Tokyo Bay
4403 Clemson Blvd, Anderson, SC, 29625
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Address :
4403 Clemson Blvd
Anderson, SC, 29625 - Phone (864) 224-3588
- Website https://www.tokyobayanderson.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:30 am - 2:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Trendy
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : No
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Brad W.
We had a number of food selections at the lunch table including sushi, a teriyaki dish, and a seafood noodle soup, and everyone liked what they had. Our waitress was especially helpful and professional. I'm sure we will be back. The place is new and business is picking up.
(5)Laura S.
I'm shocked to read these reviews praising this dirty place! If you are looking for decent Japanese cuisine go to the Toyko in Clemson, SC. This restaurant may look nice being on the lake, but go inside, you will smell a heavy musky atmosphere complimented by paper on the floor and dirty tables, and dead bugs and flakes of diet in the window seal. It's unacceptable. My husband wanted to leave right away, but I urged we stay and see how the food is.... The food was subpar. I had the hibachi teriyaki chicken which came just grilled... No teriyaki, I had to ask to for the proper sauces that are served at the Clemson location. The vegetables were WAY over cooked and black, I could only eat the two pieces of zucchini and the pieces of onion that still had a crunch, but the majority were limp. The miso soup that comes with the hibachi dinners was stale and had separated, but the ginger salad dressing was delicious, but the salad could have been fresher. My husband and our dinner guest ordered rolls of sushi. In particular my husband had the atomic sushi roll which was not wrapped properly and continued to fall apart with his chopsticks.... A disgrace to the elegant cuisine. The waitress was a sweet girl, and deserves to work in an actual restaurant, not this stinky place. The plate-ware and silverware were cheap and chipped. I give this restaurant 1 star.... It actually deserves -10 stars.... Please don't eat here. If the restaurant owner happens to read this, PLEASE clean this place up! You can't have the beautiful location and think that's it! Wrap your sushi rolls properly! Grill the chicken in teriyaki sauce and don't OvER grill the vegetables....
(1)Anton K.
Had friends over from florida and had to take them somewhere nice. Can't go wrong with sushi, right? So I hop on yelp and find the finest sushi place in anderson. Boom! 5 stars here we go: Tokyo Bay! They have a nice looking menu, pictures of the sushi and all. So we order our fish and rice (sushi) and waited for it to arrive. Just about every different roll we ordered was Meh. For example the salmon lovers roll has thick pieces of salmon on it, but has no flavor/ taste to it. Each of the rolls we ordered was at least $9 and each of them where meh to below average quality sushi (flavor, presentation, and price). Sucks I had to drag my wife, my friend, my friend's wife and all our kids (4 of em) to this sub-par sushi restaurant. Atleast the kids had good chicken teriyaki but then again kids will eat anything. We tipped the waitress well and will most definitely never go here again. Sorry Tokyo Bay :/
(2)Amanda C.
Great service, food, and price. I had the Miso soup, seaweed salad, and a special roll that set me back $13, tough to beat that! The view of the lake is also nice for a relaxing evening or lunch by boat.
(4)Iama C.
Iama Critic Rating - Tokyo Bay - 2 Stars 4403 Clemson Boulevard, Anderson, SC Initial Thoughts: Across the country I have seen the restaurant industry degrade in the last couple of years and in no segment is it more obvious than on the high end. Gourmet restaurants like Tokyo Bay have seemed to have forgotten what quality means. When you pay this kind of money you deserve more! But more and more often fancy restaurants simply don't deliver. My first clue of a problem was when my guests and I tried to order various crab appraisers and sushi rolls, and our waitress informed us that except for a few items Tokyo Bay does not serve real crab. Really? So for these prices I received fake crab? So what else is fake? Is the salmon real? Is the white tuna real? Or is it escolar, also known as the ex-lax fish. Is this why I had gastric problems later? My point is that at Tokyo Bay's price level this should not even be a question. It is one thing to receive fake crab at a $10 all you can eat sushi buffet, but when I pay $10 for a "special roll" of a few pieces of sushi, I expect the real thing. $4.95 Kimchee Rolls - 2 Stars Real kimchee is fermented with garlic, pepper, salt, and ginger. It is supposed to be pungent and spicy. But these spring rolls were served extremely hot, scalding hot, and lacked the spices and strong smell of real kimchee. It tasted very much like regular cabbage to me. $3.95 Potato Tornado - 3 stars A truly original idea. They spirally cut a potato, skewer it, stretch it into a spiral and deep fry it. Sadly ours was over-cooked and was extremely brown. It tasted like burnt potato chips. The sauces from my kimchee roll helped cover the poor flavor. $1.75 Hot Green Tea - 2 Stars I don't normally review drinks, but it is worth mentioning because it demonstrates the level of service I received. I received my "tea bag" green tea piping hot. I asked for sugar. I waited five minutes until my waitress came around, and I asked again. By the third time I asked, it was pointless, my tea was cold. I never had a chance to drink my tea, so I ordered water. $30.00 Hot Stone - 2 Stars overall For thirty dollars this entree comes with four tiny bite size pieces of filet mignon, a tiny iceberg salad, a tiny cup of miso soup, a smidgen of spicy fake crab, and two fingerlings of fried white fish, and my choice of any ten dollar or less special sushi roll. I chose the Crunch Rainbow which came with salmon, shrimp and tuna. Filet Mignon - 1 star As a chef I have cooked filet a thousand times, this is not filet! And four bite size pieces, wow, simply wow. Tiny Side Salad - wasn't worth rating Tiny Cup of Soup - 2 stars Spicy Fake Crab - 3 Stars Fingerlings of Fried White Fish - 4 Stars Crunch Rainbow - 4 Stars The only good thing I ate all night was this fabulous sushi roll. The only question is, was the salmon and tuna real. After all fake fish is just as easy to serve as fake crab.
(2)Maddë B.
Great food, just passing through Anderson! The isomaki roll is really good. For the amount of food we got the price was very reasonable. The place is super cute and clean! The food tasted really fresh.
(4)Misty S.
Pretty decent food. I like the spicy or teriyaki chicken and veggies. I would recommend this food and the restaurant looks nice it is on lake hartwell.
(4)Heather P.
Love the sushi here. Views are pretty sweet too. I don't recall all the rolls we tried but the one I can remember is the Top Gun Roll as a previous post has posted a photo of. It is AMAZING! Pretty much anything with BBQ Eel sauce is great in my mind. They also have a roll listed that I'm not seeing listed on the On Line menu but it's a pretty swanky roll. IIRC it was around $42 or so. Consisted of lobster Foi Gras, gold flake and some other crazy stuff. If I could refrain from wanting to order 20 different rolls and just settle on this one, I might one day give it a try. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because we went here on a Sunday. Without fail I always order Saki with sushi. Since it was Sunday they were unable to serve any alcohol :( Now I'm still new to this area but I'm really confused on the whole thing of no alcohol on Sundays at some locations. Just up the street, at a Mexican restaurant they serve beer and margaritas and such on Sunday so not sure why Tokyo Bay was unable. But that's my issue and something I'll look into. Service was good, not great but good. Our server I believe was pretty new to this all and wasn't well versed on the rolls. Again not bad, just inexperienced.
(4)Mark F.
Hopefully this is a one off... Seated outside waited for over five minutes for the server. About to leave when the lady that seated me recognized I had not been served. Ordered kettle one the server told me they don't have that wine. Then I ordered yaki udon vegetarian and spicy. It arrives garnished with meat and no spice. Went to get a napkin none available had to use the tablecloth. Wanted to speak of my dissatisfaction but the server didn't return until I flagged her down with my cc. Someone else brought me the check. Both asked me how my meal was and I said just so so. And they both said good! Now I am at the bar for the second drink I wanted with my meal. Not going much better. Editing my review. Lisa the owner just approached me with a copy of my review. She expressed her disappointment and invited me back tomorrow. I agreed so I have changed my rating to my past views and will give a new opinion tomorrow evening. Thank you Lisa. Stay tuned for my flow up. Cheers!
(5)Hannah A.
Went during an understaffed busy night, but our server was awesome. He was entertaining, funny, accommodating and very apologetic about the troubles (running out of napkins, no glasses). None of these things were his fault although we could tell he's been having a rough time with other tables. He was awesome and the food was still great.... Highly recommend going!
(4)Kenny R.
4 star view, mediocre food, and friendly but not knowledgeable staff. You can't tell from outside, but this place is nice and friggin huge. Quaint layout, plenty of outdoor(lakefront) seating, and modern decor. The looks of it are the best thing they have going. There were only like 3 other people in this place and it still took a while for me to meet my waiter. I told him I was thirsty and he could just bring me a pitcher of water. I went ahead and ordered. He obviously didn't know much about sushi, but we got the order threw eventually. I chugged my water as I said I would. Didn't see the dude again for like 10+ minutes. I would have just poured it myself. He never apologized, just eventually poured me a refill. When he finally brought me my salad, it had the wrong dressing. I asked for ginger, he brought shrimp sauce. I had ran a couple miles that day, so I just went with it. Not horrible, but nothing special. The fish was fishy. I'm kind of surprised I actually ate it. I didn't get sick or anything, but I wouldn't ever go out of my way to come here again. Nice view. If you want to impress a dumb date that knows nothing about food, for a reasonable price, I guess that's your niche.
(1)Svenja M.
Best sushi around! Huge selection and we've never had anything off the menu that we didn't like. Outdoor seating overlooking the lake is great.
(5)Melody P.
Location is great, Sushi was AMAZING! As I was sitting at the sushi bar, I observed all the wait staff appeared to be attentive except my waitress. Barely acknowledged me after taking my order. Dropped off my check at which time I asked for a to go box. 9 minutes pass and she still hasn't returned, 11 minutes pass and I politely walk to the front and ask them to run my check. Judging by their reaction this is a common occurrence with this particular waitress. While I would go back, I would definitely ask for someone else to wait on me!
(4)Natalie B.
I LOVE Toyko Bay- I know they have changed the name recently but this is NOT due to it not being a good place to eat. They are changing the name due to the fact they are NOT affiliated with the other Toyko Bay's in the area! I eat here probably 2-3 times in a month. It is my absolute favorite place- I love the owner, Lisa, She is always so friendly! The last visit I had was for mine and a friends birthday- They brought a complimentary Sake for us and we had a great time- I understand some of the staff can be frustrating maybe taking a while to return or not keeping up with whats going on at your table- truth is I have had my fair share of that at other places too.. Majority of the staff are great and very attentive and the food is fabulous! Try the first love roll or the firecracker roll! It has a laid back feel by the lake- I have seen people come from boats to eat on the patio- Which I plan to do this summer!!!! Tomorrow night I will be there with my boyfriend ( who didn't like sushi until he tried this place) to celebrate Valentines day here! 5 STARS! Adding in: They have GREAT live music during the week!!! and also a full bar and great bartenders!
(5)Mary W.
Awesome food! I love the firecracker roll! This place is great and nice atmosphere . I love to try the different Sushi rolls.
(5)Licca K.
There is a bit that's off-putting about Tokyo Bay, however, it could have been timing. The place was relatively empty, which always unnerves me when it's dinner time, but, ignoring that, there's also this weird sign/identity thing going on with the name change outside, but not inside or on the website which was also disconcerting, and made me think of the numerous train wrecks with half hearted name changes on Kitchen Nightmares. With the show in mind, it makes you wonder what else is going on, and it can't be a good sign if they are incapable of budgeting the branding all the way through. As for food, portions are impressive as far as rolls go. My table got overzealous and bought three rolls each, but it made for a good judge as to what the menu looks like. I had my one roll, the black dragon, which I tacked onto a sushi boat for two. I think it's safe to say the portions are a big pro at Tokyo Bay. I think the specialty rolls are also pretty creative. The black dragon was a spin on the normal dragon roll. It had avo, tempura, and unagi, but the way its wrapped has the seaweed spiraled and sets it on top. In the menu photo, it looks like fish belly. Haha or skin. So I wasn't sure what I was getting. It wasn't my favorite take on the roll, but kudos for something different. They also had a bulgolgi roll, I didn't try it, but it looked pretty good and was touted as well-marinated. The center contains iceberg lettuce wrapped in rice and seaweed. The sushi boat for two was reasonable and came with a broth soup and salad, 2 pieces of shrimp tempura and seared tuna, with 4 types of nigiri, 2 warships, and 2 special rolls. The salmon nigiri was really nice, however, I wasn't much for the tuna, hamachi, and fake crab nigiri. The tuna nigiri almost made me throw up... I'm not sure if it wasn't fresh or if I don't like tuna as much as I think I do. On another note, the seared tuna and shrimp tempura app was really good. I might consider returning just for that. It was a bit spicy but probably the best thing I had there. Tokyo Bay is pretty much what you'd expect. It's your average Americanized sushi restaurant--- decently portioned rolls, heavy menu catering to very gimmicky rolls, questionable freshness of fish, and nothing terribly authentic or traditional in terms of the art per say. It does its job though. Also, not sure what's up with the Jiro dreams of sushi posters. Subliminal messaging? An employee found the posters in back and was thinking "hey we're a sushi restaurant! Total relate!" Or maybe they admire Jiro and it's their aspiration. Just kinda out of place. The branding is a little bit of a mess here. Otherwise, sushi is okay if you're being casual and don't care too much.
(3)Sarah S.
Our all time fav place to eat!! I've travelled all over and hands down this ranks up there in my top 3 sushi places I've eaten across the country!! Their rolls are amazing and quite creative too!! We eat here at least every couple weeks and 98% of the time the service is great, especially at the sushi bar. If you don't eat fish/sushi or are looking for a steak don't waste your time coming here, go to Longhorn. If you are looking for a California roll, don't bother. The sushi rolls are delicious and the menu is huge. The fish always tastes fresh and the house soy sauce is great! (The owner brews it himself) It makes me mad when I read poor reviews on this place and see they chose steak or teriyaki chicken. If your taste buds want an adventure and you want a different dining experience come here.....you Will Not Be Disappointed!!
(5)Rachel O.
My friend and I came to dine this evening for a late supper and had an awful experience that was very much out of character for the restaurant. We ordered two teriyaki chicken and one steaknegimaki roll to split. The chicken bone soup was cold, and we ordered all broccoli with our chicken and it still came out with mixed veggies. All of this would have be fine until we received our steak roll about 7-8 minutes after our chicken and the steak was very thin and grey in color. Upon tasting one piece each since we were splitting, it tasted very cold and a bit off in flavor. Mean while, our server had not come by to check on us, and we had to ask another server to get her for us. When she arrived (at this point we were finished with our chicken and ready for a box), we told her what the problem was and asked if she could take it off our tab. At this point, she informed us that since we had already eaten a piece, it could not be taken off the bill (I'm not sure how you're supposed to know something tastes off without actually eating a piece). The hostess then informed us that since she wouldn't take it off, she could have the chef remake the sushi. I told her that would be fine, but when she and the server went to ask the chef, she loudly explained that we were complaining about it being cold and that we didn't like it, to which he replied that he could heat it up. I told her I didn't want sushi that has been sitting out 20 minutes to be just heated up and proceeded to just request the check and paid and left without taking the roll with us. I thought the staff was very rude in the way they handled the situation and acted blatantly offended and rude that we wouldn't just eat the roll and be happy. For a $45 meal, I would expect much better and more accommodating service, especially given that my family and I eat here extremely regularly. We used to love coming here, but have seen a steady decline in the staff quality and tonight was absolutely unacceptable. We definitely will NEVER come back again.
(1)Jim B.
Hands down, the best sushi selection and best sushi in the area. Sushi chefs are fun to talk with while they hand roll. Had a steak sushi that was expensive, but would do it again. Tasted wonderful! Everything we had was great!
(5)Jeremy M.
Nice use of the lake, great sushi. come anytime. The rolls were superb.
(5)Michael A.
Largest Japanese menu in the area, great variety, good service. Lots of original rolls, traditional food too. Not brave enough to try the Lady Gaga roll, though.
(5)Gina S.
Our party of 7 had a variety of sushi as well as hibachi dinners. The service and food were excellent! I would highly recommend and can't wait to return!
(5)Charlie B.
This is absolutely the BEST Japanese Restuarant in Anderson. This place is surgical CLEAN ! The food is first class, and the employees are professional, and very friendly. A must try!
(5)Victor T.
We were late for lunch and hungry. There were several cars around this place, how bad can this be? We ordered hamachi karma, hibachi shrimp & New York strip, medium rare. Our waiter, by his own admission was a 2-days-on-the-job veteran. After 45 min, the hamachi came out, burnt blacken on one aide, but white on the other. The New York strip and shrimp were well over well-done but curiously cold. May the line cook is also a 2-day veteran. Another waitress tried to compensate by offering us a free desert. No thanks! We escaped in haste. Should have stuck with junky fast food.
(1)Alexandra E.
Lots of selections to choose from and pretty good service. Not like a coastal sushi restaurant though so not a five star but really good for a small inland city.
(4)Don N.
Seems this place runs hot and cold. After a LONG day driving, the wife Yelps the best places in Anderson and this one comes up. After a week of great Southern (and fried) food, we decided this would be a nice break THAT was a mistake. My wife is a tuna-file when it comes to sushi. After spending over 30 years on the West coast eating great tuna sushi, this was simply put.......crap. The tuna wasn't spoiled, but it WAS beige instead of that nice deep red color we are used to. Since she ordered three items that were ALL raw tuna, she sent it back. Well, first the server comes over, then the wife of the owner, then the owner/chef with his invoices showing how it was delivered that day. The issue, it seems, is that he gets his tuna from Hawaii fresh, so transport to the middle of SC means there might be an issue in that regardt. MAYBE their other cooked items are OK, we do not know, but if you go, stay away from the tuna if you are used to high-grade tuna from Japan
(1)Anton K.
Had friends over from florida and had to take them somewhere nice. Can't go wrong with sushi, right? So I hop on yelp and find the finest sushi place in anderson. Boom! 5 stars here we go: Tokyo Bay! They have a nice looking menu, pictures of the sushi and all. So we order our fish and rice (sushi) and waited for it to arrive. Just about every different roll we ordered was Meh. For example the salmon lovers roll has thick pieces of salmon on it, but has no flavor/ taste to it. Each of the rolls we ordered was at least $9 and each of them where meh to below average quality sushi (flavor, presentation, and price). Sucks I had to drag my wife, my friend, my friend's wife and all our kids (4 of em) to this sub-par sushi restaurant. Atleast the kids had good chicken teriyaki but then again kids will eat anything. We tipped the waitress well and will most definitely never go here again. Sorry Tokyo Bay :/
(2)Hannah A.
Went during an understaffed busy night, but our server was awesome. He was entertaining, funny, accommodating and very apologetic about the troubles (running out of napkins, no glasses). None of these things were his fault although we could tell he's been having a rough time with other tables. He was awesome and the food was still great.... Highly recommend going!
(4)Licca K.
There is a bit that's off-putting about Tokyo Bay, however, it could have been timing. The place was relatively empty, which always unnerves me when it's dinner time, but, ignoring that, there's also this weird sign/identity thing going on with the name change outside, but not inside or on the website which was also disconcerting, and made me think of the numerous train wrecks with half hearted name changes on Kitchen Nightmares. With the show in mind, it makes you wonder what else is going on, and it can't be a good sign if they are incapable of budgeting the branding all the way through. As for food, portions are impressive as far as rolls go. My table got overzealous and bought three rolls each, but it made for a good judge as to what the menu looks like. I had my one roll, the black dragon, which I tacked onto a sushi boat for two. I think it's safe to say the portions are a big pro at Tokyo Bay. I think the specialty rolls are also pretty creative. The black dragon was a spin on the normal dragon roll. It had avo, tempura, and unagi, but the way its wrapped has the seaweed spiraled and sets it on top. In the menu photo, it looks like fish belly. Haha or skin. So I wasn't sure what I was getting. It wasn't my favorite take on the roll, but kudos for something different. They also had a bulgolgi roll, I didn't try it, but it looked pretty good and was touted as well-marinated. The center contains iceberg lettuce wrapped in rice and seaweed. The sushi boat for two was reasonable and came with a broth soup and salad, 2 pieces of shrimp tempura and seared tuna, with 4 types of nigiri, 2 warships, and 2 special rolls. The salmon nigiri was really nice, however, I wasn't much for the tuna, hamachi, and fake crab nigiri. The tuna nigiri almost made me throw up... I'm not sure if it wasn't fresh or if I don't like tuna as much as I think I do. On another note, the seared tuna and shrimp tempura app was really good. I might consider returning just for that. It was a bit spicy but probably the best thing I had there. Tokyo Bay is pretty much what you'd expect. It's your average Americanized sushi restaurant--- decently portioned rolls, heavy menu catering to very gimmicky rolls, questionable freshness of fish, and nothing terribly authentic or traditional in terms of the art per say. It does its job though. Also, not sure what's up with the Jiro dreams of sushi posters. Subliminal messaging? An employee found the posters in back and was thinking "hey we're a sushi restaurant! Total relate!" Or maybe they admire Jiro and it's their aspiration. Just kinda out of place. The branding is a little bit of a mess here. Otherwise, sushi is okay if you're being casual and don't care too much.
(3)Kenny R.
4 star view, mediocre food, and friendly but not knowledgeable staff. You can't tell from outside, but this place is nice and friggin huge. Quaint layout, plenty of outdoor(lakefront) seating, and modern decor. The looks of it are the best thing they have going. There were only like 3 other people in this place and it still took a while for me to meet my waiter. I told him I was thirsty and he could just bring me a pitcher of water. I went ahead and ordered. He obviously didn't know much about sushi, but we got the order threw eventually. I chugged my water as I said I would. Didn't see the dude again for like 10+ minutes. I would have just poured it myself. He never apologized, just eventually poured me a refill. When he finally brought me my salad, it had the wrong dressing. I asked for ginger, he brought shrimp sauce. I had ran a couple miles that day, so I just went with it. Not horrible, but nothing special. The fish was fishy. I'm kind of surprised I actually ate it. I didn't get sick or anything, but I wouldn't ever go out of my way to come here again. Nice view. If you want to impress a dumb date that knows nothing about food, for a reasonable price, I guess that's your niche.
(1)Natalie B.
I LOVE Toyko Bay- I know they have changed the name recently but this is NOT due to it not being a good place to eat. They are changing the name due to the fact they are NOT affiliated with the other Toyko Bay's in the area! I eat here probably 2-3 times in a month. It is my absolute favorite place- I love the owner, Lisa, She is always so friendly! The last visit I had was for mine and a friends birthday- They brought a complimentary Sake for us and we had a great time- I understand some of the staff can be frustrating maybe taking a while to return or not keeping up with whats going on at your table- truth is I have had my fair share of that at other places too.. Majority of the staff are great and very attentive and the food is fabulous! Try the first love roll or the firecracker roll! It has a laid back feel by the lake- I have seen people come from boats to eat on the patio- Which I plan to do this summer!!!! Tomorrow night I will be there with my boyfriend ( who didn't like sushi until he tried this place) to celebrate Valentines day here! 5 STARS! Adding in: They have GREAT live music during the week!!! and also a full bar and great bartenders!
(5)Sarah S.
Our all time fav place to eat!! I've travelled all over and hands down this ranks up there in my top 3 sushi places I've eaten across the country!! Their rolls are amazing and quite creative too!! We eat here at least every couple weeks and 98% of the time the service is great, especially at the sushi bar. If you don't eat fish/sushi or are looking for a steak don't waste your time coming here, go to Longhorn. If you are looking for a California roll, don't bother. The sushi rolls are delicious and the menu is huge. The fish always tastes fresh and the house soy sauce is great! (The owner brews it himself) It makes me mad when I read poor reviews on this place and see they chose steak or teriyaki chicken. If your taste buds want an adventure and you want a different dining experience come here.....you Will Not Be Disappointed!!
(5)Iama C.
Iama Critic Rating - Tokyo Bay - 2 Stars 4403 Clemson Boulevard, Anderson, SC Initial Thoughts: Across the country I have seen the restaurant industry degrade in the last couple of years and in no segment is it more obvious than on the high end. Gourmet restaurants like Tokyo Bay have seemed to have forgotten what quality means. When you pay this kind of money you deserve more! But more and more often fancy restaurants simply don't deliver. My first clue of a problem was when my guests and I tried to order various crab appraisers and sushi rolls, and our waitress informed us that except for a few items Tokyo Bay does not serve real crab. Really? So for these prices I received fake crab? So what else is fake? Is the salmon real? Is the white tuna real? Or is it escolar, also known as the ex-lax fish. Is this why I had gastric problems later? My point is that at Tokyo Bay's price level this should not even be a question. It is one thing to receive fake crab at a $10 all you can eat sushi buffet, but when I pay $10 for a "special roll" of a few pieces of sushi, I expect the real thing. $4.95 Kimchee Rolls - 2 Stars Real kimchee is fermented with garlic, pepper, salt, and ginger. It is supposed to be pungent and spicy. But these spring rolls were served extremely hot, scalding hot, and lacked the spices and strong smell of real kimchee. It tasted very much like regular cabbage to me. $3.95 Potato Tornado - 3 stars A truly original idea. They spirally cut a potato, skewer it, stretch it into a spiral and deep fry it. Sadly ours was over-cooked and was extremely brown. It tasted like burnt potato chips. The sauces from my kimchee roll helped cover the poor flavor. $1.75 Hot Green Tea - 2 Stars I don't normally review drinks, but it is worth mentioning because it demonstrates the level of service I received. I received my "tea bag" green tea piping hot. I asked for sugar. I waited five minutes until my waitress came around, and I asked again. By the third time I asked, it was pointless, my tea was cold. I never had a chance to drink my tea, so I ordered water. $30.00 Hot Stone - 2 Stars overall For thirty dollars this entree comes with four tiny bite size pieces of filet mignon, a tiny iceberg salad, a tiny cup of miso soup, a smidgen of spicy fake crab, and two fingerlings of fried white fish, and my choice of any ten dollar or less special sushi roll. I chose the Crunch Rainbow which came with salmon, shrimp and tuna. Filet Mignon - 1 star As a chef I have cooked filet a thousand times, this is not filet! And four bite size pieces, wow, simply wow. Tiny Side Salad - wasn't worth rating Tiny Cup of Soup - 2 stars Spicy Fake Crab - 3 Stars Fingerlings of Fried White Fish - 4 Stars Crunch Rainbow - 4 Stars The only good thing I ate all night was this fabulous sushi roll. The only question is, was the salmon and tuna real. After all fake fish is just as easy to serve as fake crab.
(2)Melody P.
Location is great, Sushi was AMAZING! As I was sitting at the sushi bar, I observed all the wait staff appeared to be attentive except my waitress. Barely acknowledged me after taking my order. Dropped off my check at which time I asked for a to go box. 9 minutes pass and she still hasn't returned, 11 minutes pass and I politely walk to the front and ask them to run my check. Judging by their reaction this is a common occurrence with this particular waitress. While I would go back, I would definitely ask for someone else to wait on me!
(4)Heather P.
Love the sushi here. Views are pretty sweet too. I don't recall all the rolls we tried but the one I can remember is the Top Gun Roll as a previous post has posted a photo of. It is AMAZING! Pretty much anything with BBQ Eel sauce is great in my mind. They also have a roll listed that I'm not seeing listed on the On Line menu but it's a pretty swanky roll. IIRC it was around $42 or so. Consisted of lobster Foi Gras, gold flake and some other crazy stuff. If I could refrain from wanting to order 20 different rolls and just settle on this one, I might one day give it a try. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because we went here on a Sunday. Without fail I always order Saki with sushi. Since it was Sunday they were unable to serve any alcohol :( Now I'm still new to this area but I'm really confused on the whole thing of no alcohol on Sundays at some locations. Just up the street, at a Mexican restaurant they serve beer and margaritas and such on Sunday so not sure why Tokyo Bay was unable. But that's my issue and something I'll look into. Service was good, not great but good. Our server I believe was pretty new to this all and wasn't well versed on the rolls. Again not bad, just inexperienced.
(4)Mark F.
Hopefully this is a one off... Seated outside waited for over five minutes for the server. About to leave when the lady that seated me recognized I had not been served. Ordered kettle one the server told me they don't have that wine. Then I ordered yaki udon vegetarian and spicy. It arrives garnished with meat and no spice. Went to get a napkin none available had to use the tablecloth. Wanted to speak of my dissatisfaction but the server didn't return until I flagged her down with my cc. Someone else brought me the check. Both asked me how my meal was and I said just so so. And they both said good! Now I am at the bar for the second drink I wanted with my meal. Not going much better. Editing my review. Lisa the owner just approached me with a copy of my review. She expressed her disappointment and invited me back tomorrow. I agreed so I have changed my rating to my past views and will give a new opinion tomorrow evening. Thank you Lisa. Stay tuned for my flow up. Cheers!
(5)Brad W.
We had a number of food selections at the lunch table including sushi, a teriyaki dish, and a seafood noodle soup, and everyone liked what they had. Our waitress was especially helpful and professional. I'm sure we will be back. The place is new and business is picking up.
(5)Victor T.
We were late for lunch and hungry. There were several cars around this place, how bad can this be? We ordered hamachi karma, hibachi shrimp & New York strip, medium rare. Our waiter, by his own admission was a 2-days-on-the-job veteran. After 45 min, the hamachi came out, burnt blacken on one aide, but white on the other. The New York strip and shrimp were well over well-done but curiously cold. May the line cook is also a 2-day veteran. Another waitress tried to compensate by offering us a free desert. No thanks! We escaped in haste. Should have stuck with junky fast food.
(1)Michael A.
Largest Japanese menu in the area, great variety, good service. Lots of original rolls, traditional food too. Not brave enough to try the Lady Gaga roll, though.
(5)Gina S.
Our party of 7 had a variety of sushi as well as hibachi dinners. The service and food were excellent! I would highly recommend and can't wait to return!
(5)Charlie B.
This is absolutely the BEST Japanese Restuarant in Anderson. This place is surgical CLEAN ! The food is first class, and the employees are professional, and very friendly. A must try!
(5)Svenja M.
Best sushi around! Huge selection and we've never had anything off the menu that we didn't like. Outdoor seating overlooking the lake is great.
(5)Mary W.
Awesome food! I love the firecracker roll! This place is great and nice atmosphere . I love to try the different Sushi rolls.
(5)Amanda C.
Great service, food, and price. I had the Miso soup, seaweed salad, and a special roll that set me back $13, tough to beat that! The view of the lake is also nice for a relaxing evening or lunch by boat.
(4)Misty S.
Pretty decent food. I like the spicy or teriyaki chicken and veggies. I would recommend this food and the restaurant looks nice it is on lake hartwell.
(4)Alexandra E.
Lots of selections to choose from and pretty good service. Not like a coastal sushi restaurant though so not a five star but really good for a small inland city.
(4)Don N.
Seems this place runs hot and cold. After a LONG day driving, the wife Yelps the best places in Anderson and this one comes up. After a week of great Southern (and fried) food, we decided this would be a nice break THAT was a mistake. My wife is a tuna-file when it comes to sushi. After spending over 30 years on the West coast eating great tuna sushi, this was simply put.......crap. The tuna wasn't spoiled, but it WAS beige instead of that nice deep red color we are used to. Since she ordered three items that were ALL raw tuna, she sent it back. Well, first the server comes over, then the wife of the owner, then the owner/chef with his invoices showing how it was delivered that day. The issue, it seems, is that he gets his tuna from Hawaii fresh, so transport to the middle of SC means there might be an issue in that regardt. MAYBE their other cooked items are OK, we do not know, but if you go, stay away from the tuna if you are used to high-grade tuna from Japan
(1)Rachel O.
My friend and I came to dine this evening for a late supper and had an awful experience that was very much out of character for the restaurant. We ordered two teriyaki chicken and one steaknegimaki roll to split. The chicken bone soup was cold, and we ordered all broccoli with our chicken and it still came out with mixed veggies. All of this would have be fine until we received our steak roll about 7-8 minutes after our chicken and the steak was very thin and grey in color. Upon tasting one piece each since we were splitting, it tasted very cold and a bit off in flavor. Mean while, our server had not come by to check on us, and we had to ask another server to get her for us. When she arrived (at this point we were finished with our chicken and ready for a box), we told her what the problem was and asked if she could take it off our tab. At this point, she informed us that since we had already eaten a piece, it could not be taken off the bill (I'm not sure how you're supposed to know something tastes off without actually eating a piece). The hostess then informed us that since she wouldn't take it off, she could have the chef remake the sushi. I told her that would be fine, but when she and the server went to ask the chef, she loudly explained that we were complaining about it being cold and that we didn't like it, to which he replied that he could heat it up. I told her I didn't want sushi that has been sitting out 20 minutes to be just heated up and proceeded to just request the check and paid and left without taking the roll with us. I thought the staff was very rude in the way they handled the situation and acted blatantly offended and rude that we wouldn't just eat the roll and be happy. For a $45 meal, I would expect much better and more accommodating service, especially given that my family and I eat here extremely regularly. We used to love coming here, but have seen a steady decline in the staff quality and tonight was absolutely unacceptable. We definitely will NEVER come back again.
(1)Jim B.
Hands down, the best sushi selection and best sushi in the area. Sushi chefs are fun to talk with while they hand roll. Had a steak sushi that was expensive, but would do it again. Tasted wonderful! Everything we had was great!
(5)Jeremy M.
Nice use of the lake, great sushi. come anytime. The rolls were superb.
(5)Laura S.
I'm shocked to read these reviews praising this dirty place! If you are looking for decent Japanese cuisine go to the Toyko in Clemson, SC. This restaurant may look nice being on the lake, but go inside, you will smell a heavy musky atmosphere complimented by paper on the floor and dirty tables, and dead bugs and flakes of diet in the window seal. It's unacceptable. My husband wanted to leave right away, but I urged we stay and see how the food is.... The food was subpar. I had the hibachi teriyaki chicken which came just grilled... No teriyaki, I had to ask to for the proper sauces that are served at the Clemson location. The vegetables were WAY over cooked and black, I could only eat the two pieces of zucchini and the pieces of onion that still had a crunch, but the majority were limp. The miso soup that comes with the hibachi dinners was stale and had separated, but the ginger salad dressing was delicious, but the salad could have been fresher. My husband and our dinner guest ordered rolls of sushi. In particular my husband had the atomic sushi roll which was not wrapped properly and continued to fall apart with his chopsticks.... A disgrace to the elegant cuisine. The waitress was a sweet girl, and deserves to work in an actual restaurant, not this stinky place. The plate-ware and silverware were cheap and chipped. I give this restaurant 1 star.... It actually deserves -10 stars.... Please don't eat here. If the restaurant owner happens to read this, PLEASE clean this place up! You can't have the beautiful location and think that's it! Wrap your sushi rolls properly! Grill the chicken in teriyaki sauce and don't OvER grill the vegetables....
(1)Maddë B.
Great food, just passing through Anderson! The isomaki roll is really good. For the amount of food we got the price was very reasonable. The place is super cute and clean! The food tasted really fresh.
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