“I would do dinner at the Hinoki counter, because at lunch it looks like they now offer a truncated experience which seems to leave off all of the great composed dished that I love Masa for.”
H3
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“I would do dinner at the Hinoki counter, because at lunch it looks like they now offer a truncated experience which seems to leave off all of the great composed dished that I love Masa for.”
H3
“Had someone I know go to Masa and their entire party got food poisoning. Masa staff dismissed them and said it was a palate issue. Big yikes”
H3
“Had an absolutely amazing experience that easily puts Masa in my top three US three stars. Each course was perfectly prepared and absolutely delicious. Literally not a bad bite.”
H3
“I went for a lunch meal and it was sadly mid. Too much wasabi made it hard to enjoy some of the pieces. The cocktails weren’t great.”
H3
“Honestly it doesn’t surprise me. The appetizers are truly incredible, but the nigiri was just as good as Yoshino, Shion, etc. Which is to say very very good”
H2
“We did a standard table at Masa, which is $750 per person before tax and tip. The price makes no sense.”
H2
“Masa was one of the worst cost to performance ratio restaurants I’ve ever been to. For 950 usd to sit at the counter, the food was inferior to many high end sushiyas in Japan charging 1/4 of the price.”
H2
“Masa deserves every single one of their 3 Michelin stars. They quite simply are the best sushi restaurant in America.”
H2
“Even if the quality stayed the same the baseline bar got higjer and higher - hard to justify it getting three stars when there are 1s and 2s that are essentially just as good.”
H2
“Very good sushi, but for what they charge it had better be extraordinary and it wasn’t.”
H2
“But it’s even more wildly expensive so I tried Masa and I enjoyed it.”
H2
“So be careful charging the same price for an understudy, good as they may be (looking at you, Sushi Noz and Masa).”
H2
“Masa is arguably worth it if you're seated in front of Masayoshi and that's it.”
H2
“Very good meal, but I found it to be nowhere close to worth that price.”
H2
“it is infinitely better than Masa for half the price”
H2
“Masa was great, but I felt it was overpriced compared to Sushi Ginza.”
H2
“Masa was way underwhelming for the price.”
H2
“The food is amazing, it’s just offensively over priced.”
H2
“Masa has never been worth it”
H2
“Not even top 3 omakase in nyc in my opinion, not worth”
H2
“I enjoyed Masa a lot back when I went, but at the time the other offerings weren't quite as compeling as they are today. In a world of Sushi Sho, Noz, Yoshino, etc, its less of a big deal. Still great.”
H2
“Masa - Amazing, but overpriced”
H2
“For that price it should have been the best sushi I’ve ever had by a wide margin, and it was very good, but certainly not to that level.”
H2
“I've been to Masa, and service was impeccable.”
H2
“at that price point I'd much rather go to sushi sho”
H2
“Its essentially a take out sushi spot formed by people who worked at MASA the most expensive Omakase in NYC and the only one in north america with a michelin 3 star distinction.”
H2
“you could literally fly to Japan, eat equally great sushi, visit some great places, and still have change left if you planned it well.”
H2
“The tuna confit stuffed jalapeños and bone marrow were both killer. I actually didn’t love the mole but I think my palate was overwhelmed from the spice and fat of the first two dishes.”
H2
“Yoshino is the best I've had in NYC, tied with Masa but Masa is twice the price.”
H2
“No. Noz is superior and still expensive but not masa expensive.”
H2
“You can go to Masa or Yoshino and have just as good sushi as Tokyo, but the bill will easily be 4 figures.”
H2
“A very good meal, sure, but I could have had an experience that was basically just as good for 20% of the price somewhere else.”
H2
“Seconded. Quite good, absolutely nowhere near worth the price.”
H2
“They should lose 2 stars out of 3. The chefs working there are more of training purposes. Shame on Masa.”
H2
“Masa was… deeply disappointing. There are sushi places in LA / SoCal and SF that were significantly better at 1/3 the price.”
H2
“Worth: Atomix, Le Bernandin, Chefs Table, Masa, Ichimura”
H2
“If I had to pick one as the best, it’s probably Masa, but that quickly gets to at least $1k with any supplements, so I’m never going back.”
H2
“It was good, but honestly left feeling like I've had better for 1/10th the price.”
H2
“Masa is not worth it”
H2
“It's definitely not worth it. And Masa even sang happy birthday to me.”
H2
“Not that special. It's just fish.”
H2
“the toro tartare with caviar at Masa or Bar Masa is really something else. Its sensational”
H2
“But I do think it was kind of bad, because I have never felt so cheated before. To leave a restaurant hungry after dropping more than a grand is absurd.”
H2
“Worth every penny. We paid for the Hinoki Counter.”
H2
“Masa next door, Bar Masa, spicy tuna carpaccio, duck foie gras tacos, sukiyaki rice, green tea mille crepe, and a yuzu sake. Yum!”
H2
“I loved Masa but I’m also torn because you could probably get another very good omakase that doesn’t cost so much in NYC.”
H2
“It is worth every penny.”
H2
“We were very disappointed. Maybe the service justifies the price but certainly not the food.”
H2
“Masa is really, really, really overrated. I can’t emphasize on the last one.”
H2
“Noz was far and away better than Masa.”
H2