KOMA Sushi — Restaurant in New York

Upon checking out, I told the host/server that I would be using apple pay and tipping 20% in cash. When we made it to the tip screen, she took it upon herself to keep the service charge on 18% and pressed next FOR me; and I didn’t even sign anything. She told me it didn’t matter what I wanted to do because the service charge was not going to go to any of the staff. That explanation was even more absurd to me and it is incredibly rude and illegal and unethical to inexcusably think that you have the right to do what you think is “acceptable” for a customer. I told her, that if the tip isn’t going to the staff, why am I still paying for that? She unapologetically shrugged and said, “it doesn’t matter, it’s going to get charged anyway, I can’t do anything about it, it’s legally required.” What? Are you slow? I have been in the hospitality industry for 12 years on the business end, and BY LAW, it is ILLEGAL. She needs to get her facts straight and get fired for thinking that it is okay to nonchalantly press and skip the sign button the screen for me. L

Bottom line: I was going to tip (20%) $40 in cash because no one wants their tips to be taxed, she said not to, because they won’t receive it anyway, she tapped 18% for me and to the end of the screen with no signature required, claiming that it was bound to happen anyway and that there was nothing that she could do about it.

Before any of this, I called to make the reservation this same host who kept cutting me off/didn’t allow me to speak, we arrived 10 minutes earlier, she didn’t greet us but glared at my family, we Asians felt judged and unwelcome by this non Asian woman in an SUSHI OMAKASE restaurant. There was no one seated in this restaurant but...

Alright here's the 411 folks. Do you want an "All you can eat" experience? Do you want to witness culinary mastery? Do you want to to take a date to not just any ordinary restaurant? Then look no further than KOMA Sushi. My family and I had the most wonderful experience of dining at KOMA Sushi on Monday to watch the Tuna carving followed by omakase style tuna servings. Now, I don't know about you but this was the first time I ever gazed upon a 140 lbs. Tuna fish from Mexico finely sliced and diced by what I could compare to Olympic style showmanship of knife skills. One would think, "I could cut a tune like that with enough practice" only to wake up from the food coma induced by the over 20+ sushi servings in one sitting, but rest assured you should leave it to the professional. I know what you are thinking "wait, it's just tuna sushi in different ways? Wouldn't the pieces all taste the same?" Well my anonymous review reader, that could not be further from the truth. I can confidently say that every single piece of sushi I had that night had its own taste, characteristics, and profile unlike any other (unless, of course, it is the same piece then yes they did taste the same). I left that restaurant with a delightfully full belly and a reoccurring dream of wanting to be a fisherman just so I can bring another tuna back to this establishment so that I can reexperience the greatness all over again.

Side note: if you have friends that are kosher like myself, then it's a win-win situation...

We came here as a group of four and sat at the sushi bar, and it was a great experience. This is built more like a traditional Japanese style sushi bar, rather than your usual kosher sushi restaurant. If you're in the mood for kosher sushi, this place has got some of the freshest and delicious fish available.

We didn't do the Omakase (custom chef menu) but we did order a fair amount of food and the cost was about $40-50 per person, which was very reasonable for the amount we ordered. We tried the fatty Toro rolls, which were excellent, and started with a salmon skin salad and yellowtail serrano which were perfect. The fish is really fresh here, so the true taste comes out.

We also got the katsu roll, which is battered and fried salmon, it was awesome. The chefs hit us with some hand rolls, and my personal favorite was a salmon tomato sashimi that was broiled with a torch.

I only had a few qualms - the waiter didn't mention unlimited sake on the $70 Omakase but we saw someone else getting it. Weird, but also weird that you can't just order sake - we really wanted sake but just couldn't buy it without spending money on an Omakase? They should allow sake to be purchased separately (or at least BYOB).

Also, the bar was at a higher eye level than we could see, which was also not ideal. Finally, there was no dessert menu, which is an opportunity for them. I also wish there were more main courses, maybe some noodle dishes or some true Japanese entrées with...