Shiso Japanese Restaurant

Shiso never disappoints.
I’ve been around 10 times and the food is always delicious.
I personally love the scallops and the shrimp tempura.
The vegetables that come with any dish are fantastic, including the vegetables tempura.
The soup that comes with the meals is delicious.
Dining area is beautiful and very clean.
Service is always good, although once in a while we have had our server disappear for long stretches.
Once we had a rowdy bar customer sort of take over the ambience, but that situation was an outlier.
You will definitely love the hot towel after your meal if available, it is a unique experience! Never a wait, food is always fresh, overall a good experience and I would definitely recommend Shiso.

Owner response

The first time , the food was excellent.
However, this visit wasn't.
Not sure what happened this night.
Service was slow.
It's like we were sat at the table 4 of us, and forgotten about for 40 minutes.
Then the chef came and seemed tired of cooking, which I understand somewhat.
The waitress couldn't figure out who had our table first so they seemed to be into it with each other.
Food wasn't so good as before.
I will still give this place another try later.
We love the Louisiana location restaurant they also have.
This one just had a bad night.

Owner response

I had no idea Shiso existed until I was leaving the Mobile airport and saw an advertisement for the restaurant.
I decided to try it out and see what it was about.
All I knew was it was a Japanese restaurant. I didn’t know what to order.
Fried rice is always a good choice I thought.
I decided to get the shrimp fried rice. I ordered my food and it was soon ready.
When I got to the restaurant the woman at the front desk was there with my food. At home I was enthusiastic to try my meal.
It didn’t disappoint at all.
The rice was amazing.
It had a smoky grill flavor.
I don’t what it was but it tasted much different than all the other fried rice I’ve tried.
The shrimp was delicious as well.

Owner response