Review: Kyojin - Upscale Japanese Seafood Buffet

If you are ever in Miami, just down the street from the University of Miami, there is a Japanese buffet on South Dixie Hwy (US1), you have got to try.  Kyojin Japanese Buffet.  It was my first sushi buffet experience.  And a close second to my best sushi experience.

I walked in expecting the normal, at least for me the normal is a Chinese buffet with poor sushi. This was the opposite. Kyojin has over 60 items of fantastic sushi and a few items of Chinese (Hot Food). And they do offer the traditional Hibachi Grill that cooks to order if you don’t mind waiting.

My second thought was, ok looks good but is it? The sushi was to die for. My favorite was the pan seared Tuna Takaki. The portions of Tuna and Salmon nigiri sushi were large and of fine grade on and off rice. There were over a dozen slices of various sashimi.  And over 40 different sushi rolls.  My favorite, which I came back for over twice, was the dynamite roll with crab meat and some kind of sauce.  I think I had almost one piece of everything accept squid and may be on or two other unidentifiables I don’t care for.

My other favorite for the night was on the Hot Food buffet. Crusty Tempura Shrimp. The best tempura I have ever had.  There was also a seafood buffet with crab, shrimp, muscles, and oysters.   

Price is a little higher than I am used to for a buffet.  $21.00 a person – all you can eat everything. And I did.  Compared to the sushi I eat back home, I ate over $60.00 in sushi.   The only bad thing, I left in pain from eating way too much food. I never even made it to the desert bar.

 Service staff was excellent, filling glasses before you could ask and whisking away finished plates. Not only very polite, but thoughtful. My waitress (without asking) brought me hot butter and a pair of crab pliers as soon as I sat down with crab legs.

For me, “The Ultimate Sushi Experience”

Kyojin

6212 S. Dixie Hwy (US1)

South Miami, FL 33143

305-722-1888