EN Japanese Brasserie
“I opted out of the RW menu and got a miso black cod as my entree and it was probably the BEST miso black cod I ever had!”
“Dessert:
chocolate cake $9 – 5 stars, homemade ice cream on cold stone plate with hot chocolate cake.”
“I ordered the Soyo Kaze tasting menu which was amazing and my date ordered off the A la Carte, both of her dishes were also incredible.”
EN Japanese Brasserie
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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I would highly recommend coming here for lunch. Their lunch sets are super filling and include a variety of items to try. My group all ordered varying lunch sets: the sashimi, the miso sea bass, and fried chicken. Each set contained their homemade soft tofu, a salad, a cooked veggie side, rice and miso soup, all for around $25. This is a reasonable price for any sit down lunch in this area of the city, but a great price for their level of quality and quantity.
I would also recommend the agedashi tofu. this is usually my go to appetizer at all Japanese restaurants but it's especially good here. Their dashi sauce is cooked to be slightly thick and includes a variety of msuhrooms. So DELICIOUS!
This place has a great atmosphere for a date or for a small group. It's sexy but not pretentious or over the top and the high ceilings make it feel open and not-at-all cramped, which can be a tough combo to come by in NYC.
Don't miss the homemade tofu: sprinkle with some salt and soy sauce and be amazed at the joy that is apparently tofu. Also, the whole seabass was great and the garlic fried rice went perfectly with the sauce the fish is served in.
Yum!
Great place for celebrations. First time here was in a private room for a friend's birthday, second time was for a double date and third time was for a bachelorette party. Our entire table ordered the Kaiseiki, 3 Soyo Kaze and 2 Nohara. Loved the rhythm of the 7-course fare and how each dish was deliberately prepared. Excellent service.
It wasn't hard to get a table on Friday night. I was able to reserve our table 40min before we got there. Decor is great and their arrangement is little unique or strange, still makes great ambiance. Staffs were friendly and very attentive. I never had hard time to get a help when I needed. They have 3 choice of Kaiseki course but we made up our mind to go with A la carte as some of dishes on Kaiseki were not our favorite. We decided to try following items on menu. They were all delicious and enjoyable yet like many of others told, nothing was memorable. I think from this price range, you start to demand something memorable.
Freshly made scooped tofu – although tofu is inexpensive food in general, it has very delicate process on making it. So well made fresh tofu is always precious thing despite its price. It was very well made tofu that I could enjoy – yet I've had better one numerous time.
Uni Yuba Sashimi – Uni on the sliced tofu skin with Yuzu sauce. Uni was fresh and it was nice start for our meal.
Miso marinated black cod – black cod is one of my favorite fish and I like it most when it is marinated with Miso glazed. It was delicious but it was slightly dry. I rather prefer moist one.
Mochi Croquette – fail of the night. I don't get the concept for this food. Doesn't feel like mochi and dashi broth were making good combination. Croquette surface was soggy, not crispy.
Salmon clay pot rice – It was better than I expected. Shiso leaf with Salmon and Salmon roe made great ensemble. When it came to the table, I was little skeptical on this as salmon roe didn't seem to be fresh but it was ok when you put it with rice. I didn't know shiso leaf can give this kind of texture when it is sliced very thin. Final touch from shiso leaf was made this rice pot impecable.
Wagyu from Miyazaki – the dish of the day. Wagyu is always best as it simply melt in mouth. Every bites are joyful when you have them. It was perfectly cooked, indeed worth the price.
EN ice cream – We choose fig/fuji apple/earl gray and they were all very delicious. My girlfriend called it best thing she had from here. I think I agree with her.
Overall, it was great time being there. I will be coming back sometime when we are craving for Japanese food as we liked their ambiance very much. They also had 2 of tatami room for group people so it can be nice spot to go when you have an occasion with group.
I was very impress with this place, both the menu items as well as the atmosphere and decor. It was a great deal for a 7 course meal, $70. If you are doing the Kaiseki (course) menu, expect to dedicate several hours to the meal. Every single dish was delicious and cooked with some aspect of traditional Japanese style. I didn't expect to be full either because I went in with the perception that the serving sizes would be tiny. The serving sizes are small but it was actually just enough to savor each dish and by course number five I was pretty full already. This place does lose a star for its dessert. I love strawberry ice cream, but I was expecting a more unique take on the traditional ice cream. So the pervious six courses were very good, I had high expectations for the dessert but it was just a scope of strawberry ice cream. It was delicious ice cream nonetheless but it just seemed a little out of place compared to the previous courses.
Overall, love the place, great food, and excellent service!
Haven't been to nyc in a long time but per Gfs recommendation we check this place out.
The decor is phenomenal with very high ceilings and a large open kitchen to see the chefs and cooks at work!
We arrived early for our 930 ressie so we had to wait until 930 but was promptly seated once the clock struck 935 so not a bad wait 🙂
We each ordered the Soyo Kaze tasting menu
The food came out well spaced apart, so that we weren't rushed to eat our dishes and we weren't starving in between either.
The tofu was amazing and the pork was great as well and loved the presentation! The pork came out sizzling on a stone slab! Loved it.
I took the $70 menu without alcohol and it definitely worth the price! Over the 7 courses we had, 4 of them were absolutely delicious, especially the sashimi and the fish. The service was really fast and helpful. For the desert, I would advise the sorbet instead of the ice cream, but both were good! Will definitely try again 🙂
WOW I am thoroughly impressed as En Japanese Brasserie quickly climbed to the top of my favorite restaurants list with every bite.
Entrees
– fresh tofu made hourly – even my friend who hates tofu liked this one
– miso black cod
– assorted mushrooms in soy milk broth
– Berkshire pork belly with daikon
– garlic fried rice
– uni don
Dessert
– kurogoma tofu mochi donuts
– matcha white chocolate tiramisu
All of the entrees were delicious and so well made. Japanese flavors are always delicate yet intense. I would highly recommend the fresh tofu and pork belly.