Location: Rockville
Top Restaurants in Rockville
Most Popular Japanese food in Rockville, Maryland, United States
Find out what Japanese restaurants to try in Rockville. Rockville, Maryland is a city and the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2010 census tabulated Rockville's population at 61,209, making it the third largest incorporated city in Maryland, behind Baltimore and Frederick. Rockville is the largest incorporated city in Montgomery County, although the nearby census-designated place of Germantown is more populous.
Things to do in Rockville
10. Kusshi
Overall Ratings
4 based on 18 reviews
Japanese sushi bar and sake bar
Reviewed By SuperMamaKat
A posh yet hip Sushi Restaurant has made its way to the ongoing development of Pike & Rose.The Feng Shui element welcomes you with several seating options - at the affable bar with high tops, multiple sections throughout, & a colorful Sushi Bar with a sidewalk view. All in sight of the open kitchen. Kevin, the Manager, will lend a helping hand to his staff while socializing with the guests. With this Sushi house comes a sundry menu of Starters - Gyozas, Tartars, Tempura Crab/Oysters, & Kusshi Wings. Creative Entrees, Omakase, Noodles, Boats, Specialty/Maki Rolls, a La Carte & two dedicated Vegan options. The bar showcases an enormous amount of Sake (some up to $1K a bottle), Beer (all Japanese), small offering of white & red wines including a sole Plum, & their Signature Cocktails.Due to the guidance of my super friendly & attentive Server, Austin, I started off with the Japanese Pickles, & fried Agedashi Tofu accompanied with a tangy Doshi Broth. A good concept, yet needed to be extra fried for my taste buds. I also had the vivid Vegetarian Sampler that satisfied my late night Sushi craving. It was my first time trying the Ahimi aka Vegan Raw Tuna. The kitchen staff is more than happy to accommodate food preferences. Wonderful service, good prices, vast menu selection, engaging staff & sociable environment. Looking forward to becoming a regular, especially when the patio opens. Happy Hour: 3:30P - 6:30P, Mon - Fri.
9. sushi house
Overall Ratings
4 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By glrrph
Our go to place when we want sushi. Can't say enough good about the fish, I like just raw fish, the taste of their fish is wonderful. My husband doesn't eat raw, so he recommends California rolls, tempora and undon soups. Just as described in the other reviews, basic appearance, friendliest people who always know what you had last and the best sushi.
8. Green Bamboo Asian Bistro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By I2987WOannaf
We come here frequently, we live about 15 minutes away, and honestly we only come for the happy hour time. Or the weekends, because the sales are so good. Half-price sushi rolls for a family where every single person eat sushi; that's the way to do it! The service is very very fast, extremely courteous, not over-the-top but simple and respectful. Restaurant is very clean. We have probably been 15 times and it is consistent. The sushi is four out of five stars, not the best we've ever had, but it's very very good. Highly recommend.
Where to eat Italian food in Rockville: The Best Restaurants and Bars
7. Hinode Japanese Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By Basili0T
Sushi is usually something to be appreciated in small quantities and with high quality ingredients on the top of the rice.Enough said. Difficult to find a parking spot too with limited space on the back side of the Congressional Plaza.
6. Maki
Overall Ratings
4 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By David L
What a magnificent place for ramen noodles and other Japanese, Chinese, and Korean mixes. It's a tiny place, and it's always busy with a long wait, but the food is delicious. The noodles come with several selections along with different selections of soup base. You pick the type of noodles you want, then you pick your soup base. Each noodle bowl can fill up two people if you are not very hungry. One down side is there are very few parking spots. Services are so-so for a busy place.
Top 3 Central American food in Rockville, Maryland, United States
5. Rolls 'N Rice
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By Marc F
Our 6-year-old grand-daughter has been singing the praise of the Rolls & Rice Restaurant so we took her with us to check out the eatery. Took us quite a while to make our selections from the wide choices on the board. We ended up with 3 Bento boxesâwe cannot comment on the Nigiri items as we do not fancy raw fish but the California sushi that came with it was quite tasty and the other fried items (like onion ring and sweet potato) were crispy. The Bento box seems a little pricey seeing that it does not include Miso soup, as is often the case in other Japanese sushi places, and the extra Miso soups we ordered were not anything to write home about. Nevertheless, we like the laid back atmosphere of the dining room and the lack of pressure to order anything, and one feels free to stay as long as one wishes. No doubt, we shall bring our precious one to this eatery again.
4. Akira Ramen & Izakaya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By BuskyBusk
Pleasant enough. Decent food and nice service, but the ramen is still industrial, decent-standard industrial. Pork also tasted industrial: big order quantity, frozen, inventory not turning as fast as Iâd like. You wonât find any basket trays of handmade noodle or giant cauldrons of pork bones boiling all day here. Foodies will note, but others will be fine.
Where to eat Peruvian food in Rockville: The Best Restaurants and Bars
3. Sushi Damo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 92 reviews
Sushi Damo is the gem destination in the heart of Rockville. The menu offers Sushi, sashimi, creative sushi rolls, teriyaki, and tempura along with a beautiful bar and lounge area featuring a wide range of premium sake, wines, and specialty drinks.
Reviewed By MimiAdvise
The restaurant is nicely situated in downtown Rockville. The decor and seating are very nice and comfortable. Interior has a choice of sofa/armchair seating or regular tables. Outside has good seating, try to reserve the private 2 seater outside when making reservations, especially if on a date. Their service is generally good and friendly.I've been to this restaurant a few times before writing this review, just to make sure it's accurate.I find that their food is not authentic Asian and they are trying incredibly hard to have creative dishes with nice presentation, instead of actually focusing on the taste of the food and the quality of their ingredients. I found all of their dishes to be bland and low in quality. Here are some examples:Miso soup - Nice texture, a little bland, a few drops of soy really help itSeaweed Salad - Good variety of seaweed, good amount of sesame, not fond of the sour tang that it has, small portionMussel Soup - Skip it! Comes with approximately 6 large mussels. The mussels were tasteless and rubbery, the broth is bland and plain, so they try to spice it up, but that does nothing for the flavor, needs flavor. There was sand in the broth.Salmon Carpaccio - The salmon was drenched in oil/sauce and tasteless, the only think I tasted was the avocado. Greasy and bland.Bonfire Roll - Terrible! Tasted like soggy wonder bread with crumbled mushy fish, cheap quality, low grade overcooked rice, supposed ti be spicy, but nope! They had 1/2 piece of seedless bland jalapeno. Also, why vinaigrette in sushi? Awful! Eel Avocado roll - Barely acceptable. The eel is cheap, crumbled, not one piece, not enough sesame seeds on the outside of the roll, the eel sauce tastes like duck sauce and it not good!Dessert - Ice cream tempura with caramel sauce- It's fine, tastes sweet and good. The tempura part was not crispy, was soggy and cold, the ratio of ice cream to sauce to tempura was way off. There was barely any ice cream, a lot of sauce, tempura and whip cream.Sushi Damo is just trying too hard, they need to perfect the basics before they try to get creative. Their food presentation is very nice, but the food itself is not good. There are so many other places that are far better at this price range!Thank you for posting the details about your visit to Sushi Damo. We are sharing your review with Chef in offering input. It goes without saying that in Japan, the homemade miso soup will be milder than what most consumers are used to tasting. Soy sauce is never added to miso soup, but we certainly won't stop any customer who wishes to embellish their dish. Many Japanese restaurants add MSG and a lot of sea salt to their dishes to enhance their flavors and although it makes for a yummy meal, it goes against everything Chef Okamura believes in creating the best quality food for our customers. We hope you will give us another try when you are nearby--and email me in advance for the private 2 seater outside during our patio season! ---Karyl (owner)
2. Niwano Hana Japanese Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 72 reviews
Reviewed By JLachman
I went here at the end of January 2018 with one female friend. We went for a late lunch. Each of us ordered two tall Sapporo canned beers. Each beer was $10 apiece. We opted to try a variety of things, and to branch out from our usual selections which might have kept our bill a little lower.Including the four drinks, our bill came out to $95 more or less, before tax and tip. On yelp it stated we could expect to spend about $75 for two people to dine, so I find it reasonable that we spent 95 including the four beers. The ocean wave role was quite delicious. The Agedashi tofu was also delicious, and was a first for my friend. The sunomono salad was a miss. My friend had never had this type of salad before, but I had, and found myself disappointed when it arrived and I saw how meager the portions of fish were. The miso soup so were good but not exceptional. The other rolls we ordered were all delicious. This was my second visit to this restaurant and my friend was on her first visit. We both agreed we would like to return and take advantage of the lunch specials they offer in the future. Their menu is quite diverse and caters to people who eat raw or cooked fish alike. There were even options for people who donât eat fish or shellfish at all. Chicken and beef options were available, as were vegetarian options. I will most definitely go back in the future as the service was pretty good, the establishment was clean and tidy, in the food has been pretty good both of the times Iâve visited. Iâm glad to have found a new (to me) sushi restaurant in the Rockville area.
1. Temari Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By jackied881
Came here on my son's recommendation. Very low-key, family friendly place with incredibly fresh sushi and sashimi. Loved the octopus dumplings and the fried oysters. I liked the ramen, but did not think it was the best I have every had. The fatty tuna sashimi was pricey ($17.95) for six pieces, but it was definitely delicious. The saki selection was very good.
