EN Japanese Brasserie

"EN Japanese Brasserie in the West Village offers izakaya dining in a setting explicitly crafted to evoke the Tokyo experience." Full review

""Excellent" Japanese cuisine – including "amazing" housemade tofu and "wow"-worthy kaiseki menus – served within "beautiful" digs have made a "favorite" of this "upscale" West Villager." Full review

"Sashimi arrives on ice, artfully presented. The sea bass kara-age is a must. The medallions marinate in sake, and are gently fried, maintaining the delicate texture." Full review

"The food is often very good at EN, and the way the proprietors have taken a specific, even obscure, form of Japanese cooking, and blown it into a high-volume, bridge-and-tunnel extravaganza." Full review

"Chef Koji Nakano is running with the home theme too by offering handmade miso paste, tofu and yuba (soy-milk skin) in dishes like Berkshire pork belly braised in sansho miso." Full review

"There are more than 40 locations of this izakaya-style restaurant in Japan; it's too bad not more of them have made their way to the United States." Full review

"EN is definitely a restaurant you need to try at least once. It’s a pretty unique spot." Full review

"Tofu does not merely appear on the En menu. It is given advertised, neatly spaced show times, much like a killer whale at Sea World." Full review

"Amazing izakaya not to be missed."

"Customized design elements imported from Japan fill this cavernous space, where the accent is on traditional home cooking—yellowfin tuna belly, marinated black cod, sashimi—enjoyed family-style." Full review