PrintBest sushi in Northern Jersey?
For those who live in the now cold Northern New Jersey area, what is your favorite sushi place to dine at?
I'm going to share my secret location because I enjoy this website so much. The restaurant is called Nori and it's located at 406 Bloomfield Ave,Caldwell, NJ 07006. If you search for it, don't be confused by some other alike names in close towns. Out of the many places to eat sushi in NJ, I've found this to be the best. It's very small, quiet and well lit, unlike large lounge type atomspheres. It's also a byob place.
PS - Don't be afriad to try the "caribbean roll," it's excellent.
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9 Comments:
The only Japanese restaurant in Northern Jersey I've eaten at is Minado and from what I hear they are sprouting up all over. Yea, it's a buffet, yea it's a chain... but I walk out of there quite the satisfied customer.
Now if you don't care about ambiance and just want to satisfy your sushi cravings, hit up the Mitsuwa grocery store/shopping plaza in Edgewater (River Rd, next to the driving range). Avoid around noon on the weekends- you'll find it hard to find parking, and a place to eat inside.
lilimonster at 8:01AM on 02/12/07
I'm going to defer to my friend Andy Clurfeld, the restaurant critic and food editor of the Asbury Park Press. I'll see what she has to say and report back to you.
Ed Levine at 10:26AM on 02/12/07
I have eaten sushi at Nori many times when I lived in Caldwell. Their food is always tasty and the owners are so friendly. I would say their rolls are more of fusion dishes (I remember having rolls with mango and other not-so-usual roll ingredients) with tasty, interesting sauces on them. If someone is looking for a traditional sushi place, I wouldn't recommend this place though.
funchic at 1:37PM on 02/12/07
Ok.
The best sushi place is currently closed until April, because they are moving to the space next door:
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/nj-dining-sakura-bana/
So until April, I would go here:
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/07/18/nj-dining-daruma/
Zen, in Livingston is also pretty good:
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=41509
jperlow at 5:35PM on 02/12/07
Those places look excellent as well. I'm definitely going to check them out.
NickDavid at 8:12PM on 02/12/07
Sakura Bana (see above) reportedly re-opened this weekend.
jperlow at 1:38PM on 05/13/07
Confirmed, Sakura Bana is back!
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/nj-dining-sakura-bana/
jperlow at 10:53PM on 05/16/07
I also vote for Mitsua in Edgewater. They not only have sushi, but also a full size japanese grocery store with all kinds of awesome, rare, and interesting treats.
It is the perfect place to take people who don't like suhi because it is also the best food I know of. They have lots of places making ice cream, cream puffs or red bean paste pastries, tea, katsu-fried things, dumplings, hambuger patties with your choice of topping, bubble tea. It is a smorgesboard.
Also it is relatively inexpensive.
SkinnyFatty at 5:22PM on 05/17/07
Mitsuwa is a great place, but the only thing I don't like about it is that it closes at 7PM. That pretty much reduces it to lunches on weekends for me.
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/05/19/nj-dining-mitsuwa-marketplace/
I've always thought the actual sushi at Mitsuwa was pretty average, and that they excelled at things like ramens and bento box lunches. However, once a year they do the Tuna Cut, which allows you to get top notch sashimi grade tuna cut off a whole fish:
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/11/05/the-mitsuwa-tuna-cut/
jperlow at 9:26AM on 05/18/07