Daiwa Japanese Restaurant

Delicious Japanese food!The sashimi was melt-in-your-mouth fresh! You can really taste the quality. Our server Steven was very friendly and help us pick the perfect dishes.

This is my second time going back to test their reputation since I like giving 2nd chances. Food is decent if you come in hungry, but it's not a really good quality sushi spot. Just be mindful of what you order as some of them comes larger than you would expect (see photo) or ask how big the item you're about to order. They would rather not tell you how big dish is and have leftovers. Also they put too much rice on everything. This will be my last time eating here.

It’s right outside of base and that should be your first clue. If you just came from Japan or it's still fresh in your mind, then you may be upset. A restaurant guessing what Japanese food is and serving it to people who maybe aren’t familiar with Japanese food. At least that’s my theory as to why the ratings are so high, or maybe they excel at other items. The spicy tuna in the hand roll tasted... off. The yakitori had a tough dry texture and sauce. The shumai and fried rice were the best in my opinion, and even those were mid. I’m sorry for leaving a not-great review, but we were so disappointed with what we received for that much money. I like the decor though.

If you put a gun to my head I still wouldn’t recommend this place. They have an $18.99 all you-can-eat-lunch special which includes a bunch of mediocre rolls and appetizers, the nigiri is 80% sushi rice (and they’ll charge you extra if you don’t finish all the rice… which, as you can see from one of my pictures, could be used as a baseball for the Norfolk Tides), and the staff doesn’t seem to have any idea what authentic Japanese food tastes like. And I’ll go ahead and double-down on the rice comment. They use extra rice for everything so you fill up faster. It’s shady and makes everything dry. If you’re trying to save money, don’t make your food worse in doing so. Also the wasabi was neon green and now I can climb walls.

Nice, spacious sushi restaurant in a strip mall! Had all you could eat sushi for $27 and was well worth it. Had a couple pieces of sushi and sashimi and two rolls along with sake (they have many choices). Even had a little robot server which I had only seen in Japan previously. All of it was outstanding and well worth the price!