Kyoto Japanese Cuisine 1209 North Pine Street, DeRidder, LA 70634

"Definitely not eating here again. This used to be our go to dinner spot but not after tonight. Getting half way done with my food, I noticed a dead bug in my hibachi steak & veggies. To top it off, they only offered to comp my entree and gave us a gift card.. which was for only $10."

"Such a nice little restaurant with amazing sushi quality. Definitely my go to place when I’m in town!"

"ZERO stars. EXPENSIVE BAIT. Waited forever for Togo order. Sushimi was FULL of BONES and just nasty and butchered. Called to let them know just now that it had SEVERAL bones in it, and they had a bad attitude and “manager not here” and so I asked in Spanish and the guy said “oh $***” and hung up. The place is not clean or well maintained, and the service sucks. (Attached photos are of the many bones from 3 pieces of this cruddy sushimi deluxe.) If you look at their health inspections on the state’s site LA.GOV, they have many reports positive for coaches and rodent, as well as, many other complaints."

"Went for dinner (5pm) on a Saturday. Not busy at all- about 3 other tables dinning during our time there. Overall, okay just have had better quality food a other similar places nearby. Open everyday by 11am. Closes 930pm except Friday & Saturday (10pm) Pros: comfortable, friendly service, prices are okay Cons: given wrong food, underseasoned hibachi/steak/noodles, unattentive service, menu is confusing Location: next to oyo hotel. Noticeable from main highway. Very small building with small parking lot. Atmosphere: dim lighting. Tables and booths available (tables seat up to 6, booths seat 4 adults comfortably). Seemed clean. No noticeable odors. No torn seats. Service: friendly but a little unattentive. Went without refills and requested items went forgotten. Some confusion about menu items. Food came out at a decent speed. Menu: recommend looking on their facebook page for most up to date menu. A good variety but we found it confusing because it lists sushi on 3 different pages- the last 2 pages have descriptions of the sushi but that 1st page doesn't. Even when reading those descriptions, we still weren't really sure what we were getting. This menu felt incomplete really. For example, #15 appetizer ika maruyaki doesn't even finish the description "whole Japanese squid grilled with." Food: overall, okay. Nothing super spectacular. We typically go to a place in leesville and we were hopeful that this place would be as good or better to save on the gas. We ordered: crab rangoon ($5 for 6)- large, good, and hot; steak with noodles ($15)- no flavor/seasoning, noodles a little under done; baton rouge roll ($10 for 8 pieces)- needed more sauce and the tempura batter was super thin, it was decent; deridder roll ($11 for 8 pieces)- was given wrong item and even after corrected to right filling it wasn't fried (it said it was fried on menu). They also serve soup/ramen, other sushi rolls, hibachi items. Prices: they seemed okay. Most appetizers were $5+, hibachi for dinner was $13+, sushi was $10+."

"Very quick service and the appetizer was out pretty quickly. I had the crab puffs for appetizers and they were huge pieces. Normally you get small pieces and these definitely worth it for the price. For the entree I had the Volcano Roll #2. It was also good, huge portions once again and I was not able to finish the entire roll."