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    Sawa Japanese Steakhouse

    4.3 (107 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Steak chicken and shrimp hibachi with yakisoba noodles.
    Tony H.

    Probably the best value in the area!! Food is incredible and prices are very reasonable. We tried just about everything. Service was quick. Absolutely love this place!!

    Salmon
    Quynh C.

    Ordered the all Salmon Sashimi and Sushi dinner; was completely satisfied with the quality, thick cuts, and perfectly plated presentation. Not only a delicious easy light dinner, but the service was timely as I was sadly in a rush that day and needed something beyond processed options. Would highly recommended and will make this a go to when I'm traveling.

    Sesame Chicken
    Veronica G.

    The food was really good. Not as good as Mizumi's downtown but definitely a close second. They had the biggest and best shrimp egg rolls I've ever had. I had sesame chicken and while everything was delicious the chicken did seem a bit over done. The service was really good and attentive and the place was nice and cozy with lots of visual elements to look at while dining. Overall a good experience and we would eat here again.

    Alice J.

    Very good popcorn chicken! A must try! What a local gem! We discovered Sawa while visiting the Blue Ridge. Beautifully decorated with Japanese themes. Fast service (ordered on DoorDash for self pick up). Friendly and professional. We came back a second time during our stay, and they remembered to give us both chopsticks and forks (per our preference.

    S13. Spicy Crab Roll 6 Piece Takoyaki Chicken Lo Mein/Noodles
    Marianne L.

    Food is good, I like Takoyaki, Chicken Lo Mein(noodles) and Spicy Crab rolls! Ambience is nice and I love the overall decoration of the restaurant! Will definitely be back!

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    Torie P.

    Tried Sawa in Forest tonight, it was great! The restaurant is well decorated and clean. The staff (maybe owners) were welcoming and friendly. The food was really fresh and tasted great.

    Creamy Vegetable Ramen
    Aubrey J.

    Best Japanese restaurant around! This is one of my favorite places to get delivery, though I still haven't visited in person. I've found may other Asian food restaurants in the area to be cookie-cutter and low quality, so Sawa is a refreshing and authentic needle in a haystack. My favorite of their offerings include their bento boxes and ramen! I really wish they used other vegetables besides zucchini (like the broccoli and corn in their ramen) for their bento boxes, but the rest of it is truly fantastic. I adore their tofu (which is silken mapo style for the bento boxes and a firmer, sweet tofu in their ramen). Their rice is always perfectly cooked and seasoned, which is even better with some yum yum sauce! Portion sizes are appropriate for what you pay for, too. Looking forward to ordering again (and stopping in sometime soon)!

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    Stopped in for the sushi. Pretty good. Not a large portion - but definitely fresh. I reckon we'll be back.

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    It was average kind of bland, it wasn't bad but it wasn't great , I would go again but I wouldn't go out of my way to go back

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    Always a stop when I'm in the area! Great staff, food is fresh and fast! Love this place!

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    Benjamin's - Dessert #livinggratefully

    Benjamin's

    3.7(143 reviews)
    0.3 mi
    $$

    Well, looking at all the reviews provided we decided to try out Benjamin's. We really wanted a…read moresteak, but recent rating on another steakhouse recommended caused us to look elsewhere--so we picked Benjamins. It was a pleasant experience, rustic look, casual--we had only been there one time before We had a shrimp appetizer, it was fantastic, huge shrimp, recommend asking for extra O'Bay spices if you order this. Then, we had a surf and turf with baked potato, steak was excellent (tender, good flavor), crab cake was acceptable but could have been better (estimate 6.5 out of 10). I ordered a seafood trio with salmon, crab cake, and crab legs. Crab Legs came with one cluster of snow crabs (they were not warm by the time I got to them and had been dried out (maybe overcooked?) and I would score them about a 4.5 on a score of 1-10). The amazing part of the meal was the Brussel Sprouts (wow, so tasty). salmon was ok, small portion, and cole slow was good. So it may sound as if I am critical of some of the food, but overall I say it was a great experience. Service was great, The thing I noticed about the clientele and ambiance is there were many people that come here regularly on Friday evenings--many of the people seemed to know each other and they were enjoying the evening--again great place!

    Great service by Katie!! Food also great. Love their onion…read morerings We love it here because we can bring our Shar pei and sit outside.

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    Dessert #livinggratefully

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    Bulls Steakhouse - FRIED ICE CREAM tried fudge and honey to see which one was better hands down to honey .

    Bulls Steakhouse

    3.7(73 reviews)
    3.1 mi
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    The ambiance has a nostalgic 80's vibe, and I appreciated being able to have a real conversation…read morewithout shouting--noise was minimal and comfortable. For my meal, I ordered the 6‑ounce sirloin steak cooked medium rare with a sweet potato. I added shrimp from the appetizer menu to top the steak and chose mixed vegetables as my side. The entire meal was worth every dime. The flavors were fresh, the steak was cooked perfectly, and the sweet potato with the brown sugar and butter was delicious. Even the bread with the butter was great. I truly felt I got my money's worth, and I will definitely be returning. I tried a margarita for the first time here. It was good, just a bit salty for my taste, so next time I'll order it with no salt. For dessert, I had the fried ice cream, and the honey drizzle was amazing--next time it's fried ice cream with honey all the way. The restaurant was clean, the staff was attentive, and the manager checked on us, which I appreciated. Our server was excellent--she came by often, paid attention to our needs, and made the experience even better. I'm giving a four‑star rating only because there was an order error that required us to wait for it to be corrected. That was the only issue I experienced. Besides that, everything else was great, and my first visit was truly a wonderful experience.

    I don't have much positive to say about this place. It was…read moreso meh. The prime rib was weird. It's slathered on top with some kind of seasoning. Is that a thing? Undercooked, and sides are so odd. Everything tastes so processed. Like canned almost. The Alfredo was too bland and the fettuccine was cooked too soft. The managers/ owners were very kind. The servers were also super helpful and sweet. I'm from Texas so maybe I have steakhouses on another level. I would t come back here. Even the ambiance was super blah.

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    Bulls margarita 1st one on the drink menu. They only give you a limit of 3 but it's worth it.

    221 Tap & Table - Smash burger

    221 Tap & Table

    3.8(53 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    The hostess and our waitress Abby were absolutely wonderful! My filet mingon which was the 8 ounce,…read morewas out of this world good I had it cooked medium which was a perfect pink center and added the asparagus and gouda mashed potatoes as sides which were phenomenal as well. The cheese burgers that my kids had were also very good they said. The ambience of the restaurant is very good and it was clean! A huge thanks to our waitress Abby for being super attentive to our needs and having an amazing sense of humor making us feel right at home!

    We ate dinner there on 4\11\2026. We had the pretzel and beer cheese appetizer. Pretzels were…read morecrispy, tender. The beer cheese was delicious. My wife had the lasagna rolls. The sauce was tasty, the filling was delicious. Pasta was tender. The dish was three lasagna rolls, covered in sauce and cheese. She loved it but she said it was too much sauce but very tasty. I had the Chicken pesto pasta. The pesto was very tasty. Chicken was overcooked. Pasta was slightly overcooked. Overall it was a very tasty dish. My primary complaint is the portion size. I ordered large but my bowl was only about half full. There wasn't alot of chicken in my dish. My daughter inlaw had the smash burger. She loved it but the patties needed seasoning. The smash burger was assembled nicely and overall very tasty. Fries were nice and crunchy. Overall a good meal and pleasant dining experience.

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    The Neighbors Place - Vegetable Stir Fry

    The Neighbors Place

    3.8(291 reviews)
    3.1 mi
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    Let's start with the positives - our food was delicious tonight, the salmon & grilled chicken were…read morecooked perfectly. Our server was amazing but I can't remember his name. The manager i had to speak to was very professional and apologetic for the issue we had. She offered to move us, give us a free dessert, she was trying to rectify a situation the hostess had caused. She did offer a discount on the bill which was appreciated but honestly I only voiced my complaint so hopefully it doesnt happen again. Now to the issue and the negative - the hostess sat us (me and my husband) at a table. No one around us then immediately put 3 tables together and we overheard they were sitting 15 people there. None of those 15 had inside voices and were extremely loud the entire time. We finally had to box our food up and leave. We had asked to be moved but honestly itd gotten to the point we were just annoyed that grown adults would be so loud and disrespectful in a nice restaurant. If your goal is to be drunk and loud go to bdubs or I dunno stay home so you dont ruin other people's dinner out. Overall we enjoyed the food and the staff aside from the hostess were great. We wont let this stop us from visiting again and will definitely speak up faster next time if put in a situation like that.

    Thank you for all the good food. I get Togo food here often it's good stuff, quality food.read more

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    Graziano's - Meatball Parmigiana

    Graziano's

    4.2(80 reviews)
    0.3 mi
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    Came here for late lunch for the first time since becoming Graziano's. Coming to find out it will…read morebe under new ownership and management within a few days. I had the opportunity to meet the new owner, Holden who mentioned to me that he is still in training and learning the recipes as they plan on keeping the same menu and maintain the same quality and tasty food. The Pineapple and Ham Calzone we had ordered was huge, probably;y the biggest I have ever seen in these parts. It could easily feed 2 people, even with that we had to box the leftover. The crust and cheese, ham mixture in Ricotta cheese were made to perfection. I must say the crust was one of the best I have ever tasted for a Calzone. It was awesome! the portions were most generous. For my first Graziano experience, it was certainly an A+!! The wait staff deserved a generous tip for their very friendly service. I hope to be back again someday soon with the rest of my family.

    Food was just ok, not much seasoning. They were so nice and quick service. It was the end of the…read morenight, getting ready to close, so I will surely give it another try in the future. The new atmosphere is beautiful and great music playing. I will have to try again. My only recommendation and I guess a complaint, is they should use real bread for breadsticks, not just cutting up pizza dough, no oil and calling it breadsticks. That was a bit disappointing.

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    Graziano's - Beautiful new interior !

    Beautiful new interior !

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    Sawa Japanese Steakhouse - japanese - Updated May 2026

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