Full meal for a decent price. It was just what I needed that day. Staff was friendly and food was prepared quickly so

I ordered from them 2 time. 1st Time, for my boss's birthday party and 2nd time, for my boyfriend and me. I got party tray D. Lets said it was good quility of fish and fresh. Good size for 2 - 4 ppls depend on how starving u r. I will recommend this place for every one who loves sushi and sashimi. read more

They just moved down the block! Still on Third Ave but now closer to 82nd Street. Smaller space but seems they have seating downstairs...

Great lunch specials. Good fresh sushi. So glad we popped in here for lunch and to get out of the rain. read more

The food here is average, at best. They give significantly less portions than other Japanese restaurants in the area, and in my opinion their food is half as good. They include tip in the bill, which I get that many places do that now, but in my opinion tip should be left up to the customer. In addition, I didn't even know if the extra money was really going towards the waitresses paycheck or towards the higher ups that run the place. The service here was not good at all. Although the food came on time, and everything was technically done correctly, some of the employees were contemptuous, and did not bother to hide it much. We are not stupid, or blind. I don't know who they thought the customers were, but I think that anyone who couldn't see their animosity has an IQ lower than Koko the gorilla. In short, you guys should really head to new ichiro instead of sushi para, which is close by. read more

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Place is always great. Order from here once a week and do the dinner special. Better deal if you go there and do pickup. 3 rolls, 2 piece of sushi and an app for $28? Try to find it better anywhere. They do so much volume of fish that it is always fresh. read more

The first time I got sushi here, I loved that they made the sushi with a pretty thin layer of rice with thick slices of salmon for my salmon roll. But my subsequent orders have been a bit disappointing, after seeing more rice and less salmon. I also feel that I can get fresher/thicker cut = more satisfying (personal taste) sushi else where, although it probably would be more expensive. read more

2 weeks ago we had one of our worst experience here, but today, we had an amazing time! One main reason was that our favorite server was there... she really is the difference between a. Good experience and a poor one in my opinion. Sushi was great!!! ...As always. Service was great.. she really is always present and always attentive! I wish I knew her name.. but I posted a pic of her... if you see her working, you know you will be in good hands! read more

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Sushi Para is probably the best thing that's happened to me ever since I moved to UES. $25 for AYCE sushi AND it's BYOB (with corkage fee of $3 for wine and $1 for beer). The restaurant itself isn't too large. There's probably 8-10 4 person tables and 10 seats at the sushi bar. I can see it getting packed and have long wait times. Think Chinese people own this place - the waitresses are super nice! Now of course the reason why you're here is for the $25 AYCE sushi. Here are the choices and what I recommend: - appetizers (their gyozas and shumai were addicting, and good palate cleansers) - nigiri sushi (salmon, tuna, yellowtail) - sushi rolls (alaska roll, snow crab avocado roll, spicy tuna roll, and you can make anything a hand roll!) - special sushi rolls (pop up roll, volcano roll, so many good options but IMO they all end up tasting the same) They put a LOT of rice in the nigiri sushi, so definitely don't over order those. However, the sushi rolls had the perfect amount of rice - just enough to coat the seaweed wrapping. The rice itself was soft and did not fall apart when picked up. I was really surprised how fresh the fish was, considering this is an AYCE restaurant. The salmon was soft and buttery. Nobody had to make unpleasant trips to the bathroom afterwards (well, not cause of the fish quality anyway). I think if you order enough food, IT COMES OUT ON A BOAT!!! This made me so happy. Unfortunately, dessert isn't included. But you're here to eat your weight in salmon, not green tea ice cream. TIP: If you're looking for the salmon avocado roll, order the Alaska roll, which is salmon, avocado, and cucumber. TIP2: They have 10% off discount cards at the front so be sure to grab one and use on your next visit! read more

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I loved my first visit. But the 2nd visit was just bad. It was like they began to see red on their ledger and decided to change things around by giving you mass quantities of rice. These guys really stuffed the sushi with heaping amounts of rice. With the 3 hand rolls I ordered and the 8 pieces of salmon sushi, I must have eaten 4 bowls of rice. I get they want to stuff you full of inexpensive stuff but c'mon... How can you expect patrons to come out feeling good when all they eat is rice. No thanks. read more

Went Saturday for lunch and it was not packed at all. FAST seating. Good service. $25 AYCE weekend lunch. Between me and my BF we prob ordered 50 ish pieces to split. Everything was yummy. I was surprised how big their spicy salmon roll was. They def don't skimp on the fish! Also got takoyaki, grilled squid, pork gyoza. All yummy and at good small portions so we could eat more sushi read more

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I normally have no issues with delivery and Sushi Para has become my go to, but today (3/20) I never received my food. The phone line has been off the hook for hours. I placed the order at 715 and it is now 915pm, and still no food. There's no way to get in touch with the restaurant!!! read more

I've eaten the all you can eat buffet once, and it was really tasty. I've also ordered seamless from the yesterday a lot. The fish always taste fresh, the prices are comparable or cheaper to other places in the area and the rolls are LARGE. You certainly get your money's worth! The rolls are big bc of the amount of fish and veggies they use, not rice heavy! Shrimp shumai is always tasty, spicy tuna, spicy scallop - really havent had a bad roll from here. One of my go-tos read more

Really great spot for sushi and definitly coming back!! The prices are really affordable, the fish is fresh and the customer service is on point! They have a unlimited sushi or sashim/ rolls for only $25!!!! You cant really beat that. Only catch is you have to eat everything off your plate or you will pay for the leftovers you did not eat so dont overorder. Cant wait to return! read more

Sushi Para - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

Yay for a great selection of all you can eat sushi! Boo for the long wait to be seated as well as the long wait for our food. Wow, what a great deal. So many classic Japanese restaurant appetizers, including edamame, Miso soup, and shumai, are all included in the base price! They have a variety of sashimis, rolls, and deluxe rolls. Make sure you don't over-order because they do charge you if you have excessive leftovers at the end of your meal. The sushi was pretty darn good for what we were paying. My only complaint is that the food is slow to arrive, but we also had a large party, so it could be that they were overwhelmed by not only our large party, but by the rest of the restaurant, which was at capacity. read more

Incredibly disappointed. I have probably been here about 5 different times and each time has been a completely different experience. Is the sushi good? Yeah it's okay. Is the ambiance nice? Not really. I came in here on my birthday excited to eat their all you can eat special. When we told them we had a reservation they said the time rather than the name, implying no other reservations. Then when they realized the seating area was full they took us downstairs into a room (unlit) and completely empty. On the way down we saw the bathrooms, with the doors wide open leaving a less than desired effect. We ended up leaving because of the horrible management and going to another place nearby. I've gone here with my friends before and had a great time, but really I almost want money back for the time and energy wasted going there. Incredibly disappointing. read more

So. Much. Sushi. Stopped by here while I was in upper eastside with a friend and did AYCE sushi. The fish tasted fresh, and I loved all the rolls we got (we got a lot so I honestly can't really remember which was which unfortunately). We got an order of the takoyaki (which came out as 3 balls), and I thought that there wasn't very much octopus in each of the balls. It was mainly breading (?). I thought the atmosphere there was pretty quiet and good for conversation/catching up with someone. The service was good. For $25 AYCE sushi in NYC, Sushi Para is delicious! read more

I went on a Friday night around 6:30 and I really, really want to give 4 stars, but the service was not that great so 3.5. The food was amazing, the sushi was fresh and there were no stomachaches or anything after. The appetizers were also really good. However, the service was another thing and I'm not sure if that was because it was a busy night. My group and I only got to do 2 rounds. The food came out really slow, appetizers would come first and then sushi would come after 30 minutes or more. Some rolls were missing, but we just tried to order them on the second round. And still, the food came out super slow. I would've liked it more if we could've gotten at least one more round in. So I recommend ordering as much as you can first round and second round. I also felt a bit disappointed in the choices that we had. Although there were a lot of special rolls, we also wanted to get basic rolls like futomaki. But, these rolls weren't an option. It was also hard to get napkins, water, or chopsticks, but then it might have been a really busy night. We were also getting rushed to leave since another party was waiting, they told us we were past the time limit, but we were not (I believe they only said this in order to make us leave for the other parties). Also, where we were sitting, there was a bug climbing the walls which made us feel that the place may not be as sanitary. Overall, the food is great and $25 for an AYCE dinner isn't bad either. Just don't expect great service even though 18% tip is automatically added to a party of 5+. read more

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UPD: We stopped ordering or eating there as a seafood quality has gotten really bad. Scallops smelled and tasted bad as well as some yellow tail rolls a couple of times. Weve complained but didn't have any of it replaced or refunded. We love the place for sushi and poke! We order from there for home n a lot as well! read more

I love deals, doesn't everyone loves deals?!?! This place is the epitome of deals. $20 at lunch (weekdays only) for all you can eat sushi?!?! This is almost unheard of. The sashimi is obviously not going to be the most fresh and amazing but it's decent enough! The rolls are pretty good but I'm not a huge roll person. I prefer sashimi. However, for the unlimited, decent sushi I give this place 5 stars. Additionally, you can get small appetizer dishes too, like edamame or miso soup or grilled squid, etc. The service was also splendid. If you go in the evenings or weekends it's $25 but lunch on the weekdays is only $20. The way this place works is you get a paper menu and you mark the quantity of the different stuff you want. You can always order more after you finish too. Also, I think that there's a charge if you don't finish what you ordered. But that wasn't a problem for me so I don't know what that process looks like if you have leftovers. Overall, this place has great deals!!! For pretty decent sushi. I would definitely recommend this place if you're really hungry and in the mood for some sushi! read more

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I've been here a few times now and have left satisfied (maybe a bit toooo satisfied) each time. Don't get me wrong it's not authentic sushi, but if you're going to an AYCE sushi place, chances are that's not what you're looking for in the first place. I definitely recommend coming for dinner over lunch. There are just more options (many more appetizers, more specialty rolls etc) and it's only a 5$ difference in price between lunch and dinner. Plus you can BYOB and then go out clubbin right afterwards!! Or just be like me and pass out from a food coma. Depending on how busy they are the wait isn't too long and they've been really good at fulfilling large orders with everything I've ordered and placing all the sushi on a massive wooden boat. You order by marking what you want on a sheet of paper and handing it to a server. Service is fast and attentive. Great place overall. read more

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Friend and I were looking for a quick lunch before we hit up the Cooper Hewitt design museum. We walked by Sushi Para, and it looked clean (albeit empty, being Saturday at 1 PM and a decently sized restaurant) and modern so we figured why not. The wait staff was quick to seat us, and got us all nice big cups of iced water (more on that to come). We contemplated getting the AYCE for us both, but decided against it because we still wanted to be able to eat dinner. We settled on 6 rolls (came out to less than 25, which was what we intended to spend instead of $50 for lunch), the spicy tuna, yellow tail, fatty tuna + avocado, unagi + avocado, white shell crab + avocado (pretty much California roll), and spicy salmon. After we ordered, I fiddled with my straw a little and proceeded to spill THE ENTIRE WATER GLASS ON MYSELF .. and my phone. Thankfully we were both okay, but I spent the rest of the day soaked and cold and embarrassed of myself. But the staff was quick to mop up my mess (thankfully it was a plastic cup), and swapped a seat out for me. Super nice, and told me it was okay!! These things happen often to clumsy people like me, and I'm glad they didn't make a big deal about of it (or charge us more!) Our rolls came quickly (~15 minutes? Not bad) and the plating was gorgeous! The sushi was okay, not the best I've had but the fish was fresh, they were generous with the fish but the rice was okay.. dry, unflavored, just not the best sushi rice I've had. I would actually come back and try the AYCE, but if I were looking for a nice sit down sushi restaurant, this place is up to par with their service but you can probably find better quality elsewhere. Not bad! read more

Sushi Para - Clockwise from bottom left: fatty tuna/avocado, unagi/avocado, crab/avocado, spicy salmon, yellowtail, spicy tuna. - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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I'll start off with the positives 1. Clean space 2. Friendly and helpful staff 3. An affordable all-you-can-eat menu with lots of variety. I really wanted to like this place but the food just missed the mark completely. I've never experienced such tasteless food - it's not that the fish was unfresh- it just lacked all flavor. It was almost impossible to distinguish what type of sushi you were eating. The coloring of the food was also a bit odd, it almost looked like plastic food. With so much good sushi in the neighborhood I don't think I'll be back. I'll note that the restaurant is large and BYOB (I think)- so maybe it's a good option for a blackout AYCE sushi night with friends. read more

Went here for a quick Take out Tried their American dream roll: Shrimp tempura, eel, cucumber avocado and tobiko: 3/5 (average) The roll came out right away so I'm assuming it was premade. Saw that they have all you can eat lunch until 3:30pm for only $20 and all you can eat dinner for $25. For decent sushi with that price, I would definitely come back. read more

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2 words (kind of): all-you-can-eat sushi. $25 all you can eat sushi (with a $1 per piece food waste charge). Great deal on the UES! And the sushi was actually really good! They give you little forms and pencils to check off what rolls you want and just keep the forms coming as long as you want. Loved this place read more

Sushi Para - Big ol boat of sushi - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

All You Can Eat Sushi this affordable option is not listed on their website, however, it is very much available. selection is great and add ons are available. bring your own bottle, no corkage fee. service was wonderful and the sushi came out fast. read more

Sushi Para - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

Had a 7:15 reservation on a Saturday night for 6. They had it on their list and the place was full and didn't hold a reservation I had made so we left. Honor your reservations or lose customers. I will never return. read more

No-frills sushi restaurant on UES. Stopped for a quick dinner with a friend after an event at Copper Hewitt. We had a few rolls with miso. We were only guests (late weeknight), and service was prompt and attentive. Sushi was delicious and the mints at the end were most welcome. There were quite a few take out orders being picked up- it's obvious by previous reviews this is a neighborhood fav. read more

Went here last Thursday. Because we were on a schedule, I made a reservation, just in case there wouldn't be any room. Turns out that was unnecessary as the restaurant was empty when we got there. We stayed here for 1.5 hours and it filled about 2/3 when we left. We got the $25 AYCE sushi. Our first order took around 40 minutes (maybe a bit more) to come out. I think all orders take a long time because there are only 2 chefs. (Only one guy was making orders for a couple tables for about an hour). Our first order was 2 rolls and about 10 pieces of sushi. I didn't think it needed 40 minutes or preparing. This is the reason I am giving in 4 stars instead of 5. Sushi quality was great. Very large selection, in my opinion. Plenty of starters, plenty of rolls. No sashimi, however. Some items include a 50c charge for "chef's special sauce". There is also a charge for leftover food items. It clearly says this on the order card. Waitresses (there were 2) were nice but you have to call them for their attention. Not a big problem, however. Overall, great experience. read more

In the menu there's shrimp sushi when I make the order for take away. I ask twice for teriyaki sauce. 4 minutes litter I had a call that they run out of shrimp So I choose salmon. and remind them about the teriyaki sauce 25 mints litter I get the order. Not bad Sushi And soya sauce. read more

Disgusting and rude. Delivery took 90 minutes for a tuna roll a salmon roll and a yellowtail roll. They hung up on me every single time I called them to check on the order. They refused to compensate anything. The sushi is not fresh and it came without chopsticks. Do not go or order from this gross establishment. I spent 30 minutes calling a number on repeat that would either pick up and hang up or refuse to answer. Bad Sushi,bad service. read more

I used to be a frequent customer but after my last visit I'll never set foot in this place again. First, the wait staff is ADDICTED to drama, the service is on their terms and anywhere else would get them fired.When it's 20 degrees outside and I'm seated next to the door with a virtually empty restaurant it's baffling. As the place filled up everyone else is seated in the back where it's wRm. When I ask why I'm actually yelled at! Told I could have moved, why are you so upset (I wasn't and told the longtime waitress to calm down). I ended the conversation by saying I'll never come back again which replied " GOOD, that's good, fine by me". I've never been to a restaurant where the waitstaff goes from so indifferent to rude. Yet, I've witnessed more than once where the staff will call out a patron for not leaving an adequate tip.its insane the owner puts up with this. For a cheap meal that's ok it's great. Keep your e or rations on the staff very low. I'll never go back read more

Used to love this place and been waiting for them to reopen for dine in. I got curious and finally called only to be told that AYCE sushi is not coming back ever. I really wish they would reconsider. read more

This was legitimate dog shit. The sushi is awful and rancid. The fish was falling apart and the rice tasted funny. I would never come here again or want anyone to come here. The chefs kept staring at me while I ate and if you do come, for whatever reason, only order the squid. All in all, don't come here. For real. read more

If you're looking for authentic sushi, this is not the place to go. I'm not too sure what the a la carte prices are for the sushi rolls, but I came here on a weekend for dinner and chose the AYCE option that is priced at $25/person. I came with a party of around 17 people and the total including tax and tip came out to be approximately $31/person. As a large party, we were split into 3 different tables with 3 different ordering sheets. Somehow the servers still managed to mix up the orders from all three tables which made it difficult for some vegetarians in our party who ordered the vegetarian friendly rolls. I tried the spicy salmon roll and the fish was below average. The tempura was not bad but the takoyaki was honestly pathetic. Pretty sure there won't be a round two for this place. read more

I'm quite familiar with this franchise having lived in Chicago for a while before moving to New York. I was pleasantly surprised to stumble on this place while wandering around the UES and was eager to try it out. After eating dinner here I am glad to say that, for now, it is better than the ones in Chicago. The ones in Chicago were notorious for overpacking their nigiri with rice in order to fill you up quicker. This New York Sushi Para had a great rice to fish ratio. The fish quality is what you would expect/really good from an AYCE sushi. The price is extremely reasonable for AYCE and fantastic for UES. $20 for lunch and $25 dinner is unheard of and I cannot imagine them keeping this up Couple of warnings: 1) Be warned that they will penalize you if you do not finish all your sushi 2) In Chicago the 2 Sushi Paras I frequented would initially have a great rice to fish ratio when the restaurant opened, but as their popularity grew they would overpack their rice or have thin cuts of fish. I expect this to be the case with this location in the future. However, with that said... Taste: 4.5 stars -- great rolls and nigiri without too much rice Value: 5 stars-- $20 lunch and $25 dinner is a steal in Manhattan. Overall: 5 stars-- I'm going to round up to a solid 5 stars. Great taste and great value. When (not if) they start overpacking their nigiri rice as they did in Chicago I'll downgrade the rating. For now this place is great and anyone craving lots of good sushi at a reasonable price should definitely come. Glad to have you here in the Big Apple Sushi Para. I'll be back! read more

We ordered from Sushi Para last night via Seamless. Usually the bar is set pretty low because delivery sushi is never fabulous. Sushi Para was actually great! We finally have a delivery sushi go-to after living in Midtown East for over a year! The value is fantastic, as the portion of sushi was so generous in the sushi for 2 order. Tempura came really hot and crispy. Miso soup was hot and not too salty. We couldn't even finish our sushi, but it was really good as left-overs today! Seriously, buy some sake from the local liquor store, and make a date night out of ordering in from Sushi Para, you'll save a lot of $$. read more

I thought this was a great value for good quality sushi! The dinner special is perfect! Fish was very fresh and tasty. Take out was easy to do. Would definitly recommend! read more

It's worst sushi restaurant I've ever been in the NYC. the price and foods looked fine on menu. food quality and customer service were both terrible. rice of sushi was sooo dry and they used huge amount of rice with it. you are gonna full after one time order even though you order 'you all can eat' because of it. Also you cannot share your 'you all can eat' foods with other person as per staff. they are watching you. I will definitely not go to this place ever. read more

This place is gross...Got a 3 roll combo, for dinner and the spicy tuna had gone bad hours earlier. Must have sat out in the restaurant since atleast lunch and was so bad I had to spit it out. On top of that, the spicy salmon roll had multiple scales in it so they aren't even cleaning the fish properly. Safe to say I will not be ordering from here again and definitely regret ordering in the first place. read more