Kamasu by Kissaki — Restaurant in New York

I kind of think this place must be a joke, and there must be hidden candid cameras someplace… I’d sum this place up as an over-sauced, under-designed, vastly over-priced, nearly serviceless sushi/nigiri house.

Three of us order the 6 and 7 course “dinner”(literally the word they use on the menu) for $60 and $70 a piece. Each “course” is just a bite, so think more omakase style. Except without almost any service from an omakase experience. Almost no service whatsoever. And they don’t serve the bites one at a time either. And the bites themselves are prepared way over sauced, which is too bad because you can tell the quality of fish is actually pretty good (so two stars versus one). See the pic. Thats four courses. Lol

The atmosphere of the place is uninspired and totally bland. We made reservations for 7pm on a Friday night and were one of two seated tables. That included the bar, which was completely empty. (Worth mentioning the restaurants across the hall were packed.)

Long story short, after spending $200 before tax on “dinner” we went downstairs to little Spain and ordered $15 burgers and fries to finally get enough to eat.

I’m not trying to be a hater. I have eaten at incredible sushi houses in the city. But this is not one of them. It is certainly not selling 5, 6, and 7 coursed “dinners,” and they really should change the wording on their menu. Perhaps if they list as something else, it wouldn’t be so offensive.

I’ve never eaten a burger after a $200 dinner before. But glad little Spain is just downstairs.

Avoid, unless you want a pricey snack. I will avoid moving forward, because they are just way too many other spots that are better than this, across the board! Service was one star. They didn’t keep our water glasses filled or...

Tried this out for lunch today. Came in with no reservation right as they opened and were able to sit at the counter to watch the chef prepare each piece. The place is very quaint and I love the simple chic decor. When making a reservation there is an option to do counter or table —definitely do counter. We both got the 5 piece Temaki. Stand outs for us were the Kampachi, Scallop, and Negitoro. Honorable mention is the Akami—the almonds and the mushrooms on top really brought out the flavor of the tuna. We additionally tried the Steak Tartare and Ebi Mayo garlic and the ebi was the tastier of the two. I will say that if people lean towards liking their sushi with soy sauce do ask for it from the start to have the option for dipping. We also had the beef & kimchi futomaki and were pleasantly surprised at how flavorful it was (thank you to the owner). Speaking of—the owner was very outgoing and personable and fun to interact with while she was also preparing the dishes. The chef was also super sweet explaining each piece and watching him prepare was such a relaxing experience. Not pictured the fresh soup (mushrooms were very flavorful and the broth yum!) and the cucumber sunomono salad (wish there was more cucumber but was also an interesting experience as we don’t really eat that much seaweed outside of nori). Overall a great experience. Now knowing which ones we prefer we definitely intend to return and order a la carte. Fish was very fresh. Considering the quality of the fish and the ingredients I think the price per person is...

This was my first time here. Overall good experience. Everything was fresh and presentable. I sat at the bar since I was alone. Cons: I was feeling rushed upon arrival. Within 2 min of looking at the menu I was approached twice with question if I’m ready to order which was clear I didn’t. Then I was asked if I have any questions about menu and then I said yes the waitress was not able to answer. Also I showed her the pic from Google review to find out the name of the dish and she was not able to tell me what it was (it was recent pic). She than asked about allergies which I told her I don’t have any and 30 seconds later she asked again the same question. So it was weird. Cook was preparing sushi right in front of me so I asked his a question what kind of fish it was. He answered first time but than called the waitress which than anyway asked him the same question cause she didn’t know the answer. Now the sushi experience. I liked everything. Fish was good and fresh, seaweed crispy which I liked especially. The only sushi I didn’t like was salmon row. Which had weird taste and was too “mushy”. The row and rice just all fell through the bottom, it was a mess. Miso soup was really good. Not salty like they usually serve which was nice. I also really like the salmon sushi with some sourness and crispy stuff on top. I agree with comments above that it could have a bit less rice but still tasted great....