Uogashi Nihon Ichi Shinjuku Nishiguchi

I visited Uogashi during my vacation in Tokyo because a friend recommended it to me. Though I’m glad I checked it out, it wasn’t a «must visit» if you’re looking for really good sushi.
Brief rundown:
1. Take the West Gate exit when you get to the Shinjuku station. Once you exit the station, turn left. You should see a Uniqlo behind you and you want to walk AWAY from it.
2. I read a blog that you can get an extra 20% off if you dine on the 20^th day of the month at this place. I ate on ⁴⁄₂₀ and this was not the case. So, just FYI.
3. As other reviews here noted, it’s quite affordable and decent quality. However, the salmon and otoro I had were mediocre at best. 2 pieces of otoro ended up to be 700 yen. I was maybe 80% full and my bill ended up to be around ¹⁵⁰⁰⁄₁₆₀₀ yen.
4. They have an english menu.
5. If you’re a germaphobe (I’m definitely not and do not care about this), you might be uncomfortable over how they serve the sushi to you. They will place a bamboo (?) leaf in front of you and will place the sushi pieces on it. Sometimes the fish will overflow from the rice, miss the leaf, and will touch the metal counter in front of you.

Unilocal 100 Challenge 2015 — ³⁸⁄₁₀₀
Uogashi Nihon Ichi is a chain of stand-​up sushi bars that makes Japanese fast food feel elegant, special and refreshing. Yup, it’s sushi at extremely great prices but served up direct, fresh and literally in your face (in a good way).
This location offers most of the regular menu in English, including the chefs and counter staff gently guiding you along. When all else fails, just point and state your desired sushi and quantity.
Highlights:
+ Menu: ⁵⁄₅ stars (excellent variety and selection)
+ Quality: ⁵⁄₅ (fresh, tasty, consistent)
+ Atmosphere: 4.5÷5 (bright, comfortable, welcoming even for non-​Japanese)
+ Value: ⁵⁄₅ (quantity (size) per piece is slightly small but pricing allows you to eat more and more and…)
As with most sushi bars, groups of fish determine pricing, but all prices shown are for TWO pieces of sushi each in ranks like ¥150, ¥¥200, ¥400, etc. Do the math and currency conversion andIm sure you’ll agree it’s an excellent offering.
Visited today with visiting Hawaii Unilocaler John G., and it is not only his favorite sushi place, but the same one he’s been visiting for years. It was a great experience to visit the restaurant as a «local tourist» with him. Sightseeing in your own town is fun with Unilocalers, LOL!
Well, now I’m going to check out and review other locations in this chain. I walk by others all the time but now have better reason to jump in — excellent value for a delicious, fresh, no-​frills experience.
Tsukiji at 4 AM? Pfffft, just hit this place already!

I will not butcher the name of this lovely little sushi restaurant but what I can say is they serve lovely fresh sushi, tempura, and wonderful Izakaya style food.
One can get lost in the alleyways of Shinjuku’s keio area… and that is a good thing. They’re are many many restaurants packed into this area… in basements, on the 2^nd-​7^th floor etc. There is even a standing sushi bar with perhaps room for 7 people.
Most of these restaurants do not cater to English speaking people (one might say even somewhat annoyed). Most do have menus with pictures and prices.
Waogashinibonichi is a very friendly place but still sticks to its japanese traditions
This sushi restaurant is unassuming but serves very fresh fish. We had king crab sushi, tuna sushi and nigiri. Was it mind blowingly good… no but really tasty and fresh. As you enter this restaurant you see much of their fish displayed on ice: Mackerel, Tuna, Halibut etc
I also really liked the tempura vegetables: Light, crunchy and not oily. I believe they used panko crust for the breading and an oil that was really light and imparted a wonderful taste. The vegetables were pretty common except warabi, some sort of pea shoot, satoimo (a type of yam), and nasu (small Japanese eggplant).
The skewered (Izakaya styled) chicken skin, liver, and meat were all really excellent as well. You had a choice of either salted or marinated. I tried both and preferred the salted version
Prices are very very reasonable and they take credit cards… I can hear all the Unilocalers saying Hallelujah!
Typical tourist that I am: I sat there waiting and waiting for service and no one ever came. I would hear these ding dongs (like a door bell… a cheesy door bell). The light went off and I saw the button on every table. You want service ring the doorbell. You want more ring the doorbell. You wanna pay the check… you got it.
All in all I would recommend and definitely come back to this charming restaurant.