Sushi Hazuki

Sushi Hazuki (鮨 波づき)

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🍣 Sushi / 📍 Shimomaruko

📓 Visits: 1

Nigiri lunch is JPY 6,500 while omakase dinner is JPY 12,000.  I went for lunch.

Aori ika was chewy, not at all creamy and didn't have much flavour.  The uni gunkan-maki was terrible.  It had bad flavour, was salty, the nori was soft and it was too small (which was actually a blessing).  "Ankimo caramelize" looked better than it tasted: there's really nowhere to hide with neta that are less than the best quality.  Shiro ebi surprisingly had no taste.  The best pieces in the set were the bookends of toro and saba yaki zushi.  The toro would pass in a sushi restaurant charging twice as much and the saba yaki zushi was unique.  All the other neta I haven't mentioned were decent for this price.  Rice was extremely soft and sticky and is sweeter rather than sour.  Sequencing was unconventional: tamago to start, kuruma ebi piece #5, miso soup half way through the course.

Chef Michiaki Satou previously worked at Kyubey and spent some time in at Katsuya in LA.  Despite still being listed on Pocket Concierge's English-speaking Sushi Masters, he's forgotten all his English.  He's a lovely guy but worked very slowly.  An hour in and I'd only been served seven nigiri and I'd be sat there for an hour more.  In fairness, he did ask if anyone had limited time.

It's cheap, especially at dinner.  If the restaurant was closer and I could be out in under an hour and reservations were easy I'd go back.  Alas, none of those things are true.

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❓ My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ 3.7

📱 Booking: 🟥 Very difficult.  On my visit they were full for the next 13 months and weren't taking new bookings from new customers.  Half of the diners on my visit made their next reservation after the meal.  New customers can only book via TableCheck (credit card required).

📍 Location: 

3-13-22 Shimomaruko.  2 mins South from Shimomaruko station (cross over the tracks if you're coming from Tamagawa direction).  Dedicated street-facing entrance.
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📅 Visit June 2023

🕛 Lunch

Tamago
Tofu, sweetcorn (sakizuke)
Toro
Shima aji
Makogarei
Akami
Kuruma ebi
Shako
Kohada
Hotate
Miso soup
Iwashi-ni (tsumami)
Aori ika
Uni gunkan-maki
"Ankimo caramelize"
Shiro ebi
Anago
Saba yaki zushi
White coffee jelly

💴 Damage: 6,500
⏱️ Time taken: 2h