Komegashi Too

Rarely do I ever write a review here, but the service I got here was exceptional. I’m dressed up in regular clothes, instead of dressing all bourgeoisie like half the folks in there, but they still gave me a warm welcome. The waitress I had made sure I was well taken care of, and even provided a warm towel (how often do you get one of those?). The food I had was great. I had like a salmon sushi, an udon soup, some edemame, and a bowl of shrimp and broccoli tempura with their sauce (forgot the name of the dish lol). I forgot to mention this restaurant is right on the Hudson and it’s a very intimate space inside. So, if you want to treat yourself, go on a date or whatever, I definitely recommend this spot!

I really wanted to like this place. It’s got a nice view of the Hudson and friendly (maybe a bit aloof) staff, but the food is just ok. Nothing wrong with the udon and sushirolls, but nothing great about it. Maybe it was just an off day. I will have to try it again…

I just moved to this area couple of months ago and this japanese restaurant WAS my favorite. Food was good and severs were friendly.
I always wondered why this restaurant is not so popular and I found the reason: poor service of hosts. The asian women with messy hair at the counter is soooo rude.
I made a pick up order and waited more than 40 mins to get my food. My order was placed and actually the food was ready in 15 mins but all the staff (there were 4) at the counter did was playing w cell and chatting each other.
Especially the asian one consider customers as stupid like her and lied to me that my food is not ready because spider rolls need DEEP FRY and placed my order again lol. I also worked in Japanese restaurant so I know how things go. She was confused that my order was missed, so made duplicate order with a bad excuse. When another staff found out my food was already ready from 20 mins ago, she left the place in hurry still playing with her cell without any apologize.
I was thinking about to have my boyfriend’s b-​day party in this restaurant, but I guess I will not going to visit this place for the rest of my life.
If the manager or the owner is readying my review, please fire her for your restaurant and for your customers!

Now this was different. But a very enjoyable different. Came in from the outside walking around the water front. And glad we stopped in here. Very nice place and something that I would not normally do I a Friday night.
Getting seated was no problem even at 6:00p. So that was a great plus.
The Spicy coconut shrimp was the way to start the evening. never had nothing like that before. Perfectly cooked. Spicy to the point only that you taste the hotness of it. Great blend that it does not over power the coconut
And for dinner I chose the spicy shrimp Don. That was a bowl of rice. Toppled with a very nice cooked egg on top. The spice was great on this needed shrimp and broccoli.
Nice place and a seat looking out at the water and boats made for great pictures and awesome scenery.

I came back to Komegashi again for Mother’s Day and the food and service is still consistent. I love the staff and manager. We always feel welcomed. Thumbs up!

My family’s go-​to spot for any and all occasions for the past how many years. The setting is intimate, the wait staff is great and the food (regardless of what you order) will not disappoint.
The food is consistent each and every time. I’d recommend the Agedashi Tofu, Popcorn Shrimp and Fried Shumai to start. For entrees, the Tokyo Fusion, Beef Mikado, Shrimp and Shiitake Pasta, Chilean Sea Bass or Nabeyaki Udon. All come with a side of Miso soup. Save room for dessert. Their Tempura Ice Cream is one of the best I’ve ever had. Crispy on the outside, firm on the inside with a light chocolate drizzle and dollop of whipped cream. Its the perfect ending to a great meal.

It can be very difficult to recommend this place, the food is always great for the most part and the lady M Green Tea Crêpe is fantastic! What falls short here is the service, the waiters disposition especially in the night and especially this spanish waiter, I wish I knew his name. Many of the waiters like him have such horrible attitudes, constantly staring at me, rushing me everytime to leave. Last time I was there for lunch I understood they where changing over but that dining experience was also half good. My friend showed up and not once did someone ask him if he wanted anything and he kept asking everyone for just a napkin. I did complain to the manager that did leave her lunch to hear me out. She was polite and great. And then this time the sleeping in the premesus while customers are still there.
Now for the delivery experience, when I was living in Newport very close to the restaurant it was fine great, the delivery man was great to speak with about many things. The people who answered the phone wad always easy and accommodating. The food can be average the fusion is good the steak is great kobe beef, the tuna is on of there best dishes, sea bass also very good. Tempura vegetables just blah. Avacodo tempura with Chipotle dip really great many of there vegetarian options are great. Shrimp is great too. But ultimately the dinning experience is horrible. I hope the owners reads this review and make quick changes.

I have been eating here for 15 years and the food is consistently great. Authentic Japanese fare or more modern takes for those who are not daring.
Their soba and udon never disappoint, the fish is always fresh and the staff are lovely. Their bananas foster dessert is amazing if you save room. They also validate parking and bring credit card chip readers to your table.
The only reason I gave 4 stars is because the place needs a cosmetic upgrade.

This is my go to restaurant for 10+years. The sushi is always fresh and authentic. The miso soup is my favorite from all the Japanese places I have been to. The dumplings are so good that I can’t even try dumplings anywhere else. And the shrimp rolls AmazIng! I’m pretty sure I’ve tried every item on the menu. But if you are being someone who is not exactly a Japanese food fan, have them try the Chilean sea bass. It is mouth watering.

On a quest to visit and review every sushi place in JC, Komegashi too was on my list. Verdict: one and done.
To start, place is large. The hostesses were friendly and there was a large staff to ensure speedy service. Seated promptly, very friendly waitress came over. Unilocalers, it’s all downhill from here. I feel terrible giving bad reviews, because really I want to like everything but it’s just not possible here. We ordered 5 small plate items.. . And they all came out within 20 minutes of each other. The waitress didn’t even ask if we wanted to space it out, the food literally just kept coming and each time, she pushed the plates around to make room for more. We finally started stacking plates to make it obvious it was too crowded.
Ok, the food. Because I can forgive this kind of odd service if the food is amazing. But it’s just scraping by as average!!! First, lobster spring roll ($ 6.00). Literally 80% lettuce, 15% rice paper and 5% lobster. Just no.
Cucumber salad was the best thing I had here all night. Sliced cucumbers marinated in a creamy ginger dressing with fluffy seaweed next to it with the perfect amount of bite and slightly salty flavor. This was delicious and I would eat again.
Next, pan seared scallop appetizer ($ 13.00). Total bomb. Scallops were pan seared about oh, maybe a few hours ago. No crisp crust, instead mealy and soggy. They were sitting on a bed of bunapi mushrooms and 4 snap pea pods in a porcini gravy sauce. We didn’t eat it and the waitress just scooped it up not even asking about it. Next up, miso black cod. A favorite dish of mine because it’s normally a nice contrast to raw fish. This one was served with a garlic butter sauce, I don’t know why. Very thinly sliced rather than the nice thick chunks I am accustomed to being served. Had very little flavor and the quality was just average. I have a feeling all of this was steam tabled and plated to order, as nothing was piping hot or crusted.
And the sushi. Had a mini Godzilla roll which is what I was hoping to be the best as it is a signature item. The eel was bony and I was turned off. The texture of the fried and battered seaweed was good but unfortunately, inedible. Too much going on in one roll without any cohesion. Ordered the Maine uni. Devoid of any color and flavor. Disappointing. The sushi roll we had was mostly rice and subpar. Only one small piece of ok quality salmon was on top.
Not coming back.
The whole dinner plus tip was $ 115.00. I so wanted to like this place, as it’s been in JC for 17 years.
So far my fave Japanese restaurant is Honshu in JC and I would recommend heading there for comparable priced yet much better quality dishes and service.

Went to the restaurant for their happy hour. Ordered their Lychee martini (which was fab) and a glass of their house cab (which was interestingly good too). So four star for the drinks and value for money.
Happy hour prices for food menu were a joke for example their spicy tuna roll is $ 6.25 on the regular menu and it was $ 6 for happy hour — 25cents discount, seriously?
Ordered a few oysters (they were just ok) and a few rolls and fried veg dumplings (which was really good). Food wise the place was just ok — given other better sushi options in the area — don’t see myself coming back to the restaurant.

Unusually good «run of the mill» Japanese restaurant.
Sushi is probably the best you get in DTJC. Standard Japanese fare is write nice and priced very well.
One of the hidden gems in JC.

Great Japanese lunch spot in the Newport area. The restaurant opens at noon and fills up quickly, but they accept reservations which I strongly suggest if you are going with a larger group. They have a great lunch menu which includes a variety of different Japanese dishes including teriyaki, curry and sushi combinations. Lunch options are reasonably priced ($ 10 — 15) and are perfectly portioned to help get you through your day without putting you in a food comma! Their sushi lunch combo is great, your choice of 3 classic rolls for around $ 15. Great spot!

I went there twice, and the food is great. There’re diversified types of Japanese Cuisine and they all taste good. What bothers me is the bad service. The ladies in the restaurant are rude and they even throw the menu on the table. They kept a tight face and never smile when we tried to ask them for advice. And when we wanted to order something for to go, the lady in the front desk pretended not seeing us and just talked with other waitresses.
Because of the bad service, we only paid 10% service fee. But the waitress followed us out of the restaurant for another $ 4! I was pretty shocked and explained that was because we were not satisfied with their service. But she insisted in asking for 15%-20% service fee. We gave her another $ 4 in order to leave that horrible place.
Just feel sorry for the hard work of the chefs. People can’t enjoy the tasty food just because the bad service. If you don’t want to ruin your night because of the rude attitude and services from the waitresses, please don’t come to this place. Even stores at the mall is better.

I went here for lunch during the week. The food in its self was not bad, it was actually decent, however, everything else was lacking.
The décor. I don’t know what they’re going for as far as ambiance but it’s off. The whole vibe was dark and gloomy with weird wall art of live singing performances on top of traditional Japanese styling. Nothing worked. We were seated in a sitting area that’s so dark we can barely read the menu. Seriously. We had to wait for our eyes to adjust. I almost used my cellphone light.
Our party of four ordered sashimi, sushi, and a beef teriyaki dishes. The beef dish came out at least 5 minutes before the rest of the groups meals. When the sushi/​sashimi finally arrived there was no rice. They said they’d give us rice, and they did, but not before we had eaten our meals. I would have liked to have rice with my sashimi but oh well. Finally, my rice was taken away by the bus boy before I was done eating and without being asked. On that note, service was terrible. It was slow, inattentive, and almost not there at all. This is a lunch spot around a lot of office buildings. People cannot be expected to come here during lunch on their break if service is moving at this pace.
Bottom line is I’m not going back here. They could possibly add a couple stars by buying lights, improving the timing of their food delivery, and hiring a more experienced wait staff.

I checked in right before I walked in because I knew there was going to be a free swag. I immediately was turned off the second I walked in the door. Very dark, gloomy looking, not much of a romantic atmosphere, the host didn’t greet or say HI. i went to the Unilocal area and they gave us tasty beer. I looked at the food they were giving, I knew the thick sticky long noodles weren’t my thing in the past, so I asked to ONLY get veggies with sauce and their tasty chicken (that’s why there was a one star).
I wasn’t pleased with the way the manager and staff handled our Unilocal event. I walked in and spoke with our Unilocal event coordinator a little bit and then went to find seating. Although it didn’t look like there was seating left. I did see someone had left a table, but there was money and dishes on the table, so I asked if we could sit there. The manager was VERY rude, very disrespectful to me, and said «you are only limited in seating for your event», but when I looked around there wasn’t any room to stand either. I’m just not quite sure why we choose this spot. I believe, I then realized why most of the folks STAYED at Dorrian’s (they skipped this sushi spot — they knew about this place and their food, and their service so they stayed), that’s an assumption, but I’m really disappointed in everything at this spot.
The staff wasn’t friendly, and they didn’t even have tip jars out so we could tip or even be thankful that they opened their restaurant up for us. It was nice of them to do it, but honestly I would’ve rather went some place else in the rain then be in that cold vibe of a restaurant. I hate bad talking, but my experience here wasn’t very good, welcoming, and maybe my hair was too big for this location, but it gets better.
Because I thought she was soo nice I forgot to get my car validations and she said oh well we don’t do that for you, ONLY our customers. So clearly she was rude again about the whole thing. It seemed as if she was SOOO annoyed of me even thinking to come back and ask. My friend told her it was on the email so that’s why we parked there, and then she told us the coordinator said to send an email if you have any troubles and Unilocal will reimbursed you, but we ended up having no issues so we wasted out breath for nothing here.
Overall I will never ever return, even if someone has a birthday here. I just don’t like rude unwelcoming places. I will not be back…
I didn’t have their sushi, but there are a million sushi spots I can go to especially in NYC. I will NOT be returning here at all (oh yeah I said that)…

My favorite thing about this place is the location and the view you get as you eat. It is right by water in Jersey City, so you get a excellent view of the downtown Manhattan.
The food is ok, not terrible but nothing special about it. The price point affordable and the portions are generous and the service quick. I got the seafood mix soup and they just had one piece of several assortment of seafood. The soup was very tasty but a tad overly salted, had me constantly sipping on my glass of water. My friend went with the beef teriyaki, she asked for a medium well and indeed the meat was cooked medium well, very tender. So another star for that. Overall great atmosphere and decent experience but average food. I didn’t get to try any of their sushi, so maybe I shouldn’t be too quick to judge, but given the Newport area, dining options are limited and there aren’t that many Japanese restaurants in the area. I will be back the next time I have a sushi craving!

After walking in to what appeared to be a tiny sushi place… We were shocked at how huge this restaurant is… It just kept going. It was really nicely decorated and a bit loungy in some places (there isn’t exactly a uniform atmosphere in this place). We sat next to a window looking out at the marina which was a really nice treat.
Their miso soup was really good, not too salty and generous with the tofu and seaweed. We ordered three sushi rolls — all of which were very good, fresh and tasty.
I’ll definitely come try them out again when I find myself down by the waterfront.

Yes, I’m a fan of this place indeed!
There were a few times when the service was a bit spotty, but I can forgive them because the food has never disappointed me. I’ve been all over their menu, from the sushi/​sashimi to their curries to their bento boxes. Everything is spot on. The fish is always fresh and they have a fairly diverse selection to choose from. Their beer selection is also decent.
Overall the prices are closer to Manhattan… slightly higher than what you’d pay in Brooklyn or somewhere deep out in the NJ suburbs. But it is Newport after all. What do you expect?
One of the things I want to try out next is their whiskey options! I always pass by the bar and the wall across from it, and I can tell they know their whiskeys. Not sure how that would pair with their food, but I’m open to try it out.

Been here a few times. Great ambience, good location and good food. Parking is a bit difficult, but you can pay for the Newport lot and walk over.
I would recommend getting the tuna tar tar. They have pretty fresh sushi. I typically go for the combos (sushi + sashimi), but they have great speciality rolls too. Hope you enjoy!
Kaisen don royale is delicious too!

Their food is great especially beef teriyaki, but the service is horrible. We came in as 2 people and there are just couple table are using, we asking for change to a bigger table because we have too many stuff to put. And the women who lead us in says no way to help us change to the bigger table. I ask why and explain we have a lot of things need to set, she just refused with a terrible attitude, BUT this is not the most terrible things.
I asked another waiter to help, I was thinking that women just has a bad mood. And the waiter refused me too, and I ask him: so maybe I could give less tips for the bad services, because as a customer I don’t feel good with that. I acting nothing bad, and not even arguing!!! YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN?! He acting like so Angry, and THREATEN me! Yes! threaten me that he will wait me outside!!! Unbelievable they have this terrible waiter. Just make sure everyone’s save, he is a Asia Guy. Anyway, I won’t go to that restaurant anymore, too scary!!!