Sushi Yasaka

Sushi Yasaka is one of my favourite sushi restaurants in NYC. It serves very authentic Japanese food, including a delicious omakase. Since we went at lunch, they only had the mini-omakase available. But even this included a fatty cut of tuna nigiri, a piece of uni nigiri without nori (how often do you see that?), and a toro roll. We also ordered an uni maki roll, which is also very rarely seen in restaurants. Sadly, inflation has caused the price to increase from $9 about 7 years ago to $15 today. Finally, we also had the agedashi tofu and the sauteed mushrooms (which seemed to be cooked with sake). Both were excellent. To finish the meal, we ate a matcha tiramisu which had matcha ice cream and the sweetest strawberries with cream. Despite the increase in price of the uni roll, the meal still remained very affordable, especially when compared to other sushi restaurants in Manhattan. I still highly recommend paying a visit!

The staff is absolutely amazing! The sushi is one of the best in the upper west side! The host is lovely and so is the entire staff. I love this place and buy food here atleast a few times per week.

Love coming here for the good quality fish, reasonable prices and yummy food! Tough to get a seat as it is so popular in evening. Lunch specials are also a really good value. Only wish they delivered higher into UWS!