651 Kinderkamack Rd

Yes, by phone. Call (201) 350-7171 and a person books your table on the spot. There is no widget and no form to fill in; a human answers. More on reservations.

Yes. Sendai runs two kitchens under one roof: a Japanese sushi bar and a Korean grill. Both are available from the same table. Order sashimi and kalbi in the same sitting.

Options are limited but real: edamame, seaweed salad, the Sendai salad with ginger dressing, udon with mixed vegetables, and tamago. Tell your server and the kitchen will work with you.

Every Korean BBQ table has its own built-in grill, and your server does the cooking. You pick the cuts, they grill and cut each piece at the table and hand it over as it is ready, and you wrap it with lettuce and ssamjang and order more as you go. First-timers are welcome, and nobody has to know what they are doing.

It is the hottest roll on the menu: diced yellowtail with jalapeno, onion and scallion inside, topped with more yellowtail, more jalapeno and sriracha. It has been making people cry happy tears since the Emerson days.

The SenDai Roll has carried the nickname since the Emerson days, and the story behind it does not get written down. Ask at the table, because only the owner tells it right.

Yes. Parking is free and on site, so you pull in at the door rather than circling Kinderkamack Road for a space. No meters, no permit, no garage.

Sendai sits on Kinderkamack Road in River Edge, in the middle of Bergen County. Oradell and New Milford are the neighboring towns, Hackensack and Paramus are each a short drive, and Emerson, where the restaurant spent its first ten years, is up the same road.

Yes. The room seats 80 and the sushi counter seats 7, and Sendai builds custom menus for groups, private events, and off-site catering. Call (201) 350-7171 and ask for the owner rather than booking a large party online.

Mon–Fri 4–10 PM · Sat–Sun 12–10 PM, at 651 Kinderkamack Rd, River Edge, NJ 07661, on Kinderkamack Road in Bergen County.