Haru Sushi
“I don't drink but there's a happy hour featuring cocktails and discounted appetizers that looks very appealing.”
“Relaxed place on the Upper West dishing out good solid fish based on my admittedly-limited experience.”
“For 21 bucks including tax and tip, you get 7 pieces of sushi, a tuna/california roll, one piece of caviar sushi, and a soup or salad.”
Haru Sushi
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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I stopped by Haru Sushi on a Saturday evening after everything else I tried to go to had a wait. I had about an hour to eat before I had to be somewhere else in the city. Enter Haru Sushi. With no wait at all, we sidled up to the sushi bar and ordered away.
We started with the lobster shumai/dumpling. I thought the spicing in the dumpling was a little weird. I've never had anything like it and could have gone without. I got a shrimp tempura roll which was pretty standard. I also ordered salmon, eel, and sea urchin. Unfortunately, they had no sea urchin that night, so I ended up with salmon, eel, and I think tuna. The fish was all fairly decent and I got my fix for a sushi crave. I do have to give props to the sushi chefs/rollers (is that what you call them?) they were extremely expedient and had the food flying off the bar.
It wasn't an earth shattering meal or anything and I felt it was slightly overpriced for what I got but I left fed and happy.
SN: While watching the happenings, it appears that they have carry out bike dude.
Came to Haru with a girlfriend of mine for a Saturday lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The decor and ambiance were quite relaxing; I'd love to see how it looks at night. To start I ordered the cauliflower tempura with chili lime sauce, which was absolutely delicious. The sauce had a nice balance of spicy and tangy, which took the cauliflower to another level. The tempura itself was well done, not at all soggy. I also had two regular rolls: yellowtail scallion & eel avocado, both of which were perfect. Each had the right ratio of rice to fish, and the yellowtail in particular was perfectly fresh. To drink, we both had a glass of the lychee sake and a glass of plum wine, both of which were perfect complements to the sushi rolls. I plan to head back very soon for the lychee sake in particular, it was amazing!
Sign up to be an Access member on their website. It's free to join. Access members get a $20 certificate on their birthday and special deals throughout the year. This was my first time at this location. I usually go to the one on the UES, but this location is pretty cool too. It was packed when we arrived, but somehow a table magically appeared. We had the $40 Access special for two people which included an app, two entrees, dessert, and a bottle of wine.(You have to print out the deal on paper, they will not accept it on your phone).
Appetizer: We had the King Crab Dumplings. My first bite was a little fishy, but then was tasty with a little help from some soy sauce.
Entrees: I had the Gramercy Park Roll. I didn't know what the heck I was eating, but damn it sure tasted good. So much going on with spicy tuna, jalepenos, yellowtail, and salmon, and roe. It was a good mix of flavors.
My friend had the Sumo which was Spicy Tuna, eel cucumber, and Salmon avocado rolls. Definitely a lot of sushi, very fresh. My friend was happy and it comes on a large round blue disc that reminds me of a frisbee.
Dessert: We had banana spring rolls with chocolate dipping sauce. This dish came with a spoon, but it would have been easier to dip the rolls into the chocolate with chopsticks for sure. My friend liked the spring rolls sans chocolate, but I thought it was yummylicious either way.
Wine: we had a bottle of the Noble Vines 337 Cabernet Sauvignon. They were out of the sake and I am glad we had the red wine. The table next to us could smell our wine and were in awe of the aroma. I would drink it again in a heartbeat even though red wines are normally a little heavy for sushi. Sip slowly people ;p
Our bill came and it was $43 with tax. $60ish after tip. It would have been over $100 without the deal so we both walked away happy (and a little tipsy).
place was packed on a tues night.
decent fish for a chain sushi restaurant but the rice for the sushi was sub par and very hard and stale. otherwise three stars.
pretty expansive menu. good service. general chain sushi restaurant.
This Haru is much like the others all over the city. My friend and I started with the peanut spinach, which was an excellent appetizer. The edamame was salted fine but a little buttery for my taste. The shrimp and veggie tempura was pretty good, but too many yammy squashy veggies for my taste. Haru puts big cuts of sushi in your roll, which some people might prefer, but I guess I don't. Wah wah. If you're like me, get the kinds of rolls that pack a lot of stuff other than sushi in it.
If it wasn't for restaurant week, I probably would not have eaten here. My friends wanted to go and the normal menu is ridic overpriced for subpar sushi. The dessert was the bomb. Always go for the tempura cheesecake. The appetizer was good too. I had the rock shrimp tempura. The sushi though was just eh.
They are very friendly. Kinda slow service but they where very busy! Food was good. Duck rolls and popcorn shrimp were very good. Salmon tartar was ok. Dragon rolls were delicious with the sweet sauce. Lobster rolls were kinda dry but ok. Shrimp tempura hand roll were good.
We stopped by Haru after a long day walking around the city, and we were lucky to snag a small table outside on a Saturday evening. Service was impressively fast, and the sushi was light, fresh, and well priced — no complaints, and excellent people watching. I particularly enjoyed the jalapeno salmon roll since I've never had that pepper in a roll before.