- What is sushi and why do people love it so much?
- Sushi Near Me in Scotland
- Sushi Near Me in Northern Ireland
- Sushi Near Me in the North East
- Sushi Near Me in the North West
- Sushi Near Me in Wales
- Sushi Near Me in the West Midlands
- Sushi Near Me in the East Midlands
- Sushi Near Me in the South East
- Sushi Near Me in the South West
From affordable sushi joints to slightly more expensive sushi for special occasions, we’ve picked some of the best sushi restaurants across the UK which we hope you’ll try out! Discover a fusion of Australian and Japanese sushi in Newquay. Pack a punch with the Dragon Tiger Prawn Tempura Roll in the Ishu Rooftop Bar & Restaurant in Leeds or eat your sushi from a boat in Birmingham’s famous Sushi Passion. Finding the best ‘Sushi Near Me‘ will be ever so simple after reading this article…
So, are you ready to have your world rocked by the UK’s exciting Japanese food scene? If you’re new to the world of sushi don’t worry, we’ve got a few basic explanations of what sushi is and why people love sushi so much down below.
What is sushi and why do people love it so much?
Sushi is a traditional Japanese delicacy that typically consists of rice, vegetables, fish, seaweed, and sauces like wasabi or soy.
Did you know that sushi isn’t just raw fish? You can have cooked sushi as well! The rice in cold (and warm sushi) is always cooked, of course. People often enjoy sushi because of its excellent health benefits alongside its delicious taste.
We all know fish is rich in Omega-3 but did you know it’s the key to improving our brain health? Eating food rich in omega-3 improves brain functions like concentration, brain fog, and can even be linked to improving the brain health of those who suffer with mental illnesses like depression and bipolar. Omega-3 is vital to a child’s cognitive development too!
You can also have sushi which contains chicken, duck, pork, beef and any other meats. The fish that is mainly used in sushi is tuna, salmon, and shrimp.
Sushi rolls are typically prepared in two ways:
Nigiri – vinegared rice packed together in an oval shape with fish placed on top.
Or…
Maki – vinegared rice, fish, vegetables and sauce rolled together and bound by seaweed (otherwise known as nori).
If you enjoy sushi you may also like sashimi which is a serving of thinly sliced raw fish and meat served without rice. Sashimi translates to ‘pierced fish’. Unlike sushi, sashimi includes a lot of different types of fish rather than just tuna, salmon and shrimp. Sashimi can include mackerel, yellowtail, shrimp, scallops, clams and octopus.
Sushi platters aren’t even limited to fish with sliced beef and other meats making their way to Japanese platters, there’s something tasty for all meat eaters to enjoy (if fish isn’t your first choice).
Sushi Near Me in Scotland
Sushi Riot
Fresh, simple and made daily, Sushi Riot have created a mixture of traditional and modern sushi dishes to tantalise your tastebuds. From Dynamite Maki (made with raw salmon, crabstick, cucumber, oshinko, chilli pepper powder) to vegan sushi like wakame salad and avocado maki, there’s lots of cool flavour combinations to try out.
You can order at the restaurant or get a sushi delivery from Just Eat and Deliveroo.
23 Clarence Dr, Glasgow G12 9QN
Tuesday - Saturday 12pm - 8pm
Kanpai Sushi
Try the Snow crab hand roll or the Scottish salmon hand roll. Guzzle down some Bluefin tuna nigiri or go bigger and brighter with the Rainbow roll – it’s made with Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, yuzu tobiko, cucumber & avocado.
Parents & grandparents are you up for some authentic sake? There are lots of different flavours to try from like unaguchi Kikusui Nama Genshu to Chiyomusubi Ryo and Kasumi Tsuru Yamahai Jikomi (which you can drink hot!).
This excellent sushi restaurant is located around the corner from the Lyceum theatre too!
23 Clarence Dr, Glasgow G12 9QN
Tuesday - Saturday 12pm - 8pm
Sushi Near Me in Northern Ireland
KAMAKURA SUSHI & RAMEN
The traditional Japanese restaurant is named after a Small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura. You’ll enjoy tasty dishes made with combinations of vegetables, fish, and rice. Each sushi and ramen dish is made by an expert chef with the finest ingredients.
If you love noodle-based-meals you’ll adore the wide selection of bento dishes. Sink your teeth into stir fried egg noodles, chicken, prawn, seasonal vegetables, red pickles, fried shallots, two sushi rolls and miso soup on the side when you buy the Yakisoba Bento meal! This yummy platter comes with homemade gyoza sauce and a drink.
Try out the medium sized nori-maki dishes from tuna avocado and eel cucumber to ebi tempura masago and so much more. There are also ‘big sushi rolls‘ on the menu too for those with a larger appetite.
69 Donegall Pass, Belfast BT7 1DR
Thursday - Tuesday 12–4pm, 5–9pm
Teppan-Genie Japanese Restaurant
Teppanyaki restaurants are an exciting experience for children and adults. Watching the flames grow and burst as your food is flipped and chopped by an expert sushi chef is wildly entertaining. Teppanyaki chefs are not just chefs but great hosts full of charisma and mischief. They’ll play games and create art with your food while you are watching it cook and keep the crowd bubbling over with laughter.
Enjoy a wide range of cold and hot food at Teppan-Genie from 3-course Teppanyaki meals that start with miso soup and end with fried ice cream and fresh fruit to traditional teppanyaki dishes like pineapple chicken, chicken teriyaki and tender duck breast.
Devour a Temaki sushi roll (handroll) like the BLT or a salmon crispy skin avocado cucumber roll. For a family of sushi-beginners, why not grab a serving platter of sashimi? Whether it’s 12 pieces or 76 piece Titanic Party Boat platters, you can mix and match nigiri sushi, maki rolls, rainbow rolls and all the Japanese rolls your heart (and belly) will desire…
Enjoy everything from vegetarian rolls, katsu, eels, crabs, octopus, prawn, seabass and plenty more quality ingredients.
25A High St, Newtownards BT23 7HS
Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm, 5pm - 10pm
Saturday & Sunday 1pm - 10pm
Sushi Near Me in the North East
Sushi Me Rollin'
Vegans can eat happily here with the scrumptious Attenborough roll, Inari Nigiri, Wakame Gunkan and the Mixed Veg Maki! If you want to put your trust into the tastes of the sushi experts at the restaurant why not take a pick from the Chef’s selection board?
Sushi Me Rollin’ puts the fun back into dining with an inventive menu, vibrant flavours and a fun environment that your little ones will love.
5 Grey St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6EE
Sunday 12pm - 8pm
Monday - Thursday 12pm - 8:30pm
Friday & Saturday 12pm - 9pm
Umi Japanese Bar & Restaurant
Meat lovers and vegetarians will love the food options available. If you don’t feel like dining in, takeaways are also an option. Cosy up in your living room while watching your favourite binge-worthy tv series with a king prawn maki in hand.
Just be mindful that dish sizes at this restaurant are quite small so if you’ve got more of an appetite don’t hesitate to order the Umi sushi platter or throw in a few starters/sides like edamame and yakitori (chicken skewers).
118-120 Linthorpe Rd, Middlesbrough TS1 2JR
Monday - Saturday 12–2:15 pm, 4–8:30 pm
Sushi Near Me in the North West
Issho Rooftop Restaurant & Bar
Issho Rooftop Restaurant & Bar, Victoria Gate 3rd Floor Rooftop, George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7AU.
Sunday 12pm - 4:30pm
Monday - Thursday 12pm - 11pm
Friday & Saturday 12pm - 1am
Yuzu Japanese Tapas
Located at the heart of Manchester near St James’s Tower and Manchester Art Gallery, sushi lovers (and beginners) can enjoy a mix n match approach to sushi. Fill your table with a selection of small plates like Yakitori (chargrilled chicken skewers), pickled cucumber, Japanese rice, Daikon salad and Agedashi tofu and more. Pair your small dishes with a large meal like the Teriyaki cod set, ginger pork loin set, veg tendon and so much more…
Manchester, City Centre, 39 Faulkner St, Manchester M1 4EE
Tuesday - Saturday 12pm - 2pm, 5:30pm - 10pm
Sushi Near Me in Wales
Yakitori 1
10, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff CF10 5BZ
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday: 12pm - 2:30pm, 5:30pm - 10pm
Friday - Sunday 12pm - 10pm
Nishimura西村
Grab yourself some spicy tuna and uramaki! Uramaki is slightly different from maki. Maki has rice and fillings wrapped in seaweed on the outside. Uramaki also has rice and fillings but the filling is wrapped in seaweed and rice sits on the outside of the sushi roll.
Order a surf and turf of the chef’s choice. Tuck into the Nishimura platte – it has Salmon & tuna Sashimi (6 pieces), Salmon & avocado futomaki (6 pieces), Salmon nigiri (2 pieces), and Tuna nigiri (2 pieces).
What’s great about this restaurant is you can dine in or takeaway and there are lots of helpful discounts on takeaway orders too! First time orders get 15% off and collections are also discounted.
580 Mumbles Rd, Mumbles, Swansea SA3 4DL
Open everyday from 12pm - 9pm
Sushi Near Me in the West Midlands
Sushi Passion
Ever had your food delivered to you in a boat? This stylish Japanese restaurant is located in the Western Arcade in Birmingham’s city centre. It’s a classy spot for sushi connoisseurs to enjoy with authentic Japanese decor inside.
Explore all the finest fruits of the sea in many different variations. From crab meat to shrimp, lobster, salmon, and tuna accompanied by vibrant slivers of vegetables, there’s lots of new and exciting flavours to try. Every meal is beautifully presented whether that be in a sea vessel, shell, bowl or on a bamboo platter.
We love the look of the spicy salmon temaki and the beef sashimi! If you are going all out for a special occasion why don’t the group of you order the Sashimi Boat for £75 or the Dragon Set for £105 (this enormous platter includes x2 miso soups on the side!).
Great Western Arcade, Birmingham B2 5HU
Sunday - Thursday 12pm - 10pm
Friday & Saturday 12pm - 11pm
SHIN Japanese Kitchen & Bar
2, Priory Place, Fairfax St, Coventry CV1 5SQ
Monday -Sunday 12pm - 3.30pm 4.30pm - 9.30pm
KIBOU Japanese Kitchen & Bar
This Japanese restaurant is as colourful as the streets of Tokyo. Enjoy a melting pot of Japanese cuisine from day-to-night with an impressive alcohol menu too. Ever tried Japanese whisky before? Add it to your foodie-bucket-list alongside sake, Japanese brewed beers, high-balls and signature Japanese-inspired cocktails!
Sharing is caring, right? Sample the delights of the Jo Moriawase mixed sushi sharing platters between your family. You’ll get to try delicately hand sliced to order sashimi, traditional hand-pressed nigiri and signature sharing sushi rolls, such as the famous Volcano Roll! Devour or signature dishes like steaming bowls of ramen (vegan broth available) pillowy steamed bao buns and handmade spiced pork gyoza.
Unit 36, Regent Arcade, Regent St, Cheltenham GL50 1JZ
Monday - Thursday 11:30am - 11pm
Friday 11:30am - 12am
Saturday 11:30 - 11pm
Sushi Near Me in the East Midlands
Kuru Kuru Sushi
11 Welford Rd, Leicester LE2 7AD
Monday - Saturday 12–2:45pm, 5–10pm
£19.50
Ebi Sushi
One of the most enticing things about sushi is it’s exquisite presentation. Neat, colourful and exquisitely presented are all characteristics you can expect from the authentic sushi and sashimi served at Ebi Sushi. Every cut of meat and vegetable is carefully created by the Japanese chef, with sushi wraps made to order.
We advise booking in advance as this is an extremely popular restaurant.
59 Abbey St, Derby DE22 3SJ
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sushi Near Me in the South East
Jugemu
Try out the Ttakoyaki they are octopus balls with an alluringly gooey centre slathered with mayo, tangy brown sauce and jitterbugging katsuobushi. Take a bite of onigiri – fat pucks of rice wrapped in crisp nori and studded with more smoked bonito flakes (quite salty, they tingle on the tongue).
Keep it classic and snack on hand rolls made to order! The Guardian describes the nigiri rice as being something that should come out of a jewellery box. It’s so fine and pearlescent! Enjoy a wide range of ingredients from wasabi dripped fish like yellow tail, scallops, salmon, tuna and so much more.
3 Winnett St, London W1D 6JY
Monday - Saturday 6pm - 10:30pm
Sushi Garden
Accompany your bottle of Kirin with some sumptuous starters. Dig into a bowl of fiery edamame beans, crispy gyoza or one the restaurant’s specially prepared tofu dishes.
Get lost in the creamy London London; taste the spicy hot lava of the Volcano or enjoy the elegant Chef’s Teardrop, there’s lots of sashimi rolls to choose from! Why not warm yourselves up in the Winter with some ramen too? Pick from chunky or slim noodles and add small plates on the side.
Crunch on some golden tempura dishes, they are all perfectly seasoned with green-tea salt! If you want to share your dishes tapas style, dig into Sushi Garden’s Ika mayo, Tebasaki or Koroke. Go bigger with a katsu curry with either chicken or pork.
There will be smiles all round after an evening of indulging at the Sushi Garden.
32A Preston St, Brighton BN1 2HP
Open everyday from 12–3:30pm, 5:30–11pm
Sushi Near Me in the South West
Bath Sushi
Kick back and enjoy freshly prepared Uramaki Rolls, Temaki Hand rolls, Sashimi, Nigiri and Sushi Set meal at Bath Sushi – whether that be in the lively restaurant or in the comfort of your own home!
Treat your tastebuds to a Fuji Sashimi set of Salmon, Tuna, Mackerel, Sweet Shrimp, Seabass. If salmon is the key to your heart then share the Biei Moriawase (19 piece set meal). It’s loaded with neatly arranged Tuna (2pcs), Salmon (2pcs,) Salmon Maki (3pcs), Tuna (3pcs), Cucumber (3pcs), Salmon Salad and more…
Enjoy seaweed salad, spicy edamame, crispy salt and pepper squid, bbq drumettes and so many other hot and cold dishes.
3, Victoria Buildings, Lower Bristol Rd, Bath BA2 3EH
Open everyday from 12–3pm, 5–10pm
Sushea
Experience awesome fresh Australian style sushi, and Asian fusion dishes such as bao buns, gyozas and poke bowls, and so much more. This environmentally focused takeaway restaurant sources most of its ingredients from local produce and livestock.
There are a limited number of seats inside and outside as it is primarily a takeaway restaurant and seating is on a first come, first served basis. You can always grab your maki rolls and head for the beach just watch out for seagulls!
82 Fore St, Newquay TR7 1EY
Friday & Saturday 5pm - 9pm
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