Went to dinner, food was okay, but about an hour after everyone got super sick. 3 of the 6 that were with us got hospitalized.. Food poisoning hit hard at this restaurant. Service was decent, only had 2 waiters. Ambiance was ok. read more

My boyfriend and I come here all of the time and we really enjoy it. The hibachi filet mignon is my favorite dish. They recently began decorating their plates more elaborately and I think it's a great touch :) I certainly recommend this place! read more

Great selection of rolls, good service and friendly servers. Place is clean and observed COVID standards

Great food, poorly managed restaurant. When we sat down near a noisy party of seven, we should have just left. Instead we moved twice, finally to the back corner near the restroom and it was still very very loud. I don't know if the noisy party was drunk or hard of hearing. A good manager would have taken care of the situation. Instead there were two timid girls waiting tables and some cooks in the back and nobody did anything. I won't go back. Not until they get their management sorted out. read more

Tokyo Cafe - Sashimi for Two - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

We had shrimp tempura, 3 roll dinner special and mango lobster roll. All was delicious! Plan on a leisurely dinner because everything is made fresh. read more

Worse sushi I have ever eaten!! Tough, chewy seaweed and small portions. I know sushi in the high desert is a stretch but yucky. read more

Tokyo Cafe - Sushi lunch special of California Roll and Spicy Tuna - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

This was awful! I ordered soft shell crab. It tasted old. I ordered the tuna poke to go. I've never had poke on iceberg lettuce. Horrible!!! read more

Tokyo Cafe - Poke on iceberg lettuce. One bite and I threw it out. - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Great food!!! great atmosphere! Love this place! Sushi is delicious! Fried rice...YUM! Haven't had a bad meal or bad service yet

Great restaurant. Reminds me of the awesome reasonably priced Japanese food I used to have access to on the West coast. Domo arigato Tokyo Cafe! --J() read more

This place is immaculate inside, food is always delicious and consistent and probably the best service in Santa Fe! I drove past it a million times and regret never stoping in.. read more

I have eaten here twice already and EVERY TIME they always lien my sushi craving! The west Texas rolls, the special dragon rolls, and basically all of them have been amazing! Everything smells great, everything taste immaculate and everything looks gorgeous! If you want amazing value sushi with a drive up than this is your place! read more

Tokyo Cafe - Gryoza, spider rolls, special dragon roll, NM starfish, west Texas roll, and California fortune roll. - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Why is this rated so high? Is it that I'm used to a lot of flavor and others are not? I'm seriously confused. How does ginger dressing have NO flavor. The food is awful. ...it's a very old fishy after taste flavor no matter what I ate. I had the Tuna Tataki for an appetizer. It looked good when it came out but, like I mentioned... the very fishy after taste made my stomach turn. I also ordered the Hot and Spicy Tuna Tempura roll. No no no... the tempura is bland and not cooked enough for a crisp outer texture... oh, but then, the old fishy flavor takes over. I love sushi and my husband tried to surprise me with this place. I hope I can still have a romantic evening and not spend it blowing this food out my arse. read more

Tokyo Cafe - Don't do it. ...it looks like it may be good, but don't be fooled - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

My girlfriend and I came here, craving sushi after having seen a movie. I wanted to love this place, because it does seem like effort has been put into the menu and the presentation of the food, even though the sign outside is otherworldly levels of tacky. The first two tables we were almost sat at hadn't been cleaned, so we ended up at a booth in the back corner. The first thing I noticed was that the temperature in the restaurant must have been around a hundred degrees fahrenheit. It was 5:30 PM, and they had a door propped open, but I couldn't tell if that was making the place hotter or colder. Our waitress took our drink order and we requested a plate of gyoza and the assorted sushi appetizer. The gyoza were flavorful, and the sauce made them even tastier. My girlfriend noted that they could have been crispier, but the texture wasn't unpleasant. Our sushi appetizer arrived, four different pieces of fish: salmon, tuna, yellowtail, and white tuna. After eating both of these appetizers, we were prepared to split an entree. Even though I had already told the waitress about my shellfish allergy, she was hesitant to allow us to substitute the California roll that comes with the chicken teriyaki box for a salmon roll, even though the two rolls are the same price on the menu. "I'll have to check on that" she said in a tone that made my girlfriend freeze up; to us, this seemed a little rude, regardless of the policies of the establishment; If I ate the California roll, I could die. The combination box is one of the most stacked items on the menu. It opens with a clear soup (mushroom and onion flavors, a tasty starter) and a small house salad. We also selected, for our box, the teriyaki chicken, white rice, edamame, and in the end, we received our salmon roll substitution. Everything was delicious; I'm happy to say that we thoroughly enjoyed the food. I am giving Tokyo Cafe three stars because, even though the food was great, I didn't like the dirty tables, overly hot temperature, slow service or hostility from the waitress. Also, their sign outside is really bad. I might try back in a couple months to see if things have improved. For now, I know all I need to about this restaurant. read more

We were in search of some Japanese food after a wealth of New Mexican meals. We shared the Hibachi Chicken and Sushi lunch with 3 rolls. All of the food was decent but nothing spectacular. If I can share anything with the management- it would be to clean your bathrooms. They are indicative of the overall cleanliness of the restaurant and they were filthy. read more

Cute ambiance and plating was pretty, but lacking any flavor or passion in the food. Won't be back. read more

Tokyo Cafe - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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We ate a late lunch. But staff was still energetic to see us. I asked for cold sake. It was luke warm. I had to put ice in it from my water, which diluted it. The shrimp habachi was one note, but the shrimp were tasty. My friends habachi filet steak was enjoyed. Perhaps the owner could translate the staffs energy into fresher presentations. Thanks for reading. The Bike Chaplain read more

Tokyo Cafe - luke warm sake (asked for cold) - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Great tasting food, good service and excellent presentation! Priced reasonably and the portions are generous. read more

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Nice place! Really, it's quite beautiful inside, and right across from the El Ray Inn with the gorgeous prolific Datura in the center median of Cerrillos. God I wish I could right a review on those Datura! Good 'n cheap menu items as well. I went there for lunch and got a three roll special for $9.99 -Nice! My friend got the Dani (sp?) salad. She loved it, though it was pretty heavy with Mayo, it was tasty! read more

Ordered lunch to go from here today. Food was good but the lady at the drive thru window was rude when I asked for some hot sauce and did not even say thank you. Owners need to address this issue read more

Everything I've tried here is always super fresh and satisfying. Not really any complaints on the food. Would have given it 5 stars but when me and my husband go eat we get decent & okay service but waitress never seems too happy to see us. She does not smile. I think that's really important if you're in customer service. But it's not just that. The first time we went my husband did ask kind of a strange question about one of the plates being that he was new to this kind of food. She gave him a really dirty look. We just laughed it off cause us having worked in a restaurant we'd get asked weird questions all the time, but that's to be expected. Anyway we enjoyed everything it was just hard to catch her attention as she just dropped off the food and never really checked on us much except to ask how everything was. I noticed she was being polite and nice to other people sitting near us but the second she would walk over to us she was very short with us and not very friendly. We paid and handed her the tip which was 20% as we always leave no matter what. Before we left, I got up to check out the sushi bar so I would have an idea of what to order next time we came. She saw me looking (I wasn't getting in her way or anything) and glanced at me & gave me a rude look. But I liked the food so I wanted to return. So next time we went there, same thing. Good food but service was the same. Same exact server. Was thinking we would get treated nicer this time, and we tried to be understanding on her part, being that last time maybe she wasn't having a good day or whatever the case may be. Nope same thing. No smile, not friendly, however she will answer questions and give recommendations which is nice. But after we handed her back the check to pay did not say "thank you" or anything. I understand not everyone is super talkative and smiley but to see that the same server was being nicer to another table close by kind of upsets me. I could go on more but those are the main things that got me. I hate to leave reviews like this but come on we don't do anything to deserve this kind of treatment. It's unprofessional! I should have gotten her name but hopefully she sees this and realizes she needs to treat everyone nice and with respect! Just kind of uncomfortable to go to a place and feel unwelcome. And before anyone says anything yes we still tipped 20% because she still did bring our food to us. Always be kind & professional to everyone when you work in food service, especially working for tips... the food is really great though! read more

Yuck. I ordered two rolls from here. They were tiny, tasteless and the fish was chewy. The spicy mayo was watered down. I ended up removing all of the fish from the top of the Samurai roll so that I could eat the rest of the roll. There are better places to go in Santa Fe for sushi. Almost $23 dollars for chewy sushi is not worth it. read more

Tokyo Cafe - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

This place is ok. It was really dead when we came here on a Saturday. I am wondering if the location is because of it. The service was the kind you get when they think, "yea, they are kind of just there..." The food was ok, not amazing sushi, or maybe we were just anticipating something better, something to bring us back, which unfortunately, I don't think we will come back. We started with the New Mexico Starfish, which was bland. We ordered the BOAT. 16 pieces of assorted fresh fish over rice and served with a California, Alaska and tuna roll. Sushi and Sashimi for two. We tried pretty much everything they had to offer and it was meh... read more

Tokyo Cafe - That Boat - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Fish wasn't fresh and the sashimi was served as two pieces of fish. The rolls were underwhelming and the server was inattentive. The sushi chef was sitting and eating soup in between making our orders. The atmosphere was nice but could do without the old feathered decor bird on our plate that was attached with wasabi. I will not be returning as there are better sushi places in Santa Fe. read more

This is now my regular goto sushi place in santa fe for lunch....quality, consistency, fair prices, good wait staff....in a central location. read more

Yum! Came to Santa Fe for auto service and was directed to Tokyo Cafe for lunch. I would have posted a picture but the food was fine before I knew it. I had the shrimp fried rice & crab stuffed jalapeños! Delicious! Will be back again next time I'm in Santa Fe. read more

The atmosphere is lovely, and the decor is very nice. The food was okay, we ordered rolls not really knowing what they were, which is our fault. The soup and salad they served as an appetizer was delicious. The waitress was very nice, but she seemed overwhelmed despite the restaurant being barely half full, and we only got checked on once. We waited to be seated, waited for our drinks, waited for our food, and waited for the check. Okay food, slow service. read more

Quality has gone way down. What is going on here? I used to be able to get tasty rolls and great sushi, but sadly our last two meals here were subpar. I live in Seattle as well and this place would be shut down by a mob up there! So sad, I liked coming here, but the fish isn't up to the job! read more

Highly disappointed. We go to Tokyo Cafe on a regular basis and get a variety of kitchen and sushi bar items and they're usually delicious and affordable. We decided on a chill early valentines date night and opted for sushi - but our bad experience started the moment we walked in the door. It took the server a while to greet us - granted she was the only server on and already had 5 tables. Then she wouldn't serve my gf a beer because she has a vertical out of state ID and the state's laws are lame. I understand that it's at the servers discretion - but my gf has been served before every single time we've been, but tonight the server arbitrarily decided not to. Whatever. I also told her that we were ready to order appetizers but after she came back to tell us she couldn't serve my gf she quickly walked away. We ordered steamed shrimp dumplings, a seaweed salad and a tuna tataki about 7 min later when she finally came back. It took them about 15 min to get the dumplings out and another 10 to get the sushi bar apps out. Having worked service industry for 12 years (6 of them spent working at a sushi bar) I KNOW it doesn't take that long. After she dropped off the tataki I let the server know we were ready to order and ordered a boat for 2 sushi and sashimi combo and a salmon skin classic roll. The miso soup that was supposed to come before the boat with we all know is premade showed up right before the boat showed up - which compared to the appetizers it FLEW out of the sushi bar - which was interesting since there was only one sushi chef on duty. I was excited when I saw that we had octopus as part of the sashimi (I'm a huge fan of it) - but upon trying the dragon roll (that was swimming in eel sauce) I was dismayed to find that it was mostly cucumber. The California roll on the boat was also mostly cucumber. The extra ordered salmon skin roll? Mostly cucumber. The salmon skin that WAS in it, was burnt. Also overshadowing all of this was the fact that the sushi rice was so bland that it might as well have been plain rice. There was no point in trying to eat the sushi the proper way - dipping only the fish side lightly in the soy sauce. The only way to really get any flavor was to just set it in the soy - at least that way there was a little bit of salty goodness. I understand that in a land locked state all sushi is gonna be thawed out frozen fish but everything was bland. Everything. The best thing we had was the steamed dumplings. When it came to service - it took forever for her to greet us, to come take the appetizer order, and to take the entree order. She only ever checked on us once - when she did I knew it was my only time to ask for a box and the check (we were so let down we didn't even want to stay and finish). Now, I normally only tip 20% or more having spent my entire 20's waiting tables to get through college. 18% if the service is subpar - but today I gave her 15% - and as soon as I had the cash on the checkbook (which was falling apart at the seams) she practically ran over from the sushi bar where she was watching me. She muttered thanks as she took the check. I feel that my low tip was justified and I'm not sure that we'll be back ANY time soon. The restaurant was never full - at most there were 8 tables including ours, all at different stages of their meals - so she was never double sat, meaning there was no excuse for the bad service. read more

Not much in the way of ambience, but the sushi here is very good. They have a large assortment of creative rolls, all tasty and fresh. They also have several icy cold beers on tap. Service is always friendly and professional, even when the restaurant is busy. read more

After a fun trip at meow wolf my family and I were hungry for some good food. The miso soup was amazing and the sweet potato roll and cucumber roll we mouth watering. Everything here is very appetizing and filling. read more

Sushi was good, server was friendly and the atmosphere was nice. 2 beers and four rolls for under $50. Not too bad. Really the only negative was the roles were a bit thin. read more

Tokyo Cafe - Beautiful roll - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

We had been on a road trip for a few days and my daughter and I were craving sushi. It was 11:00 am on Sunday and Tokyo Cafe was the only place opened at that time. We ordered the Sakura Roll and it was delicious! A very unique blend of fish and roe rolled up in a pretty pink soy wrapper. Definitely our favorite! We also ordered the salmon skin roll, spider roll, and dragon roll. They were all delicious as well. Our waitress was friendly and attentive. I would highly recommend this place! read more

Tokyo Cafe - Sakura roll came with 12 pieces for a little over $13. Definitely worth it! - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Visiting Santa Fe from the west coast, we had a hankering for sushi and this place was close. The place is cute, the wait staff is nice, the prices are moderate, the appetizers were...edible. But even with lower expectations the sushi itself was absolutely terrible--the rice was gummy and hard, the seaweed was flabby, and the fish was somehow both dry and super fishy. Even the California roll was inedible. We got sushi for two and we had to throw it all away. My advice if you want to continue to support this sweet local business is to get cooked rolls and appetizers only. read more

I love coming to this restaurant. It's such a relaxed environment and the Sushi is so good but also affordable. I always order the shrimp tempura appetizer and the West Texas roll! read more

Tokyo Cafe - West Texas Roll and Salmon Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

This was a good find for my wife and I after being here in Santa Fe for 30+ years and trying different Sushi places. We've frequented another Sushi place for years and after last night's meal here (Tokyo Cafe) we're definetly changing our preference for Japanese/Sushi. The menu here is extensive with many options other than Sushi so you have a choice of many different dishes. The wait staff was polite and knowledgable and the prices are very competative. read more

This place was just ok. I called in an order and was told it would be about 15 minutes but when I got there 20 minutes later they said my order wasn't ready yet. So I wait for another 15 minutes and one of the employees comes over and says "oh, uh, your food is ready" like it was some sort of after thought. I tried a New Mexico Starfish that was a couple of jalapeños cut in half and 'lightly' garnished with avocado and what was supposed to be spicy crab strips but it had no flavor at all. I also got a New Mexico roll and a Santa Fe roll which were disappointing. For one thing, they were small and thinly sliced like sushi at a casino buffet and since I had my food to-go they were smashed into one big lump in the plastic boxes. Flavor wise, they were ok. Not really what I expected for $34. Unfortunately this is the only Japanese restaurant not located in or near downtown so I guess I have to fight for parking over there if I want to go somewhere else. I might be back but I'd definitely get something else. read more

Was in town by myself a couple of weeks ago and it was right across the street from where i stayed. I went in around 8:30 Saturday night and it was pretty dead. Ordered the teriyaki tofu and it was great. Miso soup and the salad hit the spot as well. I will eat here again next time I'm down from Denver which will be on March 31. I hope they make it because the food was very good as was the service. read more

The food was great ! I recommend the west Texas roll. The server who works here all the time is kinda of rude. Isn't friendly seems like she hates her job. read more

The food is decent but the service is so bad.. got here for lunch before the 3pm cut off for lunch specials. Waited ten minutes to be seated in an empty restaurant and then was told that they would not honor the lunch specials because it was after 3... not good business practice read more

Great waitress!! Food is amazing. Fresh and menu has great selections. Lunch combinations are affordable and offer you a lot of food.