Daikanyama
Type: Japanese restaurant (restaurant)
Subtypes: Japanese restaurant
43 Waltham St
Lexington, MA 02421
+1 781-860-9388
Monday: 11:30 – 2:30 PM – 4 – 9 PM
Tuesday: 11:30 – 2:30 PM – 4 – 9 PM
Wednesday: 11:30 – 2:30 PM – 4 – 9 PM
Thursday: 11:30 – 2:30 PM – 4 – 9 PM
Friday: 11:30 – 2:30 PM – 4 – 9 PM
Saturday: 11:30 – 9 PM
Sunday: 12 – 9 PM
Daikanyama specializes in providing a unique dining experience that combines Japanese cuisine with intriguing influences from French, Chinese, and Northeastern culinary traditions. The restaurant offers a variety of dishes, including a selection of sushi, sashimi, and maki, with options like the Daikanyama Platter, Nigiri Dinner, and a variety of specialty rolls such as the Secret Garden Maki and Cherry Blossom.
At Daikanyama in Lexington, MA, some of the popular dishes include:
- Daikanyama Platter: A chef’s selection of assorted sushi, sashimi, and maki.
- Nigiri Dinner: Chef’s selection of assorted sushi.
- Chu-toro: Fatty tuna.
- Hotategai: Scallop.
- House Special Makimono:Daikanyama
- Daikanyama: Tuna, salmon, sweet potato tempura, tobikko, cucumber, and spicy creamy sauce.
- Secret Garden Maki: Salmon tempura and cream cheese center with avocado, spinach, tobikko, pickle, mixed baby green, and mango, wrapped with daikon and served with sweet plum chili sauce.
- Cherry Blossom: Salmon, avocado, and tempura crumbs topped with tuna.
- Ladybug Maki: Shrimp, crab stick, and octopus, topped with tomato, black tobikko, and spicy mayo.
- Norris Roll: Salmon, avocado, tempura crumbs, and red tobikko, topped with shrimp.
- Snowing Maki: Spicy tuna and cucumber topped with spicy tuna and tobikko.
Sabrina’s take: A corner of Lexington filled with sushi and tons of other Japanese foods. It’s been around for a long time, and I’ve been there a couple times. I especially love their Snowing Maki, and once I had a really good soup. A bit fancier than your average Japanese spot.