Edo Japanese Restaurant

Nooooo! I was SO looking forward to this place, but the only reason this place gets two stars instead of one is because of their bubble tea (get the avocado! IT WAS LIKE CRACK I COULDN’T STOP DRINKING IT!).
But my sashimi platter (7 pieces, which was supposed to include tuna, salmon, and yellow tail) only had tuna… a few pieces were still completely frozen. It was disgusting.
My miso soup was just blah and seaweed salad was ok. You can’t really screw up seaweed salad.
Our waitress was very sweet but definitely overwhelmed.
Don’t think I’ll be coming back here… but if I do, I’ll be sticking to the bubble tea.

Not quite as good as I remember. But, I haven’t been here in years. This is the first place I ever ate Sushi in Memphis.

I’ve been eating here for over 30 years, but after today’s lunch, I will not likely return. The quality of food has clearly dropped and no amount of bubble tea, however good, will remedy that. I ordered a bento box with the catfish and tempura. The clear soup (how do you mess up clear soup?) tasted stale. The rice was not fresh and seemed not to be completely cooked. The tempura was very greasy. The catfish was rubbery, not flaky at all. I’m not sure it was cooked completely, but I had to spit out the first bite. To replace that, the server brought chicken. I only ate one bite of that. It too seemed undercooked, and it had a large amount of skin and fat on it. My wife’s spicy tuna rolls were small and had a very small piece of tuna in the center. I left depressed and hungry. Go elsewhere.

I guess I’m done with Edo. We have gone there for years and have loved it. However, my experience today was similar to the one that Heath G. posted on 6÷22÷2015. Of the six rolls that you can get for lunch, they didn’t have the right ingredients (salmon) for two of them, so I had a spicy tuna roll. (If you want another roll, you have to check with the «chef.») I’ll bet there was not one ounce of fish in a roll, both because the roll was small and because the chef was very stingy with the tuna. I was almost finished by the time my companion, who ordered the grilled catfish bento box, received his meal. The catfish was so rubbery that he could not chew it. The Edo rice was stale, and the vegetable tempura was greasy. He was offered chicken teriyaki as a substitute, but it, too, was inedible because of the amount of fat and skin on it. Disgusting.
I understand that Edo is under new ownership. I don’t expect it to stay open for much longer.

Hate to do it but just keep getting old poor quality food in the last few stops. This was such a great place with the old owner but now it just isn’t good. They should stop worrying about noodle burgers and get their food quality back up to what it should be. This place used to be full all the time and now you will usually be the only one in the place. Sad.

Excellent food and great service!
The boyfriend and I were hungry and looking for something local. I did a search for places on Summer Ave and this one popped up. It really is a hidden gem. I definitely recommend this place and will be going back again. :)

Awful, Gross, Puke! Honestly I feel nauseous writing this review…
I had lunch here and will never return. I was the only person in the dining room at noon which should have raised numerous red flags. I ordered the tofu steak which was fried and served with a tempura sauce. Whatever they breaded the tofu with before frying had a chemical like flavor and the consistency of rubber cement. I also ordered a spicy tuna roll which was flavorless and old. Then the main event that put me over the top was the rotten, yes rotten, beef teriyaki! It consisted of beef with more ligaments, fat, and tendons than there was steak. It also had a taste of odor… it was spoiled! I will never go back.
Ever!

Ate at Edo for lunch with family and was surprised to see they were serving phở. I got to say the phở was amazing. Taste just like what I had when I visited Vietnam last summer.
Also their mango strawberry bubble tea was on point. Absolutely delicious. The tapioca pearls were just the right amount of chewiness.
We had the bento box too and I got to say for $ 7.49 they sure load that thing up.
Overall love the food was great and I love that when you step in it looks like you escape to Japan with the layout.
Definitely will come here next time I visit Memphis.

Just tried their phở, taste home cook, very rich deep flavor, with fresh ingredients and I can say that they got best bubble tea!

This is the best place to get sushi in Memphis. All of the Japanese professors from the University of Memphis go here. lol

Great food here! Try the hand made dumplings (gyoza) for appetizer, I really enjoyed these.
For the entrée, I got the love boat which includes tempura, beef and chicken kabob and shrimp and is plenty for two people. The meats were flavorful and tender.
I would also definitely try their bubble tea if you haven’t. I got the almond milk tea and the flavoring is better than chang’s bubble tea and the tapioca was done just right!
Service was great and I definitely recommend this to anyone who wants some good Japanese food.

Been coming here with my family since I was a kid, over 30 years. Always delicious, authentic and affordable. This is the best Japanese restaurant I’ve ever eaten at.

I haven’t been in years. But some local friends took me here and the oyakodon is the best I’ve ever had. I highly reccomend the place.

Great service! Quaint! Not the best sushi in town and I wish they were open more often, but I always have a great experience when I go!!! :)

Edo used to be the best Japanese in Memphis– but sometime in the last few months it changed management and now it is really disappointing.
We purchased take out from them last night which included a huge array of different items– the tamago was cooked just absolutely wrong and all the other nigiri was definitely way under it’s former quality. The bomb roll and crawfish volcano rolls were okay, but just okay, and this was a $ 70 meal. Even the pickled ginger tasted off! All I can do is hope the old management comes back, otherwise my family will have to find a new go-​to Japanese place.

This place by far serves authentic Japanese cuisine. One of my all time favorite is the love boat. This boat is huge and needs more than two people to finish. I also tried the crunchy shrimp roll and it was quite different. It was a lot smaller and the taste is different. The rice taste is by far the best I’ve ever tasted. It does not fit the other Japanese cuisine that add all the special sauces and etc. the sushi is small so next time I know to order an extra roll. The environment is nice and calming with a hint of modernized Japanese music. Overall I give this restaurant five stars for the quality and quantity of food. Also, they serve bubble tea now. The next time I come back for sure I will try!

Was not impressed with the sushi at all very low grade seaweed and rice was just too sticky and thick.
The Ramen noodle soup was good and the other people at the table got I think it’s called shamu shamu and it looked pretty good. The stars were taken away because it’s Japanese and their sushi was bad.
Service was great

Well, I didn’t find anything great or exceptional about this place. There are lot of other Japanese restaurants that are way better than this one.
The service is good, the menu is also big. But somehow the ambiance was not appealing, food was tasting ok and we (my friends and I) did not find the food/​fish preparation to be fresh. It was tasting old (not aweful or spoilt though).
May be it was just one of that bad day for the restaurant or the chef.

There has been a fair amount of discussion about the proper pronunciation of this popular East Memphis restaurant. Some say «eee-​doh,» while others believe it’s «eh-​doh.» Others swear it’s called «ay-​doh.» But, something that everyone seems to be able to agree on is the quality and affordability of the cuisine.
Many have been patronizing Edo for decades. Some remember visiting as a child and continuing through adulthood. The restaurant is known for fresh sushi, classic domburi and delicious soups at very reasonable prices. No individual roll eclipses seven dollars, and there are a variety of combination platters to suit every level of appetite.
Two people can get completely stuffed from dining on the Love Boat with a mix of sushi, chicken and beef kabobs, soup and salad. And all, for just $ 28.50. Edo is also one of the only places in town where diners can enjoy BBQ catfish.

My friend who I think is the head chef is now the owner, they will be getting new décor and stuff I think. Help support the oldest Japanese restaurant in Memphis guys: P
Sushi isn’t always pretty but the fish is shipped in fresh everyday.

One of the first things I did before moving to Memphis was look at the demographics. Being labeled an «Honorary Asian» in Atlanta, I would have liked that tradition to continue on. Out of close to 800,000 people in Memphis, according to the Census, there were less than 22,000 Asians here. I think I have spotted 63 of them so far (yes, I have been keeping track).
So you all are probably wondering: A) what in the hell am I talking about B) how crazy am I C) when is this review going to start?
I needed to find an Asian community, and I think I scored with that– thanks to my admin assistant. She is a huge animé fan, and told me to check out a place called Edo. She busts her ass for me, so I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. I am glad I did.
I was jonesin for some Japanese food on Sunday, and I thought this would be a perfect time to check it out. I had asked a special someone if she would like to join, but had other plans– so I asked my roomie (he kidnapped me Sat, I kidnapped him Sun) if he wanted to come. Mind you, he is not a big fan of seafood, or Japanese food.
When we arrived, I was shocked to see that the parking lot was empty. I heard this place has been open for at LEAST 25 years, so they must be doing something right. I am not too familiar with the history, but I heard management may or may not have changed hands and things could be for better or for worse. I just wanted to chow on some damn good Japanese food.
You could tell the place was frozen in time, I almost felt like Sean Connery in Ian Fleming’s «You Only Live Twice» (one of my favorite Bond movies, FYI). It was like a timewarp.
The menu is simple, and since they do not have hibachi style, it was a nice change for me. I ordered a dinner combo– with Sakura scallops and tempura shrimp. For an app, I got the Kushi Katsu (fried pork on a stick). My buddy got the classic tonkatsu– I told him if he didn’t like it, he could cause a scene.
Speaking of scenes– hold that thought for later.
They served Coke– which was a pleasant surprise. You better believe I got one. Then my ginger salad came out, along with my kushi katsu. The dressing on the salad was good, and the greens were fresh. I also enjoyed the fried pork. It came glazed in a sweet soy.
Shortly after, the main plates came out. The tonkatsu had 2 pieces of pork, and he really enjoyed it. My scallops were great, as I have never had them served that way. The tempura was decent as well. Definitely a filling meal.
On the menu, I saw they had tempura ice cream for dessert. Remember earlier how I told you to hold that thought? Well we must have been creating a scene when we were eating (hell, we were the only people there). When I ordered the ice cream, it came out with 2 spoons. WTF??? They thought we were dating– LOL, I guess it didn’t help when I told her checks together. *Sigh*.
The restroom was kind of interesting, it was in the back, behind a curtain. It had a communal sink in the hallway. The mens restroom was kind of small, so you had to go at an angle (unless you wanted to risk falling through the wall).
Overall, I really liked this place and I am glad I got to check it out. I will definitely have to go back and try some other things.