Greenpoint Brooklyn: Sakura 6

Who can resist a sign that says "Free hot sake"? Not I.

Namaste, I honor the place where frugality and debauchery meet.

Sakura 6 is a 12 table japanese joint on Manhattan Ave. Yeah, I said "japanese" and "joint" in the same phrase. it's fitting...the place literally advertises it's free alcoholic beverage of choice on a poster-board on the door next to the specials.

I've gone a couple times since it's about 5 minutes from my apartment. Hosts are usually sorta rude and just point to the tables so you can find a seat. Waitresses may be f.o.b. but they've all been sweet and never stingy with the sake refills (most importantly).

I love the inside: it's super casual with a small sushi bar and small tables around the room. There's a herring bone design piece on the ceiling of the dining room, too. I guess I'm a sucker for fish bones....
The exposed brick wall is nice, too. Lighting is dim with candles on the table of course...when combined with sake can probably facilitate silly decisions. Given the hosts' general attitudes, you'll be kicked out of the restaurant after you've reached this point but quite before you're much too drunk to walk home.

Now, onto the food: The 3 roll combo for 11.99 is a steal as far as sushi goes. Definitely recommend the yellowtail-jalepeno roll...the other regular rolls in this combo are pretty much that standard fair (salmon, tuna, cucumber,crab, avocado, multiple combinations of these, etc...) Combo comes with miso soup or salad with ginger dressing. Dressing is quite good but I'm biased since I've only been disappointed by japanese ginger dressing once.

Hibachi rice is also a good bet if you're looking for something hot, just make sure to get it spicy because the spice is what keeps it from being mediocre fried rice (sorry, I said it...but hey, free sake!).

Some special rolls to try: Bahana (tuna cucumber topped with tuna and avocado) and volcano (spicy mix of fish with tempura and topped with caviar) are particularly good. Crazy Flying Dragon is also a good choice, not only because it's a good roll but because they named it that.























Yeah, so good things? The sushi is consistent. It's good, not the best I've ever had but very good especially considering the price. A steal as 3 rolls combo w/ soup, 1 garden salad, 1 rainbow roll and (obviously) sake set us back $24 + tip...Drawbacks are the service and the small size of the rolls. But it's cheap so there's a possible workaround for that, if you're really hungry.

Not a go-out-of-your-way place but super good place to grab dinner if you're in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg area and hungry. They also deliver if you order $10...that'll be a B.Y.O.B. affair, however...It's worth a look, check it out.