"The food is still great! Highly recommend the egg omlette rice."
"The Ham Katsu Sando was delicious!!"
"Tonkatsu was perfectly crispy and the curry went really well with it also."
"The BEST Japanese style curry I've ever eaten!"
"Another standout was the trumpet mushrooms, which were slice thinly, then pan fried and basted in butter."
"The egg on the omurice is velvety and fluffy."
"The LOCO MOKO and OMURICE was really great."
Cons:
"The egg and rice themselves were pretty flavorless."
"$30 for this is actually more criminal than the crime."
"The food is not good compared to the price."
"The portions were a little small and somehow they took very long to prepare everything and messed up one of our orders."
"The food here was kinda just a showoff food and that's all."
"On two separate dishes there were foreign objects found in the food, eggshells in fried chicken and some texture like a rock but it’s like plastic pieces in hamburger."
"The dishes were little but disappoint, curry on omu rice is not salted enough."
Service
Pros:
"The service was spectacular."
"The waiter was so kind and it felt very welcoming."
"The staff are very friendly and attuned, providing quick and considerate service."
"Service was great and the decor… so cute, be sure to look up!"
"Great for a date. I love their food, sake, and props to the amazing service!"
"Service: extremely accommodating, pleasant, quick, unrushed, on point experience."
"Service was also prompt and polite."
Cons:
"Our food never came out (they did Remove it from out check), and messed up splitting the check 3 times."
"They never came back to check with us unless we order more, never re-filled our water and the server who had a short hair literally gave us a look w the receptionist."
"Was a great place until the manager chased me for additional gratuity."
"Worst omurice experience ever, surprisingly when cold omurice came to serve, no one come to help me heat it up even I wave too many times."
"Staff was not apologetic at all, their response was 'oh again?'"
"Water glasses weren’t refilled and prices were incredibly high."
"I’m not happy for the pick up service."
Ambiance
Pros:
"It was very cozy and not too loud with great mix of Japanese city pop music, so it was very pleasant to enjoy the foods."
"Very chill atmosphere and great music with nice decor."
"The ambiance is great, a very cozy cafe vibe."
"Cozy home kitchen vibe with a nice vinyl player sound system."
"The cozy ambience, retro decor, and jazzy Japanese music made the wait bearable."
"The atmosphere is super cute."
"The atmosphere of Aoi is excellent."
Cons:
"While the loud music isn’t the best part of this restaurant."
"Went to the restaurant a full hour before it closed for lunch and was turned away at the door because the 'kitchen was closed.'"
"The menu is quite misleading, as the first page lunch menu has a teeny tiny line saying only serving Tuesday to Friday."
"The curry and katsu here were very bog standard."
"Took 30 mins for the food to come out, not exactly busiest hours either."
"Had to wait about 40 minutes for the food though since the kitchen wasn't ready at opening time(12 pm)."
"Leaving the restaurant still hungry, overall an underwhelming experience due to the long wait time at the table and little in portion."
Value
Pros:
"Very pricey for omurice, but it’s the best I’ve had in NYC so far!"
"This was enough food to last us for two meals. The portions are decently sized."
"If you pay a little bit extra you get 5 small side dishes and a miso soup, that I think was well worth the price."
"This Japanese curry restaurant offers hearty portions for reasonable prices."
"The portion size was perfect."
"We were luckily there between 5 PM and 7 PM which is happy hour and I had a delicious Orion draft beer for six dollars."
"The most authentic yōshoku (western style Japanese food) one can find in NYC, from presentation to the food itself."
Cons:
"The real issue I have with this place is the price. 34 dollars for omurice with a burger! and the portion was pretty small considering!"
"Friend had the crab sandwich, it just looked like some mayo and crab on a regular white bread, extremely expensive for the price."
"Everything was on the smaller portion side and it was a little disappointing for a decent amount of price."
"The food is really not bad, but it's really too expensive for Japanese comfort food."
"But the portion Vs the Price is a bit disproportionate."
"I felt this restaurant portion is too small even I ordered for teishoku meal."