Delicious every time we've stopped in - and fast too! The takoyaki were great and impressed a friend of mine who has been to Japan, and all of the sushi is good too. One of our go to spots when we're in the area.
Tasted good the me, it did fall apart super easily when I was eating it but I think that's because I got it delivered. I also got the miso soup and hibachi veggies which were very good
Really tasty - hit the spot when I was craving sushi and didn't break the bank. Got Sashimi entree (sub white tuna for normal tuna), alaskan roll, and yellowtail and scallion roll. Server was polite and helpful.
Im a regular at this establishment. The chef and server are my favorite people. I dont eat from any other sushi spot. This is my happy place literally. Good service good rolls. 10/10
I order from them multiple times a week. Their food is fabulous and very reasonably priced. The staff is always friendly and welcoming. My favorite restaurant these days.
Very cute restaurant. My boyfriend and I were on a hunt for a new go-to sushi place and this is our place. JJ is so kind - very personable! He greeted us and said goodbye. The fish is very good quality! I will be back !
We were greeted by a very friendly employee, maybe the owner, who was very kind and patient as we decided on our food. He was able to steam our gyoza upon request, which were so phenomenal we got two orders of them! The sushi was pretty good, nothing particularly special. The salmon roll, plain as it is, was my favorite while the spicy tuna was my least favorite. The volcano roll was delicious.
Wanted something healthy and even though they were participating in the restaurant week specials, we decided to get something off of their regular menu. The sweet potato roll was my favorite and the daikon roll was my least favorite.
Believe all the positive reviews! The location is odd-in the middle of Jewelers Row-but you don't eat the location, do you? The interior is unremarkable though I must point out the homey, faux linen throw pillows with positive affirmations placed in the banquettes. My first thought was 'how frigging weird' but as I sat and ate-well-they fit right in with the hospitality at Koto. While I love sushi, the day I visited here with a group was not only a cold, blustery day but I had a bad cold as well so food that was not hot was the last thing I wanted to eat. While everyone else ordered sushi, sashimi, seaweed salad and combos of the aforementioned, I opted for a bento box lunch and was chuffed as hell with what I got. Walking in, you are greeted very pleasantly and upon being seated, you get a menu immediately. I don't think there is anything ground breaking on Koto's menu though the freshness of the food elevates anything you order to a most superior status. My chicken katsu bento box lunch consisted of the ubiquitous miso soup starter which as a rule I just put aside. Maybe it was my congested head or the wintery weather outside, but as soon as the bowl was placed in front of me, I made short work of the soup. Surprisingly it was quite good and I could taste everything in it-scallions, seaweed, the umami of the miso. Even the comforting blandness of the tofu cubes was good. The garden salad was nothing more than pale bits of iceberg lettuce in a tiny bowl but it was bathed in that yellow, gingery Asian restaurant dressing and to my illness addled palate, it was a zingy pleasure to eat. The "box" lunch came on a divided plate and it was plentiful. The chicken katsu was a not quite palm size serving. It was moist and lightly breaded. While fried, it was not greasy, dried out nor did it give any indication of being weird chicken like meat as I have found in some bento lunches. There was a savory/sweet dipping sauce on the side. Along with the chicken was a mound of steamed white rice which was in addition to the vegetable fried rice I'd also ordered. Being sick makes me crave carbs and while Koto's fried rice was not remarkable or even notable, it satisfied me. Also on my plate were 2 pork gyozas, nicely browned on their bottoms, tender and juicy, a few fried cubes of Japanese sweet potato, a wee serving of very crisp and grease free broccoli and shrimp tempura with a ponzu dipping sauce and 2 slices of California roll. Since there was surimi (aka faux crab stick) in the rolls, I passed them along to a fellow diner who was curious to try them. He praised their freshness and was not put off by the ersatz crab. Bully for him, y'know? There was no issue with our group getting separate checks and all our orders came quickly and correctly from a very sweet, upbeat and polite waiter. Water was constantly refilled and we were all checked on several times as we enjoyed our lunch. Undoubtedly no one goes to a sushi place with dessert in mind but if you do have a sweet tooth, know that there are several flavors of mochi available-2 mochi balls to a serving. A sweet little touch-when you get your check, you also get a mini candy bar. Trick or treat size. Everyone one in our party got something different-Heath Bar, Kit Kat, Nestles Crunch and so on. Half a dozen of us lingered and chatted after we'd paid our bill and we were not shooed out or asked pointedly and repeatedly "can I get you anything else?!" which is restaurant code for 'get the eff out!' If you are looking for a pleasant, low key, basic sushi fix of very fresh food at a reasonable price in most hospitable surroundings, look no further than this little gem nestled in Jewelers Row.