So by no means is Bamboo 52 a destination restaurant nor is it a place if you are looking for authentic mind blowing sushi. It's the kind of place that you hit up on your way out for the night and you need some food to coat your stomach before you start drinking but don't want to eat terrible food in the process. I've most definitely had better sushi in my life but I've also had way worse sushi too. It's most definitely one of those places that in the middle of the pack - but in a good way. If you come with the right crowd, this place can be pretty fun and satisfying, especially since their happy hour is until 9pm.
I met up with a bunch of friends on a Friday night before we hit up the (in)famous Flaming Saddles - a gay rodeo bar in Hell's Kitchen. Since we were such a large group, we thought it would be best to make a reservation somewhere but a lot of the more mom and pop places in the area don't take reservations or couldn't accommodate 9 of us. Luckily, Bamboo 52 could and it's right around the corner from the bar. It's kind of the perfect place for a large group because it's not stuffy and you can be kind of rowdy and no one will complain. We had people walk in 45 minutes late to dinner and they let us wait around to order and we also kept ordering repeatedly - we kept our waitress very busy.
The menu is what you would expect of a neighborhood sushi joint - typical sushi rolls along with your line-up of crazy ones with mango and cream cheese. We pretty much ordered a basic line up for stuff: edamame, seaweed crisp (Amy was gun-ho on this one), spicy tuna roll, cajun tuna roll, rainbow roll, american dream roll, lovely roll and a few others. I'm not going to go into detail of each roll but it's safe to say that they were all totally fine and tasty and we definitely cleaned our plates. I did want to note that Mark did order some weird BBQ chicken roll - umm, what?! It was literally BBQ chicken wrapped in rice and seaweed - it wasn't actually all that bad, just different. I can actually see this place being a good local hang out if you lived around there and just wanted some basic sushi to nosh on and let your hair down at the same time. Total bill: $48/pp with tax, tip and drinks
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