Shoya Izakaya

Everything here is super authentic. I really enjoyed the seafood zosui. The beef and chicken bowls are perfectly size for sharing and well flavored. If you come during weekends you may have to wait but there’s always available bar seating.

Given how long this place has been in business, I am amazed how consistently good in terms of food quality and service they have been. There is a two hour limit on our reservation, but we didn't have any issues. We were able to order multiple rounds of food and drinks for the four of us. We didn't feel rushed. The service was efficient and friendly. We got all we wanted within the two hour window.

The food here is fantastic, their menu isn’t Americanized and there are a ton of options to choose from. The sushi is insanely fresh, and was very well prepared. If you do get sushi, make sure to get the Spicy tuna maki inside out roll. It’s the best one I’ve ever had at a Japanese restaurant, period. The nigiri portions were also very generous for their pricing. One of the sushi chefs even gave me the recipe for the way they do their spicy tuna roll, which was super nice of him to do.

This was my first time trying Japanese food and one thing I can say is this place is definitely authentic. All the staff seemed to be Japanese and they will absolutely incredible. Very kind, very accommodating and took time to explain what the menu items meant. I got the rice and chicken bowl. I'm sorry I can't remember what it was called in Japanese but it was pretty good and it was a reasonable price. It was about $14. It wasn't the best chicken bowl I've ever had, but it was good and I tried some of my friends sushi which was incredible. I also tried some eel as well which was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. I think this place is definitely worth a try. If you love Japanese food, you can go in knowing that this is actually run by Japanese people.

Would go again to try more food, lots of traditional Japanese food and all very delicious. Nigiri was especially fresh and good quality