Blue Ocean 9440 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22031

"Ordered tendon, but I expected sauce to have been poured over rice and tempura shrimps and veggies so that rice would have absorbed sauce. Sauce was in separate container and not enough. Was good as tempura dishes go, but not the tendon preparation I was expecting. Might have been better if tempura was not on top of rice. Hard to get to rice in order to add sauce on it. I had to take tempura out first. The bowl was square, so not easy to get to rice in corners. Sashimi deluxe was ok, but I didn't like the mackerel preparation, was a bit spongy."

"It was overrated in my opinion. My son was visiting from Los Angeles and we thought we gave it a try since my Japanese neighbor strongly recommended this place. Food is average, and we were assigned to a super tiny table barely enough for 2. Also, I found no paper towels or air-blowing machine to dry hands in restroom. Don't think I will patronize it again."

"We went here for lunch during the week day. Good deals for lunch special and pretty legitimate for Japanese food! The server said dinner time usually very crowded, better make reservations. We’ll definitely go back there again!"

"Had an excellent experience at Blue Ocean! This is the most authentic Japanese izakaya that I have been to in a long time. The food is fresh, plentiful, the aunties are so helpful, and the prices are outstanding for the quality and portion of food. I do recommend calling ahead and getting a reservation. They are a smaller eatery with limited seating. There are a few different menus. Some items require you to call ahead and order, I'm guess to acquire fresh ingredients. I will definitely be going again soon to try their okonomiyaki and other items from their menus. Absolutely outstanding!"