Tokyo Japanese Restaurant

Update on Aug 8^th, 2014.
it’s closed! :‘[
But last time, I came here for lunch with a friend in the afternoon on a Saturday… And it was pretty much EMPTY. (Aside from one other table) we were greeted and seated right away. The décor was nice, and the server was friendly and attentive. (Then again, we ended up being the only people in here). I ordered the Nabeyaki udon and a popcorn roll. The udon was quite good; chewy noodles and flavorful broth. However almost every other place I’ve had the popcorn roll, it’s warm but this place prepared it cold, and the pieces of «lobster» were cold as well. (Not my preference) My teeth felt like they were going to shatter going back and forth between piping hot soup and refrigerated roll :/​sort of felt like they made the roll the night before and just pulled it out of the fridge. other than that, they actually gave us a small order of sliced mushrooms fried with some butter on the house!

My family and my family’s, family go here a lot. I always order the chicken teriyaki or the tempura. They have awesome sushi and a very good selection. Like any Japanese sushi restaurant it can get pricey especially if you start ordering different sushi plates. At the end of dinner I always get green tea ice cream, they give you the option of getting red bean and green tea. Haven’t been here for probably a year or so since I moved away and apparently they are closed for now because they are moving to a new location in vegas. The area where it’s located in commercial center is not the prettiest location but this place was so worth going to. The waiters even wear kimonos when they wait on you.

I have been reading recent reviews and note that several of them are less-​than-​complimentary. Looks like this place is continuing its downward spiral in food quality and quantity. We have some out-​of-​town guests and were planning to have dinner there tonight, but we have decided to find another place to eat instead. The last time we ate at Tokyo Japanese Restaurant, the BBQ meat was chewy and full of gristle and the salmon piece was skimpy and scrawny. Prices were the same, though. So obviously they are decreasing quantity and quality and they think the public doesn’t notice! Keep this up and they will notice a drastic decline in business!
UPDATE: Found a place to go! It’s called Ohjah Japanese Steakhouse. Their prices are actually less than Tokyo’s prices and I see so many positive reviews on Ohjah. Looking forward to trying them out!

I got the tempura dinner special with rice, miso soup and edamame.
The batter was WAY too thick, the vegetable tempura was so mundane (white onion, broccoli, green bell pepper; leftovers from stir-​fry???) and it was in a big pile, so visually unappetizing.

We love hitting up restaurants that are way off-​strip and WAY less expensive whenever we’re in Vegas.
We decided to go for some Japanese one night. Took us awhile to find this spot because of course our GPS got us lost. This restaurant is located in this dinky, scary-​looking shopping center with the biggest parking lot ever and not enough stores opened. We knew we were in for some good food considering our lives were probably in danger once we parked here. (Hole-​in-​the-​walls are awesome)
Walking into this restaurant I noticed how run-​down and old the interior was. We were seated at this booth and the wallpaper was peeling and probably had some mold back there. Eeeeeep! Not the kind of hole-​in-​the-​wall I was expecting!
I didn’t feel like doing AYCE like the bf did but opted for their salmon teriyaki which came with a salad, soup, tempura and some rice. My food came out way later than the bf’s order since he ordered off the AYCE menu. I’d have to say, I was still pretty hungry after my meal but definitely didn’t wanna be stuffed and looking like a balloon later that night for our clubbing adventure.
I feel like some of the fish they serve here isn’t the freshest and the way they cut their sushi wasn’t too generous either.
I liked the K-​Pop music videos they had playing while we were grubbing.
I also liked the fact that this place was almost completely empty when we walked in.
But then again… maybe there’s a reason why it was empty (the food! bleh!)

Ladies and Gentlement, Start Your Engines! You have 90 minutes to eat at the Tokyo Japanese Restaurant AYCE menu! Ready-​Set-​Go!!!
My cousins were in town from Hawaii and we all wanted to get some Japanese food, but didn’t want to fight the crowds at the large popular hotel chains. Tokyo Restaurant is located about 1 – 2 miles off the main strip. First thing you need to know is that this restaurant is more home-​style cooking. Restaurant owner, Becky, was a nice but a firm Korean lady. She has owned the restaurant for 9 years.
I ordered the AYCE Dinner ($ 26.95) and was given a 90 minute time limit on my meal. No problem. All dishes are mini tapa-​style plates, and the sushi orders are about ½ size of what is normally given in regular sushi bars. Fun, as you can try many different things with plates this size. Eat, to the pumping sounds of ABBA playing in the background.
Sashimi Plate: A combination of hamachi, maguro, salmon, tai snapper, and several other fishes. This was probably the highlight of my meal. Nice fish and beautifully presented. Grade: A–
Grilled Hamachi: A 3“x3″ piece of grilled Hamachi yellowfin tuna. The fish was a bit tough, not because it was over-​cooked. I don’t know if it was the quality piece of meat. Grade: C
Grilled Saba: A 3“x3″ piece of mackerel grilled. Nice flavor, but again, may not have been the quality piece of meat. Grade: C
Spicy Sashimi Plate: Koreans call this hwe dol bop. It’s a few pieces of fish sashimi tossed in korean hot paste, served on a bed of lettuce. Fun to eat. Grade: B
Spicy Tuna Sushi: Bits of tuna mixed with spicy sauce. Little flavor. Grade: C
Scallop Sushi: Paper-​thin scallops topped sushi. Grade: B
Shrimp & veggie tempura: Two pieces of shrimp and three pieces of pumpkin tempura, served with a dipping sauce. Another one of my least favorite dishes. The shrimp was tough and chewy. Grade: C
Garlic Ahi sushi: WAHOO! This was the bomb! This was maguro sashimi topped with some kind of garlic paste. Delicious, flavorful, awesome! Grade: A!
Uni /​Sea Urchin: Delicous, but a bit skimpy serving of sea urchin. Tasted like it was topped with a bit of truffle. Grade: A–
Uni Shooter: A piece of uni in a shot glass, filled with ponzu sauce and spicy sauce. Topped with green onions. Grade: B
Hamachi sushi: good pieces of yellow tail ahi served on a minimal piece of rice. Grade: B+
Ikura /​Salmon Eggs: Super salty (in a good way) salmon eggs, and again it tasted like it was topped with truffle. Nice. Grade: B–
Amaebi /​Sweet Shrimp: Two pieces of sweet shrimp sushi, accompanied by it’s heads being fried. The shrimp was a bit old-​tasting, but yet still fun to eat. Grade: B–
Hamachi Lover Roll: Krab sushi roll topped with hamachi. Little flavor, not a favorite. Grade: C+
The meal comes with ice cream — vanilla, green tea, and a few others.
What I liked best about the restaurant, was that it was a family-​owned environment. Everyone is welcomed. One of the female patrons sitting at the sushi bar stood up and shouted. Then she went around the sushi bar and ended up head-​butting her head on the glass counter. This caused 7 – 8 glasses of Sake-​Beer shooter glasses (*prepared by the sushi chef) to foam immensely. Everyone at the bar, including the sushi chefs, yelled GAMBATTE and everyone grabbed a glass and shot the sake-​beer drink. Lady — I hope your head is OK as that was a pretty big bang on the sushi bar. Impressive!
Food Grade: B /​B+
Service Grade: A– (Thanks, Aaron!)
Worth the money Grade: B+
Overall Impression:

I’d have to say I’ve eaten at many AYCE sushi places & this one is not on the top of my list. I just thought the fish didn’t taste as fresh as I’ve had it at other places like (Sakana). There were a few top notch items which are rare to see on AYCE menus that I absolutely loved like the Fresh Oyster, Fresh Scallop, Amaebi & Salmon belly. Fresh water eel was great on the 1^st order I had but 2^nd order didn’t taste so great. Had many other items that night & it just seemed other items were just ok not great. None of the rolls were anything spectacular. Wouldn’t ever order rolls here. There was no taste to them.
Service was pretty good. At the start of our evening it was great as we were the only table in there but as the night progressed it got worse & worse having to wait far to long for items. Part of my dining party actually left since they were tired of waiting for the rest of us to get food.
Not sure if I’d go back again or not.

If you want live Halibut sashimi, sea snail & giant shrimp, this is the place. You can pick your victims from their live tank ;)
They also have all you can eat sushi and very large a la cart menu.
Great service and friendly staff.

This place is so damn good! The food was delicious and the presentation was perfect! The all you can eat sushi option is the best one I recommend it for those heavy hitters lol The thing that I loved the most was the traditional Japanese dinner tables located in the very back with the oriental pillows. I think everyone should try this place.
enjoy :D

The environment is ok, but the light is little but dark, make me want to sleep. Haha. Ok, anyway, quite loos like a Japanese style restaurant, but it’s strange have some Korean words.
They have provided the ‘all you can eat’ package for the lunch and dinner time. And ‘the all you can eat’ for the kids just need to pay half price of the adult. Quite good, not bad. Adult price of the all you can, lunch:$ 21.95 dinner:$ 26.95
The service is good, but the food come out is little but slow. But the waiter is take care of customers ;) but the environment is silent :)

Ok, guys, seriously im not sure whats going on with the review. This place is nasty! If your looking for fresh fish, this is not a place for you. I’m sensitive when it comes to seafood and this place serve frozen fish ALL THE WAY. owner was friendly but thats about it. We had a new server messed up every order (which is ok) but just the food quality was BAD. we had 2 orders of the same sashimi and they came out differently?! (frozen) soft shell crabs was fried poorly, very oily (frozen). The only good one is sweet shrimp, it is fresh. Uni came out the nastest color I’ve ever seen. It was dark yellow, brownish color… ewwwwwww!
We waited 5 mins to get our tea, 10 mins for our first order then another 10 mins and 15 mins… at the end of it we just walked out with full of plates on the table.
I see the majority of customers are American… maybe that’s where the 4 stars came from, no offensive but that’s the only reason i can see why.
This place has officially on my worse top 3 list for sushi in Vegas consider I eat out 2 – 4 times week… thats pretty bad.

This was definitely a gem in a worn down strip mall. Bring a watch as you are going to have to time your dinner.
The all you can eat menu cost is 21.95 for lunch and you have 60 minutes. Dinner is 26.95 and you have 90 minutes. Dinner selections add fresh oysters, uni and sashimi.
Start your timer …
The WX4 roll was great. A California roll with spicy tuna and a fried scallop on top. Probably my favorite.
The Yellowtail Lover had a California roll with spicy yellowtail and masago on top covered very lightly with a spicy lemon garlic sauce.
The China Roll, shrimp tempura with spicy tuna on top, was average.
Many of the rolls have a California roll base. But they are not heavy with the sauce and I like that. There was only one other couple when we arrived and the sushi chefs were working but they prepare the sushi slowly. So order quickly.
Fish was fresh and we really liked this place a lot.

Same name, same bat channel, and still serving fresh seafood, but now with the AYCE lunch ($ 21.95, 11:45am to 3pm) and dinner ($ 26.95 and starts at 3pm) options. It really is a no brainer to head over here for some Japanese cuisine if you are in the neighborhood.
The sushi chefs that were working tonight are not the A-​crew (death in the family prevented the boss from being there this week), but the food prepared and served looked wonderful and tasted great.
Highlights of the dinner AYCE (typically not served elsewhere or items worthy of a special shout out):
6 pieces of sashimi (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, white fish)
6 pieces of spicy sashimi
Uni Shooter (usually not on the AYCE menu; packs a little heat)
Korean B.B.Q. Ribs — operated by Koreans, so they know their kalbi.
Fresh Scallop (Hotategai) — can’t be torched, but it was very good.
Fresh Oyster
Mushroom Yaki (Grilled King Oyster Mushroom with Butter)
I ordered most of my usual sushi and special requested some hand roll (temaki), that the sushi chefs were able to accommodate without missing a beat.
Service was good. The waitstaff cleared away the used plates and refilled the beverage without prompting.
Would I recommend this restaurant? You betcha!
4 stars.

Visited Tokyo a few weeks ago when meeting up with a friend for lunch. I’d suggested Komol for that heavenly herbal salad, but the friend wanted to try Tokyo instead. I almost bailed but decided I’d go to Tokyo with him, and if I wasn’t impressed I’d simply call Komol for an herbal salad to go.
That wasn’t necessary.
On the outside I saw a big sign advertising their all you can eat prices. I don’t recall exactly what it was, but it seemed pretty standard pricing for a lunch AYCE ($ 21 or so). I’ll be honest, I don’t really enjoy going to sushi restaurants unless I order AYCE. It just bothers me to order rolls for $ 8-​$ 12 a piece when I’m so used to the comfort of ordering and ordering and ordering and ordering knowing I’m paying one set price. There’s too much to choose from that I want to eat, that my brain can’t handle having to pick and choose a few select items. That being said, I treated myself to a more expensive lunch than I’m used to, to fully allow myself to enjoy the experience.
I could never accurately describe everything I ate, but I must say I enjoyed nearly each and every item. My order consisted of a handful of rolls, 3 – 4 orders of nigiri, and some side items like miso soup, gyoza, and a small piece of salmon teriyaki. All of the fish tasted fresh and the side items were prepared as I’m used to at my favorite AYCE places like Sushi Mon on Maryland Parkway with the exception of maybe the salmon teriyaki which seemed overcooked to me.
So give Tokyo a visit if you’re into AYCE sushi, and if you don’t like it as much as I did, remember you always have Komol next door.

Mmm I have been going to Tokyo Sushi since I was a wee little one! They were Japanese owned before but now are owned by a nice Korean family! What I love about this place is that they hook it up with a lot of free service items especially if you are a returning guest or if you order a lot of food. I’m not a big fan of the rolls here but some of my MUST HAVES are the fresh live sweet shrimp (ama ebi) sashimi or nigiri, Sea Urchin (Uni) Nigiri & salmon skin handroll! Omg so good & so fresh!
Tip: They also do live halibut sashimi Korean style with all the fixings!

I have a really hard time giving out 5 stars to anyone, so if I do it is for a multitude of reasons this place has the many reasons! This place has the hard core family who runs it and will never forget what you like, the work ethic nearly no one has anymore, a LIVE tank the gentleman and his wife run the place and you buy him a drink and he will give you something in return not always but here and there ;) lol?! AMAZING I love small businesses and this is one of those family owned gems that I will continue to go to and give them my money (a lot of it) willingly but trust me the money is not much for what you are getting…
This place is a regular of mine it is close to my house in the getto, I don’t live in the getto but people are scared to come here because of questionable places nearby ;) but trust me it is so worth it, just ignore the big green sign and door. I go here often and take out of town friends here often. The price is fair and what you get is more then worth it. This is a place not for the faint of heart and can accommodate those who are. There is really hardcore and I can take my mother in law who will eat nothing raw that says something I believe.
I cannot recommend anything because everything is good and everything is fresh sometimes live, but I really like the very fresh uni (not alive but we do live in a dessert), oysters, hamachi (yellow tail), toro or o toro (tuna belly), live amaebi (live shrimp not for the faint of heart I have them ready it for me I cannot ready it myself if you catch my drift) they also fry the heads for you! I love that!!! Lobster sashimi (live lobster done 2 to 3 ways a meal in itself) and so much more. By the way this place also gives you a TON of free stuff (like corn and cheese, mushrooms, salmon and others depending on the day)
I kind of don’t like the free stuff a little is cool but these guys give you so much! I order what I feel I can eat but with all the extras I get REALLY really full but seriously WHO does that, oh I know the family who treats you like family (BTW if you come in once they will never forget your face talk about customer service) they will feed you until you are stuffed and still ask if you want some more…

Party of five, six rolls, veggie tempura, miso soup for all, and three big Sapparo beers ended up being $ 20 per person. Not bad! We sat in a long booth and it wasn’t crowded at all on a Saturday night. Friendly service. I believe they are Korean owned.
I recommend what we had:
Mexican roll (SO SPICY!)
Hawaiian roll
Popcorn roll (LOBSTER)
Crunch roll
Philly roll
This place was recommended by a Vegas native who is well-​traveled so I trusted he knew what good sushi rolls were like. We spent about 20 minutes trying to look for this place. It’s behind all the buildings, in a building in the middle of the lot. Plenty of parking.

The first time I’ve tried Tokyo was this year… surprising for a Japanese food lover like me. My fiancé recommended this place and we had took my Aunt here a couple months back. I was pleased with the outcome so we decided to go back this past Friday.
It was a bit quiet for a Friday night, but we sat at the bar. We decided to start with the fresh sweet shrimp. Never having FRESH sweet shrimp we didn’t know what to exactly to do when we got it. It did kind of creep me out that it was still alive when we got it, but the sushi chef explained to us how to do it. I didn’t end up doing that, but the shrimp was definitely better than any other sweet shrimp I’ve had. However, I will not be doing that sort of thing again.
We also ordered a bunch of nigri! Yellowtail belly, toro, albacore, unagi, uni, scallop, octopus and salmon roe. Everything was pretty dang delicious minus the toro. The toro was a bit tough to eat, stringy like, but the yellowtail belly made up for what the toro wasn’t. They also slice a decent amount of fish on the nigri so it was well worth it. In addition, they were ended up giving us miso soup, cooked mushrooms, this kimchi pork concoction and yellowtail collar. With everything that we ordered and all the free food that they gave out, we definitely left full.
The service was excellent and I know we will be back.

Konichiwa LV Unilocalers!
I’m always on a quest to find new japanese restaurants to add to my where to eat for dinner list.
Thanks for all of the awesome Unilocal reviews on TJR! I finally got to try TJR a week ago with one of my gf.
As for the food we order. We ordered the chicken teriyaki & tempura combo with the hawaiian and crunch roll. Food was delicious… along with the complimentary miso soup and edamame.
Everything went well, except a comment our waitress made when I asked for more edemame. I mean really?! I don’t think it’s costing them a lot of money to fill our little bowl with more edemame. When I asked if we could have a little more, she commented back with, it’s only for service… (meaning they don’t give more then 1 serving) I’ve been to other restaurants who never had a problem giving me a refill… just saying.
Dinner for 2 cost us around $ 40 not including tip.
Indoor seating. Located in an old building in an off the strip area. Nothing fancy, whole in a wall type of place with authentic japanese food. I did get lost for a split minute trying to look for then hidden gem… look for their blue sign. There was no wait on Saturday night around 8pm and the restaurant was surprisingly on the empty side.
First place I’ve stumbled upon in Vegas where the waitress was dressed in kimonos. Love sitting in the wooden booth… very japanesezy,
I would love to come back here again to try more… despite our rude waitress…
Great place to come with friends, date or family night.
If you’re looking for a japanese spot off the strip… stop by TJR.
I’ll be back to explore my options and ask for a refill on edamame!
arigato.

I became a big fan of this place last night when I went here for the first time. It was just about 5 PM, and I sat at the sushi bar. During the time I was there — until about 6 PM, I was the only one at the bar.
I started off with some complimentary miso and a small bowl of edamame. Good start on both counts. For my dinner, I got an order of Uni Nigiri and their Tokyo Special Roll (Inside the roll were tuna, kampyo, and crab. Outside the roll were 6 pieces of fish (tuna, salmon, and white fish) with a spicy garlic sauce.
During dinner, two complimentary dishes were made for me. One was a sizzling skillet of King Oyster mushrooms and one oyster shooter with hot sauce. Finally, I had ginger ice cream for dessert at no extra cost.
The sushi chefs were really good and very pleasant guys. The two kinds of sushi I ordered were prepared very well, and the complimentary food was delicious. I don’t think I’ve had such tasty mushrooms slices.
I am sure I’ll be back here, and I want to go with a few people when we can order more rolls and I can try different things.