Edo Ya — Restaurant in Blacksburg

We live around the corner so we were thrilled this place opened. Then we saw the prices and got even more excited. We decided to order several things each to try and we weren’t disappointed.

The lamb skewers were well seasoned and, while they initially looked dry, were plenty moist.

The bento box was huge and tasty. The zucchini was a bit mushy, but being that it’s only their second day of being open, I would chalk that up to typical opening issues.

The steak was tender, the scallops delicious. Seriously it is really hard to find good sea scallops that you can grab through a drive thru.

The miso was great, no clear broth pretending to be miso.

The karaage on its own was bland, but with the sweet sauce it came with, it was delicious.

The oyakodon was decent but maybe a bit bland. That being said we had a few sauces that we weren’t entirely sure where they belonged, so that’s probably on us.

The teriyaki chicken was delicious and tender and flavorful. Be aware that our entrees didn’t come with rice, so if that’s important to you be sure to order a side.

I would say the beef curry was the standout. Absolutely delicious and very large portions.

As a side note the drinks we tried are good too. No balance issues between water and syrup, just right.

I would love if they added more sushi options and sweet tea in the future, but really we have no complaints.

All in all the food was good, prices even better and we plan on...

We first ordered Edo Ya I think the week it opened. We got a variety of things and most of it was quite good: teriyaki chicken had a nice sear and tasty sauce, the salmon onigiri was flavorful and decently packed with tasty rice and salmon, the udon was cooked right. All the food was well cooked, flavorful, and hot. We were excited to order again. Tonight we ordered for the second time and our experience was lackluster. We ordered even more this time but it was all disappointing compared to our try. The noodles and chicken were bland and did not look freshly cooked. The miso soup and veggies were also bland. The salmon onigiri was just plain white rice with a pennies worth of salmon in the middle. I'm not sure if anything changed between our two visits but I think my family and I will give it just one more try before we call it. I'd be happy to leave a better review if...

Maybe they paid for the reviews, but the food is just bland and bad and their service was super slow and terrible. For onigiri, literally just straight bland rice with ingredients and yakitori had no flavor. The guy at the counter was very rude and he couldn't even tell what is on the menu and 0 interest in helping customers. We waited a while for our menu although we didn't really order much. And I didn't expext much on atmosphere, but come on - if you are going to open up a restaurant, invest just few more dollars and do better than some cheap wrinkly Japanese drapes.. Save yourself sometime and just go to other places like Kuma...