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East Village sushiphiles may remember Jeollado and Sandobe from about a decade ago, where traditional sushi rolls were displaced by crabmeat-filled creations at these alternative sushi restaurants. While the two have closed, Cherin opened up with former employees who have also adopted the inventive recipes as well as the penchant for naming the rolls with English first names. If you miss Jeollado's Justin or Erin rolls, there are quite a few here that substitute nicely, albeit with different names. Don't go here expecting traditional maki rolls - you'll be disappointed. But with the variety of ingredients they stuff in each roll, despite the smaller sizes, your taste buds will have a field day. This isn't high end Japanese eating - this is a complete re-interpratation that's a little more original than the california or spicy tuna rolls you'll find elsewhere. And at about $5 a roll, I think worth the price.

They have really good dinner specials (i.e. 3 rolls for $13), but the portions are SMALL!! The sushi rice is very mushy and the sushi taste OK. They offer creative rolls and the place was packed. However, the service was really SLOW!! Be aware that you would need to wait over 30 mins for your sushi!! I would not go back. It's also a BYOB place.

I stumbled upon this restaurant on menupages because I was looking for BYOB. The inside of the restaurant is lovely! It has a trendy, busy feel, with a little decor but nothing too kitschy. The waiter brought out glasses right away for the wine we brought with us. The sushi itself - fantastic. Cherin had the most interesting combinations of fish in their rolls, all with cute names. It took my table about 15 minutes just to decide what to get! Everything was wonderful. We all agreed that we would have been happy letting our waiter bring out seven rolls and just surprising us. We all felt satisfied, but not too disgustingly full when we left. It got crowded, so we could not enjoy our second bottle of wine, but the food itself was worth it! I HIGHLY recommend this place if you want great sushi, and to bring your own wine with you.

Below average sushi..the rice is very sticky and the portions are tiny...

A friend recommended this place, and I'm so glad I tried it. You can get almost any 3 rolls for $10. The inside out rolls are definitely bigger and you get more bang for your buck, so stick with that if you're hungry. It's BYOB but the drinks aren't too expensive either. I plan on going here a lot more! Definitely a great option!!!

The rolls are the smallest roll ever, and the fish is not very fresh. I had one uni shish, it was one of the worse I ever had. Not only the uni was not fresh the rice was really weird. Dont ever order from here.

I have lived in the east village for a number of years and stumbled upon this menu and wanted to try some place new. The deals and roll combos looked cheap and great... well they were so small that I ended up microwaving a dinner in addition to the 3 special rolls I ordered! Don't be fooled- this is not a deal. The rolls were cut into 8 pieces but it might as well have been 2 big pieces of sushi, they were that tiny. Just be warned to order extra which makes this not as great a deal as it seems. Goodluck to my fellow sushi lovers.