The carefully rolled nature of sushi makes it ideal for starting snowballs, which is why it's commonly known as "snowman heart." Eat to the center of snow with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of cuisine at Kobe Japanese Steaks & Sushi located downtown in the historic Shockoe Slip.

The talented chefs at Kobe Japanese Steaks & Sushi execute hibachi dishes with a deft hand and cull sushi bar creations from fresh ingredients. A look at Kobe’s extensive menus treats thick reading glasses to a lensful of protein-packed grilled eats flung straight from the chef’s spatula into gaping food receptacles. Kobe’s well-trained staff entrance onlookers with their knifesmanship as crispy vegetables and simmering rice granules fly into the air in a frenzy of gastronomic gravity demonstrations. The hibachi combination dinners cultivate culinary harmony, as the sirloin steak and chicken share a porcelain patio with one another ($22), and traditional Eastern eats, such as the ahi tuna teriyaki dinner, mesh with miso soup, a house salad, cooked vegetables, and steamed rice ($17). Culinary pursuits grounded in soy sauce and garnished with wasabi inhabit plate space at Kobe’s sleek sushi bar, where a collection of maki-roll gold standards and inventive house specialties flaunt freshly sliced goods to the general eating public.

Reviews

Yelpers give Kobe Japanese Steak & Sushi a three-star average, while Yahoo! Locals give it four stars. Four Citysearchers give the restaurant a four star average.

• I enjoyed the ecletic atmosphere and the food was very good. – sushi queen, Yahoo! Local
• Have visited 3 times. Excellent sushi, prepared with attention to detail and presentation. Other offerings were also well above average. Very friendly wait staff and chefs. – sunset2b, Citysearch