14 Best Japanese Restaurants near Highland

“This restaurant is my favorite because of it’s sushi choices. I loove my sushi so much! ? ? Also, next time I come here, will be this Friday (Hopefully) for takeout. My family gets food from here every Friday and the sushi is awesome. I don’t know why this restaurant sometimes gets a bad rap, I think it is amazing food is tasty. Some of these people with bad reviews claim to know Asian food but they really don’t. And that food photo didn’t even look like it came from the restaurant. I hope the guy is just trolling. The service is pretty alright, I wouldn’t give it 5 stars because they rarely mess up orders. Also there’s long waiting times (15-20 minutes, I don’t know why I am being so dramatic).P.S. The atmosphere is Asian and gives me Asian cabin style vibes. It’s incredible. Love the food here!“

“I love soy, and I love this c o n g e e pop up. Yeah atmosphere is great it's a beautiful space. The hand plastered walls, the gracious bar.I love all the tiny little animals that the owner and her child have made that are nestled around the place.The wall art is great.The food is so nourishing, to both Body and Soul. I love all the cool events, rhetoric food, the Art, and the back patio is amazing.The back Garden is beautiful and peaceful. This is just one of my favorite places. “

“Their service was fantastic. The servers were welcoming and patient.Had their all you can eat. The servers checked up on us frequently and encouraged us to try different items. They even offered us multiple choices of icecream even though we were so full.The food was made to order, fresh, hot, and delicious.The restaurant was clean and beautiful. Loved it there.“

“So I decided to take my family out to dinner and found this place on Google. The service was amazing. The people were so nice and the food in the sushi was fresh and delicious from the sushi to the steak. I was absolutely impressed. My 7-year-old who doesn't eat anything is begging to go back for their shrimp. This place is awesome!“

“This is my go to sushi spot in the area — the fish is always incredibly fresh and the prices are very fair. The owners are so friendly and kind to our small son when we bring him. I’ve been disappointed by some other sushi in the area when we moved from NYC but this place holds it own with quality restaurants in the city.“

“I was on a short visit passing through area. Service was excellent, fast, thoughtful, timely. Eel avocado roll was amazing. Manchester roll was ok but I liked eel avocado roll better. Fried mochi was excellent. Atmosphere was very nice. Choice of background music was clean and pleasant. I would come back to this restaurant.“

“Akari Sushi has exceptional customer service. Their waiters are very attentive. I come here every weekend and I would always get a special roll. The fish is always fresh. Kitchen entrees are always served hot. Try the home made hot sake when you’re here! Totally recommend this place!“

“This is BY FAR the best sushi place in the Hudson valley! The owners are amazing and so sweet. They have the best service & the freshest fish I’ve tasted in NY. We try new sushi places frequently and I am so impressed by this place. Dont hesitate to try it!Recommendations:salmon skill roll (MUST HAVE)Crazy rollBlack dragon rollBeef Negamaki“

“We loved our dinner here, the service was excellent (friendly, unobtrusive, someone always present when you needed anything). Ordered a recommended bottle of cold saki and it was perfect. Didn't order any sashimi, but found every roll (mostly raw) to be generous with fish and avocado, the sauces to be well seasoned (vs overly sweet or mayo-y). We ordered a lot, including pepper tuna which was different (lightly pepper seared tuna served over seaweed salad) and really good. Compared to other places of similar quality, this is also the most reasonably priced sushi we have had in the last 3 years. Definitely going back when in area.“

“I’m gonna be honest, I thought this was a haunted house attraction. I was really excited and going to wait until October, but luckily I only had to wait until 4:30! The food came out super fast and was absolutely delicious. Sorry that I didn’t take pictures. I stuffed my face. Also because the sushi was so stuffed that it was falling apart in my visceral grip. The chicken katsu was also so good that I saved some in my teeth for later. My dog will be having some as well. We will be come back.Parking: Personally, I walked here. I’m a walker. You could say I’m a walking guy, in fact. But it is a bit difficult to find parking based on what I can see. Not that I would know from personal experience, though. Like I said, call me Paul Walker.“

“This is my favourite Food Court Restaurant at PG. Their Chicken Teriyaki, Sesame Chicken, Chicken Broccoli, Lo Mein, White Rice & others are flavourful & delicious. Each PG visit ~9of10 times I'd have Little Tokyo & my #2 Pick making up 1/10 would be Taco Bell directly across.“

“Went for a poke bowl for myself and my partner went for the all you can eat. I loved my poke bowl and was glad I was able to take what I didn't finish home. The spicy salmon in the poke bowl is so delicious I've ordered it several times on DoorDash but this was the first time I ordered it in person and it was excellent. The staff are friendly and attentive with quick service even on a busy weekend night. There are some pretty strict rules for all you can eat so make sure you read them before ordering that! Specifically you have to order two sushi rolls, so not pieces of sushi/sashimi's or kitchen items but full sushi rolls that are eight pieces each. Will be going back in the future!“

“Teriyaki is good - For chicken it is 2 large thin cutlets lightly breaded and fried. For the steak and shrimp - 5 jumbo shrimp lightly breaded and fried and a large thin strip steak. They come with sauteed onions and a couple pieces of carrot and broccoliI liked the miso soup. It has a lot of seaweed and tofu in it.Curry was good, but not what I was expecting.  It is like the yellow/turmeric curry flavors for Singapore Mai fun rather than a thicker brown gravy curry. Daily green vegetables, sauteed rounded out the meal well.123 express meal is a bento box. The spicy salad was good - I think is just a avocado salad but with a slightly spicy dressing. For the chicken teriyaki it is one cutlet. For the gyoza I got five gyoza. Or you can get five Shumai. Seaweed salad was a good quantity too(Back in 2021, not sure if still the case) Very contactless if you do pickup - full barrier and there is a small slot in the window to pass money/receipt.“

“The place is pretty spacious considering it's cramped in that plaza. Has upscale look without breaking the bank prices wise. So to the service I mean pretty attentive as far clearing plates and offering refills, plus there, but other that seemed to want to hang out more then serve. Just my two cents though. The Food, very impressive, I got a spicy tuna roll that actually had a kick spicy wise, plus the crunchy part on top rather then mixed in with tuna as filler. Pepper tuna roll did not disappoint, very seasoned well and roll itself was amazing not cheap on the fillings. As for midnight sun roll, crunchy shrimp tempura , sliced smoked salmon, a very well seasoned pepper tuna again and a really good sweet and spicy sauce. The roll did have eel but I could not tell so much since it disappeared within every other filling.“