Royal Sushi & Teriyaki — Restaurant in Chehalis

We went to Chehalis just to get away from home, which is like thirty miles north. Truthfully, there is zero chance for us to visit this restaurant if it wasn't for a series of turns and consequences while visiting Chehalis.

We left home knowing we will drive south. Then, just past Centralia, we saw the Chehalis exit and on a whim said to one another: let's check it out. Nothing to lose. We like it, we park and take a walk around town. We don't - we turn around and go home. We didn't, and already turned around to go home. Really. And as we were getting ready to take the I5 north towards home, and the longest train ever passed by, and passed and passed, we saw this restaurant and again, said to one another - let's try it out. Nothing to lose.

So we parked, and entered the establishment. This was when I remembered a friend who once told me: "never eat sushi more that 50 miles away from the ocean". Chehalis is much closer to the ocean than 50 miles, so we figured we're safe.

But our surprise was complete. We were received by really nice staff, were told to sit where we liked, and not one minute later had a complimentary bawl of miso soup and a bowl of lettuce salad with great dressing which tasted familiar, but we couldn't place it nonetheless. One look on the menu, and I knew what I wanted. So did Dorit. We ordered eggrolls for starters, I ordered the Rainbow Roll with no white fish (for some reason I started to dislike white fish lately), Dorit ordered the coconut shrimp and sweet and sour chicken. With neither club soda not Sprite Zero available, we ordered diet Pepsi for both of us.

Dorit's dish came out minutes later along with the eggrolls, the sushi came out later. Dorit took a bite and her face changed to show complete delight. "Take a bit" she said, as she always does. "No", I said as I always do, "my dish will come out soon enough". "No", she insisted, "you got to try this". I did. She was right. The shrimp was delightful, tasty and flavorful. The chicken was soft and delicious. It was excellent.

Then showed up the sushi. We live on the Pacific Ocean shore. Literally, not two miles away from the ocean. Plus we visited Japan, more than once. The sushi came with the usual condiments: preserved ginger (the natural color stuff, not the purple) and wasabi. I did what I always do: I took some wasabi and placed it in a bowl of soy sauce, stirred a little and dunked the first sushi piece in it. Delicious. The fish was fresh (tuna, salmon, and the shrimp replacement for the white fish I don't like), but what struck me most was the wasabi, which was two levels higher than the one we usually get elsewhere.

It was plenty. Neither of us could finish the plates, it was that good. We took the leftovers home, and even though it's unlikely that we will eat them, we didn't want to offend our hosts.

$60.00, generous tip included.

And the most amazing conclusion: we decided that once in a while it's OK to drive 30 mules for a good lunch. Never...

Abhorrent excuse for sushi! 🤢

The salmon and tuna being used for sushi has a strange mushy and lumpy texture, which having had legitimate sushi made by bona fide Japanese sushi chefs, this is a worrisome in terms of food poisoning and parasite transmission risk! Sushi fish must be specially processed by a sushi specific supplier so it’s safe to eat. The fish being used by Royal Sushi is not consistent with any other sushi fish I’ve had in my life, which I believe was either not sushi grade fish or had been stored/thawed improperly. Sushi fish should not be mushy or spongey, but have a consistent firm texture. (I revised my wording of the last statement as the owner accused my honest review and concerns as being defamatory, which was not the intent — but rather to save someone from eating fish I feel is not safe to eat as sushi).

The tobiko that was carelessly thrown on top of the roll in haphazard blobs was as salty as Play-Dough — that’s not normal either! The actual roll construction was sloppy and lacking the normal structure of a tightly compacted and carefully layered sushi roll — it’s abundantly apparent whomever they have making these rolls has no clue what they’re doing (and probably spent a few hours watching sushi roll construction on YouTube before they decided to become a sushi restaurant during the pandemic since the trashy buffet couldn’t operate). Even the sushi booth at Fred Meyer which is pretty bottom of the barrel well surpasses what Royal Sushi is attempting to put out as sushi. Safe yourself the risk of foodborne illness and DRIVE TO SORA SUSHI IN KELSO for real sushi that’s...

Excellent food, poor customer service. I have been to Royal Sushi & Teriyaki four times; kinda new to the area and we are still figuring out what restaurants we enjoy in the area. Wife had previously given good reviews, but I am the bad guy who gives the bad reviews. This afternoon we went in and had a delicious meal of Sesame Chicken, General Tsu's chicken, California roll, and they even went off menu and made my 6 y.o.daughter nori wrapped rice. My complaint is that we were not given the complimentry salad, and miso soup that comes with our entrees; i look forwad to the miso soup and salad. Also, no chopstcks were offered, and i had to ask a different server for pickled ginger and wasabi for my sushi. Tried to get the servers attention 4 times; waiving and asking. When she did serve us she tossed the food on the table, brought out the kids food last; we all eat together not to disappoint our daughter, and she would not make eye contact. Maybe she was new, or had something in her life that drawing her attention away; she was looking at her phone alot. When I paid the bill, I refused the tip, and stated my reasons. I was given a narrow eyed snear by the host and told, " have a nice day". I will order take away, but wont eat in again while the younger women with the...