Yo Nashi - New Orleans

Went here on my Birthday and wow what an experience! While the price was high, it was some of the best food I?ve ever had. It was a 10 course meal! TEN COURSES! Yes each course is very small but by the end trust me, it?s the perfect amount. Each course is unique and different, and tastes amazing! The sushi was so good. Perfect place for a romantic date or just to experiment with new food! Do not go here if you are wanting a quick experience or loads of food, it?smore about quality over quantity and you let each bite marinate. I highly recommend you try it!

We had an excellent tasting experience at Yo nashi, at a Michelin-Star level for sure. I think the total experience was 6+1 dishes, including dessert. For a high quality Omakase experience, $89 is a very good price and the service and the chef were amazing. Starting from the introductory pumpkin veloute, we had 3 appetizers in total, including a pan-seared tuna dish. We then proceeded to the sushi part of the menu that had a total of 5 nigiri with swordfish, blue fin(spicy) tuna, red snapper, salmon, to this we added a sushi roll having two more pieces of sushi per person, at an extra cost. The main was red snapper with an excellent cauliflower puree and we finished our Omakase with pound cake. I willsurely visit again for the flavors and the service. The team at Yo nashi are doing a great job.

It was so so. Nothing super special to be honest. The soup was probably the best thing they served tonight. The sushi wasn't super memorable. I don't think I would pay $89 again for what I got for the tasting. Probably mostly paying a massive premium for the location close to the hotels in the French Quarter.

To say I was disappointed is an understatement. There are two things necessary for good sushi properly prepared rice and fresh fish the rice was mushy and the salmon in our sushi course was not fresh. The soup was just okay and tasted more hot and sour than miso. The portion sizes were miniscule. One scallop is an amuse bouche, not a course. I will not be back.

The presentation was great at Yo Nashi, and I certainly can?t fault them for that. The omakase dinner was very interesting with a lot of unique takes on local ingredients, and the mushroom nigiri sushi stood out to me as a great idea. The broccoli soup was shockingly good. That being said, I did have a couple of issues that I couldn?t ignore. The rice used in the sushi didn?t seem to have any vinegar seasoning and it was simply packed too densely for what it was; itreminded me more of eating an onigiri than it should have. Second, the cost of the upgrade of the main dish to wagyu beef wasn?t mentioned at all in the initial discussion. It was phenomenally tender and rich, but it would have been niceto have been at least told about the basically 50% upcharge. The staff was otherwise very nice and the decor was stylish.