NOKU Bistro And Sushi Bar

Best sushi on the south side of South Bend. The salmon sashimi is always very fresh. The lunch specials are great and all you can eat.

10/10 definitely recommend!! They are the sweetest women, the food is AMAZING and the Atmosphere is AWESOME! All you can eat buffet of sushi and appetizers a long with hibachi $26 for adults and $14.50 for children. It’s worth every penny I have been there 5 times since valentine day! Always fresh

I ordered lunch to go. Also my first time ordering at NOKU. Staff was amazing at the front desk explains specials and what all comes with what. I ordered sushi and a bento box Shrimp. I wish it had more shrimp but that was okay because the veggies with the shrimp was great. I also got soup and a side salad with my meal. My lunch was made quickly and the service was great. I will definitely be back for more.

Great service!!! Server was amazing and had a great attitude and energy! Highly recommended and the sushi and amazing and awesome plating!!!

I am absolutely shocked to find an all you can eat sushi restaurant with this level of quality when it comes to sushi. From the nigiri to the rolls, it was just spectacular. Even the dumplings and rangoons we ordered for appetizers were great! Something I also want to mention is how great the hostess was to the kids. Eventually she was making balloon animals for them and she was being just great in general. There also isn’t like a limited selection of sushi you can order. You can pretty much get whatever you want off the menu. Please do yourself a favor and eat here, bring the whole family. This place is amazing!

I ordered the Hawaiian roll and had it specially prepared so that it was not deep fried. It was very good. The Mango fruit tea is wonderful. My husband had the Red Curry and said it was good. We also ordered the Garlic Broccoli and everyone in the restaurant raved about its delicious aroma. We were very pleased and try to make this a regular monthly visit. ❤🤗

This was our first time in. We are very excited to have a new restaurant in the area. The customer service was very good. Friendly nice atmosphere. I really like the decor. The wall paintings were captivating. The food presentation was amazing. Our dishes looked beautiful. The food tasted very good with nice size portions for sharing. My favorite was the Lobster Rangoon. It was light and flaky. It was the best I’ve tasted. My daughter enjoyed the General Tso. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Absolutely delicious, wonderfully friendly service, great experience! This was our first visit, we will be back!

Update - it has stayed just as good in visits and ordering for delivery. Recommend very much as a local eatery!

I can say with full confidence that south bend has a new hit spot that everyone should try. The level of service and food quality is on par with fine dinning establishments I have visited across the United States.

The server (Jevonte) was vary professional and helpful for us since it was our first time there. He made us feel welcome and made great recommendations for our mains and sushi roles. He was vary attentive and was vary knowledgeable about the menu.

Starting with the appetizers, we had the lobster rangoons were the best we have ever had. The filling was sweet and savory with nice portions of well prepared lobster.

Next we had the tuna tar tar. The brilliant mind behind this new take on tar tar transcended my taste buds to the same level if not higher than the tar tar at cafe Navarre.

The shredded tuna was mixed with Japanese panko to great a smooth sponge like texture that retained and absorbed all of the flavors from the tuna and soy sauce. It was topped with perfectly ripe slices of avocado, caviar, and a raw quail egg. When mixed together at the flavor combinations transport the diner to island paradise of fresh seafood flavors and creamy earthy tones. 5 out of 5 would recommend.

For our mains I had sushi rolls made with thinly sliced beef wrapped around green onions on a bed of scallions and topped with what I can only fathom as home made teriyaki sauce.

The beef was so tender my chop sticks would plug the rolls in half and the veggies were perfectly cooked and crisp. The bed of scallions were perfectly cooked to keep their crush and also absorb the flavor of the sauce that dripped to the bottom of the plate.

The sauce, the main star of star of this dish. This sauce tastes like it is straight out of a moms kitchen. Something that has been refined and handed down through the generations perfecting its self with each iteration. The consistency and viscosity was perfect to stick to the beef but still be thin enough to absorb by the rice and onions.

If this sauce was not made in house then I would buy a life time supply from the comspny that makes it.

My guest had the beef and broccoli in brown gravy. The beef was also extremely tender and the broccoli was the freshest I have ever had at any establishment I have reviewed. It was perfectly steams and retained its crunch perfectly. The brown sauce of this dish was also amazing too. The subtle combination of simplistic seasonings allowed the broccoli to shine while also supporting it.

For a meal ended we had the snow mountain roll. This roll as far as I am concerned put every other sushi place in South Bend and Mishawaka to absolute shame. The outer layer was perfectly chilled while the hot tempura shrimp retains its head. The rice coating was thing and contained generous amounts of fish and other fillings.

During the course of the evening both the manager (Makyiyo) and the server (Jevonte) ensured that we had a great experience and inquired about the quality
of our food and service. The employees here take they positions and quality seriously and are step above the rest.

On a side note the water they serve is crystal clear and left no after taste which most city water leaves.

My guest and I were happy we chose this new place and plan on returning. I personally plan to switch all of my client and business dinner to this establishment because the value you get for what you pay here trumps most other places in the area.

We also learned this rare is a one of a kind non franchise which this review supports full heartedly. We need more unique gems like this and less cookie cutter franchise restaurants.

But to just testify again how good the food was at Noku. The flavors of every dish were so intense and perfectly balanced it felt like my soul transcended out of my body and was able to high five god for being this gift of Noku to this plain of existence.

It was super neatly decorated. I was sat relatively quick. There is poor service here, but that isn't an issue! I also wish some more options came with rice.

The atmosphere was amazing, our server was impeccable, the food spectacular and the price was just the cherry on the cake the strawberry moscato will have you wanting more but stop after 2 glasses (hehe) you will feel them

Ashley is an incredible server who really made our night. We had the all-you-can-eat for a birthday and she is incredibly charismatic

The staff went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable. They made suggestions based on what we wanted. Everything was delicious!

Took my dad here from his birthday and we both really loved the food. Definitely will be going back again maybe for my birthday because their sushi was delicious.

Wonderfully laid back.Went during lunch time on Halloween 2022. Great food and service.

Great service & great food!

We ordered takeout (Bento) and it was excellent, there was nothing on the plate that we didn't like! Amazing! Delicious flavor, excellent attention for delivery! 100% recommended!

love going to this place. the all you can eat is definatly
worth the money.

Took some family members there who never had sushi. They very much enjoyed themselves. I highly recomend them.

Enjoyed the variety of tasty food and the good service. Glad they are in the neighborhood!