NAO Japanese Grill 3676 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863

"Please ignore all the RUDE comments this restaurant has THE NICEST employees and some of the best food in town. Every person was extremely helpful and caring and like I said the food? Oh my gosh, ask for the ginger dressing for your hibachi meals - this dressing is the best orange ginger dressing I’ve had! To the staff and chefs there tonight, thank you for a wonderful meal and for having that Classic Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge hospitality I’m used to unlike the other places around here lately. I asked for my filet mignon to be rare so please don’t think they undercooked my food, it was perfect!"

"Yikes. Hope to save people some money. Looks super nice and has a great menu. But when we got there there was a small sign on the wall saying they didn’t have sushi due to not having enough employees. Half the menu is sushi, it was the main reason we went. So we all got hibachi plates instead. It was not authentic :/ too peppery. Not authentic rice, white sauce etc. way too expensive for the quality. We ordered brown and fried rice and they both came out looking and tasting the same. Idk what that rice even was, not authentic Japanese or hibachi. The water from the soda machine tasted like straight metal. Needs to be tested by the health department. The soda shot liquid all down my sleeve due to it being broken. Definitely won’t return."

"Truly the best meal we had during our honeymoon. We tried places with big names and big prices and none of them could compare to the meal we had here for a fraction of the price. Staff were very friendly and you could tell they care about the food they service and the costumer's satisfaction. Sadly sushi was not available, but we left full and satisfied, and we will be back."

"We ordered egg rolls that came well-done. Also ordered filet mignon hibachi. It comes with your choice of 3 veggies from a choice of 6 veggies (mushroom, onion, zucchini, sweet carrots, broccoli, and asparagus.) I paid the extra $5.00 for up to 3 additional veggies. I ordered all veggies except zucchini. $22.00 for my meal. I got 3 asparagus, a small amount of mushrooms, onions, and broccoli. The carrots WERE CANNED CARROTS. I would never have expected to get sweetened canned cooked carrots at a hibachi grill. The portion of veggies was not worth $10 worth of the price. And, they had the grill or the fryer so hot there was a ton of smoke in the air. The flavor of the hibachi was good but it definitely was not worth the price for the amount of food. We will not go back."

"We absolutely loved the staff here. We came in at about 8 and were greeted with two outstanding servers. You just don't ever see that anymore! Food was great and good size portions. A little pricey $15 for a meal but we'll worth it."