Taisho Hertel

Friendly and quick staff and great food for a good price! Enjoy having dinner here before catching a movie at North Park Theatre. Drinks are good as well -they have Hayburner on tap. Highly recommend

Ordered this place for takeout after having a negative experience somewhere else, the ramen broth was tasty and the takoyaki seemed fresh. My only complaint would be a lack of chopsticks in the order (my fault for not specifying utensils) and the chicken katsu side which honestly didn’t taste that good. Overall a solid 4/5 restaurant however, and I would recommend ordering food from here.

I'm so excited, The City of Buffalo has a new upscale Japanese restaurant on Hertel! The food at Taisho Hertel is fantastic, and the presentation of everything we ordered was very impressive. We found the atmosphere and service to be a bit disjointed. Upon walking in, it was great to see they kept the historic Buffalo mural up behind the bar (although the host had no idea of when it was from or where it was taken) I had to look it up to find it was from the 1901 Buffalo Labor Day Parade on Main Street-very cool! The restaurant and bar have great potential, but the complete lack of any music left it feeling lifeless. We had no idea who our waiter was the entire evening. They attempted to bring other table's orders over to us a few times. The service wasn't bad. It was just confusing. You could tell they were trying. We would also love to see some more drink options to stay competitive with the restaurant bars on Hertel. Aside from their specialty drink menu, their options are very limited. Our reservation was for 6 pm on Saturday. We were lucky to find a parking spot right out front (it seems only street parking is available). They seated us promptly when we arrived, which was much appreciated. Overall, it was a very enjoyable evening! With a little fine tuning, Taisho Hertel could easily be in the running as one of the best sushi restaurants in the city!

First time visiting here and I was pretty underwhelmed. While it is a great space with plenty of seating, I didn’t necessarily love the food. There weren’t many vegetarian options available on such a large menu, and something tasted a bit off with my beef udon soup. Every time I’ve ordered beef udon soup in the past it usually comes with shaved beef, but this seemed to come with leftover cuts of peppered beef. Also one of our three meals came significantly later than our other two mains, which left one person not eating while the other two were. Absolutely loved the veggie dumplings and sushi though!

Super good Sushi here and a wide variety of menu items for everyone. The staff are very friendly and helpful. Overall a really great experience.