Kiku
"Kiku means 'chrysanthemum' in Japanese, which may explain the restaurant’s subtle pale green and cool gray color-scheme and its quiet, Zen-like ambience," The Brooklyn Paper's Tina Barry explains.
Time Out New York calls Kiku a "by-the-books sushi joint" where "familiar fish populates most of the menu." But New York magazine's Michael Kaminer has more positive things to say: "Zesty cinnamon-ponzu sauce animates oversize mesclun greens on a hand-painted plate; ruby-red spicy tuna is neatly pressed into a translucent cucumber binding; precisely arranged eel-and-avocado rolls, boasting more fish than rice, arrive on textured black platters."
Chowhound cdj260 chimes in: "I've ordered delivery sushi from Kiku... and have always found the rolls decent and more imaginative than some, but the fish quality just okay - don't think I've ever had a bad piece there, but nothing that ever wowed me." Kiku is in the process of opening another location at 170 Smith Street. What do you think about this mini-chain?
Reviews (9)
cmu wrote a review on December 17, 2008 12:32 PM
My son's favorite place. Good but not great food (the Brooklyn restaurant lament.) Good service, tho' takeout gets it wrong quite often if you don't repeat yourself.
Biff Champion wrote a review on December 17, 2008 12:39 PM
cmu, I'm usually envious of the Park Slope restaurants, but if your son loves sushi, take him to The Iron Chef House in Brooklyn Heights...my favorite sushi in Brooklyn and gives the better Manhattan sushi joints a run for their money.
Santa wrote a review on December 17, 2008 1:16 PM
my gf has been given some pretty bad tuna here.
I normally push to go to Taro.
cmu wrote a review on December 17, 2008 1:49 PM
I like the one at 12th/7th Av can't remember name, a little walk for us, and a little more expensive than Kiku. Getting my son to Bk Hts would be harder.
Biff Champion wrote a review on December 17, 2008 2:01 PM
"Getting my son to Bk Hts would be harder."
Oh, cmu, you can do it. Any subway will get you there or you can take the B41 - from the bus stop, it's a 10 minute ride! Unless you mean because he's older and doesn't want to hang out with his pops for that long. :-)
cmu wrote a review on December 17, 2008 2:46 PM
Rapidly getting there, I call him a teenager-wanna-be, but he still claims to love his Dad. And not too old to give a hug yet, only not in public. Actually, we walk/cycle around a lot,so I was exaggerating a bit about BH
Biff Champion wrote a review on December 17, 2008 3:47 PM
cmu, I think you meant not too old to NOT give a hug yet. Anyway, it sounds like you two have a great relationship. Back to the ROTD, I just saw they're considering opening another place on Smith. I didn't think the area necessarily needed another sushi joint. I would love to see a good Indian (anyone know of any around Cobble Hill/BH?) or Ethiopian restaurant.
Park Sloper wrote a review on December 17, 2008 4:37 PM
The key here is to order the specials -- forget the regular sushi, which you can get anywhere. When available, order their exquisite tuna pizza, or the miso glazed Chilean sea bass, or anything special they do with avocado. You can get three or four specials to share and several bottles of sake, and still spend less for dinner here than anywhere comparable in the area (and always get a seat without waiting).
sbbrock wrote a review on December 17, 2008 9:03 PM
Used to order from the 7th ave location and the fish was amazing, not so much from the other location. I was surprised how not good it was compared to 7th ave. We used to joke that the owners must be a bunch of brothers and they gave the bad fish location to the Fredo brother.
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