5 n 2 Tokyo

Seaweed salad was good. It wasn’t drenched in dressing. Although I could stand to lose the lettuce and tomatos.
I’m not the craziest about Japanese fusion, but if your looking for some good comfort sushi at a reasonable price this your place. They serve very large chief specials, and half sized normal rolls. Their shitaki roll was wonderfully marinated. And my server, Min, was wonderfully helpful. They only thing I didn’t appreciate was my scallop sashimi was seared.

I eat sushi every week. I like to explore new places and try almost everything on the menu. If you want a great sushi go to Fat Salmon or Roe. This is the 2^nd time I have been here. I thought I would give them another chance, but never again. and yes just like other review said GROUPON BEWARE!!!
On the groupon you supposed to get 2 of any type of soup or salad up to $ 9. They wont let you. You have to get only miso soup and house salad which come to abou $ 7. For sushi you allowed only certain sushi not what it says on groupon deal.
This place is BYOB so I brought a bottle of wine with me. After 45 mins and 5 times asking for wine glasses and wine opener, the waitress who has no emotion at all finally came with our requests. Oh before that I had to take a wine bucket from another table that left to keep my white wine cold. Seriously I dont know what is wrong with this waitress. There were 4 other tables and about 10 people including us.
The soy sauce was dilute with water. it’s very clear. no it’s not low sodium soy sauce. BEWARE of sushi pictures. Some of the pictures are fault advertisement. Yes it used to look like that when I came last year but not anymore. For example, Crazy tuna roll. There used to be a thick piece of tuna on top of each piece of sushi. NOt anymore. it’s a very thin tuna slice on it instead. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!
We also ordered takoyaki appetizers. it comes after we are done eating dinner and it burnt.
It seems that they reduced the quality of everything here. Horrible food, horrible service.
Please dont come here if you want to enjoy your meal. I usually dont leave bad review or this bad but this place is beyond horrible.

I love sushi. I’ve had great sushi, good, mediocre, and bad/​real bad. This was the absolute worst experience and meal.
I ordered and it took over an hour to arrive. 15 minutes past the promised arrival time. But whatever, I can let that pass.
The delivery guy rode his bike. No problem there. I’ve had bike deliveries and never had a problem. But when I opened the bag — the container of sushi was opened and everything was beginning to spill out. The sushi also wasn’t tightly rolled so it broke apart the moment you tried to pick up.
The rolls had barely as fish on them. Really some had the smallest amount I have ever seen. The wasabi looked recently frozen and it was the smallest portion. The ginger was buried under the sushi. The soy sauce had to have been mostly water. When you dipped the sushi in. it didn’t even change color — it just looked wet and smelled weird. I opted for my own.
I ordered a Spicy Kani salad. My favorite side! But … I couldn’t even eat it. It looked like there was frost on it. It had the same look, feel, and texture as 2 Day old leftover spaghetti in the fridge. Nothing fresh or appetizing about it. The bottom of the Kani salad was absolutely plain white. No crab, no cucumber, nothing.
I feel like I wasted $ 30 dollars. A can of soda, Spicy Kani salad, Eagle Roll, Alaskan roll, and Rainbow Roll. Barely edible. What a bummer.
I’m sorry but I never complain. Never leave negative reviews, but I had to!
Please read these reviews before thinking of ordering from 5n2!

We ordered from here at 9:45 PM, a full 45 minutes before the restaurant closed. The delivery arrived at 10:50 PM, which would be fine, if the delivery driver had not lectured my girlfriend about how we shouldn’t have ordered so late because the restaurant had closed already, as if it’s our fault his employers took orders late.
My girlfriend and I both work in the service industry. That’s why we’re careful to never order from anywhere that’s about to close. Restaurants I’ve delivered for took orders up until 5 minutes before they closed, and I might have hated that, but I would never, ever take that out on a customer. There is nothing inconsiderate about ordering 45 minutes before a restaurant closes.
I’m sorry your job sucks dude, but you should realize you’re lucky to even have it when you act like such an unprofessional asshole while representing your restaurant to its customers.

It sounds like I will be repeating what many have written before about the treatment of Groupon purchasers. I got the Groupon because I was excited to try a new sushi restaurant. The Groupon does not clearly state that a reservation is necessary — only that it is redeemable Sunday-​Thursday. I went on Thursday evening, and there were at least 5 – 6 open tables. They asked if I was using a Groupon and if I had a reservation. I told them yes and no. They refused to even seat me unless I agreed to pay full price and not use the Groupon. I left, and walked down the street to Big Eyes Sushi Bar (which was very good sushi).
Basically, this restaurant appears to only have signed up for the Groupon deal as advertising and doesn’t seem to want to honor the purchases. Even with plenty of open tables, they wanted to reserve their space for customers paying full price, rather than using Groupons. Maybe they aren’t clear on what Groupon can do for a business? If the experience had been good, I would have come back and continued to spend money in the restaurant, but now I will never return and am leaving a bad Unilocal review. Worth it? I hope so.

### ATTENTION GROUPON USERS — If you are looking at this because you are thinking about buying the Groupon, you should know that about half of the menu is off limits to Groupon users. You can basically only get the more expensive $ 11-​$ 14 rolls, not the basic spicy tuna, california etc… rolls that are usually $ 4 – 5. So, even though you are getting a coupon, you wind up spending more just because all you can get are the more expensive rolls.
With that being said, its a really nice spot with decent sushi. But you will feel really misled if you go in there with out knowing this.

Don’t know how the service is as we ordered delivery, but the food is delicious. We ordered the standard California rolls, along with white tuna, eel, and spicy shrimp. The spicy shrimp was the most expensive of those, but by far the best.
For $ 2.50 for 4 pieces of the «normal» rolls, you can’t go wrong.

I wonder if I was here on an off night. I’ve heard good things, but when I visited, everything was lacking.
Slow service, slow kitchen, forgettable food. Squid was pretty rubbery and plainly seasoned with teriyaki and black pepper.
The Dynamite roll was pretty delicious, but it should be at a price like $ 12.
I wouldn’t visit again.

i don’t know if my expectations for sushi in this city have just fallen so low or if i’m suffering from major sushi withdrawal, but i actually thought the fish here was pretty decent!
i came a couple weeks ago using a groupon, and was greeted by excellent customer service irregardless.
the cooked appetizers were really good:
ika rings: grilled squid — SO much better than calamari
takoyaki: fried octopus — a little too fried for my taste, but any takoyaki is better than none
agedashi tofu: always my go-​to appetizer, cuz let’s face it. who can make tofu wrong?!
as for the fish, we chose to get rolls instead of nigiri/​sashimi. if you know me at all, you know this is VERY uncharacteristic of me. but when sharing food, it’s much easier this way.
the world series roll (soft shell crab with eel and tuna on the outside) was just ok – i’m really not the best judge because i don’t like soft shell crab. the fantasy roll was much better (yellowtail with salmon and spicy tuna on the outside) — the fish was decently fresh and i would say the quality of the raw fish is actually better than most sushi joints i’ve been to in this city.
the food here seems kind of hit or miss, depending on what you like, so order carefully. i don’t wanna make a generalization without having tried it, but if the nigiri/​sashimi is as fresh in quality as the fish used in the fantasy roll, then you’ll probably find me back here again someday.

5N2 is an interesting little spot. Hidden off South Street, I’m impressed that they seemed to have a pretty full place despite the lack of huge signage. It seems that many there had the same groupon we had, which is always interesting. If there aren’t many people going in bc they want to be there, but bc they found a good deal… just makes you wonder.
I digress. The restaurant is definitely clean, and the service was fine. The groupon limits the menu you can order from, so we didn’t get to try everything. But that which we tried wasn’t super spectacular. The edamame was really salty. Excessively salted doesn’t even begin to explain it! Scallion pancakes were pretty well made, but pretty small. I ordered the super v combo roll, I think. It was the role with a spring roll in it along with many thee vegis. It wasn’t super appetizing, nor was it terrible. The rolls were really large and filled. And they had way too much in them. I wasn’t impressed.
Service is okay. Food is hit or miss. Overall, nothing spectacular. Better sushi places in Philly for sure!

My work is really close to 5 n 2 Tokyo, so I got to stumble upon this place.
Interior is on the smaller side, but nonetheless cute.
The first time I dined here, I ordered a miso soup ($ 2.50), spicy tuna roll ($ 2.50!!), and a spicy shrimp roll ($ 5.50). Everything was great until I noticed that my spicy shrimp roll had no shrimp in it. I asked the server what the supposed roll was and he confirmed that it was indeed the spicy shrimp roll. I thought to myself, ‘seriously???’
Because I’m not one to complain and be rude about messed up orders, I waited for a little while before saying something. I then nicely pointed out to the server that there clearly wasn’t any spicy shrimp in the spicy shrimp roll. The server was surprisingly patient with me and switched my spicy no-​shrimp roll to a spicy shrimp roll. Mind you, I wanted to eat the rest of the spicy no-​shrimp roll, but he switched it for me before I could. In any case, spicy shrimp roll was pretty average.
Sushi here isn’t the best and the portions are not minimal, but for the price, it fulfills my sushi fix when I’m at work.

We never would have found this place without a Groupon. It’s hidden off 4^th and South St, and it’s easy to walk right past. I appreciate a good BYOB sushi place, and this one hit the spot. It’s very small, has a nice bustling, casual atmosphere, and I liked that it’s not right on the busy street.
We started with the scallion pancakes, which were good, but nothing to write about. I will say that they brought out interesting flavors in our Gruner Veltliner that we got hooked on after a visit to Tria’s Sunday School. We probably over ordered on the sushi, but all the rolls were stellar, unique, and not overpriced. There were two standouts: the fantasy roll and the dynamite roll. The fantasy had perfect texture between fish, rice, and a hint of sweetness from the chef’s special sauce. The dynamite roll was nicely balanced and had a smack of heat at the end that I really liked, and I’m a sucker for any rolls with fresh scallop.
The service was relatively good, and our waitress was very personable. I think we’d come back here again if we wandered this far down South St.

PROS: Fast service, large portions, cheap
CONS: Greasy sushi that looks better than it tastes
I was here with a LivingSocial deal. The sushi was warm, heavy, and greasy, and leaves you feeling like a sick, bloated dog. The recommended red snapper dish was overly sweet, as was the iced green tea. In fact, we were not at all satisfied with the meal and the bill came with gratuity auto-​charged (when we were only two people)! Definitely not returning.

Good sushi, no complaints! The miso soup was some of the best I’ve had and the regular rolls come 4 pieces to an order at $ 2.50 each. This only means more room to try different rolls! The chef and server were very accommodating. I told them what we like and he made a special roll for us.
I miss that this place does not serve salmon skin sushi, but to make up for that it’s a byob! We, however, were without the b, so we could not partake, but it was delicious nonetheless. Find the pictures on foodspotting!
Also, find a coupon for $ 5 off your first take out order online.

They had a special: 1 special roll and 4 regular rolls for $ 12ish.
The sushi was not that special and the rice was hard and dry.
The Chicken Yakitori was really tiny and chewy in a bad way.
The Tokyo fried chicken was just fried chicken with some powder on it.
The light gave my boyfriend and me a headache!
I think I’m going to have to try this place again considering how great the reviews and come of the pictures look but last night, this place was not so good. Maybe it was because it was a Monday and a holiday.

I love sushi. Could eat it for days on end. I’m not particularly adventurous when it comes to raw fish, but I stick to the essentials, which is more than some people can say. I love salmon, tuna, yellowtail and all accompanying items for said rolls. Salmoncado maki are like crack to me. I don’t need anything fancy, but I will tell you I need my sushi to be fresh. I don’t know how fresh the fish was at 5 n 2 Tokyo.
The restaurant was cute inside, not to mention pretty busy for a Wednesday night. My boyfriend and I ordered the scallion pancakes, the maki special (5 4-​piece rolls for $ 12, plus soup or salad) and a special roll called «Fantancy» (typo or a fancy fantasy? You tell me).
The sauce on the special rolls were just okay. The fish was almost warm, which I sort of ignored at the time but shouldn’t have. The first thing my boyfriend said was when we got back on our bikes after we left was «my mouth tastes like fish.» (That’s what she said!) The sushi we had was fine, but there was definitely a flavor that shouldn’t have stayed on our tongues for that long. «You get what you pay for,» I said. After our $ 20 Groupon, the bill was only $ 10. «Let’s hope not,» Zack replied.
After dinner at the movie theatre, my tummy rumbled a few times but there was no food poisoning, thank goodness. The highlight of the meal was both the service and the scallion pancake, which remained perfectly light despite being deep fried. Probably the best I’ve had in the city, which is weird as scallion pancakes are traditionally a Chinese snack.
Groupon or no Groupon, we will not be returning.

Stopped in for some pre-​show eats with a friend. We ordered scallion pancakes and wings to start. The scallion pancakes were so-​so. The wings were pretty tasty. They had a delicious, crunchy coating and juicy on the inside.
Two rolls were ordered, the India (crispy yellowtail, banana, spicy sauce) and the Crazy Tuna (crunchy spicy tuna, avocado, pepper tuna). It was the first time I’ve ever had a roll with banana before and it turned out to be great.
It is also a BYO so we were able to wash our meal down with a nice 6 pack of Brew Free or Die IPA!

After signing a lease and putting a deposit down on my new apartment in the area, I decided it was appropriate to celebrate with sushi from my new neighborhood. I had seen ads in the Metro for 5n2 Tokyo and am glad it sprang to mind on my trek back home.
This cute little BYO has a cozy feel with seating for only a handful and was practically empty when I stopped in around 5:30 on a weeknight. Their special posted outside was for 4 rolls, 1 special roll, and soup or a salad which without question was my order for the evening. What’s nice about the 5n2 menu is that similarly to Yakitori Boy they offer in half roll portions. This menu style is especially great for indecisive folk such as myself in that a meal of two rolls is now more like a smattering of four!
My dinner was a takeout order so I can’t really attest to the presentation, but everything delivered to the occupied tables looked beautiful. My take-​home dinner was nice and fresh [my eagle roll was great], awesome quality for the price, and quite possibly my new neighborhood go-​to for a quick weeknight dinner.

i would give 3.5 stars for this place. i would give it 4 but there r little things that just took away the taste of the sushi.
so overall my experience was good. the only things my friend n i didn’t like about it was (1) too much sauce ie: spicy mayo or oyster sauce (2) soy sauce is too salty (3) wasabi’s too strong
so all these things combined… it really took away from the sushi… we sampled quite a few rolls there including the fantancy, amazing, montauk, spider… im really not a big fan of drenching my food in sauce esp for sushi. cause im not there to eat sauce u know? n of course, with the simple white tune or spicy salmon. i dipped an edge into the soy sauce. n that alone, over powered the fish.
yea just very little things. but we could tell the ingredients were fresh n presentation wasn’t sloppy either, service was wonderful, so we wouldn’t mind revisiting because the price is pretty awesome. again its BYOB so i would love to just bring my own party n have a chill night with friends with sushi on the side.
this place has potential n creativity. love it that its so down to earth.

I went here around 12:15pm on Sunday. It was still closed. The restaurant supposed to be open at 12pm. Walked over to Philadelphia Java Company to get some hot cocoa while waiting on that cold Sunday morning. It was one of the best hot chocolate I’ve had. Waited for another 15 mins, then I saw the people that worked there came out from the restaurant and start setting a table outside. They just open.
Inside interior: small but cute.
Food: it was delicious. I ordered Chicken Yakitori $ 1.75, Takoyaki 6pcs $ 7, and 5n2 Tuna $ 11. Everything was delish. The hot green tea was free.
Music: I’m loving the music that played the whole time I was there.
Service: Attentive and friendly.
The atmosphere was just perfect for that cute little date with your special one.
They also served very few Thai food according to their menu. I’ll be back to try on that next time.
Oh it was 10% off when I was there on Sunday noon.