{"id":519147,"date":"2025-03-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/?p=519147"},"modified":"2025-03-30T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T18:51:34","slug":"first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/","title":{"rendered":"First Bite Review: Try Chantilly&#8217;s Izakaya Nana for Japanese Pub Grub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this month, I <a href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/04\/get-your-japanese-curry-fix-at-these-5-restaurants-around-nova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote about Japanese curry<\/a> and its geographically back-and-forth inception. From <a href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/02\/18\/tysons-modan-is-bringing-big-city-flavors-to-northern-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modan<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marufuji.tysons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marufuji Japanese Market<\/a>, Japanese food is gaining ground in our region. Part of that explosion is the recent debut of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.izakayanana.com\/location\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Izakaya Nana<\/a>, which serves not only curry but other Japanese-Western fusion dishes, as well as its fair share of unique creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sequel to a Flushing, Queens, location of the same name, the restaurant is an almost-theme-park-perfect representation of a Tokyo street. In fact, a YouTube video of a walk leading up to the Shibuya neighborhood plays on a screen at the front of the restaurant, demonstrating the similarity between Izakaya Nana&#8217;s urban-styled interior and the real city.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Izakaya-Nana-by-Alice-Levitt-2.webp\" alt=\"noodle dish at Izakaya Nana\" class=\"wp-image-519183\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Alice Levitt<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-izakaya-nana-s-menu\">Izakaya Nana&#8217;s Menu <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The menu during the soft opening is abbreviated. In a few weeks, diners will be able to order from a yakitori menu and will have more sushi and dessert options. But I had more than enough choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My server told me that the must-try was the mentaiko cream udon bowl. Fun sushi dishes like sushi tacos and Crazy Nana roll, which features shrimp tempura, spicy lobster, and fried soft-shell crab, were priced too high for the day&#8217;s budget. So were the sizzling wagyu, foie gras, uni bowl and Ramen Nana with lobster and wagyu. I&#8217;ll consider returning for such unusual indulgences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, I started with the Bun Nana, a pair of pillowy bao filled with yielding pork belly and crunchy pickles. At $7.99, it was a steal, but not as much as the $8.99 crispy chile wings. The five oversized flats and drumettes crunched impressively despite their sweet, sour, and spicy coating of mango-based glaze.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Izakaya-Nana-by-Alice-Levitt-3.webp\" alt=\"Izakaya Nana\" class=\"wp-image-519184\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Alice Levitt<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-curry-for-the-win\">Curry for the Win<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of Japanese curry, I tried Nana&#8217;s in the form of a tornado omurice. The restaurant&#8217;s gravy leans sweet with little spice to speak of, but it still made it hard to put down the swirled omelet that covered a chunky portion of chicken fried rice. That dish was my favorite of the day, and return trips will likely feature the katsu curry, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that udon? A beautiful fusion of a sauce, which combines the European-style satisfaction of a creamy pasta dish with pollock roe. It was even better with a dusting of the chile powder, togarashi. Those who adhere to the old-fashioned rule of never mixing seafood and dairy need not apply. But those who don&#8217;t will be thoroughly satisfied, even if the noodles themselves could have been a touch more al dente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished with a cute $3.99 taiyaki. The fish-shaped pastry was fried crisp and greasy, which is unusual, but did little to diminish my enjoyment of the sweet red bean paste inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I moved to Virginia five years ago, there were shockingly few Japanese restaurants worth any notice. Now businesses like Izakaya Nana give me something to recommend when the craving strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>13882 Metrotech Dr., Chantilly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Feature image by Alice Levitt<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a wide variety of dishes on the menu, you&#8217;ll be transported to Tokyo at this new Japanese restaurant in Chantilly.","protected":false},"author":1001856,"featured_media":519185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54662],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-drink"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First Bite Review: Try Chantilly&#039;s Izakaya Nana for Japanese Pub Grub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s what our food critic recommends at Izakaya Nana, a new Japanese restaurant in Chantilly where you&#039;ll be transported to Tokyo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Bite Review: Try Chantilly&#039;s Izakaya Nana for Japanese Pub Grub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#039;s what our food critic recommends at Izakaya Nana, a new Japanese restaurant in Chantilly where you&#039;ll be transported to Tokyo.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Northern Virginia Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthernVirginiaMag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-18T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-30T18:51:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Izakaya-Nana-by-Alice-Levitt.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alice Levitt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NorthernVaMag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NorthernVaMag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alice Levitt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alice Levitt\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/40dc4a70e207ac8c68278025d692dee2\"},\"headline\":\"First Bite Review: Try Chantilly&#8217;s Izakaya Nana for Japanese Pub Grub\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-18T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-30T18:51:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/\"},\"wordCount\":506,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/food-and-drink\/2025\/03\/18\/first-bite-review-try-chantillys-izakaya-nana-for-japanese-pub-grub\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Izakaya-Nana-by-Alice-Levitt.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; 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