Everyone has a favorite neighborhood sushi spot and, if you live in Chelsea, there's a good chance yours is Momoya. For the price and the quality, you can't touch this (that was fun, right?). It's a restaurant that belongs in the "best of" conversation when discussing NYC's top tier of lower end sushi spots. And we have you to thank for turning us on to it. Some friends who lived in the 'hood who used to swear by it, and it was also the venue for NSieges' winning photo in our #NemoBites Instagram Challenge. So that's neat. It turns out that Momoya has a serious cult following outside of just people that we know in real life and a few that we have met over the internet. We recently went for dinner and got there as the soon as doors opened, and within thirty minutes every seat was taken and a wait began to pile up. I guess people are smart. Despite a plethora of sub-par sushi options in the area, they seem to know how to sniff out the highest quality fish. And though Momoya might not be home to the best sushi in all of Manhattan, they certainly do a good job of focusing on the basics while keeping a few popular tricks up their sleeve. One of those tricks is this moderately sloppy yet also insanely delicious spicy tuna crispy rice, which happens to be incredible. The sushi and sashimi are solid here too, and if you're careful, you can get out with a reasonable tab on your hands. Just go easy on the Sapporos.