Yamasaki opened this summer at 25 Broad Street, directly across from the New York Stock Exchange and in the same building as the Latin bar Bueno. It is enormous, around two hundred seats across two rooms, which is not a scale you see often in the Financial District. It serves sushi, bento, udon, poke bowls, and a cocktail list that is quietly doing something much stranger than the rest of the restaurant.
We went for a late lunch on a weekday. Here’s the full menu, what we ate, and an honest read on who this place is for, because that’s a clearer answer than the menu suggests.
The room
Two rooms, and they behave differently. We came in after 2pm and our side was nearly empty, while the other side had several tables going. Club music over the speakers, art of a woman in a kimono on the wall, and sofa seating that is very deep and very tall, the kind of banquette you sink into rather than sit at.
The whole thing reads as a FiDi business room: polished, a little masculine, built for office lunches and after-work dinners. It’s good at being that. Just know the register before you go, especially if you’re picturing a quiet lunch.
One small detail that hints at the priorities: the soy sauce arrives already poured into the dish. It’s a volume decision more than a food one.
The service, though, was genuinely lovely. Our waiter was warm and attentive throughout, and that counts for a lot in a room this size, since big restaurants are usually where service slips.
The Yamasaki menu
As of August 2026. Lunch runs 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM daily.
Bento Selection (served with rice, salad, gyoza, Japanese potato mash & miso soup)
- Chicken Teriyaki, $18. Pan-fried chicken breast, seasonal vegetables, house teriyaki glaze
- Pork Shoga Yaki, $19. Thinly sliced pork, ginger-soy sauce
- Beef Bulgogi Teriyaki, $24. Thinly sliced beef, sweet and savory soy blend
- Salmon Teriyaki, $28. Pan-seared salmon, sweet tare sauce
- Tofu Steak & Vegetables, $18
Signature Rice Bowls (over rice with mixed greens, Japanese potato mash, shredded seaweed, scallion; served with miso soup)
- Tofu Poke Bowl, $16
- Chicken Teriyaki Poke Bowl, $17
- Pork Shoga Yaki Poke Bowl, $18
- Beef Bulgogi Poke Bowl, $22
- Salmon Avocado Poke Bowl, $23
- Tuna Poke Bowl, $23
- Salmon Poke Bowl, $26
Udon & Noodle Specialties (warm broth or stir-fried; yaki udon served with miso soup)
- Veggie Yaki Udon, $18
- Shrimp Tempura Udon Soup, $19
- Pork Yaki Udon, $21
- Chicken Udon Soup, $21
- Beef Bulgogi Yaki Udon, $22
Sushi Lunch Sets (served with miso soup)
- Salmon Lover, $26. Salmon nigiri (4pcs), salmon avocado roll
- Sushi Lunch Special, $29. Chef’s selection 6pcs, plus maki choice
- Yamasaki Sushi Set, $42. Seven premium nigiri, maki choice, plus spicy tuna roll
- Sashimi Sushi Combo, $48. Six pieces sashimi and six pieces nigiri
- Sashimi Platter, $52. Twelve pieces fresh sliced raw fish
- Sushi Platter, $62. Twelve pieces chef’s nigiri
Classic Roll Combo. Two rolls $21, three rolls $29. Choose from spicy tuna, salmon avocado, California, yellowtail scallion, avocado cucumber, tuna avocado, eel avocado.
Signature Rolls (served with miso soup)
- Garden Roll, $24. Avocado, cucumber, carrots, shiitake, soybean paper, mango sauce, togarashi
- Dragon Roll, $26. Eel, avocado, cucumber, unagi sauce, scallions
- Yuzu Rainbow Roll, $26. Premium fish, crab, cucumber, avocado, house yuzu dressing
- Bluefin Tuna Roll, $28. Spicy tuna, spicy crab, avocado, sweet & spicy mayo, crunch
- Yamasaki Roll, $32. Salmon, tuna, avocado, jalapeño, soybean paper, sweet & spicy mayo
- Volcano Roll, $32. Chutoro, akami, salmon, yellowtail, ikura, caviar, jalapeño, sweet & spicy mayo
Small Plates
- Edamame, $9. Steamed or spicy garlic
- Seaweed Salad, $9. Wakame, sesame, rice vinegar
- Pork Gyoza, $11. Pan-fried, house ponzu
- Rock Shrimp Tempura, $16. Crispy rock shrimp, spicy aioli
Kanmi (dessert)
- Passion Fruit Sorbet, $14
- Hazelnut Gelato, $14. Sweet hazelnut gelato, dark chocolate shavings
- Yuzu Glaze Cheesecake, $19. Topped with citrus yuzu glaze
- Kyoto Caramel Chocolate Cake, $19. Dark chocolate cake layered with Kyoto caramel
Drinks. Craft cocktails $22, zero proof $12. More on these below.
What we ordered
Salmon Teriyaki bento, $28. The bento format is generous, with rice, salad, gyoza, potato mash, and miso soup all included, though the salmon itself was somewhat overcooked for our taste.
Yamasaki Sushi Set, $42. Seven pieces of premium nigiri, a maki choice, and a spicy tuna roll. The sushi was good, fresh and cleanly cut, though at $42 we’d hoped for a little more. It’s solid neighborhood-Japanese quality rather than something that announces itself.
Protocol 7, $22. Bombay gin, cucumber juice, elderflower, lemon, tonic. Clean and easy.
Yuzu Shiso Refresher, $12. Yuzu, simple syrup, sparkling water, shiso leaves. The better order of the two, and one of only two zero-proof options.
The cocktail menu is a Serial Experiments Lain reference
This is the most interesting thing about Yamasaki and it has nothing to do with the food.
Read the cocktail list: Protocol 7. Layer 01: Reality. Cyberia Night. The Bear Suit. The Reset. Every Spritz Connects.
Every one of those is a reference to Serial Experiments Lain, the 1998 cyberpunk anime. Its network protocol, its episode naming convention, its nightclub, Lain’s bear pajamas, and the show’s central tagline about everyone being connected. Six references on one page is not an accident. Somebody on staff built this deliberately and told nobody.
It’s a genuinely charming detail buried inside a restaurant that otherwise has no interest in being charming. Order the Protocol 7 and enjoy knowing.
What to order at Yamasaki
If you’re here for a work lunch, the bento boxes at $18 to $24 are the right call: generous, fast, and priced for what they are. The Chicken Teriyaki at $18 is the value play.
If you want sushi, the Sushi Lunch Special at $29 is better value than the $42 set we had.
The Volcano Roll at $32 is the showpiece if you need one, with chutoro, akami, salmon, yellowtail, ikura, and caviar.
And the Protocol 7, for reasons above.
Hours, address & reservations
Yamasaki
25 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
- Lunch: 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM daily
- Open: 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM daily
Price: Roughly $30 to $50 per person at lunch, more with sushi sets and cocktails. Our lunch for two, one bento, one sushi set, and two drinks, came to about $104 before tax and tip.
Is Yamasaki worth it?
Depends entirely on why you’re going.
Yes if you need a room. If you’re looking for somewhere to bring a client for lunch or gather a team for dinner in FiDi, Yamasaki makes a lot of sense. It’s spacious, easy to get a group into, the menu has something for everyone, and the prices are reasonable for the neighborhood. Sitting directly across from the NYSE, it’s clearly built for the finance crowd and the clients they bring along, and for that purpose, it works.
Plenty to like. The food was perfectly pleasant, and there’s nothing we ate that we wouldn’t happily eat again. The sushi was fresh, the bento was a good option, and the menu is broad enough to keep a group happy. The space itself is comfortable, if a little more hotel-lobby than Japanese restaurant: deep seating, high chairs, bright lighting, and a soundtrack that feels more geared toward keeping the room lively than creating much atmosphere. None of it is offensive; it just doesn’t add much to the meal.
And here’s the honest version. Yamasaki feels like a restaurant designed around its location more than around the food. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. If you’re entertaining clients, meeting colleagues, or need to seat eight people without a reservation, the convenience is real. But if you’re downtown and specifically looking for memorable sushi, we’d walk the extra few minutes to Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill. The quality gap is noticeable, and the experience feels more considered.
So: go for the room, the convenience, and the group dinner. Order what sounds good, settle into one of those very deep chairs, and enjoy the fact that someone has made it remarkably easy to get a table directly across from the Stock Exchange. Just don’t expect the food to be the reason you make a special trip.
