Isamu

This place is very reasonable, I love the lunch options and pretty much everything this place has to offer… Isamu even let’s you check in your personal wine bottle at the door. The quality of food is excellent. The staff is very friendly and the owners are highly involved. This place offers the best sushi in Beacon, NY

Favorite sushi spot in town! Favorites to order here are the Sakura and Samurai Special Rolls Freakin Yum !!

The menu rarely changes. The service is ok. the food is good, but not special.

I went with a party of 8 and I ordered a bento box. It was good, not great. It’s really just like your typical Chinese-​Japanese food restaurant. Not exactly what I call to be authentic Chinese or Japanese food but it’s in the Beacon so I’m not surprised.

Good sushi, what is to be expected, terrible service. I was rushed to order food. The waitress took my plate away before I was done. I was also asked if I tipped, which I find very rude. Very cold atmosphere

Pretty much everything you could ask for. They share the tables so there’s always someone around or coming to you if you need anything. The service team was very nice and quick. The food was top quality.

decent food but weird service. I once sat at the counter with no waiter and wasn’t sure of the tip etiquette. I left without leaving one and was loudly apprehended by the lady in charge. I may have been in the wrong but the reaction was overblown. Another time they didn’t want to let my mother in law and I in at 9:30 because they said they close at 10. I don’t care much about sushi these days anyway so I never really go here anymore.

I usually get the hot and sour soup here and it is very good, but on 8−10−15 I ordered it and it was horrible in every aspect. May or may not be back.

I called to place an order on June 28^th at 845 pm. I hope the manager of this establishment can track the person I will be referring to. The woman that was taking the order was very rude and would not help me or explain the item I was trying to order. She was very unprofessional and impatient. I have many options for good Japanese food and don’t need to be treated this way. If she was unable to understand what I was saying then she should have given the phone to a manager or possibly somebody who knows about customer service. I will not be spending my money here again.

Decided to give the dining in experience here another try. Huge mistake. On a hot summer day, the the air conditioning wasn’t turned on (or maybe it was just on very low?) and my sushi was warm– not very appetizing.
My waitress was rude as usual– plopped my food in front of me and acted as if I was inconveniencing her by being there. Despite the fact that I was the only person in the place, she never came back to check on me, yet I could hear her chatting loudly with another waitress in the back and another guy working there had to tell her that I was waiting.
Usually the food here is good, but the service is always horrible. Good customer service is huge– I would suggest management work on this because judging by other reviews on here, this seems to be a big problem that will hurt your business.

Love this place!!! Waitress staff is amazing!!! Sushi great! Eat here once a week! Ika and tuna love roll our fav. Broccoli and garlic cooked to perfection!

Been here several times. The following is always consistent…
Food is decent. Service can definitely use improvement. Some staff very nice while others are totally rude.

Took my boyfriend here for his birthday. We had a lovely dinner! The food was delicious and the service was quick. :)

I’ve been coming to this restaurant for years. Quality Japanese food in a very pretty atmosphere. I always get the sweet potato roll, avocado roll, avocado salad, and miso soup. They’re open 7 days a week and are a reliable place to call for take out after 8pm. Love Beacon but it’s a real bitch to get food late at night certain days of the week.

Pros: solidly good sushi, unique specialty rolls
try: the Golden Roll
Cons: pricey, cramped seating, atmosphere
skip: Japanese Mochi

Overall the food is good if you’re on a tight budget. However, small improvements could be made to make the food excellent, along with the overall experience.
After coming here fairly regularly for about three years, I’ve stopped eating in.
The dressing for their simple green salad is great– if they could have a variety of greens for the bed of the salad instead of iceberg, the salad would match the dressing.
Some of the servers are fantastic. However, some are awful, and they ruin that for the rest.
Last time I ate in, I was with my youngest brother (still in high school), and two of his friends. We each ordered about 2 different types of rolls (veggie, Philadelphia, etc) except for my brother (who ordered a beef negimaki bento box), and as a table, we ordered garlic sautéed eggplant.
After ordering, a family of about 6(grandparents, parents, children) came in, sat down, and ordered.
The bento box arrived quickly, which was nice. What was not nice was the fact that the waitress tossed it at my brother… It didn’t even land in front of him. I thought because the bento box had arrived that the rest of our food would arrive within around 10 minutes. The eggplant came out about five minutes after the bento box– over cooked, not very garlicky, and extremely sweet.
We waited almost a half an hour for our cold sushi rolls to arrive– in total it was about 40 minutes, which would’ve been a perfectly fine wait time if the bento box came out with it. The family who came after us all ordered salads, and a mixture of hot and cold dishes… They were finished with their meal and about to order dessert as our sushi arrived– irritating. I understand there are time differences in food arrival based on the order, but this was too much. It wasn’t even that busy… Probably about 2 groups of 2, my group, and the family.
When we told the waitress about the eggplant, we asked if it could be remade or we could get a refund, after a sigh and an eye roll, we were informed that they «don’t do that.»
The icing on the cake was that as I signed for the meal, the waitress told me I needed to leave a tip… I left one dollar-​which I regret. Nobody is required to leave a tip, how dare you give such service and have the audacity to request a tip.
I am fairly young, and I look even younger. Young customers tend to be treated poorly… Why? I’ll never know.
Quite confusing to me because my $ 10 is worth the same amount as anyone else’s.
Pay attention to detail, customer service, and stop asking for tips when you clearly don’t deserve them, and this place could easily be four or five stars

To the Management:
If you need to exterminate for pests, for future reference please do the following:
1) Tell patrons coming in close to closing time that you are indeed closed and NOT «Yes we are open, what would you like?»
2) Maybe wait until the one guy who just ordered a Bento box leaves your establishment before you have pest control start spraying the kitchen where his food is being prepped?
3) Have Mr. Mayhem park his roach hearse down the block or side street.

Decent food, service was not good at all.
Had some eel sashimi, which was pretty good not great. Also tried a sashimi salad, that was very good and would recommend. My brother had the chicken tempura which he was not a fan. The bf had a noodle stir fry, which he liked. If it was not for the service, I would have given them 4 stars. My bf’s noodles came out before all our food, and his would get cold. They should have waited until everything was finished.

We tried Isamu last night and were very happy with the outcome. The place is very pretty and clean, though a bit dark.
Started with the IKA, grilled squid appetizer, perfection, tender and tasty, needed a bit more sauce which they promptly oblige! Home made dumpling and Shumai came pipping hot and were quite delicious.
The bento dinner box is a great choice if you are not quite sure of what to order. Comes with; soup, salad, and white rice. Eight different and copious choices. I went for the ISAMU Duck Wrap, duck was tender, juicy and crispy just right, comes with scallions, cucumber, hoisin sauce and 4 buns. A very generous portion. Looked so good I dove right in and forgot to take a picture.
Definitely worth a visit. Very reasonably priced.

Sit at the bar and order away
I’ve been a regular here at all hours of the day. The business has ranged from packed to i’m the only one at the sushi bar wondering how the hell they get the caviar in different colors when they comes from the same fish. (he won’t tell me, and i dont care anymore) ONE thing remains constant and that is the quality if the food; Marvelous. The wait staff seems to always change out (the sushi chef and the lady who i imagine to be of the managerial sort are always present) but they are always on hand to change out your dishes and keep the water fresh.
If you’re with a party feel free to order a few apertifs and do include the grilled squid which is very good, its not chewy or rubbery, its crispy around the extremes and the body has a perfect consistancy (no fishy taste for those wondering) the steamed dumplings are of good size and a very flavorful.
one of the nce things about sitting at the bar is you get a courtside look at your sushi getting prepped which is always entertaining. the master chef enjoys chatting with you and will help you make a selection or two (I always pick a few from the special rolls)
anyway, the place is really nice, clean and the food really stands out.