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100.0% positive |
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Great location near the meat packing district. ”
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Great ambience and fresh cuisine ”
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The bar view is just as nice, and wide! ”
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the decor is pretty and the space with its high ceilings makes it seem nice and airy, not in the least bit suffocating. ”
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The ambience was beautiful and spacious and the food was spectacular. ”
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Great sushi and atmosphere ”
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The atmosphere is great and the decor is gorgous! ”
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Great atmosphere and food ”
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Beautiful interior, great location. ”
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The first thing you'll notice when you arrive is the very cool, comfortable atmoshpere, you'll feel like you're in for a fun night. ”
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Decor & ambiance are great, service is NY style not awful, not great. ”
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the decor of this place is so cool, without being pretentious. ”
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Excellent food and ambience ”
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Great atmosphere, attentive staff and excellent food. ”
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The decor is absolutely stunning. ”
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When I walked into Matsuri, I liked the ambiance. ”
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The atmosphere is good, but we were seated in the side room, not the main dining room. ”
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We were serviced by a very attentive and friendly server, and we really enjoyed the ambiance of the restaurant. ”
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this restaurant may represent nice ambience however, more or even totally new training of waiter and waitress is definitely required. ”
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But with nice decor and somewhat quiet atmosphere it's good for dates. ”
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Whether you are with a group or on a romantic escapade, this restaurant has it all. ”
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You step out of the cold into a warm, fun oasis! ”
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| drinks |
90.4800033569336% positive |
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An exciting, spacious and vibrant room, extremely attentive and prompt service, innovative drinks, an incredible diversity of sake and the sushi is out of this world - fresh with a nice presentation. ”
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The sushi is good too, and make sure to have the green tea tiramisu to top it all off. ”
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Fun for drinks before or after dinner--try La Bottega upstairs for a much more pleasant experience. ”
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arrived to meet a party of five and were squeezed into a small table , the drinks were extremely poor and the food was decent but microscopic and overpriced. ”
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very good Sake, and wine list. ”
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We enjoyed three rolls in the lounge while ordering drinks from the bar. ”
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The bar view is just as nice, and wide! ”
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| food quality |
90.1099967956543% positive |
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The service didn't suck as much as the food but there was probably as many waiters, busboys and staff running around as there were customers. ”
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Everything about/in the restaurant was authentic - this is definitely our new favorite sushi spot! ”
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Wonderful space, enjoyable food ”
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Excellent food and ambience ”
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Try the shrimp dumplings for an appertizer, very good! ”
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Matsuri has amazing sushi. ”
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All sushi was incredibly fresh. ”
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Some flavor combos are tasty, but the portions are LAUGHABLY SMALL. ”
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arrived to meet a party of five and were squeezed into a small table , the drinks were extremely poor and the food was decent but microscopic and overpriced. ”
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Not just the regular California rolls, but interesting, tasty dishes with great presentation. ”
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If you like sushi, then this is the place to go. ”
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Pretty sushi, pretty space ”
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Skip the pear martini (which strangely tastes like lemonade) and get the midori martini, which is like a tasty, apple-green alcoholic slushee. ”
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Great ambience and fresh cuisine ”
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The sushi, however, was not as good as some of the other places in the city. ”
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Great scene, but food misses ”
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The food is fresh and delicious. ”
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Great location near the meat packing district. ”
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their food is good (head-on shrimp, fried sea bass, lobster sashimi) service is not so great. ”
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the fish was fresh, the presentation was great, and an interesting/impressive variety. ”
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Great atmosphere, attentive staff and excellent food. ”
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enjoyed other dishes that were consistently good. ”
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The space is cool, but the food and service were awful. ”
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The meal itself was not particularly tasty--for example the kobe beef was bland. ”
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the much touted kobe beef was tasty but a bit drowned in marinade. ”
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and the food is great. ”
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I've had some awesome small dishes, esp. ”
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don't normally like trendy celeb spots but I heard this place had great food to boot, so off we went, my husband and I. It was quite beautiful inside, like the inside of a vast hallowed-out boat turned upside down. ”
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An exciting, spacious and vibrant room, extremely attentive and prompt service, innovative drinks, an incredible diversity of sake and the sushi is out of this world - fresh with a nice presentation. ”
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The food is terrific! ”
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The white tail and spicy tuna rolls were amazing. ”
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The food is terrific, service is very attentive and the scene is great. ”
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The food was great and the service was flawless (almost to the point of too much). ”
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And there was fresh wasabi. ”
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the sushi is very fresh and of course plated very nicely. ”
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The ambience was beautiful and spacious and the food was spectacular. ”
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Lobster soup, oysters with shaved citus-ice, kobe beef "sushi", crabmeat dumplings, duck, sushi and sashimi are all wonderful. ”
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Great atmosphere and food ”
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All in all, it was a great place to people-watch, but if you are a true Japanese food connoisseur, you will find better food elsewhere. ”
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The food is above average to very good-the kobi beef is good, but I would not gush about it. ”
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The food was great and diverse. ”
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Food is excellent, my favorite dish is the mushroom appetizer cooked in paper - yum. ”
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The presentation on the food was really nice and the food overall was very fresh. ”
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In terms of flavor and freshness the sushi was good. ”
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It was just too much happening and didn't get to enjoy my food. ”
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the best sushi ”
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Tadashi Ono's cuisine is the best i've had. ”
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This place has the worst Japanese food in all of NYC. ”
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Service was overall very good and attentive with great recommendations for my friend who had never eaten sushi before. ”
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The sushi was good, but the piece are the smallest that I've seen in NYC. ”
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the food was good and the service was good as well. ”
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Our experience was great - the food was delicious (try the black cod!) ”
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Their whole fish dishes, whether on the menu or as specials, never disappoint. ”
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The sushi is good too, and make sure to have the green tea tiramisu to top it all off. ”
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Great sushi and atmosphere ”
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The service was as good as the food. ”
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The sushi is very good, but, again, have had better experiences at Yasuda and Nobu-some of the sushi seemed warmer than usual-but, to say the sushi was bad would be incorrect. ”
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Great food, great scene, great service ”
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It was one awesome tasting cod with perfect flakiness and great sauce! ”
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| menu variety |
100.0% positive |
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The food was great and diverse. ”
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Their whole fish dishes, whether on the menu or as specials, never disappoint. ”
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the fish was fresh, the presentation was great, and an interesting/impressive variety. ”
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| overall |
100.0% positive |
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Went here recently for dinner and its a very nice japanese place. ”
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Its a great place for the fa. ”
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had a first date there and it was a really nice place. ”
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All in all, it was a great place to people-watch, but if you are a true Japanese food connoisseur, you will find better food elsewhere. ”
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| service |
81.11000061035156% positive |
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Granted the the restaurant is beautiful but when it comes to bad service, it is far from worth it! ”
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Great atmosphere, attentive staff and excellent food. ”
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and the service was very good. ”
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Our waiter was cute but her service was not good at all. ”
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The service was as good as the food. ”
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An exciting, spacious and vibrant room, extremely attentive and prompt service, innovative drinks, an incredible diversity of sake and the sushi is out of this world - fresh with a nice presentation. ”
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The hosts and servers were also very friendly and accommodating. ”
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Plenty of sightings of beautiful people. ”
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We were serviced by a very attentive and friendly server, and we really enjoyed the ambiance of the restaurant. ”
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Service is very pushy--do not try to converse or follow a train of thought--wait staff is attentive to a negative extreme--they will easily push you out in under 30 minutes if you let them. ”
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Honestly, I am suprised how many people liked Matsuri. ”
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The food is terrific, service is very attentive and the scene is great. ”
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this restaurant may represent nice ambience however, more or even totally new training of waiter and waitress is definitely required. ”
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Decor & ambiance are great, service is NY style not awful, not great. ”
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Our server (His name was marcus I think) was SO wonderful and accomidating. ”
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The service didn't suck as much as the food but there was probably as many waiters, busboys and staff running around as there were customers. ”
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All in all, it was a great place to people-watch, but if you are a true Japanese food connoisseur, you will find better food elsewhere. ”
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Matsuri is a beautiful space but the people who fill it and the management staff are horrible! ”
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their food is good (head-on shrimp, fried sea bass, lobster sashimi) service is not so great. ”
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Service was overall very good and attentive with great recommendations for my friend who had never eaten sushi before. ”
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The space is cool, but the food and service were awful. ”
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service is terrible, it's beyond description. ”
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The service was also very friendly. ”
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Great food, great scene, great service ”
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Once we were seated, the service was wonderful. ”
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The food was great and the service was flawless (almost to the point of too much). ”
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the food was good and the service was good as well. ”
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The worst service! ”
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Our waitress was very friendly. ”
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sake was good as well and the service was very attendant to keep those cups full. ”
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| value |
64.80999946594238% positive |
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Though hiphop or pop music they were playing was hard to understand, Decor and atomosphere are really great, it is worth going. ”
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They have great chefs and their prices are excellent. ”
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Some flavor combos are tasty, but the portions are LAUGHABLY SMALL. ”
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started off with the Kobe appitizer, which was mediocre in every way but price. ”
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Granted the the restaurant is beautiful but when it comes to bad service, it is far from worth it! ”
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arrived to meet a party of five and were squeezed into a small table , the drinks were extremely poor and the food was decent but microscopic and overpriced. ”
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think this place is too expensive for that level of quality and creativity. ”
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was expecting tiny portions given the affordable prices. ”
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Good value and good prices. ”
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| wait time |
50.0% positive |
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Service is very pushy--do not try to converse or follow a train of thought--wait staff is attentive to a negative extreme--they will easily push you out in under 30 minutes if you let them. ”
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