Kochi by the Lake - Japanese restaurant in Lake Wylie - 5360 Hwy 557, USA

Absolutely atrocious experience! By far the worst meal I've had in the area in years! The Crab Rangoon was burned to a crisp and tasted like a dirty nursing home smells. I wouldn't be surprised if I got sick from eating them. They were rancid and made stomach turn. There was nothing at all special about the steak special other than the pathetic portions that was mostly old stale vegetables. Their shrimp sauce was even terrible which I didn't even think was possible. Do yourselves a favor and avoid Kochi like the plague unless you want to take your chances ingesting what might actually be the plague.

It's basically the old sake express from Cherry road in Rock Hill, legacy good quality food! Love the sweet carrots and their shrimp sauce is the best!

I ordered 3 dishes. The steak and salmon were both dry and bland. The flounder was amazing! Vegetables average. The shrimp sauce was completely watered down.

This is the second time I ordered from you in my food was missing something. Where is my shrimp with my order.

Always delicious, never had a bad experience and will return again and again! Staff is friendly and courteous. Wait times are reasonable for such quality, fresh food. Love, love, love!! ***************** So, it’s a couple of years later and I’ve had not one, but two horrible experiences here. I don’t know what’s happened with their establishment since our many enjoyable, delicious visits not so long ago. But for the latest trip this past Saturday afternoon, which had been months after my first bad one (rancid crab rangoon), there was no line at the drive-thru and it was well before their busy times. I ordered Crab Rangoon, and two dinner plates, one combo of chicken & beef with the fillet upgrade and one order of shrimp with shrimp sauce. I’ve attached pictures so y’all can see what was given to us for our order. The chicken was dry, somewhat burnt and tasteless. The beef filet was stringy, dry and burnt. Carrots were either mushy or burnt and mushy, rice was tasteless as well and extremely dried out. Shrimp was stringy and dry and our Rangoons were burnt to a crisp with extremely dry filling inside. Inedible! When I attempted to call and speak to a manager, the phone just rang and rang. I feel like we were served the previous days food, reheated in an oven for much too long. I’m so very disappointed, as this place used to be our go-to spot for quality “take-out”.

Ordered 2 Hibachi Chicken plates. The mushrooms were disgusting. Chicken was bland, tasteless. Very dissatisfied.

I was skeptical based on previous reviews, but I gave it a shot and I'm so glad that I did! I placed my order in the drive through around 8pm. Customer service was excellent and the staff taking orders was so friendly. I waited less than 7min to collect my order. My food was hot fresh and absolutely worth the visit. I ordered the chicken and shrimp noodle plate and in comparison to other hibachi take out locations, I received much more protein. This will be my staple hibachi takeout restaurant.

Another let down. Sign on the door says closing at 4, yet when we walked in at 330 they wouldn’t let us order. You are having a Christmas party, I get it. But 3:30 isn’t 4pm. Food is typically good though, just the level of service isn’t what it used to be.