Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi

What Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi does

Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi operates a single full-service Japanese restaurant at 6190 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg, Ohio, serving the Toledo metro consumer market with hibachi teppanyaki, traditional sushi, and beverage programs. The concept offers à la carte lunch and dinner service alongside private event hosting for up to 120 guests, gift cards sold in $10 denominations, and pickup/takeout via ChowNow online ordering, with table reservations managed through Resy. The business is privately held and owned by Barbara Muller, who co-founded it with the late Mel Ayers, with Evelyne Janto serving as general manager; the operation has remained a single-location concept since at least 2007.

The revenue model is a conventional restaurant stack combining dine-in per-cover sales, takeout/online orders, gift card prepayment, and higher-ticket private event bookings. The technology layer is intentionally thin: no proprietary platform, no native mobile app, and no proprietary AI — only off-the-shelf third-party integrations for ordering, reservations, and listing presence on Yelp, TripAdvisor, Facebook, and an email newsletter. Marketing is local and review-platform-led rather than performance or brand-marketing driven. Headcount of 11–50 supports front-of-house service, hibachi grill chefs, sushi chefs, and back-of-house kitchen labor typical of a hibachi-plus-sushi format.

The competitive position rests on a multi-year community brand, a high-traffic Levis Commons retail location, and the operational craft required to staff teppanyaki grills. The business has not pursued geographic expansion, M&A, or franchise activity within the available data, and recent moves — ChowNow, Resy, gift cards, event hosting — are incremental commercial tactics rather than scaling steps. There is no disclosed capital raise, investor base, or financial reporting, consistent with a privately held lifestyle-center restaurant operating at steady state.

Name

Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi

Legal name

Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi

Website

https://nagoyaohio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi is a privately held single-location Japanese restaurant in Perrysburg, Ohio, serving hibachi, sushi, and beverages to Toledo-area dine-in, takeout, and private-event customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Japanese Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family-Style Restaurants (THAFACAC)

Keywords

• Japanese hibachi dining
• Sushi restaurant
• Japanese cuisine
• Private event dining
• Steakhouse restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Perrysburg, OH

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Sales: Revenue from hibachi dining, traditional Japanese cuisine, and sushi bar service. Customers order from multiple menus including hibachi lunch/dinner, traditional lunch/dinner, and sushi. Walk-in, reservation, and private event dining supported.
2. Gift Card Sales: Gift cards sold in $10 denominations through the restaurant's website. Sold directly to consumers for gifting occasions including Mother's Day, Father's Day, Graduation, Birthday, Anniversary, and holidays.
3. Online Ordering: Direct online food ordering through ChowNow platform integration, enabling takeout and delivery orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi is a single-location Japanese restaurant in Perrysburg, Ohio that serves hibachi-grilled meals prepared table-side by performing chefs, traditional Japanese entrees, and a sushi bar featuring fish flown in from around the world. The restaurant also hosts private events for families and corporate groups in two private dining rooms (up to 20 each, or combined 40) and the main dining room (up to 120 guests), and sells gift cards through its website for gifting occasions.

Product overview

Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi operates as a single-location Japanese restaurant offering a unified dining experience that combines hibachi table-side cooking entertainment with traditional sushi bar and Japanese cuisine. The product portfolio includes four distinct dining menus (Hibachi Lunch, Traditional Lunch, Hibachi Dinner, Traditional Dinner) complemented by a dedicated Fresh Sushi Menu and Drink Menu. Additional offerings include private event hosting for groups of up to 120 guests and gift cards. The restaurant emphasizes hibachi chef performances, fresh fish sourced globally, and family-friendly dining at its Perrysburg, Ohio location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Benihana: The iconic American hibachi chain; directly comparable to Nagoya on the chef-table-side-entertainment dining format, full Japanese menu, and family/group occasion positioning. Largest scaled player in the exact niche Nagoya occupies.
• Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse: Multi-location hibachi-style Japanese steakhouse chain operating in similar mid-size markets; competes with Nagoya on the hibachi dining experience, sushi bar offering, and family-celebration value proposition.
• Osaka Japanese Steakhouse: Regional hibachi and sushi concept with similar dinner-occasion positioning, comparable menu breadth, and event-hosting capabilities; representative peer for independent Japanese steakhouse formats.
• Kiku Japanese Steak House: Independent-format Japanese steakhouse offering hibachi tables and sushi bar service; closely matches Nagoya's operating model and target occasion segments including families and corporate groups.
• Ginza Japanese Steakhouse: Hibachi-centric Japanese steakhouse comparable in scale, format, and family/corporate event positioning to Nagoya, with a similar mix of tableside entertainment and sushi offerings.

Broad incumbents

• RA Sushi Bar Restaurant: Larger multi-unit sushi-bar concept overlapping with Nagoya's sushi and rolls menu and casual full-service dining model, though without the hibachi entertainment element.
• Bonefish Grill: National upscale-casual chain with full bar and seafood-forward menu; competes for the same mid-market family and special-occasion dining occasions at slightly different price points.

Regional players

• Kyma Sushi & Asian Fusion: Regional sushi-and-Asian-fusion concept operating in markets adjacent to Nagoya's niche; comparable on target customer (families and group diners) and full-service Japanese/Asian menu breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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