Cassidy C.
Yelp
The place itself seems to be like contemporary minimalist style, a very clean, neat space.
The food presentation looks to be like canteen food, the bento boxes look like toys (meant to be reusable?), and plates are paper plates.
In my opinion edamame is best steamed, as it is done at most Japanese places I've been to, then tossed with spices and/or seasoning, at Edo their edamame is somehow oily.. their menu says that it's steamed, and the sesame chili option is not spicy at all (I'm pretty low tolerance for spicy food). My siblings have tried the tempura shrimp as part of their bento box meal and it was very heavy on the batter.
Today is the first time I've been there and I got the fresh grilled vegetables with yaki soba noodles instead of rice, and the noodles were somewhat chewy but for the most part they were stuck together as if it was overcooked or, precooked and cooked again to heat through with the vegetables.
There is also this "grab & go" shelf that consists of pocky sticks, wasabi peas, tumbler cups, and hi chew candies. I'm not sure what demographic they are targeting but I think they missed the mark for culture.
I gave 2 stars instead of 1 because the employees were fairly nice people, but I would not give 3 stars as it is not an okay place and I would not go back again.