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For two star Korean, try Toraya in the Greater Boston area. This place is located in the Arlington area. It's known for its sushi.
4.0 of 5 stars.
This sushi was delicious. We got it to go and they were even considerate enough to stack the shaomai on cardboard separating it from the sushi so the sushi didn't get warm. (so many sushi places put...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Eh...I wasn't wowed. I can see that everyone loves this place so I'm not sure what happened?!Our rolls were ok. Nothing spectacular. Most of them fell apart before we could even start eating them. The...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WOW! FRESH like I never knew possible. I expected my food to swim off the plate. At first I thought I was not going to like this place, but WOW was I wrong! It is tiny, and there WILL be a wait...but...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My husband and I recently ate at Toraya and we LOVE it! We'd been going to Blue Fin in Porter Sq for our sashimi fix, but now that we've discovered Toraya we will never eat at another Japanese...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been getting into Sushi a lot within the past year, and I can say that i"ve been to many places that offer many kinds of Sushi. I eat sushi about 2 times a week, so I know quality products....
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
very good sushi - nice ambiance - very authentic japanese meal definitely worth the journey from downtown boston(77 bus from Harvard / Porter square station OR 79 bus from Alewife station - Red Line -...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place was ridiculous. The sushi brought a tear to my eye. Literally. Everything was so fresh and just melt-in-your-mouth. My hubby and I went and split three rolls (yellowtail, eel and spicy...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
yum!really great sushi, very reasonably priced.only drawback is that it's tiny...just be prepared to wait.
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I found this restaurant on Yelp and wanted to try it out. I'm glad I did-this place has GREAT sushi. It's pretty tiny and the tables are really close, but other than that, it was a great experience....
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the ONLY Japanese restaurant in Boston that I have found (I've been living here since 1990) that is actually an authentic Japanese restaurant. Nothing fancy, just plain Japanese food that hits...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We are not giving this restaurant 5 star only because this was definitely a pain in the butt experience. Do not be fooled though, the food is without a doubt incredible. The place is so small and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my neighborhood sushi place. I am very lucky to live here as I am only 1 mile away from this little gem.I eat here about 2x/week and would do so more often if I had limitless funds.The fish is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you yelpers for leading me to Toraya. I would never have found this hole in the wall without your guidance. Arlington? What's in Arlington? Why would you go there?Now I know. You go there...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Toraya reminds me of those little local restaurants in Japan.I like their food because it is not "American-Japanese" food.IT IS JAPANESE FOOD!!Sushi there was very good too.My husband got Vegetarian...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fresh, really fresh. - I asked the boss what's really fresh and he seemed to give an honest recommendation. Today's fluke, tuna and salmon were excellent. One of us had a cooked salmon bento box - no...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place! While it doesn't have the and theatrical dishware of more well-known places, the quality of the food and its preparation is top shelf. They never try to drown it in sauces or...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Feed Me Eat Me Sushi MeTuesdayPachi-Pachi, very hard to type my reviews when you nibble on my lower lip. I know, but I miss the Hokki at Toraya! We go again tonight? Maybe we try his wife's entrees,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The atmosphere is where I want it... on the plate! That is not to say that the place is without charm... very clean and well run. They stick to the basics and do it very well without any attempt to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I was pretty let down by this place. I only got it once, so should probably try it again. The sushi was good, not incredible. They give you significantly less ginger than Mr. Sushi does, and the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really delicious food, amusingly spartan decor, Japanese staff. There is only one waitress, so sometimes she is harried even though it is a tiny restaurant, but she is quite capable and friendly.Today...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I wouldn't say it's the very best sushi in the area, but it is close. Loved it. It's a fantastic little sushi place. Everything I've ever had from here was perfectly made. They do a great little...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's authentic.In contrast to the stuff you would get at Porter Exchange, this is high quality and tasty. Filling up is going to be expensive and the menu isn't really built around this notion.I like...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's all about the fish here...the other reviewers are right, in that this tiny Japanese joint is stripped down, no-frills sushi. I sat at the sushi bar and got the sashimi appetizer special- what a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
In my opinion, the perfect chirashi would contain the following ingredients:*multiple slices of sake, hamachi, saba, hotate, maguro, unagi, amaebi, tamago, white tuna*ikura (salmon roe)*slices of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Sushi was good. The scallops I had tasted fresh, as did the rest of my sushi. The prices were about average, and the portions were reasonable but not huge. Still I think it was a good deal. The...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is hands-down the best sushi restaurant in the Greater Boston Metro area. Let me tell you why.I've eaten at Oshii 1, Oishii 2, Douzo, etc. While they are very very good, they are not great. These...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of two Japanese owned restaurants Ive found in the city. It's bare bones but it's good
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
DEELICIOUS!!! Toraya is a winner for so many reasons. *it's near home*the folks who work at the Porter Exchange eat here*my Japanese friends say: "it's authentic!!"Toraya serves wine, sake and beer....
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hey, Mr. To_ra_YA! How are YA_? Why are you so HAP_PY?! Rollin' Your SU_SHI? Full of smiles and NODS (^o^)!You've got some good ROLLS! BUT very tradition_AL! I like it.. I like it... And yay-...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We absolutely LOVE this place. In fact, I wouldn't otherwise write a review about this place just so that I wouldn't spoil such a well kept secret. But - I've moved out of Cambridge and don't need...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Let me preface this review by saying I really wanted sushi from Hana Sushi in Cambridge but I was too lazy to battle the rush hour traffic and small chances of finding a parking space. So I set out...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hard to get a seat in this tiny restaurant, but I had the BEST salmon sashimi of my life here. The menu has a few surprises (i.e. classic Japanese dishes beyond the run-of-the-mill japanese restaurant...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A hidden gem, often forgotten in the debate over who has the best sushi in Boston. Really tiny small intimate space that serves up some of the best sushi preiod. Authentic doesn't even begin to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
At some point in the past in both space and time, probably somewhere in California in the last century, lies the primordial pre-cursor to all these sushi restaurants that populate affluent areas in...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't believe that I live so close to Toraya for over a year, only to discover it via the Yelp post of friends!Toraya is an authentic Japanese sushi restaurant tucked in a non-descript front in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A real, live, sushi place in the middle of Arlington!? Whoa, I was impressed. The waitstaff and chef were from Japan. The menu was in Japanese. The fish, wow, I haven't tasted anything so fresh since...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well I am still on the look for a replacement for New Ginza's Teriyaki lunch special (which replaced my previous haunt Toyko CIty in Allston) I have been to Toraya once only and for lunch so here is...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very Good sushi, the biggest issue was the wait. It's a very small place, so be prepared to wait on a Friday or Saturday. Reasonably priced and quite fresh, although the tuna roll we had tasted a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I would generally consider myself a sushi newbie. Until recently, I stuck with the philly rolls and tempura rolls and that was about it. But after a heavenly sushi experience in St. Louis of all...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am totally not reviewing this place. As far as y'all are concerned, I didn't go and I didn't have a fabulous extremely filling and wonderfully high-quality chirashi sushi plate. From what I've heard...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I had such high hopes, but was unfortunately a bit disappointed. Our appetizer, edamame took forever to arrive. It seems they cook it first, then cool it to serve it cold. I actually prefer warm...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
We tried Toraya on a Thursday night. It was obviously the waitress's first night, but surprisingly that turned out all right. We ordered Sapporo's and got the coldest beer I've had in a while. We...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Walking into this place, I felt like it was going to be a unique experience. I was partly right. Most sushi places give you a menu and a long half sheet to choose your sushi. Nope. You tell the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2007
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Excellent food, but so small that there's no room to maneuver. While the staff are very nice, they weren't too thrilled when my friend's son spilled a bowl of miso soup. Save this place for date night!
lilaguide.com - user review - 09/02/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I went here once and had the sashimi platter, and I was not impressed. The fish quality was hit-or-miss, and the platter itself seemed to be composed of a lot of less expensive filler. Not bad, but...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
When I used to live in Arlington, it used to be my regular sushi place.Pros:AuthenticPrice/quality ratio is goodJapanese-ownedCons:The wait staff there used to be better, the current woman is not very...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hole in the wall in Arlington. Great sushi place in Arlington (same block as Blue Ribbon!)I did a grab and run ... ordered the sashimi lunch combo ... it was $12.95 or something ... and fish was very...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a hole in the wall to be proud of! But beware that this place is tiny, so if it's crowded most likely you will be waiting outside until your table is ready.I had the Red Miso Soup which was...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Did I forget to review this? After a couple visits to Toraya, I am thoroughly pleased to report that this is my favourite sushi joint in Boston. Yes, better than Sakurabana (ooh hot spicy scallop...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't reviewed too many restaurants on Yelp, but this is the first one that has received five stars.Toraya is truly a "ya," a small Japanese shop. The sashimi was very fresh, great texture, taste...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Favorite place in Boston for Sushi. Like everyone else mentioned it's the only place I'll go. However...be prepared for a wait as the place is tiny (but well worth it)
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2007
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This is the only place in Boston I'm not embarrassed to take native Japanese people Sure, other places might be more glamorous and more expensive, but if excellent sushi and Japanese cuisine is what you're...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/10/2007
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excellent sushi, including good specials, and very kid-friendly staff... difficult to get a stroller inside at times... great sushi, casual atmosphere, kids welcome
lilaguide.com - user review - 02/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the only place in the Boston area that I go to everytime I visit. It's soooo great. The sushi is fresh and the service is wonderful. The big reason I go to Toraya is not for the Sushi...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Toraya is good, but I don't think it's *that* good. In my estimation it's better than average sushi at an appropriate price. The fish is tasty to be sure, but it didn't wow me like the fish I've had...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I hesitate to review this place, because it's already been getting more and more popular as the word spreads... but if you're looking for fantastic sushi, you can't do much better in the Boston area...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2006
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This restaurant has excellent sushi including good specials and very kid friendly staff. The restaurant is small, so it may be difficult to get a stroller inside at times.
lilaguide.com - user review - 04/27/2005
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There is nothing fancy about this place, but the sushi is fabulous and you can tell how fresh it is just by looking at.
citysearch.com - user review - 03/20/2005
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Great sushi, casual atmosphere, kids welcome!
lilaguide.com - user review - 05/12/2004
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For the last few years, we've eaten at Toraya a few times a month. We've never been disappointed. Fresh, flavorful, delicate, and delicious. Worth the trip. Every neighborhood should be as lucky as ours is to...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/19/2004
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My wife and I are weekly regulars. I bring colleagues their for lunch also. My favorite dishes are the Bento (Lunch) Box (tempura or salmon) and the Maki sushi (soft shell crab tempura roll). Has a mello...
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