Momotaro

My wife and I first ate at Momotaro about a week ago and we immediately fell in love with it! I've had a lot of Japanese food over the years and I still love all the food I've ordered so far. I don't frequently come across good miso soup, but their miso was so good that I was excited to try everything else. And it didn't disappoint! Their shumai is like nothing else I've ever tried--light, sweet, and savory all at the same time. Their Angie Roll and Double Rainbow Rolls were all the way across--I mean *delicious*. We tried their hibachi and curry bowl, which were both so flavorful. I loved their green tea and their dessert as well. The atmosphere was great, the service was quick, and the quality and amount of food you get for the price is simply amazing. We'll be going back a lot!

My husband and I discovered Momotaro while walking around Carytown, and we decided to try it a couple of weeks ago. He's from NYC, so he's had a lot of good Japanese food over the years. We tried the miso soup first, and we immediately knew we'd found a gem of a place. Next we tried their Angie roll and Double Rainbow roll - perfection. The shumai was literally the best we've ever had. We also got a pot of hot green tea, which normally I'm not a fan of. Theirs was SO good we finished the whole pot together. We ordered shrimp hibachi next, and it was just as delicious as everything else. We had strawberry mochi with ice cream for dessert (honestly the best mochi I've had). Service was great - prompt and polite. The chef came out to check on everything a few times and he was super polite and grateful. We both agree this is one of our new favorite restaurants we've ever eaten at. We went back again tonight and ordered the miso soup, Angie roll, shumai, green tea, and mochi ice cream again, and tried their shrimp curry bowl. Of course we loved that too! I can't recommend Momotaro enough!!

Came in at 630 on a Monday and grabbed appetizers (miso soup and ginger salad) which were great and then ordered a crazy dragon roll along with a volcano roll. Both came out in orderly time and tasted amazing. The service was quick and polite, never pushing to order or leave. Would come back anytime!

Wow. I don't know what to say. My fiancee and I were strolling down Carytown. We passed by the restaurant at first and by the time we were ready to eat and walked back to the restaurant they were ten minutes past closing time for their lunch service. They saw us looking at their menu again and invited us inside. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming and the music was perfect for a date day. I started by ordering plum wine and salmon Nigiri and flying fish roe sashimi. I personally start with nigiri and sashimi at any new sushi place I visit to get a feel for how thier sushi will be. The salmon was perfectly prepared and the roe sashimi was a great transition to some special rolls. After that we had the carytown roll, volcano, and finally ordered the tornado roll to-go. I am terribly grateful that they opened their doors for us. It may have been the best sushi I've had Richmond, so far. The service was great, too. It wasn't till after we had our meal that I looked at the reviews; I can only go off my experience but I would 10/10 recommend people go here and will definitely be going back myself!

I’ve passed this spot a few times with my partner, but when we finally decided to go in and check it out it was when they were closed between service hours. The owner invited us in to dine anyway, and was super polite. We had the carytown and volcano rolls, along with the salmon and flying fish roe nigiri. We also had some plum wine. Everything tasted great, and the ambiance was nice too. Had a great meal and really enjoyed ourselves, 5 stars for sure!

I don't know what these people are talking about that didn't like it. It's friggin delicious! No I don't work for them or know anyone that works there I swear! I'm simply a customer that ordered off door dash and while reading bad reviews got nervous but I was beyond pleasantly surprised at how delicious it was. If I had to give one bad comment it would be that it was a little pricey but I can completely understand with all this inflation!

Daughter and I love to try new sushi restaurants. We wanted to go down to Cary Street on a Saturday night to be able to walk around and check out some of the other stores. We had never been to Momotaro, so we thought we would give it a try. We were a tad worried since it was like 7pm on a Saturday night and we were the only people in the place and only ones the whole time we were there. We did see quite a bit of to go orders to go though. We ordered a Eel Dragon roll, eel roll, spicy tuna and tempura shrimp roll. The gentleman that waited on us was super nice and quick to help us out. Our order didn't take overly long to get made why we're waiting though they have a pretty cool saltwater fish tank setup for my daughter and I watch the fish for a while which was kind of fun. The decor is pretty cool, not a very large place maybe 10 tables or so and they had 1 table set up out on the sidewalk. Both my daughter and I thought the sushi was really good. I thought the quality was pretty top-notch and the size of the rules we're pretty filling. Don't know if it was a fluke and just a time and when we went with no one there but this place should definitely be much busier. When we venture back down to Cary Street again for sushi, I'm sure we would be stopping in.