Sushi
Bishoku
5920 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328
404-252-7998
The quality of sushi and sashimi impresses at this tranquil Sandy Springs restaurant, but the cooks really put their hearts into the menu’s flurry of small plates.
Website: http://bishokusushi.com/
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Haru Ichiban
3646 Satellite Boulevard, in Mall Corners, Duluth, GA, 30096
770-622-4060
A Japanese standard-bearer for the metro area, Haru Ichiban offers consistently high-quality sushi.
Website: http://www.haruichibanjapaneserestaurant.com/
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Nakato
1776 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-873-6582
Since 1972, generations of Atlantans have celebrated their birthdays around Nakato’s family-owned teppanyaki tables, more widely recognized as the sizzling stage for the circus chefs of Benihana.
Website: http://www.nakatorestaurant.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Sushi Avenue – Sycamore Street
131 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-378-0228
Serving the best and freshest sushi on this side of town, this Decatur Square spot is a great place to introduce kids and first-timers to sushi.
Website: http://www.sushiavenuedecatur.com/
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Sushi Avenue – West Ponce de Leon Avenue
308 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite C, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-381-1280
Along with its sister on the Square, this Decatur spot serves the best and freshest sushi on this side of town. It’s a great place to introduce kids and first-timers to sushi. Cozy dining room.
Website: http://www.sushiavenuedecatur.com/
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Sushi House Hayakawa
5979 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-986-0010
What a relief to sit in a plain room and savor simple dishes like ikura don—salmon roe marinated in homemade soy sauce, gilded with sea urchin, and served over rice and seaweed—or a plate of sashimi arranged so meticulously you wonder if the staff moonlight as photo stylists.
Website: http://atlantasushibar.com/
Neighborhood: Northeast Metro
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Japanese, Sushi
Sushi House Hayakawa
5979 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-986-0010
Among his many fine raw and cooked dishes, Art’s salmon roe—marinated in soy, sake, and mirin, though it’s also savored plain—is the finest in town.
Website: http://atlantasushibar.com
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Sushi Huku
6300 Powers Ferry Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30339
770-956-9559
The staff serves typical Japanese dishes such as hamachi kama (grilled yellowtail collar filled with sweet meat) and also concocts psychedelic rolls like the Lambada, filled with spicy tuna and salmon and then draped with avocado and dotted with eel sauce.
Website: http://sushihuku.com
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Taka
385 Pharr Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-869-2802
This classy sushi spot targets a young, upscale clientele.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Tomo
3630 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-835-2708
Tomohiro Naito’s Buckhead show palace juggles two personalities. One indulges in flash and draws beautiful crowds. But the quieter side of Tomo lures the chowhounds.
Website: http://tomorestaurant.com/
Neighborhood: Buckhead
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Japanese, Sushi
Tomo
3630 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-835-2708
Tomohiro Naito’s Buckhead show palace juggles two personalities. One indulges in flash and draws beautiful crowds. But the quieter side of Tomo lures the chowhounds.
Website: http://tomorestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Umi
3050 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-841-0040
Is that Sir Anthony Hopkins at the other end of the long banquette? No surprise. Buckhead’s newest sushi palace flaunts a stunning room of contrasting woods and a corps of cooks manning the eleven-seat, white-oak sushi bar bathed in buttery light along the back wall.
Website: http://umiatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
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