Sushi 25

This place used to be high quality. They are declining unfortunately. They need a food quality refresher, menu refresher and interior update.

I had the King Crab Tempura roll and Lobster Mango roll… Good Food, Good service, quiet setting for lunch… everything was freshly made. highly recommend Sushi 25 if you are a sushi lover !!!

Wonderful place as usual Karen is the best as a server & always makes our day & prices are reasonable

I seldom attempt sushi spots with such light reviews on Unilocal but I had to as this is one of the few in my neighborhood. I crossed my fingers as I ordered and was extremely happy as the eel melted deliciously in my mouth. Thank goodness I live a few blocks away from quality sushi for the next 30 years of my life.

The food was ok, nothing out of the ordinary. The specialty roll I ordered was good, but seemed a little overpriced for the size. Not sure if they have heat, as it was freezing in there!

Decided to do take out because the last time we tried to eat here it was like eating in a high school cafeteria. It being Saturday night 7 pm and just about every table was filed with high school kids with their cell phones out.
Went to pick up my food and I noticed that the woman ahead of me took her order out of the bag and thoroughly checked through it. Silly me, I didn’t take the hint. I ordered the sushi sashimi chef special with extra wasabi and ginger. My wife ordered the chicken teriyaki. Got home only to discover no extra ginger and a little cup with 8 crumbs and I mean 8 little crumbs of wasabi in it. No even enough for a regular meal. The chicken teriyaki was so greasy that my wife threw half of it away.
Called up to tell them how disappointed I was with their restaurant and the woman answering the phone couldn’t care less. Basically said too bad for you, don’t bother me. Well I won’t bother with them anymore.

Really good sushi come here all the time with my girlfriend. I don’t understand why some people say it’s super market sushi. It really isn’t even close. You watch them make your sushi right in front of you. Really a great place to go to on a date.

Great food !! It has been my favorite sushi place for years, also has great Chinese food — something for everything !!! A date night must.

Worst sushi ever. I’ve been to easily 300 places all over the world and this one takes the cake — it’s the only game in town and plays to the competition…

Been coming here for years and would say it is some of the best sushi in the area. Fresh and delicious. The Fujiyamama roll is our favorite roll. I recommend the Titanic Roll and the Christmas Roll if you like a little heat. Excellent sashimi. Wait staff is always attentive and friendly. My wife and daughter swear by the Chinese food on the menu. Excellent food and reasonably priced.

Try the mango dish. Loved it with tofu but definitely would be amazing with any meat. Sushi is great and they have a brown rice option! So happy to have this place in New Canaan.

New Canaan’s Most Reliable Chinese/​Thai/​Japanese
If we could give 3 ½ stars, I’d do that here.
The diversity of this menu is a stroke of geeeeeeeeeenius. (Imitating Chef Ron-​Ben Israel) Not sweet genius but sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umai genius. Why genius? Because whatever sort of hunger you have, this place will satiate it.
If you want something greasy, you can go for the various teriyakis. If you just want a light meal, the salads hit the spot (especially seaweed and the one with the mango). Sushi mood? You’ve got your choice. Hot summer night when you want something spicy? Various Thai offerings do the trick. Sushi 25 is a classic «go-​to» restaurant; whatever you feel like eating, you’ll find it here, Asian style.
The food isn’t spectacular, but it is reliable. I can’t think of a single dish at Sushi 25 where I was like, «that’s a masterpiece». But it’s all pretty good. The fish is usually pretty fresh. The tempura is usually pretty crispy. The seaweed salad usually has a nice, non-​goopy consistency.
That’s why, I think, Sushi 25 has been able to hang around so long while other restaurants open and fold in New Canaan. The crowd’s diverse: families with kids poking at their first sashimi, good-​looking couples looking into each other’s moonpie eyes, the lone businessman, tie undone, exhausted after a day’s work. Pretty much the whole population of New Canaan, I think, has been through the doors of Sushi 25 at some point.
When my dad and I want to go out for dinner, we only have to wink and nod and we know that we both mean, «Sushi 25.» We don’t even have to *say* it. If we don’t specify which restaurant, Sushi 25 is the default.

It’s Chinese, no it’s Thai, no it’s Japanese… no…it’s usually busy, pretty good and a little pricey.
It’s consistent and flavorful not matter the country it comes from.

This is a reliable sushi place with a good, eclectic menu. I prefer takeout from here as the atmosphere isn’t particularly special.

I had to pick up dinner here a few weeks ago on a Saturday night. Like I said in my first review, they do a lot of take out orders on Friday and Saturday night, so much so that the space next to the register is totally packed with orders waiting to be picked up. If they know they are this busy and have just as many people calling in as people who are standing in front of them waiting to pay and leave… Why do they only have one person in charge of everything?
I arrive and I only had one person in front of me waiting to get his food, so I assume I’ll be in and out relatively fast. The woman at the computer is on the phone and she proceeds to take a few orders until she acknowledges the man in front of me. He gets his food and walks out. She goes back to answering phones. I understand this, I figure she’ll probably take another call and then help me. Instead, she takes orders from four separate callers. Four! She finally hangs up and looks at me and says «phone number?» No «sorry about that, we get so busy!» or anything. I almost walked out but I was picking up the food for my boss.
The food here is good but they need a second person to help on busy nights. i can only imagine how long I would have had to wait if more than one person had been in front of me.

I’m pretty sure that everyone who rated this three or more stars has a condition where they are missing tastebuds because the food here is NOT good.
The fish, which everyone touts as being so fresh was borderline fishy and just a step up from supermarket sushi (not that I’ve ever tried supermarket sushi, but I can guess) and the food is unimaginative.
I’ve eaten some good sushi in my day and sadly Sushi 25 does not measure up at all. I have no idea if their Chinese food is good, but from what I saw, it didn’t look like it was all that.
It’s disheartening that it’s so difficult to have good sushi in Fairfield county.

Being Asian and in CT, I have a difficult time finding good Asian food. Yes, NYC is close by, but well, still too far. Until I found Sushi 25, by accident too! What a lucky duck I am! My bf and I went here and were a little concerned b/​c well, it’s Asian Fusion. We’ve been to several, all mediocre so our expectations were on the low. But man, were we wrong! Their sushi is good, very fresh. My bf ordered the mango beef and I had chicken chow fun. The best part? The ingredients were fresh, as in I was starting to get sick and tired of canned baby corn and mushrooms that I kept finding in other Asian/​Asian Fusion restaurants. The food was hella tasty. We were definitely pleased with the place in all aspects — staff, food, service, quality. Can’t wait to go back and try other things on the menu!

It is rare that an asian-​fusion restaurant can pull off a menu that offers both Chinese and Japanese. I’ve found that most places that attempt to do this can’t prepare either well. From my experience, Sushi 25 has it down solid.
Fantastic Szechuan stir-​fry and tasty sushi!
Unrelated note: I ordered a «Gin and tonic», but the waiter apparently heard «Tsing Tao» and brought out the Asian beer instead. Just thought that was funny… I kept the beer, and for when you go, a beer goes really well with that stir-​fry.

Excellent Sushi for Lunch and Dinner. Fantastic Seaweed salad too!
Great place to go if you have non-​sushi lovers in tow — good selection of hot Asian cuisine to choose from.
Creative Rolls, Nice sized pieces of sashimi, and good service.
Great for take-​out too!

My coworkers and I went to Sushi 25 for our 2008 Christmas party and weren’t disappointed. Their menu selection is more of a Japanese/​Chinese fusion. Their waitstaff was friendly and hospitable. Its a small place w/​maybe 10 or so tables. I think they do a lot of take out, but hey, if its keeping the customers happy then keep on it.
I will be eating here in the future.