Tonari

This place being rated 4.3 is downright criminal. Looked through some of the reviews to figure out what was going on here and it seems that most of these people were expecting a traditional Japanese meal (not what they market themselves as) or over priced and under portioned (which is categorically false). I did the tasting menu which was priced really generously for the quality and quantity that I received. If somehow you looked through the menu, saw meatball bao (which was delicious) and thought that you were going to get a traditional Japanese meal then I think *you* are the problem. Everything was delicious, the prices and portions are exceedingly fair. As for service I sat at the bar so thats all I can speak to, but the bartender was attentive, personable, and charming. Everything I a

To be honest we were expecting to be blown away by the food for the prices they charged. we ordered the korean style garlic bread, uni pasta, mentaiko corn pizza, and the seasonal layered apple cake. it was the most mid japanese fusion food i've ever tried, no matter the price range. i don't understand how you can call an uni pasta "uni" when you cannot taste ANY uni. the same with the mentaiko, it was just pizza with corn on it. not to mention the portions were insanely small and we left the restaurant still not full. the best part of the meal was the tiny piece of apple cake. we also ordered 2 drinks which were okay. also, the service was below mediocre. When we mentioned the name for the reservation, we were met with a stank face when she couldn't find our name, which she had to literal

Came here to dinner with some friends, but didn’t realize a cap game was going on so it was very busy. Not their fault obviously. This is not real Japanese food. This is more American or Italian if anything. The aranchini was okay, I’ve had better for sure. The garlic bread was good, but also not the best. The Uni pasta was OK. The best thing I had was the corn pizza oh my God it was so yummy. Not sure if I’d come back, but it was interesting to try this. Also, they have a gratitude at 20%. You have six people or more and I only had four people on my table so I was very confused why they did that. That’s messed up. I think I should have a choice of tipping whatever I want versus having it forced on me.

Really impressed with this place. Fun, delicious, and innovative Japanese fusion. We went for the award winning mentaiko corn pizza, which is a must try. Super unique flavor combo. We were expecting the corn pizza to be the best thing we ate but the pepperoni with the dashi hot honey took the cake. That was one of the best pieces of pizza I’ve had. The sauce had umeboshi which added acidity and tanginess. I don’t know what they put in their hot honey but it was the best hot honey I’ve tried. It must have dashi or maybe togariashi. All in all, this place rocks.

This was one of the worst Japanese experiences that I have had here in the Washington DC area. As a Japanese person who has recently moved to the United States of America I often assume that any kind of “Japanese” restaurants that I see in America is not going to taste that great and what I am used to in my big beautiful home country of Japan in the land of the rising Sun. However, the experience that I had today was absolutely PATHETIC. The service was absolutely atrocious. The person never asked me how we were doing. We were rarely ever greeted. And they never even bothered to refill our water and he literally slammed the receipt down and said thanks for coming and just walked away without asking whether or not we wanted anything else this experience was absolutely garbage. On top of th