Nijo

Nijo’s was initially tough to find, as it’s tucked away below 1st Ave next to an alley. At busy times, that would make parking pretty tough, but for a weeknight dinner there was plenty of parking within a 1-block radius.

The interior is small, dark and intimate. There’s a bar area with a giant tv playing anime, and then a more formal dining area with small tables. We got a nice window seat, but unfortunately there’s not much outside to look at besides pedestrians.

Given that there weren’t many other diners, the service was quick and attentive, and the waiter was good at refilling our waters before things got empty. Food quality was quite good – they have a great selection of varied and unique rolls, as well as some solid main entrees and appetizers. You’re gonna pay a decent amount for the food though, so be prepared.

Overall, I’d come back her again in the future to try out some of their other rolls, probably once every 2-3 months.

If a restaurant is located at a good location, just with the tourists, it may be able to sustain itself for a while even if the food is just mediocre. If it’s at a bad location and it’s mediocre, no way it’s going to survive. But even if a restaurant is at a bad place, as long as the food is good, people will come back, and bring others.

That’s the kind of restaurant this place is. It’s not cheap, by any means, but it’s very good. Intereting rolls for sure. I unfortunately didn’t have a chance to try their nigiris, but the rolls and few other items were very good. You should definitely check it out if you’re in a mood of good sushi (and are ok with paying a bit more).

Came here for happy hour… Cheap rolls, nice decorations, a little noisy, but nice music/DJ…. Their cocktails and martinis tastes wayy tooo sweet or fruity (feels like you get ripped off with close to a drop of alcohol in it)….

The rolls tastes blend… just tastes too american…. yeeeukk.!

The only thing that tasted decent was their calamaris….

I won’t be coming back…

Nijo is a fun sushi restaurant in downtown Seattle that’s got a great variety of sushi rolls to try out. I always enjoying seeing a long list of funky rolls. They’ve even got one “flaming” roll here where they drizzle it in Bacardi 151 and light it on fire :-)

Good restaurant atmosphere inside, with a younger crowd inside. The food isn’t cheap, but your best bet is probably the sushi rolls if you want to get full. I ordered some sashimi and one order only came with 3 pieces. The quality was very good, but not very much for the price.

Lots more stuff to try at this restaurant so I’ll be back to try out some of their more creative dishes!

by far the worst ‘nice’ restaurant i have ever been to. first the parking for it sucks. second their staff is not very friendly or accommodating. third its way over priced. forth the portions are small and not very tasty. fifth they supposedly lost our order and some people at the table got their food 2 hours after ordering it. i would not ever recommend this restaurant to anyone. the only thing they had going for them was the dark, semi formal atmosphere.

The atmosphere was nice, I went for dinner on a Friday. It was pretty packed. I thought the food was only average, it didn’t stand out much to me. I wouldn’t really recommend it.