The New York Times: "A Cafe Ahead of the Pack"
"Food courts and fast food are still standard fare in shopping
malls, but sometimes an oasis appears in the culinary desert." At
Cirella's, " the typical shopper’s lunch has been given an upgrade."
-- December 23, 2007 New York Times
Newsday: "Dining Spots For LI Holiday Shoppers"
"You'll find superior sushi, fresh, delicate and beautifully cut. Salads are big, bright and fresh. There's also a fine array of sandwiches, wraps and entrees."
-- November 17, 2009 Newsday
exploreLI.com: Article on Sushi Chef Alan Kim
"You may know Kim from his day job behind the sushi counter at Cirella’s at Saks Fifth Avenue in Huntington’s Walt Whitman Mall, where he continues to turn out sensational sashimi platters and maki rolls. In a 2008 article on Long Island’s top 10 sushi spots, Kim's department store sushi bar placed third."
-- February 2, 2010 exploreLI.com/Newsday
Newsday: Review of Cirella's at Saks Fifth Avenue
"The place manages to evoke memories of department store restaurants long gone... It could be the requisite tuna salad sandwich. Cirella's bridges the gap between past and present with a sensational version..."
"I'm sold on the sushi, having sampled everything from a fiery spiced tuna roll to the colorful rainbow roll to the crunchy spider (fried soft-shell crab) roll. A sashimi combo was impeccably fresh, beautifully presented. Gyoza, Japanese vegetable dumplings, were delicious, miso soup unconventionally good."
"At almost every table, someone was eating a salad. A favorite was the Saks salad, mesclun
with apples, dried cranberries, Gorgonzola and candied walnuts."
-- March 12, 2004 Newsday