Kyoto Two

Points for the complimentary sesame noodles and rad art hanging in the bathroom. Sushi was not good. Someone got the clever idea to put lemon wedges in my rainbow roll and all I could taste was lemon, and my tamago sushi was WAY too sweet. Yikes.

My fiancée and I stop in here at least 2 times a month for Friday date night. We just can’t get enough! The food here is to die for! The fish is fresh, the beer is cold, and the staff are friendly. We usually start off with either a cold noodle salad or a squid/​seaweed salad. Both are delicious and we usually get one of each and share.
We usually get between 3 and 4 rolls to split between us. I highly recommend the Funky Margarita with spicy crawfish. It is killer. The fresh fish combined with the avocado and spicy crawfish hits the spot for me every time.
As for alcohol, I recommend the cold unfiltered saké or a large Kirin. Both will quench your thirst and give you just the right amount of buzz.

Friendly staff. Welcoming environment. Roll was fresh and tasty, but nothing memorable. But, the friendly environment makes up for it.

I have ordered to– go orders from here off and on for several years. I live pretty close. Last night was the last. First off, on the way home, I’m smelling «fishy», not a good thing with sushi. Then, at home, I open my tuna tataki ginzon, it is tuna and cucumber, no avacodo, no ponzu. Just dry. I took the entire order back, got a refund. No «I’m sorry», no nothing. I guess the main reason I have ordered there is proximity to my house. Next time I will drive by on the way to Sake Don on Jefferson Hwy.

yeah well. the food is good but… they always get my order wrong. it seems they upgrade without my permission. i order a 6 roll and they bring a 12 order. it is ridiculous. this place brings in a lot of clients. the food is not good enough

I hadn’t eaten at K2 in years until today. My wife and I stopped by there for a quick lunch and it was excellent.
I had the Sashimi Lunch and my wife had the Lunch Combo. Great value for the price and the quality of the fish was superb.
I will definitely make a point to go here again even though its not near my house. Totally worth the drive.

Didn’t care too much for the fried tofu… Silken tofu was used and wasn’t at all browned. Veggie roll only had a smudgeon of avocado even though it was listed as one of the ingredients. Sorry but the cutting corners was at the expense of food quality. Service decent, clean restaurant but not the best food.

I don’t even know where to start with his terrible experience. I just had a quick dinner at this restaurant where I had the WORST SERVICE EVER. I was seated at the sushi bar and was not offered a menu or drink. The female sushi chef took my order and then yelled at the person at the bar 3 times to bring me a menu. I ordered a «to go» order and told her I would also be dining in. Because I ordered the «to go» order first, that’s what I was given first, and bc this was sushi, this concerned me. I asked the chef to place it in the refrigerator until I was done. First, she said okay and my sushi sat on the bar. I asked again and she told me no. Well, then I was served my order, which was incorrect by another sushi chef, (I ordered 2 orders and was given one), which turned out to be okay, because it was not very good. Then I asked the second sushi chef to please put my «to go» sushi in the cooler while I ate. He didn’t understand what I was taking about and told me to put it with my vegetables when I get home. At this point, I was ready to leave, which was good bc they already brought me my check without me asking. It was the first time I saw a waitress during my visit. I quickly placed my card down and then went to the restroom. When I came back, the totaled check was there, with no pen, of course. I asked the female sushi chef for a pen and she handed me a pencil. I was like «ah, hell to the NO am I filling out your tip with a pencil». I was like «I’m sorry, but I really need a pen!» Then she and the waitress got into an argument, in front of me, about why I didn’t receive a pen. Jesus H Christ already. This was a terrible experience. The food was, at best, as good as gas station sushi and I will not be back. How hard is it to just do what the customer is asking for. Never again.

This was a nice place to grab sushi after a movie. Close to the theater and separate from the other food places in Elmwood mean it won’t be too busy after a show lets out.
The service was quick and the various fish were yummy. We were pretty hungry and we got there pretty late so we scarfed everything down with time to spare before they closed. Not that they hurried us, we didn’t want to hold them up. Plus hungry. I can see us visiting again.

I really do not like to give this low of a rating, but by my standards this was the lowest quality and poorest tasting sushi I have had in New Orleans area. This restaurant starts by serving everyone a small bowl of noodles… They seemed to be in a mayo-​y sauce. I did not care for this but it’s complimentary and unique to this spot. I went for lunch & had a lunch combo which consisted of miso soup, a small salad, and 2 rolls (I had tuna avocado & crunchy). Did not care for the miso but I rarely enjoy miso. The salad & orange garnishment a were the only other two items I was able to eat at all. The avocado tuna rolls was the worst– the tuna looked grey in color and tasted very fishy/​bad. I’m concerned it had actually turned bad or had not been stored properly. All of the avocado was also quite old looking. In addition, the rolls (rice) were just extra slimy and falling apart. My guess is this was not kept at appropriate temperature. The crunchy roll was the same, falling apart & drenched in mayo. To be polite, I was able to stomach a few bites of the crunchy roll. taking comfort in the fact that none of the ingredients were actually real fish & that it would not make me sick.
Overall, it was a terrible experience. However, judging by the lunch crowd (it was busy), people must like this place… Or just have very low standards.

You can tell from the taste that the restaurant makes the food with heart. The food is fresh and authentic. It’s the best Japanese restaurant I have tried in New Orleans. Definitely will go again！

Found this place on Unilocal and decided to give it a try for girls night. I started off with the crab rangoons which were delicious. For my meal I had the No Name roll. It is a soy paper roll with various types of fish in it. It was huge, I couldn’t finish. Very yummy. Fast and friendly service. Reasonably priced.

Yummy sushi! Been here several times and the food has always been delicious! Highly recommend.

LOVE this place – best in the city! I always order an extra noodle salad (they’re made from green beans! Low carb!), seaweed salad & spring rolls. The Desiree roll is gigantic and has it all, and I order that often too. I think the other is the black & gold roll – I’m a huge fan of roe and its pop pop pop! in my mouth.
The only thing I don’t recommend is the yakisoba, which I think is made more complex than it needs to be. Otherwise, this is the place to eat yourself stupid on fantastic Japanese food. Bento boxes are huge and the shrimp tempura excellent as well.

Ok, I moved out of NOLA two years ago and just recently moved back… today was the first time I’ve been to K2 in at least that long.
It’s nowhere near as good as it used to be, and it used to be one of my favorites… the ingredients today didn’t have much flavor, and the salmon in my Miami roll didn’t taste fresh. The rolls are cut too big and have way too much rice, which masks the already diminished flavors inside.
Before the meal, we ordered edemame as an appetizer. It was barely warm, not salted, and not very «appetizing.»
We also noticed that they now bring you a «hot towl» before the meal… except that it is a lukewarm packaged wipe instead… I don’t know, this just didn’t feel right.
BOTTOM LINE: Not as good as it used to be… :(

Absolutely perfect for a family dinner. We all love sushi (including the kids) and this place did not disappoint. The kids loved the noodle salad.
Everything was expertly prepared and tasted great. On top of that… They had large portions. We were able to select less expensive rolls and feed a family of 5 for $ 60 plus tip. And that included a beer and two orders of Ikura.
Can’t wait to come back for the lunch special later this week.

The seafood is always fresh. Only negative is that it gets packed fast during their lunch rush.

What a little hidden gem! Went last night before catching a movie at Elmwood Palace and loved everything I got. It was a pretty good crowd for 8:30 on a Monday night and our server was great. The miso soup was solid and the sushi was all amazing. I was a little thrown that some rolls were not explained on the menu that were on the sushi check list, but everything I got was great. We did the Funky Margarita roll (spicy tuna covered with tuna/​salmon and guacamole), Tabo roll (HUGE roll with four pieces of crawfish/​shrimp tempura/​white fish/​tuna/​salmon/​and like ten other amazing things), tuna roll, and two pieces of white fish sushi. It was all awesome, albeit a little messy in an amazing way. And the bill only set me back a little under forty for two starving goobers– so I was very happy considering how much we got. Will definitely return!

This little sushi joint occupies a rather innocuous location just behind the AMC Movie Theater in the Elmwood shopping center. It doesn’t have much going for it in terms of appearance but it definitely makes up for it with its food and the friendliness of its staff. I came in a group of three in quite a hurry due to the fact that we had to be at a showing of Rembrandt’s artwork at AMC and had only an hour to eat. The staff were so accommodating when they overheard us talking about our plans. They expedited the service to us and even offered to keep our food for us if we didn’t want to leave it in the car. They told us just to swing by and pick it up on our way out!
Plus! They had some of the best ginger salad dressing that we had come across. The shrimp tempura that we ordered was nicely battered and very fresh and perfectly crispy without being dry. The sushi rolls were very large, some of the largest I have seen. Yet, they were very tasty and visually appealing. They get four starts from me for service and good food.

I’m sad to say that I think they’re quality has declined. I’ve been to this location over the years and I’m afraid the attention to quality and detail is not there any more.
It’s still an OK choice if you want rolls (and everything I ordered on my last visit was cooked… for the invalid I was delivering to/​eating with). The snowcrab tasted mostly like mayo. the crunchy roll was blah. The veggie rolls were good though.
Bonus points for the staff at the bar who was very sweet to my niece while we waited for our takeout.