First off Fin and Scale has moved and is now located on Chapel Street. Unfortunately the Yelp…read moreaddress had not been updated and we went to the old location. Luckily I went to their website and found out where their current location is (I also updated the business page so hopefully the new address shows) I had not been to the old location so I cannot speak to it but we were a bit confused when we arrived as there was no sign on the awing of the building. My friend had told me that new location was next to Ricotta Bakery so we went in to ask. We were told that we ordered there and the food would be brought to us next door. Of note you can also order from the Ricotta menu which has bakery and non sushi items We ordered and went to wait for our food which was sent out through a pass through for pick up. The space is large but the decor is very sparce . That being said the food was the star of the show. All of the rolls we order (and we ordered several) were fresh and tasty. We left with full bellies which we doesn't always happen when we go for sushi. So don't let the lack of signage and space decor deter you - it's a great place to visit.

Wow. Went in expecting a good dinner, but was beyond happy with my experience. The location is in…read morethe heart of Westville with plenty of parking options, the restaurant is lovely inside. The staff was so helpful and kind. The food looked as good as it tasted! I am not typically a miso soup fan and I couldn't get enough! A hearty broth with a tad of spice. The kani salad was amazing and I could have eaten it all day. The rolls were as delicious as they were beautiful. The chicken dishes were good, but the real star in my opinion was the sushi options. I will order more of that when I make a return trip. Definitely worth the visit!

I've had the pleasure of dining here multiple times. The quality, freshness, and service is…read moreconsistent and unmatched. It truly is a wonderful atmosphere and well worth the price. I've experienced other omakases in CT and I can wholeheartedly say this is the best one I've had to date!

We used to come here for any special occasion. Not anymore. We tried to go for our son's birthday…read morewith his girlfriend. We waited at the locked door as the sushi chef stared coldly at us from his counter. After several long minutes, the hostess opened the door slightly and said nothing. We said we'd like a table for 4 & she brusquely told us they were full. Oddly, we could see that there were 2 tables occupied & the rest were empty. We were pretty shocked. After dining there so many times over 20 years, we'd never been treated so rudely. We'll never come to Otaru again. Their sushi is very good but I have no desire to frequent somewhere that is so lacking in service.

This is my second review and I would give it more stars if i could. Whenever we're in New Haven,…read morethis place is a must for us. Wonderful Japanese food and great selection of sake! Service is always fantastic and attentive. The dining section is small so I highly recommend reservations! The downstairs is the main bar area with a few high tops. The upstairs dining room is cozy and intimate. The restaurant is very minimalist Japanese core.

A meal and dinner to remember. My husband and I realized we hadn't had a proper date night in a…read morelong time (even with 2 weeks together on vacation). After much debating and research, we decided it was finally time to try Hachiroku in New Haven. We already love going to The Loop, let's sit down and eat. Heard lots of positive buzz from fellow Yelpers and foodies, including a previous 2024 New Haven Best Restaurant of the Year at the CRAZIES. All of the accolades and positive reviews are well earned. Cozy and delicious. That's what I'd describe about Hachiroku. The ambiance is cozy regardless if you're sitting at the bar or in the upstairs seating. The food we ordered also had the same vibe. The menu rotates with the seasons and the freshest ingredients which we greatly appreciated and it shows in the tastes. Our seasonal selections that we ordered included Hokkaido scallop and octopus carpaccio with ikura and seaweed and monkfish karaage. The carpaccio had the perfect components to complement each other. The monkfish karaage fully came together between the lemon and the side of pickled radish as well. We also ordered house made fresh tofu and added uni. The staff mentioned "oh it's perfect, it's uni season" which made my day. It was so delicious and my husband who normally doesn't like uni even noticed how fresh it was. We really went wild ordering everything, including the mini Harasu don (teishoku which comes with rice, pickles, and we picked the salad), Black Cod grilled with Yuzu sauce, Yaki Kinoko Mushrooms, and the Kakuni Short Rib (which pairs very well with a side of rice). The most cozy and perfect dish for winter was the seasonal vegetable agedashi. Warm and had a nice variety of vegetables with a vegetable dashi broth that healed the soul. We enjoyed every dish and we noticed already when looking at the menu again there's already so many new items to try. Excellent service and suggestions from the staff (because if we didn't have them, we could've ordered the whole menu in one night). Can't wait to come back and rave about Hachiroku (and its sister stores/restaurants) to everyone!

While in New Haven we decided to dine at Anaya Sushi & Ramen. The outside looks like they have gone…read morethrough a name change, it's a bit sloppy with two name banners. The inside appeared like there were no other patrons. The hostess brought us the menus and the waters. Call me old, but reading the menu was straining on my eyes. The menu was dark and the print was white and small, while the space inside was also dark. I had to go upstairs to the restroom, on my way I saw a few tables were occupied. This restroom is in urgent need of some attention. The whole place could use an upgrade. We ordered four rolls of sushi, I can't remember all of them but there was salmon and tuna. Admittedly, I was a bit scared of eating raw fish at this place. They took a while to bring our order out, which tells me they were rolling. I was pleasantly surprised at how fresh, tasty and flavorful this sushi was. I don't think I would return here, until it's much more representative.

I went in on a late weekday night with a craving for udon, so I tried the:…read more -Nabeyaki Udon: 4/5 Loved the toppings like the poached egg, kelp, broccoli, napa cabbage, and carrots. The noodles were also cooked just right. The shrimp tempura portion was also good. My only wish was that the broth had more umami flavor. I was seated immediately and waited less than 10 minutes for my food to be served. There is a lot of booth seating, and the restaurant feels very spacious with both a lower and upper level.

Came her for a work dinner on a Tuesday. There were 9 of us, and I was able to make the reservation…read morethe day of with no issues. Several of us arrived early (and we had added a person between the reservation to the dinner time) but the restaurant was able to accommodate us with no issues and we were seated immediately! Plenty of street parking too around that time nearby. The restaurant was not crowded at that time, and overall quiet enough to encourage normal volume conversation. The waitress who served us was extremely great, very accommodating, giving us recs, and doing a great job keeping all our information organized. We ordered drinks, some appetizers, and several rounds of food. The starters came out a bit slow, but soon when all our entrees were out it was a ton of food! We also asked the waitress if she could just choose rolls for us with a given budget, and she did a great job! Everything tasted great. Overall great service and good food! I particularly loved the chicken katsu (huge portion!) and the sashimi. Highly recommend!

Did takeout for a quick lunch. Grabbed crispy rice with tuna and a Kani salad. Very disappointed at…read morethe size of the portions with dinner prices. Food was tasty and fresh but will NOT go back due to the cost. Literally $27 for two TINY items plus tip. Server was nice and efficient. Place was pretty dead on a Thursday at lunchtime.

I have been DREAMING of getting a revolving sushi location close to me in CT. A few years ago I had…read moreto drive out to Boston to find one, but now it seems there's one right in New Haven. Chidori Revolving Sushi is a New Haven go-to for me. The premise is fun: you sit somewhere in the restaurant, that location has access to a conveyer belt system that is full of sushi at all times. You can grab any plate, usually containing 2 pieces of sushi, and once you're done, you're charged by putting the plate in a slot by your seat. The plates are colored based on price ($2.58 for blue plates, usually basic rolls like a philadelphia roll or spicy tuna roll, $3.79 for red plates, the most common type, which contain the specialty rolls, and then $5.79 for black plates, which are usually slices of fish over a piece of rice and much more fish-heavy). This format lets you try out a bunch of rolls, rather than committing to just 1 or 2. This is great if you're like me and get full a bit fast but love trying as many things as possible! There is also a tablet where you can order appetizers, full rolls, drinks, and more! I tried a number of rolls, with my favorite by far being the New Haven roll, which was fried and full of jalapeños and spicy tuna. I also loved the Steelers roll, with mango and salmon, and the angry roll, which was like a philadelphia roll with smoked salmon and kani on top! I had some of the mushroom soup, which was super dissimilar to the typical clear soup with mushroom broth and was instead very very strong on the mushroom. A super thick and oily broth, it was so rich and umami it was almost hard to finish, but super delicious!! I also had the pepper tuna appetizer, which was thicker and chewier than I'm used to, but the gimmick of this place is about the conveyer belt so I didn't expect complete perfection! Finally, I had the taiyaki dessert--a SHOWSTOPPER. Delicious and perfectly fried, the red bean is scrumptious inside and the ice cream is a great touch. After 10 plates are put into their little device, you get a small gacha toy which is a cute touch! I got a little Kuromi which was fun. Overall, I love this place. I recommend it a ton. My favorite appetizer the sexy jalapeño--a spicy tuna filled and fried jalapeño! Definitely swing by and give a bunch of different sushi pieces a try. The best time to hit it is when it's busy--I went at 8pm on a saturday and it seems they had just stopped putting more sushi out, since they close at 9. This meant the sushi slowly dwindled and I didn't get to try anything different from what I saw the first go-around. But it's still worth it!

The ambiance is basically what you're paying for. Let me explain. If you were to do à la carte…read morefor example 2 pieces of sushi is $6-7. While in other restaurants a big sushi platter with better grade sushi will run you $18. Service is flat as the robots do it for you. They have a price per plate see my pictures in theory if you get 10 plates you get a toy novelty above your table. Again, numbers wise 10 plates is 42$ for the lower end plates.

A long over due review, but this place definitely earns a great one from me!…read more Every time my partner and I don't know what to get but we want something filling and cheap, we come here. The bento box portions have so much food for only less than $11! They also have a sushi combo which includes 3 rolls for $14. My favorite thing to get is their katsu bento combo sub the rice for noodles as well as their spicy tuna roll. Their teriyaki chicken is also good if you're looking to get your chinese take out food cravings done. As a student, this place is definitely a good bang for your buck for pretty good food!

Vegetable lo mein is flavorful and delicious but needs more veggies- few strips of cabbage, 2…read moreshreds of carrot, 1 tiny piece of broccoli crown. Roll was small: wrap was dry, rice was dry, eel was good, cucumber was very soggy. No more rolls for me.

I miss when the first owner still owned the place, he ran a tight ship. I go in here with a square…read moreorder cause its listed as one if the order options, they tell me they dont use square and cant issue a refund and even put me on the phone with the current owner, they tell me why "you people keep ordering on wrong app, you getting scammed" and makes no effort to accommodate me only saying Goodluck getting a refund via square. Though I'll admit I lost my appetite the second the phone was handed to me, food looked watery and gross on the counter, and the man at the register had extremely long and dirty nails, absolutely unsanitary. I couldn't get the refund but if it costs me 14 dollars to never return again then so be it. Maybe stick to the audubon location, who knows.

Just had my first experience here and will not be returning. Ordered a salmon poke bowl and for a…read morefully day after was dealing with GI issues as a result. Salmon was obviously not fresh.

Best ramen and sushi I've had in a LONG time! Service was amazing. The server was very attentive…read moreand refilling drinks / removing used platters almost immediately. Will have to come back next time I'm in Connecticut

Just had lunch here with my family. We are in town from California. I was very impressed with Gio…read morethe waiter. He had top-notch service and was very attentive. The food was good and came out reasonably fast. Everything was cooked to perfection. The restaurant was clean and had a good ambience. Overall, I highly recommend this place and ask for Gio.

We had a family get together for a birthday celebration with 12 people for hibachi…read more I always order hibachi chicken and fillet combo with rice however, this is the only place that soup and salad aren't offered TOGETHER. It's one or the other, not both like other spots I've been too. We ordered a bunch of green tea shots and a scorpion bowl. Everything was very good. The food was cooked accordingly and our cook was very entertaining. He made sure to include the kids in the sake "shots". All of our servers were prompt with getting things needed. $40 for dinner and a show can't be beat! Reservations were easy to make and staff were accommodating

The food & service was great and it was a very enjoyable evening. The staff was very nice and even…read moregave me a tide pen when i spilt on my shorts!! The place is very clean. overall kumo hibachi is a great place to spend an evening with your folks