Hiyake Omakase 炙

We came here for a company party with around 30 people and this was accompanied in the back room, where we sat at 6 tables and different fees for Adults of $48 and $24 for kids, the options were impressive for an All you can eat sushi, sashimi and BBQ were all options that were plentiful but lack the depth of flavor. We were impressed how helpful the staff was as it was a Saturday night and the restaurant was busy. The meat was tender need to be cooked well and the entrees lack something that we cannot put my stamp on.

We actually dined here back in November. Time surely flies by because I actually forgot to leave a review. Anyho, we arrived with family who were visiting. They highly recommended eating here since they've enjoyed it so much before. I do suggest making reservations since it is a popular restaurant. I loved that Gyu-Ichiro offers enclosed seating booths. It offers tremendous privacy and intimacy if one were bringing a date. Friendly servers with a great atmosphere!

This AYCE bbq and sushi spot in Bowery is a great dinner or lunch spot with friends or for a date. The interior is decorated with Japanese posters and has private booths for you to enjoy your BBQ at. You order on an iPad and your food is brought out to you soon after. Price for dinner is ~$50, and on Tuesdays it's AYCD hot sake! We ordered a variety of meats as well as appetizers and sashimi. The appetizers were pretty solid. I enjoyed their seaweed salad and seafood pancake. Although their takoyaki was good, I felt like it was a bit too oily. The meat was alright. Although they had good sauces and spices to dip it in, I felt like the quality was a bit too tough for me. The sushi/sashimi was good—better than I expected! Our favorite cut of the night actually ended up being the garlic shrimp. I ended my meal with their jelly appetizer/dessert. Wish there were more options for their AYCE package, but overall, not bad!

Meat was okay but their side dishes were horrible. The edamame’s were cold and the texture was off the kani salad was also a bit stale. There are a lot of good reviews on this place which confused me greatly. Maybe it was the time I came (8pm) they have limited sides. The only thing you can eat your meat with is white steamed rice. No sort of spaghetti or fried rice. You just have to stuff your face with meat and sushi. No desert on the menu. Maybe it’s because my expectations are high… other places just like this one have been amazing to me.

Meat isn’t fresh (see pic) portion of the beef is discolored, some red ones when u flip to the other side became dull color. They also don’t marinate the stuff, they put the sauce on top of it last minute or something and maybe just to cover the discolor, sushi is below avg. not sure if it’s the time I went so I left it as a two and not a 1 star. But I went on Friday night after 7:30 barely serve you at all, refilled water and just dump food on ur table. Kid saw a rat by the kitchen under the cart, my kid is 6 and she tried to chase it lol. When she told the staff about the sighting (not to confront but to let them know that she saw one) , the staff just looked the other way with no response.