The experience here was disappointing to the point of upsetting; we spent $250 ($95 x 2 people + tax/tip) and the quality of the omakase was very lacking. Each piece was doused in so much sauce that it overwhelmed the fish and the rice was quite dry and old at the beginning, which seems difficult to achieve with these two opposing observations but they managed to do so. The rice for the later pieces was fresh, but it was too hot which overwhelmed the fish. And all of the fish, except for the blue fin tuna and uni (sea urchin) were all precut, which makes me question the freshness of the fish itself, but again, the amount of sauce used for each piece overwhelmed any chance to taste the actual fish. The sushi was served on a wooden board, but they didn’t wipe the board after each piece, which I can understand if that is too nitpicky, but given the amount of sauce on each piece, the board ends up just being so moist with all the different sauces which bleeds into each following piece. The miso soup at the beginning was also incredibly salty and the tofu had a texture that felt like it was sitting in the soup for a while, so my guess is that the soup was also quite old. The ice cream dessert was also icy, but they also added more sauce onto that. Albeit it was strawberry sauce, but still, I ingested SO much sauce for this meal. The ginger was also not fresh, it was a huge pile of very dried out ginger and no additional wasabi available on the boards. The atmosphere also added to the very mid experience; it felt like they were going for a mix of “high end omakase” and the Japanese austere aesthetic with their all-wood decor, but fails to achieve that as the place seemed to be made with plywood or fake wood made out of plastic. The music also didn’t really match the environment. Ultimately, the biggest issue that I had was the price point. It would be different if I paid $50 for a poor omakase experience, but given that this place markets and prices itself as a relatively higher end omakase place and we ended up paying $250 for a meal that fell so short of that, I left the restaurant feeling similarly to being scammed.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Shiella Eliseo
The place is very beautiful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ted Weitz MD
Had an amazing omakase experience at Moko, a cozy sushi spot in East Village. 🍣
The sushi was exceptional, with ingredients flown in fresh daily from Japan. 🛫🇯🇵 The service was top-notch, and the chef was so friendly and welcoming. I especially loved the relaxed vibe—no strict meal times, just a chill, flexible dining experience.
I absolutely loved it can’t wait to come back 🍣
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sharon
Cute space with an interesting tea selection, but they have no idea how to brew green tea. I did not enjoy paying five dollars for a gyokuru made with too little tea and water so hot it destroyed this green tea's delicate flavor.
Pamela Padilla Jáuregui
Great matcha! Nice place🥰
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Terry Stratoudakis
There is much better omakase out there. Not recommended. Waste of money.
They bring you all of the fish at once and that makes me feel rushed. Other omakase places would bring each one separately and allow us to appreciate each one individually.
Bathrooms are dirty which is always a bad sign.
Dessert was uninspired. Roll was supermarket grade.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Anastasiia K
I went to this restaurant last night with friends, and I was honestly so impressed 👏🏽 The vibe was super cozy, and the service was amazing!! As soon as we walked in, they offered us tea, and all the dishes were in this beautiful Japanese style, it really set the mood 🍵 And the sushi just unreal 🤤! The chef was making it right in front of us, and the fact they use premium fish flown in from Japan made it feel extra special! It’s honestly rare to find a place in NYC with this level of service and food quality. Definitely a 10/10 experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Panna Cotta, Soup, 18 Course Omakase, Kanpachi, Spicy Scallop, Fish
Jeremy Kent
What a bizarre experience. We had a reservation and nobody acknowledged our existence (or the two groups with reservations in front of us) for 15 minutes. We were seated 30 minutes after our reservation time. Other customers in the restaurant looked unhappy. We probably should have walked away at that point.
For $95 omakase I'd expect pieces to be brought out one at a time, warm rice, fresh fish, properly seasoned so you don't need to use extra soy sauce or wasabi. As we wait and wait, eventually an hour and a half since we arrived and still no fish, we realize the impending situation... they're going to serve all 13 pieces of this "omakase" at once on a single platter! The server gives us a rapid fire rundown of what each of the 13 pieces is, which nobody is going to remember, so we don't know what we're eating. The temperature and consistency of the rice is off, the quality of fish is just ok, with some pieces tasting slightly fishy, and the pieces are not particularly seasoned. This is not omakase - this is a supermarket sushi platter. Granted, it's a tasty supermarket sushi platter which I would gladly pay $20-30 for, maybe a bit more, but highway robbery at $95.
The service was slow, clueless, and surprisingly soft spoken. They asked "do you want ginger?" as if it was a trick question. When we weren't immediately ready to order, the server disappeared for 20 minutes and returned to shyly ask, "remind me, what did you order?" "Um, we haven't ordered." They served us a carafe of apology sake, which was very nice, but then took it away before it was done. When we asked if the dessert had dairy in it - one of our party is lactose intolerant - the server said "I'm not sure" and shrugged. "Ok... can you go find out?" The server undercharged us when we paid the bill, and then realizing the mistake asked us "what should I do?". "I don't know, you tell us!" They had us make up the difference in the tip, which is very odd. By the time we finished our last piece of sushi the kitchen staff had already disappeared into the night.
No idea how this place has 4.5 stars. Save your money for much better omakase nearby (e.g. Shinn East).
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Aashna
Beautiful omakase spot in the heart of east village. The $95 price point makes it a great option for affordable yet high quality omakase. We really enjoyed our time here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Claudia Martin Gutierrez
Best omakase in NYC. You can bring your own drinks, they do not have alcohol. Best TORO nigiri and scallop 😍
Save your money. Way overpriced, average food. Bad service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
JT A.
The food is great, albeit a bit pricey, same goes for matcha during the daytime, its good, but slightly pricey, Overall though i love the environment and the coziness of the cafe!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tuna
Daniel Lee
amazing chefs. poor management however. made us wait just to tell us our promotion coupon didn’t work. booked it online and they didn’t have the courtesy to tell us until very last minute.
Food: 5
Jimmy Song
I recently purchased a voucher for this restaurant under the Pulsd website which they partner with for a 2 person omakase experience. However, upon trying to confirm my already made reservation at the bar, I was informed that they prioritize "real" guests over voucher guests and that our request for an omakase-style experience would be subject to availability.
I was unaware that having a voucher would affect our dining experience to this extent and be subjected to rude service from the hostess. As we would prefer to dine at a restaurant where all guests are treated equally and not classified as not “real guest”. My experience with Moko is summarized as an establishment that has clearly portrayed preferential treatment.
Service: 1
Eva
We had high hopes for Moko, but were very disappointed. The food was good, but nothing spectacular. However, the courses came so rapidly after eachother, we got the bill after 45 minutes of arriving. But worst of all were the waitresses. Not only were they unprofessional and inattentive, they fully ignored us and were very rude. After two courses we finally asked them if we could order some drinks, to which they responded that we would have to go to the deli nearby, because they only served water. Nothing about this was communicated to us beforehand. After getting some wine and beers, they just stared at us and ignored our multiple requests to bring us a bottle opener and wine glasses. When they gave us the bill, one waitness told us they would charge $20 per wine bottle and $10 per beer bottle. When we asked for a little more explaination, since these costs were more than the costs of the bottles themselves and was never communicated beforehand, nor when we were sent to the deli, one waitress got really nasty with us and made everybody in the restaurant quite uncomforable. Such a shame, seeing as we had high hopes for a restaurant with good reviews.
The experience here was disappointing to the point of upsetting; we spent $250 ($95 x 2 people + tax/tip) and the quality of the omakase was very lacking. Each piece was doused in so much sauce that it overwhelmed the fish and the rice was quite dry and old at the beginning, which seems difficult to achieve with these two opposing observations but they managed to do so. The rice for the later pieces was fresh, but it was too hot which overwhelmed the fish. And all of the fish, except for the blue fin tuna and uni (sea urchin) were all precut, which makes me question the freshness of the fish itself, but again, the amount of sauce used for each piece overwhelmed any chance to taste the actual fish. The sushi was served on a wooden board, but they didn’t wipe the board after each piece, which I can understand if that is too nitpicky, but given the amount of sauce on each piece, the board ends up just being so moist with all the different sauces which bleeds into each following piece. The miso soup at the beginning was also incredibly salty and the tofu had a texture that felt like it was sitting in the soup for a while, so my guess is that the soup was also quite old. The ice cream dessert was also icy, but they also added more sauce onto that. Albeit it was strawberry sauce, but still, I ingested SO much sauce for this meal. The ginger was also not fresh, it was a huge pile of very dried out ginger and no additional wasabi available on the boards. The atmosphere also added to the very mid experience; it felt like they were going for a mix of “high end omakase” and the Japanese austere aesthetic with their all-wood decor, but fails to achieve that as the place seemed to be made with plywood or fake wood made out of plastic. The music also didn’t really match the environment. Ultimately, the biggest issue that I had was the price point. It would be different if I paid $50 for a poor omakase experience, but given that this place markets and prices itself as a relatively higher end omakase place and we ended up paying $250 for a meal that fell so short of that, I left the restaurant feeling similarly to being scammed.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
The place is very beautiful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had an amazing omakase experience at Moko, a cozy sushi spot in East Village. 🍣
The sushi was exceptional, with ingredients flown in fresh daily from Japan. 🛫🇯🇵 The service was top-notch, and the chef was so friendly and welcoming. I especially loved the relaxed vibe—no strict meal times, just a chill, flexible dining experience.
I absolutely loved it can’t wait to come back 🍣
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cute space with an interesting tea selection, but they have no idea how to brew green tea. I did not enjoy paying five dollars for a gyokuru made with too little tea and water so hot it destroyed this green tea's delicate flavor.
Great matcha! Nice place🥰
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
There is much better omakase out there. Not recommended. Waste of money.
They bring you all of the fish at once and that makes me feel rushed. Other omakase places would bring each one separately and allow us to appreciate each one individually.
Bathrooms are dirty which is always a bad sign.
Dessert was uninspired. Roll was supermarket grade.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
I went to this restaurant last night with friends, and I was honestly so impressed 👏🏽 The vibe was super cozy, and the service was amazing!! As soon as we walked in, they offered us tea, and all the dishes were in this beautiful Japanese style, it really set the mood 🍵 And the sushi just unreal 🤤! The chef was making it right in front of us, and the fact they use premium fish flown in from Japan made it feel extra special! It’s honestly rare to find a place in NYC with this level of service and food quality. Definitely a 10/10 experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Panna Cotta, Soup, 18 Course Omakase, Kanpachi, Spicy Scallop, Fish
What a bizarre experience. We had a reservation and nobody acknowledged our existence (or the two groups with reservations in front of us) for 15 minutes. We were seated 30 minutes after our reservation time. Other customers in the restaurant looked unhappy. We probably should have walked away at that point.
For $95 omakase I'd expect pieces to be brought out one at a time, warm rice, fresh fish, properly seasoned so you don't need to use extra soy sauce or wasabi. As we wait and wait, eventually an hour and a half since we arrived and still no fish, we realize the impending situation... they're going to serve all 13 pieces of this "omakase" at once on a single platter! The server gives us a rapid fire rundown of what each of the 13 pieces is, which nobody is going to remember, so we don't know what we're eating. The temperature and consistency of the rice is off, the quality of fish is just ok, with some pieces tasting slightly fishy, and the pieces are not particularly seasoned. This is not omakase - this is a supermarket sushi platter. Granted, it's a tasty supermarket sushi platter which I would gladly pay $20-30 for, maybe a bit more, but highway robbery at $95.
The service was slow, clueless, and surprisingly soft spoken. They asked "do you want ginger?" as if it was a trick question. When we weren't immediately ready to order, the server disappeared for 20 minutes and returned to shyly ask, "remind me, what did you order?" "Um, we haven't ordered." They served us a carafe of apology sake, which was very nice, but then took it away before it was done. When we asked if the dessert had dairy in it - one of our party is lactose intolerant - the server said "I'm not sure" and shrugged. "Ok... can you go find out?" The server undercharged us when we paid the bill, and then realizing the mistake asked us "what should I do?". "I don't know, you tell us!" They had us make up the difference in the tip, which is very odd. By the time we finished our last piece of sushi the kitchen staff had already disappeared into the night.
No idea how this place has 4.5 stars. Save your money for much better omakase nearby (e.g. Shinn East).
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Beautiful omakase spot in the heart of east village. The $95 price point makes it a great option for affordable yet high quality omakase. We really enjoyed our time here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Best omakase in NYC. You can bring your own drinks, they do not have alcohol. Best TORO nigiri and scallop 😍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Kanpachi
Restaurantji Recommends
Save your money. Way overpriced, average food. Bad service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
The food is great, albeit a bit pricey, same goes for matcha during the daytime, its good, but slightly pricey, Overall though i love the environment and the coziness of the cafe!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tuna
amazing chefs. poor management however. made us wait just to tell us our promotion coupon didn’t work. booked it online and they didn’t have the courtesy to tell us until very last minute.
Food: 5
I recently purchased a voucher for this restaurant under the Pulsd website which they partner with for a 2 person omakase experience. However, upon trying to confirm my already made reservation at the bar, I was informed that they prioritize "real" guests over voucher guests and that our request for an omakase-style experience would be subject to availability.
I was unaware that having a voucher would affect our dining experience to this extent and be subjected to rude service from the hostess. As we would prefer to dine at a restaurant where all guests are treated equally and not classified as not “real guest”. My experience with Moko is summarized as an establishment that has clearly portrayed preferential treatment.
Service: 1
We had high hopes for Moko, but were very disappointed. The food was good, but nothing spectacular. However, the courses came so rapidly after eachother, we got the bill after 45 minutes of arriving. But worst of all were the waitresses. Not only were they unprofessional and inattentive, they fully ignored us and were very rude. After two courses we finally asked them if we could order some drinks, to which they responded that we would have to go to the deli nearby, because they only served water. Nothing about this was communicated to us beforehand. After getting some wine and beers, they just stared at us and ignored our multiple requests to bring us a bottle opener and wine glasses. When they gave us the bill, one waitness told us they would charge $20 per wine bottle and $10 per beer bottle. When we asked for a little more explaination, since these costs were more than the costs of the bottles themselves and was never communicated beforehand, nor when we were sent to the deli, one waitress got really nasty with us and made everybody in the restaurant quite uncomforable. Such a shame, seeing as we had high hopes for a restaurant with good reviews.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
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