HOKKAIDO JAPANESE HIBACHI & SUSHI
Does HOKKAIDO JAPANESE HIBACHI & SUSHI keep a clean kitchen? Yes — an A grade, 93/100, at its most recent inspection on January 28, 2026. That visit logged 1 intermediate and 4 basic violations.
On health score it's safer than 51% of St. Lucie County restaurants we grade. Diners rate it 4.3 from 2,436 reviews. Cuisine: Japanese. Menus here flag vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, keto, and other dietary options.
Get directions Call (772) 878-4188
Restaurant details
- Health grade
- A (93/100)
- Violations
- 5 total — 1 intermediate, 4 basic
- Address
- 1960 NW COURTYARD CIRCLE, Port St Lucie, FL
- Cuisine
- Japanese
- Categories
- Japanese restaurant, Japanese steakhouse, Sushi restaurant
- Price
- $20–30
- Rating
- 4.3 stars (2436 reviews)
- Neighborhood
- Saint Lucie West
- Seats
- 216
- Phone
- (772) 878-4188
- Website
- Official website
Community Rating
Reviews via GoogleWhat diners say — our read
People either love this place or they do not, and the ratings show it. Opinion on how guests are treated is split — those reviews land at 3.1 on average. After that, speed of service appears most often — 30% of the corpus, averaging 3.1.
Of the 23 rated reviews, 15 sit at four stars or better and 5 at two or below. 5 stars is the modal score, given by 14 of the 23 reviewers who rated.
Against that, the kitchen inspects well — an A (93/100), 1 intermediate and 4 basic violations at the most recent DBPR visit. That inspection was on January 28, 2026. The trend across inspections is improvement. On health score it sits safer than 51% of the St. Lucie County restaurants we grade. Among the items recorded were cross-contamination and handwash sinks accessible.
The honest summary is that the evidence is mixed on both sides. Read the originals below and judge the pattern yourself.
Our own analysis of 23 reviews for this restaurant, set against its Florida DBPR inspection record. How we calculate grades →
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Great place. Food is excellent, and of course the show... talented chefs. Love going here for dinner. Prices went up pretty high, so it's a "going for a special occasion" type place only.
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My husband and I visited this place for the first time tonight. I was so excited since my experiences at other Hibachi’s were so good. What makes it great is the hibachi cook and how they engage with their customers. It’s one of my top reasons for eating at any Hibachi. Unfortunately our cook this evening must have left his personality elsewhere. He wore a mask the entire time, was much older than the more energetic cooks through the restaurant. It was without a doubt utterly boring and disappointing. Although the food was great I can’t say that we will return again. If you go to this restaurant make sure you ask for a younger more energetic cook.
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Our server, i believe her name was jasmine, she was so sweet and very attentive!! Chef Sang was AMAZING!! he was very enthusiastic and entertaining plus, he cooked our food to perfection!!
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Had dinner there tonight about 45 minutes ago. And I have to say it was the worst experience of my life . server was absolutely awesome but the cook that came out was absolutely horrible. Got my son‘s order wrong. Got my order wrong. I told him my son asked for white rice. He still gave him fried rice he proceeded to give my son shrimp. I told him please don’t give him any shrimpand he still put it on his plate. I said please don’t give my other son shrimp and he still gave it on his plate so I had to take it off the shrimp wasn’t even completely cooked. Then , when I told him about my steak, that he didn’t even have he gave me four pieces of someone else’s steak that was well done . when I asked for medium rare. when I brought it to his attention, I wasn’t even talking about the temperature. I was trying to explain that he forgot my whole entire steak . he got upset. ruined the whole entire mood. I had to wait until the dinner was done to get my steak. He put so much soy sauce on everything including the steak and shrimp. It was absolutely saturated in sauce it was absolutely disgusting when I brought it to his attention, as if he didn’t understand English he totally disregard what I said and kept cooking it was really bad and I wasn’t the only one at the table that was dissatisfied.He kept feeding vegetables after vegetables. My son said no thank you he still put vegetables on his plate and gave someone else four servings of vegetables well, she said no to please stop…
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Our chef was super funny, his tricks were very cool, and the food was awesome.
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Muy buen servicio. Excelente sabor. Lugar muy ameno para ir con familia o en pareja.
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I was here last night for my daughter's 10th birthday and we had just a great time. Our chef Happy made it so special for her. I can't wait to go back.
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So I ussally never do this but I had visited this restaurant thousands of times prior I decided to come with my boyfriend today are 6 pm witch is normally pretty busy understandable but does not excuse the rudeness and just uderly discomfort that we had received from our server for one it took almost an hour to bring us drinks or even greet us and for two was extremely rude as well as tried to control what we ordered me and my boyfriend were there to celebrate a very special moment and our entire night went downhill due to that experience.
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Good food and ambiance
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The experience was excellent from the food to the cook. The cute fish in the entry way were very nice. My kids had a blast highly recommend. Sang was our chef and he did a great job.
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The food was decent and atmosphere fairly standard. There was a 30 minute wait for a teppan table, so the hostess wrote down my number and we told her we would sit at the bar to wait. Just under an hour later, I asked when we would be seated. The hostess started that she tried to call and there was no answer... she wrote down my number incorrectly and didn't bother to walk 15 feet to the bar to get us. Went here for the teppan table experience and left disappointed ! There are plenty of places to get food from a kitchen and definitely plenty with better service !!
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This is a TERRIBLE Hibachi PLACE!!! Don’t eat here! I will never go to this restaurant again! OVERPRICED DISAPPOINTMENT😔 Terrible service and the food was NOT that good. Also I felt and saw OIL all over the place and old food. SO GROSS 😷 I wish we just left - horrible experience and very awkward.. The man making our food was SO INAPPROPRIATE! He kept making moaning noises “ohhh ya oh yaaa” women moaning noises. I HAD TWO YOUNG girls with me. It was a family dinner and the chef thought he was being funny but he was so inappropriate, and I complained and told him to stop. Then he messed up the order and my daughter’s white rice never came out. I had to find a waiter and ask to get it! I came here tonight with my family and friends . My husband and his Navy buddy after 10 years of not seeing each other, planned this reunion dinner with our families. We arrived around 8:30 pm tonight. We were seated at a very dirty table. I asked the host if it will be cleaned and he said it will be when the chef comes out, and that’s their job. It was disgusting…there was chicken and rice all over the grill from previous guest. Then there was a leak coming from the inside of the overhead vent. Leaking on my daughter and friend’s daughter. I immediately asked the waiter be moved to another table (there was a table open to the left of us) he said no. I asked why and his answer was unintelligible. AND THEN ALL THIS OIL FELL DOWN ON THE KIDS from the overhead. This was Old cooking oiling!! What was…
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Honestly the food itself is amazing which is way I choose this place for my big day, my graduation. Me and my family arrive around 6pm and where told that we did have to wait at least and hour and a half, no problem I thought. But at the end of the night around 9 when we went to ask after 3 hour (in which we were constantly checking by) they told us they couldn't take anymore people because they were going to close and we only got a $30 gift card. My 81 year olde grandma, my aunt, uncle and boyfriend were there waiting with me for hours and old we got was a rude apology and ONE $30 gift card. The food is good but this poor service is ridiculous.
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Good food and good show 👌
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Sushi was excellent. Service staff was polite quick and efficient. Will be back.
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Chef talent entertaining. Hibachi good. Table a little crowded. Order steak and shrimp combo. ordered steak and scallops.
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Вкусно
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The steak in the hibachi bowl was tough and I only received 3 shrimp was charged for 2 hibachi rice instead of 1 too expensive
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Always fantastic sushi and drinks! The menu changes up frequently which helps keep great variety. The hibachi is dinner and a show and very reasonably priced!
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Ben was an awesome chef, funny good food
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Food and service was excellent!
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Spent a ton of money only to get my entire order wrong. On Mother’s Day. All entries were incorrect and they charged us for fried rice and gave us white. They gave us hibachi chicken and we ordered teriyaki. We tried to eat but it was extremely dry and disgusting. The sushi order was very soggy. I would like a refund.
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Celebrating early mother's day 💕 today. Top notch experience 👌 from Steven, Angela and the staff who was ready to go with a line out the door at 430pm.
Overall Score
83 / 100
Composite score from health grade, dietary options, ratings, and inspection record — distinct from the state-derived health grade.
Opening hours
- Monday
- 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:30 to 10 PM
- Tuesday
- 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:30 to 10 PM
- Wednesday
- 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:30 to 10 PM
- Thursday
- 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:30 to 10 PM
- Friday
- 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:30 to 11 PM
- Saturday
- 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:30 to 11 PM
- Sunday
- 1 to 10 PM
Inspection history
The following records are from Florida DBPR public inspection records, most recent first.
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January 28, 2026 · Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
0 high-priority · 1 intermediate · 4 basic
- 08 — Cross-contamination: raw foods separated; food protected during prep/storage
- 31 — Handwash sinks accessible; handwashing supplies & sign provided
- 32 — Bathrooms
- 33 — Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
- 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation
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August 8, 2025 · Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
0 high-priority · 3 intermediate · 4 basic
- 08 — Cross-contamination: raw foods separated; food protected during prep/storage (×2)
- 16 — Dishwashing facilities; sanitizer test kits; gauges
- 31 — Handwash sinks accessible; handwashing supplies & sign provided
- 32 — Bathrooms
- 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation
- 53 — Food manager certification; employee food-safety training
This grade is calculated by us from Florida DBPR public inspection records — Florida does not issue official grades. How we calculate it →
Data last updated: January 28, 2026