed! Parking lot was a complete zoo with the standard idiotic drivers.. but lest this degenerate into a rant..I will move on. This place is fairly new and has a pretty nice "new urban" vibe. Strange music choices, but clean and friendly service. We had a reservation for 7:00 PM and we were seated promptly. Ordered a shrimp tempura appetizer while I perused the wine list. This is a pretty okay wine list (read : nothing spectacular ...but a few decent choices). I did notice a Kim Crawford Souvignon Blanc which I like and ordered a bot. This wine is among my favorite whites, grapefruity, citrousy and a decent bargain. The tempura showed us in a largish plate...yeah definitely meant for sharing. The tempura was nicely presented and looked light ( slightly oily) and was unnecessarily drizzled with mayo and some sticky sauce. Made for a nice presentation though. The platter had the shrimp tempura along with a sizable mound of vegetable tempura. The tempura was crisp and the shrimp and vegetables were cooked perfectly. The shrimp were cooked through, yet juicy and the vegetables had a nice crispy edge. The problem was the drizzled sauce : as expected since we had not devouvered our appetizer in 7 minutes, the sauce started to work on the tempura and make them soggy. This of course led to a slightly frenetic attempt to eat it all before the laws of liquid on crispy stuff took over and rendered the dish let's say chewy. Still good though. At this point the cook showed up with all the ordered food and did the standard throw eggs around, onion volcano and all that good stuff. Not as practiced with the flourish you expect in a teppan place, but servicable. I had ordered the NY strip medium rare and that looked good and was cooked perfectly by "Edwin" (ever notice that all the teppan chefs seem to be named Edwin?). He also want out of his way to get me some extra ginger sauce and a spicy sauce which apparently is part of the owners stash (who knows if its true..but it did garner his five extra bucks from me). My wife had the shrimp and scallops. Everything was cooked really well. Shrimp and scallops are hard to cook in the sense that they have to be cooked through..yet not rubbery. It takes oh about 5 seconds to go from perfect to rubbery...and these were pretty darn good. All in all a good time was had by all. It is a fun place to go in a crowd and the cooks are always entertaining ..some are of course better than others. Would I go again? We..ll yeah...not my first choice but the few pieces of sushi I have had and the tempura were pretty darn good. read more

The worst service ever. We ordered wine when we sat. We then ordered appetizers. The appetizers came before the wine. The wine finally came maybe 30 minutes later. Then we ordered a bottle of wine. The waitress brought it for a view, but never came back. About 30 minutes later she showed up with the bottle. We had finished eating. To top it off they put the tip on the bill. I would not have tipped. Will not return. read more

Koze is still one of the best places for sushi. I have never gotten sick from eating their food. They are clean and the sushi is fresh. I love that the menu often changes...kinda like the temporariness and poetic life of the sakura. If you are the classy type and know what good sushi is, this is the place to go. If you are a typical person without cultural awareness...this is not for you and your rating has no weight. Sukiyaki is traditionally a winter dish in Japanese culture, so cross that out. Don't expect it to always be served or even served at all in a teppanyaki restaurant. Shabu shabu is another type of restaurant, don't expect them to serve shabu shabu. Just because you may have seen a restaurant serve both, does not mean all teppanyakis should serve both. It has nothing to do with the quality and service of the food they serve. In Koze, those are not "key" dishes. The tiny bit of rice served with sashimi is a style. That's how I have always eaten sashimi...a warm bowl of rice with my sashimi. If I want more, they give me more. They have too much class to be serving large lumps of rice. I know this is El Paso, but classy people are not hogs, so they don't serve classy people like hogs. There are different types of green tea, some are brewed with roasted rice or wheat depending on the season. If you don't know this, then you are not a connoisseur in that department. There's a lot of cheap grean tea out there. Koze's green tea is always good. In terms of being Japanese, this is a place with modern flare. I have visited many Japanese restaurants in JAPAN. They are not always decorated with traditional Japanese decor and don't have waitresses in kimonos walking in wooden clogs. Koze is what I consider something more like an upscale izakaya. UPSCALE is what Koze is. If you don't like the prices, you can go somewhere else that is cheaper. The prices are the way they are because they take good care of the place and pay their workers and chefs fairly...just as they would - in Japan. In short, when I miss my many years in Japan, I go to Koze. read more

The atmosphere and food are amazing. We go there every time our grandson visits and he loves it. We do too. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who loves to watch the waiters cook on a teppan grill. It is very entertaining and the whole family loves it, but everything tastes wonderful right off the grill. read more

We went back and had reservations for the teppan grill this weekend, it was so fun! The restaurant was packed on a Friday night, and we loved to see that in El Paso. We had an eclectic group at our table, and our seats were great for people watching over the whole restaurant :) The fried rice was amazing, the main dishes were plenty of food and served with lovely fresh veggies (we had the shrimp and chicken, and the beef). Our chef was not a showman like some of the others (he hardly said anything), which was kind of a bummer because that can be half the fun at places like these :( Overall though it was a nice experience with good food, and we will definitely be back. Highly recommend adding this place to your El Paso restaurant rotation. read more

We had a ball! The food was great, my eight year old who "hates sushi" loved the sample and the Teppanyaki was amazing. The chef was playful and the staff was super attentive. It is as a great evening. read more

2 stars for aesthetics only. Host wanted to sit us in between two other tables when we had a baby in car seat. When asked to sit at table with booth, he got visibly upset. Sushi was gorgeously prepared. However, fish must have been bad because literally stepping out of restaurant, stomach began to hurt. Waitress was great. At the end of meal, host sat two people next to us while I had diaper bag close to their table and did not give me time to find another place to put it at so I had to put it on my lap. Very rushed. Overall, food looked great, but was probably spoiled, waitress was great, and host was cold. read more

I give this place 5 stars for El Paso. My wife and I eat several time a month. Both east and west locations are consistent with the freshness and quality. read more

First time there. It was very good. The teppan grill was fun and our cook kept us entertained. A bit high on price but didn't mind for the good service an food. read more

This was the first time that we ate here, it was also for our anniversary and we were very pleased. The food was good, sushi was great, service was good. We really enjoyed ourselves. Only thing is when they asked if we wanted the grill or regular restaurant. I told them to give us the 411 on their restaurant the hostess was a little annoyed that we didn't know what to chose. Other than that we will go back! read more

appetizer menu leaves much to be desired. Crispy rice with spicy tuna was too crunchy almost uncomfortable to eat. Ceviche lacked flavor. Four piece sushi sampler was lackluster. Service was OK soup out after the meal. I think I will stick with the lunch Bento box from now on read more

Koze Teppan Grill - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Best sushi in town. But you need a reservation on the weekends. Only place I'd trust to eat sushi and raw seafood in ELP. Also a good twist are their tempura rolls - there seems to be a lot of those on the menu. read more

We tried this place a couple of days ago to celebrate a friend's birthday. The place itself was very pleasant and enjoyable. It was a little pricier compared to similar places in town. I tried the rolls and some food off the grill. The food was good, but I have to say that I've tried better. I wasn't really wowed by it. The service was a little slow and we had to repeatedly ask for things. It just wasn't the best service. All in all, it was pretty good, but in my opinion, it needs work in a some areas. I'm not sure if it's worth going a second time. read more

Sushi was delicious. Moscoto was awesome, Service was extremely friendly. Their desserts are amazing!

Some of the best sushi in el paso my husband and I visit there as often as we can we celebrated our one year anniversary there as well as my husbands 20th birthday. It's a quaint little restaurant with great sushi! Expect to pay alot of money, but you just can't beat the quality and taste :) they offer a military discount :) I recommend the playboy roll read more

My husband and I could eat here every friday night if we could.... So good!!! But, I really wish they were open Saturday's for lunch.. We are always on the westside on Saturdays running errands and we always crave KOZE...Hmmm... read more

I've been this place quite a few times... Great place to hangout with your friends. A bit pricy but it's decent. Wish the Hibachi chef can work on their jokes more.... ugh, their jokes are just not funny.... at least the one we had was not funny... at all. read more

This place is all right. I mean the grill thing is kind of cool but that is about it. The food is average and the prices are kind of high for the type of good. I guess it is all right read more

I would give it 3 1/2 if I could. The quality of the food compared to the price is just barely there; it was all very good and tasty but in my opinion a bit overpriced. The staff was accommodating and very friendly and helpful. There is a nice ambience and one of the better restaurants in El Paso. If I was traveling thru and wanting sushi I would come back because of the lack of other quality sushi restaurants in El Paso and that's perhaps where they can overcharge for the sushi! read more

I would have rather emailed the manager but they have a website under construction and no email address posted but I went with 3 other friends on saturday night and sat at the grill and Enrique was our server and he was a horrible server! He first came over to take our drink orders then took longer than usual to bring them back then still forgot some of our drinks after that he took our order and made some of us repeat our orders a few times then after he took our orders he left then came back a little later to bring the appetizer, soups, and salads and as we were finishing those, he did not come back to take our plates away so our small section of the grill started adding up while the chef came over to start our meal, and the chef was great, he was friendly and talented and did a great job and we tipped him after, as we do in most teppan grill restaurants. After that another server brought over our plates and we had to flag down our server to refill our drinks and he still forgot another drink of our friends! As we were finishing the meal, someone from the kitchen took our plates away and Enrique still never came over to see how our meal was, we then had to ask another server to refill our drinks since we could not find our server. Then we were just sitting there so then we had to call over our server to bring us our checks and he still did not ask how our meal was or tell us thank you or anything and this is when I found out why he was such a horrible server- supposedly if there is a table of four or more, the restaurant chargers an 18% gratuity which is ridiculous for four people because I do not consider that a large party and our server did not deserve 18%. We paid it but I was very disappointed that the manager of the restaurant would allow such horrible service but doesn't mind letting the server charge us 18%! The food there is great but with the risk of having Enrique as our server again, I am not sure I am willing to pay that high of a price for bad service, I hope the manager does read this so he can inform Enrique that he actually has to work for his tip and not give bad service but still get paid for it! read more

I like Koze. It is one of the better sushi places in El Paso. I still have not found sushi I am super impressed with here though. It's not due to the lack of being by fresh water, I have had good sushi in the Midwest for instance. The atmosphere is nice, and it's attached to a wonderful martini bar. The grill is good, but not the best Japanese grill I have ever had. The service is all right, probably depends on the server you get like any restaurant. There will always be one there to ruin your experience. I recommend if you want Japanese food in El Paso. If I had the choice between Koze and another sushi/hibachi grill in the US, I would probably choose some of the other locations I have been to. Not due to the atmosphere but because the food is better. If you're looking to be amazed in El Paso with Japanese food good luck, but this place is one the better ones' in El Paso. read more