Sushi restaurants in Europe
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Mado
Designer-hip Japanese restaurant where sushi comes with beautiful ceramic soy sauce jugs and luridly over-pink sushigari. Sadly, the limp maguro tastes somewhat bland.
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Hattori Sushi Devil
Busier than a Shinjuku subway stop, this slick little sushi bar rolls out sushi so good it could make a sumo wrestler weep. The complimentary miso soup is top-notch, the fish is filthy-fresh and the artful nigiri (sushi rice with fish on top) is well worth the lunchtime queues.
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Budokan
Pan-Asian food is cooked up at this exciting fusion restaurant, where diners sit at communal tables and indulge in handmade sushi, ho-fun noodles and Malaysian curries. Particularly good is the 'Rapid Refuel' menu available pre-19:00: sushi, side-dish and main, all for a paltry sum.
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Bica do Sapato
Part-owned by John Malkovich, this uberhip dockside venue is all glass walls, UFO-style lighting and chocolate-black hues. Upstairs hipsters nibble sushi in the spacey bar, while downstairs the design-conscious restaurant serves highlights like tender roast lamb with citrus jelly.
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Kukai
Sick of spaghetti? Then join the urban-savvy for fresh sushi and real-deal temaki. Sip green tea and choose from a menu that a Tokyoite couldn't fault. As for the takeaway and delivery service - it's as brisk as a Bullet Train.
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Sushi Bar
The name says it all; the house speciality is sushi in multifarious forms. To savour the flavours, go for the 16-item sushi moriawase selection (Nkr198). It also does takeaway.
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Golden Cut
Hamburg scenesters love this restaurant for three reasons. Firstly, the well-executed menu runs the gamut from carrot-coconut soup with baked black tiger prawns in tempura to French black pudding with truffles. Secondly, patrons can show off in the high-ceilinged room with its olive-green leather chairs and copper-plated leaf chandeliers. Thirdly, and most importantly, they can bypass the strict person on the door and walk straight into the exclusive adjoining club.
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Bonsai
The best Japanese place in town. Sitting deep inside the Holiday Inn, Bonsai serves tasty sushi that goes around the counter, as you sit on high stools and get hypnotised by the moving choice. Nigiri sushi consisting of raw tuna, hamour, sword fish, omelette, salmon, mackerel, octopus, shrimp, squid and California rolls is a delicacy. An all-you-can eat sushi buffet is on offer every Monday and Thursday lunchtime, and Tuesday dinner time.
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Sadko
With a balcony offering primo views across the lake, Sadko produces a fine interpretation of Chinese cuisine. There’s sushi in the clubby room downstairs too. Although some to-share dishes like Peking duck (198uah) and Mongolian mutton (190uah) are quite luxurious, you can also eat frugally here. Simply add a filling plate of delicious rice shortcakes with onion (13uah) to an order of soup (around 6uah).
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Sushi for Friends
Handy after an Alster cruise or some shopping around Jungfernstieg, this restaurant serves spicy-tuna-and-rocket rolls, mango chutney sushi and other innovative Japanese dishes. Stay downstairs, where it's all white leather banquettes and dark wood - although the colourful cushions strewn across the mezzanine area look enticing, it can get muggy up there, especially in summer.
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Kansai
You’d expect to find fish in a seaport, but Kansai adds an exotic twist by serving sushi in full-on Japanese ambience. Waiters are dressed in traditional robes, there’s a samurai sword on the counter, and the menu has dishes made from tuna, salmon and butterfish, along with classic California rolls.
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Zushi
Popularised by local celebs (it's a favourite of Welsh rugby international Gavin Henson and girlfriend Charlotte Church), this is a desperately trendy sushi bar complete with colour-coded dishes on conveyor belts. OK, it ain't exactly Nobu, but the sushi is fresh and prettily prepared, and won't break the bank.
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Planeta Sushi
Sushi? In Belarus? You bet. In fact there are now several choices for a bowl of miso and a plate of nigiri. Other Japanese dishes (udon, tempura etc) are offered as well. The place seems to have a surprisingly decent connection for fresh fish, but it could use a new avocado supplier.
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Tokyo
If you've been in Romania for a while, you'll want to come to this non-Romanian, non-Italian eatery. It's hard to miss, with its red Shinto gate façade west of the Botanical Gardens. Japanese pop on the stereo is a refreshing touch, as is the pretty good sushi, warm hand towels and imported green tea.
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Vineria Sant'Efisio
This tiny, traditional vineria (wine bar, but not as you know it!) is tucked into the steep alleys of Stampace. It has a daily fish-only menu and on Wednesday it even offers sushi. The cosy cavelike interior provides an intimate setting and, as to be expected, there's a good selection of wine.
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Fuji
With its Zen interior - natural hues broken with the odd splash of lime-green neon - this Japanese restaurant is a sleek crowd-pleaser. Find it beneath the escalator leading down to the Métropole shopping centre and, in July and August, beneath the stars at Le Sporting (26 av Princesse Grace).
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Beer House
Beer House must have a versatile chef – there are separate European, Russian and, of course, sushi menus in the downstairs restaurant. Be warned: those juicy looking steak prices are ‘per 100g’. Personal 3L kegs are the speciality of the beer room upstairs.
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Brik
This slick Japanese-style café, bar and lounge is a temple of minimalism and draws a hip crowd as much for the delicious sushi snacks as for the drinks. From Thursday to Sunday, DJs usually play a wicked mix of indie, techno and top 40. Child-friendly during the day.
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Yapona Mama
Russia has discovered Japanese cuisine and this smallish restaurant is one of several in Sochi. The illustrated menu greatly helps in ordering if you don't know the Russian for sushi or tempura. You can order a couple of pieces or mix and match to make a big feast.
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Edem
Vladivostok’s first and best sushi bar is in an attractive cellarlike space with nooks to sit in. Sushi and sashimi combos start at R1600; an eight-piece California roll is R300. ‘Sushi time’ is 11am to 5pm, and 6pm to 11pm only.
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Henssler & Henssler
This smart-casual spot doesn't really 'do' views: it's across the road from the water and has an opaque frontage. But couples, business people and young families all pack its minimalist concrete-floored milieu for its delectable sushi.
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Nihon Mitai
Yuzhno’s favourite sushi spot is a bit out of the centre, but the stylish, bamboo-central, 2nd-floor dining room is good for soba noodles (R265 to R390) and picking from the sushi conveyor belt after 6pm (from R80 per piece).
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Kyoto Sushi
The quickest snacks and a good variety of restaurants are found upstairs in the Knutpunkten complex. An excellent offering in the city centre is Kyoto Sushi, with a good-value lunch special of nine pieces of sushi and miso soup;
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Lanch Kafe
Within the same building as fast-food eatery GrillMaster, but entered from the rear (park side) is the super-popular Lanch Kafe , above which is a great Italian restaurant and a chilled-out, cushion-floored DJ-bar serving sushi.
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Chomolungma
Wow. A huge menu with a wide range of prices and cuisines: Nepalese, Tibetan, sushi and Indian. There is only one tofu dish, but there is plenty more for vegetarians. It's well worth the 10-minute walk from metro Yakuba Kolasa.
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