The Best Japanese Food in Copenhagen
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The best Japanese food in Copenhagen, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, the White Guide, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. akmē comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in København and Nordhavn.
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Sushi Anaba and Admiralgade 26 hold the next two places. The White Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with the Michelin Guide close behind.
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Rank 1. akmē
French Fusion Japanese
Sixteen seats at a counter in a former industrial harbour, where two chefs talk you through nearly twenty courses of Japanese-French omakase while plating them inches from your face. Danish langoustine, Breton oyster, Breton this, Japanese that, it sounds like a geography lesson until a dish arrives and the argument ends. The room is young and loose for a Michelin-starred tasting menu, which is either a relief or suspicious, depending on your priors.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
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Rank 1. Sushi Anaba
Edomae Sushi
A Danish chef who trained as a sushi apprentice in Tokyo runs this 15-seat Edomae nigiri counter inside a reassembled 19th-century customs house in Nordhavn. The room is anchored by a Douglas Fir counter, and the cooking rewards the kind of attention that notices three-vinegar rice served at body temperature. A Michelin star and a White Guide Global Masters distinction. Serious omakase territory, dressy but not stuffy.
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Global Masters Level · White Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 3. Admiralgade 26
Japanese
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 3. Ark
Vegan Japanese
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Very Fine Level · White Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 5. Damindra
Japanese
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Very Fine Level · White Guide
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Rank 5. Kappo Ando
Japanese
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Very Fine Level · White Guide
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Rank 7. Aotori
Japanese
Eight seats at a counter, a binchotan grill smoking quietly in front of you, and skewers of Danish chicken coming off it in quick succession. Aotori is a yakitori bar from the team behind Kappo Andō, and it keeps things focused: local chicken cuts and vegetables, plus offal when the kitchen has it. The sake list by the glass runs deep, and a back room called Akaton handles tonkatsu for anyone who showed up in a pork mood.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant