Izakaya Sushi Ran

Expensive for the amount of food you get, but some awesome dishes and great selection of alcohol/cocktails. A lot of people come here just for drinks by the bar. MUST GETS: salmon belly, stuffed chicken wings (they're like lollipops, no bone in the middle!), pork belly, karaage chicken, laminated brioche DON'T GET: spicy choy & mushrooms (not tasty at all..), dungeness crab donabe rice (not very flavorful, pretty bland) Great place to go with a group so you can get many dishes and share everything family style!

The bottom line first - It's an enjoyable culinary experience, made with top-notch ingredients, with ups and downs along the way. More "ups" so worth a visit. Be prepared, this is not a cheap dinner. The menu is almost suspiciously short, but I took that as a good sign, and you can tell that every dish is made with a thought behind it. We were pleasantly surprised by the soba soup as the (handmade?) noodles were perfect. The ribs were delicious and tender. Tuna sashimi was excellent, but both maki rolls (shrimp tempura and spicy tuna) were... strange. The thing is, this is not just another traditional Japanese/sushi place, it's more of a fusion menu, and you should approach it as such. For better and worst, I guess. The dessert was excellent - chocolate donuts with ice cream. To sum this up - Food is great, but might not be exactly what you expect. Cocktails are good, ambiance is perfect, but it's just not a five stars restaurant (in my humble opinion, of course). Worth a visit, but set your expectations right.

this place is so good i will just have to come back again and again . creative cocktails made from small batches of independent distillery. although the desserts are a miss on the flavours but the mains are soooo good especially the seabass with crispy fish skin on.

My dinner party and I had a wonderful time at Nomica. We ordered beet zuke salmon belly , miso black cod, lettuce cups and several cocktails while waiting for the star of the night... The whole chicken in brioche. Everything was delicious and the service was top notch. The chicken definitely won us over and it was soooo delicious. Thanks!

The food is great there and the service is good even though they are new. The food style is Asian fusion and they don't have the traditional Japanese dishes. A little pricey but the quality is good.

One of my Favorites ~ Superb cocktails , great Japanese Whiskeys ... outstanding service , colorful audience , atmosphere —- and tasty cooking and set-apart dishes . Worth a try ;-)

I wanted to like Izakaya Sushi Ran, because I rather liked Nomica, the previous restaurant in this space, with the same owners; the potential is there for this to be a worthy replacement, but at the moment it misses the mark. Certain things about the food are just, well, off. The yellowtail is cut far too thick, but the portion is very generous for $18. Meanwhile, the execution of the spinach salad is completely on point, except it feels tiny for $8. The Tori (chicken) tempura is a bit small for $12 and yet the plate is absolutely drowning in the tartar sauce it is served with. The service is also just not there yet. The pacing of the meal was really off, with dishes arriving sometimes too quickly and sometimes with excessive delay. Meanwhile, the staff only check on you right after you get a dish, so it's difficult to get more food or drinks ordered, or to get your check. These are all the sort of new restaurant problems that can be worked out, and hopefully in a few months, Izakaya Sushi Ran will have ironed out the kinks.

The food was good! There’s a chicken with bread dish (forgot what the name is) which looks really good — definitely going back to check that out next time.