Tempura Matsui

The food is always impressive

This dinner experience was a dream. Everything was flawless. The clean, orderly and traditional presentation of the food. The very polite and attentive service. We chose to have the kaiseki dinner. Everything was delicious and creative. The green tea flavored tofu to start was divine. The sashimi course with that delicate bit of ginger gelee was beautiful. All of the tempura was light as air and crispy and flavorful. The scallop was probably our favorite. I loved the tomato gelee palette cleanser. And the tendon and tencha courses were perfectly satisfying and comforting. This dinner reminded us of our trip in Japan. It was an authentic wonderful experience. I congratulate everyone who is involved in the operation of this restaurant. My husband and I cannot wait to go back on our own and with friends.

Lunch set was delicious and good value for money! Yum!

Everything was delicious, beautifully presented, the staff was very polite and attentive and the chef was superb!

A delightful meal. Tempura done right.

Always outstanding food and service. The intimate setting is perfect.

Truly unique dining experience. The service was impeccable, and the ingredients were so fresh. I would probably do a la carte next time, though, because there were a few plates that were only okay to us.

Authentic Japanese experience - if you like the real thing this is it. Fantastic food experience - and tempura prepared in true Japanese style - light and delicious! This restaurant does it right.

Exceptional food and very attentive service. A true tempura experience that you rarely see outside of Japan.

Superb experience.

Mothers Day

Authentic cuisine cooked with great care. A serene environment.

Amazing food & service!

intimate environment. attentive staff. fresh ingredients.

Very good artisan tempura and classic japanese dishes! Perfectly and with passion executed by master chef Kiyoshi Chikano! Nice service and a good price/food value. $60 for omakase tempura with additional lunch teishoku!

Best tempura I've ever had, good experience from start to end.

Best tempura I ever had. Perfectly cooked amazingly hot and juicy and fresh.

Always perfect for service and food. One of the rare places in NYC one can have a quiet conversation. Lovely owner and host.

With the exception of the noisy hedge fund managers at the next table, it was a delightful dining experience. Some of the best tempura I've ever had with a high quality of service.

Outstanding value fir a weekend lunch at 75 dollars plus an extra order of uni tempura which was mind blowing.
Each tempura course was delicately fried to perfection by the chef. The counter table was the perfect vantage point to gawk at his skilled hands. The teay of accompaniments were just filling enough for a perfect lunch meal!

Always a pleasure

Great Tempura, the food was delightful. The service was good. Great place for a special occasion.

It was our first bar dining experience for tempura, the quality of the food, the service.were all top notch

Excellent meal with impeccable service. Quiet atmosphere.

Wonderful tempura and menus focussed around tempura. A little pricey but well worth it. The service is efficient and friendly. The decor, very Japanese, is pleasant and is perhaps all the more surprising given the odd location of the restaurant close to the midtown tunnel roads.

Absolutely one of the best tempura restaurants in New York City. You will not be disappointed.

This place was amazing! Authentic tempura served omakase-style in a lovely room. The staff is very professional and polite, and the food was amazing. If you have a chance to stop by, I would definitely recommend it.

Tempura the real way is back in New York City after over a decade hiatus.

Not that crispy tempura I expected but overall taste and flavor of food is totally satisfied! Thank you chef

The food and experience were incredible! Be prepared to pay for it though! Definitely worth it for a special occasion. Service was outstanding as well.

reserved bar seating for a birthday celebrating but when we checked in, the host said they do not have it noted in the system. Seated us in the far end instead. Server was constantly hovering over our shoulders and water was not filled. It was very noisy.

Quiet and chill, but one of the best meals I've had in NYC. Excellent quality of food and service.

When I’ve had tempura in the past, usually all you get is the taste of the fried batter and the original loses most of the flavor and it all tastes the same. With Tempura Matsui, each piece had the crisp, breaded tempura on the outside but maintained the same texture and flavor of whatever was being fried on the inside, for an incredible blend of flavor and feeling. My favorite was the mushroom. I have never had mushroom tempura but this was an incredible surprise – mushroom itself is juicy on the inside unlike the crispiness of the outside, so when you bit it you had this explosion of flavor and sensation in your mouth.

お昼の定食の値段にしては高すぎる。

値段から思うほど、いい油を使っていないので、
胸焼けが続く。

誤った日本の江戸天ぷらの文化を与える可能性があるので、いっそのこと大阪天ぷらを名乗って仕舞えばいいのではないかと思う。

a pity they dont have whisky.

Excellent experience for tempura

Everything is fabulous! If you’re looking for the best tempura here is the place.

Very unique tempura experience. The uni tempura was awesome

Amazing food and decor

Wonderful food. Best to sit at the counter and watch the preparation. You are welcomed back like an old friend.