MoCA Asian Bistro
I go to this restaurant a lot when I'm at home. Not only is it the closest to my house, since it is actually inside my neighborhood, but it also is super freakin delicious. I always try to get my parents to bring me here when I have a craving for sushi. They are easy to convince because they love sushi too and luckily, so does my little brother. A lot of children nowadays don't seem to like sushi and raw fish so I think we lucked out on him. So yeah, this place has a nice ambiance. It's pretty small and doesn't get a lot of people except for the weekends. I always go during weekdays or the middle of the day so I don't encounter many people. They are pretty fairly priced and I always get their "Sushi and Sashimi for 2" or "Love Boat" (shown above) when I'm with someone. It's a pretty good deal for how much food they give you. Check out their store here!
Sumo San
This place is my favorite sushi place to go to when I'm at school. It's located in downtown Richmond and I'll admit, it might be a little sketchy for some people to handle. I remember when I took my parents there, they were giving me this look like "where the f*** are you taking us?" It's a tiny place and you have to park on the street. But gosh, this place is good. Not to mention, they have pretty awesome prices for their sushi. On Wednesdays, they even have a sushi happy hour where certain rolls are only $3 each! Now that's a great deal. Check out their site here!
I usually get their caterpillar roll (shown above) and it has great plating and presentation. Some other sushi shown above is the california roll, salmon roll, tuna roll, and eel roll. During the sushi happy hour, those three rolls are $3. The place is pretty cool with a whole art piece by the sushi bar made entirely of paper cranes. It even has this delicious dessert with some fried bananas and ice cream!
Kanpai Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar
So I've only been to this place just once and that was very recently. My roommate and I have been looking for alternatives to Sumo San because, although we love the place, it is just so far now from where we live. It was much easier when I lived on campus but now it's kind of a hassle to drive all the way down there. This is much closer to us, located by Short Pump. Now, this place looks pretty darn fancy. The outside looks like some Japanese building and the entrance is large wooden ornate double doors and just the whole environment is so fancy schmancy Japanese. However, don't be fooled. Their sushi prices are actually about the same as Sumo San's, which is very reasonable. They also offer hibachi and other things. They come with complementary soup for anything you order and this place is great for large groups. Check out their site here!
Other Places
Another place that I liked up in North Virginia is Hooked in Sterling. That place is pretty good. Some other sushi places I've tried in the Richmond area are Sticky Rice by Carytown, Carytown Sushi, Sakura by VCU, and Kenji. After all those, Sumo san is still my favorite. Sticky Rice is more hype I think since all the students seem to love it (but it is more accessible to them than other places). Carytown sushi was ok, not the best. Sakura was cheap but not the best either. Kenji is mostly a steakhouse and although they do advertise that they sell sushi, it's a very limited menu and it tastes just ok. A place I would love to try in the future would be Umi by Short Pump. They are kind of expensive though. Perhaps when my parents visit?
There is another place called Kabuto on Broad I think. I never ate sushi there, but my cousin told me about that place. It's pretty nice according to her.
ReplyDeleteLooked it up. That's not very far from where I live at all! I'll make a note to go try it out when I have money :)
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