Sushi suggestions?

[k_crow]

Hi all,

It is getting to be that time of year when I really start craving sushi. I'd highly appreciate any suggestions about where to find really good sushi. Preferrably in or near Redmond, and yes I already know about Todai. They have good sushi, but not the best selection all the time, and rather expensive for not being able to get exactly what I want.

Thanks in advance for suggestions!

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[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

Nara has good sushi, and they're on Cleveland just off of 166th.

If you venture down to Tukwila before the end of the month, Mizu (by Target) is excellent.

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

Rikki Rikki in Kirkland reputedly has good sushi (I don't eat it myself); I can vouch that their other food is yummy, though! And they've got a pretty extensive menu.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to bet that Dragonfish (downtown Seattle, on Pine in the Paramount Hotel) has good sushi.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

er, that's also a "I don't eat it myself but their other food is yummy" kind of recommendation. Their Sunday dim sum is AMAZING.

[corivax.livejournal.com]

They don't so dim sum any more. :(

[tylik.livejournal.com]

If you can take the smoke :P Their happy hour sushi is really cheap, too.

Rikki Rikki's in Kirkland is excellent.

I Love Sushi in Bellevue has good prices on lunches (check out their Chirasizushi, if you haven't before).

And of course Musashi's on 45th in in Wallingford kicks everyone's ass for less money.

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Oh, and if Tom, who was Shiro's (who used to be the head chef at Niko's, but now has his own place in Belletown) is still at I Love Sushi in Bellevue, he's tops.

Otherwise... there's a Japanese woman, maybe in her forties or fifties at Rikki Rikki who's really good. Oh, and Rikki Rikki also has a Sushi Happy Hour... which I'm a little suspicious of, on general principle, but was good when I was there.

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Tom who was Shiro's apprentice

[urox.livejournal.com]

Ditto on the Belltown locations. Ah, how I miss Shiro's... but I've found some worthwhile places down here.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Smoke? Huh. I don't remember there being any smoke at all when we were there.

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Maybe a time of day thing? I've only been there late evenings. And I still had fun, which is saying a lot for a place I can't escape the smoke.

[jadine.livejournal.com]

stolen_tea and I were there around 11 last night. We specifically asked for non-smoking and were put in the back section, away from the "lounge", which was somewhat smoky and filled with trendy yuppies. So location makes a difference, and it being a Tuesday- rather than, say, Friday- may have helped.

[jadine.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was just there last night, and it was only okay. Their only major virtue was their hours.

Musashi's in Wallingford, and Shilla on Denny, are excellent. Shilla has the best unagi ever.

In Bellevue: I Love Sushi and Mama San are pretty good. Marineopolis Sushi Land in Bellevue is solid, cheap kaiten sushi (conveyor belt)- a good deal.

You might check out Sushi Finder.

[phaedra-lari.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend Sushi-ten in Bellevue. Excellent prices and quality for both lunch and dinner.

[dianthus.livejournal.com]

caeled said similar things. I miss eating good sushi. The only place I've been in what seems like forever is Todai.

[(Anonymous)]

Let me know if you ever need a sushi partner in crime :)

[phaedra-lari.livejournal.com]

that was me, not some random anonymous person suggesting we might get sushi sometime :)

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

jw1776 says Sushi-Ten on 140th in the area of Skate King and the Saturn dealership is very good, and that wolfieboy likes it... jenkitty likes Izumi in Totem Lake, in the strip mall that runs north of and parallel to 124th St, west of 116th Ave; and Jesse himself likes Marine Polis, 11818 NE 8th St, Bellevue. The one place other than Todai on this side of the water I've had sushi and liked it was Tokyo, on Factoria near Richards Road (north end and across from Factoria Mall).

Sushi-to-go can be had from Uwajimaya, 156th and 24th, Trader Joes (semi-ubiquitous), or the Fred's over near Redmond Way and East Lake Sammamish actually has their own sushi chef.

[jw1776.livejournal.com]

Well, jenkitty just asked me what it was called. Marineopolis is OK sushi. More of a lunch thing, than a dinner thing. wolfieboy RAVED about sushi-ten.

[sugardivalish.livejournal.com]

Um.

There's a stellar place in Gig Harbor?

That's not so helpful.

I make good sushi!

You should come have dinner with Etienne and I when we're in Seattle, and I'll make sushi.

Look how I bribe you. ;)

[k-crow.livejournal.com]

*grin* Love you, 'lissa.

When are you guys going to be in town so I can come see you??

[sugardivalish.livejournal.com]

July 18, 20, 24 - 30th. We're housesitting for Laina while she goes camping in Alaska. Yay!

[pathdancer.livejournal.com]

There's also MarineLand Sushipolis in downtown Bellevue, if you're amused by the concept of colorful little plates of sushi riding by on a conveyor belt. The price is color-coded by the the plates. Green is, I think, $2.00 and for that you get 3 or 4 pieces of cucumber roll, etc.

It's kinda odd, but it IS a relatively inexpensive way of getting sushi, especially if you eat slowly.

[caeled.livejournal.com]

Sushiten (did I spell that right?) Actually in Bellevue. Phaedra_lari and I used to go there all the time, and still occassionally go.