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Address: 4845 N Damen Ave Ste 1N, Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: (773) 681-0206
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Chef and the crew were down-to-earth people and was a pleasure to chat with. Sitting at the bar solo, we chatted a lot about Chicago sports as well as places I visited here in Chicago.
Having tried more expensive Michelin-rated Omakase locations, Q Sushi was as enjoyable, and I expect to return next time I am in town.
Food review dish by dish at the end.
Service was good. Filled our waters and tea quite quickly. A bit awkward trying to peak into our bowls, but generally satisfactory service. They also made it seem like the mochi ice cream at the end was “on the house” when it was clearly in our omakase.
Atmosphere was not what we expected. Rap music with curse words. Shots for the workers and bar folks. Not quite the atmosphere we expected, but that’s just from our experiences, it was a bit off putting.
Food wise, everything was adequate. It was a decent amount of food. The quality of the fish was okay but the fish wasn’t made to be the star. The rest of the review focuses on the food in more detail.
The biggest overall disappointment was that the fish really never got to shine through (other than being able to eat the sashimi on its own), but it could’ve definitely used a bit more plain or very subtly accented nigiris. All the dishes had quite a lot of sauces and add-ons.
Aside from that, the devil is in the details.
Some dishes were over salty such as the shrimp with hollandaise.
Some dishes had unnecessary components (black cod with caviar, didn’t need the caviar).
The omakase was also not quite what you’d expect from omakase, all the nigiri (and all their sauces) were side by side touching.
We had the following dishes (each with our one comment review):
– snow crab with wakame and cucumber salad with a broth (great starting dish, nice a fresh)
– sashimi (don’t remember the type of fish, was good but not particularly memorable)
– black cod nigiri (one piece on rice) with caviar, could not taste the caviar but the black cod was really tasty, just felt like a waste of caviar
– mushroom miso soup – really rich for miso, really enjoyable, a couple mushrooms were really garlicky which we love but be wary of that if you’re not a fan
– sashimi aside a wasabi sauce and an uni shooter. Sashimi was a tuna, salmon, and hamachi belly. One of our hamachi belly had a bone which was very unacceptable and we’ve never experienced, but we didn’t complain. Fish was pretty good. Wasabi sauce was really good though really took away from the fish. Would recommend having some with and without it. Uni shooter was too strong, we ate the uni out of it to try to enjoy it for what it is.
– nigiri dish. Shouldn’t have had all of them right next to each other with all these sauces. One fish with ao nori very similar to nori potato chips if you’re familiar. One salmon belly with a mayonnaise dish which was good but really tasted like the seared mayo salmon from Kura sushi, kind of a shame since this fish is a lot better. Shrimp/prawn nigiri we were really excited for, shrimp sushi should be fresh and sweet, but unfortunately this was just salty due to the hollandaise and the shrimp was lost. Lastly, otoro (tuna belly) was good but the garlic pickle did not add, would rather it had been on its own with the nicely seasoned rice and served on its own.
– tuna on tuna, spicy tuna roll topped with tuna, very good and as expected. Good amount of spice.
– hand roll – pretty good, not the open coned shape hand roll we expected but still pretty good it had maguro tataki.
– lastly mochi, sweet potato, peppermint chocolate, and black sesame; adequate
They offer a variety of sashimi, nigiri, and other dishes, and they also have a chef selection or omakase, which was one of the best for the value and taste we had here in the States.
The omakase had many dishes and was definitely worth the price. An appetizer, miso soup, multiple sashimi pieces, 4 pieces of nigiri, a handroll, 4 pieces of maki, and MORE were included for around $100.
The tea was also unlimited, and we had many refills. The server was also friendly and checked on us quite often. There was plently of space outside and inside.
Overall, Sushi Q has a great omakase at an amazing price point, and the food was fresh and delicious. Definitely try out their omakase!