Midtown Shangri-La

Shangri-La has some great sushi. In a really good way, this place felt like a dive restaurant and I loved that. The atmosphere felt pretty authentic and cool. The service was a bit slow and wasn’t quite the best but it wasn’t awful. But the food, the food was really really good. I went with a group so we just got a bunch of sushi and shared it. Here is what we got:

Smoked Salmon Sashimi: this was good! It was actually my first time having smoked salmon and having sashimi, but, it was really good and tasty. I feel like Smoked Salmon is a pretty easy way to give sashimi a try!

Salmon Roll: I know I’m boring, but, I always get a basic Salmon Roll when I try a new sushi place. I feel like it’s just a good test to understand the quality of their sushi. After my first piece, I knew that the sushi here was legit and good quality.

Dragon Roll: this was by far my favorite roll. Just a lot of great flavors and I’m a big fan of eel!

LA Crunch Roll: this was a very good roll, too. Definitely my second favorite. A lot of good flavor and a nice little crunch which can be good.

Spicy Salmon Crunch Roll: I’m not the biggest fan of spicy sushi. The spice doesn’t bother me, it’s the mayo base that is usually used for spicy rolls. I don’t care for mayo so sometimes it can just be a bit much for me. But this roll wasn’t bad. I enjoyed it, it just wouldn’t be my first choice. In terms of spice, I’d consider it very mild.

Octopus Explosion: this roll was really underwhelming. There just wasn’t anything going on with it. So it just wasn’t really worth it to me. Not great flavor and just boring. Not bad, there’s just so many better options.

Overall, really good place. Loved the sushi and would definitely go back and recommend it here!