Sushi Spots in Niigata Area

  • Sushi-Benkei (Niigata Pier Bandai Store)
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    4.0
    278 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Bandaijima In 2-4 peers bandai
    This popular kaiten-zushi restaurant sources all of its fish and rice from Sado. It is located in Pier Bandai, in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The restaurant expertly selects fish freshly caught in the morning off the coast of Sado, and uses them that very same day. The many different types of sushi prepared by the chefs in front of their customers are a harmony of fresh fish and plump, glossy rice. For customers interested in the individual dishes, the salt-grilled blackthroat perch and assorted sashimi set are popular. There are both table seating and counter seats available, and the restaurant is very convenient for families and group.

    This is my favourite sushi restaurant in Niigata. Though you ave to wait in line for a while( sometimes an hour), it’s worth waiting. You have 3 options of seating. Sushi counter when you are alone...

  • Kotobuki-zushi Uchino Restaurant
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishi-ku Makio 22-1
    This conveyor belt sushi chain which refuses to be “just” a conveyor belt sushi restaurant takes great pride in the freshness of its sushi. Seeking to deliver to its customers the freshest seafood possible, the chain is headquartered in the Niigata Central Wholesale Market. Here in the Uchino branch, you can enjoy seafood purchased that very day at the auctions held at 5 a. m. in front of the chain’s headquarters. The restaurant’s spectacular tuna butchering shows, held every Saturday evening, entrance children and adults alike. Also great is that you can eat kamatoro, fatty tuna from around the collar bone which can only be gathered in very small amounts from any one fish, at reasonable prices.

    回転すしではありますが、非常にクオリティが高いお寿司を提供するお店です。毎週土曜日夕方六時半頃よりマグロの解体ショーをやっています。

  • Sushi Yasu
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    4.5
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Honchoudori 4-273
    A long-standing sushi restaurant situated along Honcho-dori Avenue in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The shop was opened in the early Showa period by the first owner, who sought to bring Tokyo-style raw sushi to Niigata. Today, Sushi Yasu continues to preserve the traditional tastes and techniques of that time. The restaurant uses only fresh, natural ingredients in its sushi, including seasonal local fish. Popular menu items including the “kiwami,” a set of 10 pieces of sushi, dashi-maki-tamago rolled omelet, and bowl of soup, the lunch chirashi-zushi; and the homemade castella Tamago-yaki omelet—only a small number of which are offered each day. The restaurant only has eight counter seats and “koagari” raised tatami mat dining area with a single table. Sushi Yasu is popular not only with locals but also tourists from within the prefecture and beyond.

    All the fish used here are not from hatchery but completely natural and well selected. You would be surprised at the largeness of wasabi produced in Shizuoka Pref. The restaurant started its business...

  • Sushi Marui
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    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Higashiboridori 8-1411
    This sushi restaurant is located in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. It uses freshly caught seafood from Niigata and off the coast of Sado in its sushi and local cuisine. The restaurant’s motto is “to use ingredients the same day they are purchased”, and with this in mind, the restaurant prioritizes “freshness” in everything from ingredients to hospitality to the cleanliness. The restaurant’s special “Kiwami” sushi is a set meal of fatty tuna, sea urchin, salmon roe and delicious soup, centered around locally caught blackthroat seaperch. The assorted sashimi, with its abundance of freshly caught “bounty of the sea,” is also very popular.
  • Sekai Sushi
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Nuttarihigashi 4-8-34
    This sushi restaurant is located in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. Customers to the restaurant can enjoy the famous rice and fish of Niigata. The restaurant is popular not only with locals, but also with tourists. The sushi that is the pride of the restaurant is made mainly with seasonal fish, Nanban shrimp, blackthroat seaperch, squid, mackerel and horse mackerel. The Niigata local cuisine, called Noppe, is also well-liked. The restaurant’s most popular menu item is the incredible “Niigata Sushi Zanmai Kiwami,” which comes with 10 nigiri-zushi and bowls of side dishes.

    新潟駅より徒歩15分。昼時に予約し入店、「新潟すし極みにぎり」を注文。 朱の品のある盆に旬のネタが10貫が並び見とれてしまいました。 お気に入りは、大きめののどぐろ、軽く炙られ旨味が際立ち絶品。甘味が濃いズワイ。南蛮海老の旨味が口に広がります。雲丹の旨味たまりません。 次回は夜にじっくりおじゃまさせていただきます。ごちそうさまです。

  • Minato-sushi
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    4.0
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Furumachidori Kyubanchou 1454
    This long-established sushi restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, started out as a sushi stall in 1933. The interior which combines Japanese elegance with a modern atmospheric flavor is a stylish space where views of the stunning garden can be seen from the counter seats. The restaurant serves a selection of exquisite sushi, made with selected seafood caught off the coast of Niigata, with a taste so sweet it is proof of its undeniable freshness. Popular dishes include an assortment of sushi including high quality sea urchin roe, salmon roe, toro (medium-fat tuna), and shrimp, and the special weekday lunch.

    2020年コロナ禍から、旅行先をまだ国内にしている。 2023年GW新潟旅行3日目のランチで利用した。 オンラインでランチの「ひまわりコース」を予約しておいた。 HPによると昭和8年創業。10席程のカウンター席で頂いたが、敷居も高くなく気さくな大将で好印象の店だった。 一番印象に残ったのは握りではなく、鮭の焼き漬けを冷たい椀物にしたもので、大将によると新潟県村上市の郷土料理との事。 握りは小ぶ...

  • Chiyozushi
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Higashiodori 1-5-26
    Chiyozushi is a well known restaurant frequented by many, from local regulars to tourists. The restaurant offers sushi and local cuisine and is located about four minutes on foot from JR Niigata Station. Chiyozushi uses fresh seafood brought in daily from the Sea of Japan, offering a wide variety of dishes such as sashimi, hand-rolled sushi, chirashi sushi and individual dishes. The restaurant is famous for offering the special Kiwami sushi platter, a set of 10 had-rolled sushi including local Niigata seafood, together with sea urchin roe, toro (medium-fat tuna), and salmon roe. They also serve the Niigata specialty, Nodoguro, or black throat seaperch, and Noppe, a traditional stew. They also have a large selection of local sake including some rare Niigata sake.

    Nice environment and we come for twice for the crab. Esp it is near the Niigata station, very convenient before heading to airport! Will come again!

  • Koganezushi
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Higashi-ku Shichiku 5-1-1
    This is a sushi restaurant founded in 1953, located in Nishi Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The owner, who trained firstly in a rice shop on his path to become a sushi chef, is of course more concerned with the rice base than most others. The rice base made from Niigata Prefecture grown Koshihikari rice and white granular sugar mixed with vinegar, brings out the taste of Niigata fresh local fish and creates an exquisite harmony of taste. The “kiwami lunch” of hand-formed, locally fished sea urchins is popular.

    お昼に伺いました。 にぎりはもちろん 定食もありましたが、 お店の名が付いた こがねちらしを頂きました。 ランチメニューは 夜にくらべ、かなりお得にいただけます。 おすすめです! 結構こんでましたので 予約をおすすめします。

  • Kotobukizushi Kameda Branch
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Kounan-ku Asahi 3-1156-1
    Kotobukizushi Kameda Branch, located on Prefectural Route 16, seven minutes’ walk from Kameda Station, is a sushi-go-round restaurant. Its artisans clean fresh fish, mainly purchased through auction at Niigata City Central Wholesale Market very early in the morning, and carefully form each piece of sushi with Niigata rice blended exclusively for sushi. From around 6:30 every Saturday evening, it holds a filleting performance with fresh Pacific Bluefin tuna directly delivered from a fishing port.

    9月末に友人とランチで使用。開店後すぐに入店したが、すでにお客さんがちらほら。おろしたてがあればアナウンスがあり、それを食べられるのもよかった。生南蛮えびがおすすめ。

  • Tomizushi Niigata Station Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Higashiodori 1-2-5 Quillis Building 1F
    Tomizushi Niigata Station Branch located one minute’s walk from Niigata Station is a sushi restaurant. It uses fresh seasonal local fish from shores of the Japan Sea, and offers sushi using special sushi rice made from rice produced in Niigata Prefecture mixed with rice vinegar as well as premium nori seaweed. It has counter seating, booth seating, and small Japanese-style area as well as a banquet room which can accommodate up to 20 people. It can be used for various purposes including takeaway.
  • Sushi Chozaburo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Nibo 81-4
    Sushi Chozaburo located on Prefectural Route 81 in Niibo, Sado City is a sushi restaurant. It offers sushi using seafood from the Japan Sea, set meals, and rice bowls as well as ramen noodles. A new local Sado gourmet dish, Sado Tennen Buri Katsudon for which natural Japanese amberjack from Sado is coated with local rice flour and marinated in soy based sauce using stock from flying fish and topped on Sado rice is also served in season.
  • Sushi-Go-Round Restaurant Honjin DINING
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    4.0
    50 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa 2427-1JR Echigo Yuzawa Station COCOLO Ganbare
    Sushi-Honjin is a sushi-go-round restaurant located inside the CoCoLo Niigata shopping center’s Gangi-dori Street at Echigo-Yuzawa Station. Sushi-Honjin serves sushi made from fresh seasonal fish caught in the Sea of Japan, as well as sushi made using seasonal ingredients from the Uonuma region, locally-made sake, and Seafood Don (rice bowl) etc. for weekday lunches. There is also a banqueting room suitable for sushi banquets or other banquets of up to around 25 guests.

    値段は高めですが、美味しかったです。 接客もよく、わかりやすかったです。 また、お店もきれいで清楚が保たれていました。

  • Sushi Ya Maruishi
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    4.5
    40 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Sado-shi Izumi 1031-1

    旦那さんの評価は5。佐渡産の煮タコと、マグロが安くて美味しかったとのこと。 自分の評価は3.5くらい。注文システムがイマイチやりづらかった。 4人家族でスシローで5千円使うことを考えたら、今回8千円はコスパ的に良かったと思う。質は圧倒的に良かったので。

  • Sushiwashokuya Shakariki
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishi-ku Heijima 1316

    テイクアウトで「穴子ちらし1650円」を購入しました。たっぷりの穴子と卵焼きが乗っていて、つまみとしても最高でした。

  • Shinkamezushi
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Higashisakanouemachi 3-2-9

    バル街でお邪魔しました。嫌な顔せずにサビ抜きにしてくださり、自家製玉子焼きが美味しかったです。回転寿司しか行ったことがないので敷居が高かったけど、今度行ってみたいなぁと思いました。

  • Sushi Hanaichi
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    4.5
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Higashiodori 1-2-12 Hokuyuubiru 1F/2F

    夜に席だけ予約して伺いました。お造りの盛り合わせは、好きなものを頼むことができ良かったです。全部が美味しかったー!メニューになかった白子焼きは板前さんがおススメしてくれたので即注文。これがまた絶品です。 お寿司は小ぶりで味がよく、全てが美味しくて大満足でした。 お店の雰囲気も良かったのでまた行きたいです!

  • Yonehachi
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Higashisakanouemachi 2-chome 1-7

    お安めの値段で本格的な美味しいお寿司が楽しめます。 お寿司だけではなく、サイドメニューの料理も豊富で良かったです。 2階の席を利用しましたが、ちゃんと仕切りがされているなどのコロナ対策もしっかりされていたので安心して食事ができました。

  • Matoizushi
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Senju 3-7-8

    長岡の住宅地にあるお寿司屋さんです。 観光客向けというよりは、地元の愛されるお店という感じです。 ふらっと入店させていただきましたが、各種美味しくてお値段もそこまで高くもなく、満足な感じでした。 良いお店だと思います。

  • KONOMASUSHI SOHONTEN
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Daimachi 1-3-10
  • Kaisensushiichiba Uogashi Ekinanten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Yoneyama 3-1-13

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Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.

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