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Mikimotos Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
-
$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Dressy
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
21 reviews for Mikimotos Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar
A haiku:
Sounds bumpin aint that somethin?
Sushi out the wazoo I aint no foo.
Dessert? Word. Eeee-yuckey!
Final Verdict - 4 stars.
JAPANESE RESTAURANT????
I DON'T THINK SO!
Came to Wilmington for business and was searching for food around the area. Saw this nice logo MIKIMOTOS RESTAURANT and It looks clean so Decided to go there (I was starving already).
Hostess was nice, seated us. But as soon as I sat down I didn't feel comfortable already, it felt like a sports bar, music was a bit loud.
I open the menu, the first thing i saw was PRICES!! WOAH! the prices were almost as MEGU'S restaurant in NEW YORK. I only ordered 2 sushi rolls because that's what the CHEAPEST and safest food to have for first time. Ordered a Spicy Tuna roll and MEXICANO (fried shrimp with avocado and Japanese mayo). Didn't like the Mexicano, fried shrimp was petite and couldn't even taste the shrimp at all. Very small rolls that it was smaller than the size of SHIU MAIS FROM CHINESE DIM SUMS!
Will not come back again. You look good on the outside but I don't like you on the inside.
Only been once, and have had lots of sushi fresher and more expertly prepared. My eel was all busted up. STRIKE! Don't bust up my eel please...I live for my eel...
Very cool location and vibe inside, but my review is 99% based on the food.
In fairness, I'll return at least one or two more times to give them another shot and try some more items on the menu.
Was in Wilmington for a business trip. Someone recommended this place as THE place to have sushi in Wilmington.
Now, my 2nd least favorite thing to do is to collect receipts for expense reports. I was desperately looking to get my belly filled for $25 (beyond which, I have to submit receipts to keep the bean counters happy). Let me tell you, it was quite a challenge keeping in mind the crazy prices here.
The food wasn't really worth what I ended up paying. Couple of major issues other than the high prices
a. Japanese restaurant?? C'mon who are you kidding. You're serving Pad Thai, and (gasp!) General Eisenhower's chicken?? I must have missed the side order of "Freedom" fries....Tso completely ridiculous.
b. Seemed to be more of a hangout spot than a place where people actually come to enjoy food.
c. The sushi chef may have been using a machete (maybe from Gen. Eisenhower's arsenal)...to cut up the fish which was all raggedy and broken up...
Don't think I'm coming back....
Average sushi for way above average prices...
There are not too many local choices, so this place satisfies in a pinch.
My least favorite of the trio of joints on Wash. St. This upscale sushi bar insists on always playing bad techno music. Pricey and the food is just OK.
Overpriced. Under-served.
The sushi itself was OK. The cajun tuna on the Sahara roll was actually pretty good. It earns a star.
A nice hostess and the ability to get seated promptly on Valentine's Day earns another star.
That's where the star-giving ends.
Confused (tacky) decor. A menu that spans all manner of (different!) Asian cuisines... we should have known better. Japanese, Thai, Indian and Chinese food should generally NOT be served in the same restaurant.
I started off with my favorite Tom Yum Soup. Looked good. Tasted like dishwater. Bland, awful. I flagged down our waitress who didn't even bother to ask what was wrong she just wanted to know if I'd like another or take it off the bill. I said please take it off the bill, and she was gone. It's good she was so accommodating, but she didn't even seem to care that I was unhappy with the soup, and she offered no apology.
Speaking of the waitress... she was flustered, inattentive and seemed totally uninterested in us.
We ordered 2 rolls with the expectation of ordering more. The Tekka Maki (generally $3-4 anywhere I've ever been) is $5.50. That's pricey for tuna and rice. Most of the rolls are overpriced. $7 for veggie roll?
We glanced at the asian grill menu ... $20 for pad thai?!? $20?? That's insanity.
Needless to say after the service, the prices and the decor ... we bolted out of there as fast as possible.
It may be the best sushi in Wilmington, but that's like saying a place is the best beach in Illinois. It still sucks.
The sushi was OK, but not amazing. Went for lunch during a 1 hour lunch break and returned to work late. SLOW. Insanely SLOW for a rather simple lunch order.
Food is mediocre. Overpriced. If I were in the area again I might go during the happy hour when the sushi rolls are cheap, but only if I wasn't hungry. If you go hungry, you'll chew your own arm off before the food shows up.
My heart breaks for Wilmington-ites who have to live with THIS as the best sushi available. Seriously. I would cry.
This Restaurant was recommended to us by the staff at the Hilton who said it was the "best" sushi in Wilmington. I'd have to agree, the vibe of the Restaurant was real chill. The decor was real trendy, heavy techo beats playing in the background...but not too loud though. There were quite a few people at the bar around the time we went for dinner (8:00pm).
Everything besides the sushi was overpriced, bento boxes, pad thai, noodles..ect ect. The sushi was reasonably priced, about $10 average per roll.
I highly recommend the Crystal Palace (tempura shrimp, avocado, spicy mayo, topped with tuna, and lobster meat). This was the best roll we ordered.
I don't recommend the Red Head (eel and cucumber topped with tuna) because it was really plain. There wasn't much taste to it, might as well ordered a California roll.
The Firecracker and the Miami Heat were SPICY (as their name suggests) It was too spicy for me.
The Pineapple Green Tea is FANTASTIC. Green tea served over ice, with a hint of pineapple. I highly suggest getting this.
I am defiantly going to come back here later this week. There are so many more sushi rolls to try! :)
This is one of those snazzy Japanese fusion places with hip lighting, possible Biden sightings and a bar area/meat market for 20s professionals. I used to go to the bar a lot, but not to meet meat, to eat the half-price maki happy hour special. Great way to people watch while stuffing yourself silly with tasty rolls from 5-7.
Despite my natural suspicion of trendiness, I must say the food here is excellent. I am very picky about tempura, and they make it nice, light and airy. If you're going with sushi-fearers, they do fabulous-looking entrees like seared diver sea scallops and filet mignon with tempura shrimp. Sashimi and nigiri are very fresh, but on occasion have been cut disappointingly small. I usually go with the rolls, which are plentiful, creative and well-made. Miami heat (three kinds of fish with sesame seeds and spicy sauce), Malay (crispy sea bass and asparagus) firecracker (salmon roll wrapped in salmon and dotted with hot sauce) and the crunchy spicy rolls are great.
They call the crumbs in their crunchy rolls "tempura frick." Is that totally made up? I suppose you need some sort of word for it. My friend once speculated that crunchy rolls are made after they sweep the floor around the tempura station.
Arriving at Mikimotos, the sign on the front door read, "No cutoff shirts or hats allowed." Luckily, I just happened to be wearing a shirt with sleeves on this particular evening and was thus able to gain entrance.
Inside, Mikimotos had a large flat-panel television showing a basketball game - take notice sushi restaurant owners, this should be a decor requirement!
My meal was very good - seaweed salad, edamame (the Japanese equivalent of the Mexican restaurant's chips & salsa), and then a variety of tasty sushi rolls.
Our waiter recommended the "Miami Heat" roll. This greatly increased Mikimotos sports cred, but I was shocked and chagrined when I searched the menu and could not find a DETROIT PISTONS roll? What gives Mikimotos? No love for the Motor City???
My Detroit Piston roll would be Detroit River Sturgeon, road salt from I-75, used engine parts from a Ford Probe, and felt from the Pistons three championship pennants. Eat it, Miami Heat fans.
Okay sushi, but not okay if you are on a budget.
I give this place 3.5 stars primarily because of the non-sushi part of the menu (Sushi is good, not great, but good). That part of the menu is lame for the most part. For example, I ordered Tom Yum Gai. This should have come with a caveat "Some assembly required" because the pickled onions, cilantro, and pre-squozen lime were merely served as garnishes and not yet ingredients in the soup, as if Mikimoto's were so afraid pushing the average Wilmingtonite to new levels of taste! This was a slap in the face. If the patrons do not have the bold spirit to match the bold taste of tom yum then tell them to go down Concorde Pike to the AZ Caf (see review) for food bland enough for patients recovering from surgery.
P.S. parking was ample.
Mikitmoto's has been a Wilmington mainstay for sushi for about 10 years now. I went there once when it first opened. And while I always thought the sushi was very good the price has always kept me away. (For one of the best values in Wilmington, check out Niwano Hana formerly Mikasa). As a treat for our 9 year old daughter who absolutely loves sushi (and loves isn't a strong enough word here), we thought we would take her to someplace different than our usual mainstay and indulge her with some fine dining.
Our visit was on an October Saturday night at 6pm. The dining room was fairly empty, however when we asked for a seat, the hostess asked if we had a reservation. When we replied that we had none, instead of telling us the dining room was booked, she said we should go check the lounge and see if there is a seat available. There's all of 4 tables in the lounge, all of which were full. At no point did the hostess bother to check for us. I though she was a little rude, but I'll forget about it for now. We were then offered seating at the large sushi bar which we accepted.
As stated in previous reviews, the menu features a largely Asian fusion choice of fare among the wide variety of sushi and sashimi choices. Of course, our daughter gets the standard sushi platter. But my wife and I were in the mood for something different and both decided to order entrees.
As a starter we ordered 3 different rolls which were all excellent. Our choices were decidedly on the spicy side and were not favored by our sushi-loving 9 year old, but we both enjoyed each one immensely.
After this first round came the entrees. My wife ordered the Hawaiian Shrimp Stir Fry and I order Seafood Curry Stir Fry which was a special this night. Obviously, we are both fans of fiery food. I am also a big fan of curry and while I thought the chefs choice of adding chorizo to the Seafood Curry Stir Fry was an odd one, I was willing to give him/her the benefit of the doubt.
The first thing I noticed was that my stir fry that was supposed to be served with rice was served with a thin noodle. But OK, I will roll with it. After my first bite, my meal was quite bland. Not at all what I expected from a curry stir fry. As my wife was eating I looked over and noticed that she kept dumping soy sauce on her meal. When I asked her why, it turns out that hers was also quite bland. I can appreciate the subtleties in flavor of a well cooked meal, but there was barely any flavor to be found this night. Now, preparation was spot on. The shrimp and scallops were cooked just right, not over-cooked at all. But the lack of ANY seasoning left me wanting for my daughters sushi platter instead. And as far as the chorizo? Well, it wasn't bad but....really out of place and added nothing at all to the entree.
As for service, and after our less than stellar greeting at the door, our server was very attentive and never once left us wanting for anything. Great service from the waiter all evening.
Mikimotos strong point is its execution of all sorts of sushi dishes. They do this very well. But if I am going to pay $100 for a meal for 3, and this included the one and only $9 mojito my wife ordered (my daughter and I drank water), I would expect a little bit more for my money.
If you MUST go to Mikimotos, then I would say stick with the sushi. You won't be disappointed. But if you are looking for value for your money then I think you could do better. I'll give Mikimoto's 2 1/2 stars since Yelp only allows full stars, but 3 might be a little too much. Points deducted for our greeting by the hostess and for 2 pretty lousy entrees.
The threat of a long wait on a weeknight in Wilmington can only mean one thing - this restaurant is obviously popular!
I was in the mood for some sushi, but in no mood to wait, so we ended up taking a table in the lounge which turned out to be pretty neat. The "lounge" seems like a result of a trendy makeover of a patio - a few bar tables scattered around a comfortable couch and ottomans, overlooking the not-so happening streets of the city. The Restaurant itself is rather trendy and definitely a watering-hole for the post-work crowd.
The menu is extensive although there wasn't anything particularly unique about the vegetarian maki options. Opted for a healthy libation since they'd run out of my martini picks, but the crispy tempuras compensated for any pretense of healthy eating!
Mikimotos came highly recommended but fell a bit short on the dining options front, for me at least. However, I did like the overall dining experience.
I visited Wilmington on business. Mikimotos came recommended and we decided to try it out. It was a sushi bar, I ordered a ny strip. It was cooked medium rare and came to me as such! Not to be outdone by my appetizer of lamb lollipops...also fantastic! The service was a little slower but nothing to cry about. This is a solid establishment. Now...look up a steakhouse in Wilmington to order sushi.
I had my reservations about going to Mikimoto's as I am not particularly fond of Asian fusion especially Japanese fusion restaurants. By looking at the menu on their website I could pretty much guess that this would be a fusion type Japanese restaurant so for the longest time I didn't go to Mikimoto's.
Recently a co-worker mentioned that Mikimoto's had good sushi and the fish was fresh so I was curious to go and try it. Today was that day. I went with my friend with good expectations. The only table they had available for 2 was at the Sushi bar, so we sat at the Sushi bar. Wow, nice decor and atmosphere. Good looking crowd. The restaurant is crowded so I am guessing the food must be good.
The menu is filled with lots of creative and mouthwatering sounding dishes. What we ordered.
- Lemongrass Sake Steamed Littleneck Clams (Sounds better than it tastes - One of the clam shell was not open, indicating the clam was not fresh)
- Sunomono Special (Nothing really special about it. Very sour and overwhelming)
- Sashimi appetizer
- Chirashi ($25.00 for a few pieces of Tuna, Salmon, Crab sticks, Egg, White Tuna, Shrimp, Red snapper and side of Seaweed salad - I don't think its worth it.)
The service was average.
All in all the experience at Mikimoto's was uninspiring. Decor and atmosphere was nice. Good looking crowd, too bad the food wasn't as good. Maybe I should've just ordered the rolls. Maybe next time, if there is a next time.
ehhh, not impressed. we went for sushi...we were told this was the best in the area. it was decent, we had 5 different rolls, sake sashimi and fatty tuna...both were good. the rolls were ok, i think they could have been rolled better and the quantity of fish wasn't impressive.
i guess people who want a SUPER loud atmosphere and want to dabble with a sushi menu will like this place. i prefer the little quiet hole in the walls with super fresh fish...i felt like i was eating fast food sushi here.
the wait for our food was excessive, and the place wasn't packed. i won't go back.
I think MIkimoto's just got lucky with the location that they have. Being where all the major business's are they tend to be a little more busy than the average. Food is ok and its usually to loud to hear any convo. that you may want to have! I honestly think you can get the same or better meal/service at any other asian fusion in the area, Jasmines, potstickers. They may be a little better too!!!
I really enjoyed my lunch order here the other day...
I started with edamame and the special crab salad over seaweed, which was delicious, then had a Motos roll and Tamago sushi.
Everything was good, but it was the crab salad that really blew my mind - what flavor!
