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| - Kintaro Sushi & Hot Pot is an interesting place with quite a bit of potential. A free standing building in front of Lowes, you would never know that this was recently a Chinese Buffet; they have remodeled the place to look very Asian modern, lots of browns and tans with tiles. The overall effect is upscale and cool with a nice bit of class.
While Kintaro has several all you can eat options, it is not a buffet, rather you are served at your table. I've tried Kintaro several times for the weekday lunch $14.99 all you can eat Sushi and Hibachi. You are given a single page menu which you check off what you want. There are a couple of limitations: you eat all of what you order; they will not modify any items and they will limit how much you get at a single time.
I tried a bunch of apps and other hot items, including the teriaki squid, the hibachi shrimp, the spring rolls, shumei and fried squid app. The Shumei and squid app were both nice and relatively small, nothing special, but nice and the right size so that you are not filled up. The Teriaki Squid was a larger portion of squid with peppers, onions and brocolli in a decent sauce; the portion size was a bit too big for this type of dining, it will limit how many other items you can try. The Hibachi shrimp was a more reasonable size, with a side of fried rice and a nice creamy sauce. Overall the hot foods are good and well made, but nothing really special.
I have tried quite a number of the sushi items, Nigiri, small rolls and larger rolls. The sushi menu has actually expanded a bit with them adding a number of items including more types of nigiri sushi. The sushi was better then the buffets, not as good as the fine Sushi places around town, but good. The rice to fish ratio is ok, I would prefer a bit less rice but I understand why it probably will not change. The fish that is used is of good quality. I was more impressed with the nigiri sushi which tends to showcase the quality of the fish being served, with the Tuna, White Tuna and Smoke Salmon all being very good. The regular rolls are good, although I would wish that the spicy rolls were a bit spicier. The large rolls are interesting, but tend towards using tempura frying and sauces to add flavors, rather then letting the flavors of the fish come through.
During my first visit, I had a big issue with service, which was extremely slow, a huge problem when you are doing all you can eat table service. In addition I did not get all of the items that I ordered each time. I did talk to the manager who told me that they were short of servers , but even so I was sadly disappointed with the server I had. On the later trips, they seem to have resolved these issues, with service being much better, with food coming out in a more timely manner. I also limited the number of items I ordered at a single time so there was no issue with with missing items.
A couple of other notes, all beverages are an additional charge, there are a number of other options available from the all you can eat menu. There are hot pot options at lunch and dinner. The sushi options have grown, you will not find anything very exotic here such as soft shell crabs, uni, scallops and the like, which I would love for them to add, but those are expensive items so I understand why they are not on the menu.
The improvements in service, have made Kintaro an excellent option for all you can eat sushi, especially at lunch when you have plenty of time. Although not cheap you get high quality sushi and other Asian cuisine with good variety. I have also heard that the hotpot option is very popular, so I will have to give that a try.
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