For sushi fans, there is no better dining experience than omakase.
If you haven't tried it yet, omakase is a meal in which the sushi chef selects and prepares his or her choice of the freshest fish at their fingertips.
Food blog The Infatuation has been scouting sushi destinations in the city for years, sampling a dizzying array of morsels to find the very best omakases New York has to offer. We asked blog cofounders Andrew Steinthal and Chris Stang (both music-industry execs who moonlight as food writers) to narrow it down to the 15 best.
Keep scrolling to see which sushi haunts made the cut.
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Tanoshi
Tanoshi is BYOB, which diners love since they get to bring in their own bottles of sake. The atmosphere is intimate, with only about 10-12 seats offering a front-row seat to the chef's masterful treatment of softshell crab, scallop muscles, crispy fluke with ponzu, and miso-marinated black sable. At $75, it's one of the city's more affordable omakases. 1372 York Ave., New York, NY
Ichimura at Brushstroke
Chef Ichimura cures and ages his fish to unbelievably sweet and tender results. The omakase begins with a plate of baby squid, cured uni, herring shoe, and cured tuna stuffed in shiso leaves. Next up is a sashimi course with freshly grated wasabi followed by a main course of nigiri sushi piled on top of warm rice. Note: this is an uni-lovers paradise. 30 Hudson St., New York, NY
Neta
A fusion of flavors awaits at Neta. Look for plates like Dungeness crab dressed in cucumber, wild parsley, and dashi vinaigrette, or scallops with uni, mushrooms, and foie gras. For the adventurous, the omakase sometimes includes blowfish. 61 W. 8th St., New York, NY
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