5 editor picks in Seattle.
5 japanese sushi places in Seattle we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Seattle | Japanese Sushi across every city.
Seattle's location on Puget Sound gives its sushi bars access to exceptional local and regional seafood. Sushi Kashiba near Pike Place Market, from a celebrated veteran chef, is the city's most coveted omakase counter. In Ravenna, Wataru offers another respected, smaller-room destination for serious sushi.
Sushi Kashiba in Seattle's Pike Place Market is Shiro Kashiba's bar: the chef who opened Seattle's first sushi counter in 1970, now back behind glass at 86.
OrderThe 14-piece omakase at the bar with Shiro Kashiba himself if you can get the seat.
TipThe omakase is bar-only and takes 90 minutes; book the 17:00 seating on a Wednesday for the chef and a quieter room.
Wataru in Seattle's Ravenna is the 2015 edomae omakase counter: aged nigiri, Toyosu-sourced fish, and a 10-seat bar that runs two seatings a night.
OrderThe 14-course omakase at the bar; Wataru flies the centrepiece fish from Toyosu Market in Tokyo.
TipTock booking opens at midnight three weeks out; the second seating at 19:30 is easier than the 17:00.
Sushi Kashiba in Seattle's Pike Place is Shiro Kashiba's omakase counter: the chef who opened Seattle's first sushi bar in 1970, still running the pass at 86.
Wataru in Seattle's Ravenna is the edomae omakase counter at the Saxe Building: Toyosu-sourced fish, aged nigiri, 10 bar seats, two seatings Wednesday.
Wataru is tucked into a saxe building ground floor in ravenna, far from any tourist corridor, with a 10-seat bar and no signage at street level.
TipTock booking opens at midnight three weeks out; the 19:30 second seating is easier than the 17:00.
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