Little Tokyo

We visited Little Tokyo this week after a several year absence (due to the pandemic), and were very pleasantly surprised. We had remembered it as a casual neighborhood place with just okay cuisine.The first thing we noticed as we entered was that the somewhat updated restaurant was filled with customers (not common before), including more than a few Asian families. We, luckily, got the last available table and were seated immediately. Next, we discovered that the menu had been expanded, with more entrée choices (but less sushi choices). We chose the delux bento meals, at $18.99. It included miso soup (before the bento), a green salad, three goyza, vegetable and shrimp tempura with dipping sauce, beef teriyaki, and - of course - rice. All pretty typical of a bento plate (note: the regular bento, at $16.99, includes some California roll sushi slices instead of the goyza and tempura).The portions were more than ample, but that wasn't the best part: the food was absolutely delicious. The tempura was light and not at all greasy. It included a huge prawn, and large slices of yam, hubbard squash, large green beens, and a floret of broccoli. The goyza were filled with chicken and vegetables and were also deliciously light fried and ungreasy. The beef teriyaki was very ample and deliciously barbecued and seasoned like Korean bulgogi.Service was also attentive, efficient (especially for the number of customers), and very friendly. All-in-all, it was way elevated from years ago! It will now be our definite go-to Japanese restaurant in Bellingham!

Not sure how to review this restaurant. Friendly enough and clean but the food ranged from blah to ok. It's like they saw sushi on TV and thought we can do that. They can't

I came on Thursday and this place is amazing. I love trying new food even though I get scared but the server was super helpful and recommended the spicy Korean Ramen and the veggie stir fry. I loved my food and left with a full belly

A 'I need to go get groceries today, but I don't want to be hungry going in' staple! Little Tokyo has stuck through thick and thin over the years and there's a reason why- the food is good, the service is prompt and kind, and they've just always been a convenient location (with good-sized portions). As our family grew over the last couple years, the servers are always sweet and accommodating to our nearly two-year-old with high chairs and we discovered the kid's bento is just the right size. I recently had the beef bento. I like it much better than the teriyaki chicken (it's a little on the goopy side for me). Thank you, Little Tokyo! Always a pleasant visit.

Heard that it was under new management and that there was an improvement in the food and yes it true I am very pleased with my meal. The spider roll is one of the best I had in Whatcom County. Also the tempura vegetable roll had either kobocha(Japanese pumpkin) or sweet potato but it's amazing either way. The rice was seasoned well. I also had the oyako-don grilled chicken and eggs with onions simmered in a sweet soy sauce over rice which again was one of the best in town, check them out!

First of all, I am one of the few people who loves sushi that DOESN'T have a banana aftertaste . That being said, they were out of Salmon... for a moment I wondered if I had teleported out of the Salmon capital of the world. Please avoid this place unless you are attempting to give up eating sushi.

Terrible service and food. Not Japanese or Japanese owned. . We had a terrible time with them. Ordered noodles with beef and veggies. Had plenty of water and noodles and few micro pieces of meat and veggies !!!

Little Tokyo is a nice, family friendly restaurant. They have several Japanese as well as some Korean dishes & sushi. I had the Chicken Bento box, which had miso soup teriyaki chicken, California rolls, salad & rice. There is a deluxe bento box available that has 3 goyzas & tempura instead of California rolls. Everything was yummy & I liked their teriyaki sauce. The service was friendly.

Good yakisoba with udon noodles.. Great place to get takeout. Something for everyone with variety on menu.

I'm very disappointed in my take out meal tonight! I ordered the deluxe chicken bento box. The chicken was dry with very little teriyaki sauce. They changed their tempura batter and it is nowhere near as good as it was, it is now thick and doughy. There were only 4 small pieces of tempura and they used to give a nice variety of vegetables. Very sad to see these changes. This used to be a favorite restaurant and I don't think I will be returning again!