Best Japanese Restaurants in MiMo / Upper East Side

Very nice lively location, very good service. Food was very good, short but well balanced menu. Desserts were excellent. Prices in the high side, not an everyday outing unless money is not a concern. Very good experience overall.

I enjoyed my Christmas dinner at Makoto. I was running a little late but when I arrived they were willing to sit me immediately. I had a reservation but wanted to sit at the bar. Antonio is amazing with customer service. When he wasn’t around the other bartender Michelle was checking in on me. Even when I appeared to need help, a Manager (Cindy) stopped and ask me did I need anything make my experience better. Happy Holidays!! I will be back to see them. Food: Crab baked Handroll - 10 out of 10! I had two. Chicken gyozas or potstickers (not sure) 9 out of 10 (I thought they would be fried) Rock Shrimp - 9 out of 10 (a dipping sauce will make them perfect) Chicken Ramen - 7 out of 10 (it’s good but somethings missing in the flavor) I’m just working my way through the menu but I will definitely be back. Again and Again!

Great food, service, and atmosphere. However, be prepared to sit 30 min after your reservation time, and pay extra for fancy car valet.

I am celiac and I felt comfortable ordering food here. The waiter was knowledgeable, and friendly. The sushi was delicious. My husband doesn’t eat fish and he ordered 2 items which he throughly enjoyed. The restaurant seems to be always busy. As soon as a table was emptied it will filled back up again. It did take a little while for our food to arrive as the kitchen was backed up with orders. All and all we had a lovely dinner and the food and service was fantastic.

When Advertising Golden hour until 8pm, you commit to take order until that time. We arrived at 6pm ordered drinks and food and paid the check around 7:20pm. We decided to hang around some more and ordered 3 prossecos and crispy rice salmon at 7:34pm. The server indicated to us the golden hour was until 7pm. We asked to speak to the manager who hardly speaks English and confirmed despite showing the menu scanned from the table, that he was not allowing for us to take advantage of the specials. After insisting he said “ok I give you another 20 minutes!! We still paid full price on the drinks!!!!! Change your menu and get your people trained on how to make customers happy.