Great sushi and absolute value for money. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Carlie
This used to be my favorite Japanese restaurant; I found this week that the quality and the taste have gone down considerably. Also the restaurant is very gluten-free conscious but offers very few gluten-free choices in the more elaborate part of the menu.
edibletuber
Like all the other dinners I've had at Ryusei, the food (love that seared black cod) was fantastic. The quality of the fish is so much better than most sushi/sashimi restaurants in the city, regardless of cost. The service is attentive, helpful, and friendly. All the food is fresh and carefully prepared. If you're looking for outstanding sushi at a reasonable price in a nice setting with low noise and tasteful music, don't miss this gem.
Kenneth Wee
Premium omakase has numerous delights at a very reasonable price point- hairy crab, snow crab, abalone to just name a few. Botan ebi was delicious, the head fried perfectly. Japanese uni luscious and sweet. Spicy scallop handroll was fabulous. Two minor feedback- when explaining the fish, use both Japanese and English names, sometimes we non-Japanese do remember the Japanese names! Secondly, if someone is ordering sushi a la carte, please offer the choice to let the chef apply the soy sauce! My wife and I, I had omakase and she did not, and it was a bit weird she had to put her own soy and mine was already perfect. In any case, I highly recommend this place for omakase and sushi!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christine Zhuang
Came here with a friend and we both had the sushi and sashimi omakase. Overall I was happy with the food. The fish was fresh and some of the sushi pieces came with interesting flavor. Four star as i didn’t get the wow factor.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
AndrewD
Probably the best Sushi I have ever had. Also the setting and service seemed so authentically Japanese, I couldn't recommend more highly. We sat at the counter which was lovely, the high chairs are comfortable with a back and a foot rest.
Michael c.
15 piece Omakase blew me away. Excellent service and amazing taste experience. You must try this
Shanna L.
One of my favorite neighborhood spots!I have been for dinner multiple times and I order or pick up from here 2-4x a month. I am picky about the quality of sushi. This place has incredibly fresh and delicious sushi. The shrimp tempura and vegetables is also incredible. They carry high end authentic saki. The service and vibe is sexy and attentive. We have been rushed a bit on a week night. I have had the spicy salmon and the sushi deluxe sashimi selection.The downsides to this establishment are the portions are on the smaller side and the prices are on the higher end. The miso soup is unremarkable. The chicken teriyaki is white meat and has a delicious teriyaki sauce but their chicken is served as a diced up chicken breasts and inevitably I end up with very tough almost inedible portions of the chicken, that are likely the result of being overcooked. I have had this issue on numerous occasions. I wish they would work on it as it could be an amazing dish. The carrot and broccoli that accompany it are delicious and cooked perfectly however they don't give you many veggies which goes along with the small portions. Their garden salad and seaweed salad are very good! I recommend for delivery, date night and girls night out. The bar is available to watch the sushi chef which is always cool.
Moma
We discovered this wonderful sushi restaurant. We visited NYC from Boston. Our city has very few authentic Japanese or sushi places unfortunately. So, we always try to have good sushi in NYC. We truly enjoy truly authentic Edo-mae sushi with no extra decorations at Sushj Ryusei. I was born and grew up in Tokyo. I felt as if we were in Japan. I highly recommend this place. We will definitely return!
Lana L.
We were served pretty boring standard stuff and a slice of melon for dessert for a whopping $200 per person omakase meal. We felt pretty rushed the whole time. The chef kept slapping the next thing on the tray before we had finished chewing the one from before. We were still working on our pot of seafood dashi and he started putting new sushi pieces on the tray. And to top it all off, I had food poisoning all night. This was a giant disappointment, and we'll never return.
Best sushi I've ever had. Be sure to try the fatty tuna. Absolutely worth it. Dessert was just as good. Fried ice cream and creme brulee were the perfect treat to the end of a delightful meal. Service was very good. We stayed until close and they cleaned absolutely everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sashimi, Dessert, Tuna
Flash
Sushi Ryusei consistently delivers one thing and one thing only: Excellence. The omakase experience is superb - every single time. I have returned to Sushi Ryusei many times and never had anything short of spectacular sushi matched with top notch service and presentation. If you seek a memorable omakase experience, look no further than Sushi Ryusei. Tell the gracious host and owner, Haruki Kai, that Open Table sent you.
FlorenaX
I keep coming back to this place. The ambiance is beautiful, intimate, can have a peaceful conversation, food was outstanding so delicious, fresh, amazingly cooked, service was excellent! I'd recommend this anytime and will come back soon!
Rick
The staff is always attentive, the sushi chefs are amazing, each piece of the Omakase is superb and the flavors are beautifully nuanced. Then without asking, they brought my wife a chocolate mousse cake for her birthday which was a really nice cap on the evening. I highly recommend it.
Karina G.
Absolute delight. Fresh high quality sushi, outstanding service and lively ambiance. I wish I had them on my block, I would eat here all the time. We had tuna avocado, sushi deluxe, madai shushi ( my absolute favorite), tempura app and some wine. Everything is a good choice here.
Great sushi and absolute value for money. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This used to be my favorite Japanese restaurant; I found this week that the quality and the taste have gone down considerably. Also the restaurant is very gluten-free conscious but offers very few gluten-free choices in the more elaborate part of the menu.
Like all the other dinners I've had at Ryusei, the food (love that seared black cod) was fantastic. The quality of the fish is so much better than most sushi/sashimi restaurants in the city, regardless of cost. The service is attentive, helpful, and friendly. All the food is fresh and carefully prepared. If you're looking for outstanding sushi at a reasonable price in a nice setting with low noise and tasteful music, don't miss this gem.
Premium omakase has numerous delights at a very reasonable price point- hairy crab, snow crab, abalone to just name a few. Botan ebi was delicious, the head fried perfectly. Japanese uni luscious and sweet. Spicy scallop handroll was fabulous. Two minor feedback- when explaining the fish, use both Japanese and English names, sometimes we non-Japanese do remember the Japanese names! Secondly, if someone is ordering sushi a la carte, please offer the choice to let the chef apply the soy sauce! My wife and I, I had omakase and she did not, and it was a bit weird she had to put her own soy and mine was already perfect. In any case, I highly recommend this place for omakase and sushi!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here with a friend and we both had the sushi and sashimi omakase. Overall I was happy with the food. The fish was fresh and some of the sushi pieces came with interesting flavor. Four star as i didn’t get the wow factor.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Probably the best Sushi I have ever had. Also the setting and service seemed so authentically Japanese, I couldn't recommend more highly. We sat at the counter which was lovely, the high chairs are comfortable with a back and a foot rest.
15 piece Omakase blew me away. Excellent service and amazing taste experience. You must try this
One of my favorite neighborhood spots!I have been for dinner multiple times and I order or pick up from here 2-4x a month. I am picky about the quality of sushi. This place has incredibly fresh and delicious sushi. The shrimp tempura and vegetables is also incredible. They carry high end authentic saki. The service and vibe is sexy and attentive. We have been rushed a bit on a week night. I have had the spicy salmon and the sushi deluxe sashimi selection.The downsides to this establishment are the portions are on the smaller side and the prices are on the higher end. The miso soup is unremarkable. The chicken teriyaki is white meat and has a delicious teriyaki sauce but their chicken is served as a diced up chicken breasts and inevitably I end up with very tough almost inedible portions of the chicken, that are likely the result of being overcooked. I have had this issue on numerous occasions. I wish they would work on it as it could be an amazing dish. The carrot and broccoli that accompany it are delicious and cooked perfectly however they don't give you many veggies which goes along with the small portions. Their garden salad and seaweed salad are very good! I recommend for delivery, date night and girls night out. The bar is available to watch the sushi chef which is always cool.
We discovered this wonderful sushi restaurant. We visited NYC from Boston. Our city has very few authentic Japanese or sushi places unfortunately. So, we always try to have good sushi in NYC. We truly enjoy truly authentic Edo-mae sushi with no extra decorations at Sushj Ryusei. I was born and grew up in Tokyo. I felt as if we were in Japan. I highly recommend this place. We will definitely return!
We were served pretty boring standard stuff and a slice of melon for dessert for a whopping $200 per person omakase meal. We felt pretty rushed the whole time. The chef kept slapping the next thing on the tray before we had finished chewing the one from before. We were still working on our pot of seafood dashi and he started putting new sushi pieces on the tray. And to top it all off, I had food poisoning all night. This was a giant disappointment, and we'll never return.
Restaurantji Recommends
Best sushi I've ever had. Be sure to try the fatty tuna. Absolutely worth it. Dessert was just as good. Fried ice cream and creme brulee were the perfect treat to the end of a delightful meal. Service was very good. We stayed until close and they cleaned absolutely everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sashimi, Dessert, Tuna
Sushi Ryusei consistently delivers one thing and one thing only: Excellence. The omakase experience is superb - every single time. I have returned to Sushi Ryusei many times and never had anything short of spectacular sushi matched with top notch service and presentation. If you seek a memorable omakase experience, look no further than Sushi Ryusei. Tell the gracious host and owner, Haruki Kai, that Open Table sent you.
I keep coming back to this place. The ambiance is beautiful, intimate, can have a peaceful conversation, food was outstanding so delicious, fresh, amazingly cooked, service was excellent! I'd recommend this anytime and will come back soon!
The staff is always attentive, the sushi chefs are amazing, each piece of the Omakase is superb and the flavors are beautifully nuanced. Then without asking, they brought my wife a chocolate mousse cake for her birthday which was a really nice cap on the evening. I highly recommend it.
Absolute delight. Fresh high quality sushi, outstanding service and lively ambiance. I wish I had them on my block, I would eat here all the time. We had tuna avocado, sushi deluxe, madai shushi ( my absolute favorite), tempura app and some wine. Everything is a good choice here.