Best sushi in Lynchburg! Favorite place to stop :) highly recommend they never disappoint!read more

My favorite sushi place in the Lynchburg area! The sushi is ALWAYS good and has been good quality…read moreevery time! The servers are very nice, and food gets out to customers pretty quickly.

I really like Mizumi Japanese Bistro! I ordered the steak & shrimp hibachi lunch for a friend and…read morethe spicy miso ramen for me, both arrived hot and delicious. The hibachi was cooked with solid flavor which I have come to expect, and the ramen had just the right amount of spice, and richness. The lunch crowd was busy, which is always a good sign, but service was trying to cope at the time of my visit. Parking was surprisingly easy to find for a downtown spot at the back! The atmosphere has a slightly divey, laid-back feel, but it's welcoming and adds to the uniqueness. I hope to be back!!

Lots of good food for decent price. Lots of outside seating. Chill staff. Quick service. Easy going…read moreatmosphere.

Went for lunch several times. Dolen was our chef. He's been there for many years. The salad is the…read moresame as ever. The food was expertly prepared. My only gripe is diet soda choices are minimal. Only Diet coke. Sorry but no. We enjoyed the food. We enjoyed the chef.

Koto's never disappoints. Always good food. Sushi is on point. You won't be dissatisfied.read more

I've been supporting this little restaurant since they opened. I get takeout at least 4 times a…read moremonth. Sometimes the chicken is a bit overcooked but not to point of being inedible. One of my favorites is Hibachi chicken and shrimp! Crystal and her family are very cordial and pleasant and always call me by name when I go in. She has me try out different Japanese snacks and drinks occasionally. Being inside has a homey feel. May be due to how long I've been going but with her family usually there and greeting me I feel like one of the family!

Honestly, this place is just okay. I have nothing terribly negative to say but there are much…read morebetter Japanese places in town in my opinion. I did get Doordash, so I do not know much about the service or ambience of the restaurant, but my food was cold.

In my opinion Yamatzo is not a sit down and eat restaurant; but it is definitely a to go order…read morerestaurant. The food is good, the staff is friendly and they prepare your order quickly. I highly recommend this Japanese restaurant.

You should definitely give this place a try, it's small but the food is fantastic and the service…read moreis fast. My husband and I love it

Great service. Quiet and clean atmosphere. Fresh food. Sawa is quickly becoming our new favorite…read moreplace!

Ordered carryout hibachi filet mignon and shrimp and was very disappointed. We've been here several…read moretimes to dine in and food was fine. This was the first or second time I've ordered carryout from here. I paid extra for the filet, but tasted like lower quality overcooked steak. Too much rice and not enough shrimp and steak for what they're charging. Horrible value...much better options for hibachi elsewhere.

The teriyaki chicken dinner arrives looking less like a meal and more like a science experiment…read morethat's been left under a heat lamp too long. The chicken pieces wear a thick, uneven glaze that catches the light in a way no food should--slick, murky, and vaguely industrial, as if they'd been shellacked rather than cooked. Instead of a rich mahogany shine, the sauce settles into a dull, muddy brown, pooling around the edges like runoff after a storm. The rice beneath it doesn't help. It sits in a pale, compacted mound, the kind that suggests it was shaped by a scoop and forgotten immediately afterward. The vegetables--if that's what they are--have surrendered all color and definition, collapsing into soft, anonymous shapes that hint at broccoli and carrot the way clouds hint at animals. Then comes the deeper disappointment: this isn't even teriyaki in spirit. It's wok chicken wearing teriyaki sauce like a borrowed coat. Everything about it reads "stir-fry first, identity later." The meat has that overworked, steamy wok texture--soft, a little ragged, no sear, no caramelized edge--exactly the opposite of what teriyaki is supposed to be. Teriyaki wants a pan or a grill. It wants contact, heat, patience, and a sauce that reduces into a shine. This has none of that. It's just chicken tumbled in a wok and drowned after the fact. That's what makes it especially frustrating. When a place presents itself as Japanese-run, you expect at least a nod to the technique, even if it's adapted. Instead, this feels like the culinary equivalent of putting a "teriyaki" label on a squeeze bottle and calling it a day. The word is doing all the work. The cooking is doing very little. Before a fork ever touches the plate, the dish gives off the visual impression of something tired. Not comforting. Not rustic. Just weary. The kind of plate that quietly explains how you ended up with crappy wok chicken and teriyaki sauce instead of teriyaki chicken. Maybe that's the compromise demanded by geography--Lynchburg, Virginia, is not exactly a temple to Japanese grilling--but low expectations shouldn't require abandoning the soul of a dish. It looks wrong. It's built wrong. And it announces all of that before you ever take a bite.

Solid food, I believe I only had it once. It did not blow me away, but it was good. I got it…read morethrough Doordash so I do not know much about the service or the ambience.

Such as fun idea for a date, an evening with friends or family for dinner, birthdays...Our chef was…read morefunny and interacted with everyone at the table, especially the kids. The food was delish. We'll definitely be back!

What a great birthday dinner. The Chef was funny and lots of interaction with the grandchildren…read more The food was great, but recommend the filet over the strip steak. Prices seemed fair and a good time was had by all.

I stopped here while driving through the area. It's right off Highway 29 in a large shopping center…read morearea. The food was good and the service was great - very friendly and welcoming. It seems like most of their orders are take out, but the dining area was very clean and well-decorated. I got Hibachi Chicken and it was delicious. It looked nicely prepared when it came out and tasted as good as it looked.

I was really excited to try my first poke bowl and this place looked really good. I placed a to-go…read moreorder online for a bowl with shrimp tempura. I picked up my order and the receipt was correct, but when I got back to the hotel, I realized they had given me raw salmon instead of shrimp tempura as it said on the receipt. A little disappointed, but the salmon and the rest of the bowl was decent. I also ordered it with teriyaki sauce but it was barely noticeable, if there was any sauce on it at all. Would have loved some extra on the side. Overall, decent food, just double check you get what you ordered.

This place is family run and operated , two kids working the counter and the father working in the…read moreback , made to order Japanese hibachi style meals Their most popular item on the menu is the teriyaki chicken I really enjoy chicken yakisoba or sweet and sour chicken. Has room to dine in if you wanted to and the restaurant is kept clean. Check it out next time your at Kroger

Was craving for Taro bubble tea and I'm glad I found this place. The sweetness level is just right…read moreand place is really clean. They were very polite as well. Will be coming back.