Musashino Sushi Dokoro

Nigiri is top notch. Every piece was fantastic. Rolls were mostly a miss. Service was... average. Location is very annoying to get to and parking sucks.

We went to Musashino to celebrate a birthday recently. The experience was as wonderful as always! The staff is cheerful, and the service spot on, attentive but not intrusive. We arrived when they opened so we were able to be seated immediately at the sushi bar. The evening began with miso soup for two and a large hot sake. IMHO, it's the best miso soup in ATX. Our second course was an appetizer called Avocado Kama, which is partially hollowed out and stuffed with shrimp, crab, and a spicy sauce ... served piping hot. It was fantastic! Our sushi indulgence began with nigiri pieces of the three super fatty tuna and salmon fish that were the specials that night. Incredible! Delicious! We returned to the regular nigiri menu next, and sampled the unagi, salmon and hamachi kama. The fish in this course was great, expertly prepared, and delectable! On the recommendation of our waitress, we went back to the appetizer section of the menu and tried the baby octopus kara age, five fried pieces with fish sauce. A new dish for us, and a great recommendation! For our next course, we had mackerel and the ozzy roll. The mackerel was divine, a bit fishy, but in a very good way! The ozzy roll included unagi, shrimp, avocado and cucumber, with smelt caviar on the outside. The roll was different, very good, but not really something we would order again with all the other rolls on the menu. For our final course, I re-visited the unagi and my wife had the toro covered in mustard greens. She reported it was very good. Finally, dessert ... we chose our usual, tanin bune, which is a combination of uni and salmon roe, served gunkan style (battleship-style). The uni was sourced from Tasmania, and was our first time trying that type of uni. It was creamy, lightly sweet, a bit less sweet than the California uni we usually order. The combination of the uni and roe presents a sweet and salty taste, and was lucious. We cannot wait to go back!

Our new favorite Japanese restaurant. This place is hard to find and hidden away upstairs in an office building. We waited an hour for seats. Arrived at 8 pm, seated at 9 pm. We were worried they would close while we ate but that didn’t happen. The food came so fast we couldn’t believe it. Everything was high quality, from the drinks to rolls to tempura. Everything was quite memorable. Small sake was cheaper than cocktails so we will stick with that next time. Our waitress was very nice (even at the end of the night). The hostesses were very nice and helpful as well, even though they seemed exhausted from a busy shift. I have been to Japan and must say, this is the most authentic Japanese restaurant I have found in Austin. Pros: Excellent high quality authentic Japanese food Attention to detail Black ink rice in rolls Food arrives quickly Great drinks Excellent service Cons: Long wait for seating Crowded Hard to find (we didn’t see any signs)

Sushi is thicc and high quality. Service is good. Only problem is parking and wait times. I waited around 2 hours coming randomly on a Saturday night. I recommend joining the wait-list on Yelp before coming. I'll def come back.

First time here. There was a bit of wait, so it's best to reserve a table or add to the wait list ahead of time. Great selection of appetizers. The black cod was grilled to perfection. The fatty bluefin tuna was just incredible. There's a great selection of nigiri (though it's odd that there's no crab option, real or otherwise) and rolls. Service was excellent. Sushi was presented beautiful. I'll post some pictures.