The best sushi omakase restaurants in Bangkok

Pamper yourself this year with some of the best and most lavish sushi omakase restaurants in Bangkok. 

Looking for the best sushi omakase restaurants to dine with your significant other(s)? We’ve got your back. Whether it’s a Michelin-starred sushi establishment or some of the most renowned omakase restaurants that have opened their outposts in Bangkok, we’ve gathered some of the best and most notable spots you should check out this year. 

The best sushi omakase restaurants in Bangkok

Sushi Masato

Chef Masato Shimizu, while working at a sushi restaurant in New York City, was a prominent sushi master in his own right. He earned his first Michelin star at the age of 29, making him the youngest chef in NYC at that time to receive this accolade. After relocating and opening his eponymous restaurant in 2016—a time when Bangkok still experienced a shortage of proper sushi restaurants—Chef Masato’s establishment is currently the only sushi restaurant in Bangkok that has secured a Michelin star from the Michelin Guide Thailand. 

His course menu doesn’t have an exact number of dishes, priced at THB4,000 for the regular option, and THB6,000 for the premium omakase option, which boasts a more premium selection of ingredients–think ensui uni, abalone, and hairy crab depending on the chef’s selection. An insider’s tip: You can leave your telephone number with the restaurant’s staff, and they will contact you if there’s an availability. Booking a la carte is much easier, too, as you can order Chef Masato’s iconic manao roll, featuring his creamy ankimo (monkfish liver), toro, ikura (fish roes), and uni of two kinds for THB2,000. 

For more information, contact Sushi Masato.  

Sushi Kappo Takizawa

Originally opened as a pop-up restaurant at The Sukhothai Hotel Bangkok, Sushi Kappo Takizawa has decided to make this its permanent home and is under soft-opening launch this month. Unlike other modern sushi chefs in Bangkok, Shumpei Takizawa may not be much of a sweet talker, but whatever he does is brimming with quality. The menu (THB2,900 for lunch and THB5,900 for dinner) seamlessly blends Edomae-style sushi with Kappo cuisine, a style involving cutting, steaming, grilling, and frying techniques. On our last visit, we loved the Amadai fish, a signature item from the chef’s days at his old restaurant on Narathiwat Road. The fish was deep-fried until crispy, and, biting into it, you feel all the juicy texture slowly disintegrating and delivering a sweetness akin to its Japanese name (amai) as an aftertaste.

For more information, contact Sushi Kappo Takizawa

Sushi Saito 

Tokyo’s renowned sushi omakase restaurant Sushi Saito opened its first Bangkok’s outpost inside the Four Seasons Private Residences by the Chao Phraya River last year. Helmed by chef Makato Maruyama, who worked closely with the restaurant’s progenitor Takashi Saito in Tokyo and led its Malaysia’s branch, the Bangkok branch aspires to deliver the same elegant and elaborate offerings like its sister branch. There are three omakase meal services available, from a 15-course menu lunch (THB5,800, or THB7,800 with uni) and two dinner seatings at 5.30pm and 7.30pm with an 18-course dining experience priced at THB8,500, or THB10,500 with uni. 

For more information, contact Sushi Saito Thailand. 

Sushi Saryu

Former head chef of Singapore’s Ginza Sushi Ichi, Suji Seido brought his sushi mastery to Sathorn with his own sushi establishment Sushi Saryu. The name of the restaurant, which translates to sand flowing inside the glass, represents Seido’s rigorous training in the arts of sushi making. His 15-course dining experience is priced at THB8,000 featuring rare finds and some of the best quality ingredients (think botan ebi, the greenish shrimp roe that caught our attention since it opened in 2022). 

For more information, contact Sushi Saryu.

Sushi Ichizu

Helmed by Chef Riku Toda who has experience working with multiple Michelin-starred restaurants, Sushi Ichizu ranked first place for Sushi Restaurants in Asia by Opinionated About Dining in 2022. There are three omakase options available: Nigiri Course (THB4,000), Mini Omakase Course (THB6,000), and Full Omakase Course (THB8,000). The highlights include the Kawahagi (thread-sail filefish) wrapped with seaweed in Temaki (hand-rolled sushi) and Shimofuri, which is a top-graded maguro and a rare cut of tuna. 

For more information, contact Sushi Ichizu.

Nikaku Bangkok

The two-Michelin-Star restaurant from Kitakyushu opened its doors for discerning diners to enjoy the wonderful produce of Kyushu through the skilled hands of one of the region’s most famous chefs. For his 20-dining course experience (THB7,500,) Chef Funahashi not only meticulously sources the freshest fish from the Kanmon Straits and surrounding waters of Kyushu (delivered even fresher than to many restaurants in Japan itself), but also prepares every dish using the Edo-mae nigirizushi technique. During our last visit, we loved the giant squid served in a soy sauce mixed with red vinegar–something the restaurant told us to be a key flavour enhancer, as almost every ingredient used here, ranging from rice, fish, and refreshing condiments, also relies on this special sauce.

For more information, contact Nikaku Bangkok.

Sushi Zo

When sushi maestro Keizo Seiki of Los Angeles’s Sushi Zo decided to open his first outpost outside the US in 2017, he entrusted his finest protege Toshi Onishi to helm his sushi restaurant in Bangkok. The course menu, spanning around 16 dishes (THB7,000++), comprises of the best imported ingredients meticulously curated by the chef and rotated seasonally. Each dish is minimally prepared to preserve the natural flavours as much as possible. On our last visit, we loved the nodoguro (Blackthroat Seaperch) whose skins were lightly charred with binchotan, accentuating the natural fatness of the fish.

For more information, contact Sushi Zo.

Sushi Kuuya

Honing his skills at Michelin-starred restaurants in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, chef Goji Kobayashi has crystallised his years of training into the making of his new restaurant Sushi Kuuya at Langsuan’s Vivre Building. Drawing experience from the years that he was trained under a fishmonger while working in Shizuoka, Japan, Kobayashi specialises in the art of preservation techniques and showcases his skills in his 18-course dining experience (THB6,500) utilising his custom-made stove, which lends a more precise control of temperature and consistency of the rice used in each dish. Some of the highlights include his anago (salt-water eel), which Kobayashi gently simmers for 60 minutes, tenderising the meat before grilling it to give it that crisp exterior. 

For more information, contact Sushi Kuuya. 

Ginza Sushi Ichi

Formerly a one-star Michelin omakase restaurant, this Ginza-originated establishment has devoted its tireless dedication to bring out new and intriguing ingredients to its customers. Its botun lunch menu will set you back only THB3,000, while the full-course dining experience is priced at THB7,500, including opulent favourites like awabi (abalone), koubako-gani (Hokkaido crab), shako (seasonal crayfish), or the once-a-year matsutake mushroom. 

For more information, contact Ginza Sushi Ichi Bangkok.

Kimi Sushi Bar

Arguably the most affordable omakase restaurant on our list is this youthful edoe-mae omakase counter bar in Sukhumvit Soi 49, priced at only THB2,499 for their course menu experience. Here, at Kimi Sushi Bar, is where you can find casual spontaneity while relishing in some of the highest-quality fresh ingredients–think the lightly-seared Kinmedai and Uni Bafun, both of which come with an appropriate amount, considering the prices offered. The course ends with their custom-made ice cream for which they partnered with Chiang Mai’s famous ice cream sando store Kintaam, featuring an “onigiri” ice cream sandwich with matcha jelly ice cream stuffed between onigiri-shaped cacao-butter biscuits.

For more information, contact Kimi Sushi Bar.