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The Best Affordable Sushi
  • Sushi
  • Sashimi
  • Conveniently located

Planet Sushi is the largest Japanese restaurant on the Upper West Side, with a spacious covered sidewalk patio. Our experienced staff includes a traditional Japanese chef who prepared meals on the Queen Elizabeth II. We serve fresh, flavorful Japanese dishes, ranging from sushi and sashimi to noodles and tempura. We are conveniently located just steps away from Central Park and the Museum of Natural HIstory. Keep your eyes peeled there have been plenty of celebrity sightings indulging on Planet Sushi's fine foods.

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5 Star Rating - World class 1 review – Review Planet Sushi

(212) 712-2162

200 W 79th St
New York, NY 10024

Editorial Description by Citysearch
Spacious and offbeat restaurant serves regulation sushi to a loyal clientele.
Rated 9.0 out of 10 by Citysearch.

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Reasonable, tasty Japanese food  5 Star Rating - World class

This place is great. Good miso soup, great vegetarian sushi, and wonderful Japanese tea. Their service is also enviable. I had come into the area to see a play and wanted some food fast, so I asked for sushi, soup, and tea and they gave it to me in plenty of time and it only cost about $10.

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Wonderful food, gracious (if occasionally clumsy) service in a beautiful setting. 4 Star Rating - Very good

Planet is very simple. It has no gimmicks, it's not trendy, it's just some of the best sushi in the city in a lovely quiet room. Your best is sushi here, but the cooked dishes are also quite good. Lunch is a spectacular bargain; every bit as good as dinner at a fraction of the price. Service can be uneven, but it is always friendly and polite. The chirashi is especially good - chef's choice of sashimi arranged on perfectly cooked and seasoned sushi rice. Well worth it for both lunch and dinner, and a close runner-up to Yasuda in quality.

Posted 07/11/08 at 8:58am

bad fish and service 1 Star Rating - Unsatisfactory

the quality of the fish is bad and so was the service.(the waiter is not attentive at all).............

Cons: bad service
Posted 03/13/07 at 10:33pm

Great Neighborhood Sushi - Affordable & Friendly! 5 Star Rating - World class

I've been eating at Planet Sushi for years now and the sushi is CONSISTENTLY good. I actually work at a high end sushi restaurant in Manhattan and their fish is of equal quality at literally HALF the price (shhhh, don't tell my boss!). Some advice: order sashimi - you get 2 pieces for the same price of 1 piece of sushi. Also try: Tango Roll, Rainbow Roll, and the TriStar Roll (a frequent special) - all are delicious. For dessert , go for the flaming red bean ice cream tempura. Finally, service and management has been nothing but helpful and friendly in all my many lunch and dinner visits. This place is nothing fancy, but it's fresh fish and low prices have kept me coming back weekly.

Pros: Fresh Sashimi, Inventive Rolls, Flaming Ice Cream, Service, VALUE
Cons: Decor is pretty lame & food from the kitchen is average - Go for the awesome sushi!!
Posted 02/09/07 at 3:24pm

I dont like flies on my sushi or to be thought stupid. 1 Star Rating - Unsatisfactory

What would you do if you saw flies landing on the prepared sushi at the sushi bar? My 9 yr old daughter saw this and pointed it out to our table of 6, we all looked in shocked surprise. The sushi chef noticed us looking and saw the flies as well and attempted to shoo them away...not remake it the sushi?... Then a waitress came by and also shooed away the flies and picked up the fly sushi to bring to a table....I thought thank goodness it isnt ours...WELL IT WAS...THE WAITRESS PICKED UP THE ORDER AND WALKED IT AROUND THE RESTUARANT AND CAME TO OUR TABLE! Like I wouldnt notice.

Pretty ballsy behavior I thought and when I pointed out I wasnt going to eat it the manager and waitress both seemed not to be able to speak English and didnt understand why. I was with someone who spoke Japanese but neather of the employees were Japanese. Well we walked out never to return. What an insult to try to trick a customer to eat something disgusting.

Pros: Convenient
Cons: Flies on the sushi.
Posted 12/24/06 at 6:48pm

You get what you pay for 3 Star Rating - Satisfactory

If you want a cheap, quick bite, and you're really hungry--go here. You'll probably like it just fine. If you want good sushi, don't go. I eat sushi all over this city every week. I went here once and never went again--even though it's close to home. The fish seemed almost as if it had been frozen, and the rice was subpar. Quality rice is key in sushi--any place that skimps on that can't really make it up from there.

Pros: quick and cheap
Cons: the sushi
Posted 11/17/06 at 7:07pm