Welcome to Kyotoya at Stoneham

Since 2005, Kyotoya offers unique Japanese dining aura, excellent sushi and services have won itself four-star reviews. We will continue working on preparing and presenting the best Japanese cuisine specialties. Come and taste our freshest sushi!



Restaurant Review from Boston Magazine

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/detail/kyotoya


We have a rule that the words 'cheap' and 'sushi' should never go together. When fish is eaten raw, money should be no object, right? But every rule has its exceptions and Kyotoya is one of them. Hidden in a Stoneham strip mall just off I-93, this tiny storefront offers some of the freshest and best-priced maki, hand rolls, and nigiri in town.

Pick your own combo of 18 pieces of sushi for a ridiculously low $19.95. Or try something new, like the stylish cucumber-wrapped hand roll of spicy tuna served upright in a stand, or the delicate panko-breaded tofu lightly fried and set in a fish broth laced with ginger and scallions. Even the simple noodle dish nabeyaki udon leans toward exotic, with prawn tempura on the side and a cracked egg over the top. The list of special maki is heavy on artificial crabmeat, and alcohol is not served, but watching smiling sushi chef turn out hand rolls from behind the station is worth the drive and every penny.



A Passionate Foodie-Review from Stoneham Sun

By Richard Auffrey

https://www.wickedlocal.com/stoneham/news/opinions/x1381459040


One of my favorite cuisines is Japanese. The different dishes generally rely on fresh ingredients and simple recipes. It also includes far more than raw fish. A good Japanese restaurant should have a wide variety of dishes that will please most everyone.

Kyotoya is a Japanese restaurant on Montvale Avenue in Stoneham. It’s a little place that you can easily miss, wedged in the Montvale Place shopping area between a laundromat and cleaners. It’s small, with a four-seat sushi bar, and is tastefully decorated in an Asian motif. It has a casual ambiance and also has some good food, well worth a visit.

You might want to start your meal with fried shumai ($4.95), fluffy shrimp dumplings, or tatsuta age ($4.95), fried chicken nuggets in an intriguing ginger batter. Or try the tempura ($5.95) with two pieces of shrimp and several vegetables. Their tempura is superb, one of the best I have ever had. The batter is light, crisp and flavorful.

One of my favorite items, which is more of an appetizer, is the unagi sandwich ($6.95). This consists of thin pieces of cooked eel sandwiched between slices of sweet potato tempura and topped with barbecue sauce. It is so delicious with an interesting mélange of flavors. I highly recommend it. Give it a try and just try not to think that it’s eel you’re eating.



Customer Review from Trip Adviser


It is hard to believe that you can pack such a great dining experience in to what looks like a tiny little place. Kyotoya is wedged in between a Tux shop and a laundry place. It is actually very easy to get to, as it is right on Montvale Ave, a few short blocks from the I-93 highway, and in a plaza with plenty of parking.

I was so impressed with 3 key things.

1) Freshness- I have been back a couple of times already and each time the food has been so fresh, and that comes through in the taste. it goes without saying that sushi has to be fresh, but everything seems to be made of very high quality, very fresh ingredients.

2) Price- it is hard to believe that a place where the waitstaff is so friendly, and the food is so good, can be so reasonably priced. They have lunch and dinner box specials that havea lot of great food for very reasonable prices. The Lunch box is $7 and the dinner box $13, and it comes with soup, salad, and a choice of 4 different options, including sushi.

3) Atmosphere- The folks there seem genuinely interesting in making sure you go away happy. The place has some authentic Japanese art, but its not tacky or over stated. The music is quiet and pleasant. You can bring in your own wine or beer, and they will open the bottle, bring you glasses, and pour it for free. There is a four seat sushi bar where you can sit and watch the sushi chefs make their wonderful creations. The place is significantly larger on the inside than it seems from the outside.

There seems to be a very loyal local following, as it appears that the wait staff knows many of their customers by name, and patrons are interacting with the staff.

My last visit there I brought an important out of town client, and he left very impressed, and he was a self-proclaimed "sushi snob" He had a couple of the chef's specials, and left the place very pleased. He left commenting that he hoped we could return to Kyotoya the next time he came into town.