3 type of Sushi Restaurants | Shibuya

restaurantFood and Drinks

Dec 16

Written By Motokyo

Off-course, you should have SUSHI in TOKYO.

But It is sometimes hard to decide where to go?

WHY?

Because it has so many difference from restaurant to restaurant.

Price, quality, manner, language, atmosphere, kids friendly or not, English reservations, etc.

Just Too Much!!

And you definitely don’t want bad experience.

So hopefully, these different places can give you some ideas of what to expect.

Please leave comment if this was helpful information or not.

And if there are further question on anything, please email me or leave on comment.

HERE YOU GO!

Here are characteristics:

Really good and fresh seafood. Great Quality Sushi in general.
It’s expensive. You may be spending about 10,000-15,000 yen ($100 to $150) about with sushi and drink for dinner per person. Lunch may be little cheaper.
It’s good location and atmosphere is very Japanese and nice.
Really good if you are on business trip or business dinner with clients.
There is counter as well as tables available. Definitely not family friendly.
It has English website with online reservation. They get foreigner all the time. So English can be used.

Here are characteristics:

It’s okay quality sushi. Many variety on sushi. Look at their menu. It has meat.
It’s cheap. You may be spending about 1,000 yen to 2,000 ($10 to $20) . Most of the plate is 100 yen ($1 about).
Sometimes busy. But they don’t take reservation. So just go and wait. It should not be too long (depends on days and time) since most people order and eat and go.
It’s good location. It’s conveyor type of sushi. It’s Fun to order because you can order on the tablet, the sushi comes to you with speed. It’s really fun for kids and it is kids friendly space.
Tablet has English function, so it’s easy to order in your own language.

Here are characteristics:

It’s good quality sushi. Fresh and good chef. Good appetizer options as well.
It’s somewhat expensive. You may be spending about 5,000 yen to 12,000 ($80 to $120) per person with drinks.
It’s good location. Super close from Shibuya Station. It has both counter and table. You usually see locals all the time. Not many tourists. I like to sit at the counter and eat there.
It has several branches next to each other pretty much. Usually, you don’t need to reserve since it has many branches, but if you want, try calling or have hotel concierge book.
Clean and has local atmosphere. Kids are welcome. Maybe sit at table.
English is not their expertise but it’s fine to use English. I have sent many foreigners here and usually fine.

Hopefully, these are helpful.

Some summary.

Sushi can be eaten many different types of location and atmosphere. You can pick depending on your situation. With kids or no kids. business or personal.
Sushi can be cheap and Sushi can be expensive. Off-course, expensive sushi is good, but if you have not had any sushi in Japan, maybe start from conveyor. It’s pretty good! I eat that sushi all the time. It’s fresh. Ocean is right there.
Please enjoy Sushi culture in Japan by visiting different kinds of restaurants. There is no wrong answer. Go and find your favorites. Try different kind of fish if you don’t have allergy.

Motokyo