Chidori Revolving Sushi — Restaurant in New Haven

Great new Sushi spot. Lots of fun variety and quite the novelty. The conveyer goes along the edge of the tables with freshly made sushi in pieces of 2. Normal Sushi Rolls are typically $2.50 on a blue plate, Specialty rolls are $3.50 on a red plate, and Sushi or Sashimi was usually $5.50 on a black plate. Choose what you want, put the empty plates in the bin and it automatically calculates it and returns the empty dishes. You can order menu items from the kitchen via the tablet on the table, including yakitori, sides, entrees, drinks, specific sushi and appetizers. Orders are delivered on a little train/barge straight from the kitchen. There's also wait staff to help if you have any questions or problems. Bonus... Every few plates you get a little winner animation and a tiny prize is released gumball style from a machine above the conveyer belt. Small toys or candy mostly. If you want to know how much you've eaten there is a bill total on the tablet. Tip: Put people you trust next to the belt so you can ask them to grab what you want as it goes by. It's a novelty, but the sushi was good - not exquisite, but good enough and it's fun to be able to try lots of things in small plates instead of ordering what you...

It's definitely a fun experience! It's not the cheapest sushi but you get a fun kick out of it. There are 2 pieces of sushi per plate, blue plates are 2.50, red plates are 3.50 and black plates are 5.50. I did notice that grabbing a plate is cheaper than ordering the same thing on the menu. Every 8 or 9 plates you order you receive a fun gatcha prize that deposits in a machine above your table. Sadly our machine was empty, but our waiter brought us over our prizes. There is also a tablet you can order food on and a little train delivers it to you. If you're looking to fill up on sushi on the belt, expect to spend around ~$50 per person, but otherwise it looks like they have quite a few filling entrees on the tablet for around $15 each. They even had some high end sushi like wagyu or uni. They had more vegetarian and vegan options than I expected, many of them being main entrees. None of the sushi I saw on the belt was vegetarian, so you have to order your entrees...

Edit May 2025: I have gone here two more times since my previous review 7 months ago and - having seated in the middle when it wasn't too busy - am pleased to bump it up to 5 stars. When it's not jam packed you really get a variety of high-quality sushi choices.

The sushi is decently priced for the quality (even keeping in mind that when going to a conveyor belt sushi place you’re paying for the gimmick), iirc averages out to ~$1.5/pc. The wait staff is also attentive and would often check on us, refill our drinks, etc. however, our experience was hampered by being seated at the end of the conveyor belt during a busy Friday evening — many of the sushi types never even made it to us! To alleviate this you can also order sushi, rolls and other food that come to your table in cute little trains but those took a while as well. I would advise coming when it’s...