Tokyo Sushi Bar

I could’ve sworn I wrote a review… Anyway, I tried their Bibimbap. It was my first time and I absolutely loved it. We also had sushi. It was fresh and delicious.

Okay, so I recently saw a movie by the name of «The Ramen Girl.» After having watched the movie, I had a ridiculous craving for ramen noodles. I was determined to find a restaurant that provided the most authentic ramen possible. After what seemed like a pointless search I came across this restaurant. I went in with some friends (who were on the same quest) and to our disbelief the ramen was amazing! It was flavorful, and warmed us up with every sip of the soup. Needless to say this has become our to go to place on cold evenings! The service is excellent, and the establishment is quiet and cozy.

They make better Sushi at HEB js just the worst in town an I’m from Atlanta an I know good Sushi not fresh fish at all. I wish I could give no star.

Watch your bill! Had a business lunch and they tried to pull a fast one. They charged us for things we didn’t order. Food was good, but we were disappointed with the service and the fact they tried to rob us!

Usually stay in McAllen for 5 days at a time and coming here is a must for at least 3 dinners. Can’t get enough of the Korean chirashi. It’s a unique twist to the plain chirashi bowl… imagine bibimbap meets chirashi. Anyway, it’s the only thing I’ve tried here because it’s just that good…

I am not from the area, I come down from Houston for business and this WAS my favorite spot. I come at least once a month and I notice the place has changed. It seems like the ownership changed because the food quality and cooking skills are no longer on point. All staff are gone and the only people I see here are Mexicans. This WAS the best sushi place around here. Now I have no where else to go, very disappointing

They have great sushi here, very fresh and won’t make your stomach turn. I also love how different the inside looks compared to the outside because the outside looks iffy

We went here on a Monday night wanting to try a new sushi place in the valley. The restaurant seemed nice enough. We were seated and brought our drinks. 10 minutes later and the waitress had yet to return to take our order. The restaurant maybe had 3 or 4 other tables with people at them. After the waitress took the order from people who had gotten there 5 minutes after us we paid for our drinks and went to Kumori. I will not be going back to this place.

–Staff was very nice and took care of us.
–Place was clean, bit outdated and worn but clean.
–Food was fresh and very tasty
–Prices are reasonable
We got to know the chef while we were sitting at the bar and got out him that he had his own roll. It’s not on the menu but it was amazing.

Sushi was excellent. Only problem they had poor wine selection.

Their Bibinbap is a personal favorite of mine, I actually can’t wait to go back for that.
Their service is just ok. I wish their waiters knew more about the dishes. Attentive, some are forgetful, and just remind them to take off something if you didnt like it (like the last time my friend and I went and he didn’t like the tea, and the waitress still charged him for it).
But, all-​in-​all, it’s an ok place for lunch or dinner.

I’ve moved to Monterrey a couple of years ago, and have been looking for sushi that didn’t always have cream cheese! FINALLY, I found a place (albeit, it’s in McAllen). The service is awesome. The sushi rolls are rolls that I’m more accustomed to. We really like the Caterpillar & Rainbow Rolls. Great food!

Derek went back to Vegas.:(
There is an excellent chef, Derek, from Hawaii who is head chef there and his presentation and philosophical approach to sushi is notable. He is from Las Vegas and clearly brought the Vegas level of service and detail.

this is quite possibly the worst restaurant i’ve been to in the u.s.
I was reluctant to try a sushi place in mcallen, but the featured reviews convinced me… barely. also, I like to give a place the benefit of a doubt. boy, was i wrong! I really don’t understand how other reviewers say this is «the best». where are you people eating? If this is the best, I wonder what you consider the worst.
my order was simple. hamachi, tako, maguro, ebi, and sake sushi. the rice was a salty soggy overcooked sloppy mess. the fish seemed to have been cut with a dull hacksaw. the hamachi had a dark brown color and the maguro seemed to be glowing. you couldn’t really call it sushi.
i ordered the teriyaki chicken figuring that even if they bought chicken and teriyaki sauce from HEB, they couldn’t really mess it up. Wrong! The chicken was cooked poorly and it was swimming in a watery brown liquid that tried to pass itself off as sauce. the rice was the same as before and the «steamed» vegetables were terrible.
again…I can’t believe there’s anyone that thinks this is servabke food. much less great food.

I’ll begin by saying I really wanted to like this place. It’s always a great pleasure to find a retaurant with good niche food in the wrong region, like sushi in southern Texas. While I’ve been pleasantly surprised several times, this was pretty much what I thought it would be. The sushi was ok, the service was good, but the wait time is what really killed it for me. I went in during lunch «rush», total of 3 tables and it took almost 30 minutes to get my (2) rolls.
The miso soup served first was passable and the soy, jalapeño, lemon sauce for the rolls was interesting and new but overall it was too expensive (25 for two rolls) for too long of a wait for just decent sushi.
Also, I was really really surpised that they had ZERO lunch specials for sushi.
Just expect more for my time and money. If you have 30 bucks and an hour + I guess you can get decent sushi but I think I’ll try another location next time in the valley.
S

First of all I’m not sure why they call this place a sushi bar. They have sushi, but the bar is not really accessible like a sushi bar should be.
I ordered something non-​sushi and it tasted like cardboard. I don’t know what it is in the valley. People keep trying to make sushi restaurants and «Japanese» food, but it all sucks. Pretty much I’ve dropped all hope of having a nice meal at a Valley Japanese place because nobody knows what they are doing and all the cuisine sucks.

This place is excellent — for the valley. It’s probably the best place I’ve eaten at down here and should be everyone’s go-​to sushi destination south of san antonio/​houston. They have the standard nigiri items, sushi rolls, and japanese appetizers but they also include in their menu a variety of japanese noodle and rice dishes. In particular, having shoyu ramen and nabeyaki udon on the menu were very surprising although I didn’t try them yet (I definitely will.) On this visit I ended up getting korean food also because that’s what I was craving today and on my google search this was the only place that seemed to have korean bbq.
bulgolgi — Flavor wasn’t bad. Meat was a little dry and chewy but maybe they were having an off day. I could see how they were heading in the right direction.
galbi — Good! Huge pieces of meat on the bone that I’m definitely not accustomed to seeing.
Sushi rolls — I won’t comment on the two I got specifically, they were both good and I had very few complaints about either one. One of which was very imaginative actually. They even switched out items (like nori to soy paper) without any comments or extra charges.
You get complimentary miso soup! Always a plus.
With all that being said… Mike R, to say that this food is by far better than Austin is such a gross over statement I almost have to call it a flat out lie. This might be the most authentic place in the valley but there’s still no excuse for 90% of the sushi rolls coming with cream cheese (which you can have taken out, I just would have been more impressed if they had thought up more rolls without it.)
Overall, in the valley this place is 4.5 stars. Unfortunately, in the grand scheme I can only award this place 3 stars.

This place is the best. THE BEST. I’ve lived in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Austin, and have visited many sushi houses there and along my travels (including southeast asia), and this is by far the best Japanese/​Korean food I’ve ever had. It’s so authentic i though i was spear fishing on a Japanese whaling ship.
The fish is fresh and delicious, the bibimbap is hot and tasty, the calamari salad is crisp, the edemame is seasoned with crystal salt and is the freshest I’ve ever had. It’s authentic to the core and completely unpretentious. On top of all this it’s pretty damn cheap, if this place ever got big they could triple their prices and it would still be a deal (but they’d have to do something about that décor). «Hidden gem» is an understatement.

This is not your typical Valley Mexican sushi. And I think it’s the only joint down here that can claim that.
In a sea of artificial crab meat, spicy mayo, tampico paste and Reynosa rolls, Tokyo manages to maintain its Japanese integrity. The bulgogi, veggie tempura, kimchi, bibimbap and sake selection are the stars. They also don’t jip you on sauces or edamame (I’m talking to you, Kumori.) Prices haven’t changed in years so you can still get full-​meal rolls for under $ 8.
Occassionally understaffed, but overwhelmingly legit and delicious.

Dear Tokyo Sushi: Where have you been all my life?
Short version: Get edamame, spicy tuna, bulgogi and chirashi bowls.
Long Version: Down in south Texas, sushi is becoming THE thing. Yeah yeah, so we’re about 5 years behind everyone else. I get it. But it worries me a little. We’re good at Mexican food and chinese buffets. Anything having to do with bacteria free raw fish makes me a tad nervous.
I’ve driven by Tokyo Sushi for well on 10 years now, always thinking «oh god, strip mall sushi. Hell no.» until Swami G convinced me I MUST go. So we stopped in one Friday night for his famous Chirashi bowl. Now, right off the bat, lemme tell you. The service was horrible. Maybe the worst service I’ve ever had. It was soooooooo slooooooooow. One server for the whole restaurant. So why 4 stars?
The food was that good. We had edamame, spicy tuna, a bibimbap bowl (korean) & Chirashi bowl (also korean.) The bowl of edamame was SO HUGE that we barely got through it. Rich and salty, it started the meal off perfectly. Our spicy tuna and bulgogi bowl came out at the same time. That spicy tuna was just the right amount of spice vs. fish and that elusive flavor that everyone’s searching for when the order said roll. The B bowl came with an egg on top. We punctured that sucker, added sriracha, mixed it all up and went to town.
After all of that, came this bowl of wonderment. Of course, we were stuffed to the gills, but we managed to find room in our fingers and toes for this magical creation. Seriously, see the pic i posted. One inch square pieces of incredibly fresh tuna and salmon on a bowl of shredded lettuce. These pieces of fish were delectable — some of the best I’ve had. I think he took some home. And when do you ever take that kind of stuff home?
Moral of the story: Just b/​c some place hasn’t updated their sign and is located next to a singer sewing machine store doesn’t mean that it’s not going to blow your mind.