Little Tokyo

The food is great because it’s made fresh in front of you. I ordered a chicken teriyaki bento with a vegetable roll. I left a tip because I always expect great service. This time though, I had a handful of people with larger order receive their food for simply because the cooks forgot the roll. So there’s that risk to gamble since everything is made to order. I might’ve been hungry who knows but I wouldn’t have minded an extra roll or a free drink but the flavor made up for it.

This is Phoenix's best kept secret. This place is amazing!! My wife and I go here all the time and the food is always consistently delicious. We get the chicken teriyaki plate with double the chicken, egg rolls and crab puffs. So good. The food is NOT starchy like Panda or every other asian takeout cuisine that I've personally been too here. I'm amazed that the line at Panda is double the size of Little Tokyo, they don't know what they are missing. My wife and I can both eat there with full bellies and drinks for about $13 - $15 depending on the day. I will own a Little Tokyo one day.

Seaweed salad: yay! Bright green and crunchy strands coated in toasted sesame oil is a delicious side, but hard to get it esp. at a reasonable price, so at $2.09 I happily added it to my Beef and Shrimp Bento Box and I was not disappointed. The outdoor seating area outside the mall's food court overlooking palm trees and distant mts. made me feel I was at some resort, except for the plastic throwaway plastic box and the lid they make you take even if you're eating the meal onsite (we really need to do away with all excessive unnecessary waste!) The dumplings were a little dry but the filling had a nice gingery flavor and the CA roll was fine, as was the main meal. Nothing extraordinary but for $9.99 it was a well balanced meal with veggies that didn't slither out of a can, and all was freshly made and some nice spicy notes. Remember to tip the very competent and pleasant chefs--they should put the tip jar near them rather than at the register--and remember to watch them prep your food on the griddle, ala low cost Benihana.