Okinii
“We ordered a sushi and sashimi combo for $32, which was presented beautifully and most importantly tasted very fresh.”
“I have been hesitating to write a review because this is my hidden gem, but they deserve the recognition.”
“Great place to start the night out with an awesome dinner and afterwards to enjoy the solid bar scene of Greenwich Village! : )”
Okinii
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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It's with great reluctance that I give a restaurant two stars but the food quality was so poor that it's the best that I can offer. My friend and I came here because of the excellent reviews and sadly because of their great presentation. We were both craving sushi so we ordered the Sushi and Sashimi Combo (2) which came with an assortment of sashimi, nigiri, a spicy tuna roll, and a California roll. In the most polite way possible, I can only say that the quality was horrendous. All of the fish was tough and all of the rolls were impossible to pick up because the rice would fall apart. This made for slow eating and we ended up being unable to finish it not because we were full but because it was so disappointing.
A lot of the reviews praise the sushi, but if they ordered the American-style rolls then it's quite easy to conceal the quality of the fish with the overpowering flavors of the sriracha, spicy mayo, and such.
Aside from that, the service was excellent and the presentation was also excellent. But coming here was definitely not worth it since I left the restaurant wondering if I would get food poisoning.
ASIAN PEOPLE, DON'T COME HERE. Basically, this place is fake Japanese food. My family owns one of these places in a small town elsewhere (that is obviously better).
First of all, I misread their online menu and was looking at their lunch prices instead of dinner prices and thought they were quite cheap for dinner so I went. When I got there, I saw that the hibachi prices in-store are $15-22, which is crazy high even for NYC considering the food is inauthentic and not really good. I was so shocked and considering not even ordering from there, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway. RAGRETS.
Note that I had wisdom tooth removal surgery the previous week, and I was slowly weaning myself back on solid food. I wanted hibachi because this is one of the few places in the city that I've found to have it. This place had 4 1/2 stars when I was looking on Yelp, so even though I was skeptical, I gave it a chance. I ordered the hibachi shrimp priced at $15.95, which came out to &17+. There was a man dressed in business casual at the register whom I assume to be a manager/owner who took my order. He was not exactly pleasant and didn't say much, nor did he try to be friendly.
The order didn't take long, but this was also a Tuesday night at 9PM. There were only two other customers there. The food came with the shrimp and vegetables, white rice, and miso soup.
I'm pretty sure the menu says FRIED rice and FRIED vegetables, but the vegetables were steamed and tasteless, and I received WHITE rice. I ordered the shrimp because I thought it would be easier to chew than steak (again, the surgery), but I was wrong. The shrimp was hard and chewy and not light and crunchy like I expected–very overcooked. The food came drizzled in a sauce that I can only identify as teriyaki sauce, even though I ordered hibachi and not the teriyaki option. That sauce was the only thing giving the food the flavor because it would've been tasteless otherwise. The only thing they didn't mess up on was the miso soup, and that's only because it's VERY hard to mess that up.
Again, I do not recommend any person who enjoys good food to come here because the food here legitimately made me angry.
Beautiful presentation with the sushi. The atmosphere is cool and clean, but nothing special, which reflects the prices. They are some of the lowest prices I've seen with sushi places in New York, and for most places for that matter. Their sake tasted awesome too! Staff was very friendly!
Good sushi. Good service. Good pricing. I comfortably enjoyed my sushi plate, while receiving attention from the waiter and manager, but not feeling rushed – lots of seats. This is a good, "go to", when in the area and getting that hankering for some sushi.