Aru Sushi
Aru Sushi
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
7 reviews
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Pearl on Sushi is what this place is still listed as on Seamless Web. I didn't realize it was called Aru Sushi until I went to post a review here on Yelp.
I ordered a lunch to be delivered from here. The price point is decent…Pick two rolls along with soup or salad, for under $10 if I remember correctly. The california roll (which I always order as a safety fall-back roll from new places) was good. I'm glad I included it, though, because I couldn't eat the other roll. The tuna/mango roll just didn't look right. The fish was gray-ish in color and after one bite, didn't taste right. I trashed it. I was, on the other hand, very pleased with the miso soup. Big helping with fresh seaweed and good amounts of tofu. Not enough to save the day for this place in my eyes though.
Nothing spectular about the service or food but definitely one of the better bento box combos I've seen in the area. Their $9.50 bento box includes an entree, rice, shumai, salad, soup, AND 4 pieces of California roll (no substitutions)!
Time for another real time review, folks! I just ordered a Super Devil Roll (Crunchy crabmeat, tamago & cucumber inside, salmon & avocado on the top), a Samuri Roll (Eel, king crab, seaweed salad inside, and tuna avocado on top), and a Spicy Triple Roll (Spicy tuna, spicy salmon, spicy yellowtail top with salmon and avocado). It's supposed to arrive between 1:55 & 2:10 pm. Let us see…. 🙂
Just shy of 40 minute max delivery estimate.
nice delivery guy.
just sushi and soy sauce (definitely not low-sodium) in the bag – no salad or miso. At this price tag, they could throw it in. But such is life.
beautiful rolls! Visually stunning! And a solid eight pieces per roll.
That Samurai roll was off the chain!!! The addition of the seaweed salad inside the roll added a lovely flavor and texture treat, which you don't typically get in sushi. I'm glad I paired it with white rice, as I don't think the nutty essence of brown would've compliment the ingredients. I could've eaten a second roll! Nice choice!
Super Devil Roll: interesting….though I wouldn't repeat. There is no crunch to the crabmeat innards….just mushy. Some flavor…but not what the description sets you up to experience.
Oh, snap! Wait. They mixed up my rolls! They put the Devil innard with the Triple outer, and vice versa….ah…Now I get it. Had they been set up with their proper compliments, they might've both been better rolls. Still, that's a no bueno mix up for a sushi place…..hmmmm……
Hmm…..for sushi alone…I'd give them a solid 3-stars………but 2.5-stars in reality for that mix up, especially when I'm dropping nearly $50 for a splurge lunch. Never had that happen in all my years of sushi eating…then again, maybe that's what we get for eating Americanized fancy pants rolls 😉
Very affordable and huge portions for Japanese food. Delicious and well-made, fresh. The teriyaki salmon dinner bento box came with TWO pieces of salmon of generous size – I have never gotten two with any bento box anywhere else! Great big pot of fragrant green tea. The sushi mix plate was also large and generous. Definitely coming back!
Chinese sushi.
I rest my case.
No major complaints; it was absolutely run of the mill.
My friends got their respective sushi rolls with salmon and eel and were happy.
I was admittedly pleased that they did lunch specials on the weekends; I was able to score a pretty tasty and filling Chicken Katsu Bento Box for about $9.
That's all she wrote.
Normally, I'm a very forgiving guy when presented with Chinese-style sushi. I've passed Aru several times in the past month and was wondering why there are always nearly no patrons inside. The dining room seeming inviting enough, so my friend and I walked in. From the looks of things there were plenty of waiters to serve us, they were just idle and chatting amongst themselves.
I decided to have the deluxe sashimi, which was reasonably priced, as I remember, about $18. It took a while to get our entrees after we had eaten our salad, which tasted okay. However when the sashimi came, it was a big disappointment. Here is a case where size does matter. Unfortunately, they managed to cut every piece of fish down to bite size and also included on my sashimi entree was a lump of spicy tuna, which is exactly what you would get inside a spicy tuna roll. I don't know but I don't consider that to be sashimi. Also, in another huge disappointment, the mackerel was the kind that was nearly fully cooked through with a vinegary flavor. I've had these before in non-New York sushi restaurants and it was horrible. It didn't belong on a sashimi dish, shame… shame….
To top things off service was sporadic, which I can't blame the restaurant for because perhaps the waiters don't have that many customers to serve in the first place. I'm always willing to give things a try, but for Aru, I'm glad it will be my only try.