Tokyo Seoul

With the New Year upon us, there is no better time to try something new. There has never been a better time to head over to Tokyo Seoul and experience the best Korean BBQ and Sushi that Syracuse has to offer!   At Tokyo Seoul you will find an awesome mix of traditional Japanese and Korean cuisine. If you have never been to Tokyo Seoul you should know that they specialize in using the highest quality ingredients to prepare a fantastic meal in their state of the art kitchen or on the hibachi as you watch! Tokyo Seoul is located at 3180 Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse. They are open for lunch and dinner daily, from 11 am to 10 pm Monday through Saturday, from 11:30 am to 10 pm, and from 11 am to 8 pm on Sunday.

At Tokyo Seoul you will always find a great selection of unique Korean side dishes, traditional selections, seafood, and BBQ meats. You can choose to sit in the dining room or at a hibachi table where you can watch the talented chef prepare your meal right in front of you! There are extensive lunch and dinner menus with tons of options and combination that is sure to satisfy even the pickiest of diners!

Start your meal with delicious seaweed salad, lightly salted edamame, or even whole soft shell crab (deep fried whole crab with ponsu sauce). Try one of their fantastic hand crafted sushi rolls like the Rainbow Roll, with crab, topped with tuna, salmon, avocado, tai and masago, the Emily Roll with Crab, cucumber, shrimp, avocado, wasabi tobiko, masago, spicy mayo and special sauce or even the Futomakin, with Kanpyo, cucumber, masago, yellow radish, kani and tamago. They offer a wide variety of Japanese and Korean Bento Boxes that include Vegetable Tempura, Japanese Spring Roll, Salad with Ginger Dressing, Miso or Onion Soup and White Rice.

Try one of their spectacular hibachi dinners like the The Tokyo Seoul Dinner with chicken, steak, and scallops combination with shrimp and vegetable tempura appetizer and served with a side of fried rice or white rice or the The Syracuse Dinner with lobster and filet mignon with shrimp and vegetable tempura appetizer served with a side fried rice or white rice. All hibachi dinners are served with hibachi shrimp appetizer, hibachi vegetables, Japanese onion soup and salad with ginger dressing. They offer a wide selection of teriyaki options, Korean style marinated meat, and combination dinners to get the best of both worlds! They also over a fantastic selection of Korean Barbeque and Be Beem Bop‌.

At Tokyo Seoul you will always find a great selection of traditional Korean cuisine like Soon Doo Boo Geegae Spicy (Spicy soft tofu soup with shrimp, Stir-Fried Spicy Squid (Ojinguh bokum), and Kimchee Jeyook Bokum Spicy (Stir-fried kimchee with pork, rice cakes, noodles and steamed tofu). They also specialize in Japanese dishes including Nabee Yaki Udon (Noodle soup with shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, fish cake and vegetables), Tempura Udon (Noodle soup with tempura flakes, served with shrimp and vegetable tempura), Ton Katsu (Crispy pork cutlet with katsu sauce, served with ginger dressing salad and white rice), and Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura (Battered deep-fried shrimp and vegetables with tempura sauce. Served with white rice). No matter what you choose you can’t go wrong with the always fresh, prepared to order options at Tokyo Seoul.

Cecelia and I arrived at Tokyo Seoul on a snowy December evening and we were immediately greeted by the friendly wait staff and seated in a cozy booth. We decided to begin our meal with a fresh and delicious Rock & Roll, a beautifully crafted sushi roll with smoked eel and cucumber, topped with avocado and masago. For our entrees we both decided on the dinner combination boxes. I chose the Hot and Spicy Shrimp, and Cecelia decided on the Scallop Teriyaki. The boxes were served with miso soup, shrimp and vegetable tempura, California roll, beef mandoo and shrimp shumai, served with white rice. It was a ton of food and every bite was absolutely delicious! For dessert we split an order of fried ice cream (my favorite). The mix of warm and cool, crunchy and smooth is just perfection.

Tokyo Seoul is a great place for a cozy date night or a meal that is fun for the whole family! For great food, super fresh ingredients, and everything made to order you should look no further than Tokyo Seoul. Check out their website at www.tokyoseoulsyracuse.com or better yet, stop by today!

Nadine Vandewalker