Sometimes you want great sushi but don't want to pay crazy money or sit around for 3 hours having the chef explain every single insane cut of fish he got that day. Enter Sushi on Jones. It's a genius idea. It's a pop-up omakase meal from the sushi chef at Sushi Dojo that's served rapid style - 12 pieces served in 30 mins all for $50. The place is tiny - only 4 real seats at the outdoor Bowery Market but you don't have to worry about waiting for too long because the seats turnover every 30 mins! You can, however, make reservations now so that might change the wait time but in general it's a pretty well oiled machine.
Anuja, Amy and I sat down at the bar stools and we were immediately served sushi as soon as we sat down. The menu consists of scallop (the best piece of the night!), crab, hamachi, uni (2nd best piece of the night), eel, botan shrimp, 2 tuna, 2 salmon and 2 wagyu beef plus you can get a wagyu + uni piece for an extra $12. All standard but tasty cuts of fish. I was actually surprised that they served uni and botan given the $50 price point. Excellent deal. The quality and taste of each of them were superb and you didn't even realize that you were not in a fancy pants sushi restaurant in Midtown. I was very impressed by the quality of it given the set-up. The sushi chefs were really nice and told you what each fish was, asked if you had any fish you didn't like and then just basically got to work. They ended with 5 minutes to spare so that you can order any extra pieces - we each got one extra piece of scallop ($5) because it was melt in your mouth delicious. The rice was also well done and the right temperature and consistency for sushi.
It was such a pleasant experience that it was actually really sad when it was done in 30 minutes. The quality made you want to sit and order more. They also let you sneakily BYOB - I'd recommend getting a screw top and leaving it in the bag, they will provide the coffee cups for you to use.
I'm not sure how they will deal with this in the winter time as it doesn't make sense to sit outside in the cold no matter how delicious the food is - so I'd say get over there as fast as you can now before it's shut down for the season. My only complaint is that they served me the wagyu + uni piece without asking if I wanted it. While I didn't mind eating it and probably would have ordered it anyways, they really should have asked if I wanted it since it is $12/pop. Total bill: $85 with tax and tip
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