Kiku Sushi Marks its New Territory
Monday, November 28, 2024 at 12:20PM
Babouche, the Moroccan restaurant on the corner of Fifth and Lincoln, closed for good about a month ago, and Kiku Sushi, which occupies a space a few storefronts down, is taking the first steps toward taking over the much larger space, posting some temporary signage.
Kiku does primarily take-out and delivery business, but this move makes it clear that their intention is to become more of a destination, Saturday night-type place. When it opens, the new Kiku will be (in my estimation) the largest Japanese (ahem, Asian Fusion) restaurant in the neighborhood. There's a private party room, as well.
Kiku will be moving into the space "as soon as it's ready," according to the owner, and when that happens they'll be shutting down the original location.
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Reader Comments (10)
They are going to need to seriously improve on the quality of the food if they are going to be successful in that space.
It's a perplexing move. The place does decent cheap sushi. No more, no less. This type of expansion, especially with a place like Nana one block away covering a similar niche, doesn't seem like the best of ideas.
Then again, someone took a small, average thai place in the East Village ten years ago and morphed it into the SEA monolith in Willliamsburg, so anything's possible. I'm not counting on it, though.
Best of luck, Kiku.
Not the hugest fan of Kiku. The false advertising they have on their delivery menus state that they have an A rating (and they DID), but now they have a B. Health department rating are very important to me when it comes to raw food.
Also, Mura (369 5th Avenue, between 5th and 6th Streets) has MUCH better quality sushi. (They currently have an A rating).
I'm not sure why anyone would have sushi from anywhere else but Oshima. They are hands down the best quality sushi in the neighborhood (besides Blue Ribbon which is too expensive for me for weekly sushi fixes).
I live across the street from Oshima and find their sushi terrible. The quality of the fish is poor and the quality of the rolls is poor as well. Considering how many better sushi options there are -- Taru, Jpan, Mura -- I'm shocked anyone would choose to go to Oshima.
Of Taro, Jpan, Mura and Oshima, Oshima is ranked the best on Yelp. Clearly I'm not the only one who thinks it's good.
We are fans Jpan, when we feel like spending big bucks, we do Blue Ribbon
Oshima is just as good as any cheap sushi place, but not on a par with Taro, Blue Ribbon, etc. What a bunch of Yelpers say makes no difference.
ctually, Kiku has some really exquisite, unique dishes, like the tuna dumplings (the "dumpling" is made of a large piece of tuna sashimi, with the inside a delicious mix of avocado and wasabi), the tuna "pizza," and other offerings among their specials. Great mango salad, too. I find the food at Nana to be largely disappointing.
If you look beyond the mundane sushi offerings that every other Japanese restaurant has, I think you'll find that Kiku is really special. I just hope the move to the larger space doesn't do them in, since their smaller location was never crowded.
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