Wasabi — Restaurant in Ridgewood

I've been a hard core sushi person since the 70s when it first came to NY Metro. I think I know my stuff having been to Asia as well. I've found some really good sushi places in Bergen County: this isn't one of them. My correct assumption was that it would be overpriced simply because it's in Ridgewood. It costs more than far better places in Manhattan. We ordered 2 appetizers and several different sushi rolls. The fish wasn't good and the ratio of rice to fish was ridiculously small. The hamachi wasn't fresh and had the day old fishy scent. The Dragon Roll was very skimpy and I could not detect the slightest taste of eel. And it was half the size of what you'd find at other places for more money.

I cannot understand how people give it such high ratings when there are far better places in Fair Lawn, Glen Rock and Ridgewood...

Little bit outside of Ridgewood downtown area, this restaurant is located in a beautiful garden area, with their own parking lot. The inside of the restaurant appears old and under maintained.

But their has lots of goodies, sushi, sashimi, udon, katsu, all of them either in combos or individual dishes. I loved the spider and dragon rolls. They were large pieces, rice was soft, they were well made. Got the chicken karaage combo as well. Chicken was little over fried to my liking. Miso soup and rice bowl were good. The combo plate had lots of chicken, easily shareable between two.

Service is pretty good. We didn’t have to wait long to order or to get our food. Overall we had a nice weekend lunch, but not impressive enough...

Overall this place is good. I’d give another half a star if it was an option.

Grilled (or fried?) yellowtail for an appetizer was exceptional! Everything else was good, but nothing too exciting.

Prices are high but comparable with other dine-in sushi places in the area.

Service is what lost them the stars. I ordered a Sushi-sashimi combo that came with a regular roll of my choice, and I made a seemingly simple request to serve the roll on a separate plate (for my 3-year old who can’t have raw fish or food touching raw fish due to age). And they said it was not possible unless I ordered an extra roll. Which I did. But that just rubbed me the wrong way. At this price point I wouldn’t expect push-back on...