The only plate I liked was the noodles, I went w my japanese friend and she didn’t like it ! I think the rating is pretty high for what it is! … the terrace is awesome and really cozy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
Adonis Phan
The atmosphere was warm and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Real Yang
Amazing izakaya spot. Great food, service and atmosphere. Would love to go again and try all the other dishes!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bianca Ritorto
Very nice setting, cool bar! It gets a bit noisy inside, though. Addictive cabbage was good! Kaarage chicken was okay, the coating had too much seasoning on it for our taste. The wagyu beef dish as the star of the show. Sadly they were out of chocolate cake. Nice spot, friendly service, great menu!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Katharina Yurieff
Amazing food and amazing drinks. Sabrina makes the best tequila cocktails and is a super bartender ! I highly recommend the Purple Haze. Cotra is wonderful place for a date night or a night out with friends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael Pontone
Listen food was mediocre music was good ,service could have been a little better ,I will try it again in case I was there on an off night
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Boris Kudryavsky
Great experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Truth Lover
So Many Dishes, So Many Traumas...
On a Sunday night, we found ourselves at Cotra, drawn in by a stream of glowing reviews. We arrived a bit late, around 8:30, close to kitchen closing. Perhaps that played a role. We began with the 'addictive cabbage.' She had chosen the place, so I held my tongue. But it tasted like solid, chunky, stale vinegar with a dash of salt. Like someone tried to ferment disappointment. Next came the hamachi, floating in a turbid swamp. Still, my lovely companion reached for soy sauce, trying to coax it across the line into something edible. The salmon poke had the consistency and (I suspect) the taste of end-stage tuberculosis phlegm. The servers brought each dish with a strange gentleness, a kind of hesitation that bordered on shame. They know, I thought. We soldiered on. The tuna on crispy rice had an uncanny resemblance to the taste of a solid burp. That’s when I cracked. “This might be one of the worst meals I’ve ever had,” I said. We both started laughing. We ended with a salmon roll that looked like the flesh of a lizard, picked at by vultures and left to sun-dry in the desert for, at a minimum, several days. She couldn’t bring herself to taste it. But afterward, I found myself in awe. This is a genius chef. To create dishes that so precisely channel the full spectrum of burp is no small feat: Addictive cabbage: pure stomach acid, after a day of fasting, burp. Hamachi in the swamp: the “I definitely ate something bad” feeling burp. Salmon poke: bad head-cold burp. Tuna on crispy rice: garlicky lamb kebab burp. Salmon roll: hangover, after burritos at 4 a.m. from a stand outside the club, burp. Genius. Truly. If we’re here to experience the full range of existence, we must also have restaurants that serve us *this*. It will stay with me longer than a dozen excellent meals. I will forever hold Cotra in my heart.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kaden Lee
I hold a high standard when it comes to East Asian cuisine and Cotra has not let me down.
First of all, the ambience was cozy and inviting - the music wasn’t too loud, the tables weren’t super cramped, and the light wasn’t so dimmed that you can’t see what you are eating. The servers were all very nice and friendly and most of all, the food was well executed and delicious.
Overall, I’d say it is an outstanding neighborhood spot with a quirky menu and quality ingredients. We ordered 90% of the menu and enjoyed all of them except the desserts.
If you plan to order pick up from them, save yourself the trouble unless you just want to stand there waiting for half an hour after your pickup time. If you're really that behind, turn off your pick up orders. Never again.
Midori Grabowski
I was really blown away by the food here. I have often found that Japanese places in nyc can be overhyped and overpriced for the quality of food, but dining at Cotra was the perfect blend of exquisite dining at what I thought to be a reasonable price. The interior was very mysterious and moody on a Tuesday night. Good for a date night! We were a bit late to our reservation, but they still sat us right away. I didn’t take pictures of most of what we ordered because we were so eager to dig in, but everything was amazing- from the drinks to the appetizers to the rolls.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
B F
Tough to grade numerically. The food - really solid. Service - on the slow side but that’s not a big deal. What was disappointing is after a slow-service evening, within 60 seconds of the bill being put in front of me to pay, the front of the house came over to me to tell that another party of 6 was waiting and they needed to turn over our table. I explained I was presented with the bill only 60 seconds ago and the staff member persisted. I told them to walk away and they just kept talking at me. If you need your tables turned over faster, churn out your food faster. Stay out of my face. 😕
Zoe Kline
Perfect date or double date spot. Love the atmosphere. Solid f, beer, and sake was spot on. Great small dishes. Get the cabbage salad!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brantley Hawkins
Excellent spot for dinner and drinks in the neighborhood
The only plate I liked was the noodles, I went w my japanese friend and she didn’t like it ! I think the rating is pretty high for what it is! … the terrace is awesome and really cozy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
The atmosphere was warm and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing izakaya spot. Great food, service and atmosphere. Would love to go again and try all the other dishes!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very nice setting, cool bar! It gets a bit noisy inside, though. Addictive cabbage was good! Kaarage chicken was okay, the coating had too much seasoning on it for our taste. The wagyu beef dish as the star of the show. Sadly they were out of chocolate cake. Nice spot, friendly service, great menu!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Amazing food and amazing drinks. Sabrina makes the best tequila cocktails and is a super bartender ! I highly recommend the Purple Haze. Cotra is wonderful place for a date night or a night out with friends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Listen food was mediocre music was good ,service could have been a little better ,I will try it again in case I was there on an off night
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Great experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So Many Dishes, So Many Traumas...
On a Sunday night, we found ourselves at Cotra, drawn in by a stream of glowing reviews. We arrived a bit late, around 8:30, close to kitchen closing. Perhaps that played a role.
We began with the 'addictive cabbage.' She had chosen the place, so I held my tongue. But it tasted like solid, chunky, stale vinegar with a dash of salt. Like someone tried to ferment disappointment. Next came the hamachi, floating in a turbid swamp. Still, my lovely companion reached for soy sauce, trying to coax it across the line into something edible. The salmon poke had the consistency and (I suspect) the taste of end-stage tuberculosis phlegm. The servers brought each dish with a strange gentleness, a kind of hesitation that bordered on shame. They know, I thought. We soldiered on. The tuna on crispy rice had an uncanny resemblance to the taste of a solid burp. That’s when I cracked. “This might be one of the worst meals I’ve ever had,” I said. We both started laughing. We ended with a salmon roll that looked like the flesh of a lizard, picked at by vultures and left to sun-dry in the desert for, at a minimum, several days. She couldn’t bring herself to taste it.
But afterward, I found myself in awe. This is a genius chef. To create dishes that so precisely channel the full spectrum of burp is no small feat:
Addictive cabbage: pure stomach acid, after a day of fasting, burp.
Hamachi in the swamp: the “I definitely ate something bad” feeling burp.
Salmon poke: bad head-cold burp.
Tuna on crispy rice: garlicky lamb kebab burp.
Salmon roll: hangover, after burritos at 4 a.m. from a stand outside the club, burp.
Genius. Truly.
If we’re here to experience the full range of existence, we must also have restaurants that serve us *this*. It will stay with me longer than a dozen excellent meals. I will forever hold Cotra in my heart.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I hold a high standard when it comes to East Asian cuisine and Cotra has not let me down.
First of all, the ambience was cozy and inviting - the music wasn’t too loud, the tables weren’t super cramped, and the light wasn’t so dimmed that you can’t see what you are eating. The servers were all very nice and friendly and most of all, the food was well executed and delicious.
Overall, I’d say it is an outstanding neighborhood spot with a quirky menu and quality ingredients. We ordered 90% of the menu and enjoyed all of them except the desserts.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Drunken Garlic Shrimp, Okonomi House Fried Potatoes, Cotra Mazesoba
Tonkatsu heaven! Sweetest service from Phillipe—felt like a warm hug with every bite.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
If you plan to order pick up from them, save yourself the trouble unless you just want to stand there waiting for half an hour after your pickup time. If you're really that behind, turn off your pick up orders. Never again.
I was really blown away by the food here. I have often found that Japanese places in nyc can be overhyped and overpriced for the quality of food, but dining at Cotra was the perfect blend of exquisite dining at what I thought to be a reasonable price.
The interior was very mysterious and moody on a Tuesday night. Good for a date night! We were a bit late to our reservation, but they still sat us right away.
I didn’t take pictures of most of what we ordered because we were so eager to dig in, but everything was amazing- from the drinks to the appetizers to the rolls.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tough to grade numerically. The food - really solid. Service - on the slow side but that’s not a big deal. What was disappointing is after a slow-service evening, within 60 seconds of the bill being put in front of me to pay, the front of the house came over to me to tell that another party of 6 was waiting and they needed to turn over our table. I explained I was presented with the bill only 60 seconds ago and the staff member persisted. I told them to walk away and they just kept talking at me. If you need your tables turned over faster, churn out your food faster. Stay out of my face. 😕
Perfect date or double date spot. Love the atmosphere. Solid f, beer, and sake was spot on. Great small dishes. Get the cabbage salad!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent spot for dinner and drinks in the neighborhood
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