Hiura Restaurant
“Eating some of Japans finest delicacies will be what you'll do if you ask for the chefs recommendation or Omakase.”
“When it's cold outside, we like to come here for Nabeyaki Udon, Beef Teriyaki and/or Unagi Bento.”
“Finally a place to eat real good "ahjusshi style" sushi in Bergen county!”
Hiura Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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Came here for the first time for sushi in NJ. I have to say, this place is pretty authentic. Comparable to Sakagura in the city. This place was smaller than I expected and from the Yelp pictures (just a heads up). We came in around 9PM and the place wasn't busy at all, which was sorta surprising since it's highly rated on Yelp. We ordered 2 rolls and a chirashi bowl. The rolls were small for the price. The fish in my chirashi bowl was really delicious. It was fresh and I can absolutely taste it! Given the decor of the place, I was sorta surprised (in a good way). Service was on point. I will definitely return if I were in the area!
First off, I think this place is awesome! In my opinion, Hiura is one of the top sushi restaurants in Fort Lee. It is a small and very intimate atmosphere in which anyone can come in an enjoy good sushi. The staff are extremely polite and will always check up on you. The only somewhat negative this is that the location can be a little bit tricky because the entrance is actually in the back. Also, the portion size tends to be on the smaller size but the quality of their fish is excellent. I would highly recommend Hirua to anyone looking for great quality sushi in Fort Lee.
I would rate Hiura as follows: Sushi Quality is 5 Stars, Price is 4 Stars, Staff is 5 Stars and Atmosphere is 5 Stars.
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Wow wow wow! What an amazing place! Eat at the sushi bar and let the chef serve omakase, you won't regret it! Great fresh fish and yummy rice. Must go!
This is a legit sushi place! This is a coming from a Japanese person (and my whole family).
Like other reviews have mentioned, it's tucked away. They have valet parking but space is limited especially since they share the parking space with a Korean restaurant next door. The whole place seats around 25 or so (including counter space). So I suggest to make a reservation or get there early.
We got the Omakase sushi set ($55) and Hiura special ($33). The Omakase is as the hostess noted was more geared towards Japanese customers whereas if you're looking to get the California roll and the standard sushi line up, go for the Hiura special. Both were delicious and fresh! For those that say the pieces are small, this is the standard size in Japan. But the freshness of the fish is what makes it on point. And so for the quality they give and price coincides with each other. Each set also comes with its own miso soup.
My mom also ordered the tempura don, which she said was delicious as well. And some of the side dishes we ordered were good too.
Service was good and everyone was friendly.
My family and I will definitely be coming back.
This place is a small hidden jem in middle of Fort Lee. Quality of fish is always fresh and service is always consistent. When in doubt, go with $55 omekase to taste good portion of the fish they offer. You can always order a la carte on top! Besides sushi, udon or soba dish is always a good choice as a side item.
Hiura is a tiny, no frills sushi restaurant, seating maybe 20-25 people max. I chose Hiura after a quick yelp search for sushi on a Friday for lunch, because Umeya (my boyfriend's go-to) is allegedly closed for renovations.
Let me just say that I LOVE SUSHI. Like, I love it so much I wish I could eat sushi for every meal for the rest of my life, mercury poisoning and all. But, there are generally two risks with going out for sushi: 1. it takes F O R E V E R sometimes because there's often only one or two sushi chefs in these tiny (usually family-owned) sushi restaurants and 2. good sushi is one of my favorite things in the world but when it's bad… it's BAD (if you've ever had old/stale uni you know what I mean).
And I guess 3. it's expensive. Which really is only a problem when -bringing it back to- 2. the fish is bad. Some confrontational people may demand that the charge be taken off/another piece of sushi brought out when their uni tastes like the excrement of polluted lake slime but seeing as I am generally passive, I have, more times than not, paid $8-15 for 2 pieces of tastebud death rather than the creamy, rich sea urchin I was hoping for.
Which brings me back to the point: Hiura had none of these problems. $55 for omakase (which is on the cheaper end of the spectrum), fish that was so fresh it pretty much just stepped off the boat, PLUS we were out of there in 30 minutes, definitely a record for me (and I eat sushi… a lot… if you couldn't tell). I recommend you sit by the bar & ask for the pieces to be given out as they are made, rather than all at once, if you are in a rush (trade off – you lose the opportunity to Instagram the plate of ~15 beautiful pieces of sushi). Just let the chef know — he will likely be accommodating.
But seriously, melt-in-your-mouth otoro, silky king salmon, perfect uni, sweet white shrimp (this is how you know a sushi place is legit — when they have this rather than the gross plastick-y orange shrimp) — and so much more. And the amount of wasabi in the sushi is perfect, not overwhelming like it was when I went to Umeya. Even the ikura (fish egg) sushi was delicious, and I usually hate it because it can taste soo fishy.
Since I've only been here once, I can't speak to the consistency of the experience I had at Hiura, because sushi places can be very inconsistent because so much depends on the quality of the fish, which then depends on how good the daily/weekly fishermans' catches are, which must depend on weather and other factors I know nothing about (right?) — but trust me, when it's good here, it's GOOD. I don't come to Bergen county often, but I will for sure be back.
This place is excellent. We made reservations at the sushi bar and ordered the $55 omakase. It was on point and did not disappoint. Everything was melt-in-your-mouth fresh. After polishing off the omakase, I ordered 2 more different kinds of uni (japanese and west coast), another fatty tuna, and a wagyu beef. Everything was excellent. It's also BYOB, which we love.
Being Japanese I have a pretty high standard when it comes to sushi – well everything Japanese 🙂 My boyfriend and I were looking for a good sushi spot that we can come back to and not be disappointed as we've had with others. This place is a keeper!
It's tucked away, hidden and probably overlooked most of the time because you can't enter from the front and then you have to look for an alley to enter from the back (don't worry it's not sketch) but there is a brown lit sign that says HIURA in Japanese and then in english beneath.
It seats maybe 20 people, so getting here at an early time is key. We got there around 6 Saturday night and got seated right away. The staff appeared all Japanese at least from what you can hear 🙂 that's always a good sign since usually they have a great background in managing a Japanese restaurant. We ordered the chef special sushi selection which comes with miso soup and about 15-20 pieces of sushi. We thought it wasn't going to be enough, but wow it was a lot of food! I read reviews that the pieces of sushi are small, but it's really not about the size of food, it is really the quality and freshness of the fish and the rice they prepare. The price is pretty excellent for this dish, considering you get salmon roe, uni, scallop which are all about $5-7 piece and then 10-12 other pieces of sushi, all for $33 per plate.
I would love to come back to try their side and entree items – a family had ordered a bunch of them and all looked phenomenal. We will definitely be coming back for our Japanese fix.