Sushi Ann, New York NY

Sushi Ann is one of my favorite higher end Japanese restaurants in New York City. I have dined here on two occasions both times during lunch and had fantastic experiences each visit. While the restaurant has a very minimalist decor on the inside, the sushi and service are both absolutely fantastic.

We did the Omakase experience and it was outstanding. The price is reasonable for the fresh fish and phenomenal service. Every recommendation was perfect. We will be back!

My husand and I used to love this place but were badly disappointed at our last visit in august 2023. First let me say that the quality and freshness of the food is still at it's best, it's impecable. Greatest comliments to chef Noriyuki Takahashi.
The price and the service were seriously questionable. We had booked seats at the counter to have Omakase. Upon arriving at the restaurant - which was half empty - we decided to have some hot food after all and asked if we could move to a table. The host was clearly very unhappy about that stating "You make me lose business". Are you serious? How unpolite can you be? We overlooked his remark in favor of chef Takahashi's wonderful food and sat down - and waited then for 15 minutes to be served. The service was unengaging and sloppy.
Since we have been to Sushi Ann last time prices have increased by almost double. We got presented with a bill of 700 $ for 4,5 beers, 4 sakes, 2 menus and 3 extra orders of sushi. We are absolutely willing to pay a certain amount for a fantastic meal, but this felt seriously overpriced. We would have overlooked this circumstance if it weren't for the impertinent remark of the host at the beginnig of the evening, which quite frankly ruined the experiene a bit for us. I guess what makes you lose business it not your lack of seats at the counter but your lack of manners. This was clearly not the japanese approach to hospitality for which Sushi Ann was once known for.

Wonderful experience. There is a choice to sit at a table or the bar (next to the sushi chefs), for individuals still learning, table is good and for the aces i think the bar should be appealing.

Omakaze food was poor in quality and quantity, the raw fish was dry.
Dessert was evil

I did not dine at Sushi Ann, so my review is not on the caliber of cuisine which I'm sure is amazing. However, I booked a reservation for my boss the same day, and later found out (no more than 1 hour after I reserved) that his guest had covid and could not attend dinner. I called the restaurant to see if they could waive the 25$ per person fee for cancelling, since I only held the time for no more than hour. The person who answered was very rude and told me "I should have been sure before booking" and to reach out to the manager, which I did cordially. No response. In this day and age of covid and flu etc, would they have preferred we kept the reservation and got everyone sick? It is ridiculous to hold people to reservations when they are sick especially ones that were not on the books for more than an hour. My boss dines in the city frequently we will not be giving our business to Sushi Ann in the future.

Wow wow! This place is wonderful! The service is exceptional and clearly catering to both a business but also Japanese business man audience. Every table was taken by 12: 30 and the sushi bar was jumping.

We ordered the sushi set which came with tuna, salmon, hamachi and several other fish all that were super fresh. There was also unagi on the plate.

There were a number of sake’s which we did partake. I was being hosted and so I was not able to table many photos. But I will be back and will add more.

Here is my desert, it was delicious.

Very disappointed in Sushi Ann. The quality of fish in the omakase was not up to par with other high end omakase locations in NYC. Other “bargain omakase” locations even had better fish quality than Sushi Ann which makes our dinner here even more unfortunate. However, the service was good and had friendly waiters.