Tokyo Japanese Restaurant

10/19/09

good food friendly staff very fresh

by eatpdx at Citysearch

My wife and I took here sister who was in town and is a big sushi fan. We ordered the EDAMAME(soybeans) they were so fresh and good I recommend highly. They have box lunch and dinner which you can choose from different items, great value and lots of food. I ordered the the tokyo steak in ginger sauce, ordered Med. rare came out med. well to well but had good sauce. over all we will go back.

• Pros: fresh food nice helpful staff
• Cons: ordered steak, was over cooked

08/09/08

Finally

by samanthasuicidexo at Citysearch

Truth be told, my fiance and I can be a bit pretentious when it comes to sushi. We moved up to the Portland area a little over a year ago and were certain we'd be blown away by the sushi up here, with Portland's close accessibility to fresh fish and it's "Foodie" reputation. Suffice it to say, we were more than a little disappointed with what we found. We had searched diligently all over the area for a satisfactory restaurant, and found ourselves quite flabbergasted that the best sushi we had previously was in Reno (great fish in the desert, who'd have thought). Then, we found Tokyo. We've only been there once, but the experience much exceeded that of what we expected. The food was amazing, the service was friendly, and the atmosphere was comfortable. Either our standards have dropped since moving up here, or we truly have discovered a gem.

• Pros: location (walking distance from our house), food, service, ambience..
• Cons: A little expensive, but I usually expect to drop a few bills when I'm out getting sushi

12/03/07

Wasn't expecting much and was unimpressed

by briand97 at Citysearch

My girlfriend and I were looking for a quick fix for sushi on sunday afternoon. When we walked in to see the place completely empty we should have taken the cue. The staff was fairly attentive - but again, we were the only people in the place.

Being a little skeptical of the establishment from the start we ordered a pretty safe meal - spicy pork domburi, a mixed tempura bento and side order of maguro and spicy tuna roll. The maguro was decent - a little small cut for the price but fresh. The spicy tuna tasted a little off to me - maybe too much mayo.

We received a little salad that was wilted the soy beans cold. The Domburi was awful - the pork was overcooked and chewy. Spicy??? not so much - very bland. I ended up eating about 4 bites and then couldn't take anymore.

My girlfriend had the tempura bento and seemed to like it more than I liked my meal - but she did comment that she expected more than 1 shrimp in a "mixed" tempura (her's had 5 veggies and one shrimp). Her box also had california rolls which had way too much mayo mixed in.

I think the most telling sign of the quality of this meal is the fact that we left with having eaten less than half what we were served (and we were starving when we entered). To add to this restautants problems in the kitchen, the food is pretty expensive; especially for what we got. $30 lunch for two people with no alcohol.

I would not recommend this place to anybody.

• Pros: none
• Cons: food quality and prices