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  • Ai Sushi Saki Grill

    4123 Cedar Springs Rd. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-468-4587

  • Anchor Sushi Bar

    3130 Knox St. Park Cities

    214-432-0853

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  • Black Ship Little Katana

    665 S Lamar St. Ste 130 Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-760-7200

  • The Blue Fish

    3519 Greenville Ave. East Dallas & Lakewood

    214-824-3474

    A hip vibe bolstered by mixed wood and metal design elements bestow upon this Japanese restaurant specializing in sushi a sleek sheen. Whimsical signature rolls like the South Beach set atop a martini glass only accentuate it. As does the price. Salmon, crab, shrimp and avocado wrapped in cucumber with a vinaigrette and masago will set you back $12.95. The folks behind Blue Fish have been at it in this first area location since 1998. With restaurants all over DFW, the price doesn't keep sushi lovers from biting. The hip masses come for more than the raw fish and tangy rice. The restaurant offers a full menu, from potstickers and hibachi to the ubiquitous ahi tower and bento boxes.
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  • Chow Thai Restaurant

    5290 Belt Line Rd. North Dallas

    972-960-2999

    Owners Sam and Vinnie Virasin's initial foray into offering upscale Thai cuisine to the masses has been a hit for more than a decade. The restaurant's success has allowed the Virasins to open Mango Thai, a fast-casual eatery. However, Chow Thai's popularity has hardly waned. The most lauded menu selection offers customers a sampler of the kitchen's offerings, taking its cue from a Japanese lunch form, the bento box. The lunch combos -- because, really, that's what they are -- come with ice cream. The appetizer sampler offers a concise overview of the restaurant's starters, and can be seen on many tables during dinner service. Naturally, pad Thai is a frequently requested entrée, but so is the more authentic white pepper and garlic seafood platter (pan-seared shrimp and scallops with jasmine rice or udon noodles, broccoli and snow peas).
  • Deep Sushi

    2624 Elm St. Downtown/Deep Ellum

    469-530-0527

    What happens when a group of doctors with appetites for sushi decide to open their own restaurant? This place happens. Since 1996, Deep Sushi has not only served the predilections of its owners but also those of the surrounding neighborhood and beyond. Its green-tile façade is reminiscent of the green shades of nori, the seaweed paper used to wrap certain types of sushi. Inside, passionate reds glow as a counterpoint to the cool warmth of the storefront. A passion for creative sushi is evident at first glance, especially at the bar. But it's more than just sushi that shines on the menu. From the kitchen, there are sobas, tempuras, traditional starters and teppan yaki. Then there is the everything-but-the-net salad of yellowtail, tuna, salmon, white tuna and shrimp sashimi with fresh seaweed, radish, cucumber, asparagus and citron sauce. It's almost as large as the popular aircraft carrier-sized sushi boats.
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  • Dos Jefes

    2816 Fairmount St. Uptown/Oak Lawn

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  • Five Sixty By Wolfgang Puck

    300 Reunion Blvd. Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-571-5784

    Wolfgang Puck's Dallas outpost is as brilliant as you would hope an acclaimed chef's restaurant could be-creative fare, professional service, and great views from the rotating tower. Of course, the big guy doesn't man the kitchen. That job is handled by Jacob Williamson. His presentations are modern Asian, from surprisingly subtle curries to crispy suckling pig. There are even a few touches of Texas fusion, as found in the "General Tso"-style crispy Texas quail. A must visit.
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  • Fuji Steak House & Sushi Bar

    12817 Preston, Ste. 112 North Dallas

    972-661-5662

    With a menu as big as the namesake mountain standing sentinel over Tokyo, Fuji offers something for everyone, from the neophyte making short forays into foreign cuisine to the old pro looking for something new to gobble. The appetizer menu is proof enough. It includes gyoza dumplings and grilled yellowtail collar, a delicacy. The kitchen doesn't stop there. The Fuji Special is a mammoth meal of options. Whether you choose the 12-oz. Kobe beef with shrimp tempura and fried rice or the humble sirloin, chicken and shrimp trio, every order comes with soup, salad, hibachi vegetables, a shrimp appetizer and steamed rice, excluding the Kobe. However, the real draw here is the dinner theater that is hibachi, at which diners can select from several surf and/or turf options.
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  • Fujiyama Sushi & Yakitori Bar

    18217 Midway Rd. Carrollton/Farmers Branch

    972-362-5797

    Where Fujiyama lacks the flash of Uchi, the intimacy of Yutaka or the reputation of Tei Tei Robata, it more than makes up for it with some of the best sashimi and nigiri in the area, and getting them doesn’t require an hour’s wait for a table. Fujiyama’s talented chef Ilon Suhr and his high quality fish won’t disappoint.
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  • Genki Sushi & Steak

    14902 Preston Rd. North Dallas

    972-788-2629

    Genki is Japanese for energy and vigor. It is those qualities that the restaurant's conveyor-belt sushi presentation puts to the test. It's easy to stare wide-eyed at the yellow, blue and red-rimmed plates and want nothing more than to attempt to clear the belt. Pace yourself. There are more than enough volcano rolls to go around at this strip-mall joint. Diners uninterested in the endurance race of the sushi bar can sit at one of the tables with mismatched chairs, where any number of standard stateside Japanese entrées is enjoyed. Go for the signature, though. The Genki-style steak arrives atop a bed of grilled onions on a metal sizzle plate resting in a basket platter.
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  • Genroku Sushi & Grill

    400 N. Greenville Ave. Richardson & Vicinity

    972-783-8688

    The very best dish at Genroku Sushi, a strip mall find in Richardson, isn't sushi. The basil chicken, served in the wok in which it's cooked, is a fabulous exposition of fresh basil, chopped ginger, star anise and soy sauce. Like the sea clam soup and scallion beef, the chicken dish references the restaurant's Taiwanese roots. But Japanese techniques wriggle in at the sushi bar, where the fish is wonderfully fresh-and sold at the rock-bottom price of $1 a piece on Sundays and Wednesdays.
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  • Hanasho Japanese Restaurant

    2938 N. Belt Line Rd. Irving/Las Colinas

    972-258-0250

    Hanasho is located in a slightly dingy Irving strip mall, but don’t let that dissuade you. Sushi and sashimi are impeccably fresh, and certain varieties can be had during happy hour for just a buck. Hamachi collar and delectably fatty toro are standouts. Besides the requisite raw fish, this traditional sushi joint also offers other Japanese specialties like shabu-shabu -- raw beef and vegetables served with a pot of hot water for DIY cooking at your table -- shrimp and vegetable tempura, teriyaki and ramen and udon noodle soups. If you’re lucky, they might just have takoyaki (the round octopus dumplings that are popular as street food in Japan) on the specials menu, but call ahead to check, lest you be left crying into your sushi rice.
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  • Hibachi Rock Live Grill & Sushi Bar

    8910 S.H. 121,Suite, #220 Allen/McKinney

    214-383-9560

    This Hibachi grill sushi restaurant is heavy on Elvis (there's a King swivel hip clock in the sushi bar) and other rock rambunctiousness. Though the food isn't stellar, it is very good (Cajun volcano roll is a zesty power chord), and the staff is as affable and considerate as the best in the city. Raw rock fun.
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  • Hibashi Teppan Grill & Sushi Bar

    13465 Inwood Rd., #100 Carrollton/Farmers Branch

    972-620-3474

    Massive space near the Galleria still manages to provide both dark, cozy corners and big time entertainment-as well as a cool lounge area. Holding it all together: Japanese dishes with a Texas flair. That's right, sushi fired up with slivers of jalapeno.
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  • Hon Sushi

    1902 E. Belt Line Rd. Carrollton/Farmers Branch

    469-454-0058

    Hon Sushi offers a full slate of main courses — chicken katsu, udon bowls, teriyaki while presentation flourishes abound, like an upended martini glass with sushi pieces balanced on top and herb and veggie garnishes captured underneath the glass’s rim. But happily, the food is the real star here: salmon belly sashimi is a first-rate cut of fish, richly flavorful, just fatty enough and judiciously sliced. Between the very affordable sushi, surprises like house-made soy sauce and bowls of fresh sliced fruit, and the silly-cheap Japanese bottled beers, Hon Sushi presents a remarkable destination for Carrollton diners.
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  • Ivy Kitchen

    5411 Belt Line Rd., Addison Far North Suburbs

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  • Japan House

    300 W. Plano Parkway Plano

    972-633-8000

  • Japon Steak House & Sushi Bar

    4021 Preston Rd. Plano

    972-781-2818

    The sushi is just so-so, plus it's served on generic tableware instead of rippled clay sushi dishes or wood service platforms. But the hibachi grills are where the real action takes place. Here skilled swashbucklers take steaks, shrimp, lobster and chicken and transform them into circus animals, a mighty hard act for a strip of raw tuna slumped on a rice billet to compete with.
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  • Jinbeh

    301 E. Las Colinas Blvd., #301 Irving/Las Colinas

    972-869-4011

    The fact that Jinbeh is always busy and patronized by traveling Japanese businessmen means a couple of things to us: The high volume indicates you'll get exceptionally fresh sushi, and its authenticity passes muster on some level. As for us, we just like the food, especially the tempura udon, rice noodles topped with tempura shrimp and vegetables; gyoza (steamed pork and vegetable dumplings served with a peppery vinegar sauce); and the teriyaki dishes (try the tender, charcoal-broiled filet mignon served with sautéed vegetables and rice). For those of you who like to eat with strangers and watch diced bits of food flung across a grill, there's also a hibachi room. Efficient, very friendly service; sushi bar and full bar.
  • Kenichi

    2400 Victory Park Lane Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-871-8883

    This Austin import has delicious sushi, an intensely varied sake list, and creative renditions of lamb, venison and duck confit doused with Japanese sensuality. The 1,000-degree hot rock lets you sear your own kobe beef, fish, scallop and shiitake caps right at your table (10 minutes worth of searing power, so eat fast or order another rock). Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. And if you can get used to the numbing noise and the bank lobby feel, Kenichi is a great place to regularly visit and leer at the kitchen experiments - among other things.
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  • Kotta Sushi Lounge

    2301 N. Akard St. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    972-773-9101

  • Mr. Max

    3028 N. Belt Line Rd. Irving/Las Colinas

    972-255-8889

    Mr. Max himself, Hare Nakamura, died in 2013, but his namesake restaurant is still going strong in its third decade of business. A casual oasis of high-quality Japanese food in an Irving strip mall that also contains five hair salons, Mr. Max offers cold and hot appetizers, grilled seafood and irresistible fried snacks like takoyaki, the battered balls topped with dancing bonito flakes and concealing nuggets of octopus within. Half-sized bowls of ramen mean you can chow down on noodles and still have room for something else.

    Top pick: The chef’s choice sampler plate of three appetizers is just $10 — including a glass of beer.

    Fun fact: If you elect to eat at a table, you’ll need to remove your shoes and sit on the floor.
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  • Naan Sushi

    7161 Bishop Rd. Plano

    972-943-9288

    This sleek "edgy" restaurant lounge is earnestly hip. But don't let that scare you off. The Korean creations are stellar and the sushi is top-notch, if you don't let the intrusive techno-crud on the sound system spoil your appetite.
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  • Namo

    3699 McKinney Ave., Suite 305 Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-484-5151

    Namo, in Uptown, is a tiny, contemplative place with a brief menu of handrolls, sashimi and not much else. Eighteen seats line the bar, and each of those bar stools has a slight, surprising rocking motion. Tip forward and inspect the work station, where almost every ingredient for the bar’s handrolls is already prepped for service.
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  • Oishii

    2525 Wycliff Ave. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-599-9448

    While this Oak Lawn restaurant is most popular for its sushi -- especially its specialty rolls like the namesake offering with soft-shell crab, avocado wrapped with chopped snow crab, wasabi cream and Sriracha sauce -- the kitchen puts out all manner of pan-Asian all-star fare. These include crab Rangoon, satays and hot pots, an Eastern classic akin to everything-but-the-sink tableside gumbo. The latter is a signature dish. But, again, the sushi, as fresh as a teenage boy trying to steal a kiss from his schoolyard crush, is what retains regulars. Traditional nigiri, like unagi, tobiko and maguro, comes in pairs. The maki rolls vary in size (between six to eight segments). However, the standards are well represented in a restaurant that makes abundant use of rich wood reminiscent of Japan.
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  • Onēsan Dim Sum and Sushi

    12300 Inwood Rd. North Dallas

    469-580-6838

    The restaurant, located in a strip shopping center, is inviting from the moment you approach. You’re greeted by a covered outdoor patio that connects to the main bar through a large window that is open on nice weather days.
    Step inside and you’ll find yourself in a more sophisticated, yet still casual dining area and bar
    If you can, stop in during happy hour , which is Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.
    Go for the wild mushroom Rangoon, which came with five crispy and crunchy bites served atop a Szechuan chili and spicy mustard sauce. The filling was a bit of a surprise as it was more of a wild mushroom cream cheese sauce than a filling, but still tasty. The hot and sour beef dumplings, beef-filled pockets of love served with a spiced black vinegar sauce. This was our favorite dish on the happy hour menu.
    The Katana Crunch caught our attention and ended up stealing the show. The presentation of this dish is spectacular. It's served with five bite-sized pieces of crispy fried rice tucked neatly into a wooden box, accompanied by a bowl of spicy tuna, shisho and avocado and a soup spoon filled with a spicy ponzu. It was a DIY adventure for assembling the perfect bite.
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  • Osaka Sushi

    5012 W. Park Blvd. Plano

    972-931-8898

    This all-you-can-eat Japanese-style buffet is a pretty sweet deal if you hit the lunch and dinner buffets. The sushi quality is good, especially considering the modest price. The selection, rolls and all, is good, too--all the usual suspects are present. Also included in the buffet line is a manned hibachi grill sizzling with juicy steak, salmon, scallop, shrimp, chicken and vegetables, among other items.
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  • Osaka Sushi Grill

    4350 Belt Line Rd. Addison

    972-386-8899

    Tokyo One (the restaurant's original name) brought the concept of a sushi buffet to Dallas-Fort Worth. With a focus on quality, presentation, authenticity, variety and taste, the restaurant attracts both newcomers and long-time devotees. The all-you-can eat menu features innovative cuisine that includes fresh sushi and sashimi, creative salads, cooked entrees, Teppanyaki grill, tempura, a ramen station and delectable desserts.
  • Pearl Sushi

    4640 McKinney Ave #130 North Dallas

    972-803-6686

    Former Nobu chef Shine Tamaoki and business partner Todd Landis are serving authentic sushi based on Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture with progressive techniques, providing an inviting atmosphere, a takeaway window and monthly omakases.



    There’s no bad place to sit, but to truly experience chef Tamaoki’s passion and vision for Pearl, grab one of the nine seats at the sushi bar. Here it feels as if you're being hosted by close friends as you watch each chef’s expertise and attention to detail, and are guided through each dish.

    The menu’s centerfold holds the main event: sushi. There are a few varieties to choose, from simple to more complex. Nigiri and sashimi options range from the beloved ohtoro (the fattiest cut of bluefin tuna), snow crab and wagyu, to more adventurous options like botan (prawn), rai (red snapper) and saba (mackerel).

    One of our favorite bites of 2023 was the fish and chips. Yes. fish and chips at a sushi restaurant. Let it happen.
  • Shinsei

    7713 Inwood Rd. Park Cities

    214-352-0005

    Shinsei has been providing pan-Asian flavors to the Lovers Lane set for over a decade, under the ownership of Lynae Fearing, former wife of Dean Fearing, and Tracy Rathbun, who is married to star local chef Kent Rathbun. Executive chef Carlos Capistran oversees a sushi-centric menu with the help of sushi chef Shuji Sugawara. But whether you pile up a stack of sashimi or a warm option like the lobster tacos or the popular (and delectable) Thai beef cheek, this long-time gem holds its own against more trendy Austin imports.
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  • Steel Sushi Restaurant & Lounge

    3180 Welborn St Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-219-9908

    Steel is a gracefully distinct deuce of Vietnamese and Japanese cuisines, employing a small army of chefs and sushi masters in the process. It also may require a small fortune to experience, so cash out your bloodied high-tech portfolio and fortify it with your platinum Visa. Vietnamese Carpaccio, sea salt and chili pepper calamari, sushi and the deep-fried whole fish are the focal points on the menu. Plus, Steel secures its napkins and utensils with hose clamps at each place setting. So the kids will have something to play with while you count your portfolio pennies.
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