Best restaurant in town ! Sessame chicken s the best ! Love the crunch crab role ! A little expensive! Great service! read more

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Yikes... the sushi was edible but a bit flat tasting and rubbery. Grocery store sushi is fresher. We won't be eating here again.

I love Asian Cafe. Never had a bad experience. Pretty much the only restaurant at the lake to get vegan food. Several vegan sushi rolls + tofu hibachi! Sometimes they'll do egg-free fried rice for us but sometimes they just make us get white rice. Either way we enjoy it, especially for how cheap it is and good portion sizes. Vegan rolls include Vegetable roll, avocado roll, oshinko roll, Inari (tofu skin) read more

Asian Cafe - Vegan sushi - Japanese Near Me - Palmyra, Virginia

A great place to get good sushi. Service is fast and friendly. Their prices, especially the lunch specials, are very reasonable.

Great local spot. Food is really good, and there is a wide variety. Small and intimate, clean and organized. Owners and employees are amazing. Fast service with a smile. Definitely go here and check it out. Also a great option for a quality to go order. read more

The food here is awesome- and you can't beat that price for the amount of food you get. The service is awesome and the people are super nice. Jim and Ling are genuinely amazing people. It's a calming environment and has traditional decorations that add to the visual experience. The house soup is one of my favorite things that comes with an entree. Everyone in my family knows to slide their soup over to me My favorite dish is the shrimp hibachi. The sushi is also awesome. read more

Asian Cafe - House soup - Japanese Near Me - Palmyra, Virginia

When you walk in there's an annoying fabric flap hanging right in your face that you have to move. It was in my way and a pain when I was trying to carry takeout bags. The sushi counter did not look fresh and the counter where you pay was crowded with someone's personal medications and cough syrup. There are enough tables to eat in if you decide to but no one was clearing the dirty ones while I was there. Food: we ordered takeout for 7 and tried a variety of food. Unfortunately, not one person liked their food. The fried rice was the worst rice any of us have ever had. It was horrible. The best food of all of it was the vegetables that came with the chicken and steak combo. We were very disappointed in the taste of the food and cleanliness of the restaurant. I really wish the experience was better but it just wasn't. read more

Always a great experience! I enjoy everything I've tried here! The Musubi roll is fantastic and the sashimi is wonderful!

My son and I are visiting the area and decided to try this place out. We are so glad we did! The chicken hibachi was amazing. My son had dumplings and said they were the best dumplings he has ever had. We were seated quickly and the people working there were so nice. A lot of people were coming and going as we sat there and ate. It was a quiet but busy little place.​ read more

Asian Cafe - Japanese Near Me - Palmyra, Virginia

Great people and great food. Good variety. When the weather is nice we like to sit outside and enjoy the views.

We actually really like the sushi here, coming from the West Coast where sushi is everywhere, we were pretty surprised to find this unassuming place in rural VA serving up some pretty darn good rolls! Can't speak on the rest of the pan Asian menu personally, although my teen is a fan of the hibachi chicken and steak. So we're regulars now, and it's my goal in life to get the female owner/main server to crack a smile. She's ALL business and has no time for me or my small talk but I'm kinda here for it read more

Asian Cafe has made it on our list of regular stops. This is our local go-to for take out sushi. The food is good, service has been friendly, and prices are very reasonable. I wish they had online ordering, but calling in is easy enough. read more

It took a while to get the food and it was just okay. Nothing special. Didn't like when come thru the door have to walk thru a curtain. Did like the ambiance of the place at all. read more

Excellent quality overall. The owners recognize me now, haha! I really appreciate the awesome food and the service. They're great at what they do! Love the sushi. Nice and fresh. I get takeout pretty regularly here without any problems. read more

We eat here several times a month, while it's not the best sushi you're ever going to get, the service is great, and the food is quality.

Spicy orange chicken is amazing! It has a nice dining set up. Service was good, they're friendly. read more

The food is good but the service is terrible. This place hasn't bounced back since COVID. They are still doing this weird thing where when you walk in the front door, you suddenly find yourself trapped in a tiny 5' x 5' entryway, with the door to the interior blockaded by a dining table and copious plastic wrap blocking the entryway. However bad this sounds like it must look, let me assure you that it looks even worse. It looks like something from The Walking Dead. Usually you find yourself inside this tiny little postage-stamp-sized area with another patron, who is looking just as surprised as you by your sudden and blustering entry off the street. There's a slit for talking to the restaurant staff, and for passing food through. So then, if you called in your order ahead of time, you are waiting in this tiny room huffing air with one or two other people until one of the restaurant staff approaches the holding cell. They confirm which order you are picking up and then instruct you to wait outside and they will signal you through the window to come back in and pick up your food off the blockade / table when your order is ready. You then dutifully go outside to wait. As you wait, you will notice a pattern. Other people show up to pick up an order, and they are confused by the fact that there is a small line queuing up outside the door. They think they have to wait in line, and then you have to explain to them what in the actual charlie foxtrot is going on so that they know to check in inside. Repeat this process several times as people arrive. Not a great experience. I don't go here anymore just because I don't feel like dealing with their terrible system. The food was good, but not THAT good. read more

Great sushi in a rural area. Had the seaweed salad and Spicy Tuna Roll. Both were well prepared and delicious. Great find.

Delicious food and very good prices! We really liked it, the amount of food was really good too! We had plenty of leftovers!

Okay so I know the idea of sushi in a small town like fluvanna can be a scary one, BUT my husband and I have had sushi at almost every place in Charlottesville and quite a few places up and down the east coast. We really like the new owners at Asian cafe. They're nice and quick and the sushi... pretty amazing. I've never felt like the fish was anything but fresh and the cooked rolls are pretty great too. My husband and a few close friends really enjoy the hibachi entrees as well. The sauce they use is delicious! Although I can never pass up the sushi, I steal a few bites of theirs You should definitely give them a try if you haven't before. We went when they were doing take out only the last time and they hadn't missed a beat even after being closed. I'm so happy they were able to reopen! read more

Pleasant atmosphere, great service, and great food! It's a real gem, and highly recommended of sushi!

The atmosphere was perfect. A quaint hibachi restaurant in a small town. The staff was very attentive and friendly. The food options were plentiful and delicious. Would definitely recommend. read more

A little pricey, but consistently good. The only place for decent Asian food in the area.

My wife and I have been going here for years now and food is always great! Check it out. The lackluster reviews are unwarranted in my opinion. Great food! David read more

My in laws live at the Lake and we have been twice. Both time we have been the place has been packed! The sanitation grade is a high A, the food is good, the service is attentive. It is owned my a local family, not a chain restaurant. The prices are very reasonable for the quality of food you receive. My inlays get the habachi with different meats, it is a generous portion, devious. The sushi is good... but a tad high, considering they do not do bogo sushi deals. The only downfall is that when we asked a question about what was in a seafood salad or what a roll was.... there was little explanation and they couldn't exactly tell us. I would like to think they would want to make the effort to help locals understand what they are ordering. read more

Great tasting sushi in Palmyra, will wonders never cease? The price is right and the quality is high, and I can get my sushi fix whenever the urge hits! The Asian Cafe serves hibachi stir fry meals that are very good, as well as a few Chinese chicken dishes. Definitely a nice change of pace for our area! read more

Great food at a reasonable price. With the friendly owners on duty daily you know everything is always top notch! I definitely recommend checking them out read more

My family and I came here one day after church, not knowing what to expect. When we arrived, the service was impeccable. The owners are so friendly. The interior design is very much Japanese. They have hibachi, sushi, traditional Chinese food you'd hear about like General Tso's, cheese wantons, house soup, shrimp, eel, much more delicious food I'll let you discover. Business is really booming here. Ever since that first visit, my family comes here basically once or twice a month now, and are on good terms with the owners and the staff, and they always seat us at "our" table! Service is always amazing, the food is outstanding, and the drinks are delicious. Japanese food is delicious, and Asian Cafe really makes it the bomb diggity! read more

This is a hibachi grill, but the cooking is not preformed in front of you. Also, this is the closest place to Lake Monticello to get sushi, which is the primary reason for four stars. The food was what you'd expect at an Asian restaurant. Their menu consists of mostly Japanese food, but from what I can remember, it wasn't exclusively Japanese. read more

The group I was with had bought dinner and drinks there and at 9:40, after some had left and we were about to get up and leave, the owner came over and explained that they closed at 9:30 and we had to go. We'll be back, when this rotation of owners is gone. The same shopping center has Blue 53 and across the street is Sal's, both of which give great service. If Asian is what you're looking for, there's another restaurant right across the street. read more

Terrible customer service last time I was there. The waitress couldn't have cared less - moving slower than molasses in winter, delivering the wrong food, etc. I ordered filet & scallop hibachi. She brings lobster instead. Before I eat a bite, I call her over. Too lazy to come and look, she says - from across the room - yes, of course that's scallops. Funny. presented in a lobster tail, looks (and tastes) like lobster. She insists; I eat. Bill comes - she's charged me for lobster. I tell her I won't pay for lobster. She's majorly annoyed. Well, sweetheart, you had two chances to get this right - and you failed. Sorry..,. read more

The only game in town for sushi if you live in the Lake Monticello area of Virginia. A small place with very good sushi considering the location. The prices are reasonable and the service good. The proprietors are not the most sociable of folks, but I won't hold that against them. As far as I'm concerned, being a sushi lover, I'm happy to have a place nearby that serves up a very nice roll. read more

Totally Love this Small Restaurant but I admit I only purchase the hibachi grill items. The chicken and filet mignon is awesome and the yum yum sauce is divine. Awesome with two thumbs up read more

I hate writing negative reviews, but this one is warranted. We ordered takeout for 3, and our food was very dry and bland. The chicken was extremely dry. The sushi also wasn't very good compared to some places in Charlottesville. We were fairly disappointed in the quality of our food, as well as the cost associated with it. For 3 of us ordering dinner and two California rolls, it was nearly $50. Seemed high compared to that same order at various places we've eaten in town. read more

Good food, nice waitress but woman who runs the place has a terrible attitude! Waitress made a mistake on our order. When I pointed it out, the waitress said she'd correct it. The female manager/ owner proceeded to yell at her then argue with me that the item delivered was more expensive than the one I ordered so I should just "keep it and pay the difference." When I stated they could take it back and bring me the correct order she was very rude. Later we discovered the waitress in tears. She was being docked the price of BOTH entrees from her pay and was not getting any tips that evening. Ridiculous!! We've eaten there many times and like the food but won't be returning. Hope waitress finds a better place to work. She was very sweet. read more

Great sushi, wildly exceeded expectations. I can't speak for the non- sushi part of the menu, except to say it smells good.

Asian Cafe is AWESOME!!!! The sushi is amazing and fresh and the surroundings are elegant an artistic. Perfect place to relax and have a fantastic meal! read more

Best Asian cuisine around the lake. The sushi is fresh and tastey. Good place to sit down and enjoy a good meal with family. The habachi style choices are yummy also. Great atmosphere with friendly staff. Clean and neat. read more

I originally wanted to give a 4.5 star review and I made a couple of suggestions for improvement. We went back tonight, just 7 days later and the suggestions for cups with handles had already been implemented. I had hibachi rib eye and shrimp. It comes with delicious rice and vegetables and house soup for just $14.95. Food and service was excellent. I would highly recommend and we will go back soon. read more

We love this place and eat here a couple times a month. Great food and consistent quality. We've frequented Japanese restaurants all over. While this doesn't give you the Benihana style show, the food is on par with best. read more