A chef-curated multi-course meal featuring seasonal specialties and premium ingredients.
Handcrafted nigiri, sashimi, and rolls made with fresh, high-quality seafood.
Artfully prepared bento meals, including seasonal offerings like Osechi for special occasions.
Lightly fried dishes such as soft-shell crab tempura and other Japanese starters.
Elegant spaces for events, parties, or intimate gatherings with customized menus.
Special prix-fixe options during local dining events for a curated experience.
2026年 Osechi bento review: Excellent traditional bento, beautifully prepared with high quality ingredients. 100% worth the price. You can tell a lot of time and effort was spent preparing this bento. I was very very impressed. I will be ordering this every year. どもありがとうございます!
The service at Sushi Taro was excellent—attentive, professional, and very knowledgeable about the menu. The food was high quality and beautifully prepared, but the portion sizes felt a bit small for the price point. Overall, a great dining experience, especially for the service and quality, but I wish the servings were a little more generous.
My friends and I came here because of its Michelin Star status and overall we had a good time tasting every dish that we ordered. It was clear that all the dishes were curated very carefully to ensure that every bite was worth it. While I still thought the price was exuberant, the overall experience was good enough for me to recommend this establishment if one is looking for good sushi around the area with little to no budget limitations. The live soft-shell crab tempura looked like it was burnt since it looked so black, but it wasn't the case in reality. Every bite had very potent crab flavor which was pleasantly surprising, even if each small piece was really thin. The dish that had the cooked salmon and salmon roe had very tasty bites, because the salmon had just the right amount of crisp on the outside, good flavor inside, and the koshihikari rice itself was flavorful, too. The urchin sushi pieces had very potent flavor because urchin itself was like that, which testified its authenticity. Pretty much all the other pieces of nigiri, rolls, and sashimi were good, but the dishes that I mentioned were the big highlights. Since the rest of the pieces didn't leave as much impression on me, I think it's fair for me to give this establishment a 4 instead due to its exuberant price. They have various styles of dining, ranging from a la carte to their omakase experience, which my friends had tried before. While I am not an omakase person, I would encourage those that are okay with a fancy experience to give it a try, because the dishes when ordered a la carte were already more than decent.
Sushi Taro used to be considered one of the top Japanese restaurants in the city, but it is not surprising they no longer are on the Michelin guide in 2025. The table service was good, but the rest of the service was mediocre. The food itself does feel overpriced for the quality, only a few select items were notable. Really not a destination for sushi or sashimi. Nothing they are doing terribly wrong per se, just nothing to write home about.
First time here, this is one of our seven restaurant week this year. I would put this at the bottom of the list. Wait time is long, food portions are little (I get it, sushi, supposed to be little, but why the long wait time). The table next to us waited about 30 min for their appetizer. Food quality was also poor and boring. The appetizer sashimi, the jelly sauce on the sashimi is way too salty, covers up any taste the sashimi had. Warm dish portion is laughable. For 6 tiny fried shrimp, size of thumbs, we waited 20min. Then, only 2 pieces of the sushi combo are tasty, the others taste like what you can find in a typical supermarket sushi box. The presentation was also not satisfying, 2 pieces' fish are damaged (see image). The desert was ok, but the presentation and the cheap plastic cup does not fit the high price per person of the restaurant. The chopsticks are also not reusable, it s the one-time wooden takeout chopsticks. I don't get the hype for this restaurant.

Elevating Japanese cuisine with Michelin-inspired omakase and premium sushi in Washington, DC.
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Sushi Taro is a renowned Japanese restaurant in Washington, DC, offering an upscale dining experience with a focus on high-quality sushi, sashimi, and traditional dishes. Known for its Michelin-starred heritage, the restaurant provides both à la carte and omakase menus, curated with care using fresh, authentic ingredients. Ideal for special occasions or discerning food enthusiasts, it combines attentive service with beautifully prepared meals in an elegant setting.
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