My husband and I stopped by TKO to check it out on a Wednesday evening. We were quite pleased with the food and service and will be back again for sure. It's a simple space, clean and open and amazingly only one guy (the brains behind the operation) doing the cooking. The portions were hearty and the choices interesting and imaginative. I could tell the ingredients were fresh and local from their vibrant flavors. The prices are slightly higher but they don't take gratuity so it made sense and we left very full. If you're someone who prefers "traditional" Chinese food with sticky sweet sauces, this may not scratch your itch. If you enjoy fresh tasty food with an Asian twang to it which has been carefully prepared by someone who really cares and believes in what they are making, then check out TKO. read more

Best Chinese food in Nashville, by far. So glad to finally have great Chinese food here, and it's on the East side too! Fresh, perfectly prepared, and delicious. Definitely not your Chinese buffet fare. Just go! You won't regret it. read more

The food was absolutely delicious and staff was so friendly. We were looking for tasty Chinese food and loved the take at authentic Chinese food with a southern twist. With being new to the area, we are so excited to have found TKO. It will definitely be our new go to spot! read more

So happy to learn that TKO is now open on Monday's! Food and service, as always, top notch. I'm looking forward to many years of TKO in our neighborhood! read more

This is our new favorite in town! The food is fresh and innovative. The cocktails are creative and tasty. Chef Ryan and the rest of the staff make you feel comfortable and are very attentive. The menu changes regularly. Its different, friendly, interesting flavors and fun. Go, go now! read more

Fun and different. TKO is a nice change of pace, the staff is really attentive and the food and drinks are really creative. We will be going back again as the menu seems to be ever changing and seasonal so we'll never get bored! read more

I really wanted to like this place because there are enough crappy imitations out there but go ahead and add this to that list. My gosh the food was so uninspiring... Flavor wasnt anything different than what you get at a panda express except soggier and more expensive. We also paid 10 bucks for a chicken liver appetizer with 2 bites of food basically. Not to mention the 19 bucks for a mediocre plate of fried rice. Fusion or not, take the chinese out of it because you are not doing a good job on that part. More like giving it a bad name. Service wasnt bad and i like the interior design though. Wish i had more nice things to say about the food. read more

Never written a restaurant review before, but I had to this time. It was a spur of the moment decision to try this place even though I hadn't heard anything about it or looked at reviews. Did not disappoint! I will certainly be coming back! The Kung Pao (?) catfish was fantastic and the mushroom/rice can't be beat. Drinks were a little pricey, but hey, this is a no-gratuity establishment so no worries there. And for goodness sakes don't leave before you have the lemon buttermilk ice cream! read more

TKO is an amazing dinner experience. Chinese deliciousness with southern home style comfort and flavors. We get the Mystery Dinner for two every time and are always blown away- tonight was no exception. Truly grateful for this hidden eastside gem. read more

Very unique take on Chinese. Love the cocktails, the ribs are the best I've had and the steamed bun with sausage gravy is the stuff dreams are made of. Go. Now. read more

The apple salad is AMAZING! Super fresh, crisp, sweet and sour, little spicy. I could eat this everyday! The egg rips are probably the best I've ever had, and their fried rice!!! Oh the fried rice. I happen to like a little more spicy food, talk to the chef, he'll make it happen! Friendly staff, very attentive. Casual place you can actually talk and catch up with family and friends! read more

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Omg! Yum! Great food. Friendly attentive staff. AttractIve interior. A real gem of a restaurant!

So good! A concise but creative menu and an excellent addition to the neighborhood! Can't wait to go back!

this is just a hipster approximation of upscale Asian food. You will have to pay extra for rice....as in rice doesn't come with the dish unless it's a fried rice dish. Order the sweet and sour chicken and all you will get is some fried chicken and a small ramekin of sauce. There was nothing special about the food. It's nowhere near as good as tansuo, although it's just as expensive, nor does it satisfy like other local Asian restaurants. This place just exists because it's in a dead zone for Asian fare. To add to the misery of the experience, it's expensive. $4 egg rolls? $15 fried rice dishes? They can't deliver on the quality for those exorbitant prices, so we avoid this place altogether. Beware if you y'all bad about it on the east nashville Facebook page that some shill named Aaron will staunchly defend the restaurant and insult people who aren't happy with the food, prices, and portions. I'm sure he is related to the owner or has some economic interest in the place. His behavior is as lame as the offerings at tko. read more

Tko s menu sucks & what's there is high me & my wife shared fried rice $82.00 no thanks a lot of potential server was perfect

This one was on our list for a couple months before we finally got around to trying it. I was excited about having another Asian food option on the east side. Unfortunately, after the fist visit, I don't have a strong desire to return. The atmosphere is kind of weird, not really inviting. Our server was nice and provided useful info about the menu. The food was just lackluster, though. We order 4 small plates, as we were eating a full dinner later, and a couple beers. None of the food was outright bad. It just wasn't worth the price. The steamed buns were the only things I would recommend. Apart from the food, I don't get the automatic gratuity included in the price of the food. Isn't a tip given according to the level of service received. It's not a given. I was a server for many years and I almost always tip 18-20%, but I want the option to voice my dissatisfaction with sub-par service by leaving less of a tip. read more

Stopped into TKO on their second day open. . They were obviously still sorting out the work flows but I came away pretty impressed and hopeful that this will be a new and different option in Inglewood. First it is easy to miss as there is no signage facing gallitan and the entrance faces away from the main street. Once you do get inside the atmosphere is modern concrete and metal. The menu was limited, a fried rice dish, fried noodles and a couple of chicken options and apps. I had a extremely interesting steamed bun gravy biscuit with a hot honey sauce. The gravy mixture was steamed in the bun I really enjoyed that twist. I also tried the sweet and sour fried chicken livers. The livers had a nice fry and were served in a very light sweet sour vinegar mixture. This is certainly a trendy fusion menu but they executed well. The bar was limited to just a few random bottles but I was informed they are filling it out and will soon have a varied selection. I had a nice rum and campari cocktail that went well with my dish. I would hope to see some Asian inspired liquors like sake, or soju but at the moment it's just rum and vodka. Hopeful that this improves. The prices might look a a bit high on the menu I think it was 17 to 20 dollars for most entrees but when you factor in the no tipping policy I was pretty happy with my bill. But some more mid priced options would be nice. I'll be giving them another try when they get settled and hope they broaden the menu and bar. I'm just shy of giving 4 stars here and I think a lot of small issues will be fixed over the next few weeks read more

Delicious food. Great cocktails. Excellent service. Interesting concept where tipping is not standard. Greeted immediately upon entry with attentive service throughout the meal. The menu is unique for this neighborhood. read more

Service and food were both excellent. The fried chicken was delicious and the lo mein was great too. So happy we found them in our neighborhood! read more

We visited while in town. Had the egg roll and pulled pork steam bun to start, both delicious. I had the mushroom lo mein and my mom had the fried chicken, both were different and delicious. Neither of us could finish our entrees as we were wanting to try dessert for dessert, we had an apple dessert and it was perfect to end our meal. The price for dinner was reasonable considering we both had cocktails, apps, mains, and dessert and tip was included. This place would be packed in Louisville for sure! read more

Highly overpriced. Excessively salty. And unimaginative presentation. The salted smoke chicken was very dry. The lettuce wrap mushroom and peanut was very salty. And the egg foo yong was dry read more

This place has the best bar and food specials in town! The bar staff is always very friendly during the day and it always tastes amazing! Intense happy hour!! read more

TKO's interpretation of Chinese and Southern appeared to be a liberal use of oil. I was super excited to try the mapo tofu as it is one of my favorite Chinese dishes. TKO's version should be called 'tofu and meat in chili oil' as it had none of the essence of mapo tofu. The lo mein was also drenched in oil. read more

Our dinner experience was excellent. It's fun to go and share all the delicious appetizers and desserts especially. Staff was friendly and made sure the meal was great. Great food and thoughtful ingredients. If you like a small and delicious menu (like City House), you'll love all the tastes here! The dishes have just the right amount of spice and heat too. Shout out to the smoked fish dip, steamed Hun, lettuce wraps, and chicken wings oh and the lemon buttermilk ice cream sundae!!! And the cornmeal donuts too!!!! Special house cocktail was also a winner. read more

I really wanted to like this place, however it just missed the mark. The interior needs just a little bit more to make it work. I love the minimal color palette and furniture, however some art, some plants, maybe some different lighting would go along way. It's just a little sterile. The food -- again, I really wanted to like it, but it just fell flat. Given the food pedigree background of the owners, I just thought it would be a better dining experience. I hope they can work through the issues and hang on because Inglewood and Gallatin Pike need independent places like this badly. For the development owner, I think this speaks to the power of good design. I would also suggest that they need a blade sign or something on the exterior. You need to step up the signage so that your tenants can be seen! Fill up the other tenant spaces with complimentary businesses so it feels busy! read more

while we had an excellent server the food was mediocre at best. the only way we could justify the price was that the menu stated that it was a non-gratuity restaurant. later when the bill came it had a space for a tip. I inquired with our server and was told that that is no longer gratuity free, yet, the prices remained the same as when the tip was included. This is Fraud and will be reported to the better business bureau. read more

I have been to tones of restaurants and dined in and ordered takeout, but this is my first public review of a restaurant .. I just moved to this area of nashville and I pass by TKO every day so I decided to give it a try with out looking into it.. well .. the place is modern and simple but nice .. staff is friendly , not up to par on knowledge of menu items. I Ordered a cocktail while I wanted for my take out order.. my manhattan was tiny! But well mixed. I ordered simple chicken lo mein... well when I got to my car I looked n my bag and thought they have gave me the wrong bag jt look like a doggie bag with a tiny box with the remains of what someone couldn't finish. It was soooo small of a box my drivers license is almost the same size as the box .. I was blown away . For Chinese take out and for what I got for 33 dollars for one tiny box and a cocktail it is absolutely completely over priced. read more

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I am a recent transplant from NYC and a food snob. Not only is there a dreadful lack of any sort of Chinese food in these parts, there is a definitive disparity between what is "nashville good" and "nyc good." After three months I had yet to have a truly memorable, even enjoyable, meal here. Now, having found TKO a mere three minutes from my house, I feel I have hit a rather deadly culinary jackpot. It will take all my money and I will eat it all!! My husband and I ran across a 'best-of' list and decided to try it out. It's an open-floor concept with the kitchen the focal point of the room, so you know it's clean and you can monitor your food from its inception, if that's your thing. We had the fried sweet and sour chicken livers which were exquisite. Not oily at all, super crunchy, with that rich flavor of liver. We followed it up with the lamb mapo tofu. I was impressed they were offering such a classic Sichuan dish that I rarely see on menus and they executed it perfectly. The lamb is an ingenious touch as it adds a gamey richness to it that is very welcome. We topped it all off with the delectable pineapple cake with burnt sugar crust and the apple and caramel bun. We are now on first name bases with the manager, the chef, and at least one of the servers. Please go here, and go here often so that it may be here forever and I never have to want for yummy chinese food, or just food in general, again! enjoy! read more

This new restaurant is a nice little gem in North Inglewood. The atmosphere is very relaxed, the meals are fresh and innovative, and the service when we were there was very attentive. I recommend it. read more

Excellent menu options in a part of town that deserves a quality restaurant. Thank you to the owners for taking a leap of faith! Tasty, tasty morsels. read more

We came to this restaurant because it got 4 stars, but as an avid-Yelper, I feel it's my duty to post a review. This is closer to a 3 to 3 1/2-star experience. The food is actually good, some items better than good, but the experience leaves a lot to be desired. First impression...the restaurant doesn't have a sign yet, so it's hard to find. They are getting one though. It's a warehouse-looking building and sort of looks like a large shed in a strange location. When you walk in, the restaurant is one large room. Concrete floor, very high ceilings, open kitchen, and cheap-looking bar. There are cheap wooden tables with white plastic outdoor chairs that you can get at Home Depot for $5. You are greeted with a cheap paper menu where Snacks and plates are abbreviated....fancy restaurants can maybe get away with that....plastic chairs doesn't match fancy. There are 6 entrees and maybe 6-8 snack plates. All sort of don't click. Some come with veggies, some don't. But there aren't a lot of veggie options in snacks, so it's as if some meals leave you hanging. Eggrolls...ok, but just okay. The wrap on the outaide seems overly thick and isn't desirable. The steamed bun has vinegar in it. No one really liked it, and at least one of us loves vinegar. The cauliflower....great! Too many onions, but at keast the flavor was good, and it's something we'd order again. The fried chicken....good but not over the top. Comes with no sides. The ribs fell off the bone and were unusual with an Asian peanut sauce. I'd get them again. It comes with collard greens that were just okay...lacks some flavor. The fried rice was burnt. You could tell the bottom of the pan burnt. Not great. Wouldn't order again. The wine came in water glasses. Not cool. They are a buck a piece...get some. Also doesn't have beer glasses. There is NO art on the walls....maybe it's coming? The restaurant is loud. Bad acoustics. Tall ceilings, concrete walls, nothing on walls, open kitchen, and add in music. Not a relaxing vibe. Can't even hear the waitress. Wouldn't go back. Great idea. Poor execution. I hate to write that, but the restaurant just doesn't work for the prices that are charged. Even if it was cheaper, I still wouldn't go back. read more