Ikigai Sushi & Izakaya

372 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
(312) 291-9663

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Oscar

The quality of the food does not justify the cost. The fried chicken either karage or chicken katsu were both so hard and dry. The sashimi was definitely not cured. The skewers were spongie and doesnt appear to be thoroughly grilled. I would not recommend.

Randall

Outstanding, authentic Japanese cuisine served in a friendly, professional manner in a low-key, but attractive atmosphere. We'll be back!

Camilo

Amazing restaurant, great service, food was delicious, food presentation was great, staff was very friendly and attentive, it felt fairly priced would even say actually a good value for the service and food, definitely recommended!

Franklin Regino

Spicy Ramen hit the spot.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cheznie

The wagu nigiri was amazing! Service was a little slow due to only having one server it seemed on staff

Blake Ault

Fantastic, great food wonderful atmosphere and they had no problem accommodating our Large group

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Xu Lin

seafood and chicken dishes were using frozen material, rice and seaweed were cheap stuff. Very overrated. Ok place.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Aaron P. Chen

Based on other reviews, I had decent expectations. However, the food wasn’t quite right during my visit, the rice split into two chunks when I picked it up and struggled to hold together. I also noticed some resistance when biting into it, which is quite unusual for Japanese cuisine.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Yu-Shan Huang

The staff was friendly, but the food didn’t live up to the expectations set by the photos in the reviews. The sushi rice in the nigiri lacked the proper texture, and the taiyaki was dry and not at all moist or flavorful.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Soojung

Food was very impressive. Sushi and zirashi sushi don were the best that I've had in the US! I liked the seasoning on the rice especially the seaweed! It was my birthday and the chef gave me two complementary sushi I was so touched!! And all the food and the service were very nice. I want to visit this restaurant again if I have a chance to go to Chicago. and I recommended this restaurant to my friend who lives in Chicago! Thank you for making a good food experience !

Yaz

I love this place is like a comfort restaurant for me, love the bento box 🍱

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nancy S

Pretty decent Japanese place for river north area. I do have to say their food iso n the saltier side. We loved the izakaya selection. Especially their kushiyaki selection! Strony recommended the pork belly and prawn and chicken skewers selection ! Their service was amazing too

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Jinghan Li

Very very nice restaurant with fresh Japanese foods. Good place for drinking and having a talk. Very nice service, great decoration and nice taste of music. Suggest reservation though I didn't wait for a seat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Emre Coklar

This was our favorite restaurant throughout our visit to Chicago. The happy hour menu was fantastic. The house made yuzu sake was truly special, couldn't get enough of it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nataliya Petriv

The sushi was so fresh and delicious! Absolutely will be coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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