Ginza

We are regulars for Ginza takeout. Food is always excellent and much more reasonable than many sushi places with no better quality. Ordering now for tonight!

Great sushi, great byob, wonderful friendly atmosphere.

Sushi was mediocre, definitely have had better. Very few veggie sushi roll options which was disappointing.

This is surprisingly great sushi for the area and well priced! Party platters also well priced but with lots of spicy rolls to stretch it I guess. And they come with salads that are really just lettuce which is kind of a waste. I never ate inside but when I picked up my order, they were very polite. I only wish they delivered to Blackwood.

Excellent lunch deals and good service. I appreciate the white tablecloths – a classy touch. The biggest drawback at this place is the ventilation system. You better hold your breath if someone orders tempura or fried food… Because the greasy smell will waft right out of the kitchen and make your hair and clothes smell like a fryer. It’s a shame, really. Their lunch deals are excellent… But I always hesitate to go there, because I know it will be extra work for me to wash my hair and clothes to make them smell fresh again.

THANK YOU!!!
Best ginger dressing. Best wasabi steak. Very good sushi.
Thank You!!!

This is my «go-​to» sushi place when I’m in this area. I’ve been here several times now and you cannot go wrong at this place. It has never disappointed.
Pros: (there are so many)
— first off, the sushi/​sashimi — basically everything served gives an overwhelming comfort that it is fresh and not ‘fishy’. As if it’s going bad. There have been many times I’ve been to sushi restaurants and I am a little on the edge of my seat and always bracing myself sometimes when trying their sushi (obviously don’t go back to those places). Here. You’re safe. It not only looks good, it is good!
— prices, very reasonable. I believe you can dine and get the same average place as a decent sushi place in Philadelphia.
— service, is on point. You don’t get bombarded with «are you okay?/is everything okay?» questions though it is appreciate and you don’t get abandoned as if you were never there. It is a good balance to where you can enjoy your meal.
— clean, cleanliness is important — and the place is always looking well kept and trustworthy. Important when you’re dealing with sushi. thumbs up.
Cons: (only one — keeping me from giving it 5 stars).
— space. It’s a little tight. This is just my personal preference but depending on where you sit, you may be enjoying the conversation of the party next to you. Now, I’m just someone who likes a booth to yourself to avoid any distractions. And comfortably eat my food. At the same time, «who cares» right? This is just my little gripe about the place but it is easily forgotten as soon as the food comes out. Yum!
So if you’re in this area, go. I haven’t found any sushi restaurants within a decent number of miles from this place. Only one other one in Manayunk so far that I have enjoyed. :)

Four stars for the complimentary edamame and beer or sake option. It was the best surprise after trying this place for the first time after a long week. They give you a full bottle of Kirin per person, too. No tiny sampler glasses.

our old reliable… always fresh, delicious and the staff are spectacularly friendly.

I ordered Sashimi Special. Really disappointed. Sashimi doesn’t look and taste very fresh. I won’t come back again.

We have been planning to go to Ginza for months because we love sushi and it got great reviews. Sadly we were disappointed… The restaurant feels cramped and the seating is too close to the other tables. The sushi took a while to come out but the presentation was awful. The plates were made out of cheap plastic and the sushi was not artfully placed (which you expect for the price).
The sushi was overpriced and not great quality. The fish was not the right temperature and it felt like the cucumbers were too overpowering. They also give you less pieces than other places.
The service was good and that’s why I’m giving them two stars.

Best restaurant ever! I have been going there since i was born!
And it has great service!
it also has the best sushi i have ever tasted!!!
I like salmon the best!!!
And i like the tuna the best — super yummy!
By Jake age 8 and Kyle age 5

I came back here after a longgg haitus. I was just hungry for sushi, post gym workout.
This place is quite out of the way for me. It’s closer to the gym so I usually time my visits with gym training.
I am by no means a sushi connoisseur but I know good food when I taste it and I know good service then I see’z it.
The people here are always friendly. The older man who always meets and greets you at the door gets my vote.
Customer service is such a lost art these days. Good to find a place that still serves it.
I just wish it was somehow closer to where I live…

Love this place. Nice, friendly, great service, kid friendly, and, best of all, great food.

I am always looking for good sushi on the main line. Despite there being multiple options, I am usually left feeling not quite blown away. Ginza, however, never fails to impress. This sushi place is delicious, with great service, a large and varied menu and the best part… free edamame!
This is the #1 sushi spot on the main line!

Ginza was great! They brought us a big bowl of well prepared edamame for the table, an app that is normally $ 6 – 8 at Japanese restaurants. We ordered hot yes which was perfectly brewed and a delicious blend. The veg tempura was perfectly hot and crispy, not greasy at all, with a great dipping sauce. We had the manhattan, paradise and Alaskan roll all of which were wonderfully fresh and bright. The service was very attentive and the whole staff was super friendly. I highly recommend this place, the prices were also reasonable for great sushi.

We had a light meal here this evening and were impressed. The big greeting from the owner, waiting staff and kitchen always lifts the spirits. The suroundings are pleasant without being distinctive. The service was quick and atttentive.
The complimentary edamame on arrival is a nice touch. We both had sashimi which was fresh and well served. Overall I would rate it a 7.5÷10 — the points lost are from the fish quality — the salmon wasnt quite fatty enough for my taste.
We got out for $ 54 incl tip although we had lower priced options.
What really left me fizzing was the two Asahi’s we had with the meal — they were left off the bill and I quietly reminded the waiter of the fact and he said that they were complimentary with the meal — that gets my vote!

Most importantly, the sushi at Ginza is delicious, and consistent. I once ate here twice in one day, so that’s saying something.
The owner is a lovely guy& you just feel good patronizing this place.
We were always big Osaka fans and this sushi is just as good, the presentation is just lacking sometimes. I wish they would put more artsy flourishes instead of packing everything in a tin for take-​out. Cheapens the experience a little bit.

There was a time where a traumatic sushi eating experience during childhood had prevented me from being adventurous enough to further experience its plentiful wonders. Ginza would have likely been the place to have rectified that situation when I lived in Narberth had I had not also been weirded out by the fact that it was built in a location that used to house a gas station.
But living in Philly for so many years has taught me to savor various kinds of sushi and sashimi. And being a city dweller has also led me to see restaurants being built in locations that used to house far weirder. So when I came back to suburbia for a long stretch I decided to make it a point to finally try here, and I was more then happy with what this chill BYOB had to offer.
Whether it was the time I eat in, or the times that I stopped in for take out I was treated to friendly greetings and attentive service throughout. If you’re not a fan of raw fish then you might find solace in their udon, teriyaki, tempura, or other dishes. and their reasonably priced starters start at $ 1.50 for a miso soup or squid salad. But their sushi and sashimi is definitely the main attraction that goes along with its relaxed atmosphere.
Although the sashimi cuts that I went for did seem a bit small; the fluke, squid, and mackerel that I picked up were of top quality. But the main attraction was definitely the specialty rolls. Although you may get less with serving than you would at other sushi spots at 6 rolls, they were definitely sized larger and offered up good pieces of fish. For my first occasion I went with the Tokyo roll which place eel on top of shrimp tempura. for the next effort I indulged upon the Paradise Roll which had crabmeat, avocado, and cucumber on the inside; and shifted between eel or salmon on the outside. even though I didn’t find any crunch to it, even the spicy crunch tuna roll that I ordered made for a good experience.
I may be conflicted in recommending either here or Harusame as being the best suburban sushi experience. But if you’re looking for a better than good BYOB option on top, then Ginza is a definite must!

We visited Ginza on New Years Eve. It wasn’t terribly busy. We walked in at about 6:00 or 6:30 without a reservation.
Nice atmosphere but prices are about 20 to 25% higher than they should be for most items. $ 17 for chicken teriyaki? Really? Also, sushi is not served nigiri style here. You pay by the piece (I guess this is a east coast thing? You rarely, if ever, see this on the west coast where we’re on the Pac Rim) — $ 3 for a single piece of maguro. Yikes. Quite pricey.
Our waiter was nice but we had to hunt him down at every step. He brought me my agadashi tofu (there were 4 of us at the table) but ZERO plates to share. Did he really expect me to eat directly out of the bowl? Hmm… Sort of tacky.
After our meal was served, he checked back about 60 seconds after our meal was set on the table and then didn’t check back on us until we’d sat for 15 or so minutes after we’d finished our meals waiting for him to ask us for our dessert order.
I ordered the chirashi for my main course. It was nicely presented, but the cuts of fish were REALLY thin and it was served without enough sushi rice. They slid a layer of sushi rice no more than 1 cm thick at most in a small round sushi bowl. It was a very meager presentation although visually it was very nicely done. It also seemed a bit «timid» in selection. No roe, mackeral, or anything «bold». I had to ask for more sushi rice and it took quite a while to get our waiter to fetch it for us.
I felt that service here was really lacking: we also tried to hail down the only waitress here (as our waiter just didn’t come by enough) and she made it quite clear that she was only willing to fill up my tea as we weren’t her «table». She never returned with the tea, either.
Another negative: one of the children spilled their coke and our waiter made ZERO effort to help us clean it up. We had to ask for extra napkins which he obliged us with, but at each step of the way, we had to hunt him down for everything.
I’d eat here again, but I’d be sure to sit at the sushi bar so I didn’t have to wait for everything.