Hayashi Japanese Restaurant

My husband and I decided to try this place since we’re always in this shopping center. AMAZING find! Being from northern VA/​DC metro area, some of my favorite food is Korean Bulgogi aka Korean bbq, this place has it and you can sit at a table and easily cook it yourself in less than 5 minutes. You can’t get fresher than that. In addition, we ordered the crunchy tuna roll and the Mexican roll and they were both FRESH and PHENOMENAL. The service was excellent and we were here on a Friday evening at dinner time. Whatever bad service reviews they have received, consider the time it takes to receive fresh and quality sushi. If there are multiple people ordering several rolls, that can back things up. However, you will not be disappointed. Sorry but I’d rather wait an extra 10 minutes for fresh sushi than hurry up and be served sub par fish that was sitting — ew! This place is a great little find and we will be regulars FOR SURE. There are plenty of other options on the menu as well but I highly recommend the Mexican roll and Bulgogi. One odd note, hubby said the sweet tea was the best he ever had… annnnnd he drank 4 glasses.

My wife and I are from northern Virginia. Needless to say there is a heavy Korean population and great Korean restaurants there. We have been looking for a long to find a great local place with excellent food. Well look no further. This place is awesome. Casual, excellent food, I could even say probably near the best we have had in the few we have found to even be worth traveling to. We love beef bulgogi and sushi rolls. From start to finish this was awesome. Service was top notch. The waitress answered questions thoroughly and explained how some negative reviews were unfounded by people’s unrealistic expectations. Every sushi roll is made to order and some even require to be baked. So ignore the people that had to catch a movie in 20 minutes and ordered 10 sushi rolls. Take the chance and my word you will be extremely satisfied. This is now a permanent option as a «my turn to cook night»

Excellent food. Excellent service. It’s a real treat to eat here. The atmosphere is very relaxing. I would recommend this restaurant to the world!

Having tried three other sushi places so far in PBG/​Northpalm area without much success, we decided to give This one a try. I notice most of the poor reviews here are slow service related, but we had excellent service from the moment we arrived. Prompt, polite, attentive couldn’t be better. Perhaps they have made changes.
We ordered the spicy tuna tartar appetizer and the tuna was as good as I have had anywhere, although the dish was a little too spicy for my wife. We also had two rolls and Hamachi and Tuna sashimi, and it was all very good.
Also like the atmosphere a lot, it has a nice modern asian feel without being too contrived.
Overall, we loved it and will make it our go to sushi spot from now on.

Always a good meal, with great service! We go there quite often & always leave happy!

Our waitress was very nice and the food was so fresh and delicious! Definitely will be back !

Tonight was my first visit there and I’m not sure if I’ll ever come back. The atmosphere is nice and the wait staff was kind and courteous but the service was ridiculously slow. I have experience as a waitress for a Japanese restaurant and the service speed of the place was not up to par with the amount of people there. We ordered the beef bulgolgi appetizer and two rolls. The food was not worth the price. The fish didn’t have much flavor and the beef was not overcooked. It was a disappointing experience to say the least.
I feel bad writing this as I could tell the wait staff was trying to do their best but the restaurant as a whole needs to learn to be more efficient in running the place.

Very poor quality of fish. Sashimi portions were tiny, sushi did not appear to be fresh or tasty. Had a boat for two: the chef had fake crab and shrimp as four of the sushi pieces (that is not sushi). The portions were odd in number, so sharing was compromised. It is called a boat for two, why not divide the fish in groups of four? Not on my list to eat there again, while they are much better places in the area.

We love, love, love Hayashi! The caterpillar roll is wonderful, and the Korean beef! The owner and wait staff are so friendly and kind! This is our favorite place for sushi! The restaurant is dimly lit, with soft music, so it is a great hideaway!

The servers were very nice but that’s all. They service was sooooooooooooooooo slow. And everything was disgusting.

We’ve been going to Hayashi for some time now, the food is usually pretty good. However, on our most recent visit, I paid using my debit card and decided subsequently to instead have them reverse the charge on that and place the charges on my credit card. The readily agreed and completed the transaction, having me sign another debit card slip for the reversed charge and a new slip for the credit card transaction. The next day I checked my debit card balance and Hayashi had charged it 3 times. Checked my credit card, they had charged it once as well. Call them up to let them know and received a lecture on modern banking and how they had «pushed the wrong button». 3 times? They seemed to know THAT button. How about the credit card button? Yep, all checked out on how to use that.
No apology, no offer to comp the entire thing (the correct good business action for longtime customers). I am in the dispute process for the debit card transactions and have also contacted the credit card company for help with restitution. All I can say is, check your transactions over carefully when working with this business. They might «hit the wrong button»…

Love the sushi! I’ve tried most of their rolls and have not been disappointed yet. The pricing is fair and the service is fantastic. I would definitely recommend Hayashi!

I’m giving this Japanese restaurant 1 star because they are very nice here. I can tell they want to do good.
The reason I took away 3 stars though, is because the food is average at best.
I ordered soup, which it actually tasted like cardboard, it didn’t taste fresh at all. It tasted like they have a mix they use, it doesn’t taste like they actually made it there.
And I had one Eel roll & it honestly was one of the worst rolls I’ve ever had.
I really wanted it to be good, because I really felt the people were very nice here.
I feel bad for writing this, but it wouldn’t really matter if I went to another average Japanese restaurant, what’s the difference?

I’ve been looking for a place that serves great fresh sushi and I enjoyed some delicious takeout my mother purchased only to find that it is from this place. I have gone on to order on my own and each experience has been a pleasant one! I work so much and I haven’t had time to sit at the sushi bar but I fully intend to soon! The Boston rolls are great and they never keep you waiting long! I love this place!

Sushi is ok, do not order Korean noodle… they served me instant noodle and charged me 15 dollars!

I also don’t understand why there are not more reviews on this restaurant. I’ve enjoyed eating Hayashi for close to 10 years. I’ve never had a bad experience. It is our «go to» sushi place. The food is fresh the service is always great and the staff and owner are super friendly!

Delicious delicious delicious, excellent food very nice and fresh assortment of sushi, sashimi, rolls, and tempura. Excellent find and must for anyone enjoying reasonably priced and absolutely out of this world Japanese cuisine. The eel is very well prepared must try.

My husband has been a regular to this restaurant for almost 10 years so I started going Hayashi with him.
We love this restaurant! Owner is very nice and friendly. She always comes by and says hello to guests and take a good care of each guests. I like that.
Also food are amazing. Sushi are very fresh!
Noodles and other dinner dishes have very large portion and very delicious too.
My favorite sushi roll is crunch roll! So good!!!
also Udon and yaki soba are good too!!!
The Best Japanese restaurant in the area!!!

Hayashi has a wide variety of delicious food; sushi, sashimi and grilled selections. I’ve tried just about everything on the menu. And, if you don’t see what you want, just ask.
Hayashi also offers Korean BBQ and Shabu Shabu at select booths. The grill for both is in the table. It’s definitely unique and worth trying.
Nice selection of Saki too.

Went here the other night with my daughters and their friends while on vacation here. I gotta say, this place is good, solid Japanese — and actually Korean food too — at a reasonable price.
We had three specialty rolls that were delicious. One had deep fried crab across the top, one was called the Red Dragon with crab and spicy tuna mixed in and I don’t remember the other one. Sorry! But it was good too as was the teriyaki chicken.
The house salad was just okay but everything else was fresh and delicious.
On the menu, they indicated they had Korean BBQ as well as Japanese fondue. The latter sounded interesting but we didn’t opt for it. Just wanna pass that along in case you wanna go for some Japanese fondue.