Was really happily surprised that this was an authentic Ramen restaurant, "legit" as you kids say…read more Having spent a lot of time in Japan I can say that. The large collection of Sake choices backs that up. The owner is Japanese and he runs a tight ship. My Tonkatsu Ramen was just like from a Ramen-Ya in Shibuya Station. Sushi is good, but the ramen and sake are what you go for..

Do not come here for the sushi. It's below average : thick cuts, not buttery texture, didn't seem…read moresuper fresh. However, the Ramen is what they know! I had the chicken Ramen and it definitely was the best I've had anywhere. The broth was delicious as were all the fresh ingredients, scallion, onion, potato's , white meat chicken, and the noodles. So good. Service was friendly and cordial. I would return for the Ramen.

Fantastic sushi!!! Celebrated 41st Anniversary with a great meal! Some of the best I've had, and…read moreI've had a lot!! Excellent service! We will definitely be coming back soon.

We tried take-out for dinner tonight - chicken katsu, California roll, shrimp tempura roll,…read moreyellowtail jalapeno roll, and a spider roll. Overall, it was maybe a 6/10. The bad: The tempura roll was a little drenched in sauce for my liking. I asked for no wasabi for my California roll, and well, there was wasabi hidden under the ginger. The surprise of the evening was the yellowfin jalapeno roll. It was delicious! It had just the right amount of heat for jalapeños. The chicken katsu was just alright. Nothing special. Will probably try this place again, for dine-in. We'll see.

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!

Warm service and delicious food!! Will definitely be…read morereturning. Prices are reasonable. Ask for Aaron!! Family owned.

Wanted something different for dinner. We enjoyed a cup of decaf barley tea and bau buns while…read morewaiting for our ramen bowls. I enjoyed the chasu my husband got the veggie. Tasty, nice portion, and fresh ingredients. Clean, simple dining with seating inside and out. Ample parking and easy access. Friendly and professional service. Next time want to try the Pad Thai! Thanks!

Cute, clean, little restaurant with an exuberant wall mural in town near at least two parking lots…read more The menu is limited. The miso black cod (lettuce wrap) was very good. My companion liked his pork ramen (but not the $6 charge for a small bottle of Coke). I had the miso veggie ramen. Only the noodles were hot. The broth tasted like a bowl of salt. After our soups arrived the server never checked on us.

The pros: great tasting sushi, incredible banana cake, tasty gin drink, and overall great flavors…read more The cons: slow service, small portions, uneven serving of food (everything came at different times). Despite coming out over the course of 20+ minutes (some tables near us were taking even longer) the sushi rolls were actually very good! The vegan roll was a unique surprise! The banana cake was also incredible. The chef is doing great things, but it's just taking too long. The server said that they weren't expecting so many people without reservations, but the restaurant itself isn't that big (maybe 6 tables of 4?) so you should be prepared to serve that many people at a reasonable pace!

Nori is a Sushi bar/restaurant in the heart of Old Saybrook. Offering an excellent interior decor,…read morewonderfully friendly staff and of course high quality fresh Sushi. Coming in for lunch I was kindly greeted and sat by a server immediately. Inside is a wonderful design blending modern and traditional feeling within an extremely cleanly atmosphere. The menu features some unique fusion dishes along with M/P Sushi specials such as Shima Aji, Kinmedai, Ōtoro, CA Uni, A5 Wagu and more. I ordered a Hot Green Tea, 16pcs Sashimi Dinner, Kinmedai, Shima Aji, Uni and Ōtoro Nigiri. As well as a Sashimi of the Ōtoro and a Uni Handroll. The Sashimi was excellently fresh, cut into proper thick slices and all displaying wonderful colors and texture. Large Santa Monica Uni, melt in your mouth Ōtoro, perfect moist Sushi rice, crisp Nori paper and sweet pickled ginger left little to none to complain about. Some of the friendliest staff and Sushi chef I've met it was a wonderful experience. The only negative I could possibly draw would be the prices are a bit higher than most "Sushi restaurants" but the quality of the food and the experience was far superior. Overall 8.9/10 excellent food and service, on my list to come back during dinner hours to try the Omakase.

What a spot. We came at 4 and ate off the happy hour menu. Def try the spicy edamame, the spicy…read moretuna dumpling and the fried sea bass bites! All so good! I would show more pics but we ate it too fast!

We are never coming back as our first experience and meal can't be beat-it could only go downhill!…read moreJust kidding -everything about the food was amazing --high quality -perfectly cooked -/flavorful --portions size good. We could not believe how good the the lobster and shrimp was and the chicken basil --both not complicated dishes per se were tasty and delicious. Service was attentive and the inside ambiance was modern.

We went for lunch, two of us. First of all, the restaurant is beautiful. Contemporary decor, very…read moreelegantly done. We sat in a booth by the window and it was lovely. The only negative about the ambiance was that it was quite loud. The high ceilings didn't do much to absorb sound, so it was hard to hear my companion unless we leaned forward and spoke pretty loudly. The booth was very comfortable, the table spotless, and even the menu was clean (a small pet peeve of mine). The tap water came in a beautiful glass with a straw, although the water itself tasted a bit chemical-like. They have a lunch menu with very reasonable prices. We ordered a sushi-sashimi combo and stir-fried soba with vegetables. The lunch menu is limited, so they also gave us the regular menu. Oddly, only 1 regular menu was provided for 2 people, so we had to keep passing it back and forth. It's an easy fix that would make browsing much easier. We ended up ordering an appetizer and a signature roll from the regular menu too. The lunch specials came with salad or soup. We chose the salad, which was mostly romaine with a typical Japanese dressing. The portion was larger than expected for a side salad, and the lettuce was fresh and crunchy. Our appetizer was the Lobster Tapas: "Spicy lobster & shrimp wrapped with seared pepper tuna." This was delicious. There were 5 little towers with very fresh ingredients and 2 excellent sauces--a chunky green sauce and a sweeter orange sauce. The tuna was flavorful and very tender. At this point we were already planning to come back with the rest of the family. Next came the sushi-sashimi combo. There were 9 pieces of sashimi beautifully presented on ice, plus 3 pieces of sushi and a spicy tuna roll. The sashimi was very fresh, tender, and flavorful, especially the tuna. Unfortunately, the spicy tuna roll was the weak point. It tasted dry, lacked flavor, and seemed to contain far more crunchy fillers than tuna. It reminded me of a meatball with too much breadcrumb and not enough meat. I'd rather have a smaller roll with better-quality fish than a larger one padded with fillers. The spicy tropical roll was also disappointing. It too seemed to contain more fillers than fish, and the sauce was a little too sweet. It didn't taste fish-forward enough for a "signature" roll. The flavors leaned more fusion than authentic Japanese. If ingredient cost is the issue, I'd gladly pay a few dollars more for a better fish-to-filler ratio. The stir-fried soba with "vegetables" was also disappointing. The noodles didn't taste like Japanese buckwheat soba, and the both the taste + presentation reminded me of instant ramen. The flavor was decent but nothing memorable, and there were only a few pieces of zucchini--nowhere near enough vegetables to justify the name of the dish. The service was good overall. Our server was very sweet and friendly but definitely could use more training. While we were both trying to read the single menu, she interrupted to take our order instead of asking if we needed another minute--or even better, bringing us a second menu. Not a huge issue, but not especially pro or polished. As we were finishing, we ordered a couple of takeout items for a family member. The server kindly offered to package our leftovers with the takeout, which was appreciated. However, when the bill arrived, 1 of the takeout dishes was missing. It took a while to get her attention, and when we did, she reprinted the check without explaining how much longer the forgotten item would take. She did swing back to say she'd ask the chef to expedite, but we still waited quite a while, making us late for a meeting. As for the takeout, the Valentine Roll was just ok, similar to the signature roll we had at lunch. We also ordered a tuna roll, yellowtail roll, and sweet potato roll. None were bad, but they lacked the flavor we expected. Whether it was the rice or the ingredients, they just didn't stand out. Overall, it was a nice lunch. The beautiful restaurant, fresh sashimi, generous salad, and excellent appetizer showed a lot of promise. Unfortunately, too many of the rolls relied on fillers instead of fish, the soba missed the mark, and there were a few service missteps. They're very close--just a handful of small, doable improvements could elevate the experience from okay to outstanding. I hope they do.

Excellent food; Always delicious; Best in the local area. I order when there rather than phone or…read moreinternet; just seems to work for me as you can see lots of pre-order pickup happening. A couple tables out front to eat when the weather is nice. The place is always clean and orderly.

TLDR; This place is good but I wouldn't say great. I recommend ordering online instead of dining…read morein. With the rave reviews I was really hoping I had found a hidden gem in Groton. It was a bit above average for the area and prices were better than I've seen elsewhere. My husband and I dined in on a Saturday around 6 pm. The place was already slammed with online orders and it did not stop the entire hour or so we spent in the building. Everything is disposable even when dining in and eating out of styrofoam isn't my preference but ok. It's a small establishment and I would guess the overwhelming majority of their business comes through online ordering. So, order online rather than go in as there is no real ambiance. I tend to order pretty basic rolls and sashimi which I think really levels the playing field when it comes to sushi. So, my commentary on the sushi is just based on the quality of the fish. It was alright not particularly vibrant or fresh. But not bad either. The pieces of sashimi were literally the biggest I've ever seen. They were too big to comfortably one-bite. The spicy tuna roll was pretty good and didn't require soy sauce to make it palatable. The miso soup was also good. My husband loved their salad dressing. If we decide to order again I would skip the sashimi and probably order some à la cart nigiri to form my final opinion. The search for a truly killer sushi place around here continues.

I first ate at Takumi maybe 10 years ago. It's nice to see they have withstood the test of time,…read moreand it's easy to see why. The space remains contemporary and clean, and the service pleasant. Their menu felt extensive and creative a decade ago, and still holds up well today. I'm sure they've made refinements since they've opened, demonstrating their ability to evolve and adapt. It seems they've always taken pride in the presentation of their offerings, and that remains true to this day. I wasn't too impressed with their ramen back then, so I'm curious to see if anything has changed. The sushi and cocktails remain as tasty and enjoyable as I remember, and my daughter thoroughly enjoyed the kid's bento box. Takumi is easily one of the better mid tier sushi spots in Connecticut, and I'm surprised I haven't visited them more over the years. That will definitely need to change!

Ordered through DoorDash and overall had a good experience. The crab Rangoon was creamy on the…read moreinside and crispy on the outside. My favorite was the salmon skin salad--it was fresh, flavorful, and really tasty. The tonkatsu was the only letdown, as it wasn't as flavorful as other ramen I've had. The order arrived in good time and everything was packaged well.