Not bad not great. Bit run down, table was pretty wobbly. The service was not so great. It took over 10 minutes for us to be asked what we wanted to drink. And waiter was chewing on...lunch? While asking us. Food was ok, steak teriyaki was very good, best of what we ordered. Cook was very friendly and polite. Waiter may have been having a bad day, who knows, but very slow and the place was empty.
(3)
Dan W.
I enjoy taking my whole family to Kikus. My son loves the fire and the show. Due to the price I tend to make this more of a special trip kind of place. Building does need an update to the decor.
(4)
Michael B.
nice japanese ambience. kind of dark and romantic. although a bit worn and run down. hostess and waiter were pleasant and communicative. hence not a two star. Food Quality: i ordered shrimp special roll, unagi hand roll, caterpiller roll and since I paid $27, I was expecting some high quality rolls. but was a bit disappointed. the eel is definitely NOT fresh, and from a can. I got some canned eel before since I was on a college budget and thought that how bad could it be compared to fresh eel, and I quickly gave that up. It was bad. So now I can tell the difference immediately. and the imitation crab they use is imitation. The sauce they use is a generic teriyaki sauce i think that they substitute for eel sauce. Bottom line - Don't come here for the sushi if you've had good sushi. I didn't try the steak. Maybe that's where its at?
Stopped in while on a business trip. Service was very good - attentive but not smothering. Sushi was good, decent cut of fish. Tuna roll was average and the California roll was more than I expected. Two rolls, two sushi and a glass of wine for under $24.
(4)
Dezeree H.
I tend to think hibachi grill food all tastes the same. This restaurant is no different. It has your standard hibachi grill offerings and they are well cooked. The service was excellent and our chef was very good. What I think us really good about this place is the price. You get a lot of food for the money and its way cheaper than places in Lawrence or KC and it has better service.
(3)
Amanda M.
Gave this place 3 stars. Took my family here hoping it was awesome but it was far from it. It was hot in there so not sure if air conditioner was working and the guy who cooked the food didn't interact with us at all. The chicken that was cooking on the grill was popping and splattering me. The food tasted all the same and we ordered a variety between chicken, steak, shrimp. The sushi however was fresh and was excellent.
(3)
Kristin P.
We go to Kiku every time we have something to celebrate. We have been to many hibachi Japanese steakhouses all over the country, and none have come close to the deliciousness that is Kiku. The fried rice is yummy and the filet is tender and melts in your mouth. The veggies are seasoned perfectly and the sesame chicken is sweet and savory. They toss shrimp in the air for you to catch in your mouth. The sherbet finale is an excellent palate cleanser. If you have trouble choosing what to order, I recommend the filet, chicken and shrimp combo. It's enough to share, or take it home. Leftovers are amazing in a skillet with a little butter, reheats very well this way. For a lighter dinner or lunch, I highly recommend the sushi room. Excellent sushi in Topeka! You can order sushi at the hibachi grill, too. The owners are wonderful and friendly, they know us and always come over to visit. They've watched our kids grow up!
(5)
Sallie E.
I moved away from Topeka 5 years ago. I've always loved Kobe now Kiku. Took a friend there who had never been before on Saturday, February 15 2014. They messed up our reservation. We finally got seated. Our table and grill had rice left on it from other meals. Our cook was just going through the motions of cooking for us. The food was just so-so. Sorry to see this happening at my fomer favorite place.
(1)
El D.
This use to be a place for special occasions. People dressed up and service was impeccable. Now? Customers in shorts and t-shirts. Dirty floors, dirty walls, dirty menus, everything smells like a grease fire, dimly lit and very loud. A difficult walk for my grandparents from the parking lot, through a mini-mall and into the restaurant. Waited at our table 15 min to be asked our drink order. Miso soup was bland - one sliver of mushroom and a few specks of green onion. Salad with ginger dressing - salad needed chopped smaller and dressing tasted bitter this time. Glasses were empty before refills were offered. Chef was great. What I would expect for a teppenyaki steak house. He did all the tricks and was personable. Plentiful fried rice, although the scrambled egg was singed. Great veggies. Strip cooked MR. shrimp and scallops were great. Chicken was overdone. And yes, it all kind of tastes the same and is a big messy pile of food on your plate when it's all served. The sauces were not offered this time, you had to ask. Fork tines were bent. Chopsticks were not included or offered. The sherbet dessert was - sherbet. My mouth stills tastes like MSG. Spent about $20 a person. If you've never been? Go and have fun. Overall, this restaurant is better as a memory for me. I won't be going back.
(2)
Kathryn K.
This is a fun spot for larger parties or a date night. The food always tastes great, though it can be a little pricey. I do wish they'd update and improve upon the decor here though. I understand mood lighting, but I've been there a few times where I feel like the only illumination is the fire in front of me from the hibachi! Definitely depends on the cook you get as to the kind of experience you'll recieve - some put on more of a show than others.
(4)
Lisa H.
This restaurant is located IN a strip mall, like you actually had to walk in the mall. It's a pretty standard hibachi restaurant. They start you off with mushroom soup and salad, then A LOT of fried rice (eggs and soy sauce), veggies, shrimp appetizer, then entree, and lastly (my favorite) sorbet ice cream for dessert. I had the filet with shrimp combo, and it was A LOT of food, but it was very good, a bit salty, but the filet was very tender and cooked perfectly. There's not many good non-chained food options in Topeka, and I wouldn't mind coming back here if I'm ever in town again.
(4)
Bobbi S.
Food is amazing and it is so much fun!
(5)
Keshia M.
Absolutely delicuous. I had the seafood trio and my husband had the chicken and steak combo. Before the food is cooked, they bring out a small serving of Miso soup and salad. Once the meal is complete, they bring out orange sherbert icecream for dessert. Everything was cooked perfectly and the staff was very friendly.
(5)
Thad J.
In the spirit of total honesty, I have to say: I love Japanese steak houses. I like the food, I like the show, I like having shrimp thrown at me. But not all steak houses are the same. A lot depends on the staff, the chefs and the freshness of the food. Kiku Japanese Steak House is located in a mall but that shouldn't discourage a visit. The atmosphere is wonderful and makes you feel like you stepped into another world. There are several dining rooms with multiple cooking tables. The lobby doubles as the cocktail lounge and sushi bar. There were several couples enjoying the sushi offerings. Everything looked delicious. The decor is very traditional and beautiful. We were quickly seated with another family. The server handed out menus and took our drink orders. He returned quickly with our beverages and took our dinner requests. Soon, the chef arrived with a cart filled with our food. He confirmed each person's order and started the cooking show. I've been to many Japanese steak houses and seen some fantastic chefs. This was not one of them. The food was perfectly cooked. Rice, vegetables, shrimp, chicken, steak; each was seasoned and cooked to order. Fantastic flavor. However, the show was not impressive. Generally, the chefs put on a spectacular presentation complete with humorous lines. Our chef was a little disappointing. I was prepared to lower my rating until I saw the chef at the next table. Very entertaining and flamboyant! He was spinning knives, flinging shrimp, drumming pepper grinders and building an impressive onion volcano. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, visit a Japanese steak house) Overall, I was impressed with Kiku Japanese Steak House. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The food was fantastic. Our chef was the only slight disappointment.
(4)
Jeanine W.
Food was good. Although no sauces were offered & nothing special in presentation. Waiter service was horrible. Very rushed. He was bringing takeout boxes & sherbet within 2 minutes of chef leaving table. Never were offered refills on drinks or dessert. This used go be a special place to eat & enjoy a nice dinner/ special evening. Tonight felt like a fast food carry out restaurant. So sad to mark this off of places to eat in Topeka.
(2)
Edith T.
If you're ordering sushi, they start you out with miso soup and salad. The miso soup was good, the salad with thousand island dressing was watery and bad, which worried me. But the sushi we ordered was AMAHZING! We got the Jojo 2, Alaska, spicy shrimp and sweet and sour roll. While I didn't like the sweet sour roll (raw salmon on the top, nothing sweet about it), my mother did like it. We also got a free spicy tuna roll from the chef! Except for the watery salad and my choice of sweet sour roll... It was overall great!!
(4)
Paul R.
This is not an experienced sushi eater's restaurant. The fish didn't look overly fresh and the cuts were poor. Disappointed.
(2)
Tod S.
Bad service!!!!! So they even know we r here???? Uh no, I do not recommend this place to anyone. Food was mediocre at best and the staff was non existant.
(1)
Allen H.
My favorite place in town to eat. Love the show even though sometime it's better than others. The food is always amazing. (didn't think I would like it till I tried it) all in all a great place to eat. Just can't get a good rum and coke there to save my life. But the food is perfect!
(4)
Louis C.
Went on a Monday evening and the lunch/back up sushi chef was on duty. I was surprised because I have never had sushi where the chef was not Japanese....As noted before in some other reviews I read, the wait staff is not the quickest and seem more concerned with their conversation. Ordered some salmon nigiri, spicy tuna role & shrimp tempura roll. The spicy tuna roll was excellent and worth returning for alone. The rolls were kind of loose and started to fall apart when picked up. Overall, the quality of ingredients & seasoning were well above average & I will go back next time I'm in town.
(4)
Eric C.
I hadn't been there in years, back when it was Kobe, not sure why they changed the name. We now go at least 2 times a month and the food is great, love the sushi. The chefs anywhere from great to mediocre, but the food is always perfect. Anyone know why the name change???
(5)
Michael R.
I haven't been here in a while but this is a very good place to eat. This is the best place I've eaten sushi at (although I haven't eaten at too many places either). They also have lunch specials which are decent. Unfortunately, they've cut lunch back to Thursday and Friday only. Prices are about average with other sushi places. There is nothing wrong with this place that I know of. I would go here more often, but I can only eat out at lunchtime, and this place cut back there a few years ago.
(5)
Chris P.
Have you been to any various and sundry teppanyaki restaurant in America? Then you've been to Kiku. Like almost any other table side Japanese restaurant, the food is reasonably good. Unfortunately, Kiku has nothing to set it apart from legion other similar restaurants. The restaurant space has a long history. Twenty to twenty-five years ago, it started out as Kobe, another Japanese restaurant. I used to go there as a kid. Hell, it was my favorite restaurant back then. Fast forward to 2012, and, well, it's still a Japanese restaurant. It's actually still pretty much the same layout: dark, rather cramped waiting room, with a small bar and sushi bar. We were there on a Friday, so the waiting area was especially packed. The bar is fairly full service. With that said, if you have a request for a drink that's not on the menu, be prepared to explain what you want in very detailed terms. I wanted a bourbon, so I ordered a Wellers neat, with a drop of water. I didn't think that this was a particularly complicated order. Nonetheless, hilarity ensued. First, the bartender pours a lowball about half full with water. I stopped her, as that obviously wasn't going to work. After several minutes (and no, I'm not exaggerating) of trying to tell her what I wanted, I ending up basically having to do the work myself: I got the shot of Wellers (a rather skimpy shot, mind you), poured it in the lowball, had the bartender pour some water into the shot glass, and dropped a single drop into the low ball. Far more complicated than it should have been? Absolutely. Oh, you want sake? You have one choice: warm. For a Japanese restaurant, the sake selection is ... well, to see it's lacking is a bit of an understatement. If they had unfiltered sake, I would have purchased some. If they had any better, cold sake, I would have purchased some. But there was nothing other than "warm." Unfortunate. The food is what one would expect from a teppanyaki restaurant. The chef was a fairly jovial guy: I've had better and I've had worse. The dining room, though, was too small for the number of tables fit into it. Adding to the problem, every table had a number of small children running rampant; one had a screaming toddler. In a larger dining room, this might not have an an issue. In a room no larger than my living room, it's a problem. In the end, I was torn between giving Kiku two or three stars. It certainly doesn't deserve any more, but given that the food was more than acceptable and that the service wasn't bad (save for the bar debacle), two didn't seem right either. Take this review as a two and a half star review, then.
(3)
Daniel V.
I've been to Topeka twice on business. I've been here both times and I've been very impressed with the Sushi. I really liked the Sweat and Sour and the Tiger rolls. The servers were very nice and I had multiple people come check on me. Make sure you ask for the dressing on the side of the salad.
(4)
Monica S.
Good sushi, service was decent, and nice atmosphere. Was a nice date night place for me and my husband. Reasonable prices.
(4)
Leichardti F.
It's a click clack. You can get a Kobe copy in Topeka.
(3)
Toni L.
After reading these reviews and for other Japanese places here, we went to KiKu. I'm glad we chose it, it was the right place to go. Good quality food and service. Only negative was the sauces and the lunch price I thought was a little high. Not sure if it was just a bad day for them or they chef did not stir the sauce before giving it me. I had to ask for it as he did not give it to anyone at the table. Both were thick and clumpy, looked gross and tasted the same. I usually love sauces at this sort of place, did not use it at all. But the food was really good.
(4)
J M.
I love love love this place. I haven't tried the other place in Topeka similar to this though. Their fried rice is amazing. Best fried rice ever. So yummy!!!
(5)
Christal H.
This is the best sushi I have ever had, and that is saying something considering I am obsessed with sushi and have eaten it in at least 15 states and on more than 5 cruise ships. If you love sushi you should check this place out.
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Takes Reservations : Yes Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Dinner Parking : Private Lot Bike Parking : No Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Ambience : Casual Noise Level : Loud Alcohol : Full Bar Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : No Has TV : No Waiter Service : Yes Caters : No
Matt L.
Not bad not great. Bit run down, table was pretty wobbly. The service was not so great. It took over 10 minutes for us to be asked what we wanted to drink. And waiter was chewing on...lunch? While asking us. Food was ok, steak teriyaki was very good, best of what we ordered. Cook was very friendly and polite. Waiter may have been having a bad day, who knows, but very slow and the place was empty.
(3)Dan W.
I enjoy taking my whole family to Kikus. My son loves the fire and the show. Due to the price I tend to make this more of a special trip kind of place. Building does need an update to the decor.
(4)Michael B.
nice japanese ambience. kind of dark and romantic. although a bit worn and run down. hostess and waiter were pleasant and communicative. hence not a two star. Food Quality: i ordered shrimp special roll, unagi hand roll, caterpiller roll and since I paid $27, I was expecting some high quality rolls. but was a bit disappointed. the eel is definitely NOT fresh, and from a can. I got some canned eel before since I was on a college budget and thought that how bad could it be compared to fresh eel, and I quickly gave that up. It was bad. So now I can tell the difference immediately. and the imitation crab they use is imitation. The sauce they use is a generic teriyaki sauce i think that they substitute for eel sauce. Bottom line - Don't come here for the sushi if you've had good sushi. I didn't try the steak. Maybe that's where its at?
(3)Ty A.
The atmosphere as you come in definitely leaves something to be desired... but what more can you ask for from a place inside a mini mall. Once inside the decor is better if somewhat cliché. The show is entirely dependent on which of the chef's you are lucky to get. I would say that they range from solid 4 level cooks and showmen to some of them on the 3/2 threshold. The food itself is always the highlight. It's great and always plenty of it for the price point.
(4)Txaguas W.
Stopped in while on a business trip. Service was very good - attentive but not smothering. Sushi was good, decent cut of fish. Tuna roll was average and the California roll was more than I expected. Two rolls, two sushi and a glass of wine for under $24.
(4)Dezeree H.
I tend to think hibachi grill food all tastes the same. This restaurant is no different. It has your standard hibachi grill offerings and they are well cooked. The service was excellent and our chef was very good. What I think us really good about this place is the price. You get a lot of food for the money and its way cheaper than places in Lawrence or KC and it has better service.
(3)Amanda M.
Gave this place 3 stars. Took my family here hoping it was awesome but it was far from it. It was hot in there so not sure if air conditioner was working and the guy who cooked the food didn't interact with us at all. The chicken that was cooking on the grill was popping and splattering me. The food tasted all the same and we ordered a variety between chicken, steak, shrimp. The sushi however was fresh and was excellent.
(3)Kristin P.
We go to Kiku every time we have something to celebrate. We have been to many hibachi Japanese steakhouses all over the country, and none have come close to the deliciousness that is Kiku. The fried rice is yummy and the filet is tender and melts in your mouth. The veggies are seasoned perfectly and the sesame chicken is sweet and savory. They toss shrimp in the air for you to catch in your mouth. The sherbet finale is an excellent palate cleanser. If you have trouble choosing what to order, I recommend the filet, chicken and shrimp combo. It's enough to share, or take it home. Leftovers are amazing in a skillet with a little butter, reheats very well this way. For a lighter dinner or lunch, I highly recommend the sushi room. Excellent sushi in Topeka! You can order sushi at the hibachi grill, too. The owners are wonderful and friendly, they know us and always come over to visit. They've watched our kids grow up!
(5)Sallie E.
I moved away from Topeka 5 years ago. I've always loved Kobe now Kiku. Took a friend there who had never been before on Saturday, February 15 2014. They messed up our reservation. We finally got seated. Our table and grill had rice left on it from other meals. Our cook was just going through the motions of cooking for us. The food was just so-so. Sorry to see this happening at my fomer favorite place.
(1)El D.
This use to be a place for special occasions. People dressed up and service was impeccable. Now? Customers in shorts and t-shirts. Dirty floors, dirty walls, dirty menus, everything smells like a grease fire, dimly lit and very loud. A difficult walk for my grandparents from the parking lot, through a mini-mall and into the restaurant. Waited at our table 15 min to be asked our drink order. Miso soup was bland - one sliver of mushroom and a few specks of green onion. Salad with ginger dressing - salad needed chopped smaller and dressing tasted bitter this time. Glasses were empty before refills were offered. Chef was great. What I would expect for a teppenyaki steak house. He did all the tricks and was personable. Plentiful fried rice, although the scrambled egg was singed. Great veggies. Strip cooked MR. shrimp and scallops were great. Chicken was overdone. And yes, it all kind of tastes the same and is a big messy pile of food on your plate when it's all served. The sauces were not offered this time, you had to ask. Fork tines were bent. Chopsticks were not included or offered. The sherbet dessert was - sherbet. My mouth stills tastes like MSG. Spent about $20 a person. If you've never been? Go and have fun. Overall, this restaurant is better as a memory for me. I won't be going back.
(2)Kathryn K.
This is a fun spot for larger parties or a date night. The food always tastes great, though it can be a little pricey. I do wish they'd update and improve upon the decor here though. I understand mood lighting, but I've been there a few times where I feel like the only illumination is the fire in front of me from the hibachi! Definitely depends on the cook you get as to the kind of experience you'll recieve - some put on more of a show than others.
(4)Lisa H.
This restaurant is located IN a strip mall, like you actually had to walk in the mall. It's a pretty standard hibachi restaurant. They start you off with mushroom soup and salad, then A LOT of fried rice (eggs and soy sauce), veggies, shrimp appetizer, then entree, and lastly (my favorite) sorbet ice cream for dessert. I had the filet with shrimp combo, and it was A LOT of food, but it was very good, a bit salty, but the filet was very tender and cooked perfectly. There's not many good non-chained food options in Topeka, and I wouldn't mind coming back here if I'm ever in town again.
(4)Bobbi S.
Food is amazing and it is so much fun!
(5)Keshia M.
Absolutely delicuous. I had the seafood trio and my husband had the chicken and steak combo. Before the food is cooked, they bring out a small serving of Miso soup and salad. Once the meal is complete, they bring out orange sherbert icecream for dessert. Everything was cooked perfectly and the staff was very friendly.
(5)Thad J.
In the spirit of total honesty, I have to say: I love Japanese steak houses. I like the food, I like the show, I like having shrimp thrown at me. But not all steak houses are the same. A lot depends on the staff, the chefs and the freshness of the food. Kiku Japanese Steak House is located in a mall but that shouldn't discourage a visit. The atmosphere is wonderful and makes you feel like you stepped into another world. There are several dining rooms with multiple cooking tables. The lobby doubles as the cocktail lounge and sushi bar. There were several couples enjoying the sushi offerings. Everything looked delicious. The decor is very traditional and beautiful. We were quickly seated with another family. The server handed out menus and took our drink orders. He returned quickly with our beverages and took our dinner requests. Soon, the chef arrived with a cart filled with our food. He confirmed each person's order and started the cooking show. I've been to many Japanese steak houses and seen some fantastic chefs. This was not one of them. The food was perfectly cooked. Rice, vegetables, shrimp, chicken, steak; each was seasoned and cooked to order. Fantastic flavor. However, the show was not impressive. Generally, the chefs put on a spectacular presentation complete with humorous lines. Our chef was a little disappointing. I was prepared to lower my rating until I saw the chef at the next table. Very entertaining and flamboyant! He was spinning knives, flinging shrimp, drumming pepper grinders and building an impressive onion volcano. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, visit a Japanese steak house) Overall, I was impressed with Kiku Japanese Steak House. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The food was fantastic. Our chef was the only slight disappointment.
(4)Jeanine W.
Food was good. Although no sauces were offered & nothing special in presentation. Waiter service was horrible. Very rushed. He was bringing takeout boxes & sherbet within 2 minutes of chef leaving table. Never were offered refills on drinks or dessert. This used go be a special place to eat & enjoy a nice dinner/ special evening. Tonight felt like a fast food carry out restaurant. So sad to mark this off of places to eat in Topeka.
(2)Edith T.
If you're ordering sushi, they start you out with miso soup and salad. The miso soup was good, the salad with thousand island dressing was watery and bad, which worried me. But the sushi we ordered was AMAHZING! We got the Jojo 2, Alaska, spicy shrimp and sweet and sour roll. While I didn't like the sweet sour roll (raw salmon on the top, nothing sweet about it), my mother did like it. We also got a free spicy tuna roll from the chef! Except for the watery salad and my choice of sweet sour roll... It was overall great!!
(4)Paul R.
This is not an experienced sushi eater's restaurant. The fish didn't look overly fresh and the cuts were poor. Disappointed.
(2)Tod S.
Bad service!!!!! So they even know we r here???? Uh no, I do not recommend this place to anyone. Food was mediocre at best and the staff was non existant.
(1)Allen H.
My favorite place in town to eat. Love the show even though sometime it's better than others. The food is always amazing. (didn't think I would like it till I tried it) all in all a great place to eat. Just can't get a good rum and coke there to save my life. But the food is perfect!
(4)Louis C.
Went on a Monday evening and the lunch/back up sushi chef was on duty. I was surprised because I have never had sushi where the chef was not Japanese....As noted before in some other reviews I read, the wait staff is not the quickest and seem more concerned with their conversation. Ordered some salmon nigiri, spicy tuna role & shrimp tempura roll. The spicy tuna roll was excellent and worth returning for alone. The rolls were kind of loose and started to fall apart when picked up. Overall, the quality of ingredients & seasoning were well above average & I will go back next time I'm in town.
(4)Eric C.
I hadn't been there in years, back when it was Kobe, not sure why they changed the name. We now go at least 2 times a month and the food is great, love the sushi. The chefs anywhere from great to mediocre, but the food is always perfect. Anyone know why the name change???
(5)Michael R.
I haven't been here in a while but this is a very good place to eat. This is the best place I've eaten sushi at (although I haven't eaten at too many places either). They also have lunch specials which are decent. Unfortunately, they've cut lunch back to Thursday and Friday only. Prices are about average with other sushi places. There is nothing wrong with this place that I know of. I would go here more often, but I can only eat out at lunchtime, and this place cut back there a few years ago.
(5)Chris P.
Have you been to any various and sundry teppanyaki restaurant in America? Then you've been to Kiku. Like almost any other table side Japanese restaurant, the food is reasonably good. Unfortunately, Kiku has nothing to set it apart from legion other similar restaurants. The restaurant space has a long history. Twenty to twenty-five years ago, it started out as Kobe, another Japanese restaurant. I used to go there as a kid. Hell, it was my favorite restaurant back then. Fast forward to 2012, and, well, it's still a Japanese restaurant. It's actually still pretty much the same layout: dark, rather cramped waiting room, with a small bar and sushi bar. We were there on a Friday, so the waiting area was especially packed. The bar is fairly full service. With that said, if you have a request for a drink that's not on the menu, be prepared to explain what you want in very detailed terms. I wanted a bourbon, so I ordered a Wellers neat, with a drop of water. I didn't think that this was a particularly complicated order. Nonetheless, hilarity ensued. First, the bartender pours a lowball about half full with water. I stopped her, as that obviously wasn't going to work. After several minutes (and no, I'm not exaggerating) of trying to tell her what I wanted, I ending up basically having to do the work myself: I got the shot of Wellers (a rather skimpy shot, mind you), poured it in the lowball, had the bartender pour some water into the shot glass, and dropped a single drop into the low ball. Far more complicated than it should have been? Absolutely. Oh, you want sake? You have one choice: warm. For a Japanese restaurant, the sake selection is ... well, to see it's lacking is a bit of an understatement. If they had unfiltered sake, I would have purchased some. If they had any better, cold sake, I would have purchased some. But there was nothing other than "warm." Unfortunate. The food is what one would expect from a teppanyaki restaurant. The chef was a fairly jovial guy: I've had better and I've had worse. The dining room, though, was too small for the number of tables fit into it. Adding to the problem, every table had a number of small children running rampant; one had a screaming toddler. In a larger dining room, this might not have an an issue. In a room no larger than my living room, it's a problem. In the end, I was torn between giving Kiku two or three stars. It certainly doesn't deserve any more, but given that the food was more than acceptable and that the service wasn't bad (save for the bar debacle), two didn't seem right either. Take this review as a two and a half star review, then.
(3)Daniel V.
I've been to Topeka twice on business. I've been here both times and I've been very impressed with the Sushi. I really liked the Sweat and Sour and the Tiger rolls. The servers were very nice and I had multiple people come check on me. Make sure you ask for the dressing on the side of the salad.
(4)Monica S.
Good sushi, service was decent, and nice atmosphere. Was a nice date night place for me and my husband. Reasonable prices.
(4)Leichardti F.
It's a click clack. You can get a Kobe copy in Topeka.
(3)Toni L.
After reading these reviews and for other Japanese places here, we went to KiKu. I'm glad we chose it, it was the right place to go. Good quality food and service. Only negative was the sauces and the lunch price I thought was a little high. Not sure if it was just a bad day for them or they chef did not stir the sauce before giving it me. I had to ask for it as he did not give it to anyone at the table. Both were thick and clumpy, looked gross and tasted the same. I usually love sauces at this sort of place, did not use it at all. But the food was really good.
(4)J M.
I love love love this place. I haven't tried the other place in Topeka similar to this though. Their fried rice is amazing. Best fried rice ever. So yummy!!!
(5)Christal H.
This is the best sushi I have ever had, and that is saying something considering I am obsessed with sushi and have eaten it in at least 15 states and on more than 5 cruise ships. If you love sushi you should check this place out.
(5)