Authentically Japanese with a "clientele to match", these "solid" izakayas in Midtown and the Financial District provide "real-deal" sushi and "legit" cooked dishes that result in "crowded" lunch hours; "spare" digs and "perfunctory" service are offset by a "reasonable" bottom line.
What may appear at first glance to be yet another expense account sushi restaurant is, in fact, one of the most interesting and idiosyncratic Japanese restaurants in the city -- and certainly the only one this far south. The specialties range from needlefish (one of the weirdest looking creatures on earth) to five different kinds of fish heads simmered delicately in dashi broth, to an otherworldly beef-heart yakitori.
Japanese fare in the Financial District.