Saturday, October 16, 2010

Ako Visited 10/16/10 3.25 Forks

Ako  205 Bedford Ave, (between 6th St & 5th St), Brooklyn, NY 11211

 I'm not sure why I haven't been to Ako before since there are not that many sushi places in Williamsburg.  The place is actually nothing amazing, but it gets the job done and is a pretty decent neighborhood joint.  The decor is actually quite home-y and nicely done and the waitstaff was quite friendly and quick with everything. 


We started with the rock shrimp tempura ($9), which was pretty good.  It was fried well and had a nice light coat for mayo on top of it.  There was surprisingly a good number of shrimp, granted they are not huge pieces but they were the right size for this type of appetizer.  For our main meal, we split the spicy roll combo ($14) and a tuna love roll ($12).  I liked that instead of asking for soup or salad, you actually get both!  The spicy roll combo came with spicy tuna, salmon, and yellowtail and there were 6 pieces of each.  They were good....kind of your basic, standard spicy rolls.  The tuna love roll was a peppercorn crusted white tuna, avocado, topped with red tuna crunch.  You could definitely taste the smokiness of the seared peppercorn white tuna and definitely gave the roll a different twist.  

A few things to know about this place:  there is no beer/liquor and even though they have AmEx card holders they claim they don't take it (one of my pet peeves).  The total bill was $45 with tax and tip.  While this place is no Nobu or Sushi of Gari, it's does fine as a regular standard joint.

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