"For the price and the quality — a platter for $45 to $48 and omakase meals starting at $95 — it gets two stars, the critic writes. Now located at 318 West 51st Street at Eighth Avenue, Uogashi looks less impressive than it did when it was in the East Village, with a “boxy” dining room, and tables “wedged in wherever they would fit,” he writes. Sure, it was good originally, Wells writes, but at the new location, Uogashi is even more remarkable — especially when sushi restaurants are getting so expensive. Highlights include gizzard shad, touched with salt and vinegar, which is “like eating a bite of pickled herring and chasing it with a gulp of very dry, very cold Champagne,” and engawa: Uogashi opened in the East Village in 2017 and gained a reputation for offering affordable, high quality sushi there, with Eater critic Robert Sietsema praising the selection. A fire erupted in its building in last October. Wells points to the pedigree of the chefs behind the counter — former colleagues of Sushi Noz chef Nozomu Abe. Uogashi is ultimately “better than anyone cheaper and cheaper than anyone better,” he writes. Two stars." - Caleb Pershan
