Kimura
Japanese · East Village · $
4.6(1,029)
Japanese · East Village, New York, NY · $
Benemon specializes in new Japanese comfort food. Served alongside our original cocktails and curated selection of small-batch Japanese craft sake, Benemon mixes Japan's rich culinary traditions with new and inventive recipes, fusing past and present to create a unique menu of comfort food dishes rich in flavor and quality.
“FIREEE love this place. Fav place for unagi don. Prices are so good for the quality - Unagi don: 11/10, best unagi don, so tender, and everything is really flavorful. The egg was yummy too - Tuna tataki: 9/10, usually not the biggest fan of tuna or sashimi-like dishes, but this was yummy”
“Nice cozy Japanese restaurant with great service. The matcha cocktail and tuna tataki were delicious! Also tried the chicken and veggie donburi which were good, but not mindblowing. Would be curious to try the other menu items which may be better.”
“Food was kinda hit or miss. The edamame, adegashi tofu, and soft shelled crab was good. The tuna takai pieces were small and over-sauced and looked nothing like the photos online. Service was good and the restaurant is located in a nice cozy spot.”
“Not the best service we had to wave down the server to take our order she was just chatting at the bar then the table thay was sat after us got there food before us app and main before we even got our food. The drinks were good those came out fast and we're delicious. The food was alright not that great for the pricing and portions small.”
“Major dining pet peeve: Restaurants that are stingy with AC on hot summer days. Come on, we all have electric bills to pay, and we all know how high they get from May to Sept. But no one wants to sweat like they're doing HIIT while trying to enjoy a plate of hot food. Oooo, weak pee in my gnocchi....tasty. Benemon is another stingy-with-AC restaurant. On a sweltering day with 251,000% humidity, the air conditioner was barely on, the fan was non-existent, and perhaps most insulting of all, they served us tepid, room temperature water. We had to ask for ice, which they (begrudgingly) gave in small cubes that melted instantly. The food was fine, but not worth the suffering. We started with Beef Carpaccio that was a bit too cooked for my liking, and Tuna Tataki likely drowned a painful death in the too-sweet miso-nut sauce. The Soft Shell Crab was pretty good, but I could've used more than six tiny legs. My Katsu Curry featured cute, sausage-shaped cutlets, but most of the dish was just sticky rice and gravy that I could've made myself. In attempt to avoid feeling feverish, I also got Yuzu Shiso Spritzer to wash everything down. It was fine, but if I hadn't desperately needed more ice than the staff wanted to give, I wouldn't have bothered ordering this. Not worth the sweat or the schlep.”
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