Minako Japanese - Ozark

I came to eat here four years ago with my grandmother, and it was good then. My experience now unfortunately was not. Firstly we attempted to come in yesterday, 10/3 for lunch. We were left waiting to be seated for five minutes before a waitress could be bothered to come and let us know it would be a while . I asked how long, and she just repeated and said a party of 20 just came in. I advised we 'd come back later, to which she made a face. She was overall quite rude about it I understand it was busy, but if you knew we couldn 't be seated why not just let us know sooner so we weren 't left waiting? And then to be upset we were leaving when you couldn 't even give a time frame for when we could be seated? Today was take two, and the experience was not much better. The waitress was very cold to me, only spoke directly to me once, and that was when I was brought my plates. Made things very awkward as I was waiting for a and you? from her before giving what I wanted only to turn and see she had just been staring at me expectantly. Food took a long time when there was maybe only 3-4 other tables, my grandmother got her food first, and mine was another 7 or so minutes later. She ordered a fried rice bowl, and the fried rice was the sorriest excuse I had seen, honestly just looked like normal rice with a trace amount of egg in it. I ordered nigiri 3 orders salmon, 2 white tuna, 1 mackerel. It was honestly the worst sushi I EVER had. Salmon was cold and tuna was ICE cold, the mackerel was room temperature at least and honestly my favorite. The rice had no flavor to it, which could have been the saving grace for the horribly cold fish, but there was no flavor to be had. Finally when my grandmother asked for the check the waitress was visibly cross about it. Walking away I could see her making face and gesturing with her arms in plain view as she walked into the back. She was one of the worst waitresses I 've had in a restaurant personally, between ignoring me and the rude behavior.

Very nice people and a lot of choices on the menu. Good food Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20

Great experience, food and staff are great. A jewel in Ozark must go to a restaurant you really need to try. Service: Take out Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Hibachi Steak, Roll, Kids Chicken Teriyaki, Yum Yum Maki

I absolutely adore this restaurant. Their food is excellent and they give you good portions for the meals. The staff are always so friendly and the ambience is very laid back. This is my favorite place in town to eat. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Very pleasantly surprised with the food! Chicken hibachi was great, my kids loved the chicken boat, and the California roll! GREAT crab Rangoon. Great portions. Will order again. Service: Take out Meal type: Dinner