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  1. Rank 457. Oao

    Stylish Sushi

    Tucked into a strip mall at the edge of Wailea, this stylish sushi bar punches well above its shopping-center address. The nigiri is the draw, but the menu drifts into baked rolls, rock shrimp tempura, and lamb chops rubbed with aji panca that have no obvious business being this good. Happy hour runs daily in the late afternoon, when small plates come at a noticeable discount. Bring a reservation and someone who can't decide what they want.


    Address
    34 Wailea Gateway Pl, Kihei, HI 96753, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
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  2. Rank 457. Oheya

    Sushi

    Oheya is a 12-seat omakase counter tucked behind Uchi, which makes it the sushi equivalent of a speakeasy with better knife work. The name means "the room" in Japanese, and the room is small enough that you'll know your neighbors by the third course. A rotating chef rewrites the menu every couple of months, so the nontraditional ideas change often. The happy hour tasting is the cheaper way in.


  3. Rank 457. Origin Lab

    Japanese Coffee Shop


  4. Rank 457. Osaka

    Sushi

    A neighborhood sushi restaurant on Westheimer where the menu covers enough ground that nobody at the table argues, from rolls and sashimi to noodles and donburi bowls. The kitchen leans into consistency, which is its own kind of promise. Portions are generous, the room stays calm, and the regulars clearly know it. A second location sits on Bellaire Boulevard if this one's busy.


    Address
    500 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

    Online
    Website

  5. Address
    4205 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 AM

    Online
    Website

  6. Rank 457. Sasaki

    Sushi




  7. Rank 457. Super Mira

    Japanese


    Address
    1790 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94115, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

    Online
    Website


  8. Sushi Ota is a sushi bar tucked into a Mission Bay strip mall, the kind of setting that suggests tacos or taxes, not omakase. It's been around forever and trained half the sushi chefs in town, and the founder has since handed the knives to a longtime chef. Lunch leans teriyaki and karaage, while dinner at the bar means nigiri combinations. Come casual and unwind, like everyone else hiding in plain sight.


  9. Rank 457. Tadaima

    Japanese


    Address
    1849 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10:30 AM

    Friday 10:30 AM–5:30 PM

    Online
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  10. Rank 457. Takumi Maui

    Artisan Sushi

    A sharkskin grater, some earthen ceramics, and knives that could plausibly start a conflict: the counter at this sushi shop tells you everything before a piece of fish appears. The chef trained at Morimoto's before opening this intimate spot in the Fairway Shops, where you can order a la carte most days. Weekends, the omakase seats about a dozen people for a long, unhurried dinner with fish flown in from Toyosu Market.


  11. Tekka is a walkup hand-roll counter inside The Cosmopolitan, built for people with somewhere louder to be. Each temaki arrives one at a time, so the nori stays crisp, with warm rice and the friendly basics like salmon, yellowtail, and spicy tuna. A set of three runs under $30. There's a nitro matcha on tap for a gentle buzz, and the seating line moves fast, which is the right speed for a Strip pit stop.



  12. Rank 457. Teppay

    Japanese


  13. The Nori is a handroll bar and izakaya in a Decatur Boulevard strip mall, which is where Las Vegas hides most of its good, cheap lunches. The temaki set puts five different rolls on a platter for about twenty bucks, and they're sized so you could share them with a friend. The nori arrives crisp enough to crackle, so you'll eat fast, and you will stop pretending the sharing was ever a real plan.


  14. Rank 457. Uptown Sushi

    Fusion Sushi


    Address
    1131-14 Uptown Park Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
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  15. Rank 457. Yo Yo's

    Japanese



  16. Address
    2015 S Shepherd Dr, #700, Houston, TX 77019, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  17. Rank 524. Kiki

    Japanese Noodle Shop



  18. Address
    1251 6th Ave, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  19. Aa Sushi is a casual Ballard sushi spot where the money that would buy one person an omakase fills the whole table with nigiri, rolls, and a startling amount of miso soup. The rice is kept just warm enough to go soft against a slice of yellowtail belly. The menu also lets you add tamago Spam musubi or lemon-squeezed chicken karaage, which feels less like ordering and more like giving in.


  20. Rank 526. Bantam King

    Japanese Noodle Shop


    Address
    501 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  21. Rank 526. DAIKAYA

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    The noodles come from Sapporo, which tells you something about how seriously this ramen counter takes its business. Downstairs, bowls of springy, custom-made noodles arrive in a long-simmered broth, with a vegetarian version that holds its own against the pork. Upstairs flips into a Japanese tavern pouring sake and yuzu cocktails alongside a full menu of drinking snacks. Two moods, one address, zero bad options on either floor.



  22. Address
    821 NW Wall St, #100, Bend, OR, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  23. Address
    601 S King St Unit 202, Fl 2, Seattle, WA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

    Online
    Website
  24. Hokkaido is a casual counter-order sushi spot tucked into a corner of a Bellaire Blvd shopping center, lit like the inside of a honey jar. You order up front, sit wherever you like, and a cashier somehow delivers each plate to the right person, a trick nobody has explained. The nigiri and sashimi combos are easy on the wallet, and the miso soup keeps coming. It made The Infatuation's list of Houston's Chinatown restaurants.


    Address
    9108 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77036, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    Website
  25. Rank 526. Katsuo + Kombu

    Fukuoka-style Japanese Noodle Shop


  26. Rank 526. Kibatsu

    Sushi


  27. Rank 526. Kinjiro

    Izakaya

    Kinjiro is a small, quiet izakaya in Little Tokyo that seats two sittings a night, and you get in by emailing for a reservation like it's 2004. The dining room is hushed enough that you'll hear the uni risotto being scooped. Plenty of the regulars greet the chef by name and order from every section of the menu, so a mix of sushi, sake, and small plates like grilled onigiri is the move.


  28. Rank 526. Kizuki

    Ramen Shop


  29. Rank 526. Konban

    Tonkatsu


    Address
    311 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10:30 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  30. Rank 526. Marugame Udon

    Udon Shop


    Address
    2310 Kūhiō Ave, Unit 124, Honolulu, HI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–11 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  31. Masu is an omakase sushi counter that sits at the quiet end of the sushi spectrum, where nobody has ever draped a roll in roe or a squiggle of spicy mayo. The dozen or so courses are mostly about the fish itself, cut with the care of someone sizing a diamond, with the occasional hit of yuzu or grapefruit kosho. It's a sit-down, plan-your-evening, reservation-minded sort of dinner, and Eater has it on its best Portland list.


    Address
    406 SW 13th Ave, Portland, OR 97205, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  32. Rank 526. NARA

    Sushi


    Address
    518 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM, 11 PM–Midnight

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  33. Rank 526. Omen Azen

    Japanese


    Address
    113 Thompson St, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    Website
  34. Rank 526. Osaka Ramen

    Ramen Shop


  35. Rank 526. Raku

    Japanese Noodle Shop


  36. Rank 526. Ramen Boys

    Ramen Shop




  37. Address
    245 W 51st St, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  38. Rank 526. Soraya

    Modern Japanese

    Soraya is a modern Japanese American restaurant on the ground floor of the Federal Reserve Building, which is a very Detroit place to eat a katsu. The menu runs from takoyaki and udon to sushi rolls, plus cocktails built on Japanese whisky for people who'd like their banana and brown sugar to feel like a decision. Come in somewhere between work-casual and date-night, and book on Resy.


    Address
    160 Fort St W, Detroit, MI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  39. Rank 526. SourAji

    Sushi




  40. Address
    419 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    Website

  41. Rank 526. Sushi Nakazawa

    Edomae Sushi

    Daisuke Nakazawa trained under Jiro Ono, and that lineage hangs quietly over every piece of Edomae-style nigiri served at his Los Angeles omakase counter on South Robertson. The room is hushed and deliberate, the kind of place where you eat with full attention. An omakase here moves through nigiri flights with the optional chef's menu adding hot and cold courses before and between.


  42. Hidden in the valet-parking alcove of a Rodeo Drive retail building, this intimate omakase counter seats fewer than twenty people and pairs its high-end nigiri with wine instead of sake, which sounds like a sommelier's dare and somehow works beautifully. Six seats at the bar, a near-invisible entrance, and enough hush to make the whole thing feel like a pleasant conspiracy. The Valley outpost earned the devoted following; this one earns the real estate.



  43. Address
    370 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2:15 PM, 5 PM–9:45 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  44. Rank 526. Trad Room

    Izakaya


    Address
    266 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  45. Rank 526. Wako

    Sushi


    Address
    211 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram



  46. Address
    5020 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89146, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

    Online
    Website

  47. Address
    1380 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  48. Rank 526. ZIGU

    Modern Izakaya

    The original 1930s wooden beams, plastered over for decades while the building housed a scooter-rental shop, are visible again here. Zigu is a modern izakaya tucked into the ground floor, running a menu of small plates, tempura, and sushi with local touches woven through: mochiko fried chicken, kale noodles, green papaya rolls. Waikiki usually does loud and obvious; this room does quiet and considered.


    Address
    413 Seaside Ave, Unit 1F, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  49. Rank 565. Morimoto

    Japanese



  50. Address
    1810 NW Military Hwy, Ste B, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  51. Rank 568. ANZU

    Sushi

    The awards


    Address
    222 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 AM

    Friday 6:30 AM–10:30 AM

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  53. Rank 568. CATCH

    Japanese

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  56. Rank 568. Hamasaku

    Californian Sushi

    The awards


  57. Rank 568. Hasaki

    Sushi

    The awards


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    Address
    1400 First Ave, Seattle, WA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

  60. Rank 568. Kauboi

    Sushi

    The awards


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  63. Rank 568. Matsuhisa

    Japanese Seafood

    The awards


  64. A sushi bar on Prince Street with the kind of sleek, warm-toned room that wouldn't look out of place on South Beach. Momoya is a Manhattan mini-chain that somehow avoids feeling like one, with a menu that swings between approachable rolls and more creative territory without losing its way. The staff actually pays attention, which in SoHo feels like a small miracle. Good for a date, good for a Friday, good for both.

    The awards


  65. Rank 568. Nakato

    Japanese

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    Address
    166 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

  69. Sushi and sake in the middle of Ybor City's nightlife district is an interesting choice, but the mix works. This is a sit-down sushi and sake bar where specialty rolls get plated with enough care that you notice, and the sake list is long enough to require some guidance. The vibe leans refined without asking you to dress for it, which suits the neighborhood's general disposition toward a good time over formality.

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  71. Rank 568. Shiro Restaurant

    Japanese Seafood

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  76. Rank 594. Aoko

    Sushi


  77. Rank 594. PERL by Chef IP

    Mediterranean Japanese


  78. Nine seats, seventeen courses, and Johnny Cash on the speakers: No Relation is a sushi omakase tucked inside the South End's tropical bar Shore Leave, which you pass through to get here. The team behind it takes the fish seriously, mapping each source on the wall, while keeping the room loose enough that smiling-cat sake cups feel completely right. A caviar supplement exists for those who want to go further.


    Address
    11 William E Mullins Way, Boston, MA 02118, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–8:30 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  79. Rank 597. Hiro Sushi

    Traditional Sushi


    Address
    9393 N 90th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
  80. Rank 598. Kimika

    Japanese


  81. Rank 599. Mitsuru

    Seasonal Sushi


  82. Rank 599. Wren

    Japanese

    The lobby address inside The Watermark Hotel is a deliberate misdirect, because Wren is a Japanese-leaning restaurant that takes itself seriously. Sleek interiors and a lively bar ease you in, and then the kitchen starts sending out hamachi carpaccio with jalapeño-citrus soy and pork belly bao with all the right tucked-in extras. The room reads hotel-casual but the plates argue otherwise.


    Address
    1825 Capital One Dr S Tyson, VA, United States · McLean
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

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