Mikaku Sushi
“Lunch bento boxes with fried tofu or vegan mock meats give you a lot of food for less than eight dollars.”
“The Mikaku delivery always arrives on time and the deliveryman is very friendly.”
“I ordered a shrimp tempura combo with a eel tempura roll and a salad.”
Mikaku Sushi
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Chinese own sushi joint.
Service was extremely slow.
Water was not provided for us. We had to ask for water after sitting there for a LONG time.
Food took forever to come out even tho we were the ONLY customers in the place.
Sushi was just ok. Nothing that would make me come back here.
Ambiance: they tried to make a take out sushi place look a bit more upscale by dimming the light with candles..but it didn't work for us.
Not going to come back to this one
Got take out – they have a special combo where you order a meat (eg salmon teriyaki, which I got) and it comes with rice, some veggies, salad, sushi and miso soup fkr about $10. Seemed too good to be true but I was starving after gym. Food was prepared quickly, but unfortunately it was a little too good to be true. Veggies were dry and comprised of a broccoli stem and a dried up carrot cut out in those weird necessary shapes you often see in Asian restaurants. The teriyaki sauce came separately from the salmon and was very thick; the sushi was dry. I liked the miso soup though!
Dear sushi peeps, sushi fish isn't supposed to be "fresh". EVER!
First, my long ass rant on sushi reviews (to skip, scroll down to THE FOOD):
I sat waiting for my to go order and wanted to check Yelp's review on this joint. Then I read a few reviews from other sushi spots nearby. I don't think I've ever read a sushi review on Yelp, before today. I just got the Yelp app a month ago and before that, I never did the review thing, but rather from friends who's taste I trusted or just go by looking at the restaurant menu and the feel of the place. Not to be cocky, but I was usually spot on and besides that… I just thought Yelp was dumb. Yeah, I know… Anyway, these quotes came up often during my read: "the fish was so fresh" , or "…the fish here, unlike blah, blah, or blah is as fresh as it gets". Uh, no…
Eons ago, I dated a Japanese girl who's family owned a sushi restaurant in Midtown. She schooled me on sushi(among other things) and this is what I remember most: All fish are supposed to be frozen for a number of days to "kill bacteria" that naturally live on it and could make you sick or in extreme cases, kill you. Tuna, for example, can be frozen for weeks on end. Infact, in the US, there is a standard amount of time fish like Tuna and Salmon should be frozen to meet the safety requirements needed to serve it in a restaurant.
At upscale joints like Nobu or Sushi Yasuda, where tuna might be bought whole, they actually freeze the fish themselves (if it wasn't already frozen when bought and have a freezing technique that is unique to them!) Tuna is a huge fish and most sushi joints can't afford to buy them whole, so they take extra precaution with the fillets they buy from a third party, which most likely is frozen anyway. If bought unfrozen(is this a word?) from a third party, they will more then likely freeze it to make sure ALL bacteria is killed.
If you've ever seen the movie JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, you may remember him going to the most famous fish market in the world, The Tsukiji Market, to shop for his fish. Every whole tuna that was bidded on was frozen. When they are caught at sea, those large ships flash freeze them, because they are out there fishing for weeks on end. By the time it gets to the market, that tuna was caught a long time ago.
Lets say you have a local guy who is out there catching tuna the traditional way, with a pole. Even if he brings it in to say, Nobu, a few hours afer it's caught, they will freeze it for the required amount of days! This technique also ages it and helps with flavor. That said, many other pieces of sushi are marinated or treated also in a process that last days or sometimes a week! In conclusion, non of us are eatting fish that was just caught "24 hours ago", because it is actually DANGEROUS and the best flavor of the fish has yet to materialize! The reason you are paying $300 and higher at these Bergdorf Goodman type of sushi restaurants is for the highest grade tuna/fish that was bought, in addition to the skill set of the sushi chef who's job is to bring that fish to it's full potential in terms of taste for you. And that… is a very hard and rare skill to learn (see, Jiro Dreams of Sushi)
Now…THE FOOD:
This place is average, but for this area, average quality and price is a rare combo. So, thats a bonus. The quality is slightly above store bought pre-made sushi. In other words, it like the take out Chinese on the corner…"not for a date night, but perfect for a Netflix night".
The place itself is cute, though. Small and intimate. Good for lunch. That was a lot to read for this average review, huh? Yeah, i'm long winded in real life too…
Decent sushi that's what it is. You can't go wrong but it is also not the best. However it is very affordable and you get a lot for what you pay for. The sushi is not great and the fish is actually not that fresh at all. The service is nice though
An OK place to get sushi when you're in a rush.
I came here on my lunch break, Mikaku Sushi is literally a hole in the wall but it's adorable. The cashier was a really sweet and friendly.
I ordered a Philadelphia Roll and a Spicy Tuna Roll. The Philly roll was average, you can't really mess that up. But the spicy tuna roll tasted a little off, kinda like there were anchovies in it, which I really didn't like.
If I'm in a hurry I'd definitely stop in again, would certainly steer clear of Spicy Tuna roll though.
Meh. It's not outstanding or disgusting Japanese food. It's just your better than packaged sushi place. For the area, this place is a deal. I got a combo box for lunch for 9.75 including tax. This included salmon terriyaki, 4 pc california roll, 2 shumai, salad, and miso soup. A good bang for your buck.
The food was alright, but not very hot in temperature. 🙁 just warm food which makes me uneasy. I think the low price may have made it seem tastier.
This place is pretty much what everyone says about it – really solid/decent food for a good price in this area. I got the chicken katsu which was…good. Everything is just really standard, but sometimes that's exactly what you want. If I lived nearby, this would be a go-to comfort place for me. The restaurant itself is very warm and cozy, great for a first or second casual date or a night with a few friends. This also strikes me as a place that would be great to eat alone in. The dinner combos are all around $10 which is hard to beat in the area. Good service. Overall, a good place to know about. Didn't get real sushi so I can't speak to that but the shumai and california roll that came with the dinner plate was also…solid.
I was on vacation and staying at Nomo Soho with some friends, and we were starving after our trip in. This was close by and coming from the Midwest, I had literally never had what my more worldly friends call "legit sushi" so I wanted to try something. It's a tiny little hole in the wall and we had to wait a bit to be seated but it was worth it. Suffice it to say it was really good and definitely different from what we have in St. Louis, more fresh and quite a bit more tasty. They had a really good lunch deal, 2 rolls for $9 with miso soup and salad. I'm not a big fan of miso soup but my friend said it was delicious, and the price was honestly amazing for the food, it was filling and yummy just like sushi should be. Would definitely come back here.