Dainobu
“In the front they have a large selection of prepared meals, both Japanese and Korean delicacies, rice balls, and sushi to go.”
“They have a to go section which has daily specials of nigiri to bento boxes and appetizers.”
“they even offer things without seafood, like spicy todu on rice or sushi rolls with avacodo.”
Dainobu
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
8 reviews
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Lovely little Japanese grocery store w/ cute bento lunch options. They have a kitchen in the back where they prep the bento lunches and sushi boxes daily. As with most Japanese food, sugar content is high. Some lunch options I typically go for:
1) Bentos – Hamburg Steak, Grilled Mackerel
2) Sushi – Spicy Tuna Roll, Spicy Salmon Roll
3) Bowls – Gyudon
4) Sides – Gyoza, Takoyaki
5) Pastries – Frank Roll, Green Tea Muffin
6) Veggies – Seaweed Salad, Burdock Root
If you're looking for quick and delicious Japanese food, you should check out Dainobu!
Great option for quick Japanese. Their cooked food is pretty cheap for the area. You can get two basic sushi rolls (i.e. salmon or tuna) for about $7. Chicken karaage is only $3.50! It's cold but it's still surprisingly crispy! You can skip the onigiri. I got a raw spicy tuna one and the tuna tasted cooked to me. There was also not much filling so you're basically eating seaweed and rice. They also have noodles, katsu, and some banchan.
Dainobu also has a good selection of Japanese groceries like noodles, candies, dried goods, frozen meat for BBQ, and even frozen pieces of sashimi. The sashimi seemed a little bit questionable since it was so cheap (about $5 a piece) but I decided to take a risk and try it. I'm glad I did because it actually tasted pretty good (for the price).
Il'l deffo be back to try the sushi rolls and for some more sashimi!
Great selection of Japanese treats. I came to look for some Japanese matcha tea and I wasn't disappointed. It's a small store that's is packed with dry goods,most but not all products are from Japan.Friendly staffs.
This location of Dainobu, Japanese market, is much bigger than the Midtown east location. At least it's not claustrophobic in this location.
There is a ton of refrigerated ready made bento boxes, reheatable rice bowls, sushi and snacks, dumplings, mochi, stir fried udon, Japanese curry, and some japanese grocery items.
The food is nothing gourmet but it's quick and reasonably priced. Just re-heatable food here but I would come if I was in a hurry and hungry.
I come here usually for the Ito En gigantic 2 liter bottles of unsweetened tea but today when I visited, they did not sell it anymore…SAD FACE! 🙁
There is over 200 flavors of Kit Kat in Japan, only two in Dainobu, more sad face.
This is a small Japanese grocery store, part of a chain that also has and makes fresh food items. like sushi rolls, noodles, katsu, banchan and even chicken patties. They have frozen ramen, Berkshire sausage.that you can microwave in the store, including sashimi if you dare. And they also have beauty and household items too..
The place is packed at lunch time but the food is the quick to go that is reasonably price for the area but I feel it is not restaurant quality but maybe better that a food truck.
I go to here and at there other store on 47th street and Lex, because of the large selection of Japanese snacks, like rise crackers, muchi, candy, and not just Pocky but Macha KitKats and then you have soft and hard Japanese drinks.
The place is worth a look if you are in the area, who knows, you may find something you normally don't see at other places.
Great little Japanese foods and goods store! The store is already small in size but feels even smaller because it's absolutely jam-packed with a dizzying array of items on every shelf. Walking in you're greeted by a spread of prepared meals, like sushi, ramen, and soup; right beyond that are the groceries, followed by rows of Japanese snacks, frozen foods, cooking ingredients and sauces, and even skincare and home goods. Prices are fair, the staff is friendly and speak both Japanese and English. The only thing to take note of is that many items are directly imported so they don't have a stitch of English on the package, but fortunately there's the simple solution of just asking the staff 🙂
I know I'll definitely be stopping here quite a bit – quite excited Dainobu is so close to my flat!
Great Japanese market!
Among others, I like Dainobu because they accept a credit card at no minimum amount! (FYI, there are many Japanese places in the Midtown which accept only cash, which is a bit annoying. Seriously…)
Dainobu literally feeds me all day long. They open at 8am in the morning, so I usually stop by to grab a bottle of green tea on my way to the office. I definitely stop by to pick up lunch (freshly made sushi rolls, a bento box or don). When craving for late afternoon snacks, I'm back to Dainobu to buy snacks like green tea chocolate, mochi, pocki, etc.
Thanks for being near my office. Dainobu is such a great spot to grab quick japanese lunch for me who can't afford a sit-down lunch at Nobu everyday.