KoKoRo Steaks, Sushi & Martini Bar PERMANENTLY CLOSED

I fully agree that this restaurant offers a touch of civility and decorum, however, it is not very exciting. Don't get me wrong, the food here is very good but I just like my food with more "zing". Also, as another mentioned, the decor is dull with its walls plain with no pictures or paintings hanging. Service was very good and the manager greeted us during dinner which was nice.

Wow!!! Finally a restaurant in Flagler county that has FANTASTIC food,EXCELLENT service,and is EXCEPTIONALLY clean!!!! This was our first Japanese experience and we where both overwhelmed by the food.Everything from the sushi to the really neat volcanic cooking rock looked and tasted so fresh and good.We went on a Saturday night and even though the place was a little busy our service was excellent.Our server Alise was very nice and explained the menu well even though she told us she was a fairly new employee and if she couldn't answer, she would go get her boss who, by the way, went out of her way to stop and check every table and make sure everything was going good. Kudos to this great place which is located in the Publix shopping center. My wife and I will definitely be back.

Kokoro offers a nice change to the usual local restaurant choices. It's a slow paced restaurant offering most popular Japanese dishes such as sushi, tempura, sashimi, etc. Although it does have quite a nice atmosphere, Kokoro is very sparse and sterile. Its walls are plain with no pictures or decorations. Limited window dressings half cover windows that are in desperate need of cleaning. The food and service, however, are both very good. The sushi is wonderful and most dishes we tried were more flavorful than we expected. One complaint is that our appetizers came out a long time apart and my partner had finished hers before I even received mine. Overall, this is a nice place to relax with good company while enjoying an interesting meal.

Even though it's another strip mall location, once inside it is a nice civilized and relaxing restaurant. The food here is very good although a little too pricey to visit often. The service was a bit too slow and it's definitely not the type of restaurant to visit when you're in a rush.

I have visited them twice now and both times the food was good but service was not so good. I visited one time at lunch with a friend of mine and they forgot our salads and brought her the wrong sushi. The next time was dinner with my husband and they forgot our soup and salads again. Never brought the sake my husband had ordered and didn't have the mix for the drink I wanted. The food is a little too pricey to be forgetting stuff and being out of things. They need to get better servers and come down on their prices and it would be a great place. I think we will probably still travel to Ormond or Daytona for our Japanese fix.

WOW! I've been back to Kokoro a few times since I wrote my last review. I love sushi and that is all I have ordered so far. I am anxious to bring my family to order off the main menu.

On my last visit, Siri recommended the Salmon & Lemon Roll, a delicious roll with fresh salmon, paper thin sliced lemon, and scallion. Very simple and yet extremely tasty and good. Very refreshing. A new favorite for me. In addition to the Salmon & Lemon Roll, I ordered a "Summer Style Roll" which means it is wrapped in tapioca skin instead of the usual seaweed. I like the seaweed and was a little hesitant to try something else but boy am I glad I did! I had the "Macho Man" which contained tuna, eel, smelt roe, and avocado. It was sensational. The tuna was very fresh with a wonderful mild flavor and perfect texture. These two rolls made a very satisfying light lunch for me.

I already have one new roll picked out for my next visit. I also need to find out what the high school guys next to me were ordering. It all looked SO GOOD! One roll had crab meat heaped on top. Yum!

If you aren't sure about eating sushi, I encourage you to talk to the owners and explain what worries you about it. They are sure to find a roll for you that you will love. Or, just order from the regular menu - I am sure the traditional dinners are equally good.

We love Kokoro. The sushi is the freshest around and they have many different kinds (such as Toro) that you cannot find anywhere! My friend lived in Japan for 14 years and this is the first time since returning to the states that he has tasted sushi comparable to what he enjoyed in Japan. We had friends come up from Miami/South Beach and they also said it was better than anything they get down there.
The owners are very nice and go out of their way to make your dining experience pleasant. I even asked about a dish that wasn't on their menu and the owner said "not a problem" and whipped it right up for me. It was fabulous!

I highly recommend Kokoro. Palm Coast needs this wonderful restaurant. Plus, the owners truly care about giving back to the community. A rare combination.

Kokoro now has "lava rocks". These are rocks that are heated in the oven, brought to your table with your choice of meat, and are then "flamed". We purchased the filet...this was worth every penny!!! The best filet I have had in a long time. Siri goes out of her way to make sure your dining experience is all that it should be. The owners are striving to make this one of the best restaurants in Flagler County...and succeeding!!! We eat at Kokoro's at least 1-2 times per week and have never been disappointed in any aspect of our dining experience!

Food was great. The Raspberry Sake was excellent. A bit pricey but will go back again. The service was excellent and the sushi was very fresh. Highly Recommend!!

Cute place. Food was good. Servers were nice. However, we felt it was a tad overpriced for what it was. $15 for tempura and a small iceberg salad? Seems a bit much. Also, served my guests food 15 minutes before I got mine, and his was sushi, so we didn't understand that...?

I reviewed Ai so thought it fitting I provide one for Kokoro, too. I enjoyed both of these restaurants equally and they both offered very good service and good food in a civilized atmosphere. As I eat out with my family often, we find Kokoro is much more family friendly and generally more inviting than Ai.

I am so happy that there is a GOOD sushi place in town now. We used to travel all the way to Fuji Sushi in Orlando for our sushi cravings, and now we are very contented with Kokoro. The dining experience is pleasant, their Sake-tini's can rival any posh NYC sushi bars', and the variety of their signature rolls is wonderful! The owners are so nice--accommodating, sweet, very service-oriented. They know good sushi, and you won't be disappointed! I strongly recommend the unfiltered cold sake--please try this, it's so good! WE loved the Kokoro Special roll--we've never had anything like it, and we've had a lot! Tuna Lovers' tiger roll is excellent. The summer rolls are great too--again, something unique and different--try the Mango de Tango summer roll. I can't wait to go back here!

Best sushi in town!! We used to travel to Ormond for our sushi.
We tried "Ai" but found there sushi to be small with soup and salad, tasteless.

The new owners at Kokoro make your dining experience informative (they come over to answer any questions you might have) as well as just tasty dishes. The shrimp shumi is to die for! Their sushi rice is moist and so is their avacado. We've had problems with that at other restaurants. The servers are great too!

We love how they renovated the place. New rugs, window treatments and all over decor. Very pleasing on the eye.

As you can see, we highly reccommend Kokoro and am sure you won't be disapointed. We are so glad we can FINALLY support a local restaurant.

We were very pleasantly surprised by Kokoro. We had lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the place. Service was very attentive and the food was excellent. Our time for lunch was limited so we're anxious to return for dinner with more time.

I didn't know this place existed and I'm glad I found it. It's a wonderful friendly little restaurant and the food is very good. I will return again to sample different items.

I visited Kokoro recently for lunch and ordered from the sushi menu. I love sushi and am a big fan of AI but, unfortunately, Ai is not open for lunch and my sushi cravings often come at lunch time. I ordered a salmon roll, a caterpillar roll, and eel nigiri. All of the sushi was presented beautifully on different plates. The salmon roll had a little bit of an "off taste" that I can't really identify. It may have been the salmon or it may have been the seaweed. It didn't taste "bad," just "off." I tasted the salmon alone without the rice and seaweed and found that it didn't have much flavor and was not as firm as it should have been. The caterpillar roll was beautiful and quite large (8 slices) but contained minced tuna mixed with mayonnaise, something I didn't realize when I ordered it. It was not very flavorful. The avocado slices draping over the top were the perfect ripeness. The eel was great. I found the sushi menu was lacking in traditional rolls and contained way to many rolls containing fried fillings or mayonnaise mixed fillings. I was told that next time I could make adjustments to the preparation listed on the menu. In addition, the sushi prices are expensive, especially compared to the sushi bar I frequently visit in Jacksonville. My lunch which was simply two rolls, two nigiri, and one cup of green tea was over $20.00 before the tip. The new owners, who obviously aim to please, were very attentive and concerned about everyone's happiness. There were three other couples in the restaurant when I was there and they all seemed very pleased with their meals. All in all, I am thrilled to have a good Japanese restaurant available during lunch time and I will definitely be back and look forward to sampling other items on the menu.

Kokoro is an excellent new place to eat. The owners are very pleasant and want to make sure everything is just right. The Sushi is excellent!! All the food we've tried has been excellent! The Raspberry Sake is excellent!! The whole atmosphere is very pleasant and inviting. We've been back many times already. Try Kokoro out, you won't be disappointed!

We just love these new owners! Everything we ordered was just wonderful. Their menu is ever evolving and owner likes to experiment with different sake drinks. The service was fast (much faster than Ai) and everyone was so pleasant. The restaurant has been remodeled slightly and cleaned up, new carpet, paint, etc... This makes for a much nicer atmosphere! We say give it a try and you might just be surprised.

Took the family one evening for dinner and was overall very pleased. Miso soup and teriyaki shrimp dinner were very good. Salad was so-so. Chicken tempura was also very good. Not quite on a par with Ai Restaurant in town but it does look promising. Staff and service were very pleasant and helpful and willing to accommodate. Those who remember the previous Makoto restaurant at this location will be pleasantly surprised by this new establishment.