Teak on the Hudson

Awesome atmosphere and ornate furnishings starting at the front door. Servers are always great and sushi is delicious, especially the specialty rolls. Mondays and Thursdays are half off food, which is a great deal, and Happy Hour in the bar area is half off drinks on weekdays. Finish off with the chocolate-filled giant fortune cookie for dessert.

I was thrown off by the large screen televisions at the bar, as Teak otherwise feels like a high end Asian fusion restaurant, with large statues, a fish tank, and a strict dress code (seriously, there's a sign on the front door). I went with a group of 10 colleagues and our sole server was more than capable. The appetizers and drinks were great, but my pad Thai was frankly awful (two others who ordered it actually returned theirs).

The place and environment look really nice. That's why they got the two stars. The food was a different story. I ordered sushi for takeout (spicy salmon and spicy tuna). I ate a lot of sushi, and this has to be towards the bottom of the list. They tasted nothing like spicy tuna and salmon. It wasn't cheap either, so maybe it was a bad patch, but I would not go there again.