Hakata Grill East

Food is okay. I got the Maki Roll combo that allows you three veggie sides. They sent me three different vegetables than what I asked for. But whatever. Delivery time was alright. and the spicy rolls aren’t as spicy as other people have been saying. They’re about as spicy as you’d expect from a spicy tuna or spicy salmon roll.

Customer beware: this place gives an abysmal amount of fish in their already overpriced rolls. Seek elsewhere for sushi rolls

Salmon lunch special is GREAT!
Make sure you call early as the place gets busy!

solid 3.5 stars for the 4-​star food.
this review only applies to their delivery. May revise after I sit in :)
THere are many Japanese restaurants in New York for sure. HOWEVER, not every «Japanese» place have ODEN STEWS! AND YAKATORI!
Oden stew is bascially fish cakes/​radish/​tofu stewed in a very flavorful broth for hours, so that all the juice got suck up by even the firmest tofu.
Next time when I dine in, will have more to come on their ambiance and service.
But foodies be on the watch! you should NOT miss Hakata Grill!

I frequently use seamless web to order from these guys and am really happy with the food. I typically get the teriyaki salmon don and some sushi. Very tasty! Probably a bit pricey for me, but I typically don’t pay for it so I order regularly!

When I saw that they had ramen on the menu, I assumed that it meant soup. Imagine my surprise when I got a container of noodles in my delivery bag. Crazy.
It would have been disappointing were the food not very good. The best comparison was that it was something like Japanese lo-​mein. Maybe they have lo-​mein in Japan, but I always associate it with China. But I digress…
I got the pork ramen, and the best thing about it were the onions. I love onions, and this had two kinds, red and white. The reds were crunchier than the white, which was cool. Double the onion texture is awesome. The pork was tasty as well. Small pieces, but flavorful.
The reason that this is three stars instead of four is that a plate of noodles shouldn’t cost more than nine bucks. Well, I guess they could, but these were not nine dollar noodles. They were seven dollar noodles. Ones which I’ll probably order again. But next time I won’t expect broth.
Also, they have something on the menu called «Fish Taco Party». Just throwing it out there. Judge this however you’d like.

i ordered a shoyu ramen, they gave me chinese pork (cha siu), unbeliveable, i am so sick of it

I’ve ordered from Hakata for years, but I’ve lately stopped. The problem was sketchy food — the absolute last thing you want from a sushi joint. I always liked the spicy rolls, but apparently «spicy» means «throw whatever leftovers you’ve got in ‘em, cause no one’s tasting it anyways.» (This is likely true at all sushi joints, but still.) The fish has too often been a little off, and I’ve found more than a couple of scales. Not worth it.
Plus the delivery guy does something that irks me. In office buildings (or at least mine), delivery guys don’t usually come up to you — you’ve got to go down. But the dude doesn’t want to be waiting for you (and understandably so), so most places will call a little before they actually get there. That’s fine — by the time you get downstairs, they’re usually coming in the door.
But the Hakata guys call a looong time before they get there. So you go down, and they aren’t there. And you wait. And you wait. And you wait. And then you say «to hell with it,» and go back upstairs to wait for them to call again. Really annoying.

I heart sushi, its a known fact about me. My co-​worker put me on to this place. Yesterday I ordered the crab and asparagus salad; Man it was good and it was a big bowl, like the large size that you get at the deli’s where they mix up your salad. This was a kani salad, mixed with regular salad and the asparagus. I like spicy, but those who have a light pallet should be warned. A few times I did the *ahem ahem. It was so good yesterday, I ordered the Maki box, and it too was on point. I might get addicted. So far i’ve ordered @ 12:30 pm and they get here by like 1:10pm. My co-​worker has ordered at 1 pm several times and they took almost an hour; I guess the time does make a difference. Happy eating!

I stumbled upon a $ 5.oo off coupon to this place one day at work when I was craving sushi. I looked at the menu and saw Zagat Rated 2003 – 2007 ok good sign. 4 Stars on Seamless Web… nice …
Then I think to myself what about 2008 – 2010? Have they really fallen off the wagon or is this menu super old? I found out it was…
but lets face it people this is 2010 and a lot can change in 3 years…
Well the prices were quite right with the coupon factored in:
Maki Lunch Box –11.00
— 6 pieces spicy tuna roll ~ S P I C Y ~
— 6 pieces spicy salmon roll ~ S P I C Y ~
— 3 sides from a long list of sides: I chose
— Sauteed Mushrooms (read super garlicy and oily)
— Seaweed Salad (adequate but fishyness flavor ruined the joy here)
— Mesclun Salad (with ginger/​sesame oil dressing)
Overall the look of the bento box that came out to 6.98 after tax was pretty impressive. It smelled great and I was ravenous…
Ordered directly from the business: They said it would be 30 – 45 because they were slammed (I was ordering at 11:30 am) and I thought I was getting a jump on the rush because I knew by 12:30 I would be ravenous… and yes by 12:40 when I got my food FINALLY, I was beyond ravenous.
1 hour delivery time (Grrrr.)
distance work from store = 3 blocks (Grrr…) and (puzzled ??)
So I reallllly wish the sushi had not been on a delivery guys bike for 30 mins + as it was quite warm and kinda gave me the heebie jeebies.
The ‘spicy’ in the names of both my rolls was an understatement and made me slightly worried that they kicked up the spicy sauce to cover up fishy flavor or maybe lower quality fish or both. hmmmmm…
well all I know is if you order this you may want to ask them to make it ½ as spicy. I am a spicy lover but this was just an unappetizing amount of fire-​y mayo sauce.
Last bite of my sushi I pull out a small clear circle… felt like a hard bit of plastic…
OOOooo it was a fish scale! oooOOO
There went my appetite. I was waiting for this as I read that other people had found bones in theirs.
Shudder.
Never again.
Im not compromising my foodie (and sanitation!) values
for the sake of VALUE…
it was just a bit… how do you say?
sketch.

If you are looking for sushi in Midtown at lunchtime, I would say the maki lunch box at Hakata Grill is your best option. At $ 11, not only do you get two spicy rolls with HUGE pieces of fish in them but three sides. The Kimchee is almost too spicy to eat but the spicy potatoes, the seaweed salad and the spinach with peanut sauce are good alternatives if spicy isn’t your thing.
Order early. If you order at 1pm on seamless web, you could be looking at an estimated delivery time of 45 – 60 minutes.

Ordered on
I got the Sushi set with a spicy crunchy tuna roll.
First the roll–
Amazing, perfect amount of spice and huge pieces of tuna– just what I wanted.
The soup–
Did not even realize the set came with soup– so it was a pleasant surprise. I would have liked the option of salad (I’m more of a salad person– or at least I like to think so), but the soup was tasty– maybe a bit salty for Miso.
The rest of the sushi–
Most of the fish was good, but I got one piece that seemed a little chewy– kinda weird because everything else was sooo good– but it was enough to take it down a notch to 4 stars.
Delivery
On seamless– it usually takes longer than normal for places to deliver, but it was really quick– like 15 minutes.
I would order from there again– but probably stick with rolls.

I really love this place. The food is to die for.

Man, when they say spicy roll, they mean SPICY roll. They also offer the option of getting their trademark spicy mayo on the side for sadists, like myself.
Delivery was fast, fish was fresh, flavors were perfect.
Can’t ask for much more, now can we?