Little Tokyo - Pigeon Forge

This place is tiny, only 3 or 4 hibachi grills. We got there at 4:30 and had to wait over an hour to get a grill table (4 people). The prices are fair and the food was really delicious. My only complaint is the lack of sauces.... They only offered Yum Yum sauce. I had to request ginger and it was terrrrrrrrrrrible. It tasted like they just soaked ginger in water and served it like that. I've actually never had a ginger sauce I disliked before this experience. They also douse everything in teriyaki... I don't like teriyaki, so I asked for no teriyaki and that wasn't a problem at all.

Not sure what we did to make the server dislike us, but he has been an absolute turd the whole meal. Left the table without getting the drink order for the toddler or our appetizer. Only staying at the table long enough to pick up or drop off. Didn't check drink levels, didn't bring napkins...The spring rolls need a dipping sauce, but at least the appetizers were warm when we got them. The meal we ordered was COLD when it got to the table. The chicken was so tough you couldn't spear it with a fork. We were looking forward to it because our previous experience was pleasant, but this was atrocious. UPDATE- we thought this was just how customers were treated when not dinning at the grill, but judging by the other tables, we are the only ones being treated this way. If I could give this restaurant a negative star, I would.

Loved their sushi gyozas were so good! was greeted coming leaving the restaurant by friendly staff!! definitely recommend!

I've only got through the salad with ginger and the soup. It is bad. Real bad. And the place is dirty. The salt and pepper shakers are disgusting. I just watched the bus boys clean up the table next to me. They missed more than they got and reset the table finally after 2 hours, we left without dinner.

I should have listened to my instincts and overruled my husband. He wanted to go here because he loves teppenyaki, but I had a feeling that we would be disappointed. Pigeon Forge is a tourist trap as is, so any place will have a wait. Little Tokyo was just a little less accurate with its prediction of when a table would be ready. They have beer and wine, but no cocktails. Be aware that they don't have all the sakes listed in the menu. Portion sizes were huge, but sadly, I found most of the food to be too salty and mostly inedible. I ordered the hibachi ribeye and shrimp. Everything was doused in a teriyaki sauce that rendered it all way too sweet. Most similar restaurants use lemon juice, butter and soy sauce to complement the food, but this place drowned everything so you couldn't taste the (probably) low quality meat. Prices were among the lowest I've seen for tableside teppenyaki, but as the food wasn't good, it was no bargain.