Aji in Newtonville

[JoJo5]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have a recent experience to share about Aji Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar in Newtonville Square on Walnut St.? It would be great if it's decent since it's so close to home.

Thanks,
JoJo

[lipoff]

It's not very good. The sushi was amateurish --- overly large slices and had a slightly fishy taste to it. Better than a supermarket, but I wouldn't call it decent. Maybe some of the rolls are better if you like that sort of thing.

[hyde]

for an area with plenty of foot traffic, restaurants fare terribly in this intersection. that storefront has been a tea house, a bagel/breakfast place and an ice cream place, the C. tsars on the corner has been at least five places since i moved from the south end in the 90's, hell even the KFC across the street went down in spite of the fact that it is within 500 meters of a high school with 2500 teenage students. not sure why, haunted?

[CookieLee]

I don't know when you were there, but I didn't think the sushi was overly large. My dc companion didn't complain about a fishy taste. Perhaps it was an off night?

[CookieLee]

I was there this winter, for dinner. I had a soup, it was ok, as well as my salad. My dc had sushi, she said it was v. good. I like the space. My husband's lamb was salty, nothing too exciting. I usually go to Lam's for Thai, when I'm dining in that area. I haven't eaten at T. Tsar's , except to have their version of pizza, which was toppings on pita baked to cracker consistency. Not my thing.

[JoJo5]

Thanks for the info, CookieLee.