Folks in Coolidge Corner like their sushi - easily figured out by the growing number of Japanese restaurants sprouting up. Blue Ocean is a newer addition and therefore tends to attract fewer crowds than the older, more established places.

One of a couple of Mr. Sushi restaurants, fine Japanese cuisine. Noodle dishes and other entrees are good but the sushi is the specialty.

Entering FuGaKyu (“house of exquisite elegance”) is like walking into the Japanese pavilion at the World's Fair; it doesn't exactly feel authentic, but it's cool nonetheless. The first floor of the impeccably decorated two-story space is composed of a slick black and red bar, a large sushi bar, complete with conveyor-belt-delivered condiments, and a number of private, bamboo-screened booths (you should call ahead to reserve one); the airy upper floor offers a more conventional, cozy table layout. The enormous menu is long on just about everything, including pages and pages of sushi options that may easily confuse the uninitiated (individual pieces $1.50-$3.75, mixed platters $17-$21), beyond sushi there are noodle dishes ($13) and specialties of the house ($15-$20). Sample the house special chocolate wrap -- a banana wrapped with a chocolate omelette and batter fried. Note the remarkably long hours; this is surely your best bet for sushi in Brookline at one o'clock in the morning.

A few blocks from Coolidge Corner (towards RT9) is a beautiful little restaurant that serves delicious traditional and fusion Japanese treats. Eat in or take away.

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This Korean-style restaurant in the heart of Chinatown serves up Seoul specialties like kimchi, ttokkpokki and bi bim bap. This pan-Asian restaurant also delivers yummy tempura and high-quality Korean barbecue and, of course, sushi. Open late until 4am, Apollo Sushi is great place to grab a late-night roll and sake.
Here's more info: Forget the Kong. The Apollo Grill & Sushi is the after-hours destination for the Harvard Hong Kong mafia, the East Asian Studies contingency and anyone else with a ravenous case of munchies. The Apollo Grill specializes in DIY flame-grilled meats. Coming in groups of 3 or more ensures optimal selection and reasonable per-person prices. The Korean barbecue ($15) is tasty and full of traditional flavorings like garlic paste. The sushi bar and Japanese menu offer less highly spiced foods, and live fish from seafood tanks can be selected for incredibly fresh sushi. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.