Sasabune Express — Restaurant in New York

Found! I am always disappointed when I find a great spot that has been open nearby for a while that I didn’t know about...this is one of those! It apparently has been open for lunch for 6 years, sitting across from the entrance to the Queensboro Bridge. They are serving an edited version of the longer Omikase from the other location, as well as other a la carte options. The fish was excellent, the preparation simple, and overall may have been my favorite lunch sushi place midtown if you don’t mind walk East of 2nd Avenue for this no-frills experience. For more great reviews of the New & Authentic...

The venue has some tall bar tables and 1 2-person dining table. We dined in during lunch and tried their fixed lunch menu for $25. Included in the meal is a miso soup, salad, avocado or cucumber roll, and a tuna or salmon rice bowl. The salmon was fresh and the bowl had a nice sweet warm rice topped with some dried seaweed, which was delicious. Unfortunately, I did not think the price was worth the food since the rolls did not include any fish and did not have anything to it! We were the only patrons so the service was fine. Would not recommend the establishment for any dates since it feels super...

Ordered thru Uber eats. The rolls had way too much rice, the eel roll had bones in it, and the rice was soggy and barely holding together. The blue crab squid roll - blue crab stuffed in raw squid - was incredibly tiny and deceptively photographed to look larger, and had bits of crab shell inside. Tiny portions of fish in the rolls. I expect this kind of shenanigans from all you can eat sushi, not one where I paid a premium on rolls for way less quality (see, e.g., Maguro sushi).

The fact that all the good reviews are from years ago tells me that there might have been a change in management...