| Currently listed: 47 Restaurants in Seattle, USA/Washington. |
| Ai Sushi CLOSED ! |
| Name: | Ai Sushi CLOSED ! |
| Address: | 1608 N 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98103 |
| Phone: | (206) 632-7044 |
| Review: | " We stumbled across Ai when we tried to get into Musashi´s Sushi & Grill just down the street. Nothing against Musashi, but we had a great eating experience at Ai. So much so, we haven't been back to Musashi. It is always crowded and they seem extremely rushed -- to the point of serving sushi when the rice is still warm! On the other hand,we have been back to Ai many times. Great food and great prices. We like the big beers, too. " |
| - Greg De Jaen (gregd@kennedyusa.com) [January 30th 2001] |
| Seattle |
| Aoki |
| Name: | Aoki Japanese Restaurant |
| Address: | 621 Broadway East, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206)324-3633 |
| Review: | "Reasonable with nothing spectacular on Capitol Hill." |
| Seattle |
| Arita |
| Name: | Arita |
| Address: | 8202 Greenwood Avenue North, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 784-2625 |
| Seattle |
| Boo San |
| Name: | Boo San |
| Address: | 12700 Aurora Ave N Suite 8,Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 361-7003 |
| Seattle |
| Bush Garden |
| Name: | Bush Garden |
| Address: | 614 Maynard Avenue South, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 682-6830 |
| Opened: | 9.30pm - 1.30am |
| Review: | "Sushi Bar and Karaoke 7 Nights a week." |
| Seattle |
| Daimonji |
| Name: | Daimonji Japanese Restaurant |
| Address: | 5963 Corson Ave S., South Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 762-7820 |
| Seattle |
| Don Pay |
| Name: | Don Pay |
| Address: | 109 South Washington Street, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 621-9504 |
| Seattle |
| I Love Sushi |
| Name: | I Love Sushi |
| Address: | 1001 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 625-9604 |
| Review: | "Check also their branch in Bellevue." |
| Seattle |
| Kaizuka |
| Name: | Kaizuka Teppanayaki & Sushi Bar |
| Address: | 1306 S King St., Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 860-1556 |
| Seattle |
| Kamon on Lake Union |
| Name: | Kamon on Lake Union |
| Address: | 1177 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 622-4665 |
| Opened: | Daily: 11am - 2pm, 5pm - 11pm |
| Review: | " If you´ve read the review about the disappointing lunch sushi fare at Nikko, but you´re determined to have sushi for lunch, just head northeast a couple of miles to the southeast corner of Lake Union, where the Kamon has a daily (Mon-Sat 11:30 - 2:00 pm) All-you-can-eat sushi buffet. The sushi is not world-class, but it´s definitely good, and it truly is all you can eat. For $11.95 plus tax (i.e. $13.04) you get a small bowl of quite good miso, ocha, and as many trips to the sushi bar as you can squeeze into the intersection of your stomach and two and a half hours. On a recent visit I had (multiple pieces of each of) mirugai, unagi, saba, hamachi, maguro, tako, ika, mussel (which I don´t know the Japanese for), tamago, and shake nigirizushi, plus Washington roll (smoked salmon/avocado/cucumber), spicy tuna roll, bay shrimp tempura roll, California roll, tekka and kappa maki, and probably a few kinds I´ve forgotten, as well as Chinese-type fried rice and sweet-and-sour chicken, prawns and veggies tempura, fried snapper, cookies, tossed green salad, gyoza and fresh fruit. Some of these latter items are not up to the standard of the sushi (the tempura tends to be a tad soggy, for example, and the fried rice did not impress me at all) &emdash; but why bother with that stuff when there´s unlimited, fairly good sushi? If you want something in the way of sushi that´s not on the buffet menu (e.g. while I was there somebody was trying to get some uni) you may have to wait a while; the sushi chefs have all they can do to keep up with the demand for the standard items, plus you´ll have to pay a bit extra. If ocha isn´t all you want to drink, there´s a full bar (and smoking in the bar for those who choose), and there is a lunch menu for those who don´t like sushi and soggy tempura, but I can´t imagine why anyone would order from it. I´ve never been there except for the buffet, so I can´t report on the dinners, the live music in the bar, or the Sunday brunch. " |
| - Leland Bryant Ross (lilandbr@scn.org) [August 25th 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Kiku Tempura House |
| Name: | Kiku Tempura House |
| Address: | 5018 University Wy NE, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 524-1125 |
| Seattle |
| Kitto |
| Name: | Kitto Japanese Noodle House |
| Address: | 614 Broadway Avenue East, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 325-8486 |
| Seattle |
| Koji Osaka |
| Name: | Koji Osaka |
| Address: | 89 University Street, Seattle, WA, USA 98101 |
| Phone: | (206) 583-0980 |
| Opened: | Sun-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm Fri, Sat 11:30am-10pm |
| Review: | "This restaurant near the Seattle waterfront serves lunch and dinner with fine, delectable sushi made with the freshest, cleanest ingredients, served formally and unpretentiously in a Post-Modern environment. The service is usually commendable, but sometimes can be indecisive and ignorant. It is one of Seattles classiest Japanese restaurants." |
| - Brandon Johnson |
| Seattle |
| Koraku |
| Name: | Koraku |
| Address: | 419 Sixth Avenue South, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 624-1389 |
| Seattle |
| Maneki |
| Name: | Maneki |
| Address: | 304 6th Avenue S., Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 622-2631 |
| Opened: | Tue-Sun: lunch and dinner |
| Seattle |
| Marilnepolis/Sushi Land |
| Name: | Marilnepolis/Sushi Land |
| Address: | 138 107th N.E. Bellevue, WA |
| Phone: | (425) 455-2793 |
| Review: | "The only kaiten sushi fast food restaurant that I have seen in the Seattle area. Sushi passes by the color of the dishes. Not a fancy place, but great for satisfying that sushi craving!!!" |
| - J. Pete Wiggins [june 28th 2000] |
| Seattle |
| Mashiko |
| Name: | Mashiko Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar |
| Address: | 4725 California SW, Seattle, WA 98116 |
| Phone: | (206) 935-4339 |
| Opened: | Mon-Sat: 11.30am-2pm, Mon-Thur: 5pm-9pm, Fri-Sat: 5pm-9.30pm |
| Reviews: | "Owner Hajime Sato runs this wonderful restaurant in West Seattle. It serves the best sushi in town and the atmosphere in the restaurant is relaxed and fun. More and more people are discovering this great place in Seattle." |
| - Anoek Minneboo (Fapopo@aol.com) [July 7th 1997] | |
| "I too just discovered this place. Being a fan of Nikko for years, I ventured here and was not disappointed. Great service, generous portions of quality fish and casual neighborhood atmosphere. They were also filling ´orders to go´ the entire time when I was there." | |
| - Paul St. Pierre (pauls@asymetrix.com) [December 7th 1998] |
| Seattle |
| Mashiko |
| Name: | Mashiko Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar |
| Address: | 4725 California Ave SW (West Seattle Junction), Seattle, WA 98116 |
| Phone: | (206) 935-4339 |
| Opened: | Daily 5pm - close |
| Review: | " " |
| Link: | Restaurant Website |
| Seattle |
| Mom´s Teriyaki |
| Name: | Mom´s Teriyaki |
| Address: | 2230 3rd Street, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 728-4063 |
| Seattle |
| Mori |
| Name: | Mori Japanese Restaurant |
| Address: | 101 N. 85th Street, Seattle, WA, 98103 |
| Phone: | (206) 783-7708 |
| Opened: | Mon-Sat: Noon - 3pm, 5pm - 10pm, Sun: 5pm - 10pm |
| Reviews: | " Mori is a little place nestled in the Greenwood area of Seattle. It´s a family-run sushi bar, and doesn´t have the ebony-and-teak look of, say, one of the downtown sushi bars. The lack of snootiness, however, is a real asset; the staff is friendly and attentive, the food is lovely, and the cost reflects the more modest trappings of this understated restaurant. The sushi itself has, in my experience, always been of the highest quality, and the other dishes are equally notable---even as far as the miso soup, which is literally more flavorful than the miso I´ve had at other sushi bars around the city. In all, I highly recommend this place---and gods be praised, they deliver." |
| - Ken McGlothlen (mcglk@serv.net) [February 27th 1999] | |
| "I do second the favorable review of Mori. It´s very very good. The rainbow roll can be ordered to go and makes a festive touch at a picnic or party." | |
| - Liland Bryant Ros (lilandbr@scn.org) [July 11th 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Musashi´s |
| Name: | Musashi´s Sushi & Grill |
| Address: | 1400 N 45th (Wallingford), Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 633-0212 |
| Review: | "I´ve passed Musashi´s hundreds of times but never entered until two weeks ago, because of the crowds. I have never seen the place lightly attended; there is almost always a line to get in. I was seated immediately (at the counter) because I was alone, but if there had been two or three of us the wait would have exceeded half an hour, and there is no waiting area, so you stand on the sidewalk, weather be what it may, until your name is called. But the sushi was very fresh and generous, and the service was prompt and friendly. There is no true sushi bar at Musashi´s; there´s a counter, but you can´t see the ingredients, nor the preparation. The nigiri is sold by the single piece (rather than the customary pair), so if you want (say) one maguro, one tako, one hamachi and one ebi, you can get it that way, and the prices are very reasonable even doubled for comparison. My only disappointment was that the amaebi didn´t come with the deep-fried head which I consider the crown glory of an amaebi experience. I may go back, but only if the weather is good and the line is short. " |
| - Leland Bryant Ross (lilandbr@scn.org) [August 25th 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Nagoya Bento |
| Name: | Nagoya Bento |
| Address: | 701 5th Street, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 233-9461 |
| Seattle |
| Nagoya Bento (2) |
| Name: | Nagoya Bento Japanese Restaurant |
| Address: | 601 Union Street, Seattle,WA |
| Phone: | (206) 622-7752 |
| Seattle |
| Nikko |
| Name: | Nikko |
| Address: | 1900 Fith Av. at the Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA 98101 |
| Phone: | (206) 322-4641 |
| Opened: | Mon-Fri: 11.30am-2pm, 5.30pm-10pm, Sat: 5.30pm-10pm |
| Reviews: | "..Nikko is unanimously admitted by local Japanese residents that it is the best Japanese Restaurant in Seattle.." |
| - The Food Trade Journal | |
| "When we crave genuine service and high quality food preparation, we go to Nikko" | |
| - Seattle´s Best Places | |
| "Nikko is in many ways the pinnacle of Japanese food in Seattle" | |
| - Northwest Best Places | |
| "Nikko´s sushi chefs serve world class creatios during the evening. However, their luncheon service is very disappointing. It consists of a pre-made (old,dry) a la carte selection that are brought from the back room. The selection is quite limited and since you really don´t see sushi chefs at work, I seriously wondered about who was making that stuff in the back room. Again: evening meals are a wonderful experience." | |
| - JB (Bernaden@aol.com) [June 21st 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Nishino |
| Name: | Nishino |
| Address: | 3130 E Madison St, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 322-5800 |
| Reviews: | "Chef Tatsu Nishino used to work at Matsuhisa in Los Angeles." |
| "Tatsu Nishino, a Kaiseki chef from Kyoto, opened Nishino after a long stint at Matsuhisa. It is consistently the best Japanese restaurant in the Northwest. For those very few customers who understand Kaiseki cuisine and surrender to the experience, Nishino is heaven. " | |
| - Larry Rouch [August 7th 2000] |
| Seattle |
| Ozaki Cafe |
| Name: | Ozaki Cafe |
| Address: | 372 Roy Street, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 283-7872 |
| Seattle |
| Sanmi Sushi |
| Name: | Sanmi Sushi |
| Address: | 2601 West Marina Pl., Seattle, WA 98199 |
| Phone: | (206) 283-9978 |
| Fax: | (206) 284-3486 |
| Opened: | Mon-Fri: 11.30am - 2pm, 5.30pm - 10pm, Sat,Sun: 5.30pm -10pm |
| Reviews: | "Excellent sushi! One of the best in Seattle. Shiro maguro tataki is a must try." |
| - Jeff Delma (jeffrey.d.delma@boeing.com) [April 16th 1998] | |
| "They have the best sushi in town." | |
| - Mako (mfuse@chmc.org) [August 25th 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Shilla |
| Name: | Shilla |
| Address: | 2300 8th Street, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 623-9996 |
| Seattle |
| Shiro´s |
| Name: | Shiro´s |
| Address: | 2410 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 |
| Phone: | (206) 443-9844 |
| Review: | "This is certainly one of the finest Japanese Restaurants on the Westcoast. Reservation is absolutely necessary. The restaurant is quite small with three chefs (Chef Shiro Kashiba used to work at Nikko) preparing sushi behind the sushi counter. The service is attentive and excellent. If you sit at the table, the mainly Japanese waitresses will bring you an orderform for the sushi (sushis are per piece ,not pair). Any sushi you order is of the highest quality (hamachi,maguro, toro, albacore, kingcrab, unagi). Spicytuna roll (filled with carrot and lots of tabasco) or salmon skin roll are delicious. For starters try albacore sashimi which is extremely nice, also smelt tataki is a great entree besides standards like spinach or mozukusu. The presentation of cold sake is sensational. They use wonderful blue vaselike glassflasks, which have a dent at the lower part, where a few icecubes are stored. So the sake is chilled without putting the whole bottle in an icepail. Most of the guests seeem to be regulars and I would if I would live there. Shiro´s is definitely worth the trip to Seattle!!" |
| - THE SUSHI WORLD GUIDE CREW [August 25th 1999] | |
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| Seattle |
| Shun |
| Name: | Shun |
| Address: | 2510 NE Blakeley St, Seattle, WA 98105 |
| Phone: | (206) 522-2200 |
| Review: | "Seattle, USA/Washington Restaurant: Phone: Fax: Opened in 2006. Shun (meaning 'fresh/in season' - pronounced more like shoo-n) is a welcome addition to Seattle's Japanese food scene despite its pun-prone name, located just north of U-Village at 25th & Blakeley behind the 76 gas station (across from Roundtable Pizza). It's a nice enough restaurant to take a date to with nice, solid Japanese food, minus all the ego that sometimes seem to accompany some of the Japanese restaurants in Seattle (naming a restaurant after oneself is usually a dead giveaway for those). It has nice enough understated interior - its minimalist and not over-the-top, dark colored wood accents and nice subdued lighting tell you you're not necessarily paying for the expensive antique tansu they bought to be extra cool. It’s still somewhat casual and laid-back. The food has been very fresh and authentic. No gimmicks or tricks here. Good solid sushi (very good toro – they have had o-toro, which is the highest grade of toro, and they can serve it up to you both fresh and flash-broiled for variety in texture) and very pleasant sushi chefs. Kotaro-san, part owner/chef, used to work at Shiro’s, but he’s not the kind to brag about it. " |
| - Todd (todd@ilovesoy.com) [Jan 2nd 2007] |
| Seattle |
| Sushi Saki |
| Name: | Sushi Saki |
| Address: | 21816 Marine View Drive South, Seattle, WA 98198 |
| Phone: | (206) 824-1776 |
| Fax: | (206) 824-3582 |
| Review: | "Opened in may 1999. great food, fresh fish, 15 years experience, sushi chef's decoration is definitely art." |
| - young (bang0070@home.net) [Agust 24th 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Sushi Zen |
| Name: | Sushi Zen |
| Address: | 13206 Bothell-Everett Hwy Suite 402 |
| Phone: | (425) 357-1611 |
| Fax: | (425) 357-0932 |
| Opened: | Lunch 11:30am-2pm Dinner 5pm-10pm Sunday 5pm-9pm |
| Review: | "Sushi Zen is about 20 miles North of Seattle. About a 30 minute drive from downtown and worth every minute. I admit I am a bit of a food and restaurant snob. Afer dismissing Sushi Zen for nearly everyday for 6 months as I drove past saying to myself "..right, sushi in the suburbs. What a joke!" Well after 6 months of drive-by´s (I live 5 minutes away), I decided to pop and discredit the "suburban imposter". Boy did I get my ass kicked! My wife and I loved it! It was so good that we decided it had to be a fluke. So the next day we brought my parents there for lunch. Excellent again! Since then my wife and i have become regulars, and we have become friendly with James the owner. James is very creative and definatley not a traditionalist. This is a good thing. I have been to every Sushi Bar in Seattle, and still frequent a few of them, but Sushi Zen is my favorite. James gives bigger fatter cuts of fish than any place I´ve been, and his prices are lower than any in the city. Try the "Stuffed Tomato" my favorite. No, there isn´t any tomato in it. It is a mixter of Japanese mayo, tobiko, crab, shrimp, chili sauce, and tempura flakes over rice and wrapped in thinly sliced pieces of maguro. ROCK!!! It´s a bit rich so it is usually served at the end of the feast. Go there at once!" |
| - Dilemma |
| Seattle |
| Takara |
| Name: | Takara |
| Address: | 1501 Western Ave, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 682-8609 |
| Seattle |
| Takohachi |
| Name: | Takohachi |
| Address: | 610 S. Jackson, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 682-1828 |
| Seattle |
| Tanooki Cafe |
| Name: | Tanooki Cafe |
| Address: | 6311 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 526-2935 |
| Seattle |
| Teriyaki Bowl #5 |
| Name: | Teriyaki Bowl #5 |
| Address: | 718 Taylor Avenue North, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 285-8344 |
| Seattle |
| Teriyaki Madness #3 |
| Name: | Teriyaki Madness #3 |
| Address: | 127 15th E, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 328-0144 |
| Seattle |
| Togetsu |
| Name: | Togetsu |
| Address: | 217 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 623-3977 |
| Seattle |
| Tokyo CLOSED ! |
| Name: | Tokyo Japanese Restaurant CLOSED ! |
| Address: | 4214 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 |
| Phone: | (206) 632-5790 |
| Fax: | (206) 632-5887 |
| Opened: | Mon-Fri: 11am - 9.30pm, Sat: noon - 9.30pm |
| Seattle |
| Tommy´s Sushi |
| Name: | Tommy´s Sushi |
| Address: | 2501 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 726-9893 |
| Review: | " The best sushi I´ve ever had as to both beauty and flavor, though I only had amaebi, scallop roll, and spider roll. Absolutely scrumptious. Tommy´s is tucked into a little strip mall on Eastlake Ave E, and is hard to see even when you find it (it looks from the signage like some Korean beauty salon), but inside it´s simply and tastefully appointed, and the sushi is the best. " |
| - Leland Bryant Ross (lilandbr@scn.org) [August 25th 1999] |
| Seattle |
| Toshio´s Teriyaki |
| Name: | Toshio´s Teriyaki |
| Address: | 1706 Rainier Street, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 323-6303 |
| Seattle |
| Toyoda Sushi |
| Name: | Toyoda Sushi |
| Address: | 125 Lake City Way Northeast, Seattle, WA |
| Phone: | (206) 367-7972 |
| Seattle |
| Tsukushinbo |
| Name: | Tsukushinbo |
| Address: | 515 South Main Street, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 467-4004 |
| Seattle |
| Wasabi Bistro |
| Name: | Wasabi Bistro |
| Address: | 2311 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 |
| Phone: | (206) 441-6044 |
| Review: | " " |
| Seattle |
| Yak´s Deli |
| Name: | Yak´s Deli |
| Address: | 3424 Fremont North, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 632-0560 |
| Seattle |
| Yasuko´s Teriyaki |
| Name: | Yasuko´s Teriyaki |
| Address: | 15th and Dravus, 3200 15th West, Seattle |
| Phone: | (206) 283-9152 |
| Seattle |
| Yoshinobo CLOSED ! |
| Name: | Yoshinobo CLOSED ! |
| Address: | 514 South Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104 |
| Phone: | (206) 405-4646 |
| Review: | "A couple days ago I dropped in at Yoshinobo (formerly the New Mikado) for a snack and a look-see. Very plush and posh place. High-back black upholstered swivel chairs at the sushi bar. It had been several years since I´d been to the Mikado, but my vague memory is that the physical appeareance of the place hasn´t changed much if at all. I was less impressed with the sushi, however. I only had a spider roll and an order of amaebi, but both (while tasty) had their shortcomings. For one thing, the amaebi (no head, which I consider the best part) were not symmetrical; one of them was missing most of its tail. Also, too much wasabi under the shrimp. And the spider roll was almost frighteningly spicy, as if a liberal prtion of spicy tuna roll sauce had been used; actually, I think the tobiko had some jalapeno or tabasco in it. In other words, the chef was not too careful, and rather overinclined to hot spices. The impression of sloppiness was compounded when the (Korean) waiter *under*charged me by three dollars (he forgot to charge me for the amaebi!) And it`s not as if they were too *busy* to do things right; I was the first customer of the day, and while I was there only one more party arrived; and there were at least three waitpersons and four cooks on hand. So I would not *highly* recommend Yoshinobo, but if I were in the immediate vicinity with a handering for sushi, I wouldn´t shun the place, either." |
| - Liland |
| Seattle |
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