Ginza in Nottingham

Was utterly fabulous but unfortunately I’m told it has closed down in a July 2024. If it ever reopens with the same skilled chefs, front of house and management, I will be back.

How sad that this great restaurant will close

Great experience, attentive staff and a fun friendly way to have dinner. Good community feel here and clearly people have been coming here for years to enjoy this Nottingham treasure.

First time visiting Ginza and the food was absolutely delicious. Wish we had been before now. The staff were very helpful and friendly. We were told that they are closing for good due to retirement on 27th July 24, so if you haven't been go and if you've been and love it go again before it's too late. Absolutely fantastic restaurant, great atmosphere, friendly staff and incredible food. Gutted it's shutting as this place is a must, it will be a big loss for Nottingham. Thanks Ginza for our first experience of Japanese food and enjoy your retirement!

Excellent teppanyaki restaurant. Please note that their last working day is 17th July 2024, so make sure to visit if you have time.

Very fast service. My partner and I ordered the Ginza deluxe option and tried everything in that option. Chicken wasn't my favourite, but everything else tasted amazing.

honestly absolutely not! The people who review this place must not be able to cook food, this place here is some of the worst food I’ve ever had and I love food! The chicken skewers taste like burnt coal, the beef udon taste like sewer water I wouldn’t recommended my worst enemy to go to this place 🤢

The service was excellent. The food is cooked in front of you so fresh. The staff are very helpful. The whole experience is fun with some theatre. We haven't been for a long time but it was as good as I remember. My husband d is a vegetarian now and he was catered for, my two boys definitely Italy aren't, they enjoyed it too and they can be quite fussy.

Beautiful food and fun to watch the chef cooking it all in front of you. Great value as well

Been here a few times, the staff are friendly and make you feel very comfortable and the food is fantastic. Going again with my parents this sunday. Highly reccomend this to everyone

I love this place, the food is fantastic and the whole experience is great. I'm a repeat customer with good reason. Highly recommend.

I don’t think it’s sashimi grade fish, the salmon sashimi did not taste good with hints of being gone off; the texture was like as if it was disintegrating, but the tuna however was horrible, it was extremely fishy and tasted very gone off. All the cooked dishes tasted very good though.

Lovely traditional cooking in front of you

The female chef seemed to be an intern, throwing eggs three or four times and dropping them on the table every time! Once she fell two more! Anyway, there is no such thing as that! I thought it was the atmosphere, but as a result, all the fallen eggs were fried for us, and the egg paste on the fried rice was mixed and buried like garbage! Fried rice is not tasty, and other dishes are small! Their ignition performance was also wonderful! But because we didn't warn in advance, we really felt very dangerous! He can tell us to do it far away first. It feels safer! In the end, the service was really bad! We have eaten enough for two minutes. The waiter has asked us to turn the table! I think this kind of service is too bad! Because we are the only customers in that big restaurant! Why is it like this? I can't figure it out! Their food and beverage expenses are not cheap! I really have nothing to say about the poor service!

Amazing place. Pity they are closing the place down. :(

Lovely place and food cooked before your eyes. A bit quiet in there, but it was on a Tuesday

Party of 6 with varying tastes, but Ginza Nottingham handeled it excellently. The service was prompt, courteous and the experience of watching teppenyaki was a unique experience. The chef was clearly very caring about his craft, and would happily answer questions that we might have had about his process, his background. It's a massive shame that these guys will be closing soon, on the off chance they don't, we will certainly be back time and time again!

Damn what a treat. Something about eating things fresh off the grill makes it so tasty. And such an entertaining experience.

Great food and great experience.

Been so many times, food and staff always good. Makes a great birthday treat 🎉🎊

Been going for over 10 years and never disappointed

This place has an amazing reputation wll earned. Shame it is closing down as we had just become repeat customers.

Eaten here several times over the past three decades, ish. Always good quality fresh ingredients cooked in front of customers. Thanks Ginza.

Very good experience, good food, food service. 4 stars only because it was quite expensive. But worth the money. Sad, that it's closing because of the owner retiring.

Absolutely amazing staff are funny and entertaining the food it DELICIOUS!!

£40 for sea food set menu. The novelty of them cooking in front of you is fun but the food is extremely disappointing also the smell of the hot plate just smell overwhelming greasey and they don’t have any ventilation very Smokey. -They cook in the so much oil, gave me belly ache -Portion size on small side for the price of the set menu. -All very bland -Some Low quality ingredients food very dated -Egg rice- the hard and dried garlic . -Miso soup bland no flavour -lobster was nice but the cuttle fish was disgusting -Scallops also nice but they chopped them up Into small cubes, would of preferred them to whole -Salmon wasn’t nice tasted of cheap quality cut and flavours and seasoning wasn’t enjoyable. -Bean sprouts veg dish at the end was bland and boring -They then cleaned the table and didn’t have even give us out green tea -Seated and eat only half the food and was up and paying within 35mims felt rushed off the table

If you’re looking for an experience as well as a meal out then this is the place.

Our fave place to eat in nottingham

Great food and good service, shame no 'tricks' at the table like there used to be

food was great service was great the filipino chef was amazing

Amazing service and cracking food. Well worth the visit.

Wow! What a fabulous place. Pure theatre! Wonderful food cooked right in front of you. Delicious flavours. I would highly recommend this restaurant. Give it a try. You won't be disappointed!!!

Great chefs and the food was amazing. Really great experience.

Had a fabulous family meal, there was 10 of us, so we fit round a table all on our own and chef looked after us well. Food was very tasty and all part of the show and atmosphere to have it cooked fresh and to order in front of us.

It was soo delicious and very impressive. Definitely recommend

Brilliant night. Food is lovely hot and tasty.

Could be the best restaurant I've ever been to. The food was out of this world . The chefs were brilliant, explaining everything they did . Tip marks all round . We will be going back without a doubt

Great theatrical cookery. Great food. Plum wine is great as well.

Amazing experience and the decor is great. Have been to many like this here and abroad and would greatly recommend! Standard of food was brilliant as well, really tasty and cooking was fun to watch! 100% recommend. Expect 50ish per person after a drink or two. Not that cheap but it's worth it and to be honest, price is justifiable due to use of steak/seafood and good ingredients.

Argumentative and only friendly whilst you’re paying the bill. If you want them to get your order right ensure you scream it at them six times at an unreasonably Loud volume - the wrong drink or dish will still arrive

Had an amazing dinner with the family, for the very first time experiencing Teppanyaki and was not disappointed, very friendly staff, will visit again for sure! Delicious food, not too expensive was worth the value for the dishes! Cannot find anything to comment or improve from start to finish was impressed! Very well done to the staff 10/10

The food is good. Service and atmosphere is great. Probably good for a group celebration. Seats about 9 people. Portion sizes are reasonable. Cons: Some of the food tastes under-seasoned and sometimes overcooked. Not a very good dessert menu and no cocktails. But overall, a positive experience. 3.5 stars.

Amazing restaurant! Very tasty food cooked right in front of you! I loved this place a lot, however I was charged for the wrong order and ended up paying over £20 more for food, and a lobster, that I never even ate! No refund either. I definitely recommend going just triple check your bill before you leave!

As soon as we entered the restaurant we were told we lied about our reservation and they told us that they hadn’t picked the phone up as our name wasn’t on their list. After ten minutes of them being rude and abrupt with us denying the fact we made a reservation they had found our name on a separate booking sheet with our name clearly stated as table for 2 at 8pm. We were then seated and given menus without any explanation as to how the restaurant works in ordering food and drinks. Then when coming to ordering food we were then told to move seats as the menu we selected wasn’t applicable for where we were currently sat, bearing in mind we had already waited another 20 mins for drinks to arrive. When moved we were put in a cold and dark corner with no ambiance or any customer service. Not once did any member of staff check up on us or ask us if we wanted more drinks etc. When politely explaining to the waitress at the end of the meal that we were unhappy with the service nothing was done about it and it was ignored and brushed off.

Food is good. Maybe a bit expensive for the quality but plenty of food. Really like the show with the fire

As fans of Japanese food I treated my partner to a meal here for his birthday, he loved it as did I. Fresh traditional dishes, amazing flavours & variety. The whole experience was amazing. We opted for Teppan Yaki so the chef cooks everything in front of you. The lobster, beef, filet steak, salmon & chicken were all so tasty, even the egg fried rice. Would highly recommend & we’re planning on taking our family there for our next visit.

Passed this place thousands of times and always wanted to try it. Qent on a Sunday and had the deluxe mixed platter. Lobster, scallops, filet steak and chicken. It was easily worth the money and I will be going again. If you're squeamish, don't order the lobster. It was freshly cut in half and still moving when it was being cooked. If you don't mind that, it was lovely and obviously fresh.

Went as a large group to celebrate a friends birthday. Shortly after being seated at the table the staff then proceeded spit the group into two forcing half the group to sit on the opposite side of the restaurant. When we spoke to the staff to ask them to allow us to all sit together as we had come to celebrate as ONE group and had made a phone call prior to ensure there would be space for the entire group to sit together the staff completely refused making silly excuses and saying that this was not a normal restaurant (after this experience I would definitely agree). They then kicked us all off the teppanyaki table saying they were busy (despite it being a Sunday and only 3 other families in the restaurant) and made us change our orders. To make matters worse when we later asked one of the waiters to take a picture of us they aggressively said no. Overall, I was appalled by the lack of understanding and basic manners of the staff here and they singlehandedly managed to ruin my friends birthday.

If I could vote 0 stars I would. Staff seemed like they didn't wanna be there. Got judgy looks all throughout, half the group I came with got split up just because we didn't order a certain dish. Food was bland and tiny portion for what the price was. Reading the other reviews, a lot of people agree.

Went for my friends birthday, got split up just because we didn’t order anything tepanyaki. My friend when phoning to book made sure they understood we wanted to be sat together and they confirmed we would. How do you expect us to come for her birthday and split half of us up? Staff was rude aswell, not a single smile. Food was bland and not worth the price .

Do not go here. On arrival we were seated as a group and then were separated as some of us weren’t having the tepanyaki. Staff were rude about it. Food was bland, plain and not worth the price! One person from our party dropped a glass and staff proceeded to be rude to us. We were given dirty plates to share. It is way too expensive for what is is and how much you get. Avoid at all costs.

Brilliant hosts, wonderful experience and superb food.

Poor service. Miserable, non-smiling women in black glasses and manager need a course on customer service and management. You should be ashamed of yourselves, my daughter asked you to take a photo. The ‘Miserable one in black glasses’ said no. Who does that to a bunch of 16year old girls. Don’t like working in a restaurant, get out of the game and not ruin peoples evening or special events. As was in this case, 17th birthday. Don’t worry, never coming back and I’m sure the rest of the 18 girls will tell everyone they know to never visit you. Shame on you!! Oh and from reading your reviews, seems to be a lot of mentions about ‘rude staff’. A smile can go a long way!

Great service,staff very respectfull,food fresh and tasty,loved the salmon and lobster,would came back again any time,dont know why some people say staff are unfriendly

Very good. Ingredients cooked fresh at the table. I had the Meat Deluxe option and my friend had the Sea Food Deluxe. We'd both eat their again.

It was my first time here, although my wife had been many years ago. Our chef was excellent and had been here over 23 years, which says a lot. The food was superb and would highly recommend a visit.

Very attentive staff. Nice seeing food cooked in front of you. A bit noisy but ok

Brilliant exciting night.. food excellent and cook was excellent and entertaining

Firstly thank you to our chef Geehon (I hope that’s spelt right) he made our experience enjoyable and let us know what he was doing and ingredients going in. We ordered the set meal for about £42 each which was good, the lobster was definitely the best part of the meal and the other dishes were not bad, just a little salty! 😅 Overall the experience was good and I’d recommend to go and try it. Probably overall rating is 3.8 stars ! The other staff could maybe be a little more friendlier as we did feel a bit awkward at times because of it.

Wasn't impressed with Ginza this week. We've been before and it was great so we wanted to go back for a celebratory meal, but we couldn't seem to contact anyone to book in. There's no booking system on the website (why not...?), and the phone rang out when we called during opening times over several days, must have been close to 20 times... no answer! We decided to just head down there on the day and see if we could get a table (at opening time), but the shutters were down. We realised they must be shut for the week, but the frustrating thing is that they have active Instagram and Facebook pages and there was no mention of it. How are they still in business! We would still like to go back in the future, but this has put us off slightly because we have no idea if we'll be able to book, and we don't want to risk turning up to shutters again. A bit of communication with customers would have been good if they're shut. We would have been spending over £100 with them but had to take our business elsewhere.

Good night, really enjoyed it.

Amazing place. Beautiful food and great if you like meeting new people and having a chat.

Great place to eat for a group Good vibes

Avoid avoid avoid!! I would leave zero stars if I could. Staff was rude, soon as we entered the restaurant. Come here if you want attitude. The worse service in Nottingham!

Extremely rude staff, ruined what was supposed to be a celebratory dinner. Staff are ill mannered, slow and hostile. Also, who even has carpet in a restaurant! I suggest going to Farros instead down the road where the service was much better!

Rude, Patronising & racist staff, walked and walked out, not spending my hard earned money in such an establishment.

Amazing food and service!!!! Absolutely recommended!!!!

had the vegetarian platter for £25, loafs of food, left stuffed! kudos to Chef Tim too!

Have a been a few times here and it never disappoints. Food is always fresh and the staff make you feel very welcome.

Lunch 5 person. Good food and atmosphere. The waiter was exceptionally friendly and made the lunch memorable

Excellent service and food. Would definitely recommend to anyone with an interest in Japanese cuisine.

Have been before multiple times when it was fine. This time we were greeted with very rude staff. The lobster was not fresh. They also kept touching the raw chicken spatula with the rice and other dishes. The table opposite left early due to the poor service and food. They served vegetables last. My friend ordered a seafood set menu which included king prawn which they did not provide - when questioned multiple staff shouted at him. My steak was ordered rare but it was very well done. The attitude of the staff was terrible. For some reason served us the vegetables as a dessert.. should have been with our mains. Staff stated “it’s the chefs style”. £7.50 for a pint of rubbish lager too. Paid £50 - ended up getting food on the way home. Gave me food poisoning. Would definitely avoid. The staff were very rude and unapologetic. Unprofessional. Have contacted the health standards agency. Please for your own health’s sake avoid.

I had a disappointing experience at Ginza. Despite the impressive fire show and egg juggling, the actual food quality was extremely poor. Every dish tasted the same, either overpoweringly of garlic butter or drowned in soy sauce. What made matters worse was the lack of coordination from the chef. They served the rice and vegetables at the end, long after we had finished eating the meat and seafood that was served at the beginning. When we asked about the random order of food, the staff responded rudely and shouted at us. Overall, I cannot recommend this restaurant due to the subpar food,

I had a disappointing experience at a this restaurant today. Despite paying £40, I received what seemed like a meager portion consisting of half a chicken breast, half a duck breast, and a small sirloin steak. To make matters worse, the person cooking the food showed no interest in engaging with our group and cooked the dishes in the wrong order. When we raised our concerns, we were met with hostility and shouted at. I strongly advise staying away from this establishment.

I found the sauces very strong. I don't like fat on my food and I did so in the duck. The steak was OK. It was the chicken sauce it didn't like. I would have preferred the bamboo shoots earlier in the meal.

33yrs after opening its still the best Tepenyaki restaurant. Very good, reasonably priced food, cooked at the table by very skilled chefs.

Lovely meal, the fish was all cooked nice and flavourful.

Best teppan yaki around Nottingham

We went there for my daughter’s birthday dinner .. the sea food options were amazing … lobster ,sushi, scallops , cuttlefish , octopus , fried rice .. soup everything was very good .. The staff are friendly and good service .. will be going again ..

The service revolves around teppanyaki, which is light years away from authentic Japanese teppanyaki. It's practically a Chinese restaurant that has "turned" towards Japanese cuisine since there's no shortage of sauces and greasy food. The teppanyaki itself takes place around a table with other diners you don't know, so don't go if you want privacy. The chef seems to have more fun with small juggling and fire tricks rather than focusing on cooking good teppanyaki; it doesn't matter if the meat ends up burned. The teppanyaki selections are limited and bland, with fried rice used as filler. There's no attention to cooking techniques, the deliberate movements, or the orderliness in the true spirit of Japanese cuisine. It's just a show-off that aims to entertain customers who don't even know where Japan is. The à la carte dishes are 20% more expensive than average, and for a place like this, the prices hover around £50 per person. The sushi is awful. It feels like you're eating inside a parking lot or a basement; there are no windows, no natural light. All of this is worsened by the fumes that aren't properly extracted, filling the place with a fishy smell that will cling to your clothes even after 4 machine washes. After spending some time in the restaurant, you just want to leave because you can't breathe.

Teppan-Yaki Perfection: Delicious Food, Generous Portions, and Exceptional Service I recently had the pleasure of dining at an outstanding Japanese teppan-yaki restaurant. The food was simply exquisite, perfectly cooked right in front of me. The portion sizes were impressively generous, offering great value for the money. Moreover, the service was top-notch, providing a truly memorable experience. If you're seeking a delightful teppan-yaki adventure with incredible flavors and impeccable service, this restaurant is a must-visit.

We visited the restaurant on the 9th of May. It was a Bday lunch and we loved it. We were the only ones in the place but it was perfect because we didn't know how would our little one take the new experience. Our host Andy was extremely friendly and kind. The food was excellent and the chef was very nice and professional. I had the meat deluxe which was really tasty. My wife had the Business lunch which she loved. They even allowed us to bring our own food for the little one which was a huge thing for as. The drinks were really good too. I lived the sweet potato spirit. The portion size was nice and we were able to take the leftover home too. We definitely going to visit again.

Great food and atmosphere. Fantastic way to spend an evening.

The teppanyaki was really tasty! The chef cooking infront of us was a really cool experience. Highly recommend coming here

No lobsters again. We go every year for my Grandaons birthday and 2 out of the last three years no lobsters. It might be nice if you called and let people know its so disappointing.

The food and live cooking are amazing, expensive but worth it.

Ginza has become our occasion go to. The food is always fantastic, especially the teppanyaki set meals, the staff are lovely, and watching the chefs cook at the table is entertaining. I've been several times and am always impressed. It's even better since they refurbished the loos!

Amazing......a show combined with great food.... master chef right in front of your eyes

Table of 8, food was fantastic but the chef was amazing! Tim was his name, he was funny and engaging- really made a great birthday evening! Would defo ask for him when we come back, he’s worth the good tip!

Nice experience and amazing food

Cancelled the reservation, which we made over a week ago, the night before. Family visiting need to find another restaurant for a Sat night. Disappointing and unprofessional.

Absolutely amazing food and outstanding service! Our little one is very picky but he also enjoyed the food. Watching the chef cooking was very entertaining too.

What a way to spend a birthday 👍🏿

First class quality, if you haven’t tried immediate cooked food you must.

Very good food, great experience and friendly staff. Will definitely visit again!

The best food Ive been served in Nottingham. Lovely people and a great experience.

There is a reason why this place has been around for 30 years, they know what they are doing! Great service and awesome food!

Great food, cooked in front of you from to quality ingredients. Great presentation. Clean toilets

A great time and the staff was brilliant and the food was delicious

Excellent service and great experience