Estihana Brooklyn

Sat in a booth for a date night. Excellent chicken udon soup ($ 9.50)! Sushi tempura was great too. Nice staff, would return.

Estihana is where people go when they want to go somewhere nice with their kids. It’s not a doting dining experience, the water is left your table so you can help yourself. Don’t expect dressed up service going there.
You should expect good food, a friendly ambiance, and relaxed service –and you’ll get exactly that.
The food is delicious. My favorite dish on our table, because of course I sampled what everyone had ordered, was the Orange Beef (may have been called Orange Peel). It was out-​of-​this-​world-​rocking-​good.
Our waiter (Asher?) was helpful and delightfully merry when he assured us that everything was «delicious» –an affirmation I could tell he repeats all too often. When we ordered the crispy shredded beef as a starter for the table, he suggested my sister order something other than the sesame (or was it the sesame?) as her entrée due to its similar taste with the starter.
Of course, ending off with a hot cookie and ice cream is always, always a good idea!

Wasn’t sure what to espect. Ordered a soup. Food is good service was very good, and a pretty fair price. Wasn’t enthusiastic about the service fee policy (I wasn’t charged it but was told about it) exceeded my expectations.

I’ve gotten take-​out from here, and the food was always excellent. So when my wife and I decided to go out to Estihana a while back, I was looking forward to a nice meal.
The food was excellent, as I expected. No complaints there. The service, however, was lacking. It was slow. Really slow. At the end of the meal, I wanted to get the check, but there was nobody to be seen to ask for it. I looked around for our server, and couldn’t find him. I finally walked up to the counter, and there he was — sitting on the floor behind the counter, kissing one of the waitresses! I mean, really???
I told him to bring us the check, and he did — with a 15% tip already added on! I asked for the manager, only to be told he wasn’t there. I asked the server to remove the tip. He told me «It’s our policy to add the tip.» I told him I refused, and he said he couldn’t charge me without adding the tip. I gave him my phone number, told him to have the manager call me, and walked out.
I called the next day and spoke to the manager. I told him that I wanted to pay for my meal, but refused to tip a waiter who was busy making out with a waitress and couldn’t serve his customers. He told me that they added the tip because too many of the staff were not getting tips at all. I wonder why that was? In any case, he charged me for the meal, without adding a tip.
With service like that, I haven’t been back since! I’m still giving 3 stars because the food was really excellent. But the service was horrible.

I’m a first time at this place
From the way the design looks
You are expecting not such a good experience, but when you taste the food.
Wowwwww
Definitely a great place to visit

This place is INCREDIBLE! I can not recommend it enough! The people at the counter and the waiters are all so sweet and really pay attention to everything down to the last detail. The food is SO good and that’s coming from a chef’s daughter! I can’t rave enough about how nice, friendly, and accommodating this place is! Must go! And then again and again and again!

Cockroach in the soup.
First things first, let’s get that out of the way. I know that’s like a bad restaurant joke, and kosher at that (taste the soup!) but this was the furthest thing from funny.
Right there, in our take-​out pint of hot and sour soup, a full on cockroach. Floating around in there. You know the only thing worse than finding a cockroach in your soup? Is finding it after you’ve eaten half the bowl. I’m still twitching an hour later as I write this.
Thing is, we’ve been Estihana fans for years (mostly the Manhattan location), especially the crispy beef (c’mon, who isn’t). But even that has gotten inconsistent and sometime downright bad. But this was the final nail in the coffin. We will not be going back– I’m really not sure how you bounce back from something like that?

Everything was fantastic! Soup for one was definitely 4 two. Huge portions. Honey ribs amazing. Crazy chicken with nuts delicious.

I’m still looking for a kosher sushi place to knock my socks off. Estihana almost made it to four stars because their sushi is a little better than the other joints in the neighborhood, but the wait time in store for pick up and waiter service is long even when they’re not busy.
My husband has ordered a few of their noodle dishes, and he said that they didn’t taste that good to him (he’s pretty picky about using fresh vegetables). I’m not sure how Estihana does it, but it’s just not WOW.

This place is great! The food is delicious and the service is excellent. It’s pricey but it’s worth it! Very nice atmosphere but it can get packed quick so make reservations especially if you gol over the weekend.

Estihana catered my friends wedding — they are kosher and asian so it was a perfect fit.
The sushi was delicious. The plated meals were good, too. Especially the «thai”-style steak with string beans.
The meals were served family style and presentation was gorgeous.
They can also do buffets.
If you are Kosher and are craving Asian fusion cuisine — please consider Estihana’s!

I was there last year and I remember enjoying the food very much. I had thin curry noodles (I forgot what they were called). My only complaint is the price. It’s an expensive place. Since Mehadrin China closed down though, it’s the only place nearby for a quick fix in Chinese food. (I mean «pan asian,» whatever.) Their lomein is great. I didn’t try their sushi but it looked good. I recall service being adequate. I don’t think they deliver. Clean establishment and pleasant experience, but again the price is pretty hefty.