Kochi by the Lake

I live in Summerville, SC and visit family in WV for the holidays. I drive about 2 hours our of my way to go back to Clover, where I once lived, just to get these sweet carrots. The chicken and steak are good, but those carrots are amazing. I always order a big container of them to take with me. If they ever go out of business I will worry that I'll never have those sweet carrots again.

The food is fine - much like their sibling brand. I realize the pandemic wasn't good for any restaurant, but this wasn't great for dine-in before but it's awful now. There's a single plant on one counter, not a single other color or decoration. The cashier was working both the house register and drive in. She was friendly enough, but the only human contact we had in the place. The food is fine, but it's very sad inside, and now even to-go the food will remind me how sad of a place this is in the dining room.

Always delicious, never had a bad experience and will return again and again! Staff is friendly and courteous. Wait times are reasonable for such quality, fresh food. Love, love, love!! ***************** So, it’s a couple of years later and I’ve had not one, but two horrible experiences here. I don’t know what’s happened with their establishment since our many enjoyable, delicious visits not so long ago. But for the latest trip this past Saturday afternoon, which had been months after my first bad one (rancid crab rangoon), there was no line at the drive-thru and it was well before their busy times. I ordered Crab Rangoon, and two dinner plates, one combo of chicken & beef with the fillet upgrade and one order of shrimp with shrimp sauce. I’ve attached pictures so y’all can see what was g

I was skeptical based on previous reviews, but I gave it a shot and I'm so glad that I did! I placed my order in the drive through around 8pm. Customer service was excellent and the staff taking orders was so friendly. I waited less than 7min to collect my order. My food was hot fresh and absolutely worth the visit. I ordered the chicken and shrimp noodle plate and in comparison to other hibachi take out locations, I received much more protein. This will be my staple hibachi takeout restaurant.

I give this place 👍🏻👍🏻 good size portions. The crab rangoons actually had pieces of crab meat and were pretty tasty. (Umm, so there were 6 rangoons, but 3 of them disappeared before I took this picture, lol) I also posted a picture of the receipt) We'll be back.