The Top 13 Sushi Near D6
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Rank 1. Okeya Kyujiro
Omakase Japanese
Omakase with a Michelin star and a genuine sense of theater, and not in a cheesy way. The curtain literally drops at the stroke of your seating time, hosts arrive in traditional dress, and somewhere between the live music and the Buddhist chanting you'll realize this is unlike any Japanese dinner you've had. The fish flies in from Japan, the courses keep coming, and the room feels like a secret ritual. Dress up.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Omakase
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Rank 2. Sushi Hyun
Omakase Sushi
Sushi Hyun is a Michelin-starred omakase counter where the formality of the ritual somehow gives way to something that feels like a really good dinner party. The hinoki wood counter is ancient and immaculate, the seafood is sourced with near-obsessive care, and the chef's infectious enthusiasm makes the whole thing feel personal rather than ceremonial. Waits for a reservation are long, but the room is small enough that every piece of food gets real attention.
- Air Canada 2025 · Best Design · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 3. Sumibiyaki Arashi
Yakitori Japanese
Fourteen seats, one chef, a glowing charcoal grill, and a Michelin star earned faster than most places find their footing. Sumibiyaki Arashi is a yakitori omakase counter where chicken, in every imaginable cut, is treated with the kind of reverence usually reserved for much fancier proteins. The room is calm and close, the crowd leans in over the Douglas fir counter looking very much like people who planned this dinner months ago, because they did.
- Canada's 100 Best 2025 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 4. Sushi Masuda
Sushi
A Michelin-starred omakase hiding behind a print shop inside someone else's restaurant, which tells you everything about how seriously this place takes its own hype. Six seats, a spare counter, and a chef whose Tokyo training shows in every quiet, precise move. His wife runs hospitality with genuine warmth, and the nigiri alone justifies the trip. The crowd is small by design, dressed like they did their homework.
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Tucked inside the Fairmont Pacific Rim, this hotel lounge punches well above its minibar. The marble bar, fireplace, and nightly live music make it feel genuinely glamorous rather than just expensive, and the sushi and raw bar snacks give you a real reason to linger beyond a nightcap. The crowd skews hotel guests in good coats and locals who know a well-designed room when they see one.
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 6. Sushi Jin
Sushi
Six seats at the bar, two small tables, and absolutely no signage worth trusting. Sushi Jin is a proper omakase spot where the regulars walk in looking smug for good reason. The chef brings a distinct personality to traditional Japanese, and every course earns its place on the counter. Wear something nice but don't overthink it, and go hungry because this is the kind of meal you'll be talking about on the drive home.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2024 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Upscale Japanese
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Rank 7. Sashimiya
Sushi
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Rank 8. Sushi Hil
Sushi
Vancouver takes its sushi seriously, and Sushi Hil is the place locals point to when they want to prove it. It's a small, bright sushi counter on Main Street, less wallet-crushing than the city's omakase temples but just as dialed-in on quality. The room fills with people who know what they're doing, seated at the bar watching the chef work. Grab a counter stool and let the fish do the talking.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Restaurant Awards: Premier Crew · Moon Hu
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese
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Rank 9. Masayoshi
Edomae Sushi
A Michelin-starred omakase counter where the chef treats every piece of nigiri like it deserves its own spotlight, which honestly it does. The best seat is at the counter watching it all unfold, though the tables are equally good eating. BC's local catch drives the menu, handled in a precise Edomae style that makes the fish taste more like itself. Everyone in the room is quietly having a moment they'll talk about later.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Japanese Cuisine Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Omakase
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Rank 10. Tetsu
Omakase Sushi
Three seats. Two chefs. No gold flakes, no flexing, just genuinely exceptional omakase sushi tucked into a simple, unpretentious room on Denman. The kind of place where the fish does all the talking and the people eating it are the type who booked three months out and aren't mad about it. Tetsu is as intimate as dining gets, and the quality absolutely justifies the ritual of getting a reservation.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Omakase
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Japanese
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Rank 11. Sushi Bar Maumi
Omakase Sushi
Omakase sushi without the remortgage. This intimate counter seats fewer than twenty, and Chef Maumi Ozaki works through a procession of nigiri with the calm focus of someone who has nothing to prove. The fish is fresh, the pacing is confident, and the sake list gives you plenty of reasons to slow down. It draws the kind of crowd that knows what they're eating but isn't going to make it weird about it.
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Rank 12. Octopus' Garden
Sushi
Octopus' Garden is a neighbourhood sushi shop that's been around forever and is still somehow impossible to get into, which tells you everything. The fish is seriously fresh and the prices won't wreck you, which keeps regulars coming back like they own the place. The octopus decor is very much a choice, but the room is warm and the sake list is legitimately impressive. Book ahead or regret it.
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Rank 13. Sushi MAHANA
Sushi