A honest and detailed review of Fancy Lee restaurant in Babylon Village on Long Island, NY.

This Valentine's Day and every other date night we have gone to "our spot".  It's more commonly referred to as Fancy Lee (link) restaurant in Babylon Village.

Whether you're a local looking for a new spot to eat or a traveling foodie exploring the island, I got you.  Today we're going to talk about everything you'll want to know about Fancy Lee.

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Fancy Lee | Babylon Village | NY

I remember the first time that I pulled up to this restaurant to meet up with my dad.  It looked like an old diner from the outside.  All I could think was "He wants me to get sushi from there?!".  Total snob, I know.  But sushi places need to be extra..  Then I walked through the doors.  The inside of this retro looking building, is a modern, chic, and really clean restaurant.  Talk about judging a book by it's cover.

Fancy Lee is an Asian fusion and sushi restaurant.  They have everything from traditional Chinese food dishes to unique and delicious fusion choices to the absolute best sushi.  In other words, if someone in your party doesn't like sushi, they will find something on the menu that they do like.

For our dinner dates like this past Valentine's Day, we do a full on sushi meal.  We will start with a bottle of cold, sweet saki for me and a Japanese beer called Sapporo for my husband.  Fancy Lee provides a complimentary appetizer which is pictured above next to the menu.  It's a fried sushi roll with a sweet sauce on top.  We then place an order of edamame to pick on while enjoying our drinks.  Edamame is a steamed soy bean pod covered in coarse salt.  You then suck off the salt while biting out the bean.  Our main meal consists of several of our favorite sushi rolls to be split between both of us.  My husband's favorite is the Volcano roll which is deep fried and spicy.  My favorite is the Spring Breeze roll which is tuna, pineapple, and avocado with a house special sauce on top.  It's the polar opposite of my husband's favorite because it's very sweet.  If we make it through all of that, we'll end the night by splitting our favorite dessert there, fried ice cream.

The staff is super attentive and very accommodating.  They go above and beyond to make sure that you're happy with your meal.  They check on you several times to make sure that you're content.  Sometimes the owner himself will pay your table a visit.  Our waitress on Valentine's Day even asked us which rolls were our favorite which was a total pleasant surprise.

The restaurant itself is immaculate.  I have high standards when it comes to eating out and even higher standards when it comes to sushi.  Fancy Lee exceeds those standards.  To make it even better, you can see the sushi chefs making your meal.  The wait staff almost always takes the time to point out which dish is yours so that you can follow it from start to finish.

Fancy Lee is also in a key location.  The restaurant is surrounded by boutiques, bars, and shops.  You could easily make this a stop during a day or night out on the town.  I recommended taking a walk around the lake at Argyle Lake Park, browsing through Bubble (link), and catching a show at The Argyle Theatre (link).

Click here to learn more about Fancy Lee in Babylon, NY (link).

- R&W

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