Ginger Exchange

We really enjoyed our last visit to Ginger Exchange. It was a beautiful, sunny, late spring afternoon. We went1 when their dinner service had just started and I ordered the Far East Roll. Stunning presentation & the sushi roll tasted amazing. The 🍣 and pan Asian offerings here consistently please. I'm pretty fond of their coconut, yellow curry based ramen with freshly stir fried vegetables. Their sweet and spicy ginger noodles are quite good as well as long as they don't have too heavy a hand with the chopped, raw garlic. A little goes a long way.

This is not a review for the quality of their food- their food is wonderful. The service for takeout however is disgraceful. I placed a takeout order and showed up to pick it up. They had not started the order when I arrived. Annoying but okay. I said I would wait. 30 minutes passed...nothing. Another 10 minutes and they bring someone else’s order to me. Repeat this 4 times. Not apologetic at all. In the meantime an older lady came in and wanted to place a takeout order- no one would help her. They told her to order online but she didn’t know how. I understand the service industry took a hit over the last 2 years but that excuse is old now. If I’m paying $18 for chicken teriyaki- simply have it ready. Not that hard. If you’re short staffed close to online orders. Will not order here again.

Don’t bother. It’s advertised on Grubhub as a Korean BBQ restaurant but it’s 90% poorly executed Japanese sushi. Rolls are loose, there’s no texture in the sushi whatsoever. Spicy salmon just has a seasoned mayo, no crunch and came with cucumber which is weird, the shrimp tempura did NOT come with cucumber which makes the roll bland as it ends up just being fried shrimp inside seaweed and rice with no brightness. Summer rolls were ok, but the peanut sauce was a joke. It’s completely gummed up and thick, I’ve seen white people make a better peanut sauce. We decided to not even try the Korean fried wings because they were charging $2.10 PER WING. Skip it if you want sushi, prepare to be confused if you’re trying to order Korean bbq.

The food is great and fresh with friendly service. Must get is the Korean style wings. The bibimbap is very good as take out, but dining in is better with the clay pot same for the tofu soup. Must try if your in the Watertown area, but they have 2 other locations. One at Roxbury Crossing and Symphony on Huntington Ave Boston.