Kabuki Restaurant (Downtown)

19 Market Square, Knoxville - 37902
188 reviews
Japanese Sushi Bar Asian Fusion
(865) 521-3888

DRY SALMON!I have eaten at Kabuki in turkey creek weekly for a long time. This location is definitely NOT the same. Kabuki out west is clean, friendly, and timely. This location is not…I’ve eaten here several times and this past weekend’s visit will be the last. I tried to call ahead, literally 3 times and it would ring and ring then go ignored. When I arrived there were zero customers and zero service to be found.Finally got my order and the bill for two salmon hibachi and a roll of sushi was $56… $18 for each salmon dinner with veggies and side of rice. The salmon was dry, I mean DRY… and the veggies looked as if they had been sitting out all day. To top it off, the bag was filled with split teriyaki sauce from a broken container. I ended up not eating it and waste of money.Why don’t the owners look at these reviews and clean their establishment and serve fresh food with positive vibes?!

Kid and family friendly restaurant. Menu selection is very good. Server was good about recommendations.

I went twice in one week, I enjoyed it that much. Our service was good, not at your table every 5 minutes, but attentive enough and very friendly.Sushi was fresh and well portioned in my opinion. I love their crab rangoons, best I've had in a while.Will definitely be making a trip there again soon.

Last week I went there for dinner with friends . Literally Sushi was amazing .service was good ‘I enjoyed that so much .thank you for everything ..we would be back soon !

The food was amazing! Literally dancing in your seat amazing. If I could describe the meal in one word it would be FRESH.

Thatplace is so gross...When we sat down to order you could feel the bumps and stickiness under our hands.When we asked a bartentender if we could have a towel to clean itshe wiped it off but stop and I pointed to a spot and she said that wasn't coming up and wiped it some more. And it came up.But our spot was still sticky and bumpy and we wiped it with our napkin and our napkin turned grayAnd then we went to your bathroom and it looked worse than a bathroom at a truck stop.We had already ordered but we just left. Because if your bathroom and bar were that gross.. How bad is the kitchenThe table behind us looked like a dumpster and there wasn't any tissue in one of the stalls

Hate to knock on this place as I really did enjoy it for the first while it was open, however Kabuki is more like Kadookie at this point. I accept that sushi is typically more expensive than other food, but I also expect full plates when paying 60+ for two people to eat. The food isn’t bad, it just doesn’t match the price that you have to pay, this isn’t an issue at the two other sushi restaurants within walking distance of kabuki. More importantly the restaurant has really become downright nasty. Firstly it’s just not that clean in the restaurant. I literally had to peal open the menu today as it was stuck together with some sort of sticky substance. The couches and pillows that they often seat people at are also just gross. The couches themselves are old cracked fake leather and aren’t comfortable at all. They also have nasty pillows on them that I’m sure haven’t been washed in a good while. I genuinely hope they can turn this place around as these weren’t issues before, but I’m worried it may be too late.

Lots of selection and pretty cheap, quality is just alright and ambience is pretty dingy. Service is hit or miss, sometimes it's good and personable, and sometimes it's just some college kid that does not seem to know what the hell is going on. Overall pretty fun and decent.

Food tastes good but very small portions of meat in the hibachi (at least half compared to typical restaurants). I am usually full or have leftovers for a $15 dollar plate but I left still hungry.

Restaurant is a mess, servers were talking about the party they attended last night saying they were "so hung over" and didn't help, while the manager was nowhere to be seen until the food was ready 30 minutes later of when it was supposed to be ready. While the bartender was the only one useful serving a table and the bar doing the most while the manager runs the establishment to the ground.All in all 1 star won't eat or recommend this place. There's plenty of places to eat in market square so no loss to me.