Japanese restaurants
182 Japanese restaurants featured on published best-of lists.
- 715 — Arts District, Los Angeles
- Aburiya Ibushi — Kapahulu, Honolulu
- Akahoshi Ramen — Logan Square, Chicago
- Bantam King — Chinatown, Washington, DC
- Bar Maze — Kaka'ako, Honolulu
- Bar Miller — East Village, New York
- Budonoki — Virgil Village, Los Angeles
- Camélia — Arts District, Los Angeles
- Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare — Hell's Kitchen, New York
- Craft Omakase — Rosedale, Austin
- Domodomo Kō — Uptown, Dallas
- Ebesu — Plano
- Friends Only — Nob Hill, San Francisco
- Fukuburger — Chinatown, Las Vegas
- Fukuya Deli — Mō'ili'ili, Honolulu
- Ginko — Tremont, Cleveland
- Hachi Japanese Yakitori Izakaya — Chinatown, Las Vegas
- Hai Noon — Scottsdale
- Hakata Izakaya HERO — West Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- Hana Japanese Eatery — Melrose, Phoenix, AZ
- Hard Shake — Strip, Las Vegas
- HARU Omakase — Polaris, Columbus
- Hayakawa — West Midtown, Atlanta
- Hayato — Downtown, Los Angeles
- Hidden Omakase — Galleria/Uptown, Houston
- Hiden — Wynwood, Miami
- Hiyakawa — Wynwood, Miami
- Icca — Tribeca, New York
- Iconiq — Mount Baker, Seattle
- Ima Izakaya — Corktown, Detroit
- Ippuku — Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley
- Itsumono — International District, Seattle
- Izakaya Minato — East Bayside, Portland, ME
- Jônt — 14th Street corridor, Washington, DC
- Junah — Central 9th, Salt Lake City
- Kado no Mise — North Loop, Minneapolis
- Kaede — Sellwood-Moreland, Portland, OR
- Kaimukī Shokudo — Kaimukī, Honolulu
- Kamonegi — Fremont, Seattle
- Kaori Miami — Brickell, Miami
- Kappo Sono — Midtown, New York
- Kata Nori — Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
- Katami — Montrose, Houston
- Kema by Kenaki — Potomac
- Kemuri Tatsu-ya — East Austin, Austin
- Kenzo — Downtown, Napa
- Kinme Omakase — Bankers Hill, San Diego
- Kira — Upper Kirby, Houston
- Kisser — East Nashville, Nashville
- Kizaki — Platt Park, Denver
- Komé — North Loop, Austin
- Kono — Chinatown, New York
- Kōsen — Tampa Heights, Tampa
- Koya — South Tampa, Tampa
- Kumiko — West Loop, Chicago
- Kuni's — Elmwood Village, Buffalo
- Kyojin — Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Kyoten and Kyoten Next Door — Logan Square, Chicago
- Ltd Edition Sushi — Capitol Hill, Seattle
- Luvi Restaurant — Uptown, New Orleans
- Mābo — Preston Hollow, Dallas
- Mako — West Loop, Chicago
- Makoto — Bal Harbour
- Mami — Old Port, Portland, ME
- Maneki — International District, Seattle
- Masa — Columbus Circle, New York
- Matsu — Oceanside
- Menya Ultra — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
- Miyake — Old Port, Portland, ME
- Mori Nozomi — West Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- Morimoto — Strip, Las Vegas
- Mr. Tuna — Old Port, Portland, ME
- Mujō — West Midtown, Atlanta
- Muku — Tribeca, New York
- Murata — Downtown, Portland, OR
- n/naka — Palms, Los Angeles
- Nakato Japanese Restaurant — Cheshire Bridge, Atlanta
- Namo — West Village, Dallas
- Nasime — Old Town, Alexandria
- Neo — EaDo, Houston
- Niku Steakhouse — Design District, San Francisco
- Nimblefish — Hawthorne, Portland, OR
- Nisei — Russian Hill, San Francisco
- Noble Fish — Clawson
- Nobu — Strip, Las Vegas
- Noda — Flatiron District, New York
- Nodoguro — Downtown, Portland, OR
- Noodle in a Haystack — Inner Richmond, San Francisco
- Norigami — Downtown, Winter Garden
- Norimoto Bakery — Deering Center, Portland, ME
- Noz 17 — Chelsea, New York
- Noz Market — Upper East Side, Manhattan
- O by Brush — Buckhead, Atlanta
- O Ya — Leather District, Boston
- O-Ku — Downtown, Greenville, SC
- Obon Shokudo — Buckman, Portland, OR
- Odo — Flatiron District, New York
- Ogawa — Little River, Miami
- Ogawa — Old City, Philadelphia
- Okane — SoMa, San Francisco
- Okiboru House of Tsukemen — Lower East Side, New York
- Omakase @ Barracks Row — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
- Omakase Box — Logan Square, Chicago
- Omakase Experience by Primefish — Cotswold, Charlotte
- Omakase Table — West Midtown, Atlanta
- Ômo by Jônt — Winter Park
- Orsa & Winston — Downtown, Los Angeles
- Osaka Miami — Brickell, Miami
- Oy Bar — Studio City
- Pagu — Central Square, Cambridge
- Perry's Restaurant — Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
- Pioneer Saloon — Kapahulu, Honolulu
- Post Office Place — Downtown, Salt Lake City
- Present Tense — Wedgewood-Houston, Nashville
- R|O Rebel Omakase — Laguna Beach
- Ramen & Tsukemen TAO — Buena Park
- Ramen del Barrio — North Austin, Austin
- Ramen Sora — Chinatown, Las Vegas
- Rintaro — Mission, San Francisco
- Royal Izakaya — Queen Village, Philadelphia
- RVR — Venice, Los Angeles
- Ryokou — Adair Park, Atlanta
- Sado — The Hill, St. Louis
- Sekisui — Midtown, Memphis
- Shalom Japan — Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Shimogamo Japanese Restaurant — Chandler
- Shin Sushi — Encino
- Shingo — Coral Gables
- Shion 69 Leonard Street — Tribeca, New York
- Shiso — Wynwood, Miami
- Shizen — Mission District, San Francisco
- Shoyo — Lower Greenville, Dallas
- Shoyu Shop at Strange Bird — Irvington, Indianapolis
- Silvers Omakase — Funk Zone, Santa Barbara
- Soba Ichi — West Oakland, Oakland
- Sobaya — East Village, New York
- Soichi — University Heights, San Diego
- Sorekara — Baldwin Park, Orlando
- Sugidama — Davis Square, Somerville
- Sushi by Scratch — Coconut Grove, Miami
- Sushi Gyoshin — Ala Moana, Honolulu
- Sushi I-naba — Torrance
- Sushi Ichifuji — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
- Sushi Kaneyoshi — Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
- Sushi Kashiba — Pike Place Market, Seattle
- Sushi Kozy — Arts District, Dallas
- Sushi Nakazawa — West Village, New York
- Sushi Nakazawa — Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
- Sushi Noz — Upper East Side, New York
- Sushi Ran — Sausalito
- Sushi Saint — Thornton Park, Orlando
- Sushi Sho — Midtown, New York
- Sushi Tadokoro — Old Town, San Diego
- Taneda Sushi in Kaiseki — Capitol Hill, Seattle
- Tempura Matsui — Murray Hill, New York
- The Wayland Mill — Wallingford, Seattle
- Three 1 One — South End, Boston
- Tokyo Tuna — South Miami
- TOMO — White Center, Seattle
- Tonkatsu Sangi — Downtown, Honolulu
- Torien — NoHo, New York
- Torizen — Schaumburg
- Tsubaki — Echo Park, Los Angeles
- Tsukimi — East Village, New York
- Uchi — South Lamar, Austin
- Uchiko — Rosedale, Austin
- Uchiko Plano — Legacy West, Plano
- Uka — Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Uni — Back Bay, Boston
- UniGirl — Mills 50, Orlando
- Village Sake — Fairfax, CA
- Wa Dining Okan — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
- Wakuda — Strip, Las Vegas
- Wakuriya — San Mateo
- Wara Wara — Summit, Providence
- Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub — Oceanside
- Yakitori Tsuta — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
- Yakuza House — Metairie
- Yamada — Chinatown, New York
- Yess — Arts District, Los Angeles
- Yume Ga Arukara — Seaport, Boston
- Zaru — Mills 50, Orlando
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