Sakura Momoko

Loved this place and the food! It looks super lowkey from the outside, but the simplicity is what makes it so great. I really enjoyed the meal—absolutely delicious. The service was excellent too. Thanks so much for the recommendation! Highly recommend.

+3

Mai Nguyen

Just visited during DC Restaurant Week 2025 and tried the restaurant week menu. It was well worth the price. In short, will definitely return! The appetizer was just okay. The next dishes my friend and I tried were the pork belly and beef sukiyaki pot. They met our expectation but didn’t blow our mind. The pork belly was soft and a bit sweet. The sukiyaki was flavourful with a lot of beef, very good portion. The broth is great though a bit salty. The star was the main dish with 7 pieces of sashimi and half a roll, amazing quality. Generous portion and selection. All pieces were thick cut and very fresh, the rice was of high quality. The ebi and yellowtail were my favorite, light and sweet. The toro was fatty. Even the roll was carefully made. We didn’t expect to be full but was surprised. The hojicha pudding is a signature and it exceeded our expectation. Melt in your mouth with a slight bitter caramel sauce at the end, the pairings were brilliant. The basque cheesecake was creamy and rich.

+1

Matt Brandenburger

Awesome food and great service! We came for restaurant week and were stunned at the quality of service. It was an appropriate speed and the food came out fresh. The hot foods were hot, and the sushi was not overhandled. My favorite part of the meal was dessert. The ほうじ茶プリン was divine. Would highly recommend you check out for restaurant week or another omakase experience!

+4

Saminda Wijegunawardena

We enjoyed an excellent meal here last night. They have a diverse menu with options for a tasting menu, a la carte sashimi, sushi, small to large savory plates; quite the range. Service was very polished, very knowledgeable and helpful. The ambience was subdued, quiet and intimate. We started with a few small and medium plates we really enjoyed overall: tako karaage (pan fried octopus w/brussel sprouts & okonomi sauce) - superb blend of textures and flavors, from the crisp octopus, tender brussel sprouts, to creamy sauce. Delicious. ebi kurimu korokke (shrimp cream croquette) - our server recommended this one and it was heavenly, robust flavor without every comprising the flavor the shrimp. kuro buta kaku-ni (black pork belly/10hrs braised in sweetened soy) - this was interesting, tender pork belly in a very sweet broth. Not my favorite but good and glad I tried it. We then went onto the main part of the meal, we shared the Taro Sashimi for two. About a dozen types of fish, plus octopus, and clams beautifully presented on a long wooden board. My favorite was the Toro, it was like butter. We ordered another a la carte sashimi of the Toro, it was epic. They also have a large sake menu but basically a non-existent cocktail menu. Excellent restaurant, highly recommend you give it a try.

+3

Elias Chelala (Chewy)

The service at Sushi Taro was excellent—attentive, professional, and very knowledgeable about the menu. The food was high quality and beautifully prepared, but the portion sizes felt a bit small for the price point. Overall, a great dining experience, especially for the service and quality, but I wish the servings were a little more generous.

+3

Jay Shen

My friends and I came here because of its Michelin Star status and overall we had a good time tasting every dish that we ordered. It was clear that all the dishes were curated very carefully to ensure that every bite was worth it. While I still thought the price was exuberant, the overall experience was good enough for me to recommend this establishment if one is looking for good sushi around the area with little to no budget limitations. The live soft-shell crab tempura looked like it was burnt since it looked so black, but it wasn't the case in reality. Every bite had very potent crab flavor which was pleasantly surprising, even if each small piece was really thin. The dish that had the cooked salmon and salmon roe had very tasty bites, because the salmon had just the right amount of crisp on the outside, good flavor inside, and the koshihikari rice itself was flavorful, too. The urchin sushi pieces had very potent flavor because urchin itself was like that, which testified its authenticity. Pretty much all the other pieces of nigiri, rolls, and sashimi were good, but the dishes that I mentioned were the big highlights. Since the rest of the pieces didn't leave as much impression on me, I think it's fair for me to give this establishment a 4 instead due to its exuberant price. They have various styles of dining, ranging from a la carte to their omakase experience, which my friends had tried before. While I am not an omakase person, I would encourage those that are okay with a fancy experience to give it a try, because the dishes when ordered a la carte were already more than decent.

+3

Dylan Prévost

Sushi Taro used to be considered one of the top Japanese restaurants in the city, but it is not surprising they no longer are on the Michelin guide in 2025. The table service was good, but the rest of the service was mediocre. The food itself does feel overpriced for the quality, only a few select items were notable. Really not a destination for sushi or sashimi. Nothing they are doing terribly wrong per se, just nothing to write home about.

+12

Harrison C

Great menu, and a very calm zen-like interior decor. Love the big windows that overlook the leafy, late summer trees on the street. High quality seafood and sushi

Zzzaqwerty Le

I had the menu tasting, all good till it came the hot pot noodles, so off … shouldn’t be in there, doesn’t go along with the set, that’s why i give them 4 stars, can’t wait to try the omakase there, and hopefully none of that will happen in the omakase… it just kill it, period. Other than that everything was an adventure. Thank you for a good experience.

+5

sannechan

Sad to edit from 5 to 3 🌟.This year was totally a deception... the quality decreased (no care or thought given to the appetizer and main dish, very lackluster) and the portion is now smaller ( fish on sushi is thinner and the main dishes are so much smaller.) Normally, me and my husband come home very full with their Kaiseki, however this time after finished dinning here we were barely full. I wonder if they changed the chef or the owner. But with 400$ for 2pp is not worth to come back anymore. --------- (My experience at sushi Taro was alway exceptional. The sushi tasting menu was fresh, juicy and filling, impressed with sukiyaki. One of the best sushi restaurant in DC that I will recommend.)

moby chu

Visited during restaurant week, this used to be one of our favorite Japanese restaurants and since there are more Japanese restaurants where I live, we don't come to DC as often. I have to say I am a bit disappointed with the sushi, I can probably get similar grade sushi at my nearby sushi restaurant. The presentation is underwhelming. I suppose is restaurant week, the affordable menu and so no need to put thoughts into the dish. There is just nothing that jumps out and wow us except for the hoji-cha pudding dessert. Silky smooth and the aroma of the hoji-cha was perfect. I did pairing and the dessert goes well with the green tea plum wine.

+10

Ebidanko

First time here, this is one of our seven restaurant week this year. I would put this at the bottom of the list. Wait time is long, food portions are little (I get it, sushi, supposed to be little, but why the long wait time). The table next to us waited about 30 min for their appetizer. Food quality was also poor and boring. The appetizer sashimi, the jelly sauce on the sashimi is way too salty, covers up any taste the sashimi had. Warm dish portion is laughable. For 6 tiny fried shrimp, size of thumbs, we waited 20min. Then, only 2 pieces of the sushi combo are tasty, the others taste like what you can find in a typical supermarket sushi box. The presentation was also not satisfying, 2 pieces' fish are damaged (see image). The desert was ok, but the presentation and the cheap plastic cup does not fit the high price per person of the restaurant. The chopsticks are also not reusable, it s the one-time wooden takeout chopsticks. I don't get the hype for this restaurant.