Red Koi Japanese Restaurant UNCLAIMED

Glad to see this open in the European Village. We were actually there for another reason, saw Red Koi and decided to try for lunch. Not really in the mood for sushi so we chose hibachi meals instead. Very hot out so chose to eat inside which had nice decorations and atmosphere. The hibachi is not table side but cooked in the kitchen and served to you, but you get just as good food but without the entertainment which is fine with us. The hibachi food was very tasty but the salad was disappointing and a bit of a soggy mess. Overall it was a nice lunch and we will return again to try the sushi.

Highlight of visit: Fillet hibachi was very good.

I think this has the making of a good restaurant, just a bad time to be opening any eating establishment and hard to really gauge anywhere under these circumstances. Apparently, this is owned by the same people that operate Sakura who's sushi I was not too impressed with. However, at Red Koi it tasted much better and the ambiance more relaxing and to theme. BUT unless you like the very strong smell of cigar smoke I highly recommend you don't eat outside. There's a smoke shop right next door and they were sitting outside blowing smoke our way like a steam train! It made my wide feel nauseated and no way could we eat food out there! I guess there's not much they can do about that! Big shame.