Fish so fresh you would swear it was just flown in from Tsukiji in Tokyo: and it was! Read our recommendations for sushi, sashimi, ramen, yakitori and kaiseki.
Natsumi breaks new ground with their innovative modern Japanese cuisine. Barbara Matsamura and Chef Haru Konagaya team up here to create a strikingly new destination—two separate experiences in two adjacent sites: an elegant restaurant and a trendy Tokyo-chic bar/lounge. The word...
226 West 50th Street (Broadway and 8th Avenue)At Masa Takayama's namesake restaurant, you won't find standard menus any more than you'll find the standard sushi chef. While he's been in the States since 1980, working at his craft in Los Angeles and New York, Takayama's beginnings in Tokyo laid the foundations and set the cou...
10 Columbus Circle (West 60th Street)The upscale new sibling to the longtime East Village favorite, serving Japanese fare to Tribeca.
145 Duane StOne of New York's best hand-pulled noodle shops, Ippudo is far beyond the usual restaurants with such fare, also including on its menu a far grander selection of Japanese cuisine.
65 4th Ave (bet. 9th & 10th Sts.)Named after the buckwheat noodles so well-loved in Japan, Soba-Ya features that eponymous cuisine as well as udon noodles in a host of different and delicious meals. Better still, a menu of unusual but tantalizing ice cream awaits you after your entrees!
229 E 9th St (bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves.)Minca aptly bills itself as "Ramen Factory," for other than a few standard appetizers, ramen is the only item on the menu. But so many kinds of ramen, served with a really impressive variety of fresh ingredients. Think flavorful mushrooms, great broth, tender pork, and ...
536 E 5th St (Avenues A & B)Now located at 195 Broadway in the Financial District. Nobu was at the cutting edge of bringing the innovative "new style Japanese cooking" to New York City. A partnership of actor Robert DeNiro, celebrated chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, and Tribeca Grill restaurateur Drew Ni...
195 BroadwayElegant, fun Japanese restaurant, sushi bar, and bar offering the latest in cuisine, cocktails, sake and decor. Located in the heart of the financial center at One Wall Street Court (just a few steps from Water Street).
One Wall Street Court (Stone and Pearl Streets)