Sushi Yasaka

Excellent meal, star to finish. Salad appetizer, though they subbed lettuce in place of the unavailable watercress was good (a little heavy handed on the sesame dressing). The sashimi and rolls were delicious. Cuts were average size. Very nice meal and reasonable value. Only negative is their bottled sake selection is limited and unimpressive. Otherwise, strong recommend.

The staff is absolutely amazing! The sushi is one of the best in the upper west side!
The host is lovely and so is the entire staff.

I love this place and buy food here atleast a few times per week.

The food here is great and inexpensive which I appreciate, but with that the price you pay is inconsistency. I’ve gotten the chirashi lunch special twice now. It says it comes with 14 pieces of fish, but the first time I got it it came it’s 13, I figured it was just a mistake. The second time I ordered it, today, it came with only 11. It was still good, but it’s frustrating to pay the same prices and get something different each time and different from the menu. Picture of the first time with 13 pieces

Love coming here for the good quality fish, reasonable prices and yummy food! Tough to get a seat as it is so popular in evening. Lunch specials are also a really good value. Only wish they delivered higher into UWS!

On the third visit, I was still impressed by the quality and freshness of the sushi. It is clear that Yasaka serves the best dishes, every day, and every order. It has a nice neighborhood feel, and it is not noisy. In spite of the top quality of the food, the prices are good value. The waitstaff is friendly and efficient.

Sushi Yasaka is one of my favourite sushi restaurants in NYC. It serves very authentic Japanese food, including a delicious omakase. Since we went at lunch, they only had the mini-omakase available. But even this included a fatty cut of tuna nigiri, a piece of uni nigiri without nori (how often do you see that?), and a toro roll. We also ordered an uni maki roll, which is also very rarely seen in restaurants. Sadly, inflation has caused the price to increase from $9 about 7 years ago to $15 today. Finally, we also had the agedashi tofu and the sauteed mushrooms (which seemed to be cooked with sake). Both were excellent. To finish the meal, we ate a matcha tiramisu which had matcha ice cream and the sweetest strawberries with cream.

Despite the increase in price of the uni roll, the meal still remained very affordable, especially when compared to other sushi restaurants in Manhattan. I still highly recommend paying a visit!

Fish is always excellent quality! Love the hamachi Kama. Service is hit or miss. Some staff are lovely and others are… not. Will keep visiting and keep fingers crossed our server will be in a good mood. Ha.