Momotaro - Richmond

Came in at 630 on a Monday and grabbed appetizers (miso soup and ginger salad) which were great and then ordered a crazy dragon roll along with a volcano roll. Both came out in orderly time and tasted amazing. The service was quick and polite, never pushing to order or leave. Would come back anytime!Food: 5/5

Stopped in for a quick bite, very tasty and the staff was courteous.Food: 5/5

Shellfish allergy warning: I think this is the only bad review I’ve ever written but I wanted to do it for other people with food allergies. I really wanted to love this place but honestly I was given a real scare and will not be coming back. I was searching for an appetizer with my friend and I asked the server if the Shumai (just shumai on menu) had shrimp. I know they traditionally contain shrimp but I’ve always seen “Shrimp Shumai” on menus and really wanted dumplings. The server replied that they did not have shrimp. I said that was fantastic, expressly mentioning that I have a shrimp allergy. Appetizer comes out I take a bite and immediately know it’s shrimp, slight taste of fish with pink and white meat. I pointed it out to the server who had to check with back-of-house themselves if the dumplings did or did not have shrimp. They comes back to apologize and explains that there were 2 varieties of dumpling—one with shrimp and one with pork.They said the shrimp shumai would not appear on the check, I asked if we could just have the pork dumplings as long as it’s a different recipe. I ended up calling my partner who was at our home a 5 minute walk away. If my partner wasn’t home and if I wasn’t familiar with the museum district and where the nearest drug store/corner store was-then I would have been in huge danger. I was already in danger but fortunately my allergy is not as deadly as it could be—still serious but my partner was able to deliver some antihistamines in time. Sushi was absolutely fine but perhaps a little low in quality for the price. Our server was completely absent the entire time but I’m not sure what their team was telling them to do so I won’t hold it against them. My friend and I joked that the most disappointing part of it all was that the dumplings weren’t even that good and they did not comp the pork dumplings. Please inform all staff of common allergens from day one. Not everyone will have the same luck as I did

Sushi is an art. It’s a rice dish as well. You absolutely have to get the rice right or it’s not good. The rice was so wet I couldn’t even tell if it was sushi grade rice. Fish was not fresh.Food: 2/5

Lots of special vegetarian rolls, Danielle roll is my favorite. Food always tastes fresh. Nice peopleFood: 5/5