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Sat down with my father at a table and ordered two “Domokase” menus. First dish comes and it is composed of 3 different tastings: a spoon with raw flounder and soy sauce which is wasn’t bad even though felt like it had just came out of the freezer, being so cold could hardly taste the fish. The second was an Oyster with yuzu foam and ikura (very appealing idea) unfortunately the only thing you could taste was the yuzu foam, how to ruin an Oyster or as I suspect purposely adding so much foam to cover the bad quality oyster. The third item was a small ice cream cone with raw tuna, truffle oil and the bottom cap was filled with this spicy Mayo that just ruined the whole combination and was nauseating. The second dish of the tasting menu arrives and it is a steamed cod with pumpkin purée and mustard seeds, the mustard seeds and the pumpkin purée had nothing to do with the steamed cod which by the way wasn’t bad at all. Third dish comes, wagyu with rice, daikon soup and pickled cauliflower. Wagyu slice was so thin it could probably float and just tasted like soy sauce, probably wasn’t even wagyu or maybe just a bad quality of American wagyu. Pickled cauliflower tasted like it just came out of a jar and the soup was ok, nothing special. Then the sushi course arrives which I had high hopes for instead was a TOTAL FAILURE… they clearly focused so much on sophistication’s forgetting about the basics on how to prepare sushi. The rice part of the nigiri seemed all pre made, dry and super cold, it was almost impossible dipping the fish part in the soy sauce without the whole nigiri coming apart. Worst sushi rice of my life. Too much wasabi dabs under every piece of fish. Every piece of fish was so ice cold that everything tasted the same and was totally OFF. Spicy tomato and cream cheese on the salmon nigiri was an item. Partially cooked salmon on nigiri, and I said partially cooked and not seared, every combination possibile was a total failure. The uni piece of sushi which was from Maine, the lowest grade of sea urchin possible, they topped it off with fake truffle pieces definetely from a jar and was disgusting. The final item on the menu came and it was a choice of 1 out of 10/15 hand rolls. We both got the “toro” fatty tuna, didn’t even tasted like Toro and was completely minced from being chopped up, very bad sign, not being good and being completely blending up probably the excess fat parts of the fish the usually good restaurant throw away. We told our waiter what was going on and she told us to speak to the owner/manager, while our waiter was a very nice young girl, the manager wasn’t even close to being the same. Very tall young man who instead of trying to understand the situation got very defensive telling us that we had already consumed the food and practically “that was it” telling us that the fish is supposed to be cold etc etc clearly not willing to listen with a very arrogant tone. 200 dollars completely thrown down the drain, by the way I the sushi wasn’t even Japanese. The funny thing is that they are in the Michelin Guide, I wonder how did that happen. Seems more like a place you would find on the “Place to Forget Guide”

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At one time New York city had over 24,000 restaurants. After Covid there are much less. Domodomo is a refreshing addition. Unique, delicious, satisfying, and memorable. Well worth every penny you pay to eat in any restaurant in NY. So why waste your time and money on lesser places. I guarantee you will feel the same as I did after dining here.

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