Chikurin

Been living in Brooklyn for over 25 years and finally got a chance to try Chikurin🥳Place is very cozy, staff ladies are very efficient and friendly. Food was all tasty! My family liked how the wasabi wasn't too spicy, fries cheesecake was pretty good. Will come again ✌️

I’ve had sushi all over the world, and this is my family’s neighborhood favorite affordable sushi spot that has variety while remaining fresh, and the waiters are the loveliest ladies ever. Modest exterior and interior, but don’t be fooled, it’s good. We particularly love the raw oysters here - medium sized, mild, a little sweet. Salmon, yellowtail, tuna, “white tuna”, mackerel are all great. Pass on the raw scallop. Garlic mussels were on the salty side, and the beef was good.

The food was fresh, hot and beautifully presented. Tasted as good as it looked. Quite small but cozy, intimate setting, bathroom available and clean. Service was a bit stale at first but eventually warmed up and by the end was on point. Went from what I thought would be a one star review, to a four star. They deserved it. Shashimi was fresh and my guy was pleasantly surprised. Would recommend

All this sushi for 25 dollars! Has been our go to sushi spot for a hot minute and staff’s pretty nice !!

honestly only writing a review because every single time i go, i have a genuinely pleasant experience. the food (chicken katsu bento box lunch special) is always superb, the service is very friendly and the environment is quite nice (outside of school hours cuz kids walking by are loud) but other than that its great.

My favorite go to for sushi! Indoor or takeout. I've been coming to Chikurin for like a decade now I think. Since I was in high school. A friend of mine lives near here so we always ate here for the lunch special. Anyway, I haven't been back for maybe a year or two, and recently visited this year. The location moved! It is now on a corner instead. Very green decor. Same waiter! Food is delicious as always. Fresh and hot, with great flavor and presentation. Portions are great. The bento dinner is massive and I couldn't finish it all in one sitting. Really good value so I highly recommend. Overall, the restaurant has a fresh new aesthetic, new location, but same great taste and service. Show them some love and support by either dining in or taking out. They offer indoor dining as well as outdoor seating!! This is my go to sushi place, my one and only gripe is the parking situation! (Not their fault though-- I'm just warning my fellow drivers out there) Bath Beach is terrible for drivers. You've got to have eyes like a hawk to catch parking spots as they get taken up rather quick. Try the side streets or deal with the meters.

Excellent neighborhood sushi joint. The sushi is always fresh. Priced fairly for the area. Love to order the sashimi by piece. The rolls are sometimes a bit inconsistent (sometimes it's bigger and sometimes it's smaller. Maybe changed chef or trainee training). Overall, good neighborhood sushi!

Be careful when ordering food by phone. They might mix up the order and give you the wrong items. And they won't correct their mistake, even though I've been a loyal customer for several years.

I hadn't been to this place since 2015 so it's literally been one decade and I'm so grateful to say that the food has not declined and the service was great. I came here on a Friday night with my son and it was such a pleasure. I ordered the salmon sushi pizza and the spicy salmon roll with a small hot sake. For him I ordered a cooked sushi roll and the spring rolls and everything tasted great. The service was great and our waitress was friendly and attentive. Initially, we were the only ones in the restaurant, but later people started to trickle in. We sat near the small fish tank with the glow fish and everything was really relaxing for a Friday night. I love that the bill only came out to $40 or so and can't wait until I get the opportunity to return.

Lately Chikurun has been my go to DoorDash order because they hit every time! I usually get a bento box because it is an amazing deal. It's approximately 20 dollars for your choice, I usually go with beef negimaki or salmon teriyaki. It comes with vegetables, white rice, two shumai, and California roll inside the box. In addition they give you a miso soup and salad PLUS an app choice of either shumai, gyoza, or shrimp and veg tempura. So extreme bang for your buck not only that but amazing quality always fresh taste. Highly recommend!

I have not been here in years but stopped by today and it was as good as I remembered it to be! Our server was friendly and quick!

Not my favorite sushi spot, but not that bad. Shrimps tempura were good though. The service is good, sushi could be better. Regular place with regular prices

This place does the job well enough and is close enough to my parents' place that it's the location we usually use when getting Japanese food. It's standard fare and the quality is fine. No complaints and no raves. When ordering via apps such as Grubhub, I have requested certain things and they actually read the notes and called about something. Now I usually call in advance to make a note of something for an upcharge and they usually tell me to add a sauce for the additional charge. The woman I usually speak with is nice and the orders are correct. The tempura sauce is good and I feel the need to make note of that because lots of places these days no long have/make good sauces and without sauces, the food is not the same. Overall, it's a solid choice right there in the middle, but it gets that extra push for it being a go-to for my family.

I used to love Chikurin, so I ordered some tonight via Ubereat. The food delivered way after the estimate arrive time (more than half hr delay), called the restaurant couple times no one pick up. Finally after the 4th tried, the staff said the delivery was out, then 15 mins later I called again, same answer, it is on the way. Finally after 45 mins after the estimate arrival time, my food is here. Order at 8pm, didn't arrive until 9:45pm. While I am eating, a big bone hide at the yellowtail roll, glad that I didn't swallow it and kids didn't eat that! Then a big raw fish skin on my chirashi.... Hm... never again. There's a lot of different sushi places around the area, Chikurin isn't the only one but definitely one of the worse one.

I ordered through Doordash right when they opened and food was ready within 30 minutes. We got their 3 roll lunch special and it comes with a salad and a soup. The ingredients are fresh and the rolls are good! Its a great place for lunch! The place has many tables available for dine in as well! The staff aren't very attentive in my opinion. I came in and wasn't greeted for some time. The lady who gave me my order was friendly though! I'd recommend this place if you're looking to satisfy your sushi cravings!

I forgot how good they are. I'm glad I ordered tonight. The food was ready when I got there

Friday dinner Came here after Wasabi across the street had a 40 min wait. There was no wait here, or should I say there were no customers. A couple was sitting in there when we arrived and left soon after, meaning we were the only ones there. They had a handful of takeout orders so not completely no business. This place doesn't necessarily have anything "bad" but there's nothing much "good" about it. It's very 86th street. I would rather eat at Wasabi. We ordered (right to left, top to bottom in my pic): dragon, Hawaii, white Russian, Brooklyn, spider Favorite was the white Russian maybe because the tuna on top was torched. The menu didn't note that. Least favorite was either the Brooklyn or Hawaii. General comment on all of them is that they skimp on ingredients. My photo doesn't show their cross section but basically the ingredients are not well balanced on the insides. The seafood is always the least represented ingredient. If you look at the Brooklyn roll (shrimp, kani, tempura crunch), the insides are 80% tempura crunch, 10% shrimp, and 10% kani. The spider roll should be a whole soft shell crab fried and rolled in. The batter was twice the thickness of the crab. I miss the way Wasabi has thick crab meat and it comes out piping hot. Another general comment that I find is an issue across all Brooklyn sushi places is that the rice isn't tart at all. It didn't come out hot but at least it wasn't dry and hard. I like how their menu has pictures of all rolls, but most didn't appeal to us for some reason. Wasabi's presentation is much better. I also like how Wasabi's menu would tell you which items are cooked. That's helpful for those who don't want to eat raw fish. Service was good. We were in and out of this place in 30 min. I joked we can go back to Wasabi for sushi part two. The lady was diligent about filling our teacups even though we needed refills two minutes apart from each other. Good that tea was hot. She didn't give us a weird look or anything when we didn't order more food. She also reminded us about the 5% discount if pay by cash. Also all the employees speak canto

Charged me wrong price, tuna was dog poop, spicy salmon was du du. Worker was disrespectful. Overall trash, please don't waste your money. Theres a reason why we were the only ones there. Place is buns!

sushi is good but the deliver is crazy wanted more tips overall food is good 9/10 but service 1/10

We came here for dinner on a Tuesday night around 8pm. The restaurant is pretty small, but the waiters are attentive. The special rolls were delicious, big, and so fresh! We also LOVED the spicy salmon sushi pizza. Definitely recommend coming here for fres

Everything about this place is great! The staff is helpful, the place is clean, the prices are good! The food is fresh and delicious! I highly recommend the fried rice it's really a must when you come here! Their sushi rolls are all very fresh as well!

My favorite go to for sushi! Indoor or takeout. I've been coming to Chikurin for like a decade now I think. Since I was in high school. A friend of mine lives near here so we always ate here for the lunch special. Anyway, I haven't been back for maybe a year or two, and recently visited this year. The location moved! It is now on a corner instead. Very green decor. Same waiter! Food is delicious as always. Fresh and hot, with great flavor and presentation. Portions are great. The bento dinner is massive and I couldn't finish it all in one sitting. Really good value so I highly recommend. Overall, the restaurant has a fresh new aesthetic, new location, but same great taste and service. Show them some love and support by either dining in or taking out. They offer indoor dining as well as outdoor seating!! This is my go to sushi place, my one and only gripe is the parking situation! (Not their fault though-- I'm just warning my fellow drivers out there) Bath Beach is terrible for drivers. You've got to have eyes like a hawk to catch parking spots as they get taken up rather quick. Try the side streets or deal with the meters.

We ordered Kani roll but they gave us crab roll instead. The sushi rice had zero vinegar smell/seasoning. Everything we asked to substitute they try to charge a dollar more. For example: i want salmon avocado to change cooked salmon avocado; and substitute salad with soup during lunch special. They weren't that stingy about it before but now they look for every opportunity to make money. I used to go there all the time when they were at the old location but since Covid and since they moved to this corner, things went down the hill. One good thing actually, the side salad was pretty fresh with plenty of ginger dressing.

An oldie but a goodie! Been coming here for years and the quality is still the same. Always fresh and never disappoints. Highly recommend the spicy salmon pizza! It's one if my favorite items on their menu. The angel roll is also very good and they're extremely generous with the tobiko. You can't really go wrong with anything you order from here and especially at this price point!

I have been coming to chikurin religiously these past few months to get my fix of sushi. My absolute favorite go-to order is the Sakedon, which is an order of 12 piece salmon sashimi with rice and your choice of soup or salad. Every time I order, the fish is fresh and so tasty! I can't get enough! and the price is just right, around $20 or so. If I can make it for the lunch special, the lunch bento is an amazing deal! It comes with your choice of meat, tempura, and sides. This is also the only place I know that offers both soup and salad with their lunch specials. And you can never go wrong with a two/three roll lunch special. Orders always come out timely and is always ready for me when I call for pickup. Highly recommend this solid sushi restaurant!

The best sushi in NY , always fresh and delicious Very pleasant staff. We have been visiting only this sushi bar for 7 years. Thank u

I had the scallop, naruto, sweet potato, ocean and bagel rolls. Sweet potato regular roll is excellent- total surprise & def order again in the future. Ocean roll that was tuna salmon avo mix n dusted w pistachio? Was really good. Bagel roll is deep fried so can't really go wrong w cream cheese salmon encrusted. The scallop roll was jus a bit of scallop w cucumber strips. Chikurin is a great surprise in quality food albeit the phone service leaves much to be desired.

Reasonable pricing with good number of options to choose from. Would recommend for casual dinner or takeout when you feel like eating a lot and not worried about plating/aesthetics.

The food was not too bad i ordered BBQ Squid and The Brooklyn roll the roll was not very fresh but still tasted decent. The squid was only warm and tasted decent too need more sauce in my opinion. But when my friend ordered a D Roll the wait time is outrageous it took over thirty minutes just for them to make it while mine took ten minutes. The service was ok the guy was very quick to write down our orders and was friendly but a bit weird looking at us with a side eye. The ambiance of the place was also ok, nothing special just two TV's showing sports like NBA. Overall it's not a bad place to go to If you don't mind the wait.

I loved the food, and the delivery was alright. I ordered Hawaii rolls and Garden salad for $19.27, including fees.

Went great got a couple of rolls super. Service and ambiance is great too. I highly recommend

Came here for sushi even before they changed their location down the street! Haven't gone in a while, but decided to come here when sake's line was too long. They have a lunch special where you can get 3 rolls and soup/salad for a very affordable price. I'm not a fan of raw fish so I can't speak on the quality of their fish but the ones we did get(shrimp tempura, cali, eel avocado) were good. We also got rock shrimp, and it came in this pretty crunchy edible bowl. Everything tasted great, the waiter was really friendly as well.

Chikurin has good prices and great lunch specials. They offer dine-in, takeout and delivery options. I was hoping my return will redeem from the last visits but that was not exactly the case. I've had various issues with this place. I started having Chikurin seven years ago and I stopped for awhile because I had some fish that was not that fresh. Usually, that'd really be my cut off point but I gave it another shot recently and it's just not worth it. I was limited on online ordering for takeout in the area. Chikurin came up as an option. I conveniently ordered online ahead of time. I arrived at the quoted time of 20-30 minutes. The restaurant was empty but there were takeout/delivery orders going in and out. I got there and had to wait another 20 minutes for my order. This pushed back my scheduled and I ended up being late for work. Waited for about 45-50 minutes for two basic rolls. Sure, I paid an affordable lunch special price and waited a long time. I opened up my food and found three skimpy rolls with only hollow, only cucumber sticking out ends of a roll. To be more clear, one roll comes with 6 pieces, 4 out of 6 pieces actually had fish in them. The other 2 pieces, just cucumber and a speck of avocado. I don't know, is it worth it?

The visit was disappointing. As much as we like Chikurin at Sheapshedbay, we couldn't enjoy our dinner at 86th street. First of all we waiting for our order for almost an hour, unbelievable, as the place was practically empty, and we didn't order anything special. As we figured it out later , they were taking care of their phone orders. So disrespectful to dining in customers. And on top of that sushi rolls didn't taste good at all. They were very tiny in size, and most importantly it tasted NOT FRESH at all. Not going back there.

Thai iced tea, california roll, shrimp tempura roll is my favourite! I also love kani salad and more!

I found plastic and hair in my food Delivery guy came quicker than I expected service was fine

They're open for indoor and outdoor dining! I got takeout and all the rolls I got were great. My favorites were the ginza roll, dragon roll, and spicy salmon roll. Good, affordable sushi in Brooklyn!

Came here spontaneously with my friends after a nearby pho place was closed. I've never been to their old location so I have nothing to compare to, but the seating was comfortable. We weren't planning on arriving before lunch ends, but we realized while looking through the menu that we were there just before lunch ended 11:30am to 4pm, as stated on the menu. At around 3:45, we proceeded to order from the lunch menu, but the waiter told us lunch ended at 3:30. Why would the menu say it ends at 4pm when it actually ends at 3:30? We didn't argue with him since we didn't go there just for their lunch special, and we proceeded to order three classic rolls each. The food itself was good and fresh, but the whole experience would've been better had we not been falsely advertised. I'd advise you all who wants to arrive for their lunch special to get there before 3:30pm or else they'll charge you full price even though the menu says 4pm.

Dying of hunger so I decided to order from the nearest sushi place on delivery app.. then they won't deliver after waiting a whole hour because the "address is wrong" when literally we were standing outside waiting for it. Def won't recommend unless you like wasting your time & money.

Chikurin is one of the less expensive sushi spots so expectations aren't high. It's my go to spot when I'm craving sushi. I always order raw salmon in any form. My suggestion is to never get tuna sushi or sashimi unless it's spicy tuna. It's has a very fishy taste you're not supposed to get with fresh raw tuna. Make sure to call ahead when getting take out, they take quite a while to prepare your food!

I highly suggest eating here dine-in. Delivery from here doesn't seem to be as good. Nonetheless, this place has been in Bensonhurst for a long time and have been coming here since they had their previous location near bay 32nd st. Food is solid. There are many Japanese/sushi restaurants within walking distance of chikurin but I'd chose this one over any other.

Underrated Sushi Restaurant! The bento box lunch special is always a good pick, along with some sushi pieces! My favorite go to place when I'm in Brooklyn. The owners are very friendly!

Love sushi, love chikurin locations but Not a fan of spider roll with shells inside. I will stick with my non fried stuff.

Pre-Covid: Reasonably priced items. All sushi has been fresh and taste good. Their kitchen items are meh tho, not a fan of things like Yaki Soba and Age Tofu bento box. Their dinner bento box comes with a bunch of stuff, I can never finish everything at once. Overall I've usually ordered from there. During-Covid: Price went up maybe $1? Everything is still the same as it is pre-covid. Didn't know they had lunch specials via Grubhub/Seamless. Got the sushi lunch for $10, not bad at all! 6 pieces + cali roll + soup & salad. I've tried every sushi place in the 86 ST area now and Chikurin is definitely in the top 3.

Absolutely love love love love this place and they're totally under-rated on yelp. I've been coming to this establishment since before they moved locations from 22nd ave. They've always had such great customer service, especially if you get the tall asian waitor. When they first moved to this new location, it took some time for them to get settled in and make sure they were serving the same quality foods but after the adjustment, their sushis were really good (as it always have been). Since covid, I have been going to their outdoor dining often and you can just see how much work they put into it! Tables are more than 6 ft apart, plenty of lighting and space, and they even have heaters running. Absolutely beautiful atmosphere, great customer service, and great food. Give them a try!

New location opened up. Menu selection is bigger but they got rid of some stuff from their old locations. Everything looks pretty (most all have pictures which is nice) and colorful. It is smaller than old locations and they are short staffed (job positions posted at door for all postions) so the one staff they have is so new that he doesn't understand much or is slow. We came on a busy Friday night with understanding they just reopen. Owner kept drinking with other tables while lady owner ran the place since he was busy socializing and the poor new staff didn't know much. Saw 2 other tables with my table all asked for checks and to go boxes were waiting for a long time. Owner said okay but forget or new staff forget so the lady owner basically ran to get everything for all the tables. Food is good or is the same but on ridiculously large plates for no reasons. Took up much of the space; good luck if you order more than the entree. Came with hubby and we both order entree with sushi. Hubby got the Chirashi and sushi and I got yaki udon with sushi. My udon was in a ridiculous large plate that the sushi barely had space. I understand the concept behind plating but your store's tables are narrow for a 2-top. If you are a bigger party, they can push another table to make it bigger but good luck to party of 2. Still, overall, it's a good place. I'll wait abit before going back after they get enough staff's and trained. I was mostly watching the male owner joke & drink with the "regular" guests. It looks like BYOB even though they have a wine/alcohol menu because I saw (non asian) guests bring beers and a large Russian vodka from the liquor store across the street and him taking shots/gulps. It was cool that he was friendly with customers but hope thst he can balance it with work as he forgot to bring other table's orders. I feel for the poor lady owner.

This was quite literally the worst meal my wife and I have ever eaten. The restaurant was mostly empty yet it still took 20min for the waiter to even bring us water or ask us for our order. The sushi and sashimi was very poor quality. I rarely give a bad review but this was by far the worst experience I have ever had in a local restaurant. And the manager at the time was equally rude to myself as well as the delivery people coming in for order pick ups.

This sushi place has always been my safe choice. Typically, I order delivery but I went out to eat dinner with a friend a few days ago and they did not disappoint. The tables are well spaced out and everyone was wearing masks. Typically when ordering bento boxes, I don't expect much so I ordered the Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box and my friend ordered the Chicken Teriyaki Bento Box as well as a kani salad and extra tuna roll to share. But we were very surprised to see as the bento boxes came out, there were huge portions and everything tasted amazing. We struggled to finish the kani salad and tuna roll. But they were very helpful and gave us to go boxes to store our leftovers. Chikurin is one of the best places to get sushi!

Price is good but food quality lacked... The nabe udon noodle soup was a huge portion that can feed two. However, the soup tasted like it was premade from a powder. There was too much vegetables and other things in it that complicated the broth. The sushi was good and was stuffed with fish. The mango kani was good as well.

This place is absolutely filthy, I came here to place an order for a takeout, I grab a menu theres a roach, just chilling in between the soup-salad section, stay far far away from this nasty establishment, no wonder I always had the runs from this place

CONSISTENT. DELICIOUS. AFFORDABLE. What else could you ask for? Chikurin is my go-to spot for whoever I get my sushi craving. Located on the busy 86th street, it can be confusing to choose which Japanese joint to eat at, but I can confidently say that Chikurin never disappoints. Their sashimi is always thickly cut and my cup of tea is rarely ever empty. A point to note is that most of the workers speak Cantonese but is still relatively fluent in English. After a stressful week from finals, I decided to order take out as a treat for my family and myself. I was told that my $35 order would be ready in about 15 minutes. I arrived 20 minutes later and my order was ready for pickup :) The prices have definitely went up over the years, but I honestly rather they charge a bit more than have them slowly decline in quality. One piece of sushi/sashimi is now $1.35 and the rolls are close to $3-3.5 a roll, which really isn't too bad. Also, if you are interested in getting your drink game on, they also serve a variety of wines and sake so party on!

Went there on Saturday 9/18/2021 for my dads birthday. They have an extended outdoor seating area we decided to take because of pandemic. It's not the fanciest place but my nephew loves the place, so my dads decided to go there. Because of my nephew we became quite the regulars here. We ordered 4 glasses of ice water and a cup of tea for my dad. The waiter/bus boy put my dads hot tea and 2 cups of ice water on the table and then his tray toppled and the 2 glass cup of ice water fell on my back and soaked my entire back and pants and everything shattered. Another waiter came out to see what the ruckus is about and said oh lucky it's only water, not too bad. When my pants and shirt is dripping of water. He said we feel so terrible let me give you a free house sake. When none of us drink alcohol. I didn't expect a free meal or anything but at least offer apps on the house or a 10-20% discount? Waiter started recommending their "best" apps saying we must try it like it's on the house but of course it wasn't and was charged in full minus the 5 dollars for the house sake. There are so many sushi places around, but whenever we're in the area we only come here even though the food quality has consistent gone down throughout pandemic. Now After this experience, we don't plan on ever coming back

I really like this place, I 've been going here for many years even before they move to the new location. We always welcomed here by TJ and served right away. He is super friendly and always join us whenever he has an apportunity! The place has a nice design with green and brown colors. But anyway this place becomes very crowded in the evening on Friday - Sunday Fish always fresh and taste good, never ever had doubt in my mind about it. I

I've been ordering from Chikurin for years. Not only are the prices the lowest in the neighborhood ($2.75-$3.50/roll) but the sushi is pretty fresh. If you call for pickup, your order will be prepared for you quickly. I would recommend trying the spicy rolls here. Try this place out instead of the AYCE restaurants across the street.

The best sushi I have ever eaten. Everyone is super nice there. Service is great and for sure I'll come visit again

My favorite sushi spot in Brooklyn! If you are looking for good quality (not omakase) sushi, definitely come here. Their food is always consistent and the portions are huge. They have amazing lunch specials for both sushi and bento boxes so this is a great place for those friends who do not eat sushi. Must tries: sushi pizza - incredible, no other place does it like them, shrimp tempura - batter is so light and crispy, spicy salmon - always hits the spot and fried ice cream - big enough to share among two people. The decor is standard but the bathroom is clean (huge plus for us ladies).

All the Chikurin locations have been closing down one by one over the years so I'm glad this place still exists! Big food portions, fast delivery. Go-to from here has always been chicken teriyaki and it has never disappointed in the past but the last two times the chicken was extremely chewy and undercooked. Ended up spitting most of it out :/ I also love the cabbage that comes underneath because even though it's drenched in the teriyaki sauce it still has a crunch to it but today it was very soggy and mushy. Hopefully this is just a temporary setback because I really like this place!