This is the only place I know that offers a formal Japanese conveyor belt sushi "kaiten sushi" in New Jersey. I am pretty satisfied with the sushi they offer. It's fresh and tasty. The price? It's fair to me because I think it's worthy of my bucks... Service is good and it's of high quality fresh fish. I am sure I'll come back for more.
Like I've stated on previous threads about this place, it's a carousel-style, assembly line chain restaurant. The sushi "grade" isn't on the higher end, but it makes up for it in freshness and numerous deals, seasonal offers and daily specials. I've been a patron of this place for over 25 years.
East Japanese Restaurant is a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. They also have other Japanese food, but I haven't tried it yet. The concept of conveyor belt sushi is that small portions of different types of sushi spin around on the conveyor belt where you can grab what you want. The plates are color coded for price. It's a fun concept and you can try different types of sushi, which are the main appeals of the type of restaurant. I'd say the actual sushi isn't the greatest, but it's good and you get a good variety.
They serve alcohol which is reasonably priced. The service is good and attentive. Tea cups are fill at a regular interval and the servers are very nice.
Overall, East Japanese is a fun place. You pay a little for the novelty in price and freshness though.
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It's a decent neighborhood sushi restaurant that serves generally low price sushi items in a fast food style 80s novelty conveyor belt system. I don't know this for a fact but they don't seem to stock their fish daily, which is why they have weekly specials pushing salmon every Wednesday for example. This implies that depending on what day of the week you go, you will find sushi fresher than other days. So depending on what I see, I would sometimes go for more vegetable or shellfish type sushi, or even go for cooked items.
Another factor that affects food quality is how long the piece of fish has been sitting on the belt. Good thing is, they do throw the fish out after a certain amount of time, but you might unknowingly grab a plate of sushi that's on the verge... so in general, look for discoloration, it's generally a good way to tell freshness. You can also order what ever you see straight from the sushi bar, same price and it usually tastes fresher.
If you take note of how this place operates, you will have no problem finding this place convenient and enjoyable.
Their NY place was better. Can taste inflation. But still just as awesome. Their conveyor belt keeps your eyes roaming as delish plates of sushi rotates around the chefs. My best and fav dish here is the spicy scallop (see pic). At $2.75 a plate, you wont find it ANYWHERE else. Esp not at this price. Their regular scallop a la carte for $6 isn't worth it. Ive had fresher. Their waiters are very tentative an friendly.
We went there as a group. The staff was extremely friendly and accommodating. The food was delicious, both from the conveyor belt and from the kitchen. It was amazingly inexpensive, too! It was the first time I had plum wine. It was sweet, but not overly so, and I enjoyed the plum itself, as well.
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