Takosushi

I came here with my husband on their Grand Opening Day and was absolutely blown away! We were both impressed. From the excellent service we received to the delicious and freshly made to order food delivered to our table, I had 0 complaints. This was the best TakoSushi experience I've ever had in the midlands. I used to work at the TakoSushi in Aiken 13 years ago and loved it so much! The other location in downtown Columbia on Main Street and the location in Greenville have disappointed me in the past a number of times, but this one! This location takes the trophy! My husband and I met the owner, James, a couple different managers and shared some great conversations with the sushi chefs at the sushi bar as we were the first ones there to ever sit and dine there. When the tempura asparagus came out all crispy, warm and fresh to order, I just knew we were bound to have a great experience. The queso was delicious! It is served with pinto beans underneath the queso dip and topped with some kind of smoky chili sauce. Our sushi rolls were rolled to perfection and the flavors were very much fresh and on point! The whole staff was very impressive for a Grand Opening. I was able to get a good view of everything they were doing from my seat. The inside decor is modern, airy and bold. It's a beautiful restaurant. Downtown Lexington just got an upgrade and I'm all here for it! I'm very much looking forward to cashing in on my free Queso for a year by being one of the first 24 people there. Keep up the good work, TakoSushi Lexington! I'm cheering for you! I can't wait to come back for more!

The experience at this restaurant was almost as bad as it could get. It had an appealing menu and great atmosphere, but our party had several major issues. Issue #1: Time. It took 15 minutes after we were seated for a server came by just to take drinks, another 40 minutes for just part of our food to arrive, and another 20 minutes for the rest of our food to arrive. There were no extra check-ins beyond the food getting delivered, and no reasons given for the long waits. For comparison, a table was seated 10 minutes after us, and had their entire meal and left before the first part of our food arrived. Issue #2) Food quality. We didn't have super complicated orders, we ordered chips and queso, kids shrimp and fries, four tacos with two minor substitutions (no onions on one, no mushrooms on another) and one sushi roll. The tacos were decent, but the tortilla chips were clearly fried in old oil (plus barely salted), the green chile queso had no green chiles and instead some red chile sauce on it, the kids shrimp had absolutely zero flavor, and the Susan roll was like eating a mouthful of oil. Issue #3) Overcharging. The manager had come by and offered to comp the Susan roll because of how long the wait was, which we appreciated. But we noticed after we'd paid the bill (which we should have double-checked) and checked the receipt that the bill was for an entirely different table, and more than it would have been even without the roll being comped. When we went in to correct the issue, the staff acted annoyed that we'd even asked for the bill to be corrected. The trifecta of mediocre to bad food, overcharging, and very bad service means we won't recommend this restaurant to anyone. There's no way to correct this with us, as we won't be returning for any reason. We'd highly recommend better training with a focus on both speed of service and food quality (for heaven's sake use fresher oil or at least filter it regularly).

The food, service and ambiance were great.We had a girl's night out-I had a steak and a BBQ taco, both very good. Shared Appetizer was the tempura battered asparagus-very good. Friends had the Asian bowl, which they said was good. We definitely go back.

Our food was fresh and tasty! We had taquitos, tacos, and a roll for a quick weekday lunch. Our server was great! Looking forward to coming back.

After much anticipation, Takosushi is now open in Lexington. Super cool atmosphere with great indoor/outdoor seating. Service was very friendly and the food was delicious.

We had such great experience at the new Takosushi in Lexington! The service was fantastic and so was the food! The asparagus are my favorite I forgot to take a picture of them! I got another favorite the crazy roll! The potstickers were good along with the tuna tartar. The margarita was good. They had great happy hour specials. I was very impressed with everything since it's so new! If it doesn't go perfect give them grace they are a new restaurant!

This is one of the absolute best Sushi restaurants I have been to. Best service hands down and best sushi. A must restaurant for everyone to try in Lexington

Very good vibes! Great view of main street! Amazing appetizers and tacos and sushi and queso and guacamole. ASK FOR Abby One of the best servers as she was knowledgeable about the rolls and specials and just all around amazing. This is my new favorite place in Lexington

Great Service! Food is fine.We went on a Sunday early afternoon knowing how busy the place can get. They had adequate staff (about 4 people working relatively small dining space). Good atmosphere, fast service. Food is just average. Had better sushi.

Could have been such a great spot but misses the mark on so many points. Wait times - expect long wait times as you see empty seats and tables. Common for them to have slow turnover. Easy fix but seems hard to them. Food - I would say average at best. Interesting concepts but just ok. We had Asian Stir Fry (salty, overcooked veggies and over the top smoke on the chicken), Asian salad with shrimp (boring) and some sushi and takos (nothing special on flavor/quality). Service - slow and just seemed overwhelmed for such few tables/guests. We had high hopes but all of us agreed it missed the mark and would not recommend.