Nakahara Japanese Restaurant - Japanese restaurant in Leonia - 299 Broad Ave, USA

Delicious. My wife and I got the sushi for two and the sushi salad. Would recommend.

My husband and I have been meaning to check this place out for some time now and finally decided to dine here for dinner. When you enter, it seems like any other ordinary Japanese restaurant and gives a comforting atmosphere. Once we were seated, our server was very attentive throughout the night and made our dining experience pleasing. For appetizer, we tried their ankou karaage (deep fried monk fish) and tempura appetizers. The monk fish tempura was great, but definitely very filling. Then we ordered our sushi set - my husband tried their sushi omakase and I decided to stick with the chef special sushi. We were blown away by how fresh it was and each piece tasted so good to the point they melt in your mouth! We’ve been searching for an authentic japanese sushi restaurant near our place and this is definitely A+ in our mind. Sushi Chef/owner is also Japanese so you can definitely trust his technique :) Overall, really good sushi place in our local NJ area and HIGHLY recommend if you’re looking for a good sushi restaurant nearby.

I heard and expected so high of this place but left with some serious disappointment. I had a to-go food from here awhile ago and I loved the food. Ever since then I’ve heard from my friends and coworkers that they had a pleasant visit here. So I finally decided to pay a visit. It was a special occasion and I was just happy to finally visit here. Foods came out and they tasted some good some okay but not as good as I firstly had it. And the incident happened. one of servers tried to refill me the hot water (even after I asked for cold water ahead) and I know that he/she didn’t mean but spilled the hot water on my pants and my coat. He looked frustrated so I kept tell him that it’s okay it happens and another server brought extra napkins. However that was it. No one apologized about the incident and every server had a query eyes of avoiding an eye contact with me and they just kept bringing more napkins. At the end, the oldest lady gave us a gesture if we are done and ready to check out. I have worked at a sushi/roll restaurant during my college year so I understand why they were shy but when someone spilled a hot water to customer, or even to anyone, that shouldn’t be the attitude towards the situation nor to the customer. That was the moment I saw the true nature of this restaurant. I don’t know how well or well-known this restaurant has been but I’m no long going to recommend this restaurant moving forward

Just want to know why enforce a time limit when the place is half empty. We wanted to order more food and enjoy a little more. Asked if they were closing the kitchen and the Lady manager just said "time limit." Loss of revenue and loss of customers.

Food is great and it’s truly Japanese, comparing to other counter parties i.e. the way sashimi is cut, miso soup and small side dishes. We ordered sushi regular, Hire Katsu and spicy tuna salad. All were good. No picture for spicy tuna salad because it was so good I forgot about it 💦

We got sushi & sashimi omakase, 85 dollars each and it was fresh and delicious. You get the usual fishes and I like the otoro and roe with rice the most. We didn't have a reservation and was quickly seated and served at the bar table. Good value, would come back for other sets in the future.

Good food, creative, scallops apertizer was really good, sashimi was fresh, mussels were done well service was great and price was decent for the quality and portion of food. We tried the Omakase and it was pretty good. Steak was tender but not melts in the mouth type of steak.

Went for my first omakase sushi at Nakahara. First, small local location in the heart of Leonia. I'm told you definitely need a reservation, probably because of the length of time the meal takes with so many courses. With the omakase style the chef picks small dishes for your meal. I thought it changed from meal to meal depending on what the chef purchases for that day. At Nakahara it is a set omakase dinner, same samplings every time. The tuna appetizer was delicious. I did not enjoy the fried items. The sushi and sashimi were delicate. The diner portion ended with a beef dish that was tasty. Dessert was a choice of five very average selections. Overall it was good.