Service: 4/5 Food: 4/5 Decoration: 3/5 Parking: 4/5 The parking lot has a moderately good size. Kinda harder to turn into the restaurant. The restaurant looks a little bit old both inside and outside. They have a Tomato grocery store in the same building as Sushi Yoko and there are a lot of imported goods, including something you would not expect to have at a grocery store. Sushi yoko is a good place for students because we can try good sushi at an affordable price. The portion of sushi might be quite small (i.e chirashi don) but other dishes like tonkatsu and katsu don are pretty big. Non-sushu dishes range between 6-8. Sushi dishes range between 8-15 depending on what you get. My favorite dish is tempura ($5) and it's wonderful that you have 2 shrimps, and 4 pieces of veggie (cucumber, pumpkin, sweet potatoes). The ramen is exceptionally good and it's only $9.50. The broth is rich and thick but it's in a good way. The noodle itself is kinda thinner than regular ramen noodle. The cha shu is amazing, not full of fat as many other places. You can still tastes the meat. The portion is great. You won't be able to finish it if you order with an apertizer. You must order ramen with an extra egg. It doesn't usually come with an egg but it's worth it for the extra $1.50 because it's a well made soft boiled egg. Not too runny in the inside but not hard either. If you eat the egg by itself, you can still taste the sake and seasoning that it comes with. The service is great. They will bring out warm damped towels first. They will come by sometimes to refill your water. They understand English so you don't have to worry about communication. They expect you to come to the front desk in order to pay so you might sit at your table for awhile if you...
Read moreWe lucked in on this wonderful establishment, rolling on the I-285 heading towards Charlotte from Alabama. Coming from California, I am more than a little spoiled having eaten at Nobu Malibu and La locations , legendary Ricky Sushi before he shut down , and Oshima in Tustin countless times. So there is fine dining sushi, and sushi. And Yoko, blurs the line with its execution, quality, and ridiculously low prices. The menu is perhaps too extensive for its own good, so there will be items that don’t quite fit into this upper echelon of AMAZING dining, but I am sure there are those that love it just fine. An example is Beef Teriyaki, I’m sure most enjoy it, it’s just not stupendous like so many other items here. The Tonkatsu red I ordered is literally the Japanese equivalent of Trieu Chau in Orange County. It’s that good !! The egg noodles were so wonderful and fresh tasting and the flavors emanate on so many levels, it’s the best I’ve ever had… ps… I drank the broth to the bottom like Naruto does… I never drink the broth. Tempura is light, not oily, and so very airy. Sashimi slicing, dicing and thickness is super subjective, and may be the reason for varying ratings in reviews, but the bottom line is my daughter , who possesses a “god tongue” says it’s really really good and fresh. The fatty tuna all the way she exclaimed! For the prices , don’t nag about the quantity or cut size, just order more! I’d happily pay triple for the same dishes and quantity as reflection of the quality and service we received. Come in and eat to your...
Read moreWent here because of a recommendation of a friend, disappointed and won't come again. First of all, the interior really needs some updates, I mean I literally wasn't sure if this is a restaurant or not when I just came in... So we decided to order sushi, tonkatsu ramen and tonkatsu (fried breaded pork chop) curry rice.
Let's go one by one: the sushi. It's just so-so, not that bad but nothing special. The rice was a little cold and not at a proper sushi rice temperature (I have eaten at many good sushi places around the USA, including in NYC, Seattle, LA or one hidden gem of a Japanese food named Ajishin in Novi, MI.. check this out!).
Then come the ramen... Well, first of all, I don't even know how they call this a tonkatsu ramen as it's not authentic at all. If you want to eat ramen in ATL area, this is not the place, go to Umaido or Jinya, which is much better, but even they're still nothing compare to ZundoYa in NYC or Tatsuya in Austin/Houston. As we are eating the ramen, we found one strain of hair in it but since we're already almost halfway done, we decided to just keep eating it. When we let the servers know afterward, she offered us 2 free ice creams as compensation.
Then finally the tonkatsu curry rice, I honestly think that the curry tastes the same as Golden Curry that you can get at nearby Asian grocery stores for much cheaper $$$. I've eaten Japanese curry at some authentic Japanese restaurant before and you can tell if they're Golden Curry or not, it's just so obvious...
So in conclusion, will I...
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