Nakahara Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Leonia

I heard and expected so high of this place but left with some serious disappointment. I had a to-go food from here awhile ago and I loved the food. Ever since then I’ve heard from my friends and coworkers that they had a pleasant visit here. So I finally decided to pay a visit. It was a special occasion and I was just happy to finally visit here. Foods came out and they tasted some good some okay but not as good as I firstly had it. And the incident happened. one of servers tried to refill me the hot water (even after I asked for cold water ahead) and I know that he/she didn’t mean but spilled the hot water on my pants and my coat. He looked frustrated so I kept tell him that it’s okay it happens and another server brought extra napkins. However that was it. No one apologized about the incident and every server had a query eyes of avoiding an eye contact with me and they just kept bringing more napkins. At the end, the oldest lady gave us a gesture if we are done and ready to check out. I have worked at a sushi/roll restaurant during my college year so I understand why they were shy but when someone spilled a hot water to customer, or even to anyone, that shouldn’t be the attitude towards the situation nor to the customer.

That was the moment I saw the true nature of this restaurant. I don’t know how well or well-known this restaurant has been but I’m no long going to recommend this restaurant...

My husband and I have been meaning to check this place out for some time now and finally decided to dine here for dinner. When you enter, it seems like any other ordinary Japanese restaurant and gives a comforting atmosphere. Once we were seated, our server was very attentive throughout the night and made our dining experience pleasing.

For appetizer, we tried their ankou karaage (deep fried monk fish) and tempura appetizers. The monk fish tempura was great, but definitely very filling. Then we ordered our sushi set - my husband tried their sushi omakase and I decided to stick with the chef special sushi. We were blown away by how fresh it was and each piece tasted so good to the point they melt in your mouth! We’ve been searching for an authentic japanese sushi restaurant near our place and this is definitely A+ in our mind. Sushi Chef/owner is also Japanese so you can definitely trust his technique :)

Overall, really good sushi place in our local NJ area and HIGHLY recommend if you’re looking for a good sushi...

I took my college-age son to lunch at Nakahara Japanese Restaurant in early January, and the place was packed. We got a table for two opposite the opening the staff used to pick up dishes from Mr. Nakahara, the sushi chef, and to retrieve cooked dishes from the kitchen. Still, despite the hubbub, my Chirashi was one of the most beautiful displays of raw and cooked seafood, vegetables and other ingredients I've ever seen, and it was as delicious and melt-in-the-mouth as it looked ($18). My son's Sushi Lunch included a California Roll, and he loved it ($15). The crowd in the small restaurant contrasted to my first visit in November 2016, when only two other tables were filled, and Mr. Nakahara was an employee who planned to buy and take over the place from the Korean owners. Next, I might try Nakahara Japanese Restaurant for one of the omakase dinners, which...