Toyo

While I don't think we've timed it, I think we can walk to Toyo Restaurant (1463 Shattuck Avenue, 510-843-3768) in fewer than 3 minutes. It's the closest restaurant to our house (it's a toss-up between this one and Lo Coco's) and the kids love Japanese food. The menu is simple. The standard nigiri and rolls are on the menu in addition to noodles, tempura, teriyaki, etc.

Tonight we had the salmon, hamachi, seaweed, unagi, and rock 'n roll. The sushi was just fine, though the unagi was  cold. The tempura appetizer was good and came out still very hot. The una-jyu (unagi over rice) was a tad overcooked.

The people here are very  nice, but the restaurant is a bit understaffed. From the time we ordered our food until we received our main dish was 45 minutes and when we had only 3 tables place orders ahead of us. While we waited, we also noticed other people looking at their watches.

Service: 1.5 (very nice but extremely slow)
Food: 2.5
Price: $-$$ (~$15/person)
Atmosphere: 2.5 (not unpleasant but not much charm)
Overall: 2 (if we have the time I will generally be willing to drive somewhere else - darn!!)

KITCHEN UPDATE:
We have working lights in the kitchen and the cabinets have been placed - progress!

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[tshelton]

Congrats on the working lights! We can't wait to see the finished masterpiece...