Daikanyama is definitely the best Sushi in the Lexington/Arlington/Belmont/Waltham area. The owner is very knowledgeable about the menu, and happy to talk about the new recipes she's planning to try out. The specials are always adventures. Our favorites include the spicy tuna tartare, and the unusual salads. This is also my culinarily-sophisticated daughter's favorite, so I have to disagree with the "not good for kids" statement. It's great for kids who love sushi adventures...and whose parents are prepared to "pay" a bit extra for them. read more

Absolutely amazing. Both my parents make sushi, so I've become 1) extremely picky and 2) extremely sick of sushi, but this place keeps me coming back for more! The idaho (?) roll...I just call it the sweet potato roll..is TO DIE FOR! The ginger is always fresh and goes along great with this type of sushi. I would also suggest the spider and caterpillar maki. I love this place. read more

Overall, very good and reliable. Fresh fish. Great service. Convenient location. This is my "go-to" choice when I'm in the burbs and craving fresh fish. read more

Made reservations here for 2:30pm on Christmas Day. Verified the reservation online 12/24. Got a call at 11am on Christmas that they close at 2:30pm on Christmas. Very poor customer service. read more

I love it here. I come pretty much once a week for lunch with coworkers. They have a great lunch menu. The sushi is always fresh and the portions are perfect. I always get the noodle soup special. You can choose from soba, udon, ramen noodles then you can choose from your broth, and your protein. It comes out steaming hot and you always have enough leftover for dinner or a snack. Good prices, good service, and fresh food is a good enough combination for me to return. read more

Went to this place for lunch today, and it was good. Had 3 rolls, spicy yellowtail, which was really good, the cherry blossom, which they said was the most popular, it was very good as well, and the oragami something roll, it had coconut and red peppers in it, that was the best one, DELICIOUS. Rolls were a lil small in side, but it was good none the less. read more

Figured I had to get my sushi fix early in my 3 weeks of staying in Lexington for work training. Was hoping for more from Daikanyama based on the reviews but perhaps I'm spoiled with my traditional sushi restaurant back home (Japanese sushi chef and wife owner, traditional 8 seats only at the sushi bar, amazing fish and rice, and mostly omakase and not all the maki rolls most Westerners equate to sushi). Anyway, sorry for the tangent... I sat at the sushi bar and only ordered nigiri - in my opinion the true test of a sushi restaurant. Based on the menu and reviews, it's the rolls people mostly come eat, but there did seem to be a lot of variety on the menu so take my review only on the nigiri. Well, the nigiri was okay, and fish okay, but a sushi connoisseur understands the quality of the rice really differentiates the best sushi. To me the rice was a bit hard in spots (undercooked), and not tightly enough packed (fell apart when picking up). So with that, I felt sushi was overpriced. Service was fast and friendly, but I usually order from the chefs when sitting at the sushi bar so I wanted to interact with them. Other than the standard hello nothing else. I guess the waiters/waitresses take all the orders here. I may try my luck again before I leave Lexington and will update my review if appropriate. read more

Delisious sushi and miso as everywhere but its too expensive for those servings.After i left the place the waitress run after me asking me for tip.Dont like that.2.5 stars. read more

Very very good sushi. Ingredients were fresh and you could taste the freshness with each bite. I will be back! Oh and our waitress a sweety read more

Daikanyama - I forgot the name but I think it had the word princess in it. It was yummy - Japanese Near Me - Lexington, Massachusetts

Unique selection of sushi rolls. Delicious high quality ingredients. Fast friendly service. Excellent sake list.

Daikanyama in Chestnut Hill is my families favorite sushi--we get takeout once a week. Sadly, No longer will we do business with this company. The Lexington location was a nightmare -after an hour and a half our entrees had not arrived, and we finally had to leave for an event without eating. Meanwhile multiple tables around us arrived, are, and were long gone. The response from the staff, "did you tell the waitress you had plans?" Um....an hour + thirty is plenty of time to put food on the table. When we pointed that fact out-- staff blamed us for the delay, because I ordered filet mignon. I could have dealt with leaving hunger if the attitude wasn't so awful. Our bill for appetizers and 2 soda's was 48.00. I had one veggie sushi roll and my husband had an appetizer--which means they charged me ala cart for the miso soup and salad that were included in my filet order. Insult to Injury. I gave a second star only because apps were okay read more

The sushi is amazing but the portion sizes have gotten much smaller than I remember. All those renovations took a toll on the bottom line I think. I love the Daisy Maki but it had 1/2 the amount of Tuna in it and it was pricey. read more

Their sushi is amazing. Every ingredient they use is of a very high grade. I highly recommend the miso soup and the toro. They even make a California roll taste good. They are very close to a 5 star for me. The only reason for the 1 missing star is their platter says maki included as well and there was no maki on it. It was great non the less. Of you find yourself in the area i highly suggest stopping here. read more

Fantastic place with a great menu and friendly service. The waiter recommended some unusual things for me to try and answered all of my questions. No complaints. read more

This place was SO good! I am super excited that there's awesome sushi close to home. They had an excellent selection of tasty and creative rolls. The few that we tried were awesome and I definitely want to go back and try the rest of their menu. Prices were typical and there's also a really good atmosphere and friendly service. Definitely worth a try! read more

The sushi here is absolutely amazing. We come here for dinner as a special treat. Fresh, inventive and tasty. I love that the sushi offerings take several pages of the menu. The other entrees are always very hot, fresh and yummy, including the tempura and yakisoba. Chicken teriyaki is kind of avg. tho. Great sake menu as well and the staff is super friendly. read more

Decided to finally try this place out with a girlfriend on a Friday night. One word- delicious. We loved every bite. We had maki rolls to share and partook in the dragon, crazy, and spider maki. All equally amazing. The place was very busy, so be warned you could wait. We were lucky, I think we went just early enough to beat the crowd. Only down side was that we sat at a table that was just near the front desk. They used the adjoining table and the remainder of the bench near us to stack up the take out (which also looked to be extremely popular). I would recommend the management figure out a slightly better system, as it also took up a whole table on a very busy night! You need that real estate! All in all we will most definitely be back! read more

What a lovely place this is. The food is amazing, the sushi rolls are delicious and creative, the waiters are kind and respectful and the decor is clean and inviting. The manager is also nice and the sake is the best! read more

Had lunch here today and the food was pretty good. I ordered the tenzaru soba and the chawanmushi. The tempura was broccoli, eggplant, shrimp, and kabocha and was light and not too oily. The soba was good as well. The only disappointment was the chawanmushi, which did not have enough flavor. Maybe not enough dashi. It also did not have ginkgo seeds. I am giving it three stars because while the food was good, cost-wise, it did seem on the high side for a relatively common Japanese fare. read more

Great service, wonderful selection of sushi dishes and most importantly the owner always makes the time to heart a warm from the heart conversation to make the lunch or dinner experience feel right at home read more

Excellent menu well executed. Katsu pork Fried to perfection with white rice, ginger dressing on salad, and well balanced miso soup. Service was prompt and friendly. Sushi menu looked extensive. Next time! read more

I used to love this place and still do order from here. I just wish if their Avacado is not ripe then they would just not serve it. The last 3 times I got Avacado maki rolls, the Avacado was hard and I ended up throwing it away! read more

Best sushi ever! Try Yokohama sushi and Aichi maki with Sunflower as an appetizer. Yummm!

Food was not good and overpriced. Tasted like it came from a freezer. Plus the staff is very unfriendly. Learn to be friendly and smile.

Miso and sushi were good. Reasonable price for the area. Quiet and decent friendly service.

The food was fine, but the portions were VERY tiny and the prices very high. We spent $80, yet I was starving when we left (got home and had to eat a real meal)! I will not be going back to this restaurant. read more

I have only eaten here once, but from my experience I can say that this is definitely not the best sushi restaurant out there (especially in Lexington). I found the sushi to not be authentic enough for my taste. Everything seemed to contain massive amounts of panko bread crumbs (used for frying things tempura style). These truly made everything taste practically the same. I did not enough it very much, but I will update once I experience this restaurant more thoroughly. read more

We found this restaurant on Yelp on my phone when we were looking for lunch in the Lexington area. We really enjoyed it. Nice atmosphere, service was polite and attentive. It's a HUGE menu...so a little hard to choose. Lots and lots and lots of Maki choices. I had a cajun tuna tataki...it was awesome with radish and some onion...great combo. The miso soup was just OK. The sushi and sashimi was fresh and really good. We'd go here again for sure. The only down side I see is that it's pricey. read more

Definitely not the best sushi- tasty but certainly not 4 stars. 3 stars is much fairer...

When we punched in the address on MapQuest to come here, it actually led us past it, about a mile away onto Marriot Rd for some reason, even though the address is Waltham St. We quickly noticed the error and turned back. I think MaqQuest was warning us and tried to steer us away. We should have listened. The price is wicked expensive for the quantity. I had Chirashi which was $24 and my wife had Don Katsu which costs $23. We enjoy Japanese food very much but for the price, we expected much better. The food tasted no different than other Japanese restaurants and the quantity was on the small side. I had total of about 5 slices of sashimi, some pickled vegetables, and half of bowl was sushi rice. My wife had a fist sized Don Katsu and she doesn't have big fists. At other Japanese places, Chirashi costs more like $18 and Don Katsu is about $17-$15. I expected for $6 more that the food would be exceptional but it really isn't any different than other places I have been to. And it definitely does not beat out our favorite, 3 Country Bistro at Woburn. At Daikanyama, I think you pay extra for the interior design. Inside, the restaurant is very clean and very well designed. It is the best interior designed Japanese restaurant that I can remember. The utensils and dinnerware are top notch. They provide chopstick holders and the soy sauce is contained in a cute porcelain. The chopsticks are not the one time disposable wooden chopsticks but the more expensive reusable ones. They even have their menu specials on a Nook (for those who don't know, a Nook is a small tablet like a Kindle). Unfortunately, while the interior design and dinnerware are exceptional, I ultimately go to restaurants for the food. Therefore, I wouldn't be going back again unless for some strange reason I desire to see some great work in interior design. I rather go elsewhere and pay a lot less for more and better food. read more

This place is great and I totally recommend it for sushi and Japanese food. Being in town center, it really is easy access and I totally recommend this place read more

Over-priced. Food and service is okay, not great. Little bit salty. Been there twice since living in Lexington over 5 years. Personally do not trust Japanese restaurant with Chinese chef. read more

My family and I have been here twice, the first time was good enough that we returned for a second time. The first experience: the waiter was nice and friendly, the fish was fresh, but the sushi took a while to arrive. My husband also found a few scales in his tuna roll, they replaced his roll and the manager/owner made the excuse that they use whole fish and that's why there were scales. The second experience: again a friendly waitress, sushi took forever to arrive, but this time the rolls we ordered had so little rice that we can see mostly seaweed and not very much rice. We also ordered the daikanyama platter and told the waitress that we had a shellfish allergy, the platter arrived with shrimp. We asked for a new platter, and the waitress reassured us that no shrimp touched anything. Well, my husband came home that night itching with hives all over his body and is still itching 4 days later and still has a rash. Thankfully he didn't go into anaphylactic shock this time. We suspect that they only removed the shrimp off the rice and put a piece off fish on top, which is a no no for someone who is allergic to shellfish. I also found a few pieces of scale on some of the rolls. In hindsight, having scales in the rolls = lack of detail to cleanliness of surface areas. Having wait staff not understand the allergy law in MA is ridiculous and we will not be returning. This place should not pass inspection! read more

Really great sushi place. I am sure they have more than that, but that's what I came for. I live by the coast and have the sushi bar set pretty high. But the food quality, presentation and price range was definitely worth posting about. Give this place a shot if you are nearby. read more

I would give 3,5 stars if possible.Atmosphere was great,service was super attentive and some dishes were really good but couple of menu items were just wrong,like pork bun was awfully dry and bitter,blackberry roll was mushy and need more texture,but rock shrimp was just great and green lady roll was yummy. read more

crazy yummy! Please go! I am not one to review however the restaurant had some of the tastiest sushi I have had...ever. We are a well-travelled foodie family so finding this gem while up in the area for work was amazing. I ordered take out & it was ready in about 7 minutes. The gracious and most helpful hostesses were trying to remember the regulars names as they walked into the door so they could say hello by name. Great service!! Thanks Yelpers!!! Great recommendation. read more

Loved the sushi! Innovative selection, great customer service, and beautiful new decor! I've only had better sushi once, and it was on the west coast. read more

this place is basically chinese serving japanese cuisine and a bit of fusion. their kitchen food is actually not bad. I've only had the teriyaki. Presentation for the tempura is nice. If you came to eat sushi here, i give it a 1 start probably.. first off, getting fish into lex is pretty hard because its expensive and lots of work. Thus, the price is wicked expensive and little portions. I was gonna order the special "big boat" but ended up not because i saw the couple next to us that ordered it. It was like... order of tako, some tunas, salmon? and some other stuff which probably like.. 20 dollars worth in a boat that costed like 70 bucks?? it was all decoration and no fish!! i really like the teriyaki tho. that dish it self gets a 3 star. makimono are pretty bland... and $$$ read more

The best house salad I have ever had - anywhere! Nice greens without any iceberg lettuce and a delicious ginger dressing. Spicy lobster soup is great on a cool day, and all of the sushi choices are excellent!! read more

Very nice place. We come here often. Pleasant staff and high quality food. One suggestion is have is to perhaps introduce a more veriety. Otherwise - 5 stars. read more