Tomo Restaurant

10/12/09

Mediocre service, disappointing sushi

by critic7783 at Citysearch

While only about half the restaurant was full we waited at least 15 minutes for drink orders to be taken. We ordered drinks, appetizers, sushi, and entrees for two.

Unfortunately, the entire night was off for the restaurant. Food delivery sequence was unexpected; sushi was delivered near the end of the entrees. Sushi, specifically the crab was imitation instead of real. At the level Tomo is competing in, this is unexpected. Also, the sushi in general felt a bit old and the taste was off. For the entrees we randomly picked options off the menu. I would recommend the entrees as decent but not exciting or unusual.

Overall a disappointing experience for the quality of restaurant I had hoped for prior to my visit. Compared to other Japanese American restaurants in town I would rate this one below average for service and average for food with an overall below average experience from this visit.

• Pros: Decent soup base
• Cons: Inconsistent staff, food substitutes added without notice..

08/08/09

great sushi, upscale

by jkh1967 at Citysearch

Visited this week on a weekday night. It's in Chevy Chase on the east end of UK campus. The restaurant itself (it's a combination Japanese restaurant and sushi bar) is very nice, the sushi bar is classy and the staff is quick and professional. I had the dinamite roll and the philly cheese roll. Both were prepared quickly and were really good. I have no complaints whatsoever about my experience at Tomo. With that said, Tomo is not the best sushi in town regardless of annual voting awards. The best sushi in town is at SEKI on Broadway. It's an older sushi bar with a quirky, older sushi chef and his wife running the show but they do one thing and they do it quite well. Still, I'll go back to to TOMO anytime and can recommend it, gladly.

• Pros: quality sushi bar
• Cons: better in Lexington

09/23/08

Chicken Sushi???

by mitss at Citysearch

The sushi WAS great... EXCEPT that when I ordered the Caribbean Roll which is supposed to be Lobster Tempura + cucumber, I got CHICKEN tempura! At first, it seemed strange that it could have been CHICKEN... but once we dissected the roll and asked the manager/owner, she didn't even deny it!!! Just said - Oh, we'll bring you another... Instead I just asked for bill WITHOUT the "lobster" roll on it... Despite the delish sake, this is grounds to never go back :(