Marumi Japanese Restaurant

Marumi on LaGuardia Place in Manhattan, is where I routinely go to meet an old college friend for dinner. The food is always good. The place is lively, with what appeared to be NYU students, and the prices are not bad.

My friend always orders a bento box dinner. It included a few slices of beef, three pieces of small fried dumplings, an appetizer portion of shrimp and vegetable tempura, one California roll, and about four pieces of sushi.

Since I’ve been eating like a pig lately, I had deluxe assorted sushi, which they call sushi-jo, and a tempura appetizer. All the main courses come with your choice of miso soup or salad. The only down side was that it came with one California roll, which they did not want to substitute with a tuna roll. However, they did agree to make it just an avocado roll. The salmon was excellent, as was the tuna, and the pieces were rather large. Everything was good, except for one piece of white colored fish.

Via New York Daily Photo

Anyway, if you’re looking for a conveniently located, inexpensive restaurant right in the middle of Greenwich Village, Marumi is the place to go. Here’s their contact information:

Marumi Japanese Restaurant
546 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-979-7055

Subway Information
B, C, D, E, F, Q, V trains to West Fourth Street
R train to Prince Street
6 train to Bleecker Street