Authentic Japanese restaurant you can enjoy legit food. The portion is little too small but it was really good. Our noodle took little too much since we waited more than 30mins for soba and Udon. 😢
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Juwhan Chung
Great staff, authentic food and atmosphere. Love the place. Definitely coming back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Spogmay Orya
Beware: this business forces customers to tip a minimum of 10% or more, disregarding the basic principle that tipping is voluntary and at the customer’s discretion. This is a poor and unethical business practice.
Cliff Jones
Traditional omakase menu, very affordable and no tipping policy. They have a late night menu as well. Both times I visited, we had already eaten earlier and didn't want to order the full omakase. Each time the bartender was kind and asked the chef if he could prepare a 3 dish course for us, and the chef kindly agreed. Each dish was excellent--traditional Japanese cuisine. Next time, I will definitely try the full menu or go after 11pm for the late night menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Yunong Shi
This was three years ago. It was past midnight. In the base of an ordinary Manhattan apartment building, an unmarked door and a curtain concealed an izakaya. I stepped through, and the city fell away. I was in Sapporo.
Inside, it was loud—but not American loud. This was practiced loudness, rhythmic and intentional. Loud but you can still hear a needle dropping. Japanese men in loosened ties laughed from deep in their chests, slapping shoulders with the ease of repetition. Their voices collided like waves. Across the room, a woman spoke in a thread-thin voice that wove beneath theirs. I didn’t understand a word. It felt like watching someone else’s memory loop quietly in the background.
The chef didn’t smile. He didn’t need to.
I ordered the omakase. Dishes arrived in calm succession—chilled tofu, soft fish, a bitter broth that reminded me of a conversation I’d rather forget. The food didn’t ask to be liked. It wasn’t polished, or photogenic. It simply existed, as if made by someone who knew you were hungry, not searching.
At one point, the chef looked at me. Just once. He knew I didn’t belong. I stayed anyway.
When I stepped back outside, the curtain swayed shut behind me. Manhattan returned in a rush—cold, electric, indifferent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Wonseok Choi
Late night ramen is good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicholas
Another restaurant became disastrous. Fish is very salty, complain to the waitress , no exchange or no refund at all. Then the waitress decided to spill water on my phone and my pants in the end. But it is smart to factor in the tip in price already so no feedback is needed from the customer. Great. If you need to calm down from a happy day this is the place to come.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Aslan Crawley
Do not blow this spot up. Do not talk about it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kim Tan
Awesome place for AYCE omakase with free flowing sake. Quality of sushi is very good as regular omakase.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jared Greenspan
I had the omakase. I felt it was mixed. Some great, some decent, some bad Great: Okra, egg, uni, glass of sake Decent: Mapo tofu, chicken wings. Both of these were lacking in flavor and didn't do much for me Bad: The sashimi had multiple issues. Mine had a couple of tiny scales on them that I caught while chewing. Additionally, there were a couple of small bones. Further, the sashimi was tough and not easy to bite into and chew.
The atmosphere and service is great. I really love the classic rock vibes. If they could just improve the food a little bit then I would go back often
Went on a Saturday night at 7 so there weren't many people. I sampled the omakase. Although each portion of the six courses was small, the taste made up for it. It's hard to give an objective review as the items may change. However, I wanted to sample more food. I ordered soba which I felt was authentic and finished with the roasted green tea mousse, which was Hojicha pudding and it was delicious! I came to experience Japanese comfort food and left satisfied.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
dianeoshin
Poor choices in the omakase 6-phase dinner, bony tasteless fish, inferior sushi, cow tongue as the final. Really unpalatable. NO atmosphere. Very noisy table next to us. Completely overpriced for the lousy food!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Laura Suttle
Delicious food, it felt just like we were back in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jon Carlo
Authentic. I can’t explain - he just started serving food and it was unreal. Gotta go
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica Shu
Extremely authentic and filled with Japanese people. The food is good and comforting. They don’t serve any carbs until the end of the meal though (which is pretty traditional in restaurants like this in Japan) but if you’re not used to it you might be hungry for most of the meal
Authentic Japanese restaurant you can enjoy legit food. The portion is little too small but it was really good.
Our noodle took little too much since we waited more than 30mins for soba and Udon. 😢
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Great staff, authentic food and atmosphere.
Love the place.
Definitely coming back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Beware: this business forces customers to tip a minimum of 10% or more, disregarding the basic principle that tipping is voluntary and at the customer’s discretion. This is a poor and unethical business practice.
Traditional omakase menu, very affordable and no tipping policy. They have a late night menu as well. Both times I visited, we had already eaten earlier and didn't want to order the full omakase. Each time the bartender was kind and asked the chef if he could prepare a 3 dish course for us, and the chef kindly agreed. Each dish was excellent--traditional Japanese cuisine. Next time, I will definitely try the full menu or go after 11pm for the late night menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
This was three years ago. It was past midnight. In the base of an ordinary Manhattan apartment building, an unmarked door and a curtain concealed an izakaya. I stepped through, and the city fell away. I was in Sapporo.
Inside, it was loud—but not American loud. This was practiced loudness, rhythmic and intentional. Loud but you can still hear a needle dropping. Japanese men in loosened ties laughed from deep in their chests, slapping shoulders with the ease of repetition. Their voices collided like waves. Across the room, a woman spoke in a thread-thin voice that wove beneath theirs. I didn’t understand a word. It felt like watching someone else’s memory loop quietly in the background.
The chef didn’t smile. He didn’t need to.
I ordered the omakase. Dishes arrived in calm succession—chilled tofu, soft fish, a bitter broth that reminded me of a conversation I’d rather forget. The food didn’t ask to be liked. It wasn’t polished, or photogenic. It simply existed, as if made by someone who knew you were hungry, not searching.
At one point, the chef looked at me. Just once. He knew I didn’t belong. I stayed anyway.
When I stepped back outside, the curtain swayed shut behind me. Manhattan returned in a rush—cold, electric, indifferent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Late night ramen is good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Another restaurant became disastrous. Fish is very salty, complain to the waitress , no exchange or no refund at all. Then the waitress decided to spill water on my phone and my pants in the end. But it is smart to factor in the tip in price already so no feedback is needed from the customer. Great. If you need to calm down from a happy day this is the place to come.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Do not blow this spot up. Do not talk about it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awesome place for AYCE omakase with free flowing sake. Quality of sushi is very good as regular omakase.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had the omakase. I felt it was mixed. Some great, some decent, some bad
Great: Okra, egg, uni, glass of sake
Decent: Mapo tofu, chicken wings. Both of these were lacking in flavor and didn't do much for me
Bad: The sashimi had multiple issues. Mine had a couple of tiny scales on them that I caught while chewing. Additionally, there were a couple of small bones. Further, the sashimi was tough and not easy to bite into and chew.
The atmosphere and service is great. I really love the classic rock vibes. If they could just improve the food a little bit then I would go back often
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Went on a Saturday night at 7 so there weren't many people. I sampled the omakase. Although each portion of the six courses was small, the taste made up for it. It's hard to give an objective review as the items may change. However, I wanted to sample more food. I ordered soba which I felt was authentic and finished with the roasted green tea mousse, which was Hojicha pudding and it was delicious! I came to experience Japanese comfort food and left satisfied.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Poor choices in the omakase 6-phase dinner, bony tasteless fish, inferior sushi, cow tongue as the final. Really unpalatable. NO atmosphere. Very noisy table next to us. Completely overpriced for the lousy food!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Delicious food, it felt just like we were back in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Authentic. I can’t explain - he just started serving food and it was unreal. Gotta go
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Extremely authentic and filled with Japanese people. The food is good and comforting. They don’t serve any carbs until the end of the meal though (which is pretty traditional in restaurants like this in Japan) but if you’re not used to it you might be hungry for most of the meal
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