So glad I tried this place out! Located in the old Akira's building, is a trip down memory lane! We had a little wait before we were seated but not too long. The hostess was so friendly and routinely stopped by for refills and to check if we needed anything. The Teppan chef was amazing, he was super friendly, made lots of fun jokes and did a wonderful show for our table while cooking super delicious portions! My husband and I both ordered the steak and shrimp teppan and it came with miso soup, a ginger dressed salad, a huge mound of delicious fried rice, bean sprouts (my fave!), grilled veggies, our protein of choice, and a scoop of yummy ice cream. The portions are huge so come super hungry or be prepared to take home leftovers! This place is perfect for large gatherings or date nights (keep in mind tables are sometimes shared but with adequate space) Found my new fave Japanese restaurant! read more

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I stopped by this restaurant for a birthday party on a Wednesday evening. To my surprise it was completely empty when we arrived at 7 o'clock. We were greeted by a wonderful waitress who was very friendly very accommodating and went above and beyond to make sure that we were completely satisfied with our experience. The food overall was good unfortunately my combination fried rice was definitely lacking flavor. The portion sizes were OK but I have received much larger portions for a cheaper price at other restaurants. The hibachi chef definitely put on a good show, all the Teppanyaki was cooked to perfection and my family was fully satisfied with the performance. So overall good experience but the food was definitely nothing to brag about definitely lacking flavor. read more

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Excellent food and service. They are very busy and that speaks for itself. Place is small and always busy and one has to be ready for wait time. read more

I had such a lovely dining experience this evening at Mikado. Priscilla, my server, was outstanding, so pleasant and very attentive in customer service. I came early before the rush and had an engaging conversation with Priscilla. Shout out to John, one of the owners who was working tonight as well. I was chilly when I entered the restaurant and the Miso soup & hot Sake warmed me right up. I ordered the Dragon roll which has avocado, crab and shrimp tempura inside with grilled eel outside, soooo delicious. I also had the yellowtail lover roll, yellowtail inside & out, it was Scrumptious! The seafood was so fresh and tasty. Pleasant romantic soft rock plays in the background. The lighting was soft it had a pleasing Asian decor. On the weekends you can count on it being fairly loud and very busy. They have 2 Tepan Yaki rooms for your dining pleasure as well. If you are looking for a fun and interesting date night, a meal at one of the Tepan tables is a great experience! I highly recommend Mikado! read more

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Discussing sushi that smells rotten. I brought it to the waitress attention and she offered to take it away and then refused to take it off the bill. The soy sauce bottles stink, too high heaven and smell rotted as if they don't wash them and they just refill them. I showed it to her to smell and she told me I was wrong. It smells rotten & stuck. Even my daughter agrees it. Stinks. The waitress then gives us the bill to pay. Didn't even offer to take it off the bill. I guess she's calling me a liar. I am more concerned about money. If I could give zero stars I would. Terrible experience. Discussing sushi that smells rotten. I brought it to the waitress attention and she offered to take it away and then refused to take it off the bill. The soy sauce bottles stink, too high heaven and smell rotted as if they don't wash them and they just refill them. I showed it to her to smell and she told me I was wrong. It smells rotten & stuck. Even my daughter agrees it. Stinks. The waitress then gives us the bill to pay. Didn't even offer to take it off the bill. I guess she's calling me a liar. They're am more concerned about money. You don't mess with unfress/rotten raw fish bc it can make you sick. Even the wasabi wasn't fresh. If I could give zero stars I would. Terrible experience. read more

I called to make a reservation for 5 people. The person who answered was very nice and put us down for 6:45pm. When we arrived the table was ready for us and good to go. My husband, 2 year old, myself and another couple went for dinner. The chef was wonderful. He treated us great and didn't over oil the food. The portions were great. We took half our food home for the next day. All of us got the same plate (New York steak & shrimp tepan). Meat was cooked perfectly and the shrimp was juicy. The chef took our daughter into consideration when cooking and didn't do large fires to scare her. That was a plus for us and very caring. We will be returning. read more

Mikado Japanese Restaurant - Rice and veggies (steak and shrimp not pictured) large amazing portions! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Bakersfield, California

1st time going since it was akira. The only thing new is the sign & name but I was expecting more. It's just feels old in there. But not classic old, just old & dated. Food quality didn't look good enough for date night. Service was ok but ended up leaving after sitting down. My advice, update the interior. read more

Love coming to eat various foods... Keppa is great option as a group. Or just order appetizers and rolls. My favorite is the dragon roll with tempura. read more

Mikado Japanese Restaurant - Dragon roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Bakersfield, California

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I have thought Akira was the best teppan yaki/sushi place I have ever been to anywhere. I loved the fluffy rice, the spot on flavors and the perfectly rolled sushi every time. Their potstickers were the best also. Our dining group decided to try Mikados who have taken over this spot. The rice was good but was not as fluffy and no sesame seeds. My entree was delicious , tender and flavorfull fillet mignon. The vegetables also were very flavorful and delicious. I ordered the potstickers (gyoza) and they were excellent also. The soup, salad and dessert were just the same and good. No sauce was offered either which I really enjoyed. Our chef was skillful and very personable. The waitress was very pleasant and helpful. So I will be returning frequently! read more

New restaurant at a previous Teppan/Sushi place. I know they just opened but feel that they still have the training wheels on. We dined in the Teppan section. Most the food was just ok and lacked any taste identity. Fried rice was plain and the rice itself was too fluffy. Waitress told us what vegetables were served with the meal and then we were served a different kind altogether. At least the proteins we're cooked and tasted proper as well as the traditional miso soup. I would give this place another chance in a few months but I shouldn't feel like I'm a test diner. read more

Food tasted VERY similar to Akiras, so I'm a happy camper! Our server Andrew was fantastic. His vibe was soooo welcomed and he was on top of it! I ordered the shrimp teppan and my husband got steak and shrimp. Shrimp was a bit overcooked. We also got the garlic edamame and was disappointed because they char it and it just tasted "burnt" to me. The rice was bomb and I really dig that broccoli is part of the mixed veggies. We will totally be back. I'm so pumped! read more

This place seems to be closed. They claim they are remodeling but this has been going on for awhile. I think they have closed without admitting it read more

DOES IT COMPARE TO AKIRA TEPPAN??? I would say pretty darn close! Yes it is not the same restaurant so of course it will not be exactly the same, so I wouldn't go there with the same expectations until you TRY IT YOURSELF. In my opinion I COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE but I didn't go that frequently to know exactly how everything tasted, service, etc. I did go there enough that it was the only teppan place I would go to in town. Still get the SAME COURSES. You get your miso soup, salad, choice of protein(s), fried rice, assorted veggies (the most obvious difference but not much), then end with ice cream. Prices seem fair but didn't hold on the receipt and compare to other places in town. Went for a birthday dinner on Friday, October 28 of 7 people so we had a whole table to ourselves. We had the head chef, JAY. He was INCREDIBLE! I would 1000% RECOMMEND HIM IF POSSIBLE. I been to a lot of these teppan shows in general (in and out of town) and his show was a breath of fresh air. Very nice, funny, and made sure we where all good with our food. The only down I had was our waitress but she was training (this was disclosed at the beginning of dinner when she introduced herself) and it looked like she was handling the whole teppan section and wasn't consistent on getting us refills on drinks when we where low (without us asking). Which I was a server (at a different restaurant) it just takes practice to get it all down. So I can't fault on that, we did get refills. Overall, I would come back. I was skeptical about trying it since other reviews where mixed but It's easier to write a review for bad experiences than the good. So I knew I NEEDED to write a review for this restaurant since they NEED to be busier. For the time being I will take advantage of them not being busy right now so I don't have to wait long for table. You all should do the same! read more

The only reason I give this place a 3 is because it's a Friday night so me and my friend order something simple to eat and go right so we ordered soju with our order at 7:40 and 10 minutes later they give us our bill. They apparently close at 9 they were turning everything off at 8 and I asked what time do you guys close the guy said "oh don't worry we close at 9 it's just a slow night" and turning even the lights off, we just felt super rushed to leave so I downed the Soju and left...other than that the Vegas roll was pretty good. read more

I've never had bad teppan ever! This place is not going be the first either. This place turned out to be very mediocre though. Everything lacked flavor. Service was average like every aspect of this place. Price-2.5 Flavor-2 Service-2.5 Portions- 4.5 read more

Hello everyone. I'm super picky when It comes to food. This place is under new ownership however, food is dank. Two piece, Yellowtail Hamachi collar with some pozu sauce. read more

Received a message on behalf of Mikado and could not believe their response. I stand by my review, the food was sub-par and my RARE steak was tough and had bone fragments in it. It's one thing for an organization to disagree with your opinion of their business, but to comment on the character of those that patron your establishment is a bigger disappointment than your attempt at Hibachi. You John are the problem. read more

Mikado Japanese Restaurant - This is what happens when you leave an honest review. Anyone else's character attacked for not enjoying their visit? - Sushi Bars Near Me - Bakersfield, California

Stay away! This place serves sushi that's out of date. How gross. When I brought it to the waitresses attention it seems like she could care less! She just picked up the plates and threw our food in the trash but made sure to charge full price for everything without even asking us if we wanted another one or exchanged! Didn't even offer to remove it from the bill or replace the order. The owner or manager eventually came out and had zero resolution to the problem. I honestly don't know why he even came to the table if he didn't know how to fix the issue. They could've taken it off of the bill either, but they would rather still charge the $10 w/ how frustrating it was an it made me upset as a customer will never come back and I do not recommend anyone come here either. Feel like I Got food poisoning after eating here to top it off. Will be reporting it to local health department. On another note, I saw a what it seem to be a roach run under our table too but by that time I didn't bother tell the waitress bc she hardly came to the table to check on us anyways besides the above issue & I felt as if she could care less anyway base of the situation with the out date sushi. We had to wait a long time to get our drinks. Actually the food/sushi came out first. Kinda backwards. I believe she. Totally forgot we ordered drinks. Poor service. Spare yourself and go somewhere else. I recommend Love sushi is 10x's better. read more

Nice folks, above average Japanese food. They do have Hamachi collars, the best part of the tuna which was excellently prepared and hard to find. Also they had Salmon collars, also good but we did not try. read more

Very kind service! Bomb spicy tuna. Edamame had a nice char flavor, I added some siriacha to it for an extra kick! Happy this palace remained a sushi/teppan place. read more

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Worse experience. Recently visited to celebrate my son's birthday. The waitress was horrible. She had our order all wrong. The chef was even upset and he even said to her in front of our party of 11 "I don't like you". So. Is the staff is unprofessional in front of customers. The soup had ZERO flavor. I ordered filet mignon and everyone ordered steak, they gave me steak instead and thought I wouldn't notice. Everyone steak was made damn near well done. My son wanted extra rice, waitress said it is an extra $10 even though the menu said "side order of rice $1.00" We requested an extra plate to share with our 1 year old niece , waitress said "an empty plate is $5 since you are sharing" she is only 1 year old. Chicken was super dry, we didn't finish it. My son said "we should of just went to panda" Never will I visit this place again. read more

Since we live very near, I have been telling my daughter that we will have to try dining here. We decided to come in for a weekend lunch but since it is just the two of us, we just ordered from the regular menu instead of the teppan. We came in when the restaurant was empty and we were quite surprised as it was a little bit past lunch time. The one who served us was very nice and friendly, she kept checking on us and making sure we were enjoying our meal. We ordered two different rice meals since we were hungry (we usually share!). My daughter got the donkatsu and I got the beef teriyaki. I found both the meats quite hard and not really that seasoned to my liking. As an Asian mom who mostly eats home-cooked meals, I probably was expecting a bit more, given that both meals cost us more than $30. I am still willing to give this place a try, maybe going for teppan next time if we have family or friends coming over. read more

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I don't like to write bad reviews but this place should be avoided. Ordered the the yellow tail lover. It tasted rotten uneatable told server she just brought my check. Complained that this should not have been served she went to talk to someone in the back and just said sorry. No refund or exchange offered. Poor customer service and even worse food. read more

Bad customer service. Came 2 hours before closing and they refused to let us eat even though their sign said close at 9pm. And there was someone else who walked in right before us. It wasn't busy and there were other customers there. They lost a good tip. read more

They were just rude. When we entered the store we were ignored, it wasn't that they were busy or didn't see us the women who was seating people looked me right in my eyes and then helped the person BEHIND us. But looking past that we were there for pick up and once we finally just walked up to a member of their team she said she didn't see our order and then said she would get her boss. I tell him the situation too show him my receipt and everything and he say " no we can't help you, we don't have that order, we weren't paid"... my only issue was that he didn't try to help at all or explain the situation he was just clueless, unhelpful, sweaty, and rude. read more

I stopped in here alone before a movie at AMC. It was mostly empty. I sat at the sushi bar. The waitress was promptly with me handing me a menu and fetching a drink. The chef appeared and I ordered a couple rolls - rainbow and spicy tuna. They were fresh and generous in size. Reasonably priced. I was offered a complimentary miso soup which was a nice touch. It was very pleasant, service was kind and attentive. Easy in and out before the movie. read more

The service, chef and food were all amazing! There was a small extra wait due to an inconvenience but it was totally worth it. Shoutout chef Ra! read more

Great experience I been there 3 times so for great food good prices the chefs are awesome and Priscilla the server is amazing I highly recommend read more

First time visit this restaurant order Handmaid, Don Donkatsu and white Bocchino very delicious. 5star read more

Went for Teppanyaki for lunch the other day. Jay is awesome! Fun personality, egg tricks, fire tricks, the whole bit. Rice was on point as always and steak and shrimp were cooked to perfection. Used to go a lot when it was Akira, and the new Mikado did not disappoint! read more

Horrible SERVICE period. FOOD was good just like any place that serves teppanyaki. I rarely leave reviews, and when I do the place is either really good or really bad. With this experience it was really bad when it came to service. There was so many servers just talking in the back kitchen while we were waiting to eat. We waited 20 to 30 mins to just eat because they was only one chef. Chef did amazing , considering he had to serve 24+ people at one time! On top of that, He said he was doing that all week. Server never came out to give us our ice cream, and we waited about 20 mins before leaving cuz the service was THAT BAD. Overall, Food was great and the service was horrible. For that reason I will not be going back. Why would I if i can get great service and great food somewhere else. read more

Quite possibly one of the worst sushi restaurants in town. Service was slow but I don't blame the server because there was only one covering the entire restaurant. We didn't even get water till 15mins after being seated. However the food was a complete disappointment. We ordered three sushi rolls and a yakisoba noodle with shrimp. First of all the rolls tasted like it came from a Chinese buffet. Secondly, the rolls didn't even remotely match the picture on the menu. Lastly the noodles tasted and looked like they have been sitting under a heat lamp for hours! Never again will I come back to try anything else. read more

Great service and the food was delicious. I had my three year old and my six year old daughter and the chef was very nice and made them feel special! Idk how he did it but that rice was the best thing on my plate! read more

It was fine but the food lacked seasoning and I'm pretty sure we got the chef with least personality.

Tried this spot for the first time and we were not disappointed. Authentic and delicious, and service was wonderful. Our chef gave a great show and was super personable, as well as the waitress being very attentive. The manager came over and visited with us for a bit which made us feel like we were regulars and old friends. Being LA transplants, the food was on par with what we would find in Little Tokyo downtown LA. We will definitely be back. read more

Went here to get sushi and it did not disappoint. The service was very good and very quick. It was my first time here and I will be coming back. read more

The food was amazing and the cook was very accommodating and cautious of our food allergies but he also made the experience fun for the family involved the kids every chance he had and was making family laugh the entire time read more

Must try sushi spot!! The service is really great; they're awesome people :) shrimp tempura rolls are always a great first roll for anyone!

The food was great, I had been wanting to try this place since it switched from Akiras and it did not disappoint. The service and atmosphere just as good as well. The place is still trying to build its clientele, but I think they will do great. And it's also jot as noisy as other tepan places read more

We did the teppanyaki dinner and the food was great! Definitely going to be back. Got seated right away and they got to cooking. Better prices and better tasting food than other more expensive Japanese restaurants in town. Just wish o would have included some pictures as the portions were huge and i took plenty home. read more