AVOID THIS LOW QUALITY RESTAURANT. POSSIBLE FOOD POISONING.
1. The BAYRIDGE SUSHI is a AYCE Japanese buffet restaurant in Bay Ridge (yes. it is two words), Brooklyn, New York.
2. The BAYRIDGE SUSHI had a very short (1 page) dinner buffet menu. Their AYCE sushi buffet dinner menu had the unusual "chuutoro" (medium fatty tuna) but I did not see anything special there. They had a small variety of common sushi, a few simple salads, and a dessert (fruit) only. (See my attached photos.)
They did not have a variety of cold and hot appetizers. NO TEMPURA, TERIYAKI, SKEWED FOODS, GRILLED PACIFIC SAURY, MISO EGGPLANTS, BAKED MUSSELS, UDON, SOBA, GYOZA, HARUMAKIETC, ETC AT ALL. (These variety of foods are commonly included in the dinner menu of the AYCE Japanese buffet restaurants such as the Sake, Daizen, Rakuzen, Sushi X, Shinjuku, Mika, Ichiumi, etc. in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
I thought and expected the BAYRIDGE SUSHI is dedicated strictly for serving the extra high quality sushi unlike others. NEVERTHELESS, I WAS TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED, SADLY.
3. ALERT: NO CUSTOMERS: When I visit the BAYRIDGE SUSHI on that weekday for the dinner in the evening dinner time, I was the only customer there for the next hour and half. I was not impressed about this fact at all there. How can they make a living by just serving one customer at all evening? This told me something very bad about this restaurant in this community. I like visiting the popular restaurant with memorable dishes. Unfortunately, this was not the case here.
4. ALART. POSSIBLE FOOD POISONING. FOUL FOODS. I distinctively remember the yellowtail and red snapper served there at the BAYRIDGE SUSHI had a faint smell of stinky odors. They were not good. The quality control of this restaurant was very low. The major food poisoning matters could happen at anytime, I thought.
5. ALERT: BAD SUSHI DESIGN: The sushi served on the dishes by the BAYRIDGE SUSHI was so unprofessional and poorly done. It seems teh chef never took any sushi classes at any culinary cooking schools. (See my attached photos.)
BAD SUSHI DESIGN: The 1st dish: The top two rows of sushi were placed exactly from the North to the south. But the sushi at the bottom row were placed diagonally. Very poorly designed. At any good Japanese restaurants or even an above average AYCE Japanese buffet restaurants, all these sushi are placed on the same orientations. In addition, for the better balance of the dish, those three gunkanmaki style sushi (as seen at the bottom row) should be place at the top row. ARE YOU MENTALLY INSANE?
BAD SUSHI DESIGN: The 2nd dish: The same poor mistakes are also seen on my second plate of sushi: the design and placement of these sushi are so bad. Each sushi should be nicely placed in the middle of the plate. ARE YOU MENTALLY INSANE?
6. ALERT: MISSING GARI & WASABI: Also note that this sushi chef at the BAYRIDGE SUSHI did not place the gari (sweet vinegar-pickled sliced ginger) and wasabi (Japanese radish) next to the sushi on this large first plate. Instead, these were served on a separate small plate. ! understood this sushi chef did so, so that he can not spend extra money for serving them for the each plate. This was strictly for saving the money for him. Are you insane?! Not even the deepest discounted AYCE Sake Sushi Japanese buffet restaurant would every try to do such idiotic insulting thing to their valued paying customers. Get real!
7. ALERT: LAZY WAIT STAFF: They did not even bother refilling my empty hot green tea or gari on the plate, until I asked her, despite I was the only customer there all evening. Until I call her, she never even come and check my table either. I WAS COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED.
8. ALERT: SECOND CHANCE: I gave them the second chance months later but they failed again, by serving foul and spoiled-tasted sushi, again. Disgusting.
The BAYRIDGE SUSHI should not be in the business of serving any sushi at all whatsoever in my opinion.
I do not recommend the BAYRIDGE SUSHI at all to my friends.
Dr. Takeshi Yamada and Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit)
Review: February 11, 2018
NOTE 1: For the visual reference for my fellow yelpers, I posted many photos here. Nevertheless, I did not want to honor this bad restaurant. So, I did not even included the image of my Seara (sea rabbit) next to these dishes on my dining table there.
NOTE 2: Due to the computer problem of this yelp page, the link between my manuscript and my photographs has been disconnected. Nevertheless, you can still see my very informative documentation photographs (about half dozen) in the main photograph pool among other yelpers at the very top right of this page. read more