Nagoya Japanese Seafood Buffet, Naperville
Nagoya Japanese Seafood Buffet, Naperville
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Nagoya Japanese Seafood Buffet, Naperville
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Post #1 - July 27th, 2011, 8:15 amThis place sounds like Woodfield's Todai. I have a friend itching to visit who hopes someone can offer the thumbs up (down is ok, too) to help encourage her husband to go with her.redhdbest wrote:New massive all you can eat Sushi place slated to open in Naperville in January according to the Dish:
Nagoya Japanese Seafood Buffet (804 S. Route 59, Naperville; 630-637-8881), a massive all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant slated to open in January, is part of an upstart franchise whose only current location is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The reason for advancing into the Chicago market? “It is still growing, and you have a president from Chicago,” says John Peters, the restaurant’s coordinator. “When you have a president from a state, that state will grow. He will put money into his city.” Peters describes Nagoya’s concept as “one long table, about a mile long, and you take whatever you want. We have steaks, scallops, sashimi, snow crab legs, fresh oysters, 40 to 50 kinds of sushi. Fresh fish every day. For someone who loves sushi, you cannot beat this deal.” Three more suburban locations are on the way.
http://www.nagoyausa.com/ Pricing ranges from $11.99 to $18.99 depending on lunch or Sunday seafood buffet.
Looks like one of those places like Woodfield mall has. They serve alcohol. Should be interesting to see what it's like. Only one other location in LA. currently.Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #2 - July 27th, 2011, 1:04 pmI have been there a couple times on weekends.
Stir fry area, sushi bar, dessert/ice cream bar, and then a large buffet with mostly seafood items...maybe 60-100 different choices.
I did not think the sushi was all that great but not sure I expect great when eating sushi at a buffet setting. I thought some of the seafood choices were pretty good. It is a rather large establishment...holds a lot of diners. I thought the buffet price was very reasonable for the amount of choices and quality of food available. Sort of reminded me of the seafood buffet at the Rio in Vegas but with more of an Asian direction. Always relatively crowded when I have been there.
Overall I think it is good...definitely a step above most buffets...but not spectacular. Definitely worth trying.
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Post #3 - July 28th, 2011, 12:17 amCathy,
It looks like the prices are SIGNIFICANTLY less than Todai as their weekend dinner prices are $27.95.
Joe
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Post #4 - July 28th, 2011, 8:45 amHI,
That's a good point on the pricing. I haven't been to Todai in ages, so I wasn't aware how much it was.
Regards,Cathy2
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Post #5 - August 12th, 2011, 2:39 pmA few of us had lunch at Nagoya last week. I think everyone enjoyed it overall (though some felt pangs of guilt later). It was fun exploring the extensive sushi selection, sampling foolish rolls we would be ashamed to order at a "real" sushi bar.
Not surprisingly, nothing was great but, perhaps surprisingly, almost nothing was awful either. The quality spanned a narrow range somewhere above acceptable. It's mostly the extensive variety that makes Nagoya's sushi worth trying. Hot dishes seemed much more variable but a few good ones were to be found. There's little doubt that Nagoya is a terrific value—under $12 at lunch with coupon. I don't regret visiting but won't be in a hurry to return.
Nagoya Buffet
804 S Route 59
Naperville IL
630-637-8881
http://www.nagoyausa.com
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Post #6 - August 12th, 2011, 2:43 pmRene G wrote:perhaps surprisingly, almost nothing was awful either.
I'll challenge that. Steamed crayfish and crabs weren't fit for fertilizer. But that wasn't hard to predict.
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Post #7 - August 12th, 2011, 3:13 pmm'th'su wrote:Rene G wrote:perhaps surprisingly, almost nothing was awful either.
I'll challenge that. Steamed crayfish and crabs weren't fit for fertilizer.
Oops, I didn't write clearly. I meant hardly any of the sushi (that I tried) was awful. That surprised me. The crawdads and crab were clearly the low point of the meal. I meant to include those in the "more variable hot dish" category. Now that I force myself to think about it again, I'm not certain either was hot.m'th'su wrote:But that wasn't hard to predict.
Next week I'm going to a Kräftskiva, a $10 all-you-can-eat crawfish buffet. Think I need to have my head examined?
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Post #8 - August 12th, 2011, 4:34 pmm'th'su wrote:Rene G wrote:perhaps surprisingly, almost nothing was awful either.
I'll challenge that. Steamed crayfish and crabs weren't fit for fertilizer. But that wasn't hard to predict.
I was thinking that m'th'su was flying way too close to the sun by selecting the spent, room-temperature crab marinating in its own murky juices.
An advanced move gone awry.
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Post #9 - August 12th, 2011, 4:48 pmPIGMON wrote:An advanced move gone awry.
No guts, no glory.
Better items: seaweed salad, peanut salad, krab-based sushi rolls, futomaki, kalbi, crispy mayo shrimp, stir-fried chinese greens, $12 bill, salt-water fish tank.
There seemed to be inordinate amount of krab/surimi, cream cheese, tempura'd stuff, mayonnaise and sweet goo.
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Post #10 - August 12th, 2011, 5:02 pmToward the end of the meal we got overconfident, thinking we could handle whatever Nagoya dished out. I know I regretted both the crawfish and the baked mussel I dared to try on my last trip down the line. Actually the mussel itself wasn't too bad but I was disgusted by the huge amount of eggy goop on top.
The garlicky spinach, seaweed salad and pineapple rice were all good and the chewy kalbi was better than you might expect from a buffet. I forgot to mention the beautiful aquarium and its bright blue fish with weirdly expressive lips.
