Sushi rolls were super fresh and the eel unagi don was delicious! Definitely recommend eating here!

This place is a hidden gem of Williamsburg ambiance is relaxing and chill. They play some nice lounge music and the decor is very tasteful. Service was also good. Food excellent! read more

Gold Taste - Sushi rolls - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Great sushi, but if you're ordering takeout, be prepared to wait quite a while We were told 1-1.5 hours when we ordered and are going on hour 3 of waiting. read more

Had a large order for Friday August 20 2021. Several sushi rolls, soups and appetizer along with Bento box. While the food was good, but the portions were very small, a entree we were overcharged for was left out. Overall overpriced and we had over an hour wait to get food after calling the order in. Only take out and you cannot go into the restaurant and have to call to get someone at the door. Menu prices are not correct. Many places are better than this, will not eat there again. read more

Lovely service, and excellent Sushi. Our kids enjoyed the noodles as well. Ambience is nice, but come for the food.

This place is amazing. The place was recommended by an extended family member and did not disappoint. My family and I went for a late lunch. The food was excellent and the staff was very pleasant. Would 100% go back. read more

Gold Taste - Tuna avocado sushi roll. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Some of the best sushi I have ever had. Tuna lovers was amazing. The restaurant was also very clean. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Went to this place for the first time last night. The sushi was amazing and the lady who served us was the sweetest. Great service.

This place totally exceeded my expectations! I'm from Southern California so I'm spoiled when it comes to sushi availability and quality. Tucked back by honey butters in the target parking lot, you'd miss it if you weren't looking. Huge menu that's reasonably priced and everything I've tried (bowls, rolls, soup) has been delicious. They aren't super quick, so order ahead if you're in a rush, but it's worth it! Service is always very friendly too. read more

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This place is amazing!! We had to order takeout due to the current pandemic, so it took a little longer to prepare our $100 order (smh - when you want sushi, you want sushi). Everything was prepared perfectly and had such great flavor. The staff is kind and helpful; they make suggestions if you have questions, and prepare several rolls two ways. I usually have a go-to spot for rolls, but this has easily taken that spot! Tip? Try the Mt. Fuji. Unreal. read more

Menu confusing. Long wait for the food and when we got the food. It was bland Was Not impressed. Won't be back read more

Overall the food was okay and service was pretty decent. A bit over priced for the quality in my opinion. Lets start with the sushi, $8 for the roll is not bad for the size. But too much for the quality. I ordered the spicy tuna roll, which had no spice at all. It also had imitation crab which left you with no taste of tuna. Not much of a spicy tuna roll. We also ordered the seafood udon, if you are thinking about ordering this don't. It will leave you with a sore jaw and a bad taste in your mouth. Every bite of seafood was rubbery and hard to eat, to the point we picked it all out to atleast salvage the broth. Next is the Miso Ramen, this was the star of the show. Flavor was great and the meat was tender. This is the only dish I would reorder. Overall it stuck us with a $56 bill and disappointment. read more

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Why are you not eating here!!!!! It took 2 years for me to find this place, please don't make the same mistake. Located in as quiet section of a large shopping center, it is easy to miss this little gem. Gold Taste is unpretentious- their goal: serve good food in a clean welcoming environment. The Ramen is fantastic. One our first trip my wife (a very finicky eater) fell in love with it after one taste. I had sushi - very good smoked eel roll. On our second trip my wife had the miso ramen again, but added an appetizer of pork goyza. Her comment, "the best goyza I ever had." I had the Chicken Yaki Soba. It was full of flavor, and moist but not greasy. There was lots of chicken mixed with assorted veggies with thin noodles. It was as good as the Yaki Soba I got in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Service is great. Our meal came to us quickly, the food was fresh from the kitchen, almost too hot to eat. Table service was efficient and friendly. Please don't repeat my mistake of wondering if you should stop... just come in and enjoy. read more

I've been coming here for a few years, always getting sushi. I tried the Spicy Tuna Donburi tonight. I think I've found my new favorite dish. It's loaded with spicy tuna on a bed of sticky rice. And the woman who helps me is so sweet and always smiling! read more

Gold Taste - Spicy Tuna Donburi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Delicious!!! So welcoming and kind. Food was AMAZING!! California Roll is what I got it was perfect it really hit the spot!! read more

Gold Taste - This was the California maki. Would recommend!!! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Nope, Just....nope. HUGE menu! Too much! Prices were high. Decided to play it safe with a bento box. The spicy salmon roll was fine. Shrimp tempura was NOT tempura at all. Waited 30 minutes for the waitress to return so I could ask for the sauce to dip tempura into- she brought sweet and sour. Apple pieces came with my bento. Service was really slow and no other customers! Not the worst place, but I'll never go back. read more

Great food, good service, nicely decorated and very clean. I usually get the ramen and my husband tries something different every time. Have not found something they don't do well to include great sushi. Took us 2 years to try the place and then ask ourselves WHY?!! MUST TRY. read more

Lunch time...door is locked. Sign on the door says to call for service. Another sign says that masks are STILl required for everyone, regardless of vaccination status?? Hard pass. ‍ read more

A tiny little restaurant without much seating. Two people working..... Sushi. Was. Fantastic. The biggest portions of sashimi I have ever had. Got one of the fried maki rolls and it was absolutely delicious. 10/10 would come here again. read more

Super delicious taste is flavorful and it's close to what I'm used to eat when we were in Japan! This is our to go to spot!

Over priced for what you get! I just ordered 5 rolls from this place and my wife and I were pretty excited to try it out. The presentation of the rolls were neat and clean but portions are small. Much smaller than I expected and when compared to most other places. Their simple rolls like Philadelphia roll or basic California roll are a few dollars higher than average but bring nothing more to the table for taste or size. I also ordered a Fuji Maguro special roll. It was smaller than average but clean looking. I got it because it was a spicy roll with many different toppings, but I really wanted something with heat. This roll had zero spice to it! Nothing at all! Also, it was missing several toppings and sauces that were supposed to come with the roll. Overall, I was NOT satisfied for the price nor what they provided. I am a sushi snob and I know what I am ordering. Maybe they haven't had anyone call them out on it, but I sure will. I won't come back here and would recommend anyone looking for a good sushi spot to keep on looking past this place! read more

I searched for what seemed like forever for my kind of sushi in Williamsburg and I finally found it. I'm a sucker for fried, spicy sauce-laden, cream cheese-filled sushi. You know, the healthy stuff. And after having a truly terrible day, I just wanted something that spoke to me the way only western sushi can. I called up the hubs and had him pick up some rolls to bring to me while I wallowed in self-pity. I only had 2 rolls and I couldn't finish them. It's times like these when I wish my stomach and wallet are bottomless. I would have ordered so much more. There were a LOT of rolls that sounded good, but I ultimately went for the Electric Eel and the Mount Fuji. And let me tell you, folks. They. Were. Amazing. The Mount Fuji was deep fried. And heavenly. And massive. You can choose to have it filled with tuna or salmon and I picked the salmon. It was exactly what I was hankering for: deep fried, topped with a plethora of sauces and masago. The Electric Eel was my favorite of the 2 rolls I got. It was an inside-out roll filled with fried crabstick, cream cheese, cucumber, and topped with unagi and cooked shrimp. Plus a bunch of sauces. And masago. And scallions. I honestly could have done without the scallions. There was already so much going on. But it was SO GOOD. Both rolls originally came with avocado, but avocado makes me sick, so I ordered without and it wasn't an issue. TL;DR: Go here. Just go here. Order as much as you can. It was awesome. read more

Based on a friend's recommendation, Darling Bride and I decided to try this unassuming little place for lunch. SO glad we did! The roasted green tea is a delicious accompaniment to the food. My Bride is not a fan of green tea at all, but she loved it. It was slightly smoky, very good. We were having trouble deciding which gyoza to get, so I asked the waitress which she suggested, and accordingly ordered the pork. An excellent choice! So often, gyoza are either limp and insipid or tough and rubbery. These were quite possibly the best I have ever eaten; the filling cooked just so, the wrapping fried to crisp yet chewy perfection. Six pieces made sharing easy. A Japanese restaurant lives or dies by its sushi and sashimi, and Gold Taste rises to the occasion. We got two dishes to share. The inogi maki was a delicious 12 piece marriage of smoky eel and buttery avocado with a sprinkling of sesame. The Pineapple Princess, which sounds ridiculous, was an astonishing blend of fresh pineapple, shrimp and crab salad, tempura, and evidently some secret ancient flavour magic. I would have been quite happy with one of my very own. As fujimaki, it was a decent sized roll, but cut into five pieces. Darlin' and I were going to arm wrestle for the odd piece out, but I wasn't willing to risk losing it, so opted to cleave it in twain. (One more reason to make sure that you ALWAYS carry a knife!) There was only one other patron in the place, one waitress, and one cook. Service was fast, professional, and friendly. This incredibly tasty meal for two was a little pricey- about thirty six bucks- but there's plenty of scope for cheaper eats. We were just being little piglets. read more

Gold Taste - Sorry there's no picture of the gyoza- we ate it too fast! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

My wife and i went to Gold Taste for a sushi dinner. We were greated warmly at the door and seated at a table with two banquette benches. This place is small (6 tables?) however, predominately featured in the room was a large stereo system on a table with a sub woofer playing 1970's disco music. Strange. The menu was expansive, a red flag in my view. We ordered some rolls and sushi. The fish and chef preparing the sushi were not visible to the public, another red flag in my view. I personally like to look at the fish in the case before ordering and taking my life into my own hands. While the roll was tasty, the sushi was anything but fresh. I will not be returning. read more

Really top notch. Have ordered takeout no less than 15 times during this "covid pandemic year" we have all been through. The menu is diverse. The food is always great and they are consistent. Highly recommend read more

I always wonder how this place is still here cuz I never see people in here. The service was nice and place is clean. But it's a typical carry out place doing Japanese food. The beef bowl I got reminded me of food I used to cook in college dorm room from leftover Chinese from night before. The beef was extra tough and dry, veggies wilted and old like it's been reheated. The price for a small beef was overpriced. Maybe stick to the sushi items. read more

Gold Taste - Beef bowl smaller than it looks - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

A very little sushi place tucked away in the Monticello Plaza that often goes unnoticed. In terms of sushi places in Williamsburg, it's not so bad. But in terms of other sushi places I have eaten at, it's pretty subpar. I don't know what this place used to be before, but there's a weird stench that lingers in the small restaurant. It kind of distracted me throughout the visit. Regardless, the staff are friendly (only two people when I visited; a husband and wife) and they prepare all the meals themselves by hand so if there are a lot of people I'm pretty sure it will be a long wait till you get your food. Knowing this though, you shouldn't really hold it against them! I ordered the salmon don (raw salmon over sushi rice) and it was nice enough. It's a simple dish and pretty basic and was good! Try this place out if you'd like, but don't expect to be wowed too much! Overall, though, it was a nice, average experience. read more

Gold Taste - Salmon Don (raw salmon over sushi rice) - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Really nice little place. My daughter loved the dumplings. The dragon tuna roll was incredible--cilantro and black pepper were an excellent touch. Ramen was good, as was the Udon soup. Little extras: the soy carafes and legit chop sticks were nice touches. My kids were also enthused to try the Japanese soda recommended by the owner--charming. read more

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This was the BEST Sushi I've ever had !!! You could taste how fresh the ingredients are even the cucumber was refreshing and not overpowering. We had the Crispy shrimp roll and California Roll. It comes at a great price with even greater quantity and quality. The lady was the sweetest sunshine ever Also the hhygiene was top notch. I couldn't find any dirt anywhere. Very impressive. This is my Partners and mine favorite spot from now on Please give this establishment a visit. It might not look like much from the outside but it is definitely worth it. read more

Gold Taste - PURE BLISS ! I was stuffed and wanted more. This is just 2 rolls on one plate. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Was visiting Williamsburg and felt like having sushi but with some options for the kids. Went based on their high yelp rating. It did not disappoint. Food was fresh and tasty and the staff was super friendly. There is no ambiance, it's not a great dine-in restaurant but it is nice enough to just sit and finish your meal. read more

My husband and I are on vacation in Williamsburg and we found golden taste on Yelp and we tried it the food was delicious and the staff was really friendly he had the sushi and it was absolutely amazing read more

Gold Taste - Sushi, teriyaki bowl - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia

Great little place to eat! Everything was really good and super fresh. My wife and I order Hawaiian Poke Tuna Salad and it was truly one of the best things I have ever experienced at a dive Japanese restaurant. read more

This might be the best sushi I've ever had. I stuck to the fried rolls and Miso Ramen. Soooo delicious. Stop reading the reviews for other sushi places and go here. You won't regret it. I only give it 4 stars because it's a scooch (is that a word? Whatever, you get what I mean) overpriced, but the rolls are quite large and the quality is amazing. Also, the service was...erm...not really existent. She was a sweet old lady but I didn't get a single refill and after waiting 20 minutes we finally got our bill. Delicious food and a nice quiet restaurant. read more

We were in the playground across from them. We found them from yelp. First look, The decor is a bit over done and feel the restaurant is converted from a Chinese delivery restaurant. We order Miso Ramen and donuri - they are so good ! We enjoy them a lot. Also, very clean bathroom is a plus! Will come and visit if we are in town again. My son loves their ramen (noodle). read more

Really enjoyed the sushi. What made it even better was probably the service. The lady that helped us was the sweetest ! We got the combo for salmon lovers, it was pretty good and a good price! It was 20 pieces for about 20 dollars. Decent size for two people, not overly filling but just right. The location was easy to find and we got the food very quickly. Also, doesn't seem to get very busy. read more

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We stopped by and ordered sushi to go on a Friday night. The restaurant isn't really big, and wasn't packed full. The serving staff was very nice, and took our order quickly, but it took nearly an hour and a half to get our order. The sushi was good, but not hour-and-a-half good. Recommend calling in advance for to-go orders and give them plenty of time. It seems like they focus on seated customers (all of them) before working on to-go, there was another couple waiting with us that we never saw get their order before we left. read more

Delicious sushi and tempura! I had the nigiri + maki special combo and shrimp tempura. It does take a little while but it is absolutely worth the wait. The people who work there are very kind. Their social distancing strategy is excellent and I felt safe picking up my food. read more

Back for more! Dinner special #3 $11.45. 15 pieces of sushi! California roll, eel roll, spicy shrimp roll. read more

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Just gross. The lady at the front was super nice but the food was awful. Sushi wasn't fresh and I could have gotten better at the grocery store. Also chicken teriyaki was not good. Sauce was super sweet and "chicken" tasted off. read more

Fresh sashimi - perfect every time! Reasonable prices. Had the Donburi bowl and it contained fresh salmon, tuna, and tilapia! Avocado, egg, and sticky rice. Perfect post workout meal!!! read more

Gold Taste - Perfection! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Williamsburg, Virginia