12 Best Japanese Restaurants in Charlottesville

“Perfectly executed modern Japanese cuisine. Their wine list and sake options are exceptional. Do ask for recommendations on the Sake flights, they have some real gems. The fish and cooked dishes are impeccably prepared.“

“The Pho and Boba Milk tea are delicious, many flavors of tea, and the Pho was best with the brisket. It has the best pho I have ever tried!

Edit: still 5 star, but. I tried more stuff, and it is still really good. The rice platters, the BBQ and and curry buns are really good, too!“

“Quiet quality restaurant with a calming atmosphere and flavorful food.
I came to try it for lunch in the middle of a busy day, and it was a lovely pause that I enjoyed with all my senses.
I look forward to coming back with my family next time. Or just come by for a nice warm tea on my own.“

“Best ramen in Charlottesville! Absolutely divine. Fresh, friendly, and fast. So delicious. Get in here now and support our local small businesses!“

“Always awesome food!! Great Sushi.“

“Good food, good prices, excellent service, broad menu selection.“

“Yes, Zen and Now can be very tasty, almost authentic. But they need to maintain quality control and take their time preparing dishes. It’s such a popular place it can get frenetic and this is when preparation can miss. Service is fantastic, we have never experienced anything but sweet professionalism and just nice people. My only real gripe is the music is TOO loud - what happened to conversational level volume, that means - in the background! Also, what happened to playing Japanese music?! I’m from San Francisco - the best Japanese food and style…never loud, pleasssse.🙏“

“The dinner was beautifully prepared with Fire and Volcano 🌋 😍 😋 Food was very well done and fun time for a 66 year olds first time 😀 A Big Thank you to CJ Rachel and Abby Crawford ! Having Mike there was special especially this year!!“

“Lemongrass on the Uva corner is solid Thai food. The food we ordered was very flavorful and consistent across all of the items we ordered. I loved the Drunken Noodles and the family enjoyed Pad Thai and other items. That this is a family business shows in the careful attention they put into the food we received. We will be back and this is most likely one of our go to places for carryout or dinner now as we love solid Thai Food and Lemongrass everything we had was on point.“

“The food is good for Chinese American classic take out. Reliable, good portions. They are good at honoring requests for removing things where possible (like no veggies in fried rice). And if your app of choice offers adding extra sauces and such for a small charge, they do pretty good at putting it in the bag. (Aside - I really appreciate when that's an option on an online ordering app menu. I'll pay for extra dumpling sauce or whatever, just give me the option to add it to my order. Which this restaurant does on the app I used and I got plenty of extra sauce. ) Important to note though - if you want something subbed (white meat instead of dark, etc.) you should call your order in.

Parking: Parking is limited but cars aren't there for long. Just get it delivered.

Kid-friendliness: It's very much a take out only place. You won't be staying there to eat so it's not really an issue.“

“I got the Vegetarian ramen and I really enjoyed the flavor of the mushroom and the egg and the soup flavor was not bland and the portions was a good size . Had seen some bad reviews and was scared to try but I had a good experience with the vegetarian ramen can’t say for any other .“