Todai Restaurant
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 294-0007
Fax: (503) 294-0009
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Editorial Review for Todai Restaurant – by Robyn Galbos
In Short
The first Todai Restaurant debuted in 1985 in Santa Monica, Calif., and has since opened in locations across the U.S. and in Hong Kong. The restaurant, with seating for up to 500 people, features a 160-foot seafood buffet offering more than 40 kinds of sushi, all made fresh. The salad selection ranges from Caesar to seaweed to red potato salad. Hot entrees include sukiyaki, teriyaki chicken, sweet-and-sour pork and udon noodles.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkTodai serves domestic and Japanese beer as well as a selection of red, white and plum wines.
Save MoneySeniors 65 years and older receive a 20-percent discount on their meals.
The ExtrasComplimentary birthday meals or certificates are given to patrons who visit Todai on their birthdays. Birthday meal programs differ depending on the location, so call your local restaurant for details.
User Reviews for Todai Restaurant
04/15/2008 Posted by Edana23
If you want bad food and high prices this is your place. They say that they have 40 different types of sushi, well that’s a lie. I went there this Saturday for a friend’s birthday, and I will never go back. I read some of the reviews on here before I went and I thought, well I will try it, it can’t be that bad. I like to consider myself an almost expert on sushi, so I figured it was most likely people who had not done a lot of sushi before, Boy was I wrong. The only good thing about this place was that the service people were fairly nice. The soda tasted old, and the sushi was not fresh. I love mackerel, but the mackerel here was very dry. The only good thing they had to eat there was the tempura shrimp. The prime rib was dry and old, and the crab legs were not very good at all. And the dessert was a little odd. The bottoms of all the cakes were made out of some sponge material. Needless to say if they only cost like $8.00 for dinner instead of $27.00 I still would not go back.
Pros: Service staff were friendly.
Cons: everything else.
02/14/2008 Posted by parkee14
My boyfriend and I went to todai for Valentines day, excited to eat some sushi. I've been here couple times before, and never found a problem with the restaurant until today. We made reservations a while back, but when we came, they stuck us in a crappy place. Someone came and took our drink order, gave us drink and we never saw the server again. They were out of a lot of food, the crab tasted like awful (like crumbling apart because it was so dry), ran out of creme brulee early on and did not get more. We asked another server for a refill, never saw her again either. I understand that it's a buffet and that great service should not be expected, however, I was appalled that no one even came to clean up our plates or ask how we were doing. I don't understand why they expect to be tipped if they give such horrible service. I will never go there again. ALSO, they charged a "holiday" price for valentines day, and didn't even bother telling anyone... Umm, since when is valentines day a "holiday?"
Pros: easy to make reservations
Cons: everything else ex: service, quality of food, cleaning plates, etc
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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