Chikurin
“The only thing is that delivery took a while which is why I knocked off a star, but it was worth the wait.”
“For two special rolls, four sushi pieces and a Nabeyaki Udon split between my bf and I, our total was around $31.”
“When dessert time rolled around, I got myself an ice cream tempura (fried ice cream) in the flavor vanilla.”
Chikurin
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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I've been a chikurin going since high school and now I have graduated from college. Over the years, the price have increased slightly but this is one of the better sushi restaurants in the neighborhood. They have good pricing and decent quality. I would best rate it at 3.5 stars. However, over the years, it has slightly aged and have gotten kind of dirty and not as pristine as other sushi restaurants in the neighborhood. I highly recommend that you stop by to give them a try tho!
How in the hell is this place, among a sea of fantastic sushi spots, even in business? Mediocre food, incomplete order, and rude staff is what I experienced this evening. Let me start by saying I placed my order on seamless for the Chikurin on Ocean Avenue, so I should have received my food from the Chikurin on Ocean Avenue. So, on top of this establishment messing up my dinner, they also lied with regards to where my food actually came from. I learned this upon calling them to complain (with the phone number I retrieved from the seamless confirmation) and having the confused lady telling me I must have ordered from somewhere else. Sure enough, I look at the paper receipt and see that it the information was different. So, I call the place on 86th.
I tell the lady that they forgot my soy sauce; I don't know about you, but I never have and never will eat my sushi dry. After a long pause, she asks me if I want them to bring me some. Um, yes, that would be lovely. She then tells me it will be at least an hour. AN HOUR. To deliver something that requires ZERO PREPARATION and which should have BEEN INCLUDED IN MY DAMN ORDER IN THE FIRST PLACE. She insists there's no way it will be faster, so I tell her to forget it and that I'll be sure to write a nice Yelp review.
After going out to the store to buy a bottle of soy sauce (which, let me just add that ordering delivery is completely pointless if it requires me to put on pants and leave my apartment), I sit down to eat my special tuna roll. It was not the same quality that I am accustomed to from eating at the Ocean Avenue location. It was bland and the idiots didn't even cut the pieces all the way through, which resulted in it falling apart and being very difficult to eat.
Never again will I order from chikurin.
I seriously need to return and give this joint another shot because this weekend's visit was rather odd. I ordered sushi, I received sashimi instead. We ordered oysters and out came the half dozen, plus a scoop of ice cubes ON TOP of the open faced morsels. Err…?? A random cherry came with the oysters too. Uhh… Taste wise, they were okay. Not exactly fresh, but they weren't rotten either. I did not get sick so I'll come back another time, only for sushi though.
Great sushi and not too expensive (there are mango rolls yay!). The place wasn't packed at all on a Wednesday night around 6:30. My friend and I were the only customers until a small crowd started coming in around 7. The owners are Chinese and friendly, and the restaurant itself is spacious. We ordered 4 rolls and a beef udon. Everything was really good, no complaints. Would definitely come back if I'm in the mood for sushi.
It's been pretty hot these past few weeks and when it's hot, I don't want anything hot to eat nor do I want to cook for myself. I been on a serious sushi kick during this hot and humid weather and because of that I decided to give Chikurin another chance and it's also about a 2 minute walk from my home.
The quality of the food has improved! I usually get the any two or three roll lunch special and/or a kani salad. The quality of the rolls are okay, but not great. Sometimes it looks like they don't put much effort into making it because there were instances where the roll kind of falls apart.
One specific sushi roll I been falling in love with is the salmon roll with crunch. I normally don't eat raw fish, but I seriously been hooked on this. It's really good and I am glad I don't taste or smell any fishy-ness from the sushi.
Overall, I am glad quality and customer service has improved. However, they are no match for my currently favorite sushi spot which is about another 15 minutes from my house. I wouldn't come here for a sushi/dinner fest, but it serves it's purpose if you want lunch or a late lunch., but as for dinner I wouldn't really recommend this place.
My favorite sushi spot when in Brooklyn! Price is fair and the sushi always tastes great! I get every kind of dragon roll they have plus spicy tuna. NOMMMMMMMM
Never order take out here. It' been an hour and a half and counting. I called twice and got an attitude both times. They said it's coming, it's coming and hung up. I live a few blocks away, I could have crawled there and gotten the take out faster than your horrible take out service.
I came here this past weekend with my boyfriend. We had an average experience.
I had the plum wine – which was amazing. They also continually gave us hot tea refills. Don't ask me what kind of tea it was.
We ordered a lot…
Calamari – $6 not a bad option. It had some taste and I liked the dark sauce it came with. Small price, small portion. No major complaints.
Sushi –
I don't remember what any of the specialty rolls were called, but we got philly rolls, alaskan, and one that was a cali roll with tuna and salmon on top. The specialty rolls had odd names. I noticed a lot of their rolls had egg in them, which I am not a fan of.
Service was okay. They gave us a doggy bag of sushi that wasn't ours….I'm guessing that it was just leftover because it was later at night. I didn't like whatever kind of sushi it was.
Overall, this place wasn't impressive. I thought since I loved the wine and calamari, that I would also love the sushi, but it just wasn't the case. Meh.