WAS NOT A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE! To start off I walk in and I'm waiting to get my order taken while the cashier rudely ignores me, and won't stop talking to another cashier. I finally get the cashiers attention and start ordering, she then interrupts me saying "You're ready?". I just thought what ever I'll just go on with life it's not a big deal, until I got my food. I got the Hibachi Chicken with Mushrooms... the chicken was so over cooked and the mushrooms so under cooked I couldn't tell the two apart besides the look as well it didn't taste like hibachi, it tasted like nothing, it was extremely bland. I hope that today was just one of their off days because that's just unacceptable from a restaurant. read more

Flavor was good in combo but chicken was obviously old and so hard I picked most of it out. Disappointing since it was prime dinner time.

I've been coming here for probably 4 year, I've even had friends that worked here. This place use to be 5 stars but the portions are smaller now. Other than that, the food is always delicious. I always get the steak because the chicken is always over cooked. The salmon and noodles aren't good in my opinion either but if you just get hibachi steak with rice your day will be complete. Always new staff. Must not treat the workers well. read more

Good hibachi takeout. I usually get the hibachi noodles with either steak or shrimp. Food is pretty good but my biggest complaint is they sometimes only give you very few pieces of steak/shrimp. read more

Fast service and the food is consistent. Great fast Japanese food. My favorite is the teriyaki steak.

Was disappointed with the price increase and less food than usual. We get the same thing every time. Cost more and got less food.

I've been going to Toyama for 6-7 years now. Used to go weekly when I lived closer. For the price and service it can't be beat. Around $6 for a typical standard dinner and ready within 2-3 minutes. Shrimp sauce is the best of any Japanese restaurant I've found. Sweet but not too heavy. Always have more food than I can finish. Not much has changed over the years, that's probably why I still stop in if I'm in the area. read more

Everything was pretty good & always been , but they just need to work on the rice it's always hard every time I order hibachi (Maybe add a bit more water to the pit when they cook it ) but over all good place read more

Good place to get express hibachi. Limited parking near front door. Indoor and outdoor seating. Always busy location so it seems to be a popular spot. read more

Toyama Express - Chicken and shrimp hibachi - Japanese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Toyama is hibachi fast food. Its not special or fancy but consistent every time. I have been coming here for 8 years and it is always crowded. Inexpensive and can be fairly healthy if you are on a diet. Just get double veggies instead of fries rice and skip the shrimp sauce. read more

Food is incredible. Very fast. Busy at lunch but go in between rushes are your food is so fast to come out. Everyone is so kind and I will continue to go here in the future. Highly recommend to anyone and everyone who loves japanese food!! And you get soooo much food! read more

At first this was my fav spot but recent visits have me reconsidering. One time i got raw steak, the hibachi needs to come with mixed vegetables not just mushrooms. Also, recently they have went up on their prices and have not posted them. read more

I spoke so highly of this place just to be disappointed. I'm not sure what was going on or why my food came out extremely fast but when I bit into an ice cold mushroom, I understood why. My sister ate her cold broccoli but I sent mine back. They threw my food on the stove, drowned it in sauce and gave it back to me. How do I know? Because the piece I bit off of was still on the plate. So I asked for a fresh one with cooked vegetables, now I have no vegetables at all. Smh it'll be almost FOREVER before I come back here smh. read more

My boyfriend goes here on his lunch break and so I finally went with him for dinner one night. Food is LARGE. Everything is good. Shrimp sauce is amazing. It was $15 per person but we order extra stuff (extra veggies for me and extra shrimp for him). I honestly can't wait to go back. read more

Love this place for a quick bite to eat ! Always quick and easy! Lines are long but wot of the time so I prefer to call ahead for an easy pick up read more

ONE OF MY FAVORITES!! 4 words to sum it up: Quick, Inexpensive,Consistant and YUMMY! I eat there one a week and have never had a bad meal! Service is great! read more

Stopped in here based on some reviews here and some co-workers I'm in training with. Wasn't sure how good it was going to be but the price sure seemed good... Food was excellent. Was it a little greasy, as I've read here? Maybe just a little. But that certainly didn't detract from it. I've eaten at much fancier restaurants and much more expensive ones with hibachi that didn't taste this good. Was it perfect, no... But I'd eat here once or twice a week if I was local. Definitely worth the stop and the price. Had the Hibachi Chicken and the Hibachi Steak. Definitely worth it! Great place! read more

Great spot. Must say I'm a creature of habit and always get the chicken and mushroom hibachi. But every time is delicious. For the amount of food they give you the price is perfect as well. The only complaint I can think of is that the rice is never quite right when I visit. As if it's always just completely undercooked, but outside of that its perfect. The generous portions and the quality of of the food for the price make this spot unbeatable. I usually find myself here once a week or so. Location is great as well, right between the University and Northlake areas. read more

This is always my go to place when I want some hibachi . My favorite is the shrimp and scallops with sweet carrots and broccoli! Usually the food is ready in less then 10 minutes so call when your on the way! It's worth it! read more

I love this place. I swear i eat here at least once a week. Smh. I could not wait to move back from California to Charlotte just for this shrimp sauce. I could not find it at any hibachi place in Los Angeles. No one even knew what i was talking about when i said shrimp sauce or yum yum sauce. It was horrible. So Im super excited to be back and able to eat at this place a couple times a month. read more

Affordable prices, quick service, decent options and average flavor. It was just okay, ginger sauce is super watery. Liked that the rice was al dente and carrots were not too sweet. The broccoli looked close to spoiled and they used anyway. Would not make a special trip here. read more

I've been eating toyamas since I moved here TEN years ago. The staff that work the front registers are by far the rudest staff I've seen so far ... I love this restaurant, I would give the food 10 stars if I could. But I dread even having to interact with the front staff at the registers... I even order to go to try and avoid the attitude and dirty looks, but tonight proved me wrong again. Still was treated with disrespect.. beware of the staff... if you guys take any of your reviews serious please consider this one and get some new staff that want to be kind to your customers. It really says a lot about the place on who they hire to be the faces you see right when you walk in... disappointed.... read more

I love this place. I think this is one of the best Japanese food in the university area. It always fast and the price for food is awesome! But if you want to go in for a quite and peaceful lunch/dinner this is not the place to go. It's some what loud and you will hear the owner yell out orders. And sometimes the cashiers do not look very happy to be there and can give you an attitude. But everything else is wonderful! read more

Typically somewhere we go at least once a week, it's our go-to for take out in our house. Have been disappointed the last two trips. There were hairs in my food the last two times. The first time I thought maybe it was mine or one of my pets' but yesterday I opened my shrimp sauce and there were two in the top of the sauce, as soon as I opened it, no way it could've been any of ours. read more

When I was in college at UNC Charlotte, Toyama was a staple of my diet! And for good reason!!! The first thing you'll notice about this place, especially when you go for lunch, is that their service speed is baffling. I'm talking about...you place your order, and the food is already ready before you find your seat. It's mind-blowingly fast! And the food doesn't taste bad like a lot of Fast Food does. That's because while they don't offer a super large menu, they are really good at making what they do offer. I normally go for hibachi chicken, and when they started offering noodles instead of rice I've been ordering that since. Their shrimp sauce is great....light but sweet, and their carrots are soft and sweet. The plates they serve the food on are very nice quality and the portion size of the food is very fair for the price. Their staff is also super nice. I've been going for a while, and so has my sister. My sister rarely goes the same time I do, but the staff figured out that we are related. Now every time I go they let me know whenever they see my sister, so I learn things about my sister through them. Maybe I should call my sister more often, but as you can see, Toyama not only cares about serving their customers, they keep up with them! read more

I am a student at UNCC and I am pretty sure every student at that school knows about Toyama. It is cheap and delicious. Everything on the entire menu is good and I could probably eat it everyday. It is your basic Japanese Express restaurant but everything is done well and very fast. Hibachi chicken and steak, teryaki chicken and steak, shrimp, and salmon are among the combination plates to choose from. All combination plates come with rice, carrots and another vegetable depending upon what meat you choose and of course, shrimp sauce. You can substitute zucchini and onions for the carrots if you wish. The sauteed mushrooms are a personal favorite of mine. The appetizers are also very good specifically, the egg rolls and tempura plate. They have outdoor seating as well which I really love. I definitely recommend Toyama for some quick and delicious Japanese food. read more

Been going here for years and they never disappoint. Lots of food and great price. They are fairly quick with getting your order out as well. Definitely recommend the hibachi chicken with broccoli. read more

Quality has gone downhill. This was my go to place for fast Japanese takeout. Lately the rice has been crunchy, the chicken has gristle, and it is extremely salty. Sad it has gone downhill. read more

Great quick takeout Hibachi! Fairly good prices and a good amount of food is served. The service is usually very good around lunch and dinner. read more

Usually pretty decent food. I have had a few instances where it hasn't been that great but I always end up back here because my sister loves this place. When I ask them to do something special (such as cook it a little bit longer), they are happy to oblige. read more

So disappointed in their customer service. If you close at 9pm, lock your doors. Don't let a line of customers form only to tell them you are closed and send them away. Turning away customers is bad for business, isn't making money important?!...There are many hibachi restaurants in town, you're giving me a reason to choose them over you. Not to mention Thai Taste is right next door and stays open later! They got my money tonight. #unsatisfiedcustomer read more

Poor customer service from management. I've eaten at this place quite a few times in the past. Tonight I ordered shrimp hibachi and I get home (15 minutes away) to steak and mushrooms. It's partially my fault, because I should not have trusted that my order would've been correct. I get all the way home, ready to sit down and enjoy my dinner only to realize it wasn't what I ordered. I drive all the way back only for the manager to nonchalantly ask if I wanted another order of what I originally ordered. There was no "we apologize for messing up your order", "sorry for any inconvenience we've caused"...Nothing! At that point I asked for a refund and that was that. I'll save my hard earned coins for a more deserving, customer friendly establishment. read more

It seems like I come out of my way to stop in just to get some teriyaki chicken and broccoli lol! The food here is always fresh and prepared quickly. This is a good place to come and grab lunch on the go or to simply take back home. You get plenty of food for your money and I must say Toyama's is in a convenient spot! Pass up the burger joint next door and step into Toyama's! Don't forget to get some sweet tea to go along with your order! read more

I've been a customer since this restaurant opened and after my experience Saturday 1/20/18 just before closing, I may not return. I called in an order, arrived to pick it up but decided to use the restroom, and I washed my hands first. Shortly after a female employee entered with her phone in hand. She went in the last stall and I was in the first, she was texting the entire time. We finished and I made it to the sink first, but little did I know...she had no intentions of stopping at the sink and didn't. I couldn't believe it, so I proceed to the register and tell the young cashier what I witnessed and asked her to interpret and explain my dissatisfaction of the employees poor hygiene to the older lady that appeared to be the owner or manager. I tried to get her caught before she could touch anything, but it didn't work. With all of that being said and the conversation taking place in front of me, I expected the employee to be forced to wash her hands; however, that never happened. The manager didn't budge and the employee continued to breakdown the beverage area going in and out of the kitchen relocating containers of tea. read more

Like many said, the cashier wasn't friendly. Didn't do anything rude per se but didn't make you feel welcomed either. The food was actually really good, the portions were smaller than I expected compared to other habachi places I've been to. But lord Jesus I didn't get 10 min down the road without having to find a bathroom for a #2 emergency. Felt fine afterward but that didn't last long! read more

Not good at all. I don't understand why all the UNCC students love it....maybe they have not had good food? This place sucks. The only thing that is good is the prices. read more

charges extra $2.15 just for adding onions. wish i would've known before ordering. better hope you get the food how they want you to, or it'll end up costing you in extra $2.15 each addition! NOT TO MENTION THAT THEY ONLY GIVE YOU 1 SAUCE CUP FOR TO-GO ORDERS! DON'T EVEN START WITH THE PRICE FOR THAT ha! read more

I have been a regular for years. I was there last week and have realized their quality has been declining. The proportion is dwindling as price goes up. However, still same amount of salt and grease. Toyama, you guys need to step up your game. read more

The food here is delicious! I had the hibachi with white rice and a delicious creamy sauce. Loved it!

I love this place. You get a good portion of food for the price. If you don't love sweet carrots, they'll let you substitute zucchini and onions. read more