Sushi Onikai — Restaurant in Tokyo

I don’t usually write bad reviews unless I feel it’s absolutely necessary. I have no idea why this place has so many good reviews—either it was under different ownership before, or someone paid for fake reviews.

First, the place is difficult to find, especially in the dark at night. If the food had been amazing, it could have been a cool, "hidden gem" speakeasy-style sushi restaurant. However, the food was absolutely terrible. I don’t understand why people claim it’s great—have they even tasted real sushi before? One of the sushi rolls was just cucumber, rice, seaweed, and some fancy black pepper. Seriously?

The hygiene of this place was also concerning. The sushi chef was coughing while preparing the sushi! He wasn’t wearing a mask and didn’t even cover his mouth while coughing. I didn’t feel welcome when I entered or left the restaurant, possibly because the chef was sick and had no energy—unlike what other reviews described. If he was unwell, the restaurant should not have been open that day.

To make matters worse, several of us got sick a few days after eating there.

While this wasn’t an expensive omakase experience, I firmly believe you could get far better sushi at a conveyor-belt sushi spot. This place isn’t worth your money or the health risk. I do not recommend it, and I will not...

It was a very unpleasant experience. I made a reservation for this restaurant for 2 people on the agency's website, but for some reason, the system booked it twice for two people, so it turned into a reservation for 4. I was completely unaware of this until I received the reminder email. I quickly replied to the email, stating that I only had two people. The restaurant did not respond, and since it only serves dinner, no one answered the phone. When I arrived at the restaurant, they said it was not possible, and I would still have to pay for 4 people. I told them I had replied to the email and informed them of the system error, and that we only had two people. They said they hadn't checked the email. In the end, we all compromised and paid for 3 people, but I completely lost my appetite to enjoy the food because I was angry. You must have noticed the booking issue to email me, you had the doubt….and I tried to contact you, but your response of "I didn't check my email" seemed very unreasonable to me.its not about the money,its the attitude…you asked me to advise you then you...

Amazing experience!

In researching a moderately priced Omakase for my trip to Japan, I came across Sushi Onikai. Reservations online were super easy and flexible through Tablecheck in English.

The store itself is somewhat hidden and located in a cute neighborhood. Hosted upstairs in what looks to be an old house, it’s an L shaped bar with limited seating only for reservations. For the omakase itself, we had about 3 small appetizers and around 15 courses. You can also have the option of adding sake (a la carte, or unlimited pairings) at the start and/or additional uni at the end of the service. Had I not been so full, I would have chosen to have some additional pieces. I appreciated some of the untraditional sushi choices, particularly enjoyed the monkfish liver - definitely something I hadn’t eaten before!

The chefs were very funny and spoke great English. They were very interactive and also eager to recommend good sake...