Shoto

I love the options that Shoto offersYou choose your protein, sauce, veggie, and the carb. I do wish I could get half rice and half noodles but that's okay. The sweet carrots are delicious and I could drink the white sauce. My husband tried some egg rolls to start and they were pretty tasty. A great place for takeout or a quick dinner in for some good hibachi.

This place used to be good. But all good things change. The area around our table was dirty - the kind of dirty that builds up over time from neglect. I actually saw a cockroach run across the floor near the door way to the kitchen. Then, the food we ordered was wrong. On top of that - when we mentioned it to the woman who is married to the owner she was actually rude about it. Not just rude - that mean kinda rude that really makes you wonder who would EVER let this person represent their business - spouse or not. I don't guess we will be going back. We used to love this place but there are plenty of other places without blatantly rude owners. This seems to be a trend in these comments.

We visited Shoto for my brother's birthday at 5 pm on a Saturday. We called ahead a few days early because we were bringing a party of 13, but they do not take reservations. They did say that they would do their best to accommodate us. All throughout our visit the staff were very kind and helpful. We arrived for an early dinner so that we would have a better chance of obtaining seating without waiting as this restaurant is on the smaller side. They opened the upstairs area with more seating as our party arrived. Upstairs is also where the restaurant's full bar is. Upstairs was truthfully a little dingy. The large number of stairs to the top were very creaky as was the floor upstairs. While we were dining upstairs, we were all quite cold as it did not feel as if any heat was on. In the corner of the room we were in there was no light, so it was a bit hard to see the menu. In the process of ordering the main entrees you can customize your order by selecting your protein, flavor style, vegetables and starch. Some examples of pricing include $11.49 for chicken and $12.99 for steak to $16.99 for a chicken & steak combo and $21.99 for a steak and scallop combo. The prices seem to be about average to a little higher. You also must consider the fact that if you would like a flavor style, that is extra. Also, more than 2 vegetables or mixed vegetables will cost extra. All the portions were very large with mountains of rice or noodles and vegetables with protein mixed in. Most people ended up splitting entrees with another person and if they got their own, they more than likely had to take some to go. We ordered the steak one with noodles and one with rice. The steak, rice and vegetables were good, but to that extent, they were just not bad and nothing special. As for the lo mein noodles, OH. MY. GOODNESS. Shoto gets their noodles from Charlotte where they are freshly made. These are probably the absolute best lo mein noodles we have ever had. The flavor and texture were both amazing. I would return just for the noodles.

Have grown up eating this since i was a teen! Jimmy is the best 10/10 can't go wrong with shotos

Wonderful restaurant. Food and service is spectacular. Staff is friendly and efficient and food never disappoints. Must try if you're in the area

working for them was like jumping through impossible hoops , weird hierarchy going on there , the shift lead was super condescending the entire time working with her , very unprofessional and rude , would find something wrong no matter how thorough of a job done , passive aggressive , egotistical ,out of all the resturants i've worked at never have i been so sure of why they don't have employees. complete and total nightmare.

My favorite restaurant in Lexington. Staff is super friendly, food is amazing. Love that you can build your own meal and the variety of options. Love Shoto!

My girlfriend ordered Tempura but they made it Teriyaki. They refused to remake her food the way she wanted and also refused to take it off the bill. So we ended up paying for food we didn't even ask for or want. Never going back or recommending to anyone, ever.

Well this is just one of our favs in Lexington. Especially the 'pick your own' menu. The coconut shrimp is DIVINE! If you like mixed drinks, Jimmy upstairs at the bar will make a masterpiece for you.

It has been years since we have gotten take outs. Okay then.. Choice's in the menu are good.