Masa Hattori, chef owner of Sushiland East, came to Santa Fe 20 years ago. He opened his own sushi restaurant, Sushiland East, in 2010. With his warm casual personality, he made this small restaurant into such a cozy relaxing place serving delightful Japanese food. He is a proud father of two daughter, Shino (left) and Mako (center). Do not forget to check out his Omakase, seasonal special menu items. He loves serving new dish.
Snug sushi spot for clever maki, including an omakase option, plus bento & Japanese kitchen entrees. Based on 144 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$
Address:
3115, 60 E San Francisco St # 102A, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 310-3860
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Sun Youn
The Best taste of sushi restaurant in Santa Fe so far, this place don’t have a lot of table but it’s cozy!! I love it..
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K G
Had lunch here, and it was much better than we had anticipated. Courteous and helpful staff with very tasty food. The seaweed salad and spicy eggplant are both great appetizers. Eel is awesome.
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Cathleen Fry
Waiter is underwhelming, but simple authentic sushi is very well done. Got the omakase (traditional) a couple weeks ago and I’m already planning my next trip.
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surejack5
I go here often with a Japanese friend, (I lived there 20 years). Sushi Land East is an excellent place with delicious food and the prices are almost cheap, esp. compared to another Japanese restaurant in Santa Fe which shall remain unnamed. Yes, it gets busy and yes they have some issues with the wait staff now and then, but we think it’s charming. Someone complained about the menu being handwritten. Take negative reviews with a large grain of salt. They often say more about the reviewer than they do about the place being reviewed !
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Yasu
Hands down the best sushi in New Mexico! It is small, cozy, and friendly, not to mention the owner chef, Masa-san, makes awesome omakase dishes. It does take little longer than other places because the chef does the most and checks all the dishes that comes out. It is totally worth the wait.
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Gabe R
Hands down the best sushi place we have ever eaten at, and we eat sushi everywhere we go. Even the “basic” rolls are fantastic and carefully prepared with great care and detail. Small menu, but that enhances the experience. Masa hand prepared the ninja ice cream special for our 4 year old just out of the goodness of his heart. It made our 4 year olds evening. Good atmosphere, better food. Get to this place now.
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David Scott
A small but elegant dining room, with one singly tatami-style table for larger parties. I love the tempura-udon soup bowls! The the service a bit slow because it only has one waiter, but the food is outstanding. The owner of this place does have a tendency to close for business on a whim, so it might be a good idea to check to make sure he will be open on the day you plan to go.
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Erick Rodriguez
Masa is an outstanding Chef. My cousin and I surrendered our choices for lunch and opted for his professional discretion. Im sure I will continue to do so every time I visit his wonderful establishment as he presented what must be one of the best lunches I’ve had in my life so far, and it sure will be hard to beat. Thank you so much for this amazing experience.
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Michael Kolinski
It’s in Santa Fe so you can’t expect much in the way of sushi or Japanese food. However, the senior chef and his staff were super friendly and accommodating to my wife and I as we dined for dinner one Thursday evening. The quality of the sushi was mediocre at best. The Sushi rice was not well made and didn’t stick together as it should have. Interestingly they did have natto while we were there but I decided not to indulge. They were out of the baby octopus appetizer which is one of my usual favorites.
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F. Arable
I guess it was OK. The chef is extremely nice and seems to want to make sure the customers are well taken care of. The waitress was one of the most clueless I’ve come across at a sushi restaurant and the bar for cluelessness in that category is pretty high. Nigiri seems a bit overpriced and nothing seemed all that fresh, but we were there on a Monday. Maybe we should have gone with the omakase.
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