Nami Japanese Steak and Sushi Temple
19 S 2nd St, Temple
(254) 778-0404
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Went last night and had the monster roll it was amazing! Angel was our server and took really good care of us and made great drinks!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Nami's in Central Texas imo. Most consistent and flavorful meals. Love the sushi also!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Our server Bryan was excellent! We enjoyed his service and would enjoy him as our server again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was able to have lunch here with a larger group this week. Decor is a little plain and outdated but otherwise it was very clean. Our server was so sweet. Sushi service was super fast, fresh, and good. The rolls were but one get one half off which just made it even better. Hands down one of my favorite sushi places.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Try the hungry roll!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My friends favorite restaurant!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went there for a company function with a large group of ppl. Service was good and speedy. The food came out after a longer wait than normal as it was a large order. I got the hibachi steak with fried rice and steamed vegetables. The pre meal salad and soup were forgettable. The steak was cooked as requested and hot. It was seasoned nicely and tender. It tasted very good. The fried rice was very good but should not be a $3 option. The steamed vegetables were okay. I had sweet tea to drink and it was good. Overall I would recommend the place for a date or celebration event.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great little spot! The manager, Daniel, is awesome. Super cheerful and nice, and helpful when I had questions. Food was great, service amazing. Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really nice place friendly people took about an hour to get our food I have a chicken hibachi the chicken way over donethe beer warm the cheesecake was fantastic my girlfriend or the left Hotel shrimp and garlic hibachi shrimp what will cook the lobster tail will overcook garlic with this right rice with fantastic and veggies I'm headed to work asked for and I can see it is a pretty decent restaurant I will go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Angle is really attentive to excellent service and excelled all expectations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Take my wife here all the time. Excellent service and staff. I'd like to call out Angel by name, fantastic person, always makes the experience top notch! Love her!
I just wanted to take a minute to say a HUGE THANK YOU to NAMI'S Temple for feeding the Temple Wildcat this evening. The food was wonderful & I believe that all the boy's enjoyed it! Thank you to the staff that worked during their break to get the food prepared. It was an Awesome event and I will be coming to the restaurant in the near future. Thank you for supporting the Temple Wildcats. We can not say thank you enough. Wildcat Family Circle!!!!! GO CATS!
Food: 5
Not a good experience, no fault to our server other than not checking on us more frequently. Took a little over an hour to get our food. Fortunately had good company. I recommend making customers in the resteraunt the priority vs take out and to go orders. We ended up getting it to go which was probably a good thing as my food was no longer warm.
Of the 15-16 tables available 7 had customers so not busy at all inside.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
ROACHES!! I’ve been a loyal fan of Nami’s for years. The Monster Roll is a favorite, and we usually stick to sushi. But on 9/15/2025, we chose to celebrate my son’s birthday on the Hibachi side—and I regret it deeply. The food was solid, and our waitress was attentive. But the chef? Zero showmanship. 0/10 on entertainment. He got the birthday wrong multiple times despite being corrected, and the entire experience felt flat and awkward. Still, we tried to focus on the food… until things took a turn. Before we even finished our meal, multiple roaches crawled out from the crevices of the grill table we were seated at. Staff scrambled to trap them under an upside-down bowl. I was nauseated, horrified, and trying not to lose it in front of my family. I had just spent a significant amount of money to end the evening in absolute revulsion. To make matters worse, I was charged for Gyoza that never arrived. But I was so shaken by the infestation, I just signed the check and left. The apology? A casual “we sprayed for roaches” and “sorry.” No gesture of goodwill. No offer to make it right. Just confirmation that yes, they know they have a roach problem. If roaches are crawling out of the grill tables, imagine where else they are. I’m not writing this for compensation...I’m writing this as a warning. We should’ve just gone to Raising Cane’s. It’s what my teen wanted anyway. I've reported them to the city and we will NEVER be back.
ROACHES!!
I’ve been a loyal fan of Nami’s for years. The Monster Roll is a favorite, and we usually stick to sushi. But on 9/15/2025, we chose to celebrate my son’s birthday on the Hibachi side, and I regret it deeply.
The food was solid, and our waitress was attentive. But the chef? Zero showmanship. 0/10 on entertainment. He got the birthday wrong multiple times despite being corrected, and the entire experience felt flat and awkward. Still, we tried to focus on the food… until things took a turn.
Before we even finished our meal, multiple roaches crawled out from the crevices of the grill table we were seated at. Staff scrambled to trap them under an upside-down bowl. I was nauseated, horrified, and trying not to lose it in front of my family. I had just spent a significant amount of money to end the evening in absolute revulsion.
To make matters worse, I was charged for Gyoza that never arrived. But I was so shaken by the infestation, I just signed the check and left.
The apology? A casual “we sprayed for roaches” and “sorry.” No gesture of goodwill. No offer to make it right. Just confirmation that yes, they know they have a roach problem.
If roaches are crawling out of the grill tables, imagine where else they are.
I’m not writing this for compensation...I’m writing this as a warning.
We should’ve just gone to Raising Cane’s. It’s what my teen wanted anyway.
I've reported them to the city, and we will NEVER be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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