A refined, modern Japanese bar and restaurant serving expertly-mixed cocktails and Chef Masa’s renowned culinary offerings. Located next door to Masa, the widely acclaimed, omakase restaurant, Bar Masa offers an à la carte menu, in a casual dining atmosphere. Savor the unique culinary experience in an environment where the intricate attention to detail has cultivated a sense of shibui. Bar Masa features a bar made from a solid plank of African bubinga wood and walls of Japanese Oya limestone. The natural simplicity of the stylish bar is the perfect backdrop for the à la carte menu comprised of Chef Masa’s fresh, experimental approach to authentic Japanese cuisine.
Japanese restaurant offering a high-end fixed-price sushi menu in modern, elegant surrounds.
Address and Contact Information
Address: The Shops at, 10 Columbus Cir Suite 401A, New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 823-9802
Website: http://www.barmasanyc.com/
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Reservations: barmasanyc.comtripleseat.com
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Reviews
Although the pricing at this restaurant already includes gratuity, this was never clearly explained or communicated to us in advance. As a result, we added an additional tip after the meal, which led to nearly $600 being paid in gratuity alone.
At this level of fine dining, clear disclosure about whether gratuity is included is essential, especially for international guests. This is not a minor detail and should be explicitly communicated before or during the dining experience.
The issue is not the price itself, but rather the lack of transparency, which ultimately left a disappointing impression.
For those considering a visit, I strongly recommend confirming the gratuity policy beforehand.
1. Taro tartare with caviar. Every restaurant I’ve been to tries to upselm you caviar at exorbitant prices and then is stingy with it. Here it’s just part of the menu and it is an extremely generous portion, and paired with the best cut of tuna.
2. Omi wagyu and truffles. Omi is the best cut of the agyu called the emperors beef because it was saved for the emperor. But the emperor never had truffles on it. What. Surprisingly good combination.
3. The rest was a tasting menu of pieces of sushi and every one was really good.
4. The Japanese melon was special. Sometimes they have a strawberry. Either way it’s the same place that gives erewhon their $19 strawberry.
We skipped lunch to fully enjoy it but it wasn’t a crazy amount of food. Felt happily full after. If it’s your anniversary or birthday you get some lady M cake at the end, which was great. Otherwise the only dessert is the melon so you can even plan to go have dessert somewhere after if you didn’t want to have lady M.
Overall I feel like the innovativeness of the caviar and truffle dishes will be lost on more casual diners but those two make the price tag pretty worth it in my opinion.
Only item I ordered that I didnt believe to be worth it was, sushi assortment for $110. Price doesn’t make sense for the small portion. All food noticeably very fresh and perfectly prepared.
The restaurant was unexpectedly brisk on timing. They told us as we sat down we had only 90 minutes. (Had not mentioned when we called to make the reservation). They then relatively unceremoniously pushed us to leave the table 90.0 minutes after our reservation.
The sushi sampler had some great pieces. I would have preferred the role was something with fish rather than boring vegetables.
The duck tacos were great.
The dessert is another story.