I am staying in Mid Town and I am looking for a good Sushi Restaurant, any suggestions.
California girl her 1st time in NYC

great, but off the charts expensive for raw fish! Similar to the topics on this site!

Maybe some girls would like Gari's  as an Amuse Bouche?   LMAO

East 60s on First Avenue, I think it is one of the best, but expensive as all top quality sushi restaurants will be.

That people call sushi, and there is sushi. Yasuda's is the latter. Naomichi is untouchable.

You can get out of there for $100 pp.

but why? lmao

she's from LA, paid for a plane and hotel and, likley not looking to drop $100+ at the Yasuda  sushi bar - In Midtown, near GCT, like Yasuda, there are 10-15 other options -

It's about all kinds of fish, but especially about sushi.  Much of it is not the fish you think you are eating.

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I wouldn't worry about that going to a great place. A master itamae would do no such thing.

If you are adventurous and have the funds, ask for the omakase (chef's choice).  You can guide them as to what you like and do not like, but it is amazing.  Some of the most amazing sushi you will ever have.

If you want the best sushi you need to go to a real, authentic Japanese restaurant.  Like the Chinese or Korean provider who uses a Japanese moniker and calls herself Japanese, there are many fake sushi restaurants in Manhattan, usually Chinese owned.  It makes a difference.  A real Japanese sushi restaurant will give you authentic ingredients and not substitute and try to fool you on the fish.  Plus the training of the Japanese sushi chef is vital.  The type of knives and the cutting of the fish can affect the taste.  The rice must be prepared properly and by tradition.  Here’s a good rule of thumb.  If the place offers delivery, they are not real Japanese.  Japanese restaurants do not deliver.  You can get take out, but you must pick it up.  Restaurants offering delivery are usually Chinese run sushi places.  Having said that, in midtown I would suggest Nada Sushi on East 50th Street just off of Lexington.  Real, authentic and delicious.  I would suggest sitting at the counter on the left as you walk in.  Sit in front of Sacho, the owner/chef.  Say you want to eat “omakase” which basically means “chef’s choice”.  He will decide for you and serve you one piece at a time.   A full setting along with beer or sake will set you back about $80 to $120 per person.  Another tip, when you are at a real Japanese sushi restaurant, is don’t order California rolls.  They are an American concoction, and they will laugh behind your back because asking for California rolls indicates you are not a sophisticated sushi eater.

Dear Miss lovely English.....

If you are/were paying, or even saw the check, then, perhaps your taste for sushi or sashimi would be turned towards Burger Heaven around the corner...

and if you were paying, then I'd happily pay you to enjoy a smoked eel, as well LOL

But, if you are on your own and out for a trip to the Sushi Bar, honestly, are you going to drop $150 at the Yasuda joint?

great choice -

I'm sure the ladies can manage their finances.

Are you telling me that Sushi of Gari is not real because they deliver?

You need to do your research on this place and the pedigree of the sushi chef and chefs there.

Omakase is one way of ordering, but hardly the only way.

First of all, eating omakase was a suggestion.  I never said it was the only way to eat.  Don't know where you got that.  Secondy, you obviously know nothing about Japanese culture.  Sushi of Gari is a chain of restaurants.   Would you rather eat a burger at a sole spot like Old Town Bar or Corner Bistro, or do you prefer TGIFriday’s burgers?  Do you think Chef Masatoshi Sugi is the real owner?  Ever hear of partners adding a Japanese chef out front for an attempt at authenticity?  I have eaten at the Gari on Columbus when I was going to the Beacon Theater.  All Chinese chefs and one Hispanic behind the counter.  They get paid less than a Japanese chef, so that's why they get hired when the owners aren't Japanese.  The sushi was not served properly.  A very disappointing experience.  I have traveled extensively throughout Japan many times. I speak Japanese. Oh, and my wife is Japanese.  Anyway, keep enjoying what you think is authentic sushi.  LOL.

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New Yorkers and their food. Let's say Italian food beats the sushi hands down!

I grew up with three Italian women in the kitchen. My Greatgrandmother, Grandmother, and Mom...

100% Piemontese, and the Piemontese are snobs about cooking.

The food was always spectacular; I started making fresh pasta, by hand, when I was 9 years old...
My risotto is an obsession...I make many different sauces...boar ragus, etc..My friggin' Bolognese takes 10 hours...and I don't even like Bolognese, but I like the art of crafting it; other people love it. I'm a complete asshole when it comes to Italian food...

I'm good at it, real good. They ruined me.

They say, "Chefs are born in Italy; cooks are trained in France..."

I don't go to Italian restaurants because I'll torture the chef. There aren't many authentic italian restaurants around. Italian-American food is a diluted bastardization of the cuisine.

I cook French, some Thai & Vietnamese, Mexican, Tex-Mex, Cajun/Akkadian, I smoke...

I really don't go out to eat that much, I simply do it at home. If I do go out, I'd rather pay the premium and be impressed versus pay Manhattan rent and get the average; which many consider good.

You only live once...

Or that it is only authentic Japanese if it is Japanese-owned and operated.  Really stupid.

So you're a dude that has a Japanese wife...so that makes you an authority on Japanese cuisine.  Haha...that's amazing logic.

Sushi of Gari has four locations in Manhattan.  I'd hardly call that a chain, like, say, Outback.  A chain isn't even necessarily bad, but that's a bit of that NYC douchebag kinda attitude, I guess.

Describe what proper Japanese sushi preparation and service is.  Lots of my friends are Japanese.  I am Asian myself.  My friends are hitters in Japan.  They tell me that Gari and many other places are true Japanese places, whatever that means.

You can tell me that you didn't like it, because who am I to tell you what you like?  But to say it's not authentic is hilarious.  Especially the part about your wife being Japanese, and that you speak it yourself and have been there.  I've been to Chicago many times.  Does that make me an authority in Chicago?  You're crazy.

She said she wanted a good sushi place.  And there are many great sushi places in the city.

Don't use this as a way for you to get on your pedestal and preach about "real sushi."

I've been there a decade, and lots of food here is over-fucking-rated.  Like their pizza.

Using Garvin's logic below, you wouldn't know the first thing about it.

His logic, not mine...

All say the same thing.

But I really don't think London is a great location for great sushi.  Having been to London several times on business on a massive expense account where nothing was out of the budget, I can tell you that sushi is hardly the first thing I would pick if I wanted top-end cuisine in London.

Having said that, are there world-class sushi restaurants in London?  I'm sure there are.  But is London a hotbed of amazing sushi places?  Not so much.

But you are totally right...this is your opinion, and you are sharing it.  Which is very, very valid and helpful.

Read my first post, asshole.  And change your name from crazyshit to dumbshit.

I know exactly what inference Fred is making.

By the virtue of my exposure, and understanding of excellence, with regards to my own culinary heritage, I am able to recognize the same among other cultures with due effort.

Can't find great food in New York; including great pizza.

For the rest of us, it's all about what we just like and don't like.  It's really that simple.

We don't need to drag out our pedigrees and post resumes about why we are qualified to say simply that we LIKE something.

Of course you can find good pizza here.  But that's not the argument I'm making.  The argument that NY has better food than many other places is just ludicrous.  It really is.

Travel a bit, and you will be hard-pressed to say that NY is really THAT amazing.  It's a fallacy made up by NY-ers who have never traveled anywhere else.

Another foodie know-it-all snob like yourself...hilarious.

Raw fish on rice.

While we are on the subject, how do you foodies eat your sushi?  Because there is an "authentic" way to eat it, too.

LMAO.

http://www.trevorcorson.com/sushi-eat.html

LMAO.

Poor girl from CA was just asking simple recommendation and you guys are turning this into a food war!!
Midtown, decent sushi, great service, authentic kitchen menu and sake menu all at the very affordable price at restaurant Riki. Yes, I'm a bad Japanese who doesn't only eat at the best NYC can offer. The wonderful thing about NY is you don't have to go to "the best" for good dinner. When I crave little taste from home, that's one of the places I pop into. No reservation, food snobs, just nice relaxing dinner all by myself. We have many, many great restaurants of every cuisine here in NY that's what makes our city so great. Let's just agree to disagree you guys are making me hungry!