Best sushi in Waldorf! I absolutely luv Kodori's sushi and my family's to go bill reflects it.

This place looks like nothing special from the outside...I met a friend for lunch here on a Friday afternoon and when I pulled up thought, next, but she raved about it so in I went. Sooo glad I did. I got the lunch box with Chicken Teriyaki with the Hurricane Roll. The lunch box includes a soup, salad, a few fried things (shrimp, onion ring, carrot), rice, the chicken and orange slice (I think that is it but, there could be one more thing). Anyways, I got two salads instead of the soup since I was not a fan. The Hurricane roll is phenomenal and I can't say enough about it. I think the price is rather reasonable...$20/each with tip and a drink. You get more than enough food too. I have made this a spot that I must stop in at at least once a month (and I live about 35 mins from the location). Seating is limited so try to get there early. The only problem is the lunch box is only available M-F during lunch hours. I think they have something similar at dinner time but it is more expensive. Too bad it is not available on the weekends or it might be a regular stop for me. read more

Absolute best sushi in the southern maryland area! We have been coming here for over 10 years and will continue to come. Mr.Kim is a sushi master and has become a member of our family. Prices are reasonable, sushi is delicious, and there is a huge variety. Our favorites are the spicy tuna, Wednesday roll and pain in the butt roll. read more

One of my world wide TOP sushi places! Sushi and food are always amazing! Top quality, which I can't find anywhere else. Staff is friendly and it's nice to be remembered and greeted. The soup and salads are delicious and I can always get more of the little dishes if needed. I have not found a roll or sashimi I don't like. I have not heard colored the menu too much, as I simply have to have their sushi. Friends, however, love the HUGE lunch box choices and the Korean BBQ (Gal Bi). My only gripe is that at times the phone doesn't get answered and service regarding water refills can be slow. But obviously, this has not kept me from eating in and ordering out EVER! read more

Freshest sushi I've ever had! Husband and I order Uber and they're always super quick and the food always tastes amazing. The employees are always very nice and cheerful. It's a little pricey but very much worth it! read more

Kodori had gone down hill since the Pandemic. The food portions are smaller especially now that they only do to-go. The kimchi lately hasn't been that fresh. For the price you pay to eat from here I would expect bigger portions. Really loved it here when you could dine in! read more

Kodori is THE BEST in Japanese food. This is my mother's favorite place to eat and she knows Japanese food because she is Japanese! It's a family owned restaurant and they are always very nice and accommodating when we dine there. The sushi is made fresh to order and the hot food is great also. I always order the Sweet Dream Chicken dish from the kitchen which is always great! Kodori is becoming so popular that they are outgrowing the location they are currently in and if you go during dinner time, about 7ish, you may have to wait for a table. There is no waiting area so we usually go around 5:30pm. Weekends are the most crowded but the food is well worth the wait. There's also plenty of parking so no worries about that. They do have a sushi bar area if you want to sit there but even that area has limited seating. Maybe six chairs. read more

Was looking for some good sushi that doesn't cost an arm and leg saw some other reviews and everyone said how good it was so me and hubby gave it a try. Did not disapoint. We got the hurricane roll, Cali, Boston and another I can't remember the name. I drive 30 mins as well As I live in Indian head and when I got home it was still soooo yummy. read more

Amazing food. My husband is a big fan of the beef bulgogi box. I get the veggie bibimbap. I prefer their Korean food to their sushi. Some of their "fancier" sushis have a heavy sauce on them, that I'm not a big fan of. But all of their food is great value and delicious. read more

Great sushi in a great town. Always go there for my sushi. Prices aren't bad. Definitely stop in

One of our favorite spots in Waldorf! Pre-pandemic we dined in regularly on the way home from the gym for a light dinner. Now we either carry-out or get it delivered. Great sushi, shumai and bibimbop. Try the dream chicken too. You won't be disappointed. read more

This sushi place had one of the best sushi I have ever tried. I don't eat raw rolls that often but at Kodori I can eat it for days. The waiter I had recommended the black dragon roll, which ended up being my favorite roll on the menu. They have other food on the menu but I can only speak for the rolls. This place does not disappoint! read more

The dining room is filthy and sticky. The potato was rotten in my appetizer. Do not order tap water because it taste like it is from the toilet. Although the food was okay, I would never dine here again because it's just out right dirty! The service was not terrible but not good. read more

This used to be a great sushi and Korean food spot! We knew something was wrong when we got there at 8 pm and it was empty on a normally packed night. But things have changed for the worst. Gone are the friendly servers and cooks. I'm guessing new mgt. Everyone there looks lost and the new server continuously messes up orders because she can't understand English. The food is now bland w smaller portion. This is now worse than mall level Asian cuisine. No plans on returning! read more

Food was good and fresh. Nothing crazy but not bad. Would go again i remember it being much nicer as a kid.

My favourite sushi spot in waldorf, been eating here about 7 years now and they are always consistent and good, I would recommend for sushi. read more

Kodori - Japanese Near Me - Waldorf, Maryland

I love kodori, I am a loyal customer. The food has always been consistent and I love that

I love this place because of the food and the service. I order the Korean and Japanese items and my kids order sushi. Everything is so fresh and delicious. It is a small setting with excellent service. Very affordable. Bring an appetite. read more

Practically inedible. Ordered takeout sushi rolls the other night and it was awful! Rice was so bland, no vinegar, no salt. Spicy tuna used to be good, but not anymore. Tempura was terrible - could barely see shrimp in any of the pieces, it was over cooked and tasted like old French fries with some gross mayonaisey mushy mess in it, kinda like tasteless coleslaw. And I love mayo but this was just wrong. So bad. California rolls were sooo skimpy - thin slice of avocado and half the peices had no crab - what crab was there was smaller than an eraser in size. I've never not eaten my rolls but this was worse than grocery store sushi, stopped less than halfway through. Just gross. Went here once a year ago and thought the it was okay even though the tempura was disappointing, but wow it's awful now. Need a new chef!! Though I doubt we'll be back. read more

The food was good, but pretty small portions. The teriyaki chicken was very small (like a kid's meal) for $10.95 and the teriyaki sauce was so thin and watery it was more like teriyaki soup. Spent $30 for 2 people and we were still hungry. read more

Kodori - Chicken Teriyaki... not much food for $10.95 - Japanese Near Me - Waldorf, Maryland

Always satisfied with the sushi , the food and the timing. Great service! Super fresh food!

Looks can be deceiving but the sushi is very good. One of my top 3 sushi places in the area.

I'm going through suburbia rejection since moving to the Dorf. All of my favorite spots are either in upper MD or DC. I was pressed to find a sushi spot after visiting the local Japanese steakhouse I was sad to think, I would not be able to get my fix. Until I came on Yelp and discovered this place. I called the place on a Friday around 9:30ish to see what time they closed and they told me they were closing now. I got super depressed because I'm like, where they do that at? Anyhoo, the next week, by 8PM we were ready to hit it. We got there and it was in a strip mall next to a paint shop. I didn't get discouraged because I trusted my fellow yelpers. We went it and the place is really small, only a couple of tables and a small sushi bar. We sat at the sushi bar order a couple of drinks and looked through the menu. I like seeing the specialty rolls of new places and trying them out. We ordered a few of our fav and a few of the specialties and they knocked them all out of the park. Our favs are the Raven's roll, the Redskin's roll (I didn't tell DH this was the name because he would of spit it out), and the Devil Roll. I also LOVE the beef lettuce wraps and the spicy seafood noodles. We are now regulars at this spot and we forgot our credit card and they let us put it on our tab! Wow. A tab, only in the Dorf. Thank you Kodori for coming into our lives. Now if we could just get you to stay open later, at least on the weekend, I'd be in sushi heaven! read more

We had this place bookmarked to try forever. We love sushi, and we were really hoping to find a good place on the Maryland side of the bridge, but alas, the quest continues. I don't understand all of the high marks for this place. I agree with the reviewer below who said it's filthy and dirty. The floor is actually sticky enough that you can hear the wait staff walking around. If it's dirty out there...you know it's dirty in the kitchen. It was a dive, but I was willing to give it a try. We had sushi (which is why we went there). It took a while to get menus, and they were dirty when we got them. The menus were also dirty. The server came by to take our drink order, and before I could finish my sentence (I was in the middle of ordering an appetizer), he'd walked away! When he returned his attitude was a little clipped and I felt rushed, like he was doing me a favor by taking my order. I tried again to order the octopus salad, but they were out of it, so we tried the avocado and salmon salad and several items off of the sushi list. They brought out Miso soup, garden salad with ginger dressing, and kimchi - all free. That was all very good, and we enjoyed it. The salmon and avocado salad was drowning in some kind of honey mustard dressing. I've definitely had better, but I think my husband liked it okay. We had the Red Dragon Roll, the spinach roll, the Rock 'n' Roll, the Rainbow Roll, and another maki roll (can't remember now). I thought they were all over-sauced and a little wet. The specialty rolls were very thin. I also thought that the wasabi was bland. I noticed that the sushi chefs barely looked like they were out of high school and had long hair that wasn't held back with hair nets. The hot tea was good and there was plenty of it. Price-wise, the bill was reasonable. Overall, I might order sushi from here to go, but I wouldn't eat in the store again. Just a note: Below, someone calls this place "cute and cozy." It's cute like a piranha is cute and cozy like a warehouse is cozy. Let's just say, if you wanted to wear a thong bikini to dinner here, you'd be overdressed. Oh, and my husband just reminded me that one of the servers was wearing plastic flip flops, which I'm pretty sure is against health regulations. read more

Good sushi with free miso soup, carrot-ginger dressing salad and wee appetizers (kimchi, pickled turnip things, etc.). Mr. Kim is very nice, as are the 3/4 waiters that seem to always be there. I especially like the fact that they are only there when you need them. The wife and I have eaten here about one to two times a month for 3+ years. I haven't ventured into the Korean half of the menu yet. + They serve sake by the teapot. Which is how I drink it at home too. - Local restaurants get hammered on Fri-Sat nights, and Kodori can't handle crowds well. read more

I must edit my previous review. Mr Kim has been back for awhile and his sushi is just as good as ever. This is the ONLY place around where you actually get spicy when you order a spicy tuna, salmon or crab roll. I'm not sure why so many other places feel the need to use mostly mayo with very little sriracha, but Mr Kim strikes the best balance of any other in the area. My last visit compelled me to order the Sashimi Donburi. The fish was beautiful in color, fresh and tasted amazing. My only complaint was that I wished the sushi rice had been more seasoned; however, this complaint is more personal preference than anything. Gone are all of the issues of poorly made sushi and daytime talk shows. The As long as Mr Kim stays I'll continue to visit. read more

Recently went to Kodori this past weekend after many people recommended it. It's a small place inside with maybe 10 tables tops, it's nothing fancy or new but those tend to be the best places. We ordered the veggie roll, shrimp tempura roll, tuna roll and I forget the last one but we were happy with every roll! The miso soup and salad were also good. Prices are comparable to most sushi joints. The owner was pleasant and overall definitely going back. read more

Had a hungry party of 4. One person in our group had been here before and suggested it. This place was PACKED. Which was a good sign, but no Asian people which was not. We were probably the only ones that had an Asian person at our table which is usually a red flag in my personal opinion. We ordered: Variety of Special Rolls Variety of Nigiri Combination Sashimi Platter The sushi menu had a good amount of options, although I felt the Korean options were limited which was a bummer. I ended up going with the Korean Style Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup, which was actually Udon, not the traditional noodles. While this combination was good, I would have preferred the more traditional. A lot of the patrons seemed to enjoy the Korean BBQ they offered. I don't typically like to order this unless I can cook at my table, only because I am particular about how my meat is cooked. The sushi was decent. The Sashimi tasted decent, and when rolled up tasted better. Which is not a good sign to me. Because they were so busy, it took us an hour and half to get our sushi. Then they had forgotten my soup, and that fortunately only took another 15 minutes to whip up. The prices were average, and the service was decent but not great enough to return. Would I return? No... just because I would rather spend the same amount of money or even less, and just drive out to a place I normally frequent. read more

Mr. Kim's Restaurant is a wonderful, quiet place to enjoy unusual sushi. His very generous sized special rolls are to die for. Two of his rolls must be mentioned for they are my favorites. The Kodori roll with it's soft shell crab is a meal in it self, but if you are into a challenge you must brave the, PAIN IN THE BUTT roll, make sure your drink is full. read more

Kodori - Japanese Near Me - Waldorf, Maryland

Sushi...in....Waldorf?! Hold the phone! So, I discovered Kodori after doing a Yelp search for "Sushi" in Waldorf. I noticed that no one gave this place less than four stars, so I said, "what the heck, I'll give it a shot." I was fully expecting mediocrity. What I got was pleasantly surprising, fantastically delicious and authentic! I don't quite remember which two rolls my friend and I had as she ordered them. I couldn't make up my mind. But, they were again, surprisingly yummy! I will say that I would like to see more variety (less fried elements) in the sushi options. Maybe something topped with crab salad and a few more roe-topped options. I had the bulgogi and the beef was sweet and tender and scrumptious. After the miso, ginger-dressing salad and sushi I was full. But, either the bulgogi was that good or I'm a greedy pig (both are possible, especially with Asian fare). I'm going back as soon as I can. But, I echo a previous reviewer...stay away! The place is small and intimate, but the service is friendly and patient. read more

They can make my salmon skin roll so Im sold! We tried several entrees and the food always taste fresh. The ramen isn't bad either.

Kodori is THE place for Sushi!! Mr. Kim is the greatest Sushi guy in the Washington Metropolitan area !! Arrive before 5:30 so you will get your order in as Mr. Kim works alone creating his edible art!!! As a funny twist, Mr. Kim works to a radio blasting 80's Rock!! So you are obviously not going for the ambiance, but for the amazing Sushi!! read more

Kodori - Made by Mr Kim! - Japanese Near Me - Waldorf, Maryland

For a small place, it's pretty good. When we came in, I was like...oh wow it's like a little eatery in Asia with the alcoholic beverage and female model posters on the wall. The service was prompt. The servers were nice and friendly. The food we ordered was good. The free miso soup was just right... not too salty, but it made me wonder if it was instant miso soup... Coz it seemed like it. The free salad was drenched in dressing making it all soupy. The kimchi... I'm not an expert on how the kimchi should be, but the one they had...I wasn't that impressed. But you know... those were free so no biggie. The rest of the food was awesome though. read more

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I don't know what I missed rolls were ok and that's just it ok, sorry I wouldn't go out my way to go back. BUT I asked for minimal rice so perhaps that was the down fall. So if in the area may try once more to give a more fair review But I do say all was fresh no issues read more

This was my first time here and I really enjoyed the food. The staff was friendly and the sushi was fresh. Mary was very helpful in helping my novice hubby pick out food he would like and he thoroughly enjoyed it all. I will say the atmosphere was a bit surprising. This is not a classy or cozy joint at all. If you are cool with that and just want some good sushi, then this is the place for you. The setting is in a strip mall area and the restaurant itself is set up just like a Chinese carry-out. The music was a local rock station and people continued to come in and out to pick up their carry-out food. I am so glad I found a local place in Southern MD and saved a trip and the aggravation of driving to VA. read more

My Boyfriend and I just moved out to Fort Washington from Alexandria, and we quickly fealized there is very little food culture here. While exploring Waldorf, we stumbled across this place that had pretty decent reviews. It was not bad!!! I had the Galbi Bibimbap, it was tasty, had a good sized meat portion and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We had 2 sushi rolls that were average. Tasty but nothing extraordinary. He had the beef soup which was also pretty average as well. The bibimbap was a clear winner! read more

Best bang for your buck when it comes Korean in Southern Maryland. If there is a wait, it's totally worth it. The bulgogi lunch box is always one of my faves. If you are not on this, you need to get on it. read more

Kodori - Japanese Near Me - Waldorf, Maryland

Going to this place for years. The waiters and waitresses are polite and kind. All time favorite for Sushi and Korean dishes when I do not feel like driving to VA read more

Kodori doesn't look like much on the outside, but inside I was quite impressed by how well they're using the fairly small space. Service was...rather choppy, if I'm honest, with the server seeming distracted and a bit rude at times, but he did take some time to answer questions I had about the menu, so I appreciated that. The selection of banchan with dinner was solid, and I really liked the sweet pickle kimchi. I went with hot chicken (fried chicken basted in a spicy pepper sauce), which also came with miso soup and a salad with a nice ginger dressing, and the spicy tuna roll. Nothing over the top, honestly, but it all tasted good and I felt like I got good value for what I paid. I'd go back here again without complaint. read more

I made my way to Kodori on the advice of a friend who swore by it. Overall, a great experience but with both its pros and cons. The pros: -The service is nothing short of amazing. The waitress was extremely friendly and attentive and just an overall joy to be around. -The sushi option is expansive meaning that there is something to fit everyone's taste. And back to the awesome waitstaff; they have no problem explaining anything on the menu to you. -Not only do you get soup and salad with your sushi order but also an assortment of kimchi and other side dishes. The cons: -The salad was waterlogged which diluted the flavor of the amazingly good salad dressing. -The soup was only lukewarm which did absolutely nothing for its flavor. Again because of the awesome service and expansive sushi options, I'd make my way back once more. read more