Bond St, New York, NY

It has been awhile since rating a restaurant, since I have been busy with work, but I am going to review a few I have visited in the last month and a half.

First stop Bond St.  This Japanese restaurant is located on Bond St in NYC.  Hint, know the red dot logo because otherwise you will never find the restaurant!

Entering into Bond St you are greeted by a fairly dark lounge.  It is a cool place to hang out and have a drink if waiting for your table, but since it was a week day and 7:30 we had no problem getting in.  With our table being ready immediately, we were escorted down the hall and told to take the elevator up to the second floor.  It was pretty cool and unique to enter into your dining experience via elevator.

Right off the elevator is the next host who promptly seats you.  The inside of Bond St is definitely just eh.. I am not in love with the layout and you really don't feel like your expectations are met after taking an elevator to the private dining floor.  The tables were way too close together and we tried to move them but told we weren't allowed to due to reservations.

We decided to order a nice bottle of sake while looking through the menu.  The waitress was nice that she let us try a sake before choosing it (especially since the Sakes are so expensive) but she was not the most helpful nor informed on the sake choices.

We wanted to relax take the time with the menus but where given a rushy impression.  I am the type of person who orders a couple of apps before really looking at the menu but the waitress said they prefer taking the whole order at once (ugh annoying).  She told us that she will space out the order instead for us to accommodate (which in the end the order was spaced out nicely so this I did appreciate).

For an appetizer we shared the Toro Tartar.  It was very tasty but the portion size was eh.  We also ordered the grilled octopus.  That was very good and worth the amount it cost.  For an entree we shared two special rolls the jalapeno scallop roll and hot ell dice roll.  The hot eel dice roll was out of this world but the other roll we could have done without.

We weren't getting the best vibe from the inside of the restaurant, maybe we just went too early, and the sushi was not really up to the expectation we expected.  In the end we will not be returning, and advice, save the special sushi dinner for Nisen in Woodbury, much much more worth it.