My favorite sushi restaurant in Dallas! Definitely a little more pricey but the sushi is consistently fresh and delicious! They have classic and unique menu items. read more

Shinsei - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Having dinner at Shinsei was an absolute treat! It's a two story restaurant with so much chic character. I think the interior design of the space is spot on with the colors, furniture, and lighting. For a dinner date for two, we started off with wine and the Lobster Tacos. The appetizer came with two medium sized tacos, so once sharing; it left our mouths watering for more. Since the tacos were a bit on the heavier side due to the mayonnaise drizzling, we next decided to order the Crispy Rock Shrimp appetizer. Unfortunately, the Rock Shrimp were a tad over fried to my liking, but they still were good enough to enjoy. We then decided to try a few of the sushi rolls. The Spider Roll was amazing. There wasn't much different to it than your normal Spider Roll, but it was something about the sauce that made me happy we ordered it. The Lynne Roll was exciting to eat! The Tracy's Special Roll was also quite eclectic and delicious all in one. Of our entire meal, these two sushi rolls by far made the night unforgettable. I can't wait to come back here again! It's one of my new favorite sushi restaurants! read more

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Great food, reasonable pricing and wonderful staff! The menu offers many options including anything from sushi, soups, fried rice, seafood entrees, etc. Try the fried rice for a lighter, fresher version of the traditional version. The volcano sushi roll is also phenomenal! The ambiance was great however we were disappointed that even with having a reservation on a weekday to be seated in the bar area, next to a very loud table. We hope to go back and experience the dining room to avoid the loud atmosphere and tight quarters in the lounge area. read more

Shinsei - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

How does this place get only 4 stars?? Let me tell you, for amazing, upscale Japanese asian/fusion food this is THE place to go! The other night I had this sea bass that came in a hot pot. Pretty much cooked at my table. SOOOO delicious! And right now I'm doing this stupid keto diet but hey, just skip the rice! The place is usually packed, but unlike other establishments in Dallas that skimp on the help, this place doesn't. Always amazing service! Don't miss out on this experience Dallasites! read more

During my holiday visit back home, I finally had a chance to visit one of my favorite places! ohhh-emmm-G! Awesome, as always! I had everything I wrote about in my previous review and a couple other samplings. I have wanted to spoil my palate for so long now with this place, especially since Casey left [=*( ] and the new hot food chef, T.J. Lengnick started...I miss my maguro, tempuro, banana parfait, lychee sangria, yakitori, and KAJI ROLL...hmmmm! For some great reason, the KAJI ROLL was absolutely addicting--that nose explosion is ironically pleasurable. Well, not much to say, except that he does a wonderful job with maintaining some of the old dishes and also spicing up some current and new ones of his own! I had a little chit-chat with him as well, and its always nice to eat from a friendly chef! I still, LOVE, this place! Another cool thing-- they expanded the place, so there is another room to the right of the restaurant, that has more dining tables, and also a bar in the back. (...Obviously, they must be doing well!) read more

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Atmosphere - 5 Food - 3 Value -3 Service - 5 The food was ok... The sushi rolls were good; however it didn't make you go "Wow". The service was incredible and the people were very friendly and informative. The rolls seemed to have a lot more rice (very noticeable) and the fish was not the main attraction, but an after thought. It was a busy night, so maybe it was a "one off". It is very expensive, so it will be awhile before I check them out again. read more

Shinsei - Back of the bar - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Excellent service. Very helpful, attentive, and accommodating. Food was good. Tempura whole snapper was mind blowing. The shashimi was good, but I've had better. The fushion was Korean and Latino and made the distinction. Shishito peppers were average and under salted, which is key for great peppers. Steamed buns were fantastic. They were just like the ones I've had in Beijing. Overall - an above average experience and will come back. read more

Shinsei - Red snapper tempura - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

I recently celebrated my birthday and just wanted to give a shout out to Abel! He was amazing and took care of my big party! He was very quick and super informative about our options. We will definitely be back! read more

If you have never eaten "Asian" food before and have never left University Park, then eat here. Those of you who know this last sentence I wrote is a joke, stay away. You will not find any kind of a gem here. I got the lettuce wraps. Liked the cabbage, disliked the chicken to put in the wraps. Tasted like Chinese fast food, which I have sworn off of. The lobster tacos sounded great, but the tortillas tasted mass produced and were cold. ick. The spider roll was edible, but not exciting. I really didn't even want to finish any of the meal. Don't waste your money here for $12 brussel sprouts. Go to Roy's and do that. You are guaranteed to have a great fusion meal there. read more

Best sushi joint with the best service in Dallas. Thanks to our server Madi. She's the best read more

Shinsei - yellow tail, scallop and spicy scallop, toro, salmon, big eye tuna. Incredible. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

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I love the sushi that I had here I have had sushi before but this place was AMAZINGGGG. The atmosphere was pretty quiet in casual but upscale at the same time. I sat at the bar, the bartenders were pretty amazing actually and very attentive. Even though they had a lot of people at the bar they made sure that not one person was left unattended. I would definitely recommend this place and I will definitely be back thank you for a great experience read more

Loved everything! There was 5 of us and we sat in a covered outside area. It was a great place to sit. The place was very crowded. Luckily we had made reservations. I forgot my phone! Was lost without it! Luckily my friend took some pics for me. We had so much food between the 5 of us. It was all fabulous. We started out with edamame, tempura green beans (really good with a dipping sauce), and also some ghost peppers which looked really good but I was afraid to try for fear of them being too spicy, but the others enjoyed it. My main entree was the Steamed Halibut with maitake mushrooms, leeks, and shrimp dumplings-amazing. I loved the shrimp dumplings-you can get just those as a meal too. My friend had the Pan Seared Jumbo Scallops with asparagus, miso butter almonds, citrus vinaigrette. She said it was really good.The guys had the short ribs, loved them. The table also split some crispy brussel sprouts with soy and chili flakes. Really good. For dessert we had this amazing pumpkin bread pudding concoction with ice cream-amazing-and also the Chocolate Cake Spring Rolls-Cinnamon tempura banana, vanilla cream sauce. Also delicious. We loved the atmosphere and the service. They were very friendly and attentive. Highly recommend! read more

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Perfect. Took my fiancé here for date night and they blew our minds. Dylan, our server made sure our experience was top notch. His suggestions were right on and everything tasted amazing. Desert was spot on. GO HERE, such a nice ambiance. read more

Shinsei - Old Fashioned (him) Sake (me) - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

This sushi/Asian restaurant never ceases to amaze us with its fresh entrées! From the hand pressed sushi to the rolls to the sushimi, sushi chef Elvis is an artist with a flair for the dramatic. We keep coming back and you will too! PS- Tammy is a great server who will take very good care of you! read more

Shinsei - Flounder sushi to LIVE for!!! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

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My all time favorite sushi restaurant! I could eat Shinsei's brussel sprouts every day of my life. Even if you don't like brussels sprouts, you'll like these brussel sprouts. The flavor is like a party in your mouth! Favorite roll is the spicy tuna tempura roll. I've tried several others, but I keep going back to this one. Nice atmosphere and small patio in the back is a bonus when the weather is nice. read more

Shinsei - Best brussel sprouts ever - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Atmosphere: 5/5 - The design for the restaurant is beautiful with a modern touch. Colors definitely flow well and seating fairly spacious. I was surprised how much space it actually had inside compared to what you can see externally. Service: 2/5 - This one left a bad taste in our mouths. Service initially started out great. She came to our table quickly and took our drink order. Came back with our drinks and then proceeded to take our order, and that was the last we saw of her for some time. Food was sent out to our table by other waiting staff. The Jalepeno Poppers came out promptly, then minutes later the Ashbey Roll and Salmon Sashimi. However, we still had the Volcano Roll to wait on. 30 minutes later she finally comes to our table asking if we want dessert. Informed her we were still waiting on one more roll and she said she would "check" on it. 15 minutes later it finally comes. Pretty sure they forgot the order. No apology or anything just an excuse that the kitchen was "backed up" and they needed to be in the oven for some time. The california rolls in the Volcano were cold and you could tell the Scallops and sauce were torched. Sounds like a rushed order to me. Food: 3/5 - The chicken stuffed jalepeno poppers were great. Probably the best entree out of the others we had that night. Not very spicy at all and the yellow curry dipping sauce really works well with it. Salmon Sashimi from the pictures looks like you get a lot, but they are sliced very very thin so it's actually not much at all. But they were delicious. Ashbey Roll was not quite what we expected. The "lumped crab" tasted a little dry and we felt that it could of used some more habanero mayo. Or at least drizzle a little over the rolls for presentation. Volcano Roll was a let down. The california rolls were cold and the scallops with the spicy mayo sauce on top looked like they were torched, not baked. Definitely not the best volcano roll I've had. read more

Shinsei - Chicken stuffed Jalapeno Poppers - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

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The sushi was out of this world. The price for what you were paying for was evident with the precision used on each plate brought to us. I recommend going in a group and ordering multiple rolls and splitting. As a minor they also allowed us to order drinks without the alcohol and even the drinks were unique. If you're looking for a special place for sushi I highly recommend Shinsei as the service is out of this world and so is the experience read more

Shinsei - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

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I made reservations for three at 9pm Friday night.. my sisters birthday. We arrived and ordered 3 drinks at the bar; closed the tab. The table they sat us at was DIRTY.. I notified the manager; Complete waste of time. His response was, "sorry bout that, I'll let them know." Really? Let who know,... the manager? Seriously, no attempt to clean the table or move us to another. Wtf?? The food was presented nicely but it was not fantastic.. Our server, Evan was cool however everyone else we came in contact with was shitty. (The table next to us agreed with us). If you're going to tote yourself as one of the best restaurants in Dallas,. Tighten up your game because at the end of the day you're just another table-turning cash-grab with employees who obviously do not want to be there. Stay away from this place and spend your money on anything else. You'll be a lot happier. read more

So good! Great dinner vibe, with dim lighting, music playing, great service. Our waitress pointed out some of the favorites on the menu to help out. And the food was awesome! Loved the Dragon lady roll! read more

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God I love this place! The Brussels sprouts alone keep me coming back. They are the one thing I don't really want to share with my boyfriend. I've been coming here for over a year, not long after I moved to Texas from the northeast and a review is long over due. We regularly get the miso soup, Katina appetizer, Brussels sprouts and either the Miso Black Cod or the Halibut. Oh and I can't forget their oatmeal cookies for desert that come out warm :-D Hmmm. Over the year the Miso Black Cod w/bok choy has changed from being served in more of a light broth to a flat dish with little buttons of sauce on the side of the plate. I kinda miss that broth. I feel like it flavored the fish a bit more, but that new sauce add on is delicious. They do have a new chef and last night the side sauce wasn't as sharply flavored as usually. I feel like there was slightly less salt in that side sauce. Same thing with the Brussels sprouts. Depending on the night we will sometimes get the fried rice, Brussels sprout salad, spicy tuna rolls and lobster tacos. The place has a trendy atmosphere, great for the weekend. Every now and then we'll run into celebrities too. Their service is great and they are very attentive and personable. You wouldn't think the place is as cute by looking at it from the outside. They also have valet. read more

Waving fruit flies off my dinner was not my idea of authentic Asian meal. Hair nets, unattractive as they are, do serve a purpose: finding Elvis' hair in my sashimi did not add value to my dining experience. Server was attentive. Brussel sprouts were good. read more

Shinsei - Gorgeous Chef's Choice sashimi platter - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Must have gone on an off night. Service was terrible, group of 8 and appetizers and entrees came out sporadically and arbitrarily. I was halfway done with my appetizer and my entree arrived and three people at our table had nothing. Food was good but, not enough to make up for the awkward delivery and high prices. Maybe try again ‍ read more

Started with the crab and cucumber spring rolls. Very fresh, very tasty. Thought the peanut sauce weighed it down...would like to see it with something lighter. The beef tenderloin was amazing. Substituted mashed potatoes. Whole dish was excellent. We also had some sushi. I ate the crab, and it was excellent. The octopus was not so good for me. We shared two desserts: cinnamon chocolate cake (um, it was ok) and banana something (tasted like liquid banana with graham cracker goodness). read more

Had dinner last weekend at Shinsei. The food is excellent, the service is very good in a urban contemporary ambiance. I can tell is a very popular place, lots of young adults. They have good variety of sake which I loved. In my opinión the place is maybe too noise, at moments is hard to have a conversation. Regarding the price, is high, and that's my only complain... I have no problem paying for great food, service and place, in that order. But for some reason this restaurant doesn't feel like a high end price restaurant, but the charge like one. I would definitely go back though. read more

This is the worst restaurant ever. Miso soup massive failure. How do you mess that up. DEAN, you are better then this. Pork was NOT COOKED!!! How do you do this? read more

Disappointing- food was bland, short rib potstickers tasted burnt, half rack of ribs tasted like beef ribs that were smothered in a sauce that added no additional flavor to them. Place was super packed, which is fine but made you feel like cattle just churning people in and out. Definitely no desire to return. read more

Super yummy. Portions aren't great but food is delicious. I reccomend the leanee roll and the esping shashimi!

Haven't raved about a Japanese/sushi place like this in.... Ever? We got the lovers roll, spicy tuna roll, dragon lady roll, and off menu Enrique roll. The dragon lady roll was my absolute favorite. Enrique roll was second, then spicy tuna, then lovers. The chicken jalapeño poppers were SOOO good. We also got the shrimp dumplings which were decent, and the shishito peppers. The sauce for the shishito peppers was too sweet but by itself they were good. Definitely want to come back! read more

So you want to talk about a piece of chicken? Please see the photo attached for dramatic affect. I had an incredible night at Shinsei! The food was on point, our waitress was so kind and we accidentally ran into some friends in the restaurant. We ordered the garlic pork dumplings to start. highly recommend. To follow I ordered the hot rock. Despite my friend saying that she doesn't believe in cooking your own food at a restaurant, I showed her. Will definitely be going back soon. read more

Shinsei - Asian Fusion Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Loved the short rib entree! Drinks were delicious, especially the Mexi-Candy! Very busy on a Friday night but food tasted of perfection and wait staff was attentive. read more

Started with Lobster Tacos and had some Thai-spiced edamame. Wonderful. Also tried the shrimp and Brussels sprout salad; I admit it sounded odd and mismatched, but they pulled it off. Had the short ribs - long story you don't care about - and they were awesome! Perfect cook, tender, flavorful. 5 others were with me and they were pleasantly surprised. It was busy, and deserves to be! read more

Finally got around to visiting Shinsei on a rainy Friday night (yay complimentary valet). Like everyone else said, the ambiance was amazing and trendy (+1). There are two floors, the main dining and bar area and an upstairs, both floors were very busy. My friend and I had the crispy rock shrimp, honey soy glazed chicken, thai fried rice, and crispy brussel sprouts. All the dishes were well portioned and presented very well. I would skip out on the honey soy and go for the tenderloin next time! read more

Really great meal here a few nights ago. Our waiter was Francisco, he was upbeat and helpful. We had the hot rock which is always fun. Tuna roll with the very thin lime wedge on top (I forgot the menu name) was excellent. Always enjoy the Brussels. I also tried the Jamaican mojito which was so good. Our first time sitting in the back room, which is cozy and quieter, we liked that. We live just around the corner and will be coming more often after this great experience! read more

This place no long wants to work with Favor delivery. But instead of telling the Favor company, they are stealing the tips from the drivers. A lot of businesses charge a packing fee to the food deliveries, such as 2 to 5 dollars. This place is charging 15% of the bill, and putting it on the receipt as tip, not packing fee. They are making favor runners hold on phone for longer periods, and wait over an hour for food, making it look like favor runners have bad service. Then favor runners have to explain the tip went to the store not driver. But who is going to want to tip twice? And really, does a togo order packer really deserve 15% tip, when there wasn't any service provided, besides putting the packaged food in a bag and carrying it to front of store. The favor runner, calls in the order, drives to the store, waits for food, contacts customers with updates on order and estimated time of delivery, and then drives to delivery the food. Using their own gas and time. Favor only guarantees 4 dollars per delivery, and typically they do 2 deliveries an hour. So this business, not only took my tip, but made me lose out on 2 favors, because they took an hour and a half of my time. So I basically made 2 dollars an hour because of this companies selfish, inconsiderate way of trying to get rid of Favor. How I know they want to get rid of favor, is after I dropped off food, I called to ask for a manager, and he told me. I told him he needs to tell Favor that, and he said he couldn't, which didn't make sense....so yah, just keep screwing over the innocent drivers. How would the managers feel if their servers kept complaining that people were tipping the host 15% of the bill, so not going to tip the wait staff, although the wait staff did all the work. . read more

Hello I am in Uber driver I deliver food for a living. I've picked up from this place on numerous occasions they have a thing where they hijacked the Uber drivers credit card so that you cannot leave they tell you it will be done in about 45 minutes. And then you wind up leaving an hour and a half later.Now if I'm supposed to make $20 in one hour and that winds up being two hours does that not mean I'm making $10 an hour. I hope the owner of this place that one day his children will be starving on the streets and nobody will even throw them a quarter they are worthless pieces of shit in this place read more

Shinesei hey hey! I'm always down for a good sushi dinner and a great atmosphere. Shinsei combines them both. It fits right into the swanky Dallas scene without felling too upity for this okie! Came with a group of friends and had excellent service, especially since there were 10 of us! One friend claims Shinsei as her favorite restaurant so it had a lot to live up to. You must start with the brussels sprouts and possibly an order of fried rice. They can make it with white rice, brown rice or quinoa! QUINOA!! You won me over Shin. The crispy katina and the pressed sushi were highly recommended so I didn't stray and ordered the pressed sushi for myself. Instead of rolled it comes with sticky rice pressed into a rectangular log with tuna and avocado over the top. Kind of a combo of sushi and sashimi. My friend next to me got the crispy katina so I snuck a bite! The crispy part in the name comes from the base. The rice is fried into a little square with tuna on top. It was sort of like a Japanese tater tot. Heads up-they serve their dishes as they are ready so expect orders to be coming out at all different times. read more

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Food: 4/5 Service: 4/5 Cleanliness: 4/5 Decor & Style: 5/5 The Slow Braised Short Ribs and Wagyu Beef Cheek were both good. The cheek was a little chewier than I wanted it to be but it was still tasty. Service was on par and the decor was dim but modern. Overall everything was what I expected it to be. No 5/5 because there was not any 'wow' factor but I still enjoyed the entire experience. read more

This restaurant is a hidden gem! Asian fusion cuisine is my absolute favorite, and I stumbled across this place while browsing through yelp reviews. It is super cozy, romantic, and kind of feels like an underground spot -- located right next to Inwood theater, so it's great for date night! I went for dinner on a Saturday night around 8:45 PM, and they don't take any reservations for after 6 PM, which is nice in a sense... It's fair game for everyone. We had to wait about half an hour which breezed by while we had cocktails at the bar. I appreciate their wine list. They have a short list for wines by the glass in terms of red & white, the lowest price being about $11 and highest $20. We were seated at a table across from the sushi bar, one of those half booth tables... The only thing I didn't like was that the table is a little too long to have a warm conversation/interaction with the person you're with. This alongside the service were probably the only small flaws... the server was not bad, but she was a little too quirky & upbeat and made us feel rushed while we took a few minutes to make decisions on our next courses & enjoy a romantic dinner. As for the food... I'm convinced that Shinsei does no wrong. Here's what I've tried between both of my visits there: ~ Pork steam buns: Wonderful! Tender pulled pork, Asian slaw, delicate bun. ~ Calamari Salad: Fried calamari, bananas, tangy vinaigrette, greens, some other stuff.. I wasn't sure what it was, and our server didn't know either (boo) -- but it was great nonetheless. Large portion too. ~ Black cod: Melts in your mouth like butter. Each layer peels off wonderfully, and it's served with a sake corn soup. ~ Hoisin Ribs: A half rack of ribs is plenty! They are super tender, fall of the bone, and very meaty. Not a bad idea for an appetizer either. ~ Surf and turf tataki: Seared tuna, medium rare tenderloin, and this warm broccoli salad that was like nothing I've ever experienced before... topped with fried onions, and you've got something wonderful. This isn't one of those $15 tataki dishes that is so light you feel like it was a waste, this is total bang for the buck. ~ Chicken lettuce wraps: So good... a great portion of chicken breast mixed with a sweet thai chili sauce (perhaps a tad too much), topped with scallions, and served with butter lettuce. ~ Cinnamon chocolate cake with green tea ice cream: Not one of those disgustingly sweet chocolate cakes with rich frosting. Very light sweetness with a subtle hint of cinnamon, and the green tea ice cream just sealed the deal. Expect to throw down a couple bucks, but know that it'll be worth it. read more

Service was excellent! Cocktails were great as well. Food was a bit boring and bland. We ordered the Hawaiian yellowtail which was good. Then it went mostly downhill... the short rib potstickers were soggy and the sauce was nothing special. The rock shrimp was fine if you like tiny fried pieces, but the sauce was not Asian inspired at all. The whole fish was out of stock, but they ended up doing halibut pieces instead. Was a similar batter to the rock shrimp.. just more fried food. When I think whole fried fish from an Asian restaurant, I do not think of heavily battered fish nuggets. The 3 sauces were uninspired and hardly Asian. One was just ponzu, the second was the same mayo-based sauce as the shrimp, and the 3rd was a bland pesto(??). The glass noodles that were under the fish nuggets tasted like nothing. Literally zero flavor :( The Brussels sprouts were good. Dessert was really good: we got the white chocolate bread pudding--yum! read more

If you are looking for good Asian food other than sushi, I would say that this place is great. We had the pork buns and the black cod and it was delicious, however the rolls are not up to par. We had the dragon lady roll and the Alfred roll. The dragon lady tasted very smoky so if that's your thing go for it; the Alfred was good but I expected better. If you want good sushi go to Oishii instead. The service was great and so was the ambience. Would be good for a date or a nice family dinner. read more