Mikado Express — Restaurant in Lynchburg

This place is like a junk drawer: you're in a small space wondering how that got there and why.

There's a counter space with a couple of chairs, a tiny yard sale in the corner and snacks for sale on a table with a cushioned/taped up corner, I'm assuming because it was sharp and people kept running into it. Also, like similar restaurants in the area, lots of homemade signs affixed to the walls and counters with Scotch tape. Plus a homemade open side out front.

These quirky types of things bring me great joy and I was tempted to point to the yard sale and exclaim,"What's your best price for all of it?"

I started with sushi: the simple salmon roll and something called a Boston roll, which I've never heard of. In case you're a person like myself who yearns for random knowledge that may only every help them on Jeopardy, here's the definition:

A Boston roll is a simple Eastern United States adaption that pays respect to the Japanese roots and celebrates the Boston-style seafood. The substitution of imitation crabmeat with poached shrimp is also appealing to the farming enthusiasts who prefer using other seafood instead of endangered fish to create rolls.

It had lettuce instead of avocado and something called "Japanese Mayo" which is essentially creamy, spicy mayo. It wasn't horrible, but I'd probably pass again. The salmon roll was moist and had flavor, so that was a win.

Then I ordered (to go for later) the lo mein (just the noodles--I know it's impossible to believe, but I've never had lo mein), sesame chicken, avocado bubble tea, and tempura sweet potato, which I've never seen.

The sesame chicken was subpar. The yellow/orange rice didn't have a decent texture or flavor. The lo mein was good, and I'm excited to try it again and a nice establishment. The tempura sweet potatoes weren't bad, but had only a mild flavor of sweet potato.

The bubble tea was so bad I tasted it and threw it out. It was like you bought some cheap powder at a convenience store, mixed it with luke warm water, and served it with tapioca bubbles.

The lady who worked there was nice, so I feel bad that I didn't have a better experience. Not horrible, but not an "I'll try it...

This place is located very convenient to Lynchburg College and also to Memorial Ave. Being that I stay off of Memorial Ave. It is very close to home! Not wanting to fix dinner one day during the week or maybe just in the mood for oriental/Chinese food.... This is your place... This place is ran by a husband and wife couple and they do a very good job of keeping their restaurant up to date with all the additional items of purchase from behind the counter in addition to the original purchase which is the oriental/Chinese food.... They are VERY VERY quick and the food is on point every single time.... I have been consistently going to this restaurant for over a year now and have purposely waiting to review this place hoping to potentially get a bad dish to evaluate as a part of the review but to my surprising they have SUPERIOR QUALITY FOOD 100% PERCENT OF THE TIME!!!!

Now one thing that will throw you off is that they close on HUMP DAY which is either Tuesday or Wednesday the WHOLE ENTIRE DAY which j found out the hard way like 3 times before I figured out that was just there closing day which make a little bit of sense considering they need to be open the WHOLE WEEKEND FOR CONSISTENT BUSINESS FROM THE COLLEGE STUDENTS! All and all this place is completely amazing and j would HIGHLY AND I MEAN HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ENVIRONMENT ALLY FRIENDLY PLACE TO ANYONE WHO LOVES...

I live nearby and was a regular customer until today. I’d go there at least 20 times a month, for the last two years. I recommended it to everyone from my college, workplace, and internships. They got a new employee, a white older female, and she seemed fine up until now. She gets on the phone with me when my dad is confused about the order, completely talks over me while I’m trying to explain things to her, and even raises her voice and yells when repeating things I had already said. I heard her say “Melissa I don’t know what these people are doing” and completely disregards the words I say. Absolute disaster. Heartbreaking, really. I was such a devoted fan I absolutely loved this place and am disappointed that I’ll never be going there again. I’ll also make sure to tell all my friends and coworkers about this new...