Restaurant Review: Kumo Sushi and Lounge

170 S. Main Street
New City, NY, 10956
(845) 708-5825
(845) 708-5826 - Fax

Japanese
$2 - $46
Dine In - Take Out - Delivery

Monday - Thursday 11:30AM - 3PM; 4:30PM - 10:30PM
Friday - Saturday 11:30AM - 3PM; 4:30PM - Midnight
Sunday 1PM - 10PM

This was the last restaurant I went to before the New Year. Kumo Sushi and Lounge is located Clarkstown Mall property in New City, Rockland NY. It just opened not so long ago and the only reason I found this place was seeing a street sign about their grand opening.

If you have not notice, Sushi places have suddenly pop out everywhere as people became adept into eating raw food. And New City is no exception, Kumo is the fourth Sushi place in this town. I thought at first that this would be just another Japanese restaurant but surprisingly its not.

Kumo's Dining Area

Two heavy glass doors opens up to a very classy and modern setting with lightly dark motif. The bar - which covers the length of the place will surely make you look twice. If you look closely, its made up of pennies. Yup, those one-centavo bronze-colored coins that a lot of people just toss on the street has been made into a bar in Kumo. I wonder how many years and pennies it took to build this bar. Anyway, the place is divided to two areas by brick patterned wall with cuts so you will still have a view of the other area. The bar itself with some smaller tables and flat screen TVs on one side and a dining area that was like an art deco room with patterned tables and stylish cushion seats that are very comfortable.

Once we were seated, the hostess handed us two menus. The grey one is the usual menu that has all that have to offer while the gold menu is the chef's specialty menu or the specials of the night. Anyway, the menu is pretty extensive and quite impressive. It had hot and cold appetizers, special rolls, raw bar menu, entrée and even cooked rolls for those who are still not used to eating raw food. Our friendly server came over and took our order.

Tuna Tartare

The service was quick, now it could just because we were the only ones there at that moment (it got quite a crowd before we left). For appetizers, we got the usual Miso Soup and Green Salad with Ginger Dressing. Then had Tuna Tartare ($11) and I was surprised when it came out. It was quite the big chunk, which is quite unusual based on my experiences ordering it on different restaurants. The tuna tasted fresh and the sauce (a mixture of soy sauce and something else) was pretty good.  I practically devour the tartare since my friend forgot to let me know that they don't really have eaten raw food before. It was good though since the tartare was excellent.

Rolls

Next came our rolls, we ordered Green Mountain Roll ($11.95), Angel Roll ($11.95) and Shrimp Tempura Roll ($8.50). The presentation of the rolls were simple yet quite pretty. The Green Mountain Roll, a Kumo special cooked roll which is made up of tofu skin, lettuce, avocado & asparagus wrapped with soy bean paper had a unique sumptuous taste. The Shrimp tempura was pretty good with the shrimp so crisp that I even ate the shrimp tails. The Angel Roll was my favorite, the roll is one of Kumo's special roll composed of tuna topped with eel, salmon and avocado. I could easily distinguish the taste of tuna and salmon and the eel was very crisp.

Lastly was the Nabeyaki Soba ($16) which is buckwheat noodle soup with tempura, egg and mixed vegetables. The ingredients were cooked al dente but the broth was not very tasteful - almost watery. The server did offer to add more broth to our soup and the taste sure change. With all the food we had, I didn't have room for dessert.

This place is definitely worth to go too with its tasty dishes and artsy interiors. As their menu states, Kumo has "Exotic Japanese Flavors, Elegant French Style." It's a nice place for friends, families or even bringing a date. I would surely be going back to Kumo.

Kumo's website - website still under construction
New City, Rockland County