Naruto Cafe

Get. The. Korean. Fried. Chicken. It takes forever for them to make so the bulgogi and dumplings are good starters while you wait. But the KFC is magnificent. It comes out straight out of the fryer. It was so hot that my fingerprints felt like they had been burnt off. The sauce is sticky and sweet but spicy as well. The banchan helps to cool off the chicken. The chicken is moist with this thick coat of batter that is beyond crunchy. It’s about $ 20 but the portion is so huge. I usually share with a friend and then have to box the other half and bring it home.

This was once a great restaurant! Now it is terrible. Bad service. Bad food. And they only want to serve the Koreans that come in. They do not want to serve Americans. Americans get bad service and Koreans get good service.

Naurto is a pretty decent korean spot for a small town like auburn. The food is not amazing however, it is better than other korean places like green pig. They have a wide variety of food including sushi. As far as customer service, they are very friendly and willing to assist. One bad thing is that they need more waitresses. One waitress just doesnt cut it.

My boyfriend and I stumbled across Naruto one day, and ended up going back once a week for the next two years! The chicken bowls are delicious, and the ginger salad you get with it is perfect too. It’s like the ultimate Korean comfort food. Whether you want super authentic meals, or the Americanized versions, Naruto has got it.

Really tasty and authentic Korean food. Despite the fact that it is excellent, I don’t find as many Korean restaurants in the south as the Americanized Chinese restaurants or the Japanese steakhouses. Nonetheless, these folks are really friendly and know how to cook the food (they also do Japanese and sushi– did not try).
Bulgogi was really good. Slightly sweet sauce on sliced beef. They also serve six or seven traditional Korean vegetables/​side dishes with the meal (really tiny sampler portions). The only reason I did not rate it 5 stars is that the price is on the high side ($ 9 to $ 24 for the entrees– Bulgogi is $ 12 and so is Bibimbap).

The tofu soup is nice.
The rice cake appetizer is a lot of food. Comes with some noodles too. We can never finish. It’s spicier the next day.
The galbi is excellent. The cuts of meat can be a little inconsistent, but still finger licking good.
The seafood pancake is good. Sometimes a little on the soggy and even undercooked side, but hell, we still order it almost every time.
The pork belly BBQ is tasty, but not as good as the place out in Opelika.

The Korean food is awesome. Don’t bother with the sushi, but then again I say that about all of the sushi restaurants in Auburn.
Stick with the Korean, their bulgogi is really good and so are their ramens. They also give you these Korean side dishes that are out of this world– if you like kim chee.

This place is the non teppan version of Mikata. It’s pretty good food. The prices are pretty reasonable. Do not get sushi here. Go to Fuji. Get the box lunch or bowls. The Korean tofu soups here are pretty awesome as well, and pretty reasonably priced.

It’s not that this place is bad but in comparison to all the Japanese food I’ve ever had, it wasn’t great. I thought Fuji was even better which is only a few stores down. The service here is nice as expected in a sit-​down restaurant.
We ordered the Roll Tide Roll and the Teriyaki Chicken combo dinner box. The Teriyaki chicken was what really saved everything because the fried rice wasn’t really that good. They served a lot of appetizers like mushroom miso soup and this salad with the weirdest dressing texture I’ve ever seen. I figured out that the texture is weird once I located the fridge that stored all of their pre-​made salads who knows how long ago.
The Roll Tide Roll was alright. It was just very very cheesy. Probably the most cheese in a special roll I’ve ever had. It’s not that it was bad. It’s just not something I would have again.
I think this place gets such a review from me not because it’s bad by any means but compared to all the sushi places I’ve ever had, this doesn’t compare, but if you didn’t have the same sushi experience I had, then this place really isn’t bad at all.

Duuuude… it got naruto on it how can it not be epic?