Inakaya

The food was good. I had the Kyoto course. I wanted some sushi rolls but they were way to expensive compared to other places I have been. I like that you can see that the food is fresh. The restaurant is clean and you don’t feel like you are in a cramped environment. The drinks were very expensive as expected. I had a good time but I did not have the feeling that I have to come to this restaurant again.

A favorite spot for robata (Japanese grilling), I decided to sample different dishes in this trip. The tofu salad was very fresh with a tangy ginger dressing, and the miso soup w/​seaweed & tofu was zesty. I also tried the ume shiso (plum paste) sashimi, which was good if unremarkable. Finally, for Robata I sampled onion, asparagus, and okra: a bit more oily than I was used to in Japan but grilled to a nice crispy texture, particularly the okra and asparagus.

I brought my mom here so she can experienced robatayaki style Japanese dishes. We had the grilled sea bass and the king crab legs. Perfectly prepared and extremely savory. The grilled vegetables were just as amazing! In addition our waiter Aung was very attentive, friendly, and took great pictures of us!

Very great experience at Inakaya! Portions are properly sized and the service by our waiter, Lert, was amazing! Please take the time to experience this place as you can’t go wrong! Enjoy!

Came here for graduation dinner with my parents and fiancé. We all got the Kyoto menu, which was all beautifully prepared, fresh, and tasty. The quality of food and service was impeccable and we were very happy with dinner… even my dad who is critical of pretty much everything.

Wonderful experience and amazing food. Cannot wait to come back ! Domo Arigato Gozaimasu

Really great food… went there with the colleagues, then went back there with family… staff are also really courteous and if you are there on your birthday you are in for a treat like nowhere else… also try to get a seat on the robata counter

A+ for experience and presentation and the food is pretty good. I love how they serve you as you sit down around the table. It’s a bit like theater and benihana. I also love how they serve you sake in small boxes.

Japanese restaurant without sushi!
I got to this restaurant at 9:00pm, waited for a table for 30minutes with my family which included 2 seniors and 2 kids. When we put my order in the waiter informed us that we could not have any type of roll or sushi because they ran out of the rice!!! WTH! Is this a joke? How a Japanese restaurant runs out of rice??? We were very disappointed because no one had informed us about it before we were seated. I would not have gone to eat here if I knew that at only 9:30pm they ran out of the main ingredient of the main dish! I went to a Japanese restaurant to eat sushi!!!

I’m wondering why the low ratings, I’m wondering what 300+ people know better then I. So far I’m liking the schtick, the proverbial dog and pony show.
Service has been excellent, prices a bit high, but it’s a very interesting menu. And, your in prime NTC, so I forego the high prices and order only interesting things, like the live scallop at $ 16.00. But, disappointingly it wasn’t alive scallop however beautifully plated scallop sashimi dish. Still somewhat disappointed. I also ordered the Kobe skewers also pricy, but very good. The best that I ordered with the grilled large Pacific oysters, OMG they were the best oysters I’ve put in my mouth.
So I’m at a loss, why the inconsistent ratings, price maybe, but what’s the price of fun?

Robata is almost always a treat, and this spacious, inviting spot in Midtown does it right. They have an extensive sushi menu, but I stuck with robata, and each kind I tried was delicious. The fish was fresh, and the service was friendly and very entertaining, in the high showcase style of traditional American robata houses. The food was perfectly cooked, lightly seasoned, and delicious. The sake was good, though the cocktail and beer selections were pretty basic. There also always seems to be something extra going on: demonstrations, dancing, art shows, etc. Definitely worth a visit if you’re into this style of Japanese cuisine.

Came into Inakaya at 7 on a Sunday night with my girlfiend and man were they packed. We waited for about 5 minutes to be seated at the Robata Counter. That itself was so interesting, being able to watch the chef’s cook your food right in front of you. Our waiter was so friendly and nice.
Food: The food was fantastic. I had the Medium Fat and Fatty tuna sushi, tamago, some cold soba, the US Kobe skewers and fried mochi. The fatty tuna was possibly the most delicious piece of sushi I have ever had, it was so delicate and it just melted in your mouth like butter. The medium fatty tuna was also delicious. The cold soba with their sauce was perfect, just the right amount of salty. The US Kobe skewers were probably the best tasting piece of meat I have ever had, they were so juicy and just was fantastic. The fried mochi was interesting, it was gooey like a marshmallow but with no taste, but the seaweed wrapper definitely helped with that, it gave it a nice salty taste. If anything, I wish the portion sizes were a bit bigger. My girlfriend had there Edo Course, which for $ 55, was well worth it, it was a lot of food and by the time we were finished we were both pleasantly satisfied.
Ambience: The restaurant is a bit loud, but thats because there were so many people in there and the restaurant has good acoustics. There was a birtthday celebration which I found very interesting and entertaining.
Service: The service was great, we were seated almost immediately. Our servers name is Aung. He is so funny and nice, he definitely helped make it a great eating experience. He offered suggestions on what to order and even managed to read my mind on what I wanted to order at one point.
I would definitely recommend this place to friends, its definitely an experience and I would definitely come back here again.

Stumbled into Inakaya randomly on a Sunday night and was not dissappointed!
Sat at the sushi bar which was not your typical bar. Between our seats and the chefs were displays of food covered in ice. Thus, the chef had to pass our food to us with a large wooden spatula type deal. which made for exciting pics and videos!
Ordered the chargrilled oyster appetizer which came with 2. As the waiter put it, «each oyster is the size of an iphone 6s.» And he was pretty accurate! They were cut up into pieces and soaked in a garlic butter sauce in the shell that was delish. Also ordered a yellowtail scallion roll and an uni hand roll. The handroll had a generous amount of uni and it was so fresh! Our meal was accompanied by cold sake in a wooden box that was very enjoyable. Did not catch the name of it but it was titled the December special off the menu.
Overall, this is a great atmosphere. All the workers were very friendly and enthusiastic to make the experience great. (Workers put on random shows and include the customers.) The sushi was simple & fresh. Would love to return to try the robabta grill which looked equally amazing.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Kyoto course, but the food was just okay. Nothing was special enough for me to remember how it tasted. I just know it wasn’t bad but wasn’t that good. I did really enjoy the dressing for the seared tuna salad, it was incredibly flavorful. The miso soup came in a really cute little bowl with lid on top. It was cool to sit by the bar and see the masters in action. They also hand the food to you using a long wooden paddle, I applaud their upper arm strength because I had to use to hands to hold the plate much less the paddle as well. Service was quick and friendly, food came out quickly, pricing was decent. And that’s about it. At the end they also did a cute little sing along to thank everyone, it was nice to see how everyone dropped their forks and clapped along.

Came here for dinner at 7PM on a Thursday. Ordered tuna salad, seaweed salad, soba, four miso soups, three combo sushi, grilled vegetables (3x), chicken combo (2x) and branzino. I really like the grilled vegetable we had. The mushroom combo, eggplants and asparagus were charred to perfection. So tender and delicious. The chicken on the other hand was disppointed — it was a little too tough. The fish came so much later, we had finished our food for a good 10 minutes before this arrived. It is very tender inside, but I am not sure it was worth the price.
We also saw the performance around dinner time. At first we were a little startled but nothing beats a little good clapping.
Overall, good food but not worth the value as we paid $ 250 and my parents were definitely not full from the meal.

This is a fun place with very good food and service.
It’s one block away from Times Square and Port Authority Bus Terminal so it’s easy to get to via subway.
The place is relatively large and spacious. When we went, the place was full yet we never felt crowded. The tall ceilings keep the noise down too so no shouting at your meal mates required.
I started with some Hana Fuga sweet sparkling saki. It tasted like fruit punch and turned out to be a bit too sweet for me. I finished 75% of one glass during the meal.
Next I ordered a 5 course meal consisting of mostly fish (cooked, sushi and sashimi) I thought it was a great deal at $ 55. They have a 6 course for $ 10 more and it has some meats in it.
I enjoyed everything I had.
As an extra treat, at 9:00 PM they make fresh mochi that you can even help with (hint, you can get your aggression out while doing it) and then they give out free samples. It’s not the mochi with ice cream in it. It’s the jelly casing. It’s chewy but pretty good.
There are some more surprises that can take place while you eat which I will not mention. (They are fun!)
The service was great down the line from the hostess to the waitstaff. Everyone was very friendly.
Taking everything into account (location, price, service and food quality) this is one of the better Japanese restaurants in the city.

I had a livingsocial deal here so I definitely thought every penny was worth it.
I had the Kyoto 6 course and I loved every single dish that came with it.
The service was also on point. and the experience was pretty interesting. They have these long huge paddles that they serve some of the dishes on and also they pull the fish right out of the ice in front of you when they grill it. I had a really good time here and would definitely recommend traveling business folks to come by and expense some corporate money.
We were kind of demanding and asked to have each of the kyoto courses for both of us
this included
1. seaweed salad/​tuna salad
2. carpaccio (tuna and yellow tail+tar tar) /​tempura assortment
3. vegetables
4. surf and turf (they gave us black cod which was delicious as well)
5. yellowtail scallion roll/​mushroom in wooden box
6. ice cream (choice of vanilla, green tea/​black sesame).
Really I don’t think I had a single complaint. Everything was absolutely delicious and fresh. We were really full by the end and the portioning was perfect. I wish I had enough stomach to finish the mushroom rice in wooden box before it got cold. The tempura was also the freshest I had in the states, none of that cold crunchy crap). Overall, I definitely recommend this place.

Very much over priced — their food quality is not matching with their food price. I felt like I got ripped off when I was paying for food.
Their nigiri tasted like onigiri rice ball but they were selling 7pc of nigiri for $ 25. I meant if it was good quality of sushi then I wouldn’t complain yet it was something like you could get from Whole Food Market salad bar.
I wasn’t too hungry, and just wanted to try few appetizers with beers. When I finish ordering, wait staff was replying «That’s it??” — which sound like «is that only you ordering?» which makes my feeling not comfortable at all. I still ended up paying $ 70 plus tip thou. It left me only feeling of wasting my time and money.
Never going to try this spot again.

It has been awhile since I have eaten here so it looks like they have changed the menu especially the a la carte items. I was stoked when I saw they offered spicy tuna with crispy rice and pork belly buns. The pork belly buns were excellent and pretty much on par with Ippudo’s. The pork belly is juicy and love when they put the Japanese mayo in it. One thing that makes them kind of unique is they literally brand their name on the buns. The spicy tuna crispy rice, however, was not what I expected. I thought it was crispy rice sushi rolls, which I’ve had at other places. But it’s actually a small rectangular shaped block of crispy rice slabbed with tuna on top. I mean it wasn’t terrible but there was nothing über exciting about it.
The highlight of the meal was probably the Yellowtail Collar Fish, as recommended by our overzealous waiter (will get to that later). I’ll give our waiter the credit for recommending this because it is absolutely delicious. Unlike a regular fish fillet, the collar has a lot of meat and it’s juicy. I also love the way they pan-​seared the skin. It’s very crisp. Be warned, it’s a huge portion so it’s a perfect dish to share. As for the service, I thought our waiter was trying way too hard to please us. I mean, I get it but it did get a bit awkward when he started to intrude our personal space. With that being said, I can’t really give them a full 5 stars yet.

Such a lovely experience! I wound up here after seeing a living social deal for the Kyoto Course Menu. This was such a great find– I totally recommend everyone to come try!
The dishes came in perfect portions and were spaced out nicely. I didn’t leave super stuffed but was satisfied.
My favorite dishes were the seaweed salad and the double steamed rice. Surprisingly the rice was really delicious! Both the ‘surf’ choices were great too. You’ll have a rough time digging for that lobster meat though. The other choice, black cod, was flakey, sweet, and cooked well!
We were lucky to have also been there for the mochi pounding ceremony where the chefs make and pound mochi to later be seasoned and served! I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the restaurant and the service was great. Would love to come back here!