(617) 262-4530

144 Newbury St
Boston, MA 02116 42.3508 -71.0773

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Neighborhoods: Back Bay, Back Bay East

snappysushi.com

Price:

$

Last updated 8.14.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Cash, Visa, MasterCard, Debit Card

Restaurant Special Features:

Cheap Eats, Hidden Find

Cuisine:

Japanese, Asian, Sushi

Smoking Permitted:

No

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Snappy Sushi

Featured Review

Gerrish Lopez

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With less than twenty seats available, Snappy Sushi is not a place to linger over a romantic meal--patrons tend to eat-and-run or take out. The clientele is mixed, from professional types on cell phones to students and the usual Newbury Street glitterati. The restaurant makes its name on good sushi prepared quickly--there's a full selection of traditional choices, plus popular house creations like the Newbury Fashion roll (eel, avocado, cream cheese, cucumber, tobiko). Citing a committment to health, the restaurant exclusively uses Koshihikari brown rice. – – High Marks – *…

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Parking:
This is one of the toughest places to park in town. Fortunately, the Copley Square stop on the Green Line is right around the corner.
ambiance
50.0% positive
  1. “great food great location!”
  2. “The service isn't great, but considering the value of the food and the location, I can't complain.”
food quality
94.20000076293945% positive
  1. “Shino Express is a fantastic sushi place.”
  2. “The sushi is very tasty, fresh and really inexpensive.”
  3. “This is the best sushi for the price in the Boston area.”
  4. “It is a very small place, perfect to hop in and out for a quick, delicious and inexpensive bite of sushi.”
  5. “The food is so good and fresh that I've even tried things that Americans would think weird like fugu liver over rice and freshwater eel.”
  6. “Cheap brown rice only sushi, fast service, always crowded, great eel avo and avocado salad.”
  7. “the sushi was fresh.”
  8. “Good cheap sushi fix”
  9. “great food great location!”
  10. “the sushi is really fresh.”
  11. “great healthy food”
  12. “This little hole in the wall below Newbury St. is one of my favorite places for sushi.”
  13. “The service isn't great, but considering the value of the food and the location, I can't complain.”
  14. “If you're a sushi connosieur and demand the highest quality or nothing at all, this is not the place for you. If you're a beginner and just want to try a few California rolls, this is a good initiation spot.”
  15. “you can have a great meal for very low price.”
  16. “The seaweed salad is very good too.”
  17. “Shino Express on Newbury has a really great vibe and serves up delicious sushi at a price you can't beat (anywhere, let alone Newbury street.”
  18. “Great sushi for incredibly low prices.”
  19. “best sushi!”
  20. “The waitstaff are very friendly an opent to offer tips if you don't know what to try or if you've never had sushi before.”
  21. “And if you like Japanese food then you got to try their seaweed salad and miso soup.”
  22. “My friends and I head to Shino Express whenever we need to satisfy that sushi craving fast and cheap.”
  23. “But if you want a nice sushi meal, look elsewhere.”
service
71.4300012588501% positive
  1. “The service isn't great, but considering the value of the food and the location, I can't complain.”
  2. “service was good and best of all its cheap!”
  3. “The service is great.”
  4. “Cheap brown rice only sushi, fast service, always crowded, great eel avo and avocado salad.”
  5. “The waitstaff are very friendly an opent to offer tips if you don't know what to try or if you've never had sushi before.”
  6. “The staff are really friendly.”
  7. “Besides the rude service.”
value
90.90999603271484% positive
  1. “Good cheap sushi fix”
  2. “It is a very small place, perfect to hop in and out for a quick, delicious and inexpensive bite of sushi.”
  3. “My friends and I head to Shino Express whenever we need to satisfy that sushi craving fast and cheap.”
  4. “Shino Express on Newbury has a really great vibe and serves up delicious sushi at a price you can't beat (anywhere, let alone Newbury street.”
  5. “The sushi is very tasty, fresh and really inexpensive.”
  6. “Great sushi for incredibly low prices.”
  7. “The service isn't great, but considering the value of the food and the location, I can't complain.”
  8. “This is the best sushi for the price in the Boston area.”
  9. “this is place is really good and cheap”
  10. “you can have a great meal for very low price.”
  11. “service was good and best of all its cheap!”
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. “It is a very small place, perfect to hop in and out for a quick, delicious and inexpensive bite of sushi.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

09/25/09

suciedad

by wash square at Citysearch

I went with my brother to eat sushi at this place and we sat at the sushi bar. As soon as we sat down the spanish speaking sushi chefs talked a load of shi* the entire time about the two of us. Saying extremely perverted and rude things about me especially. Not to be rude or anything but seriously how stupid do you have to be to not know that a lot of people are bi-lingual in the city. In case anyone is wondering what "suciedad" means..It means "dirt" in spanish because that is EXACTLY what this place is. Absolute FILTH. Next time I want to be sexually harassed I'll make sure to stop by your restaurant.

Besides the rude service.. The food was bland and tasted old. Gross.

  • Pros: food is okay
  • Cons: rude sushi chefs
1 Star Rating: Poor

09/25/09

suciedad

by wash square at Citysearch

this place is terrible.

  • Pros: food is okay
  • Cons: rude sushi chefs
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/27/08

Gross.

by LizzyAmelia at Citysearch

Yesterday I was very shocked and disgusted to find a chunk of sand in my Lunch Don. It's pretty clear they do not even rinse their vegetables. We were even more furious at the manager's attitude--She acted like it was not her fault and blamed her employees who prepared the food.

Yes it is cheap and may taste decent. But if you care just a tiny bit about your health and the quality of food, this is not the place for you.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

11/21/07

great healthy food

by karl58 at Citysearch

great food great location! will try all in their menu! Asian hospitality and Service is always there!!!

  • Pros: excellence taste
  • Cons: place little too crownded
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/25/07

Always a wonderful experience!

by dysphoricmango at Citysearch

This little hole in the wall below Newbury St. is one of my favorite places for sushi. The service isn't great, but considering the value of the food and the location, I can't complain. I've probably tried everything on the menu and I've loved most of it. The bathroom is clean (and smells nice), which is suprising for small places like these. Great place to stop by after a day of shopping or to bring friends for a casual meal, craving sushi or don't have a lot of cash.

  • Pros: Price, food, location
  • Cons: Service is alright...

The Details on Snappy Sushi

Place Categories:

  • best snappy sushi
  • rude service
  • really good small place
  • great healthy food
  • nice sushi meal
  • fast sushi craving
  • fantastic sushi place
  • clean bathroom
  • really great vibe
  • really friendly staff
  • very friendly waitstaff
  • very good seaweed salad
  • like japanese food
  • best value
  • love little place
  • terrible place
  • good sushi fix
  • fast takeout
  • great location
  • good initiation spot
  • weird americans
  • wonderful experience
  • great eel avo
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