Wonderful just wonderful.

Delicious Japanese fusion dishes. Egg on Egg on Egg is my favorite. Amazing flavor!! Also recommend duck breast and pork steak! I believe all kinds of meat are cooked just perfectly!

Like SakaGura in midtown, this place is a high-end izakaya that specializes in sake. It's still worth going even if you're not into sake, but the sake menu is about a mile longer than the food menu, which is actually pretty thin. For an izakaya, I'd expect a few more "small bites" or shareable dishes - there are only about 6 of the former, and fewer of the latter. That said, the food they do have is pretty authentic and tasty, with some western fusion elements. My wife, who is from Japan, got the uni mazemen (it was the reason she wanted to go), which even she was surprised came with the marrow still in the bone, to be scooped out by the diner and mixed on the plate. This is a typical Japanese combination of ingredients but not typical Japanese presentation. I got the filet mignon, which was prepared simply but served with three sauces, two of which were Japanese (the third was jalapeno). It was very tender, though.

Very good food, on the expensive side! Cocktails are great, wine list could be better. Excellent restaurant Lower East side where we can hear each other!!!! 😊

Lovely restaurant with creative, delicious options. I have visited three times and never been disappointed. A little pricy, but very high quality.

By far the best Sushi I have ever had!
Hamachi was awesome!!!
A MUST TRY!

The uni not even fresh, and the truffle rice just gave us a little truffle

This place has an amazing atmosphere and an out of this world food and service the A5 wagyu beef sandwich is like nothing else I've ever had and I'm always on a look out for A5 wagyu or Kobe beef and this is one of my top three places to have wagyu ,the chef really knows what he is doing and I can't wait to go back again.

Fantastic, purely fantastic

This was a great spot to have dinner with a few friends that were in from out of town! We absolutely loved the little secluded booth we had. The sake was delicious, and all the fish was as fresh as can be. Not to mention our server was friendly and very attentive.

One of my favorite restaurants!!!!!!

I love the food and the presentation. The service is very good and it’s not as noisy as most restaurants in NYC. You can actually have a nice conversation without speaking out loud.

I was served cold steak 😑

The room that was booked was perfect. The service was great but the food, although very good, was not enough and a bit pricey.

really tasty food！Love the uni dishes very much. This is the first time that I think the sashimi is delicious！

Awsome food and qualified staff. HIgh quality products such as food and saké.
Thx for the great night!

This is my second visit to SakaMai, and it remains one of the best restaurants I have eaten in the last 12 months.
The service is amazing, knowledgeable, not overbearing, and the food is unique, tasty, rich.
Umi and bone marrow aren't for everyone, but I do believe this can be a great introduction to these foods.
The charred Broccolini is to die for. I dream of it.

Uni dishes are fully recommend to all the people who willing to go to the restaurant.

Great food. Loved the uni egg and uni ramen!!! Very good service and great plum wine! Definitely one of my favorite spots in New York City:)

We really enjoyed our Valentine's tasting menu meal tonight. Beautiful, tasty food, great service from attentive knowledgable servers and a lovely ambience. Would highly recommend!!

I have eaten at SakaMai multiple times and going for the Valentine's dinner really kind of ruined it for me. The prix fix menu looked really good on paper, but each course was a disappointment. Additionally, the wait between servings was extremely long - at times as long as 45 mins. I don't think I will opt to visit her again.

I noted that it was a friend’s birthday, but unfortunately it wasn’t recognized at during dinner. but food was delicious, the waiter was super friendly and efficient. we had a great time there.

This place is simply terrific.
Great unique food made with love
If you like Japanese food and want something up market and great then this place is for you. The Bluefin Tuna roll is a must have so unique and delicious. The Saki selection is another worthy feature. All round a really great place for a meal or a drink for anyone who is a foodie

Overall not as great as I thought. Food was good but didn't have that amazing taste I expected. Some of the food was so mild it was borderline bland. Very expensive, too. So it felt overpriced. The cocktail I had ("The Sakamai Punch") was very good. I would definitely return for the cocktails, however, the food was overpriced. Dessert was a redeeming item as well ("Mochi Parfait"). Service was attentive, however, one of our dishes was very very slow and when it arrived it was overcooked ("Wagyuu Hamburger Steak"). They claimed the delay was due to a ticketing issue in the back. We canceled the order and didn't want to wait another half hour for that one steak. Overall, my opinion is that it's overrated but not a bad place to try once for a special occasion. I would definitely return for drinks and dessert though.

Loved the food. A bit crowded and disorganized. Will be back.

Extensive sake selections. The truffle and uni rice is expensive $75 but delicious. The sashimi portions are on the smaller side. The cabbage salad was delicious.

The food was great, I like “Egg on egg on egg” the most.

amazing food! the octopus and the ramen are out of this world.

I used to live in NYC and I came here to eat very often. I moved back to Chicago about half a year ago, but I really miss the food here, especially the amazing egg on egg on egg. I've been trying to find the similar thing in Chicago, but the only thing that came close is "egg on egg", omlete with caviar. So I flew back to NYC a few days ago to just revisit this lovely restaurant and I'm sure I overate that night. But it's just so worth it!

Amazing food and ambiance. Service was basically absent. Constantly needed to look and ask repeatedly for anything.

We went early for my husband’s birthday. It was comfortable, quiet, wonderful and interesting food! Great waiter and service. Probably nice do a light dinner too although we had some of the more rich options. Great Japanese whisky and Sake!

Great creative cooking. Outstanding service.

Must try: egg on egg on egg and uni mazemen

We also ordered shishito peppers, beef tartare, kakuni sliders, grilled octopus, 3 filet mignon entrees which were good.

Cons: We ordered 2 wagyu hamburger steak entrees (one medium rare and one medium and both were overcooked). For the price, it wasn't worth it. Also we ordered a fried chicken appetizer and it was still raw. Returned it and they took it off the bill.

It was a group of 6. Special occasion and our first time here. Won't be a returning customer.

Was there on new year eve. Love the sushimi for two and the service is good, waiter got very good knowledge on how to recommend and serve. Love the egg on egg definitely the must order for everytime. Price is fair and food over all is worthy the price. The only problem is the neighbors table was really really loud.

Excellent meal and the staff very friendly.

It’s a wonderful experience with my friends to celebrate Christmas holiday together in the SakaMai. Especially the EGG ON EGG ON EGG dish.

Love sakamai!

As always, yet another stellar SakaMai experience.

Great food. Uni is delicious.

Great good, knowledgable service. The sashimi platter (for 1 to 3 people) was excellent, including an interesting take on oysters. Everything we ordered had unique flavors. Appetizers, sake and entrees totaled ~$60 per person