Reviews for Tsubaki Japanese Restaurant in Lufkin, TX

Decided to go eat and map out my Christmas list and just enjoy some me time while my husband was at work and kids were at... school! I get here and because I?m alone I can?t eat Hibachi!! Much as my family and I come here!! Looks like I?ll find anotherHibachi place to eat at!!! Read more

We were not greeted when we walked in, that should have been my first clue of what to expect ahead. When it was our turn to be... seated the hostess/waitress looked at us and said "Yes" as if we were there for anything else other than eat. I said "Yes we arehere to eat, there are 4 of us." She walked us to our table and never introduced herself. After getting our drink orders shedisappeared and I guess the sous chef saw me looking around for our waitress/ hostess (not sure what she was at this point) andhe was the one who found her and sent her back to our table. I ordered a drink (was not ID'd) and when she brought it to thetable, tried to give it to my daughters friend. And when we asked her questions about the menu she seemed annoyed. My daughterwas asking a question about some of the rolls and she told her flip the page back on the menu instead of just answering. Youshould know your menu up and down especially if charging people that much. Food was nothing special, portion sizes are WAY TOOSMALL for the price. She NEVER asked if we needed anything, or check to see if we were satisfied with everything. We only gotrefills if she came to drop something off at the table and we had to ask for them. She never gave updates on our orders, onlytook 2 salad bowls so we had dirty dishes crowding the table the entire time. When we needed to-go boxes a random person came tohelp while the girl was over at the bar laughing and talking to another waitress. I really hated to leave her a tip but there issuch a stigma about ceftain races not tipping I did anyway. Wish my daughter had a better sweet 16 experience. Read more

Thank you for always providing the best meal and support when needed! My favorite place for dinner obviously since I?ve been... there 4 times this week. Also thank you for the drinks they were wonderful and just what I needed to relax a little bit after astressful week. Love you guys. Read more

The environment is really nice and the staff is very kind and hospitable. The food is decent, but there were a lot more fried... (tempura) choices than I'd preferred. The katsu chicken was a bit overcooked and chewy, but maybe it was a bad day. Overall itwas good. Read more

Delicious food, great conversations with the employees.

*** edit**I have to agree with a previous review, you get vip treatment here. We loved the hibachi experience. We went for... lunch. And then also dined at the sushi bar for dinner later the same day. Everyone was extremely polite and courteous. Servicewas good and the food was tasty. The miso soup was delicious. My toddler loved it. Her only problem was I couldn't feed her fastenough. She ate steak and rice too. The mixed drinks were so good and made extremely well. My daughter had a great time and wewill absolutely be returning. Best sushi I have had in a long time and felt very welcomed and appreciated as a customer. **stilljust as great. They even remembered our drinks. Read more

I really enjoy this restaurant. Took my daughter here when she came down to see me. Food is always awesome, love it. This is... one place I could eat at every day and not grow tired of it. As many times as I have eaten here I've never sat at the hibachigrill so I can't write about it, always sat at the sushi bar and talked with sushi chefs watching them make the rolls and try tosee how they roll them. I have a sushi kit at home but mine never turn out pretty. Lol... Read more

Korean calamari appetizer was a lil chewy but the sushi was top notch. Highly recommend. Service was friendly and attentive.