Ikinari Steak East Village

Good quality steak cut to order and cooked as you like it. Lots of options of condiments and sauces available for those that enjoy toppings on their steak. The pepper is a great addition. The sauce is salty so be careful. The helpful and friendly staff makes this an experience worth trying. I would definitely come back.

You can't argue with the price you pay per ounce of meat here! Their steaks are always fresh, you get to choose the thickness of it, and it's always cooked to the right temperature (doneness). I love how it comes on a sizzling platter. The place now has seats, so you do not have to stand up to eat your whole meal. The garlic fried rice is a must order side! The staff is friendly, attentive, and helpful with menu recommendations, especially if it is your first time dining there. Also, they have a decent selection of wines to complement the meal. Lastly, don't forget to sign up for the rewards card, especially if you come back often.

Very tasty steak and the standing idea was a fun experience. The garlic rice is highly recommended. I come back with my friends so many times that we signed up for their membership. We tried from sirloin, ribeye, filet, to assorted. They are different in the amount of fat and the texture, but I enjoyed them all. Also, make sure you order rare and have it with some combination of the sauce in front of you, it’s the most delicious this way.

Came here for the first time and I love it. Their concept is cool. Eat standing up. You pay for the amount of meat you want but there is a 200g minimum. The ribeye is everyone's favorite but there is sirloin, flank and assorted meats. Whatever meat you get it comes with corn and onions. Staffs are nice and friendly. Atmosphere feels comfortable, the smell of the meats is mouthwatering. Overall love the place and will be coming back soon.

What a yummy place to eat beef ! You can choose your own piece of beef and get them cook for you your own way too. The sauce was sensational and the beef was so juicy. The service was a little bit slow but it is well tolerated by the yummy tasty beef that we ordered. Love it to the core !! Love it love it love it love it !!! We wish we could go back to NY again to eat at this place once more time !

Decided to try this place out and the experience is pretty good. The steaks are customized to order. Very casual setting, there are seats! Some may think that there's only standing room but that is not true. The prices are very reasonable. The variety of sides are limited. It is not a traditional steakhouse that we are a custom to. It is more like a in and out, quick meal kinda place.

Came here on a Saturday afternoon at around 3pm. The place was half empty. You basically stand at one of the tables and wait for the waitress to come help you where you order any sides and then you go up to the meat counter with your table number and order your meat. Overall the steak was tasty and came quickly. I like that they have lots of sauces for you to add. I found their hot J-sauce overly salty and liquidy. I also got the soup and salad set with was 4 dollars. The soup came in a tea cup and was tiny!! However the soup was a very rich beef broth that warmed me up quickly The food was good but they need to up the training on their staff. I was in a group of 5 and they messed up our orders in various ways. 1. My friends ordered a mixed salad but that never came so they asked the waitress to just cancel the order, who seemed very confused at the time. 2. My friend ordered a ribeye steak but was instead charged for a fillet steak. I guess he should've paid more attention to the scale but they shouldn't have gotten that wrong. 3. The steaks come with corn as a side automatically but you can ask to sub it with other vegetables. I asked for mine to be subbed with broccoli, but it came with corn. When I asked the waiter about it he said he was going to bring the broccoli out right away, but the broccoli never came in the entire ~40 mins that we were there.

Exellent steak! The fillet cut was very tender, and you can really taste the flavor of the meat. A little pricey though, so be prepared to spend. There was a slight issue when we ordered or cuts of meat. My friend originally ordered medium rare, but changed it to rare at the butcher before we finished ordering. Meanwhile I ordered rare. When the meat came, my cut was cooked medium rare and his was cooked rare. It didn't mess me up too much though, cause I like my steak either way. Also, when e walked in at 3pm there was nobody to assist us immediately. We ended up just going straight to the line for cutting the meat, and grabbed a table number since we luna already got the idea from watching others. Overall the food was good, and the atmosphere was clean and simple. Very fast cooking and serving. Not a place you cab just stand around all day.