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EN Japanese Brasserie

435 Hudson St., New York, NY, 10014
at Leroy St.
212-647-9196

8.4 "Recommended"
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76% Would you go back?
84% Would you take a date?
46% Would you take kids?
76% Would you go on business?
69% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 8.3
Service: 8.4
Décor: 8.8
Value: 8.0
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Beautiful in so many ways.

jamonit from 10014 | Posted on 8/26/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 9
Décor: 10
Value: 9

Delicious and on par with food in Tokyo. Homemade fresh tofu is wonderful. I strongly recommend the daily specials, the blue fin collar was amazing. over all a little pricey but that comes with quality so it has value and I come back. & absolutely beautiful space.

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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

DELICIOUS, life altering

lovetolovey from 11201 | Posted on 8/8/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 10
Value: 10

I can't stop coming back. I was their last night and I'm still thinking about the fresh scooped warm tofu. It's really amazing. I think that I'm most satisfied when I get something that for years I have under appreciated and then all of the sudden boom!! it's my favorite food. It's life altering. I really can't finish this review with out mentioning the space. It's beautiful. Honestly one of my favorite places in the city to spend my time.

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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Mediocre

lpycb42 from 21210 | Posted on 1/27/09

Overall Rating: 6 (Mixed Reviews)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 3
Service: 7
Décor: 9
Value: 3

While the setting was beautiful and the service great, the food was really really below my standards. You would expect greatness from a place like this but the menu was very limited and the flavor sub-par.

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2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Pretty-face syndrome!

fsfumi from 07093 | Posted on 1/17/09

Overall Rating: 7 (Recommended)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 5
Service: 8
Décor: 10
Value: 7

Given how En describes itself, an authentic Izakaya, I felt like a child being told that Santa doesnÂ’t exist when I bit into one of their appetizers, namely . I was really looking forward to enjoying a bonafide izakaya food located in places other than St. Marks and Midtown East. Much to my disappointment, most dishes didnÂ’t pair well with sake and shochu. That is to say, they are all too sweet and devoid of spices and surprises that make even the plainest beer delectable. But then again, I may be expecting too much from yet another highly adorned Japanese restaurant. Note: The place is gorgeous and very romantic. However, be sure he/she doesn't mind psuedo-izakaya food !

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A Critic's Pick???

ulmelqlo from 10011 | Posted on 9/10/08

Overall Rating: 3 (Not Recommended)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 3
Service: 5
Décor: 4
Value: 4

This is one of those few cases where the positive review was completely inconsistent with our experience. This restaurant is mediocre to terrible. It is basically a glorified Benihana-type chain-style restaurant but three times as expensive. The tuna salad we ordered had low quality/chewy tuna. The codfish was mediocre, with tiny portions costing over $20. The place is also smelly, the smoke extraction essentially doesn't work. Paper napkins for these prices?? Go somehere else.

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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Excellent food

exciteme from 10005 | Posted on 7/11/07

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 9
Value: 9

The food was excellent. I had the tasting menu for $50/person and I thought it was totally worth it. The flavors were subtle. The food, overall, was delicious. The restaurant also had an extensive and creative drink menu. I think the the restaurant is well worth it - particularly if on an expensive account.

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168 out of 297 people found this review helpful.

Worth the $$ and trappings

hautepanda from 11215 | Posted on 3/11/07

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 9
Décor: 7
Value: 7

I'm firmly a casual-dining, street-food sort of person, yet I find myself drifting back to EN - why? Because despite the pristine, uptight decor and presentation, and despite the hokey techno, and the prices... the food is damn good. Revelatory. Things like grated mountain yam, lightly deep-fried, that burst in your mouth. Fresher and more refined than anything on St. Mark's Place.

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289 out of 560 people found this review helpful.

Excellent

cateljo from 10012 | Posted on 1/21/07

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 9
Service: 8
Décor: 8
Value: 8

Excellent. Bias: my first time in a non-sushi japanese restaurant. We chose the tasting menu (cannot recall its name); they bring an endless array of small dishes, all of which were delightful. The "dollar" signs should be $$$, since the bill easily builds up to $70-80, if you sprinkle your dinner with some decent sake. Decor is ok, although it could be a little more quieter, given the ample spaces. Needs a sound engineer's visit (notice: this is relative to the fact that it's a fancy and wonderful restaurant; by NYC standards, it is not noisy at all). FInal note: perfect for kids (many different thing to taste, some exotic, some less), as long as they're not fries-only children - but I suppose it's up to parents.

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302 out of 577 people found this review helpful.

Zen or EN?

martin_chamois from West 50's | Posted on 7/5/05

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 9
Service: 8
Décor: 10
Value: 10

En Japanese Brasserie combines both a lounge and restaurant into one space, which works to a greater degree than some other places. The contemporary Japanese décor, matches to contemporary Japanese menu. Dinners tend to young and trendy, typically a bad sign for serious dinning, but EN succeeds where others have failed. While not everything is perfect, the winners far exceed the so-so selections. Service seems to be attentive, although the caliber of waiters seems very unpredictable. So the only mystery is the name really EN of really ZEN?

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307 out of 616 people found this review helpful.

DELICIOUS

Teddy | Posted on 5/25/05

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 10
Value: 10

What a wonderful restaurant. From the minute you walk in you feel transported to Japan. Service is terrific, food great(try the crab tempura in a sushi roll, en salad,any and all sushi and sashimplus the duck dish is great, and ofcourse the fresh tofu. Even the chocolate dessert is good. What a good addition to the New York restaurant scene!!!

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353 out of 675 people found this review helpful.

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