Craving some sushi, I got a chance to go to Tokyo Lobby for the first time the other night. After reading a few of my fellow Yelper's reviews on this place I was excited to find good sushi and sashimi on the West Side ~ in Glendale of all places!
To my amazement and bewilderment Tokyo Lobby serves some of the freshest and most delicious sushi I've had in the Phoenix metro including Scottsdale! Wowsers! Why did it take me so long to find this place? Well it's a tiny place joined to a shoe store located in front of the "super-duper-take-your-money-and-run-Walmart-center" at 57th & Bell. Since I hate shopping at "wally world" I have been driving past them for months not knowing about this little gem of a sushi restaurant.
I sat at the sushi bar where I could have a better view of the sushi maestro Kelvin Kim create the most wonderful sushi concoctions. The restaurant is very clean and nicely decorated with Asian art and a few TV's to watch the games. The sushi bar is the main attraction with Chef Kim and another sushi master working their magic. The service was top notch, very accommodating and eager to please their customers.
Food: Started with Hamachi Belly sashimi ~ very tasty, sweetest tasting tuna ever. I ordered some fresh wasabi and ponzu sauce to go with my sushi rolls. I ordered the "what the heck" ~ nice punch of heat with great texture from the tuna and jalapeƱos and the Chicago roll ~ great blend of spicy crab/scallops with salmon. Both were unique and outstanding! Topped it all with a $5 sake bomb special ~ large Ichiban beer with hot sake. "make it a double sake bomb pleeeeaaasseee!"
Huge THANKS to my fellow Yelper's for recommending this little sushi gem! I am looking forward to my next visit and trying another one of Chef Kim's sushi creations. I recommend you try Tokyo Lobby next time your craving for sushi and hope to see you there!