Kyoto Japanese Restaurant

I had very high hopes after hearing about Kyoto. For years it has had a great reputation. Perhaps it’s just their teriyaki and tempura that is so highly spoken about…or maybe they just don’t have good gluten free sushi roll options. But we were very disappointed in the 4 specialty rolls we got. It’s also probably not fair that we just ate a few days ago at Uchi in Austin which is a totally different high end class of sushi. But we were disappointed all the same. The nigiri ocean trout was excellent, but I would rate all 4 of the rolls we got as below average (even for gluten free). We got the Kinkaku roll, Ichigo roll, Mai Zuru roll, and the Geisha roll. We also gave the chocolate sushi roll a try for dessert. I wouldn’t recommend it either. The chocolate shell needed to be darker, and it had what tasted like Hersheys syrup on it, and the raspberries were overpowered by an overly sweet raspberry syrup. I wouldn’t get them again. It’s a better bet in my opinion to go to Takashi, Tsunami, and even Itto.

We had a wonderful experience at the sushi bar. My husband tried a bunch of special nigiri/sashimi. I am Celiac and they had a gluten free menu for me. I did not get sick. This is now one of our favorite restaurants in Salt Lake City!