Ani Sushi Ramen restaurant & bar
“Overall this is my go to spot when I am in the downtown Brooklyn area, or I need to catch a quick bite for lunch before my next class.”
“I also think the dinner combo was a great value- it comes with potstickers, rice, miso soup, and salad.”
“The staff was so warm and accommodating, especially to our 3 and 5 year olds who were dining with us, that they gave us a small tour of the restaurant.”
Ani Sushi Ramen restaurant & bar
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Small space located up two flights of stairs. I loved the decor and seating, which varied in height. You can either sit closer to the windows, which is designed for average and shorter people. Standing at 6'0, it would not have been suitable for me. Then there's seating for taller folks similar to sitting on a bench and regular chair. Nice clean look with the white and wooden contrast. I ordered the crispy chicken salad (breaded chicken salad with creamy sesame dressing also came with shredded beets and avocado slices) for $9. Absolutely delicious! Great customer service. Bathroom is also small with the same decor theme. Ladies, the lighting is not properly angled for you to check your face in the mirror.
We've been going here pretty often for work lunches–maybe once every three weeks or so. The food is pretty solid, especially for sushi in Brooklyn Heights, but the service is beyond horrendous.
The first time we went there, they took our order and forgot about us. For lunch, the entire meal took almost two hours. Now, we've learned that we actually have to ask for the check when they bring out the food we ordered.
I like Ani Sushi…the food is good (maybe even 4 stars) but I cannot come close to giving them five. Definitely not with that service. Still on the lookout for the sushi place that has it all!
Totally underrated sushi spot. I remember the previous spot being Oh My Pasta and I felt huge remorse when it went out of business and Ani Sushi took over.
Probably came here at least 5x and each time the drinks, apps, & speciality rolls would be amazing. Not bad for a local not super high end sushi spot. Better than pzu or any of the wannabe sushi spots around the area.
I was nearby to Ani Sushi Bar because of jury duty. I was looking for lunch and ended up on Montague Street. I felt like sushi today and used Yelp to find Ani. At first glance from outside, I liked the way Ani was up higher on the second floor with huge windows. The entrance was not easy to find. If not for the menu board, I would have not found the correct entrance. The ground floor entrance looks like a residential entrance more than a restaurant entrance. I wasn't even sure if I was at the correct place until I went up to the second floor, very odd.
I could either sit at the back terrace, inside in the center or near the windows where all the tables face the window. I totally chose to sit at a table facing the windows. I had a second floor view of Montague Street. That was the best part of going to Ani today. Unfortunately I liked the view much better than the food.
The tables near the window are bleacher style..stadium style. Actually, the tables by the window are good for people who are dining alone. If you go with others, you'll be sitting side by side because of the way the tables are built with you looking out the window. Kinda odd but the view is awesome.
I ordered the lunch special for $10.95 where I got to choose 3 rolls from "section B" of the menu. I chose 2 salmon skin rolls and a spicy tuna roll. I wish I had more spicy tuna roll than the 2 salmon skin rolls. It was not the best I had but I didn't expect much at $10.95. It came with a miso soup that was also not that great and with the Yelp check-in I got a basket of edamame. At least it was a lot of food for $10.95. If I ever come back here….I would try the other rolls instead of the salmon skin roll but there is too many other restaurants in the area to try. There is no real reason for me to come back to Ani..other than the view.
My jury duty lunch adventures continue……
I went here for lunch. They have a pretty good lunch special. 10.95 for 2 or 3 rolls depending what you order. Also your typical lunch boxes, warm meals etc. I noticed that they also serve Ramen. Ill have to try that next time. I had 3 sushi rolls. The spicy tuna, spicy salmon and a Mr. Tommy roll. The spicy tuna was good, but not the best I've had. The spicy salmon was tasty. My favorite was the Mr. Tommy. It was delicious. I will definitely be back for that. Overall a good meal. Especially for the lunch special. I must also mention the layout. It was very nice. I really liked that most of the seating faced the big windows that overlook the street. The seating was almost stadium style. Very cool.
Lapin and I read great reviews about this place and thought it would be a good choice for Saturday's night dinner. Boy, were we wrong.
The restaurant is on the second floor and the signs were a bit obscure to navigate which building we had to go up to reach the restaurant. Two flights up, we were hoping this place was worth the trip. The decor was a cute modern theme with blue lights.
We were able to get a seat pretty quickly as the restaurant wasn't very packed. There was another couple on the other side of the restaurant. The servers took our order efficiently and were polite but towards the end the service just fell off. We had to remind them to refill our water, take away our plates and bring the check. Which brings me another point, Lapin and I ordered several small dishes between the two of us but they bought one item at each time. For example, I would get my miso soup and Lapin would be watching me eat while he would get his app would arrive 10 minutes later and then I would have to wait until he finishes before they bring us something else.
Lapin ordered the crunch roll which was tasty. The description was a bit deceptive (inside shrimp tempura, crab salad, avocado, cucumber topped with crunch and sweet soy sauce). Only the outer two pieces actually had shrimp pieces while the other 6 pieces were just a regular California roll. I should mention, the couple I mentioned prior, they ordered a salmon roll and waitress gave us their roll and she looked confused when we tried explaining that isn't what we ordered. Pet peeve of mines is she just took the roll back and gave it to the correct table. If I saw someone doing that to MY order, I would be livid. Lapin also ordered these Japanese sausages which tasted exactly like regular hotdogs but were three little Vienna sausages. He also got something called H.S.T, which was just foul tasting. It was cold and tasted absolutely disgusting…don't even get me started how it looked.
I ordered the chicken teriyaki with chicken karake. My order came with a miso soup and a salad which were okay. The chicken teriyaki was meh (mostly because it was a bit cold) and chicken karake was flavorful except I couldn't eat it because it had bones. But, Lapin ate it and enjoyed it. The potsticker it came with was cold in the middle like they didn't properly thawed it before steaming it or either that it was left around until they finally bought it over.
Ani sushi isn't very expensive but it also wasn't very good. Perhaps, we went on a off day but I am not willing to try again. FYI – if you post reviews, photos and do check ins, they offer discounts…but we didn't take advantage of this as we wanted to leave ASAP.
Maybe I like this place since its the only part of Downtown Brooklyn that has edible food. Or maybe it's just the incredible lunch value.
They have a choose two lunch special that comes with a California roll, salad and soup. You can pick one out of the 10 selections from chicken or beef teriyaki, sushi, sashimi, salmon teriyaki among some choices for 8.95. Pick two for 10.95. Some of these selections have a star next to it which means it's a dollar extra.
It's not bad. Sashimi is a bit weird. They sear things and sauce the hell out of it. It's not terrible for the amount of food you get.
The Saku was good. The treatment toward my colleague and I was not so nice. Had a voucher and was their on the last day of the voucher but they would not honor it. The view is nice by the window.