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Sushi Lin Upper West Side

4.7 (22 reviews)
Closed • 2:00 pm - 4:00 PM, 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Updated 1 month ago

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Laurie M.

This beautiful boutique restaurant was amazing and for omakase, fairly reasonable. Each sushi was just the right bite size and delish! Starting with a good bowl of miso soup always sets the tone for me and they didn't disappoint. Every bite was like a circus in my mouth! Sake was served in these beautiful artisan cups - made the experience very special. Service was great - and they customized my dinner to eliminate what I don't like.

Teresa L.

An incredible omakase experience from start to finish. Each piece of sushi was thoughtfully prepared and incredibly fresh, with flavors that really spoke for themselves. The chef explained each course, which made the meal feel special and personal. The progression of dishes was well-paced, and every bite felt intentional. The atmosphere was calm and intimate, perfect for a special occasion. Pricey, but absolutely worth it for the quality and experience. Would 100% come back.

JP P.

SO and I recently had dinner at this cozy UWS establishment. It is well lit and clean inside with both counter and table seating available. We had the sushi & sashimi omakase along with a bottle of Dassai 45, which is an affordable smooth and slightly sweet sake. The standouts were the uni, foie gras shrimp and mushroom truffle tuna sushi. We topped it off with a matcha tiramisu and whiskey cake, both of which were tasty. Bottom line, there is great food and service there.

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Chun M.

Do the Full Omakase experience! You won't regret it (except $125 pp lighter in your wallet). The sushi experience may not be authentically Japanese, but the sushi chefs here are very creative in using the fresh ingredients in new & interesting flavor combinations. As you watch them work, their precise techniques are punctuated by the roar of butane torches. I just wish we had sat at the sushi bar to watch the show. Since we had a group of 5, we sat at the tables along the windows. The meal starts simply with a bowl of miso soup then ramps up with a red snapper yuzu appetizer, a triple flight of fresh oysters & a very tasty tuna avocado salad. The sashimi trio of tuna, snapper & peppered salmon also had great flavors. Then the 3x3 sushi plates that followed had awesome flavors, combining fish with shellfish, caviar, sea urchin and truffles. The torch seared pieces had the most smoky flavor. We supplemented the meal with Wagyu handrolls and even though the beef was fire seared, it didn't have as much flavor as I would have expected. Dessert was a very good sesame milk pudding drizzled with honey. Highly recommended!

Raw Oysters from Left to Right: Canada, Washington, Long Island with spicy radish and ponzu sauce  Radish was too overwhelming  6/10
Victor W.

Service: 10/10 - I had accidentally booked a reservation with their sister restaurant so was very surprised when I walked in on New Years Eve and was told I did not have a reservation. They were still able to seat me almost right away at the sushi bar. Server took the initiative to call the sister restaurant to ensure I didn't get charged for a no-show on Resy. Waiters were very knowledgeable about the food and were quick to remove finished plates. Environment: 8/10 - Relatively laid back sushi restaurant with both bar seating and table seating. Restaurant had a coat rack for customers to use in the back of the restaurant which I thought was very kind. The music was contemporary American pop which contributed to the open chatty atmosphere it seems like everyone was in. Food: 9.5/10 -Chef was very intentional in the order of dishes. He tended to alternate between savory and acidic which I liked. All his dishes had a contrast in texture so it was always exciting for the palette. Forgot to take photos of 2 sushi dishes 1. Sweet Shrimp with Foie Gras - this happened to be my favorite dish. The shrimp was super succulent and combined with the foie gras it was truly melt in your mouth 2. Baby Shrimp from Japan

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Holly R.

This tiny restaurant offers great service and excellent sushi - creative and tasty. I'm giving it 4 stars because of the limited menu. We ordered the lunch specials (7 pc sushi with roll/omikase and 3 rolls). Our lunch included miso soup and green tea. Miso soup had a nice smokey scent. One of the few or only vegetable dishes offered is a seaweed salad. Obviously, eel and crab are cooked, but they have just a toaster oven and blowtorch, so you won't find much in the way of cooked food here. The sushi options are limited, but what they have is very good. The Salmon/Tomato sushi was an especially delicious surprise.

king salmon topped with salted tomato
Athena L.

i pass by this place on every walk to uws so i decided to bite the bullet and make a lunch reservation for myself. even at noon (opening time) on a wednesday, the place quickly became half full with patrons and it's easy to see why. the restaurant has an omakase counter where you can watch the whole kitchen and chefs do their work, and then some extra table seating near the windows. i opted for the lunch special omakase which was seven pieces (red snapper, chutoro, king salmon, blue fin tuna, shima aji, hotate, seared fatty tuna/uni, chopped toro handroll) for $55. the fish was very clearly high quality and prepared well -- every piece was delicious with depth of flavor and sometimes a surprising but pleasant aftertaste. obviously the seared fatty tuna with uni and caviar (gold flakes on top) was a star featuring flashy and premium ingredients (the searing of the fatty tuna in this case added a nice smoky flavor rather than cooking the fish) -- but i was more impressed by the ability to create so many layers of flavor and elevate standard pieces in especially the king salmon (with salted tomato) and shima aji (with ginger scallion and garlic chips). will say the scallop was a little disappointing and surprisingly my least favorite of the bunch, a bit overly fishy without much to punch it up. overall a pleasant experience leaving me wanting more (aka, to try the full omakase menu someday).

Tamar K.

FYI, I've only been once, and we did omakase. But if it's indicative of the rest of the food, and the service, it's bang-on. The food was so fantastic and the chef even had an amazing conversation with us about the food choice. It was so cool. We went for a special occasion (it's a little pricey) and I'm dying to go again. It's a very simple looking place. Not fancy. And a little hidden. Which is good! Keep it in the neighborhood for us in-the-know. :)

Jazz C.

This was our first time at any Sushi Lin. It generally lived up to its reputation based on reviews at other locations. Sat at the counter. Good amount of space and good distance from other customers. Fresh fish, well prepared and plated. Nice use of caviar, truffle, and searing torch. A couple of unique pieces but others were similar to other places - no complaints there. We finished the full omakase in abt 1 hr which is fine, esp if you got some place to go to afterwards, but it felt a little rushed and we had a bottle of sake so would have preferred it stretched another 15-30 minutes. The sushi rice could use some improvement as certain pieces didn't hold together as well, and generally lacked a bit of the taste and texture at other places. Service was good although filling water glass was missed for a long period. We'll be back.

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Savannah W.

Yummy omakase, every sushi was melt in the mouth amazing. The sushi dinner's tuna was not as fresh (compared to omakase), but overall great experience and excellent ambiance and service. Highly recommend.

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