Taisho Bistro Japanese Izakaya Buffalo

Had a great experience dining at Taisho. Had ordered few starters like the golden spider, gyoza that were great. Tanuki sake is highly recommended. Portion sizes are apt. Atmosphere was good it happened to be a bills game that night. Lastly service was quick and hospitable.

The slices of fish in our orders have been getting thinner. We order take-out frequently and typically get salmon and yellowtail sashimi. Sashimi quality is always great, ikura was fishy. Before pictures from April vs. now. Edit: Added one star for courteous response from the restaurant. Hope to see improvements in consistency in the future. Edit 2 9/11/25: Back to thick slabs of sashimi, notice how it takes up two trays for five orders of sashimi. Amazing.

I went at 5:30 so atmosphere might be different based on times, but everything was chill, the waiter was attentive and the food was excellent. Not a place to come if in a hurry though they make everything fresh and that does take some time worth it if wanting a relaxing meal.

This place is AMAZING like OMG! It may seem like I’m exaggerating but I’ll be bluffing ok! My baby sister brought me here for my birthday today! 02/04/2026 and the service was IMMACULATE. The server Zil has wonderful energy, very attentive!🙌🏾 Then the manager Mini held so much hospitality with food and presence 🥰 and the OWNER was beautiful! His cheesecake he presented for my birthday was amazing 🤌🏾 I enjoyed every single minute of my FIRST experience here.. 10/10 recommendation! OH and the food? 100/10 ✅

This is my FAVORITE SPOT!!! Listen to me, PLEASE!! When I tell you the SERVICE IS AMAZINGLY AMAZING! Every single staff member greets me like I am family! You feel the love and genuine energy when you walk through the door!! Zen, Mini, Zil, and the entire Taisho personnel are simply beautiful people!! And I adore every single one of them! I come here with my family, and my boy and wife are absolutely in love with this place, just like me!! My son and I come here after school just to eat sushi and do math homework and enjoy every second! The conversation is OUTSTANDING!!! VIBES ARE THE BEST!!! Will forever come to Taisho and see my people!!!! Much love. 🤞🏽🤞🏽✨✨✨🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

I only visited buffalo for a few short months but within that time I've had the pleasure of experiencing the best foodie environments I could have ever . Taisho is located in a wonderful area and quite easily accessible. The atmosphere is clean pleasantly lit and populated with only the kindest of people. I was greeted immediately and sat in a booth. I ordered just water to drink But to start a simple ginger dressing salad and the baby octopus app. Each was brought quickly with grand attention to plating detail. For my mid the best eel roll as they call it and the flying fish roll alla carte. The ingredients were fresh and once again the presentation amazing . Plenty of flavor and exceeded my expectations. To be quite honest I thought of buying one more plate to finish but couldn't finish one more bite. Overall I would definitely give Taisho bistro a 10/10 and if I ever come back to buffalo I will most definitely visit this wonderful Japanese escape.

I have been coming here for years now, it apparently has new owners. All of the original staff is gone. That said, the quality of food and service has disappeared. I have given the new crew multiple chances on making it right, but they have failed miserably. We waited 15 minutes for anyone to acknowledge that we were standing there waiting for a table. The last time I came, the appetizers came after the meal, and one of the dishes came after we got the bill. This time appetizers came along with one of the meals, my dish came 10 minutes later after I asked where it was. I ordered a glass of wine with the meal, I had to ask again for it when my meal came. They never checked back in on us, our server who has the buzz cut hair kept screaming across the restaurant, like he was in his living room. It’s not the first time he has done that, it’s extremely unprofessional. I also heard him laugh and tell the other servers that he gave a table the wrong food. They clearly have no idea what they are doing, or know how to run a restaurant. The original staff was amazing, I will be going to the hertel location from now on, I know some of the original staff works there. I saw way back in the comments, that they came up with excuses about the chef, it’s been many months since then. Nothing has changed.