Reviews for Kawa's Hibachi Grill and Lounge in Tyler, TX

We got the opportunity to eat at this famous restaurant and it turned out to be an excellent experience. The attached photos... will help you to see what food I had. The food was great and delicious. I liked the Salad and Soup They gave it of course ascompletely complementary. It's like a trailer for a great movie and then came the orange chicken and Kang Po chicken and Sushi.Haley was helpful and she was fast. Well done Haley. They have a good parking space at the rear side too. Overall a great placeto eat. We didn't get the opportunity to eat near the main seating area next time. We willl be back. Read more

We decided to give this a try without checking the reviews - and I?m glad we did! We chose lounge seating and had the sesame... chicken and veggie fried rice. We had onion soup and house salad for starters. The Food was HOT and delicious. I was verypleased with the rice and the variety of veggies. Service was outstanding. Kayleigh was awesome. The plates are quite generous.We?ll be back and hope to try the hibachi side next. Read more

Poor service and loud. The sushi was served dry and warm (!) and only the salmon tasted good. They were also out of a few things... and when we asked about the crab, they said it's all artificial. Read more

Food was super delicious and fresh! Sushi tasted fantastic too! Prices are also fair. Definitely worth coming back more than... once. Read more

Was taken on 4-15-22 for my Birthday. The cook was amazing!! He had everyone engaged & laughing. My grandchildren loved it! The... food was full filling & very tasty ????. Will differently go back Read more

Would give zero stars if it were an option. Stopped by here on 3/20/22 at about 7 pm. Seated immediately- waitress was not... attentive at all. ?Chef? came, put rice on then went thru 3 or 4 order slips trying to figure out which one was ours. Subsequently the rice started to burn, as did the eggs. He finally found the right order then proceeded to finish cooking therice and served it- burnt. The rest of the meal wasn?t much better- loads of garlic, same sauces used on everything (and waytoo much of it)- so everything tasted the same. Waitress barely checked on the table- one of our party found her in thebathroom standing there playing on her phone- chef had to go hunt down missing shrimp and a lobster tail- with food cooking onthe table. ?Chef? answered his phone twice while cooking for us. When he left, he didn?t even bother to clean up the cooktop-left a mess. No sauces, we had to ask for it once all our food was finished. None of us could eat our rice at all. Oh, and theysay a total of 12 people at 1 table! 10 adults and 2 toddlers. I?ve eaten at many hibachi restaurants, never had this poor ofan experience at such a premium price. Stay away from this place. We were traveling and thought we had stopped somewhere good,we were wrong. Oh, and everyone of us wound up booted and gassy. ETA: this was the response from the restaurant: ?Responsefrom the owner 16 hours ago Hi , Thomas , I apologize for your bad dining experience with us last night . This is not a kawasstandard . I had personally addressed your issues to our chef team and management team, they decided to end the contract withyour chef and retrain your server. Thank you for your review , we are always striving to improve and I assure you this won?thappen again. Have a nice day !? Curiously I never identified the chef or waitress- so I?m not sure how they identified them-and since were not from the area, we will doubtfully ever be back. Read more

Dinner at Kawa's 3/20/2022. I had nigori sake, green tea, a Fiery Cajun Roll, a Spiderman roll, and an Ocean Garden Roll. They... were super busy for dinner and hibachi, but no one was sitting at the sushi bar, so I was able to get seated right away. Butlots of tables were ordering sushi, because they were cranking it out back there. There were a couple of hispanic guyssushi-chefing behind the bar. I mention this not to be disparaging, and only mention it because it's unusual. Because these guyswere *crushing* it. They were knocking out plate after plate of sushi rolls super fast, while maintaining beautifulpresentation. The tip jar was barren, so I threw a $20 in there on top of the tip I wrote for the waiter. Everything was wellpresented, fresh, and delicious. I'll be back. Read more

Atmosphere was nice. Set up for Hibachi or just dining areas and a bar with bar stools. Restrooms were trying to be trendy but... the ceiling lighting consisted of two lights that rotated through different colors and you couldn't see anything in there so Ican't comment on how clean was. The service was friendly we were seated by a post our server attended to our table quickly. Weordered a Hibachi meal and 2 sushi rolls to share, we asked for side plates but didn't get them so our food set for a bit beforewe got to eat. Eventually we did get our side plates. One of the sushi rolls was delicious the other one didn't even meet atfast food standard of sushi roll. The wasabi was dry and must have been sitting for awhile you can see in the picture. The saladthat came with the hibachi was swimming and salad dressing. We asked for medium-rare steak but it came medium well to well done.The onion soup was delicious. Read more