Masuta Japanese Fusion — Restaurant in New York

Masuta’s new management has wowed the community and their many years of loyal customers. Their innovative and high quality pieces could easily cost double if eating in Manhattan. If you go in their IG, you can find more exclusive a la carte pieces. They are willing to make your customized sushi dream come true too, whatever you want just ask for it and they will make it happen. Their number one goal is to make their customers happy. The owner came over to talk to us after our meal, the ambience was super homey and friendly, our server was fast and efficient despite walking in during a mini evening rush. It turns out the owner gets fish delivered to the restaurant 6 days a week!!! It can’t get any fresher than that. Instead of buying parts of the fish they order the entire fish and use up every bit within two days! We were impressed with everything. The business owner is down to earth and honest about everything. You can tell he his very passionate and loves spreading smiles and happiness to his community through his restaurant. . We got some items from the menu but most of it was a la carte. We started off with the Yellowtail delight. (A la carte) it was spicy yellowtail wrapped in torched yellowtail topped with avocado, kani salad, and ginger. The bite was so soft and melty. Mixed with the avocado, every texture put together intended for this bite to be super soft. And then you get a nice mini crunch from their pickled ginger. The plating was incredible, honestly I think this soot easily surpasses any modern Japanese cuisine we’ve been to in NYC. The monkfish with live scallops (a la carte) was amazing. I believe it was sitting in ponzu sauce. The monkfish liver was super fresh! Live scallops were slightly torched on top, they turned this delicacy into a masterpiece.

The Japanese pizza was on the menu, this pizza is not your typical Japanese pizza drenched in spicy mayo and a slab of spicy tuna or salmon. They put so much effort into making this pizza. The eel, avocado, crab and cream cheese were carefully placed inside a crispy roti. They layered everything so nicely, the way avocado was placed together was beautiful. It’s so nice to eat foods that look and taste good! You can tell this simple yet not so simple appetizer was made with love and passion.

The king crab tartare blew us away!! This was another a la carte item, the way they put the whole thing together was so beautifully done, not sure how or what mold they use to create the shape, to work with the soft ripe avocado and to layer it as the support base for the king crab requires some serious skills. They also use REAL king crab chunks and not the imitation crab.

The craziest item of the night was the TRIPLE BEAST! (A la carte) Highly recommend ordering this one! Can you imagine putting a solid in your mouth just so it can turn into liquid in matters of seconds! This toast is topped with wagyu, toro, uni, caviar, and gold. It was such an incredible bite, the Santa Barbara uni was so creamy and fresh! Toro and wagyu was so melty and juicy! I cannot think if a more luxurious combo.

The broadway roll (a la carte) was really good as well. We loved the giant avocado and giant king crab filling with minimal rice and a ton of spicy tuna topped on the rolls and seared to perfection! I have to be honest, I never been to a sushi restaurant that actually offers real king crab meat. They are super honest and authentic.

We ended off our meal with their sashimi platter! Every cut was cut super thick and meaty! They do not skim on portions or quality. The yellowtail melted away in my mouth, their tuna is the best grade tuna I had in a long time. It was so fresh and not fishy at all!! White tuna was super soft and melty as well, we loved how fresh everything was. The salmon was no doubt very delicious! The sea bass was amazing too! This sushi platter is the best thing to order to share between friends and family. You get a little bit...

Before I get into my review of the food here I will mention this. My server was a very nice man and he was clearly being berated mocked and teased by this tall man with a white chef coat on. Don’t disrespect your staff, even if he did something wrong it is never the right way to treat somebody like this.

Sushi pieces: Fish was not of great quality and would have to be some of the worst preparation I’ve seen and some of the worst scallops I’ve ever had.

Chicken katsu: Portion was very large which is great but unfortunately chicken was dryer than it should have been and the sauce was not good at all.

Also got these bluefin toast squares which come with gold flakes on them?? Save the gold flakes and give me points that aren’t soggy.

The worst thing here was the uni, I don’t know what it is with this place but the uni was horrendous with a bad taste. Was told by the server that they have king salmon and yellowtail belly, however when pieces came it was just regular salmon and regular yellowtail.

Ended up paying close to $300 with a tip for my one person meal, I eat a lot. This price is worth it for me when the sushi is good, this was not it.

The crazy part to me is that this chef is all pretentious and mocks and makes fun of his wait staff like he’s some type of amazing chef who prances around with his stupid gold flakes in his sushi. Instead of gold flakes try and work on your flavors instead. I’ve had better sushi at a gas station, actually.

I’ve added a photo of the uni, it tastes as disgusting...

Had the best birthday dinner here! This is one of my favorite places for amazing sushi. The fish is so fresh and the service is incredible. Jin and Aimee are always so friendly and helpful when choosing what to order. The presentation is incredible for all their food and drinks. Decided to go with my family tonight and we got a bunch of different plates to share so we could try a variety of items. The drinks are strong and delicious so don’t forget to order a drink or two. Aimee made us our beautiful drinks.

For appetizers, my favorite was the Casino which was crispy fried eggplant topped with spicy tuna and dried tobiko. The combination of everything was insanely good. For our entree, we had the Omakase of the Day which was sooo good with the freshest fish. My favorite fish out of this was the toro and the salmon belly. For dessert, I had to order the Green Tea Crepe cake which was absolute perfection. It was the perfect way to end my amazing birthday dinner. Thank you again to Jin and Aimee for their incredible hospitality! Can’t wait to be back soon!

Drinks: Cosmopolitan Lychee Martino Apple Martini Old Fashioned

Appetizers: Roasted Duck Salad Salmon Lover Casino Paradise Wasabi Crackers with Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna

Entrees: Omakase King Crab & Spicy Tuna Roll

Desserts: Green Tea Fried Ice Cream Green Tea Crepe Cake Green...