Dark Bullet Sake & Oyster Bar
Japanese restaurant · Upper West Side ·
Izakaya with pool table serving raw oysters, sake & Japanese fusion
Izakaya with pool table serving raw oysters, sake & Japanese fusion
"Located near the 72nd Street subway express stop, Dark Bullet is a Japanese izakaya operating undercover as a regular dive bar. Its sophisticated menu of Japanese bar snacks, with an emphasis on oysters, and the sake list with beginner’s instructions, make this a fabulous place for a drink and a snack. There’s a pool table in the back." - Eater Staff
"Dark Bullet is a Japanese gastropub that doubles as a sports bar — with big screen TVs and a pool table to prove it. The menu offers many dishes feature oysters, raw and cooked. Among the cooked, oysters are broiled on the half shell, fritters drizzled with soy and hot sauce, and even a pancake in an okonomiyaki vein served with ponzu." - Robert Sietsema
"Steps from the express stop at 72nd and Broadway, the sinister-sounding Dark Bullet may be the Upper West Side’s foremost dive bar—spacious, raucous, and beery-smelling—but it also operates as an izakaya with a full Japanese American fusion menu and rows of sake bottles, including a special menu that guides neophytes to carefully selected styles. I went for the oysters but ended up ordering the compact hamburger ($11), wrapped in tissue like a present, topped with raw onions and a slice of American cheese that happily went limp, cushioned by an unexpectedly generous leaf of lettuce and a thick, flavorful mayo; it was damn good. My milky Nigori sake ($18) paired surprisingly well with the burger." - Robert Sietsema
"On West 72nd Street I saw that a new Japanese sake-and-oyster bar has opened: Dark Bullet Sake & Oyster Bar, located at 154 West 72nd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues." - Stefanie Tuder
"Japanese sake bar Dark Bullet Sake & Oyster Bar has opened with a limited menu for now and a wide selection of sake." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
