The Best Sushi in San Mateo, by the Record
The best sushi in San Mateo, by the professional record: Michelin Guide, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Sushi Yoshizumi comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Sushi Yoshizumi
Edomae Sushi
Eight seats and a cypress bar is the whole room, and the quiet that settles over it mid-meal is the kind that happens when people are paying close attention. This San Mateo omakase counter serves Edomae sushi built on fish flown in from Toyosu, with curing and aging doing quiet work before a single piece of nigiri lands in front of you. Chef Akira Yoshizumi honed the style across Japan and New York, and the precision shows.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Sushi Restaurants in San Francisco Bay Area
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Rank 2. Yuzu
Sushi
A sushi spot in San Mateo where the non-sushi menu quietly steals the show. Regulars fill the seats and rarely need to look at a menu, and the chef keeps them coming back with rice dishes worth the trip on their own: hitsumamushi arrives in a hot stone vessel, the grains scorched and crackly, folded with salmon and yellowtail and finished with a kelp and green tea broth. Five variations of chirashi round things out, and lunch brings a chicken curry worth knowing about.