Listed below are links to reviews of Morimoto from around the web.
[ more from 10best]
"This Philly transplant, co-owned by Chef Masaharu Morimoto and restaurateur Stephen Starr, is a super stylish scene (a wall made of water bottles actually separates the dining room from the sushi bar) that attracts a fair number of high-profile guests. Th..."
[ more from biggestmenu]
[ more from dailycandy]
"Blame the Olympic spirit, but we can’t help but think this opening is all about the competition: Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto vs. Iron Chef Mario Batali, in the Best Ginormo Restaurant on Tenth and 16th competition...."
[ more from dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes]
"I happen to find the restaurant’s design to be beautiful and don’t get where the “gimmick” comments are coming from at all. But be that as it may — for me Morimoto is all about the food...."
[ more from eat2love.wordpress]
"the restaurant is a huge 12,000 square foot space located at the back end of chelsea market. it’s defining visual feature is the two floor wall of water bottles stacked on top of each other and back lit...."
[ more from events.nytimes]
"A FEW FRIENDS & I WENT TO MORIMOTO LAST YEAR WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS. I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED WATCHING THE IRON CHEF & THOUGHT CHEF MORIMOTO WAS QUITE THE GENIUS...."
[ more from foodite]
"There are a total of 7 comparisons, plus 2 additional courses that Morimoto served. parison so I advise you to take it with a grain of salt (or "a great assault" as my friend Jack would often say) mostly because the Nobu Omakase is from over 2 y..."
[ more from gayot]
| "To best enjoy dining at Masaharu Morimoto"s long-awaited New York annex, don"t hesitate to put yourself in the hands of the sensei. The $120 omakase not only saves precious decision-making minutes on 100-plus items, but chances are you"ll be served..." |
1 reviews
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[ more from local.yahoo]
| "Too big for their britches: I called to make a reservation about a month before. The reservation was available, but then I was told I ahve to call the day of to confirm my reservation, or I'd lose it...." |
5 reviews
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[ more from nymag]
"Masaharu Morimoto—onetime Nobu chef, eternal Iron Chef—spent four years in the hinterlands, as New York food snobs like to call Philadelphia. But he makes his ballyhooed return to a Manhattan branch of Morimoto, stage one of partner Stephen Starr’s high-d..."
[ more from pabulum.ext212]
"They were knowledgable enough and I couldn’t blame one of them when he couldn’t tell me that one of my sushi pieces was actually needlefish. (Is the east coast running out of bounty that they have to turn to needlefish?..."
[ more from savorynewyork]
"He trained originally as a sushi chef and is a master of the sophisticated Japanese dining genre called kaiseki. These varied talents are all on display at Morimoto, which seems to have been conceived as several restaurants in one...."
[ more from search.cityguide.aol]
| "Japanese chef Masaharu Morimoto made his indelible mark on Manhattan when he was head chef at the first Nobu in New York. Then restaurateur Stephen Starr whisked him away to Philadelphia to open Morimoto, in 2001, where the chef has been a big fish in --b..." |
9 reviews
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[ more from thestrongbuzz]
"If a restaurant could succeed on logo alone, I’d bet on The Blue Owl, a fierce new cocktail den with a haunting blue owl mascot-as-logo. But since the drinks are as impressive as that violet bird, they wont have to bet it all on the graphics...."
[ more from urbandaddy]
"He's also bringing his game face with the design of the stunningly frosted space, which is all glass and Lucite, lit with a huge wall of (yes, that's right) plastic water bottles—a little touch of hip eccentricity that is signature Morimoto (like his diam..."
[ more from urbandaddy]
"He's also bringing his game face with the design of the stunningly frosted space, which is all glass and Lucite, lit with a huge wall of (yes, that's right) plastic water bottles—a little touch of hip eccentricity that is signature Morimoto (like hi..."
[ more from villagevoice]
"Iron chef and erstwhile Nobu chef Masaharu Morimoto brings his Philadelphia restaurant to the ass end of Chelsea Market, with food that adds Chinese and European twists to creative Japanese cuisine. The space resembles a giant white tent, and employees sc..."
[ more from wcities]
"The newly opened Morimoto is a branch of the main Philadelphia restaurant and is a whopping 12,000 square feet. Famous for their contemporary Japanese cuisine and the multi course menus, all the Morimoto restaurants are in a league of their own...."
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