Our story

Harmony, and the enjoyment of it

Waraku is written 和楽 — wa, harmony, and raku, enjoyment. It is the whole idea behind the restaurant, and the reason the little forest spirit on our sign is smiling.

The sushi bar works to order: nigiri cut for one plate at a time, signature rolls finished with caviar, gold flake and seared wagyu. The kitchen runs alongside it, so one table can share ramen, a katsu set, a chirashi don and a bento without anything arriving cold.

The bar is its own room in spirit. Yuzu, matcha, black sesame and sake sit alongside the whiskey, and the crest gets printed onto the foam because we think a drink should arrive looking like it means something.

We are in the Safeway plaza where Braddock meets Twinbrook, three minutes from George Mason. Free parking, no fuss, and an allergy-aware kitchen that would rather you ask.