Misora Express

I have been trying to think of ways to clearly articulate how ANGRY this place made me, but I don't think I can do my rage justice, so I decided to just rant. Trust me, this rant is valid, but I will acquiesce that this is a rant.

One day, I decided I was going to eat healthier and perhaps inject a bit more fish of the raw variety into my diet. Since I work in Center City, there are a definitely a number of places that will offer a suitable options for this strategy.

As I was walking by Misora Express, I decided "hey, why not here?" since I had purchased their bento boxes in the past and had thought they offered decent variety and portions. Well, I'll tell you this - that may be true of their bento lunches, but MOST CERTAINLY NOT OF THEIR SUSHI/SASHIMI.

I ordered the Sashimi Regular, which purported to include 15 pieces of sashimi for $14.95. I was, for a moment, excited because the sashimi dishes are made to order. You can imagine my utter disappointment when the guy came out to cut up the sashimi for my order and I saw how small he was cutting the pieces. AND btw, i was standing RIGHT THERE and he still cut up the smallest, saddest series of sashimi pieces I have ever seen.

Ultimately, I walked out of here, wallet almost $20 lighter (bought a 20oz soda + tax), with essentially 3oz of fish AT MOST and a grim expression. Clearly I was going to need to buy a 2nd lunch.

The width of the piece was just about the diameter of a NICKEL. I took a picture because I was so appalled. To add insult to injury, the fish itself wasn't very good. They must not have high turnover on the made-to-order sushi/sashimi side because it was not fresh; the saba (mackerel) was so gross I had to throw it away.

SIGH. Don't get sushi/sashimi here. Just stick with the cooked japanese bento boxes or the salads, if you must.

I know that sashimi is expensive for restaurants to sell, but it's just insulting to offer the kind of quantity/quality that this place does.

This place has been here for years and it's, well, odd.

They have a create-your own salad section (similar to Saladworks - but cheaper), and a Japanese Food/Sushi section.

Very inexpensive. Food is OK. Just OK.

A cheap, quick lunch choice.

I stumbled upon Misora one day on my lunch break and decided to give their salad a try. The salad choices just about match Saladworks but are a little less expensive and are larger. Unfortunately they are not quiet as good.

Every once and awhile I would walk the extra 3 blocks to give Misora my business, but soon stopped after a couple of lackluster salads and a credit card incident. My total was $9 and change, I realized I only had $8 cash, so I pulled out my credit card to which the worker replied, "$10 minimum on credit card purchases...there's an ATM around the block."

I understand the reasoning behind credit card minimums, and I don't think I am above the rules, but I walked out of my way to help out the little guy and the little guy wouldn't return the favor.

Great deals for lunch!

Decided to meet a friend in the city for lunch and ended up in Misora. They have a great selection of bento box lunch specials at reasonable prices. You'll get miso soup, house salad, half a california roll, seaweed salad, rice,and another thing or two ON TOP of your entree choice. Don't worry, they don't put quantity ahead of quality.

I go here for lunch if I want a good bento box. They have the biggest bento boxes, with the most choices in center city area. However, the actual sushi selection is very small, they don't have lunch specials for 2 rollls w/ soup or salad... nope... just a huge selection of bento boxes. I've had the bbq eel bento, salmon bento, K-bob bento (scallop, shrimp, salmon, peppers & onions), and the tuna roll bento. All were really good, but they put too much sauce on top of the main entree dish which i always scrape off so its not so many calories. But, overall, its good food (not great, but not bad), and you get alot of food (bento boxes only).

There is alot of seating inside which is nice, but I always get to-go.

Prices are steep for lunch, but I love how they take LEVEL-UP so you can work toward discounts.

Overall, don't order sushi unless you're willing to spend $20 for some good rolls. Get a bento box, they are huge with lots of ingredients. For actual sushi rolls combo, I go to the sushi bar in the Liberty Place food court.

Came in for a quick bite as I am still trying to hack the cheap sushi scene in Philadelphia.

After seeing that the prices weren't so express I decided to go with one roll. No spicy salmon was left so I ended up with spicy tuna.

All in all the sushi was okay, but for roughly $7.50 for six pieces I expect to be a bit more blown away. If i'm eating cheap sushi, that's fine I have made my bed and I will sleep in it full but I unfortunately don't plan on going back.

This place was over priced and the sushi and fish were not that great. The rice was not the best it didn't have enough rice vinegar and seasoning and the chirashi bowl was way over priced for what you got, 17 bucks for 9 pieces of fish...

I'm still trying to figure out how this place got voted one of the best sushi spots in the city, really? Give me a freaking break...the only reason i didn't give it 1 star was because the fish was real.

Rolls that i ordered were very good (shrimp tempura roll and Boston roll). I did take out which i waited less than 5 mins ***!! Very good food and friendly service. I watched the rolls being made which was cool. Ill definitely be back!!!
Ive never taken sushi out but was pleasantly surprised at how everything was in my take out plate
They had a very extensive menu

OMG, when I worked in Liberty Place (ugh) this place was my lunch time salvation. ...Salivation? Haha

I discovered this place long before I knew of the existence of Salad Works, so I thought it was brilliant (for the first year or so that I went here, I only got the salads... for some reason it took me a while to catch on to the sushi). Anyway, putting pasta in a salad blew my mind. I love it.

I eventually tried Salad Works, and I think Misora is a lot better. It's fresher, and you get more bang for your buck. It might be way too much salad for one sitting, but, fortunately, I am a person who doesn't mind a soggy-ish salad. Also, they used to be a lot cheaper than Salad Works, but now they're about the same, which saddens me, but they're a family run joint, so I'd support them even if their prices were higher than Salad Works.

If you get a chance, read their little self write-up on the wall next time you're in there. i spotted it for the first time a few weeks ago and it had me cracking up :)

I CANNOT BELIEVE that the people giving this place five and four stars have ever had really good sushi.

I've had day-old supermarket sushi that was better, fresher and more edible than this.

The pieces were tiny - less than the size of my thumb, and I have average to small-sized hands for a woman.

The fish was OLD, DRY, DISCOLORED - I can't tell you what it tasted like because it was so atrocious we refused to eat it.

The sign in the window says fresh - what my mom was served was fresh a week ago. Hamachi should not be mustard-coloured and the texture of cardboard. Even vaguely fresh fish should be springy - this was the farthest end of the spectrum from it.

My mother said Misora should be renamed Misery, and she ain't wrong.