Aoyama Chinese & Japanese Cuisine — Restaurant in Mendham

Be careful to order sushi or a standard Japanese entree at this Chinese/Japanese restaurant. If not you may be in trouble, as we experienced the non-Japenese entrees can be very bad, and the staff will not agree with you.

We ordered the Japanese entree Beef Udon and the non-Japaneae entree baked "Black Bass" at the restaurant, just because it looked attractive on the menu, and our server agreed with our choice. The Udon entree was delicious, and even had very nicely marinated and cooked beef as well as a rich tasty broth. Unfortunately, the "Black Bass" entree was the opposite, as it was not fresh, and not cooked well, with a mushy consistency. When we complained that we found the non-Japanese entree sub-par to the server she told us she would let the manager know. She then told us the manager disagreed with our complaint and would not remove the entree, but would give us a free dessert. We agreed and received the smallest "free" dessert we have ever seen, which was three small soup spoons with a small scoop of ice cream on each spoon.

Beware going to this restaurant if you may consider ordering...

The inside of the establishment is very neat and organized, the staff is also very friendly, however the food is subpar at best. The Szechuan dumplings were absolutely inedible, the double sautéed pork was fine in flavor but not spicy as it was advertised and the pork seemed more like chicken, my friend got the general Taos chicken and did not enjoy it he described it as “one big clump of fried dough”. The best part of the meal was the sprite. The food came out very quickly and left me wondering how you can double sauté pork and make it taste like chicken that quickly. It was floppy and very pale. You could taste the frying oil on the chicken and it very clearly needed to be changed. The dumplings were slimy, doughy, incredibly oily, and left me feeling uncomfortable. Will not...

Have been coming here for years. This used to be the best sushi around, unfortunately the last 3 times we have ordered it has been terrible. The fish doesn't taste fresh, the spicy yellowtail is mushy and not freshly made any longer, the shrimp tempura rolls are no longer freshly made and rolled. When I requested a fresh one, I was given a reheated microwaved mushy roll! Completely unacceptable. The salmon sushi piece I ordered was not a nice piece of fish. The gyoza seemed to be reheated and was tasteless. This was just the latest disappointing meal and also the last. The manager was not interested in my constructive complaints and did not seem to mind losing a customer. I am very disappointed to lose what was a...