Good quality has gone down. Why is the calamari soaked in oil? They used to have a great garlic sesame dressing, but that's gone so now all you get for appetizers if you're interested in the calamari is greasy squid or who knows ? read more

Ordered delivery. My first time trying their sushi burritos. I got one with Crab stick, red snapper, yellowtail and the second with Crab stick, salmon, yellowtail. Both were delicious. Also tried the out of control roll as it's a popular choice. It was huge. The magic roll was also a good size. Both were delicious. I usually always get the volcano roll and always enjoy it. read more

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Given the allergies we have, it's important that we are careful in placing our orders. I order a California roll without sesame seeds, and yet it has cucumbers. I asked about it, and was told this was the original way they make it. None of this makes any sense, but I can tell you that's a lie. What happened? read more

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Ordered takeout one weekday for lunch because we noticed their lunch special (11.95 for 3 rolls). Unfortunately was disappointing. David found a piece of plastic in his California roll. Overall we thought the rolls had too much rice (the eel roll especially). We'll stay loyal to Yoyogi in Gaithersburg, given that it's only 2 mins further from our new place and not significantly different in price. read more

Rainbow Sushi - California Roll March 14, 2025 - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

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Another great meal. Consistent with high quality. A go to place tgat never fails. Love the bento box. read more

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After living only a couple minutes from Rainbow Sushi for over a decade, my family and I finally decided to try it for dinner. We dined in, but we observed that it is mainly for takeout orders. We all ordered bento boxes, and feared that it wouldn't be filling enough, so we also got the Singapore rice noodles. The bento boxes were definitely more than enough, and I was actually unable to finish it in one sitting. The miso soup was a bit salty, the rice was a bit dry, and the shumai was not authentic, but otherwise, the sushi was a good size and I enjoyed everything else! Since the restaurant has a lot of takeout orders, it seemed that they prioritized those over in-person diners, so the wait was quite long for our food to arrive. After living only a couple minutes from Rainbow Sushi for over a decade, my family and I finally decided to try it for dinner. We dined in, but we observed that it is mainly for takeout orders. We all ordered bento boxes, and feared that it wouldn't be filling enough, so we also got the Singapore rice noodles. The bento boxes were definitely more than enough, and I was actually unable to finish it in one sitting. The miso soup was a bit salty, the rice was a bit dry, and the shumai was not authentic, but otherwise, the sushi was a good size and I enjoyed everything else! Since the restaurant has a lot of takeout orders, it seemed that they prioritized those over in-person diners, so the wait was quite long for our food to arrive. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Gyoza, Crispy Tofu, Alaska Roll, California Roll, Sweet Potato Tempura Roll, Avocado & Cucumber Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

Best sushi in Germantown! The service is extremely quick and friendly, there is ample seating inside, and the food is fresh and delicious. I highly recommend for reasonable prices and great food. It's a very casual spot with easy in-and-out service. You can also order for pick up delivery and your food remains great quality. They have excellent lunch and dinner specials. My favorite rolls are the green devil roll and the tuna lover roll. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

We ordered sushi from rainbow sushi several times while we were living in the area. For us, it's exactly right combination of quality and price to provide the best value. Highly recommended! read more

The best sushi place i have tried so far If you go you must try the Sushi burrito The service is great checking to see if everything is good The Ambience is relaxing and cozy and feel like a authentic Japanese/ Chinese place read more

I ordered a Sashimi Deluxe on DoorDash (the DoorDash price is $40, whereas the actual restaurant price is $36) and the dish itself was pretty good. As you can see from the picture below, there are a lot of sashimi pieces. 28 pieces in total (2 crab stick, 2 shrimp, 2 surf clams, 4 white tuna, 4 yellowtail, 4 red snapper, 5 tuna, and 5 salmon pieces were what I counted). The pieces are slightly smaller than most other sushi restaurant's sashimi pieces, so the dish felt like it actually didn't possess 28 pieces (more like 20). As for the taste, all of the pieces were fresh. The wasabi and ginger were on point. The taste was solidly good. The only reasons why I took away a point in the review are simple: 1) the imitation crab stick did not belong in the set, and 2) the pieces are definitely smaller compared to other restaurant's sashimi offerings. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Sashimi Deluxe - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

Maybe the best sushi pound for pound in upcounty MoCo. Consistent, expedient, super attentive service. You can count on a fresh delicious roll every single visit. read more

I got the Salmon tempura roll, a California roll and some hot and sour soup. Everything was packaged perfectly and arrived the perfect temperature by delivery. Delicious and would definitely order again! read more

It's absolutely bonkers to me how bad Rainbow Sushi has gotten over the years. I made a stop here about 2 weeks ago, excited to try my fav sushi place from when I was in HS, my friend and I were regulars here, simply to be disappointed. I ordered a spicy crunchy salmon roll, chicken teriyaki roll (which used to be absolutely phenomenal once upon a time) and a shrimp tempura roll. Chicken and shrimp were both rock hard and falling apart as I was picking them up. There was wayyyy too much rice in these rolls and wayyyy too much seasoning. All around a huge disappointment and I couldn't even eat it so a waste of money. read more

I ordered takeout from here and it was very good! I loved that you could customize a sushi burrito! Everything was fresh and flavorful. I've also had their shrimp tempura box, which is a good option too! read more

Rainbow Sushi - Build Your Own Sushi Burrito - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

My boyfriend and I both contracted food poisoning from here on 7/23. The service is nice and we would frequent this place, but upon returning this past weekend the dishes we once ordered did not taste the same. We then began to experience the symptoms of food poisoning and are still experiencing them today. The ambiance is nice and all but when cooking with a lot of raw meats you'd think sanitary issues would be given much attention. I had heard this from my friends before but I didn't want to believe it. read more

I ordered sushi burritos from them for lunch one day. After reading the reviews, I thought it would be a good place to try out. WRONG. Both my wife and I got SO SICK! I had food poisoning for 2-3 days. AWFUL. We ordered two... 1 - crab stick, tamago, yellow tail, smoked salmon, avocado and spicy mayo. 2 - shrimp tempura, unagi, spicy tuna, lettuce, cucumber, avocado and spicy mayo. The burritos were the smallest I've ever seen. They were more flat and oval, versus round like other sushi burritos. The rice was super sweet, way too sweet. And had a slight smell. Should have taken that as a red flag. We ate them and thought they were decent. But didn't plan to order again. Later in the day... I got so sick. My wife was sick for 1-2 days, my lasted for 2-3 days. It was horrible. NEVER AGAIN. read more

Rainbow Sushi - The skinniest sushi burritos ever. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

As soon as I opened the lit, there is hair into my soup - I complained and the manager was unable to get the refund since it's a soup - she wanted me to drive back and pick up the cash- 30 minutes driving round trip is not work my driving. Don't think I will come back . Ps: missing order I got before and had to drive back and pick the food up - read more

Rainbow Sushi - Miso soup - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

I never usually take pictures of my food I think it is tacky , except if I'm going out to dinner with my daughter and want to share with my son what we are eating. But there has been two times ( this is the second) time I'm doing this. I ordered. The Singapore style chicken noodles. First the chicken is cut so small you can tell this was chicken breast. So cutting chicken breast extremely dry. BUT the tinencey piece had NO flavor NONE NADA!!!!!!!. I asked for curry this dish as a whole is dry. It taste like they opened oodles of noodles got chicken from the corner of a flat top that was cooked this morning and threw 4 tablespoons of curry seasoning on it. Collectively I don't see a teaspoon of a shredded carrot no onion white or green onions in a mile of this dish. Now I understand that times have been tough and they want to conserve. I don't care the cost of food just do it taste good. That dish is so dry if I coughed you could see curry powder in the air. The sushi is not that good no big flavors of nothing either. Don't waste your money here find a another place. I ate the mango sushi and the egg roll the Singapore noodles I threw it in the garbage $14,00 down the drain. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Singapore style noodles chicken - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

If you're in the Gaithersburg area looking for a good sushi takeout, this is your place. It's a very reasonable price compared to the other restaurants in the area (on food delivery apps). I usually judge if I'm getting a fair price by looking at the prices for their unagi don, mostly because I love to order that, and theirs go for $17/18 while their competitors are about $24. 18 pcs Sashimi special is around $23 which is also a couple bucks less than their competitors in the area. They also have options like noodle soup, curry, Chinese takeout,etc. The quality has always been good. Fast delivery. I frequent this establishment and will continue to. read more

Rainbow Sushi has some delicious Sushi and is right across the street from me so it's normally my go to when I'm in the mood for some Sushi. I normally call my order in for carry out and I must say they are very nice on the phone when placing a order. Food is always fresh and taste very delicious no matter what you order. I haven't had a bad meal yet. I will continue to dine at Rainbow Sushi. read more

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Sushi spicy salmon roll was horrible. Has a weird aftertaste. Received my order in a decent amount of time. Was not pleased with the quality of food. read more

They offer deliver during Covid! Deliver was prompt and came faster than expected! About 35 minutes after ordering which was great. The sushi rolls are good quality and regularly priced. The poke bowl was a little expensive and I didn't love the flavor added on the salmon, it was okay overall. The mochi ice cream was really soft and tasty. Overall I would order again the next time I'm craving sushi! Everything was fresh and good quality. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Poke Bowl Spicy tuna roll salmon avocado roll Edamame Miso Soup - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

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Loved their lunch special, 3 rolls. If you want a good amount of fresh sushi for lunch, I highly recommend.

I been coming here since highschool always wonderfully fresh and delicious sushi. Cheap prices and lovely staff. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Miso soup and Thai ice tea. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

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It pains me to give any business two stars but I'm not sure I can give Rainbow sushi (delivery) more than that. We tried several sushi items and all of them were flavorless. The Green Devil roll fell flat without any spice at all, even with jalapeno on top. Same goes for the salmon lover roll. Mostly mayo and no spice or flavor at all. The crunch on top wasn't very crunchy either. The sushi burrito also didn't have any flavor despite getting it with spicy salmon and sweet potato. I had to pile on wasabi to taste anything. Adding insult to injury, the sushi burrito was tiny compared to the ones I've gotten at other local sushi restaurants. The chirashi bowl had basically unseasoned rice with the same flavorless fish. The only redeeming items was the beef teriyaki roll because of the teriyaki sauce. The most I can say about the fish, on the other hand, is that it didn't make us sick. With so many other exceptional sushi spots in town, there's no reason to revisit here, sadly. read more

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This place has been one of my favorite sushi places since childhood. It's great for pick up and also dining in but is a very casual atmosphere. Recently I went here again after a long break and was very impressed with the new menu updates. I used to love getting the cucumber roll, avocado roll and asparagus roll. Now they have so many more veggie options and veggie options that combine more than one vegetable. One of the rolls has mango in it and it was so good! The other roll that really stood out to me was the vegetable tempura roll. It was made very well fresh and warm! Service is always good here and quick. I also recommend the gyoza! Always crispy and hot! read more

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I've been coming to this place for many years and yes while it's not professional top grade sushi or fancy, it is very good for the price you pay. They seem to have a lot of take out orders and they also deliver. People do eat inside, but I think they are known in the area mostly as a good place for sushi take out. I've enjoyed almost everything here. The handrolls, the maki rolls. I love the soft shell spider crab app as well as the fried tempura. On this particular visit I had a huge bowl of chicken udon noodle soup that was perfect for a brisk cold evening. update 2/25/2015 - i'm hearing people found bugs? ewwww. this is surprising... they might have an infestation now. But this has never been the case all the times I've been here. I hope they get this taken care of :/ read more

Rainbow Sushi - Chicken Udon Noodle Soup. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

This is my daughter and I's favorite sushi place! Sushi is always fresh and well prepared. Our favorites are the shrimp tempura, Philly roll, chicken teriyaki and spicy California roll. The shrimp potstickers are amaz-za-zing too! Also I'm not a big fan of Miso soup but it's delicious from here. One of our favorites is also Thai iced tea. It's never overly sweet and something we add to our order all the time. They are very prompt in service, take Covid seriously and have only once forgot an item. A major plus is they do delivery w Uber Eats. Prices are reasonable and staff is friendly and accommodating. It's next to my nail salon which is an added bonus lol. I just turned one of my very picky friends on to this place! She very much enjoyed it. Order sushi and don't hesitate! read more

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Located In a shopping strip next to Popeyes, this place is consistently good. Is small inside - with 10 tables or so. They have quality selections, a great range of menu items and nice portions! Theu have Asian beers and sake, which is good. Whether you want strait forward sushi and sashimi to specialty and hand rolls to udon to curry to sushi burritos and now poke bowls - they have something for everyone it seems. Service is warm, fast and attentive. Nothing fancy but a good staple in the restaurant rotation. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Tokyo crunchy dragon roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

After my recent experience with a sushi place in DC, I was loathe to try again less than 24 hours later. But, I figured, how much worse could it get? Thankfully, this place was great. I was made to feel welcome from the moment I walked in. The sushi chef took the time to ask me my personal taste preferences and that told me I had made a good decision to come here. The staff: welcoming, courteous and helpful. Edamame: beautifully cooked, but unfortunately not seasoned. I couldn't taste even a hint of salt. Eel roll and Alaska roll: wonderfully portioned, evenly cut, good seasoning to the rice. Chirashi: fresh ingredients, beautiful cuts, nice variety, wonderful flavors. The only drawback on this for me was the fake crab - it literally fell apart as we touched it. But it was still an excellent dish. Oyaku Don: this was fantastic - from the chicken to the sauce to the egg to the rice. Yum! I would recommend this place to anyone and will definitely come here again! read more

Rainbow Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

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I definitely would recommend this place! For starters, I've been coming here since I was a kid - 13 years of loving this place! Their food has never ever let me down, it's always good even if I decide to try something new. The restaurant is incredibly clean and their staff is super friendly, and easy to talk to, especially if you don't know sushi-lingo! Don't know what to get? I recommend the Crispy Tofu or Rainbow Dumplings (apps), Sesame Beef/Chicken (entree), Japanese Handmade Noodle Soup, and their Unagi Rolls read more

Rainbow Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

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Consistently good sushi. Not my favorite place because their hours are a bit inconsistent but the quality of the food is good.,,

Adequate but charmless, just a shop front with a view of the car park. More of a cafeteria than a restaurant, set up for a lunch crowd. When I came in the afternoon there were 4 young staff in the dining are having a nonstop conversation at the tops of their voices, so the tranquil background for quiet conversation that normally typifies Japanese restaurants was out of the question. Some adult leadership is needed perhaps. The sushi looked ok but nothing special, and I chose conservatively owing to a number of food poisoning reports on Yelp. No shellfish. I didn't finish the California roll because the rice was dry and looked like it had been hanging around for a while. The sushi fish did not taste fresh and I gave up halfway through. Disappointing, and won't be coming back. read more

Came here for lunch and tried their new Poke bowls. Being from Hawaii, I have a certain expectation. The fresh vegetables were a nice touch and fish was good. However, I'm not sure if they coated the fish with avocado sauce instead of poke sauce--the fish was TOO sweet. Either way would not order the avocado sauce again. Service was great. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Tuna/Salmon Poke bowl w/ Avocado sauce - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

If you open a Sushi Place and If, I wander by I have two rules. 1. You have to have spicy tuna rolls 2. your Miso has to be first rate. 3. You have to have a variety of rolls. We tried Rainbow Sushi last night. I tried their crunchy spicy tuna rolls (yum!!!!) and their MISO soup was excellent. They also have a number of rolls I hadn't heard of or tried and family members pronounced them excellent (Teriyaki Beef Rolls and Teriyaki Chicken Rolls). Delivery was fast. From the time of order to at the front door was around 25 minutes. I was really impressed by that! All in all exceptional. New flavored rolls, old favorites, and my new favorite Crunchy Spicy Tuna Rolls!!!! read more

Don't spend your money here unless you support racism!! This was my second visit here. My first visit maybe a month ago left me thinking the lady working the register was just rude or having a bad day. I was ignored as she took 4 calls back to back without even acknowledging me standing in front of her to give her my order. This visit I brushed it off. Second visit today. I just went in there to order food with two of my daughters. We are black. The lady at the register looked directly at us and didn't smile or say any kind of greeting. Two white patrons came in right after us and got in line behind us. They were greeted right away with a warm smile and asked if they were picking up an order or dining in. I will never be going back here again. Don't support bad businesses no matter how good the food may be. Edit to add: I only gave one star because I had to leave it in order to post this review. I'm disgusted. In response to owner: Hi Steve, Thank you for reviewing the incident and acknowledging the shortcomings of your staff. However, I don't believe this was simply a slip up as you put it. It happened on 2/2 of my visits and I'm sure I am not the only one this has probably happened to. She did it casually and nonchalantly which means this is her normal. I don't wish to support businesses that support racist employees. read more

My go to sushi place. My adult daughter and I like their sushi, husband says it is fine.

My family and I will come here for dinner. The staffs are so friendly and the food are always great. I came for lunch by my self today, the sushi chef made me a special roll with crabmeat, cucumber, avocado in side and seared salmon on top. (The sushi chef can make a specialty roll just for you). All the ingredients are so fresh and taste great, too. We will definitely be back. read more

Rainbow Sushi - Specialty roll from the sushi chef - Sushi Bars Near Me - Germantown, Maryland

Our family visits Rainbow Sushi faithfully every Saturday for the sushi specials and love the calm inviting environment that is offered when we're there. It's nice to see the same faces at every visit and it's an extra bonus that the waitress knows our order by heart! It's sad to hear that someone had a bad experience here but rest assured we all have bad days and tend to take the emotions from our day into the environments we enter. The people who work at Rainbow sushi are typically kind and generous people so I'm sure you'll love it! I moved to Germantown from NC 8 years ago and to date I still feel like this is the best sushi you'll get in the DMV. read more

The food is ok. The Salmon Terrayki is not great, the sushi rolls look like a 5 year old made them and the people that work there have no customer service skills. Unless you're close by they aren't worth it. read more