My good friend and I went to Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse in Woodbridge, VA. It’s the main competition for Sakura Japanese Steakhouse in Woodbridge. I wasn’t impressed with their hibachi cooking. Seasonings seemed a little bland. But I’m here to review sushi.
Tokyo has an extensive menu of Japanese cuisines. So for your non-sushi loving friends they won’t have any problems. They have a sushi bar that flows into a regular bar, then they have a lot of seating. So if you want to have a little meeting and enjoy sushi they have plenty of space for a mediumish party.
Now their sushi. Their sushi meat is of good quality. In all honesty they probably get their meat from the same place as Sakura. You can get cattle meat from 100s of different distributors but there is a smaller amount of sushi grade distributors out there. I think I heard only two in our area.
But Tokyo’s sushi while presented well is average. If I didn’t have the pictures I would have forgotten when I ordered. I got kappa maki (cucumber roll), spicy tuna roll that was fried, and salmon. Spicy tuna roll was made with the sriachi sauce that I’m not a huge fan off. I mean I like it, but it was way too much, detracted from the tuna. I did like that it was fried, it was something different. The kappa maki wasn’t rolled tight so it fell apart easily.
My friend got shrimp tempura roll, Las Vegas Roll, and a spicy salmon handroll. He was pleased with his sushi. I didn’t realize this, but said he only eats sushi with me, because he trusts me. So when I suggested Tokyo instead of Sakura he was a little hesitant. He’s not as adventurous trying out new locations. But he was happy.
Tokyo Rating: B
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