text: A couple months ago after arriving from a small island busting with Asian cuisine, I searched for a new sushi spot to land on for the remainder of our stay in Vegas. Moving to a new place requires you to find a suitable regular spot for particular tastes, and I needed a new sushi bar to call home.\n\nGoing up Charleston Boulevard toward the Red Rock Casino--because we heard about their Japanese restaurant in the hotel--we came across an area with a Target, Vons, and restaurants. One in particular is a small place called Tokyoto, and because of it's quaint exterior, I asked my spouse to pull over. We drove up to the place at 11 in the afternoon, easily finding parking to eat inside.\n\nWe walked through the door, which was separated by a wooden Japanese-like divider--and turned the brief corner to find a sushi bar that looked like home. Tokyoto has a traditional sushi bar with the fish displayed along the counter and a chef--headband and knife--ready to make your dream roll. We sat at the bar for our first experience, although there were many tables open, and looked at their menu. We learned that in Vegas you get a paper and mark your order, then hand it to the chef. What we're used to is telling him directly what to make, but respectfully. I decided to go that direction.\n\nAfter ordering tempura, tempura rolls, and some new rolls I've never heard of--I assume they're made for American tastes--we were excited to see that the beauty of sushi making is preserved in this sushi bar. We started on our tempura, which was light, flaky, and had great taste, and ate the sushi. I have to be honest--I was expecting the same fantasic rolls as I find on Guam--and although the sushi is not as great in Vegas as it is at home, it was pretty darn close.\n\nTokyoto is as close as it gets for me personally to real sushi. We tried the hotel sushi, and although good and traditional, the taste wasn't as great for some reason. Tokyoto's, however, has beautiful fish and great rolls. From our experience so far, all sushi bars have the same menu for sushi and tempura, but for some reason this place had excellent food and service.\n\nGreat find in the Summerlin area if you want quick sushi.