Authentic Japanese - 33rd and Park

[Lyra1227]

I work around 33rd and Park and was wondering if anybody had any recommendations for authentic Japanese food that you could grab for lunch. I'm just a bit too far to be heading to all the places in the east 40s/50s for a quick bite.

[Lyra1227]

Thanks all. I'll def. have to investigate Mishima.

I've been going to Ktown to get my Asian food fix, but I just came off a year in Kyoto and have been craving real Japanese.

[Silverjay]

Oh, you lived in Kyoto?!? Some evening, you might want to check out Momokawa on 28th.

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Momokawa
157 E 28th St, New York, NY 10016

[Lyra1227]

Wow, I just looked at the menu for Momokawa and it looks amazing. Thanks for the recommendation!

[Silverjay]

I used to work nearby and would hit up Mishima or Shaburi. Neither are great, but they are authentic and decent for lunch.

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Mishima
164 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016

Shaburi
125 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016

[foodwhisperer]

Maybe you would be better off going to 32nd st. and getting some authentic Korean food, and various restaurants between broadway and 5th ave. some decent noodle places.

[AdamD]

When I lived in the neighborhood we always went to Mishima. Decent food reasonable prices. Run by Japanese.

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Mishima
164 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016

[chowbie]

Japanese friends have taken me to Tokyo restaurant, on Lexington between 39th and 40th, and said it was very down-home.

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Tokyo
342 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016

[marmoset]

like i've posted before, i used to work for a japanese company, and spent enough time in Japan to have a good taste for the food. Tons of people from work went to that Tokyo restaurant, i went a couple times for group lunches and thought it roundly sat between sucks and mediocre, also, i got the "wtf are you doing here round-eye" glare more than once until i started speaking in Japanese. not that i'm native Japanese, but it was so generic and borderline americanized, i had no clue why m colleagues were paying so much for the food there and coming back repeatedly. They would even say it sucked when asked. i think it was all about proximity. in that area, i much prefer Riki, or aburiya kenosuke, or even Donburiya for that kind of Japanese meal.

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Riki
141 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017

Aburiya Kinnosuke
213 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017

Donburi-ya
137 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017

Tokyo
342 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016

[ellenost]

When I lived in the neighborhood, I used to go all the time to Sushi Sen-nin on E. 33 St. between Park and Madison.

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Sushi Sen-nin
30 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016