Nigiri - Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire

Cumbernauld lad here! I can honestly say as i sit here with my beer! This has got to be the best Japanese taste explosion ever! Been to so many Japanese especially in Glasgow City & they could not rival this, that chicken teriyaki OMG!!!.... STUNNING 👌 it's got that street food vibe would have liked the authentic Japanese music with the feel but you need to remember where you are situated/customer they are targeting! myy new favourite dine out.

Very quiet (sunday),food OK good helpings service a bit hit and miss,overall a bit pricey ,not sure about the cash only policy.

Our favourite place to eat. We always receive such a warm and friendly welcome whenever we are there. The food is amazing and we have enjoyed trying so many things from the menu. Can’t wait to go back.

Food was absolutely delicious and the customer service was great

Amazing food.... Wonderful presentation and taste. Really great to have this place on our doorstep. Friendly service and lovely staff too! Thank you everyone 😍

best place around glasgow for sushi and rammen :)

Had lunch here today. Fantastic. The lunch time 2 course menu is a brilliant deal. I had veg gyozas as a starter. Crispy and tasty. Then the veg Teriyaki bowl (and I requested prawns which were extra cost). Really tasty veg. The rice was nice and sticky. The sauce was flavourful. The prawns were huge and cooked in a tempura batter. All tasted great together. Couldn't finish all as it as it was massive. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. Couldn't have been nicer. Love going to this place.

Food was really amazing, staff were friendly. Cash only made us feel limited to what we would eat though, as we took out £50 but genuinely would of ordered more if I could of paid by card as there was so much stuff I wanted to try.

Spent two nights in Glasgow and came here two nights in a row. Delicious fresh food, great ambience and wonderful staff. Highly recommend!

Lovely, friendly and attentive staff. Food was excellent, good portions and super tasty!

First time trying japanese not disappointed food and service excellent

Super tasty and good atmosphere

Place is fantastic food is very good rammen best around glasgow !

the food is just amazing. fresh sushi and delicious sashimi the ramen is just something else. highly recommended.

Gorgeous little Authentic Japanese. We were in for a light bite supper Had a salad and Prawn tempura with wasabi mayo and my husband had chicken wings, freshly done in the chefs own special sauce. It was delicious.

Given it's midweek and they were quiet, this is probably not an anonymous review. :-D Randomly decided to go here and booked in advance. I don't know how busy it gets, but it's pretty small so I would think that booking would be a good idea. It has a odd, but not bad vibe. It's very small and is also a takeaway and is in the back-end of Kirkintilloch Cowgate so isn't in the prettiest part of town. There's some big neon and some anime-esque wall art which is cool. There's every possibility that this is more authentic Japanese than the big chains. It reminds me a little of an South Asian sweetie shop in Yorkshire that I used to go to for lunch that did awesome curry with no fuss. There were two guys working. One entirely doing cooking and the other who I assume was the owner, who helped the other guy and did the waiter stuff. Nice guy and was very friendly and helpful. (I'm sure the other guy was lovely too, but we didn't talk to him) We ordered chicken gyoza and prawn tempura which came quickly and were really good. For mains we had chicken teryaki and salmon nigiri. Both were decent portions (if you're having the nigiri then the smaller portion option is quite small, so if you're not on a diet then go for the bigger one). Mine was the teryaki and it was tasty, had very tender chicken and really nice pickled and non-pickled veg which is a massive compliment from me as I'm not a big veg fan at all. In fact the only veg I left was cucumber (I don't see the point of cucumber) which for me is very unusual. My wife really enjoyed the nigiri, particularly the pickled ginger that came with. I'm not sure what I expected, but I wasn't disappointed. I gave it less than 5 stars for atmosphere only because it does have a bit of a back of a takeaway vibe and where it is, but I'd give less stars to an anonymous chain restaurant. This has some personality. I don't generally eat in Japanese restaurants (there aren't a lot around these parts) so I can't comment on how good the food is in comparison to other places, but we both thoroughly enjoyed our visit and will definitely go again.

The food was tasty. Ordered the sushi party platter and the chicken karaage. The karaage was delicious, absolutely perfect. The rice for the sushi was what let the dish down. Some of it was overcooked and some was undercooked so in one bite you would get crunchy and mushy rice. This was especially evident with the nigiri which had a bit too much rice for the amount of fish. I would order again as the rice was the only disappointment.

Amazing dishes, ordered the chicken bao buns and the beef teriyaki bowl, so much food and was delicious authentic Japanese food. Staff were very accommodating and polite and the place had some great tunes on too! Highly recommend if in the area.

I never like leaving a substandard review but I can’t say the meal was amazing. We ordered two ramen, one beef tonkotsu the other chicken spicy, a seafood sushi platter, salmon nigiris, avocado maki and salmon maki. The chicken was so dry I couldn’t eat it. I pushed it to the side after one bite was too much. I thought the broth would at least be good (I make my own in the house and it’s not difficult) but it was bland with no taste just heat and usually I like spice but this was just catching the back of my throat and it was really greasy! Ramen is meant to be healthy ish but by frying pak choi etc before putting it in the broth I suspect is why it was swimming in grease. When the waitress collected the bowl she should have noticed the chicken wasn’t touched. Not great. The Tonkotsu broth was again similarly bland which in my experience is really unheard of. It’s meant to be bone broth cooked for 18 hours, this was not it. The beef was also like tiny strips which again were cooked through. It should usually be served rare. The salmon and avocado sushi as well as nigiri was actually nice. But the maki that came with the platter was weird. Like spice tuna from a tin or something? Also the California roll was a seafood stick rather than crab, it’s not sushi imo. I really hope this place learns from this and makes some changes.

This is a hidden gem, I absolutely love Katsu and this is just next level an absolute must try. First class food and excellent value.

First time here. Food and service was excellent.

I had ordered a number of times from here and the food was always good. However I recently placed an order online, and due to the delivery time cancelled. Spoke to staff and they confirmed the order was cancelled and would be refunded. Food still arrived, which I sent back. I have now spoken to staff twice and been told I will get a refund or the manger will call back, neither had happened. However manager/owner got in contact and resolved the issue quickly and have offered compensation which was a nice touch. Once contact was made there were arguments about the refund and the owner kept in regular contact until the refund had gone through.

Thanks goodness clean Japanese food in the suburbs. Love it. Often pick up take out fir kids after school. Highly recommended.

Another restaurant cutting corners.. was that garlic from a jar on my incredibly boring mushroom s

We have visited Nigiri today and ordered few dishes. Chicken teriyaki bao buns, chicken katsu curry, tonkatsu ramen with dumplings and fries for a little one. Portions are big and food is delicious. Very friendly staff and we didn't wait long for food (we were there after 1pm). It's cash only so get some change beforehand. We were stuffed before finishing everything but you can pack leftovers and take it home which is brilliant idea. We have parked next to shopping centre and withdraw some cash in tesco. We definitely recommend this place.

We had a lovely meal in the small restaurant. Service and food were both excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed what we had. The sweet potato tempura with wasabi mayo dip was the highlight for me along with the Maki. Katsu chicken in the Platter was nicely cooked although I would’ve liked a Katsura curry sauce with it. Will definitely be back though.

Staff very friendly, lovely place ,had a really nice time with family, food was superb.

I moved 450 miles to Scotland last year and have found it difficult - I miss my home town and when it comes to food I miss my local Japanese. I got an Ad on facebook that this place had opened in Kirky and I now order from here whenever I can because not only is the food AMAZING in quality, quantity and presentation but it makes the hard days a little better! I love Nigiri and I hope they'll be around for a long time

Been a few times and the food is amazing! Come up from the south of Glasgow for the food. Chicken yakatori is lovely and so is the tempura tofu. Staff are lovely too. And if you come you need to try the deep fried ice cream! And the chicken wings!

Lovely friendly service and yummy food :)

Eat here semi regularly, always a pleasant experience. Food lovely, fresh and delicious. Staff are wonderful and always friendly and welcoming. Couldn’t recommend the place enough, for a night out or a takeaway you will always be well looked after

Cycled here along the canal from Bishopbriggs and had a lovely lunch. Delicious salmon teriyaki. Generous portion of salmon and tasty pickled veg. Staff were very attentive and friendly. Would definitely go back! Sat at a nice wee table in the sunshine overlooking the campsies.

Lovely little place, went for lunch, food and service was excellent. Will return soon with family. Give it a try .

Great service, the chef was very friendly and made personal accommodations. The food was very varied and delicious for the price. Music was really good too. Was a bit hard to find and I think it could do with a sign out on the main road. I think me and my friends would have visited sooner if so.

Popped in for some lunch and was more than delighted with my food and the experience. Started off with the loaded katsu chicken fries, this was very reminiscent of a poutine but with a lovely curry sauce in place of the gravy. The portion was generous, I could easily have eaten more though as they tasted so good. For the main event I opted for a tonkatsu ramen with chicken katsu. Again, this was delightful. The chicken was cooked to perfection and nestled perfectly on top of the dish. The vegetables were a highlight, they had a lovely seared taste to them which really added to the flavour of the dish. The broth was well balanced between saltiness and flavour too. All in all, a lovely dish. I'll definitely be back in the future to try some other items on the menu. There were so many varied options that caught my eye. A good addition to the ramen menu may be a tantanman sesame broth option, I would love to try their take on this. Service was fantastic, very attentive and the chef Marcin was very engaging and keen to hear feedback on the dishes to improve the flavours. It's always good to see a chef who wants to learn from their customers to give them the flavours and experiences that they are looking for.

This is one of my all time favourite restaurants and it just keeps getting better!! Our server was very friendly, and had a lot of expertise which he shared with us! I ordered the Kimchi, and we also had the DELICIOUS Katsu fries & gyozas…. Everything came out delicious as always 😁

Amazing food ....staff very friendly...Will definitely be back

• Order Pictured - Chicken Katsu Curry Teriyaki Chicken • Time - pretty quick 45 mins in there. • Presentation - see pics. • Quality - 2/5 - below average. The chicken was swimming in oily teriyaki sauce and because it was in a bowl there was no escaping it, the rice was at the bottom which I had to leave. Just ate the chicken. Maybe if the sauce was separate so u could choose how much you want could have made this better. • Quantity - 2/5 - there was a bowl full of food but could only eat a third of it so the edible quantity was below average. • Value for money - meh, about £33 for both of us and went home hungry. • Additional - when u walk upto the place there's happy hardcore music playing, thought I was walking into a dancin lol. The music was also playing in the restaurant itself I thought it was a joke at first till the next track was played. Service was ok nothing special. I wouldn't eat in here again but if you are wanting a takeaway maybe try something else.

Food fantastic with amazing presentation. Not just sushi, but curries and bowls too! Staff super friendly and helpful. Will be back!

Was recommended this place by the friend and it has to be the best recommended every, everything was amazing about this place, the service, food, the staff and the wine, had the Karachi chicken and kimchi chicken fried rice, both dishes were full of flavour and cooked perfect, had to asked for a tub to take the rest of my food home as the size of the portions were huge, my husband and two kids loved and devoured their meals, the chef was really nice too and seemed to really care about how well his customers were happy with his food, will be back for sure, worth every penny

We went for a sushi 🍣 making and eating experience here for my daughters 30th birthday yesterday and were treated to an amazing day ,learned how to make the food and then had a great meal topped off with a delicious cake made for us all inclusive in a package agreed price ,with so much food to take home with us ,amazing wee place very recommended 😋

Really good food. Staff were very friendly.

Great food I always enjoy my meal.

This was such a pleasant surprise! My friend and I went for dinner last minute and we couldn’t have made a better choice! We both got a bento box each and it was delicious. The portions were ideal and each item was cooked to perfection and goodness, the sushi! 🤤 The waitress couldn’t have been more polite & helpful. I’ll be recommending!

Great food, well presented and tasty. It's cosy with a street food feel and isn't crazy priced for a sushi place. Only minor criticism I can make is that my mouth isn't always big enough for the size of the sushi, but their volcano roll and teriyaki beef are second to none.

Don't think I've ever had a bad meal coming out of this place, everything from them is super delicious Edit* I've found something to complain about, the melted cheese or whatever it is doesn't belong on top of sushi, just left a bad taste in my mouth after everything else was great

Just enjoyed a family lunch here! Everything amazing, fresh and made to order! My favourite place to go for Japanese hands down. Staff are very friendly and very informative! Won’t be long until our next visit.

Very generous portions, tasty food, nicely presented and such lovely staff.

First visit here. Loved it and will definitely be back A wide ranging menu but as a vegetarian I was able to construct my own food that wasn't on the menu. Generous portions and reasonably priced. Parking outside and takeaway is also available. You would need to book as it fills up quickly.

Best place in town. Food was amazing,after new people take over ,food start to be perfect. Quality is amazing,better than it was a few months ago

Staff friendly and accommodating. All our takeaway food was delicious and large portion sizes too.

Absolutely gorgeous. Food is freshly made to order using the finest of ingredients. Staff are so friendly and helpful

I ordered a Dragon Roll, Pumpkin Croquttes and Chicken Katsu Curry. The food was quite cheap at 30.50 as I ordered 15 pieces of Dragon Roll. The food was amazing, fantastic and just delicious. The restraunt is beautiful. The one thing that I would say is that there isn't much space as it is quite a small restraunt. So I would recommend to get there quick. In conclusion, amazing staff, fantastic atmosphere and delicious food 10/10

I came here for lunch with friends and had the Blackbean Chicken (£11.50) and Chicken Gyoza's (£6.50). The place is beautiful and the staff is very kind.

Came with a voucher that they wouldn't let me use as new owners. Terrible. Won't be back.

Great price for lunch and the food was great

We were a party of 4 older people, who were not particularly familiar with Japanese cuisine. I have dined in a few high class Japanese restaurants in Asia and Australia, so had a idea of what to expect. The food we had ( small plates ) was similar to what you might get, if visiting asia. The range is decent, I think most people would be able to find something to eat, particularly as the staff are helpful in guiding and informing. Our problem was that 4 people ordering 3 plates each, we had trouble remembering who was supposed to get what. Our problem not the restaurant's. The prices are not excessive, the food good, not perhaps Michelin star, but nothing to complain about. Decor was quite Asian, giving a snug noodle bar feel. It's a bit hidden away, I've been getting around Kirkintilloch for a few years now, and had now idea it was there. But if your looking for a reasonably priced meal, that's a bit different, it's worth a try.

We have ordered from here previously and sat in the restaurant and always loved the food. But tonight we ordered 2 spicy pork ramens, there was barely any taste nevermind spice, very disappointed and neither of us even finished them. Disappointing as its not exactly cheap food and has always been a much higher standard previously. The noodles seemed like packet noodles and broth was tasteless. Shame. The katsu chips were all we ate as you can't really go wrong there.

Took my granddaughter for a treat tonight to Nigiri, Kirkintilloch. We had a lovely meal with lovely staff and will be back.

Brilliant food and amazing service. Katsu fries are delicious

Great restaurant, fantastic food and reasonable delivery times

Ordered using JustEat. Waited over 2 hours for order, inquiring about a time estimate twice, when they cancelled my order right before closing with no explanation. Unbelievably disappointed and hungry!

Fabulous unusual afternoon tea. Delicious food and drinks, I would definitely recommend the lychee Cosmo cocktails, absolutely delicious. Staff are lovely, very helpful and welcoming. Will definitely be back.

Great food and great service and reasonably priced

Food was cold and tasteless , staff were a bit odd made me uncomfortable

Went this week with my son. Great wee restaurant with really good sushi. Try the Dragon roll, it's really excellent. Very friendly staff too. Will definitely go back.

Nice food and lovely staff, coffee needs work, but otherwise enjoyed.

Was here a few weeks back and promised I would review as we both really enjoyed the dishes . BUNS were excellent especially the pork and duck ones 😋. Will definitely be back and all tasted fresh and healthy . If you visit you will return . Value excellent 👌

I dunno if they're too busy or just uprofessional. But can someone answer the phone please.

Usually always nice. Recently have been a bit meh. They are undergoing refurbishment right now so I won't be too harsh. But even before this whenever we ask for a special it is usually restricted for dine-in customers only which I find strange. Otherwise they usually just say it's not available despite it still being on the menu. I really think the specials are always delicious and should be kept on the menu... Whenever I've dined in the experience has been good. The staff are brilliant and go above and beyond to keep us happy. But I can't give it 5 stars because my experience varies every time I go. For the most part it is good but sometimes it isn't the level I expect. And another irritating aspect is that it takes ages to get the food and sometimes you're left waiting. But this can be solved by ordering in advance usually. Anyway I like the place a lot but wish it was more consistent. I'm sure it will become even better soon.

Ordered food for delivery. No sign of it so tried to phone, not connecting... 3 hours later and eventually getting through on the phone, the guy at the other end says they were so busy they took the phone off the hook! He knew exactly were our order was and gave a pretty poor excuse as to why it was 3 hours later and still hadn't been delivered. It was such a bad excuse I don't want to embarrass the guy or the business. He offered to finally deliver our 3 hour old food but after politely declining he was being extremely evasive on offering a refund. As we payed by PayPal via uber eats we have since managed to get the money back, but regardless of the food, the service was so shockingly bad I won't be using them again!

This has been rather disappointing visit coming with high expectations after reading the reviews.. 😞 We must have been unlucky to come when the kitchen was unable to work well because food took so long to arrive. The lady said there are two guys who however don't speak to each other and offered some crackers (which she scooped with her hand without washing it a single times!!) 😭😵 we ordered some edamame when we arrived because we were starving and it arrived as the LAST dish. Sushi rolls were full of rice and hardly any salmon. Please tell your chef that double layer of rice really is NOT cool! California roll came with a seafood stick inside!! That doesn't even includes crab. 🙏🏻 Buns were another disappointment - they were half dried/stale and half soggy from the bucket of sauce they sat in. Also salmon and pork buns had exactly same garnish that totally overpowered the protein. Although with the pork it was probably a intention as the meat wasn't cooked properly and was hard to chew. Miso soup was ok but you'd probably get very similar from a package from supermarket.. Seaweed salad was probably the worst one I've ever had - poor texture and sweet was the main flavour.. Decor was interesting and together with the music looked like what I imagine Japanese underground be like. 😃 love Japanese food but won't be back in here.

I had never had Japanese food until tonight. What a treat. That may be the best food I've ever had and I'm 38... So many wasted years! Wait staff were awesome and explained what everything was for me too, top marks

Reasonably good food. While it might not be perfectly authentic Japanese food, it tries to create the ambience of a Japanese restaurant with the graffiti based interior. Courteous staff. Good selection of food.

Little problem with a delivery and it was all sorted with no issues. Food arrived and was excellent, great food and great service, looking forward to our next visit in person next time.

Had a 1st visit Sat afternoon. Food was really nice but more importantly we were welcomed in by such a lovely young lady out of the pouring rain who took excellant care of us the whole time till seeing us out. An absoloute credit to you. Will defo be back. TY

Great food, really good service and the inside looks awesome

Ordered chicken Ramen. Broth was tasty. Chicken over cooked and tough as old boots

First visit. Reasonably priced and and pleasant staff

Fabulous - absolutely fantastic food, fresh and delicious and well sized portions. Very good value for money and excellent service. Definitely recommend a visit - we willl be back

Quick delivery and delicious food. Highly recommended!

Really friendly staff here! Ngiri offers something new to Kirkintilloch and it's great to see new businesses opening up in the local area. Would recommend a visit here.

Had the lunchtime menu and it was terrific.Big portions and very tasty.Will recommend to everyone.

Heard so much good about the place however when we visited all we could smell was rubbish from all the bins outside. This is really got to be the worst place to open a restaurant.

Home delivery. Great portions. Food was fresh. tasted AMAZING WELL WORTH 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 MY new favourite place 😋

Had takeaway chicken katsu and sweet chilli chicken which were both delicious. Food really fresh - would definitely order again.

Went to collect for designated time. Waited extra 20 mins for what was an awful meal. I don't like to criticise companies to much but the cost of this meal and the quality was shocking. Beef teriyaki, couldn't chew through the beef at all. Was like leather! Chicken miso soup was rotten. I was hoping this could be on comparison with the likes of Yo Sushi, expected that with the price and nowhere near as good. Maybe just this order BUT I won't be willing to pay that again to confirm my first impression.

Food was amazing! So fresh and a great selection to pick from. Great prices, friendly staff and good customer service.

Food was amazing, and deliver earlier than expectations

Enjoyed wonderful lunch in the sunshine with my daughter and two grandchildren. Steamed bao bun - pork, mixed fish sushi, sashimi and tempura prawns. All fresh and very good quality. Will definitely be back.

Portions were huge. I went for the bao buns and katsu curry which were both delicious, my partner went for the ramen and gyoza which she really enjoyed. The only thing that could be improved was the salmon for the nigiri which could have been a bit fresher. Cocktails were delicious too, great views over the campsies from the beer garden. Will definitely be back.

This place seems really good. Ordered twice and loved it. Had the katsu curry and pork spicy ramen. Will order again soon

Genuinely have food here once a week - pretty sure I have a katsu curry addiction!!! Amazing work guys 🥰

Really enjoyed food. Not just about Sushi the teriyaki and katsui are just fab... Highly recommended.. Great service.... Open one of these in Bishopbriggs pls... 👍

Lovely sushi- california roll was👌. Music pretty upbeat and might put some people off, but I like the funky feel. Try some sake, and make sure someone else pours for good luck. Domo arigato🍱🎎

Lunch deal was great, good food.

I'm a bit disappointed overall. I tried their takeaway previously and the ramen was very tasteless. Tried again eating at the restaurant and they have a nice beer garden and atmosphere. The katsu curry was really nice. The sushi wasn't proper sushi, it was similar to the kind you get at the supermarket - it was £15 so I felt a bit ripped off. We were disappointed by the cocktails, they were quite weak even though they were fairly expensive. I think its too expensive for what you get, came away feeling like we'd spent loads but it wasn't that great. It's a shame as I love Japanese and it's close by

Lovely food, long waiting time on weekends, but absolutely worth it. Katsu chicken and spicy ramen - awesome!

Lovely meal, not to expensive and recyclable containers brilliant