Spiral Project #11: Sushi Lounge

Posted by Rocco Privetera on February 9th, 2010 filed in Musings, News, Restaurant Review

Woo, another keeper! Right on the corner of 8th and ave a we find Sushi Lounge. It appears to be a twin to Sushi Zen on St. Marks and 2nd ave, a long time mainstay of mine, where I still insist you get the best ramen in the city (that I’ve had, so far).

Anyway, I went there twice in the last couple of days – the low carb diet I’m on is conducive to sashimi. I ordered the sashimi deluxe platter, where I got 12 pieces of sashimi, a salad, and a spicy tuna roll. After the 50% discount, it came to ten bucks  – wow. Can’t be beat for value.

The fish was all fine – fresh. Just fine. I wouldn’t put them in the great category, I’ve had better, but they were good and for half-price they were fantastic. The sashimi came on a bed of kelp too, instead of the normal radish scrapings, which was tasty and welcomed (and the first I’ve seen in a budget sushi place). The spicy tuna roll was fine, average for NYC – very few places like to do anything creative with the poor spicy tuna roll, it seems. There was a great sushi place in NJ I used to go to that made their spicy with Frank’s red hot and it was superb.

The decor is funky, sort of like a diner, big bright and loud. The clientele is mostly younger folks, it has a crazy bathroom where people are encouraged to write on the walls. It can get a little TOO loud at times.

I’ve eaten their twice, as I said, and both times the meals were good, cheap, and well quality. Service is fast. You can’t go wrong with this place!

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