Kohana Roll with crawfish, tempura shrimp and avocado.
The redeveloping retail strip along Richard Jones Road in Green Hills has a new restaurant anchor.
Kohana Japanese Restaurantopened two weeks ago at 2002 Richard Jones.
Kohana is owned by local restaurateur Doris Cheung; it’s the sister restaurant to Kohana locations in Clarksville and the Streets of Indian Lake in Hendersonville. It's a real family business; employees include Doris' sister Bobo and father Raymond, a sushi chef.
The menu features many of the standards of Japanese cuisine in America: teriyaki, tempura, noodles and katsu. But the Kohana folks are especially proud of their sushi lineup: 70 different sushi rolls, and if that’s not enough variety, diners can customize their own.
Kohana is working to secure a liquor license, but until then you can bring your own bottle of wine with no corking fee.
Closed Mondays, Kohana serves lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday (the restaurant closes for a couple hours between lunch and dinner Tuesday through Friday). The phone number is 915-2415.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the same strip on Richard Jones, Alegria Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar is poised to open in the next week or two. The owner is restaurateur Georges Haddad.
