Suki Asia

Suki Asia successfully satisfied my bibimbap craving. I’m spoiled since I’ve been to Korea, so while Suki’s doesn’t measure up to the real thing, it was good enough to fulfill my desire.
I was a bit bummed that everything including the meat was pre-​prepared, but since I got there right at noon it probably hadn’t been sitting around long. That also meant I only had to wait about 30 seconds for my food to be ready. The beef was pretty flavorful, though some pieces were a little chewy.
It was a little more than I wanted to spend ($ 11 including tax — I guess the menu I found online was old), but the portion was fairly large, and they were more generous with the bulgogi than I was expecting (see photo). It also came with free miso soup (which didn’t have any solids in it — it was just the broth) and they have free tea (both hot and iced) at the front of the counter, so all told it was probably a reasonable price.

Not the best Asian food. Just decent lunch pick up. I would rather go to jacks fresh next door.

Judging by the lines at lunchtime, many downtown office workers love it, but the chicken rice bowl is terrible. The chicken was bland, dry and overcooked. I stopped after 2 bites and threw the rest away. As if that weren’t enough, the included sides all let me down: cold edamame, and boring underdressed iceberg lettuce (with I think one thin slice of carrot). I take that back, the rice was fine. My Chinese friend said the miso soup was done on the cheap. Most people seemed to be ordering sushi, so maybe that is the best option. Rice Bowl on 19^th St only a few blocks away is much superior – better atmosphere and more room to boot!

Not sure how this place gets 3.5. Ordered the Crazy Roll, Beef Donburi and Chicken Donburi, and the Bibimbap. The shrimp tempura inside the roll wasn’t fresh, and it was tough to chew. Service was pretty crappy too.
The chicken donburi wasn’t what you’d expect out of a legit Japanese restaurant. It’s basically dry pieces of chicken breast with very little sauce on top of it. Beef donburi was also dry.
This place is also pretty small, and could probably only fit around 20 people. Maybe this is considered good Asian food in Washington, but for someone from California, this is definitely substandard.

This is my first time here and I wasn’t sure what to get, so I went with the lunch special, Bibimbop and soup or soda. I regret my decision cause all the other options appeared more interesting when served to others.
While all the ingredients in the bibimbop looked and tasted fresh, I really wish they topped it off with an egg. I mean really? Any Asian person know to top anything off with an egg. Its just that extra bonus that pretty works on everything… rice, hamburgers, brownies, candycanes, other eggs, and my eventual tombstone.
Anyways, I’ll probably come back to check out the other items and perhaps dine in instead.

A real hidden gem. As an ex-​Californian, I think most sushi in DC is terrible. This place is solid.

We got the sashimi plate (items were sad, dried out) and fairly flavorless Phở. Upside: efficient service

Suki Asia is a good quick spot at which to grab lunch downtown. It includes a limited but quite reasonable set of Japanese and Korean dishes, many of which are accompanied by your choice of soup (miso) or small salad. The bibimbap and bentos are quite popular.
Though the restaurant is not terribly large, it does have around 8 – 10 two person tables scattered around its interior, as well as 2 – 3 outdoors.

It’s just okay, the people at the counter are nice and there’s a nice small set of tables to sit at. I wanted to try a different spot for lunch so I came here and grabbed their lunch special with tofu. It comes with either a soup or soda for about $ 7.50. I went for the miso soup which was a little plain (just straight soup). Not sure if I’d come back but it was fine for today.

UPDATE:
Tried this place again and didn’t really like it this time. The people are nice and the guy who makes the sushi is really fast so I feel guilty leaving a bad review, but I try to be honest. I had to wait quite a bit longer for my food b/​c it was really busy, but that was ok. I just sat down and waited.
My fried shrimp roll (shrimp tempura) wasn’t very good this time. The shrimp had clearly been fried earlier and was overcooked so it was hard and chewy. And the shrimp must have been small b/​c 2 of my pieces were just the tail. The tails are supposed to stick out, not be in the roll.
I tried the fire roll and it was ok, but I wouldn’t order it again.
I don’t know if it was b/​c they were so busy or what, but I wasn’t not happy with my sushi this time around.

This place has great lunch specials that they’ve actually expanded over the last year. The bulgolgi is solid for the price the bento boxes are massive amounts of food and worth the splurge. There are better places if you want fancy Asian food, but this is one of my favorite solid lunch places. Fast too.

So this is my second time at Suki Asia. First time was mildly impressive. Today. Not so much. Unless you consider it impressive how ill I ended up. I think I may have gotten undercooked or raw marinated beef donburi. They’re trying to do too much in such a small space. #Noma’am. The Bento and sushi I had last time were pretty good. I wanted to love this place. I feel like someone did the five-​points-​palm-​exploding-​heart on my stomach. Buyer beware.

This place was very so so. The fish was really not the greatest. The seaweed salad was the best part. They also give you free miso or hot or cold tea. There are some spots to sit down. They have daily specials and the staff is friendly.

Not a bad mid-​week lunch stop.
This place gets pretty crowded for lunch, traffic started dying down around 1:30pm. If you’re eating in, you’ll have to awkwardly stand next to a table that’s wrapping up. We ordered and waited about 15 – 20 mins before the food came out. They do serve green tea in a large jug in the front so you don’t have to wait for someone to bring it out for you. Lunch specials are super affordable and it makes sense why it becomes a popular spot for lunch. There’s different specials for each day of the week. No issues with food or service, all A-​ok. Just a very small spot that gets really busy around lunchtime with great specials (pricing).

We ordered/​shared a combination deluxe plate that had a variety of sushi. They were all tasty, we both enjoyed each roll, and ordered the vegetable if on soup. It was all more than enough.

So glad my coworkers put me on to this place! Although I’m not a fish fan, they have other options for us meat lovers. I got the special of the day which was bibimbap and it came with the miso soup. I usually don’t love miso but this is the first miso I’ve liked! Perfect since I had a cold, warmed my through right up! I was a little disappointed in portion size of the bibimbap, there was plenty of rice and lettuce, carrots, etc but not enough meat itself. Especially since it tasted so good I wanted more :) My coworkers eel sushi took FOREVER to make, definitely call ahead to expect a wait.

Suki Asia has a cheap rice bowl lunch special for $ 5.99 which comes with miso. The wait can be kind of long (up to 15 – 20 mins) especially during the lunch rush but just make sure you factor that time in. It’s hard to get a table for more than 2 people and even then you have to hover around and stare at people until they finish their food and leave. I love coming here for their tasty and cheap rice bowls.
Important though: DO NOT ORDER THE SUSHI. I’ve tried it twice — it’s on par with grocery store sushi quality but it’s much more expensive. The fish is not fresh at all, the rice is hard and no amount of soy sauce and wasabi can mask how terrible it is. Pay just a few dollars more and go up the street to get the chirashi lunch special at Sushi Taro. It’s worth it.

Soft spoken and friendly couple behind the counter when I came for lunch last Friday shortly after they opened their doors at 11 am. As others have noted, the entrance is on M St.
They have daily lunch specials, which I opted to try last week. In addition, I picked up a box of sushi for $ 5.50. Sushi is available in different varieties and come with some edamame.
I didn’t really like the beef bulgogi lunch special. I found it lacking in terms of meat and rice (see picture). I thought the sushi was good and a nicely needed addition for protein during lunch but there might have been too much rice for me there.
In the front there is a place to pick up utensils, free tea, and other condiments like soy sauce and wasabi.
I opted to eat in and found a steady stream of customers during lunch time. I would say seating in the restaurant can accommodate 15, give or take.

Terrible, just terrible. This restaurant is an absolute rip-​off. The place is dirty, cramped (hardly anywhere to sit), expensive, and the food is OLD. I ordered a spicy sushi combo (¹⁄₃ spicy tuna, ¹⁄₃ spicy salmon, ¹⁄₃ spicy California roll), which came with 18 pieces of old sushi filled with rice with hardly any fish. I had to force myself to finish my food because I had paid for it, but the sushi rolls were so dry. And this is coming from someone who could eat sushi and love it every single day. The miso soup that came with the meal was basically just yellow water. It tasted terrible. It was so salty that I could only have two sips of it before throwing it out. The salad was wilted and the dressing was bitter. I paid $ 15 for that meal. I was utterly disappointed.
It’s also really hard to find this place — it says 1730 Rhode Island Ave NW, when really the entrance is on M Street. I went to 1730 Rhode Island Ave, which was an office building, and was told to go around to the other side of the street. The concierge at the office building asked me to please tell the owners of the restaurant that he had to send yet another person to the other side of the street because their address was listed incorrectly.
I will not visit again.

HOW COME I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PLACE?! It is right below the building I work in. I came here on my last day of my internship because one of my co-​interns would not stop raving about this place! I got the bibimbap and miso soup! The miso soup was delicious and had little pieces of tofu in it!
Now for the bibimbap, it had your typical meat, kimchi, various vegetables, and fried egg on top. All the vegetables tasted very fresh and the meat was cooked well! I feel like you can’t go wrong with bibimbap — Although, this is a small location and at times I felt cramped because I didn’t know where to stand.
I did a take-​out instead and ate at work, but it seemed like a very cozy and homey place. Be aware, lunch time is crazy Monday through Friday because of all the nearby work people coming in! Overall, I liked the ambiance, fast service, and reasonable price! If you are in the area, check out this place! I will be back — I loved it!