Cocoro

3.8

64 Reviews

$30 and under

Japanese

For sushi in the River North part of Chicago, pay a visit to Cocoro Sushi. This restaurant is incredibly relaxed and designed to cater to the after-work happy hour crowd that wants to have some high-end Japanese cuisine with their conversation. Cocoro Sushi serves amazing cocktails made with sake and even features an authentic sushi bar, perfect for those who are enjoying a meal on their own. The menu at Cocoro Sushi also features octopus, shell crab, mackerel, tuna, pork and much more. Make sure you try the uni shooter (made with sea urchin) and always ask what the daily special is.

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Japanese, Sushi
Hours of operation
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 2:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Phone number
(312) 943-2220
Website
http://www.cocorosushi.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Private party contact
Yuko Genda: (312) 943-2220

Location
668 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Neighborhood
River North (Chicago)
Cross street
Huron
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, BYO Liquor, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 64 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

3.8

3.8 based on all time ratings

4Food
3.7Service
3.3Ambience

Noise • Moderate

64 Reviews

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u2horseshoe
Chicago
12 reviews
1.0
12 reviews
Dined on March 17, 2015
1. Overall 1
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
This was one of the worst dining experiences I've had in some time. Even with a reservation and hardly anyone there, it took 20 minutes for us to be asked about our order for dinner. The wait staff were standing around a lot. The male waiter was waving his hands around constantly talking to the female waiter. It was odd and distracting. He also stopped by our table twice rambling on about basically the entire menu with no real information. Everything "was really good." He wasn't even our waiter. He made the experience worse. We ordered grilled eggplant and what we got was smushed, gross looking eggplant. It was maybe the worst thing I've ever eaten at a restaurant in Chicago. The male waiter asked us what we thought about what we had so far. I told him it wasn't good. He kind of shrugged and agreed. Nothing was done by them. The sushi was actually nto that bad. The wait staff was slow and not really useful. There is no ambiance unless you think the way to cover up cracks in the wall is with greeting cards. I'm not joking. I will never go back.
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Japican
Chicago
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on March 13, 2015
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
I am 1/2 Japanese and 1/2 Mexican - first time in Chicago and had a desire for Udon(Japanese noodle soup). This is hard to find in any but traditional Japanese restaurants! Cocoro is exactly that - small; clean and wonderful, Japanese cuisine. Good for on the run or a wonderful, special dinner. Ichiban!
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ShannonF
Portland
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on March 11, 2015
1. Overall 1
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
The service was comically bad. Multiple forgotten dishes, incorrect orders, super long wait between various dishes. We think our waiter was actually an alien imposter trying trying to impersonate a waiter. Some of our party genuinely thought we were on some kind of hidden camera show. If you don't really care about service and are OK with bland at best food this could be the place for you.
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Chicanoechick
VIP
Dallas
69 reviews
2.0
69 reviews
Dined on March 8, 2015
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
While the food was good the overall service and experience was a huge disappointment. The server gets our orders wrong but we couldn't tell him that because he simply disappeared from the table. Waited 30minutes before getting our first drinks. 2.5 hours late we were still waiting for 2 last rolls. His response? "Chef has prepared this, it's not what you ordered but would you like it" no thanks - we'd rather be on our way now. I would not return here. There are many better options in that area.
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patrick7300
Chicago
20 reviews
4.0
20 reviews
Dined on February 15, 2015
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
Delicious. ..very good food. would definitely go again. .and sooner than later. Highly recommend.
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linadina
Chicago
26 reviews
4.0
26 reviews
Dined on February 12, 2015
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Very authentic Japanese cuisine! You know when the place is packed with Japanese patrons it must be the real deal. Their noodle soups can be on the spendy side but they're huge and more than enough for 2 people. The takoyaki is always a favorite! The sushi rolls themselves are fine, but I would steer more towards pieces (which are great!) They used to be BYOB, but they have more recently gotten rid of that policy. $5 cocktails are still always on special, and dang are they strong!
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WilliamP
Chicago
84 reviews
5.0
84 reviews
Dined on December 28, 2014
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
This was our first dining experience at Cocoro. With Ai sushi closing last year, we were in search of a high quality casual sushi place in the downtown area. We like Masaki too but felt that it was a bit pricey for everyday dining. Kamehachi is also an options but all they have is a sushi bar. We were a party of four and we ordered several appetizers: the Manila clams were excellent. Cooker has traditional Japanese appetizers that were overall excellent. We also ordered Maki rolls and sushi al la carte, I especially liked the Aji, the Salmon, and the Unagi (done to perfection). You can tell the sushi was very fresh and not left over. We also tried their soup ramen noodles--that was really good. The soup base was made with real ingredients instead of that instant stuff found in most other restaurants. We finished with green tea ice cream and home made red bean paste. Overall, an excellent dining experience, will definitely go again.
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qjkx48b
Chicago
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on December 20, 2014
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
The sushi was great, but even the appetizers were amazing. Everything is done well here.
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Lak6300
Chicago
34 reviews
5.0
34 reviews
Dined on December 7, 2014
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
We were a party of 9 and ordered too much. If you get some of the large dishes (tempura) ask if it comes with salad and miso soup before ordering those items as appetizers. We ordered family style to try different things, which I'd recommend. You can always order more sushi... Had reservations at 6pm and it was pretty empty. It was packed after 6:30pm. LOVED that this was traditional Japanese downtown, without being fusion (I can get that throughout the city)! Great neighborhood find. Street parking (esp on Huron) was easy before 6pm. Much cheaper than the parking lot across the street. Will definitely be back!
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Becky
VIP
Chicago
8 reviews
2.0
8 reviews
Dined on November 16, 2014
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 2
we had a group of 12 people, so it was expected that service may be less than perfect, but this place had the worst service I've ever experienced. The waiter took each persons drink order separately and retrieved each drink one at a time. It took an hour just to get everyone's drinks! And then an entire meal was forgotten, so we all were all sitting watching our one friend inhale his meal at the end. It took over 3 hours for the entire meal. I will never go here with a group large or small again.
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Cocoro is rated 3.8 stars by 64 OpenTable diners.

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668 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654

Additional information

Cross street
Huron
Neighborhood
River North (Chicago)
Hours of operation
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 2:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Japanese, Sushi
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Street Parking
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, BYO Liquor, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://www.cocorosushi.com/
Phone number
(312) 943-2220
Private party contact
Yuko Genda: (312) 943-2220

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