Diners' Choice: Japanese restaurants in New York City

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Updated 05 March 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best overall Japanese cuisine in New York City? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyses more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favourites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Tempura Matsui

4.9

4.9 (652)

$50 and over

Japanese

Midtown East

About the restaurant

Welcome to Tempura Matsui –A Michelin One Star–
Tempura Matsui invites you to experience the fine art of cooking tempura. Within a serene setting, guests have a seat at our counter or tables and can view the delicate preparation of lightly frying fresh fish and vegetables.
We only serve Omakase Dinner Course for $280 per person at 2 specific times Tuesdays through Saturdays between 5:30PM and 8PM.
Also, we serve a Lunch Course for $160 per person at 12 noon only on Fridays and Saturdays.
Open irregularly on Sundays.
Tempura Matsui is designed to emulate a Japanese cottage with warm woods, slate floors. A five-seat bar allows guests to wait for their seats while enjoying a glass of wine, sake, cocktail, or beer.
You may make a reservation one month ahead and any cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the reservation to avoid a $100 charge per person.

Top review

Ben

Dined today

A truly exceptional dining experience with very generous portions.

Momokawa

4.9

4.9 (256)

$31 to $50

Japanese

Upper East Side

About the restaurant

Wagyu & Sushi
The restaurant will serve top-quality meals served with the highest quality ingredients, along with a sushi bar led by The Sushi chef with over 30 years of experience.

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HarrisonVIP

Dined 5 days ago

The best Japanese food on the UES! Great spot, we love it!

Sushi of Gari - Upper East Side

4.8

4.8 (1039)

$50 and over

Japanese

Upper East Side

About the restaurant

Beginning in December 2024, we will be open 7 days a week. We look forward to welcoming you with extended hours and more opportunities to dine with us! Please check our updated hours.

Welcome to Sushi of Gari Upper East Side! This restaurant is the first restaurant specializing in the wonderful taste of Gari Signature Sushi. This restaurant is rather a small establishment, but we offer an amazing Sushi as well as many traditional Japanese dishes. In addition to many very fresh authentic Japanese Sushi, let us surprise you by Gari's originality: some area slightly cooked, or marinated, and served with a variety of home-made sauces or other delicacies which enhance the daily market's freshest seafood, many of which are from Japan especially for Sushi of Gari.

Please note: Sushi Bar reservation is not available online. Please contact the restaurant directly.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined on 27 Feb 2025

Food is always delicious yet it seems like the cost keeps increasing each time I go🥲

Sushi of Gari 46

4.9

4.9 (1862)

$50 and over

Japanese

Theater District

About the restaurant

Beginning in January 2025, we will be open 7 days a week. We look forward to welcoming you with extended hours and more opportunities to dine with us! Please check our updated hours.

For a decade founder Gari Sugio has run a sushi restaurant that is innovative in the way it serves sushi with both cold and warm ingredients, offering more than 130 varieties. Sushi of Gari 46 focuses primarily on serving Gari’s “Signature Omakase” Sushi dinner which shows off his expertise with marinated and spiced raw and slightly cooked ingredients, in addition to a menu of traditional Japanese dishes. The sake selection, by Gari Sugio, is one of the best in town along with a limited wine selection of fine wines.

Please note: Sushi Bar reservation is not available online. Please contact the restaurant directly.

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MichaelVIP

Dined 6 days ago

Always a spectacular New York experience right near all the big Theaters and incredible Omakase.

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Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ - Flushing, NY | Chinatown of Queens

4.9

4.9 (869)

$31 to $50

Japanese

Flushing

About the restaurant

Founded in Tokyo in 1996, Gyu-Kaku has become the world’s #1 Japanese BBQ brand! Thanks to our devoted fans we have reached over 700 locations worldwide. Each day, hundreds of thousands of people gather around the table-top smokeless grill, a centerpiece of our dining concept, enjoying selections of premium meats, just off the grill, and other freshly prepared foods from our kitchens, inspiring laughter, conversation, and a magical dining experience.

Our authentic yakiniku (grilled barbeque) dining experience crowns you the chef. Share a variety of delicious appetizers and premium cooked meats over a flaming grill, paired with Japanese sake, frosty cold beers, or other alcoholic and non-alcoholic options of your choice. We're the perfect spot to enjoy time with friends and family, organize an office party, or to spend quality time with your significant other!

Before you go, don't forget to taste our best-seller Harami Skirt Steak or Prime Kalbi Short Rib among other must-try dishes!

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Kiev

Dined 1 day ago

Great assortment of meats. Happy hour was point efficient

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Experience

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Nami Nori - Williamsburg

4.8

4.8 (54)

$31 to $50

Japanese

Williamsburg

About the restaurant

Nami Nori is a casual, award. winning, temaki bar specializing in open-style sushi hand rolls. Our menu features signature temaki, including crunchy varieties, as well as takes on the classics and a special vegan section. The open-style temaki allows guests to enjoy a wide variety of flavors, in each fun-to-eat, visually tempting bite.

We also serve Japanese-inspired snacks and appetizers, along with a selection of beer, sake and wine, available on tap and by the bottle. Nami Nori is a casual yet elegant temaki bar offering guests a unique sushi dining experience in Williamsburg. Coming from the rarified Japanese restaurants in which they trained, partners Taka Sakaeda, Jihan Lee and Lisa Limb envisioned Nami Nori to be a more inclusive place that balances accessibility with a dedication to quality and creativity with a respect for traditional techniques.

Nami Nori is a place to share with friends, old and new.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined on 11 Mar 2025

The most perfect sushi experience I’ve had. Took a fair amount of effort not to cry from how good the food was. I’m gluten and dairy free and navigating was a breeze.

odo

4.8

4.8 (32)

$50 and over

Japanese

Flatiron District

About the restaurant

odo is open for lunch and dinner service from Wednesday through Sunday.

The Lounge is open from Tuesday through Saturday

Please note that reservations at the lounge do not offer our Kaiseki Tasting Experience.

odo offers a 20 minute grace period. Please contact us via email if you are running late.

For the consideration of our other guests, children younger than 10 are not allowed at the Chef's Counter. Please note that all guests seated at the Chef's Counter must partake in the tasting course.

While we do our best to accommodate most allergies and dietary restrictions, we cannot accommodate vegan, vegetarian, wheat and gluten-free guests. We are also unable to accommodate guests who cannot consume seafood or seaweed.

Please contact us directly at odo.reservation@gmail.com to ensure we can accommodate your needs.

Cancellations can be refunded up to 48 hours from the reservation. Any cancellations made within 48 hours, as well as no shows will not be refunded.

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MarkG

Dined on 9 Mar 2025

Amazing experience. My wife and I loved every moment from the staff, ambiance, presentation, taste. Pricey but worth the experience

Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill - Financial District

4.8

4.8 (394)

$30 and under

Japanese

Financial District

About the restaurant

We serve Japanese seafood, hot entrees & signature fried chicken plated in a sophisticated atmosphere located at the corner of Maiden Lane and William Street, with a view of Louise Nevelson Plaza across from the Federal Reserve, our menu features expertly prepared traditional Japanese Sushi and Sashimi, and is complimented by signature entrees from our hot kitchen, including Grilled Skirt Steak, Oxtail Fried Rice, Steamed Lobster, Japanese A5 Wagyu, and our famous Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken. We are proud to offer a distinctive beverage program featuring Japanese imported beers, cocktails, sake and shochu and other cocktails.

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Sabrina

Dined on 3 Mar 2025

Love Blue Ribbon for a client lunch! Definitely going back.

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Nami Nori West Village

4.8

4.8 (132)

$31 to $50

Japanese

Greenwich Village

About the restaurant

Nami Nori is a casual, Japanese restaurant specializing in open-style temaki hand rolls, in the West Village. The menu features signature hand rolls, including crunchy varieties, as well as classic versions, and a special vegan section. Japanese-inspired snacks and desserts are also on offer. Beer, sake and wine are available both on tap and by the bottle.

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RaniaVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Great food and service! Everything we ordered was super delicious. Also, thanks for making a lot of modifications to the food we ordered :)

Yakiniku Gen

4.7

4.7 (48)

$50 and over

Japanese

Midtown East

About the restaurant

Gen is a master in the area of business. We established "Gen" to spread and offer real Japanese BBQ.