The parking lot entrance is chain-blocked. The dining room is stripped of tables and chairs. And the only explanation customers got for the sudden end of Sushi Village, the all-you-can-eat sushi spot that anchored a stretch of West Old Country Road in Hicksville for 14 years, was a handwritten thank-you note taped to the front door.
Sushi Village served its final meals on June 28, according to Patch, which reported the property had been left completely cleared of interior furnishings once the closure took hold. The restaurant's owners offered no public reason for the shutdown, a silence first flagged by DailyVoice, whose report on the closure noted only that the doors shut in late June with nothing more than a farewell posted for regulars.
That farewell, quoted in full by Patch and by Newsday, read in part: “We are deeply grateful for your support, kindness and loyalty throughout the years. It has been a pleasure to share so many meals, celebrations and memories with you and your families.” The note made no mention of what prompted the closure, and that silence has fueled speculation among Hicksville residents online.
A Diner Turned Sushi Buffet, Now Empty Again
The building at 290 West Old Country Road has a longer history than its sushi years. Newsday's report notes the site previously housed the Beverly Diner before Sushi Village retrofitted the space into a Japanese restaurant in 2012. For 14 years, the classic roadside diner exterior masked what had become one of the area's go-to all-you-can-eat sushi destinations.
The Hicksville location's all-you-can-eat pricing ran $32.99 from Friday through Sunday and $30.99 on weekdays, per DailyVoice's reporting. The deal extended well beyond raw fish, with Patch detailing a menu that included soft-shell crab appetizers, Yaki Udon, Yaki Soba, hibachi fried rice, and banana and Oreo tempura for dessert — the kind of expansive hot-food lineup that suburban buffet-style sushi spots often lean on to keep customers coming back.
Landlord Dispute Floated, But Unconfirmed
Absent any official word, some community members have tried to fill in the blanks. A member of a local Facebook group suggested the restaurant may have had a dispute with its landlord, according to DailyVoice, though that theory remains unconfirmed speculation rather than a stated fact from the business or its landlord.
The timing lines up with a broader wave of Long Island restaurant closures this summer. Newsday's roundup of the season's shutdowns paired the Sushi Village news with the closure of bao concept Bird & Bao in Patchogue and the end of La Nonna Bella, an 18-year-old Italian restaurant in Garden City that closed after lease negotiations with its landlord collapsed. Whether a similar dynamic played out on West Old Country Road hasn't been confirmed.
The Brand Lives On Elsewhere
Sushi Village was never a single-location operation. The Hicksville restaurant was part of a small chain that also includes locations in Bayside, Queens, and Westwood, New Jersey, according to DailyVoice. The Westwood location remains open, with the Borough of Westwood's own business listings confirming the sister restaurant continues operating at 700 Broadway.
For Hicksville diners looking to replace their all-you-can-eat sushi fix, Patch pointed to several nearby options in Nassau County, including Watawa Sushi Lounge in Bethpage, Sushi Republic and Nova Asian Bistro in New Hyde Park, and Sake Asian in Massapequa.
Hicksville's Commercial Corridor in Flux
The closure lands amid a period of major reinvestment in Hicksville's broader business district, even as individual storefronts like Sushi Village quietly disappear. Newsday reported that the Town of Oyster Bay recently approved key steps toward a $200 million redevelopment of the nearby Broadway Commons Mall, which would transform the aging plaza into an open-air center called The Shops on Broadway.
Just across North Broadway, the former Sears site is being converted into what will be Long Island's first Bass Pro Shops location, according to News 12 Long Island. Town leaders anticipate these large anchor redevelopments will reshape traffic patterns and dining habits throughout the hamlet in the years ahead, even as older tenants along Old Country Road face uncertain futures.
