Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya

As always, Blue Ribbon for the win. Our most favorite New York spot delivered with their enchanting outdoor terrace and their wonderful servers, always so kind and attentive. The food, magnificent as ever and a true pleasure for the senses. Thank you for delighting us with a celebratory drink at the end to make our wedding celebration even more special on our date. 💖✨

Still great sushi. Thankful for the outdoor apace but pretty basic. Service a bit loud.

Really good food!

Amazing sushi, some of the best we've had.

You get that true blue ribbon service! Food is amazing!

Very overpriced and small sushi servings. Sushi was fine but not high enough quality for the half servings and price. Outdoor decor felt like I was at a chain BBQ restaurant

Great service and amazzzzzzing food! Very fresh fish and beautiful presentation.

Wonderful. Glad they got rid of the COVID electronic payment for each round and course.

Excellent dining experience, but they need mask enforcement in the hotel lobby entrance.

Amazing dinner, beautifully plated and flavors always consistent. It did rain but very glad the patio is covered, just gets drafty.

Rat ran across floor

Nice sushi place with good outdoor mezzanine space to enjoy some great Sushi. Good for a summer's evening.

Very attentive service, amazing food

This dining experience works among the worst I have ever had in NYC. Food for the table was ordered via your personal smartphone from a cryptic menu that gave no description for the options being ordered. 6 different types of chefs platters were available with different prices.. what was in the chefs platter? Why were the prices different? No one knows because there was not one server that was assigned to the table so we couldn’t ask questions. That’s okay, we took the dive and ordered mystery items along with a bottle of sake on our smart phones and each paid and tipped before even a glass of water arrived. This was a mistake because 45 minutes later, we still had not received the edamame appetizer or the bottle of sake. After flagging someone down to ask about the sake and food status, the man walked off mid sentence and we were again sitting and starting at each other wondering why we ever chose this restaurant. It was a bit like being stuck in prison without actually being stuck because an hour in with no food, we really just wanted to leave - but we had paid and tipped upon ordering so leaving felt wasteful. Wish there was a way to retroactively take back the tip for the complete absence of service, but there is not. So, be warned - Blue Ribbon in a COVID world has NOT figured out how to operate so stay far far away.

Great to be out!! Need to word on the ordering/payment app. Was odd and not smooth. Needed to fully Apple Pay for each drink. Seemed like a big waste of Apple % dollars not going to the restaurant. WTF?

It was a great experience! The terrace was really pretty especially when it started getting dark. We had a couple of drinks and sushi. It was a bit pricey, but to be honest, it was worth it especially since it felt like old times before COVID-19.

They had limited staff with limited services and limited ingredients. After trying their online menu and understanding that we couldn’t get any special requests in - we left and took our it business elsewhere.

Contactless service was great. Order through your phone.

Staff was very respectful of Covid 19 Dining Guidelines and went out of their way to make our table feel comfortable with the new environment we are living in. Everyone was wearing a mask, all orders are placed on your phone to minimize contact and everything was disinfected once diners were finished eating. I was very impressed, will definitely be coming again very soon.

It was blistering hot, they do not have their outdoor dining ready for visitors yet... did not feel proper at all.

Employees were very great during this hard time. Extremely helpful and attentive.

Love this place, the food is amazing!

The service, food, and ambiance were all amazing! I was especially happy to be seated immediately. Thank you for a great evening out!

Blue Ribbon is a fun place to eat great Japanese food - so long as you request to be seated in the front room where the sushi bar is. My dinner partner and I were initially seated in the "bar" area (with a television...). The ambiance of the room was, frankly, dead. However, I requested to be seated in the other room and the host graciously moved us. If you do not know to ask (or are just too shy) you will be forced into eating in a room full of dead air and whistle blows emanating from a sports television station. The food is great -- in particular the vegetable flight. Additionally, the bartender made a custom drink for me and it was absolutely delicious. A bit pricey, but worth a splurge. Good place to go if you're on the LES, want a cocktail, and are down to try some yummy and fresh sushi!

Amazing service and food

Favorite place, always great food great service. A regular here every year.

Dinner with girlfriend and both our moms.
Ambiance is solid. Medium noise level.
Fish was solid - good, nothing life changing.
Get the sushi platter, but make sure to check what rolls are included. We got stuck with eel and salmon skin rolls, which are underwhelming. The lobster avocado roll was fantastic! We definitely ordered the wrong rolls.

Good experience, unlikely to return.

$90pp with a bottle of wine.

Lovely atmosphere and incredibly fresh sushi. We sat in a banquet in the bar area which was great for conversation.

Food was ok...service was great....not a great value for the quality or quantity of food we got.

Never disappointed , I have been there many many times,, all good food, good service.

They always treat us excellently when we go, and the food is always superb! It's one of our favorite NYC spots to celebrate meaningful events :)

I had high expectations of this place, but everything we ordered was mediocre and overpriced for what they were. we sampled several items of appetizers, teppanyaki, and a sushi plate. Disappointed in everything. placed was awesome though, can accommodate big parties.

Always good and on point. All sushi is well executed and very fresh. Would definitely recommend

Great filet mig in, sushi and cocktails

A truly wonderful meal in a setting that felt transporting, and very nice staff made this belated birthday dinner very special.

Wonderful service from wait staff! Tasty samplings from menu. Love the oxtail and marrow fried rice.
I think i was just a little put off where we were seated when I specifically mentioned that it was a birthday celebration and wanted to show off the place.

It took us so long to order and get the check that half our party had to leave. We were there for almost 3 hours because of the slow service. Food was great.

Food was great! Waiter was slow. Food was slow to come out.

Food was overpriced

Excellent server!

Prefer the more formal dining room.