Fogama: Neo Japanese Cuisine

My wife and I along with our son, daughter-in-law and her sister came to Fogama for dinner the evening of February 9; my wife and I were in Rye from Oregon for a nearby dog show while our son, daughter-in-law and her sister came up from NYC where they live. Merely by happenstance, we choose Fogama for our Saturday evening meal and I can say without hesitation that we were all happy we had the luck to find and enjoy this place.  Our collective experiences with the food we had, our sense of Fogama's ambience and our experiences with the attentive waitstaff prove Fogama is a wonderful (but increasingly rare) example of the look, feel and taste of  local, fresh ingredients prepared with care and joy and then presented to the guest with simplicity, courtesy and attention.  We will be returning to Fogama once back in Rye next year!  Others living closer need not and should not wait that long. More...

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We eat here weekly. Would do twice in a week occasionally. The food is impeccable and fresh always, have never had a bad bite. And the staff are wonderful. No one creates sushi like this within a 20 mile radius ! Excellent. Good drinks and generous portions too. More...

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It is the freshest most delicious sushi I've ever had. We ordered the tuna tacos which was amazing and the pink panther tuna which also was great. good service, nice atmosphere. Highly recommend. More...

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Best sushi in town! Everything is always so fresh and tasty!! I am addicted to the kani salad and tuna cracker appetizer!! Service is always very good. The waiters get everything done so efficiently, but they are never in your way. Such a great spot!! Highly recommend this place to all! More...

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Amazing.... Fresh, friendly and fabulous service.

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Here once a week or MORE! Thee absolute best place in Westchester for sushi!!!!

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Amazing! This will be my go to sushi place from today on!

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Clean, great food, nice atmosphere and beautiful presentation! It was wonderful! Thank you Steve and Linda!

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My and my boyfriend's favorite sushi place. Great ambience, service is outstanding. I will recommend to everyone.

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Fogama has world class servers and Henry the head sushi chef is a true artist. His presentations are masterpieces that u rarely see elsewhere. Be sure to ask for Ivy, Carmen or George for a superb dinning service. The tuna truffle appetizer takes your taste buds to a dimension. More...

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Delicious and fresh! I don't even bother to ask what I'm eating most of the time.

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Such a great first time dining at Fogama. Very intimate setting - perfect for a date night. Servers were prompt, attentive and helpful. Will absolutely return!

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Fantastic. The Spanish Mackerel was the best I ever had. Go, you won't be dissapointed. Top notch service too.

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We just had a great dining experience at this new restaurant in town, made even more special by the delightful service of our waitress. I wish I knew her name, but I made sure to sing her praises to the owner/manager on our way out. The menu featured some interesting dishes that were presented with care and elegance. Grilled Chilean sea bass with miso was a culinary treat, as was the pineapple fried rice with baby shrimp that tasted as if it had just a hind of curry, though our waitress noted it might be tamarind. We ended our meal with the most delicious, light-tasting Japanese-style cream puff known to man, recommended by our waitress--another example of her outstanding service. Our overall experience was beyond satisfying, and we look forward to returning in the near future. Thank you so much! More...

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We tried it once ten days ago and have been back for the 4th time in that ten days, it is perfection!!! From the service and the staff, the food and drinks. Not one wrong thing. And their enthusiasm has me trying all new things and so great, I appreciate the opportunity. We r official "regulars" now. More...

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Enjoyed a great sushi dinner last night with great friends and host! Linda and Steve have a beautiful restaurant .The food and the sushi are top notch ; superbly fresh ! We've been to all of their restaurants and this new one doesn't disappoint . They have a wide selections of Wine and offer a full selection of beautifully presented Sushi specialty rolls. Can't say enough . Don't get me started on the desserts, we sampled 3!!! The Chocolate Mousse , Brownie Sundae and the Molten Lavaparty in our mouths! Thank you Steve and Linda for a memorable meal!
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What a delight! This is our first time to Rye and we had an excellent meal at this restaurant. We were treated very well by all staff and it was nice to have a meal without feeling rushed to get out for the next guests. The food was wonderful - fresh, beautifully presented and delicious. The attention to detail is impeccable. This is a very nice restaurant with service that is simply outstanding. Highly recommended!! More...

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Great sushi, Omakase with Henry at the sushi bar is a no Brainer at this high end sushi restaurant. Always nice to have exotic and rare fish selections with a creative chef to boot.

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An awesome place with wonderful food and great service! Very professional management. I highly recommend!

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Food was so fresh, delicious and creative! Service was amazing and the owners are so nice. A great dinner all around! Highly recommend!

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There were a few months I would come here every weekend with my boyfriend and his family! It's the best Japanese around! ! The fish is fresh & the food is quality. I still come often but not every single weekend... LOL!!!!!!!! I've never had a bad experience here.Steve, the owner always takes care of us & Ivy our usually waitress is so friendly, attentive, & remembers our order everytime!!!! Usually I would get a sweet potato tempura roll or the shrimp tempura or an eel cucumber roll! I would also usually get either the vegetable sautéed udon or rice noodles! Both are great dishes. They're also really filling & BIG! My favorite dish would be the miso sea bass! The miso pairs perfectly with the fish! The fish is so fresh & cooked to perfection!But today.. I switched it up! I got an eel cucumber hand roll no rice (love handrolls!!) & the pineapple shrimp fried rice sounded so good! When I got it, the bowl was a decent size, however I underestimated how filling it was going to be!! I was only a few spoonfuls in & I was already full! I was so pleasantly surprised how good it was! But I had a feeling it wouldn't dissapoint since I love this place so muop More...

Reviewed on Yelp

We have been enjoying food at Fogama about every Two weeks for the past year and have found it to be consistently excellent.  Most of the reviews are accurate.  The fish is very fresh and creatively presented, it's not inexpensive, parking is a drag and the decor is dated.  It's very funny to read the occasional poor review on Yelp. It probably says more about the reviewers than the restaurant?  Raw Fish rarely can be an issue at 5 star NYC restaurants too but some people write truly bizarre reviews. More...

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m.facebook.com/fogamaHad such a wonderful dinner here last night! The sushi was very fresh, creative and delicious!  Sea bass was amazing!  Dessert was yummy  too!  Service was great and the owners were the nicest!  Worth the trip to Rye NY! -- at Fogama: Neo Japanese Cuisine. More...

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Really enjoyed our dinner here!  We were four diners, one vegan, one vegetarian and two omnivores, so finding restaurants that appeal to us all can sometimes be a challenge.  Fogama fit the bill, and we will be back!  Food was fresh, delicious, and beautifully presented.  Staff were friendly and attentive, and upstairs space was warm and cozy.  We enjoyed a window table, looking out and down on the street.  Overall a very good experience. More...

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Great Japanese restaurant on Purchase Street in Rye. Comfortable ambiance. Upstairs dining spacious and cozy.Very good menu at reasonable prices. Food quality first class. Really enjoyed dining here and will definitely be back for more.Staff very friendly and service excellent. More...

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My wife love this little gem in Rye! Highly recommend to anyone in the area and looking for fun, creative Japanese cuisine that will have you wanting more!

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Was very pleased with my experience at Fogama, great sushi and great value. The service was excellent as well.

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I really enjoyed my first dinner at Fogama last week.  Its a small but very well appointed restaurant and the food was delicious. I was there with three others and everyone enjoyed their meals. I will be back. More...

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We were just passing by on our way to manhattan, hit some traffic and yelped the place. It was so great! Quiet, quaint , and elegant! The food was outstanding! And the service great. We loved some of their original Japanese dishes too, like the 'fogama' tower, a tower of avocado, spicey tuna and crab! And the salads, the mixed green and the avocado were very fresh with nice dressings, the rolls and the fish were fun and fresh! Hope to be back one day! More...

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Each time we go to Fogama I am impressed. Tonight I had the spicy salmon wasabi cracker. It was delicious. I also ordered the spicy salmon & spicy tuna without any rice. They did an excellent job wrapping it in cucumber with avocado. Yum! It is a great keto-friendly meal. More...

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I really enjoyed my experience here. Great sushi. Pros: Nice atmosphere, great service, excellent presentation, good quality sushiCons: Parking is a little tightOverall:  certainly worth the trip.

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High quality fish, yes.  Sit at the small sushi bar and get special treatment?  Yes.  Does that matter to you?The service is reliable yet antiseptic. It's like that don't really know how to care to want you to come back.  Is t this part of a Japanese restaurants role?Regardless, the sushi is some of the best.  It is a step above anything you would find at Red Plum, Haiku, etc, but so are the prices.   The prices are NYC top end, but so is the cost of living in Rye. More...

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Wow, what an unexpected surprise!  I live in So. Cal. where sushi is practically as frequent as Starbucks in NYC.  Fogama in Rye, NY will challenge any sushi from San Diego to San Francisco!  Great treat, look forward to my next trip in a month! More...

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First time at this place, we went for lunch. Very cozy spot with 13$ for 2 roll lunch specials pretty great value and good service. Sushi tasted fresh and for appetizer those roast pork buns were amazing. There is a small lot on the side with 2 hr parking for free. More...

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Very fresh high quality sushi that is artfully prepared and presented beautifully.  Very friendly and attentive staff. Lettuce wraps and pork gyoza were delicious and the sushi was so fresh!

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I came here the other week with a friend and had a wonderful time!  I spoke with the staff and asked our waiter, Shelby for his personal recommendations.  He was so polite, kind, and yet enthusiastic about the specials of the day and sake.  (You can really tell, when someone likes what they do)  He listened to our requests and he asked us if we add any allergies or special restrictions, which was great because my date was allergic to shellfish, and so was our waiter. LoL.  This immediately put me at ease and then we proceeded to order starting with edamame and sake first....1) Yamahai Daiginjo Tedorigawa, Nanago, & SuirakutenI am pretty familiar with Sake, but did not recognize most of the names on their sake list.  I usually like to drink Otokoyama, Dassai 50, Nanbu bijin, Wakatake Onigoroshi or something similar in nature.  Not wanting to look like a snob, I asked if it would be possible to taste some sake before buying it. (One can hope.... right?)Our waiter, Shelby said Yes, of course! (I was a happy man)  He came back and said that these 3 were the best sake in the house with a future one to come later.  The three sample shots he bought were were yamahai daiginjo tedorigawa (YDT), nanago (N), and suirakuten (S).  Here's my review for future guests and sake lovers-YDT- Dry, smooth, earthy- good to enjoy with heavier foodsN-Smooth, fruit-forward- good to enjoy as a dessert sake or if you like sweet drinksS-Dry, clean, smooth taste- good to pair with sushi/sashimiThey were all Daiginjo's (premium sake's) so we decided on a bottle of Suirakuten, it was the most expensive of all the 3, but who cares when you are having a good time. YOLO!!!On to the food......2) Slice N' Dice (Highly recommended)This was an amazing sashimi dish!  It had sliced and diced pieces of tuna, salmon, yellow tail, and avocado with micro greens and avocado sauce.  It was so good we forgot to take a picture of it until it was too late; actually the whole meal. Sorry. =(  Great dish; Compliments to the chef!3) Home made pork dumplingsGreat dumplings!  These suckers are filling but owww sooo good!  Bonus points, that they are home made and not the frozen stuff you see in the super market.4) Seared Toro (fatty tuna) SushiThese suckers melt like butter in your mouth!  I like how the seared part helps to break up the fatty sinew (muscle tissue) of the fish to make it taste semi-cooked and delicious at the same time.  This was a great recommendation from our waiter!  Cheers Shelby!5) Sushi Assortment- OmakaseWe wanted to enjoy more recommendations and ordered the Omakase (Chef's choice)  We got live scallops, live uni from California, Yellow tail belly, King salmon, King red snapper (madai), and a few other pieces I cannot remember, but they all tasted really soooo good.  We also got fresh wasabi with the omakase and that made it taste even better!   I was in sushi/sashimi heaven w/ the sake too. OMG!6) Sashimi King RollAs part of the omakase we were getting a roll too from the chef's and they were originally going to give us a King Triton roll (has lobster and shrimp in it) which was rated in the the NY Times, but because of my date's shellfish allergy they gave us the Sashimi King roll instead.  It was an amazingly tasty roll without rice; it had mango, tuna, crunch, spicy tuna inside, eel sauce and a couple other things I don't remember (Must be getting old).  It was good and a perfect last roll without rice, because we were already on the brink of full before this.7) Dessert and TeaDessert was a fruit cup with whip cream and some Jasmine green tea to help soothe with digestionOverall experienceI had a great time here, definitely a place to impress a date.  Definitely go with the Omakase if you want the best and freshest sushi/sashimi available.  Slice N' Dice and Seared Toro are the must have's here as well as the Home made pork dumplings.  Ask for Shelby, and he will be sure to take care of you, in the sake department as well.   Cheers to the Chef and staff at Fogama!   Great Job!!! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

I believe  this is the best Japanese restaurant in Westchester. Came here on a tuesday night and the service was very good. We started with the slice n dice which is an amazing appetizer consisting of tuna, yellowtail and salmon - I highly recommend it. They take pride in the freshness of their fish so every bite is absolutely delicious. In particular, the toro was very special. I would suggest closing your eyes for each bite to enhance the experience.I will definitely be back here soon. More...

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sushi was really good especially the specialty rolls.  nice environment also

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Best sushi restaurant in Westchester hands down. Original menu, service spectacular, the owner is always around to remedy any issue you might have. Try the slice n' dice appetizer and a lichi Martini - hard to beat! More...

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Amazing restaurant. Food was exceptional and the service outstanding. Best Japanese food in Westchester county - Greenwich area.

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We tried this lovely little sushi place again, today, and it was excellent!  Everything was wonderfully put together and the service was good. It was a bit like coming home. Miso soup was excellent. Spicy tuna cracker, appetizer, was also excellent, though the 4-piece portion seemed small relative to the $15 price tag. Spicy kanji salad, another appetizer, was a real treat, as were the assortment of rolls that were enjoyed by the family. The four of us were were well fed for about $120, before alcoholic beverages. More...

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Start to finish, extremely satisfied.  My fiancé and I visit Fogama on a weekly basis and basically just can't get enough.  I usually start out with a mandarine Cosmo from the bartender Rose and it is ALWAYS on point! The house dumplings and salmon wasabi crackers are also a usual must to start us off but as far as entrées, that varies depending on our mood.   I have not once been disappointed and I can tell the quality is top notch.  Other reviews have commented on price however you truly get what you pay for.  High quality, delicious food.   The owner Steve and wife Linda go above and beyond to make sure you are comfortable and pleased.  We are always greeted with a warm welcome and the servers are attentive and great as well. More...

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Came here for a girls night and had an awesome time. The wait staff were super nice and the food was better than I expected. We shared three starters and they were all good. I ordered the seafood curry ramen noodle soup and thought it tasted good. They loaded it with seafood. More than I thought I was going to get. The broth flavor was good. I count event finish it. We also shared the chocolate lava cake and a carrot cake and both were really good. Definitely would go back again. The rolls were also very big. More...

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I really enjoyed their food. Had the crispy summer roll and the seafood curry udon soup. I wish they had happy hour specials  Sake was expensive. Flavors were good - and I'm picky about my Japanese food. I would go here again but probably not order booze. More...

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Super friendly staff brings well prepared and fresh sushi.  I'm an NYC person and happened to stop by this place and was glad I did.  I would definitely go back.

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