Open since 1912, Citarella is one of the city’s most distinguished retail seafood purveyors, and be assured the store can distinguish fresh from not fresh (especially since they run several of the stalls at the Fulton Fish Market in the Bronx). This extends to their sushi, which is made during the day on a continuous basis, packaged in protective trays, and deposited in a reach-in case. Bargain assortments sufficient for a light meal come in at around $15, often including four or five nigiri and a maki roll. If you’re obsessed with freshness, watch the sushi chef at work, pick your assortment as soon it’s put in the case, and consume it on the sidewalk outside.

Sugarfish is a 15-year-old Los Angeles chain that emphasizes high-quality fish. It arrived here in 2016 and now has four branches in Manhattan. Assortments are available at several price levels, beginning at $27 at lunch and $30 at dinner, typically starting with a piece of sashimi, then proceeding to seasoned nigiri sushi delivered one or two pieces at a time, ending with a handroll.

Just to the left of the lobby desk in the Hotel Henn-na, as you hurry past the animatronic Tyrannosaurus, find combination sushi bar and tempura parlor Gosuke. This compact, well-lit restaurant offers good quality fish, including some unusual varieties in a more expensive omakase that often make their way into the inexpensive assortments. The sushi dinner called joh ($45) includes eight pieces of nigiri sushi and one maki roll, while others will opt for the chirashi for $10 less.

Mikado was a high volume, no-frills, mainly carryout sushi bar on 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village that moved around the corner onto 14th Street in Chelsea, adding a nicely designed series of dining rooms. There’s a $27 option featuring four handrolls, or a $48 sushi special that including 8 pieces of nigiri sushi plus app and dessert. Even on such inexpensive set meals, some very refined pieces of sushi sometimes appear.

This modest carryout spot with some comfy seating concentrates on sushi at bargain prices, with few kitchen dishes offered (great appetizer fried chicken is an exception). Sushi deluxe comes in at $30 and includes 10 pieces of nigiri sushi plus a California roll. Unusual for this price point, many of the sushi pieces are pre-seasoned with a marinade, a sear, or a dab of flavored mayo. Lunch specials of two or three rolls are another highlight.

This is the original Blue Ribbon, a semi-underground den known when it was founded nearly two decades ago as a late-night chef’s retreat. Yes, high rollers can easily blow $100 or $200 on some of the more obscure finfish and shellfish, but $36 and $46 buys you, respectively, the regular and deluxe sushi assortments, both of which are impressive at the price, most especially the latter.

Off the beaten track near the BQE, this atmospheric sushi bar is a great date spot, and the prices are less than one might expect for very high-quality sushi. Sushi assortments are priced at $35 and $58, with no accompaniments. The higher priced option contains higher end fish than one might expect.

Regular sushi dinners at this Bushwick stalwart start for as little as $35, with a very big chirashi available at $38. It is also a full-menu Japanese restaurant with plenty of kitchen options (including a splendid broiled yellowtail collar) and a very wild list of specialty rolls if you are a maki fan. The Bushniwa, for example, features spicy scallop crunch, smoked yellowtail, and jalapeno sauce.