The 10 best sushi restaurants in Boston
This list covers ten sushi restaurants inside the City of Boston, from the South End and Back Bay to Downtown Crossing, the Leather District and Mission Hill. The list is for residents planning a night out, visitors staying near Copley or Kenmore, and anyone weighing a counter omakase against a plate of rolls at a neighborhood table.
Places with a track record in local press, a named chef and published details on their own websites get preference, and most are locally owned. Costs vary widely. Single pieces of nigiri start at $7 at one downtown sushi bar, while the published counter omakase menus here run from $199 to $225 a person before drinks, and two tasting menus were reported near $300.
How we chose
The list is alphabetical, not ranked. Each restaurant is inside Boston city limits, was confirmed open in November 2026 through the restaurant’s own website, and appears in at least one current guide from an established local outlet. Locally run restaurants were favored over national chains, and the ten cover different neighborhoods, formats and budgets. Restaurants in Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline were left out because they are separate municipalities.
Hours and prices below come from each business and change without notice. Call ahead if you are making a special trip.
311 Omakase
Chef Wei runs this reservation-only omakase counter on Tremont Street in the South End, also known as 311 Omakase. By the restaurant’s account, the chef spent seven years at a Japanese restaurant in Boston and later worked alongside Masa Takayama in New York. Boston magazine’s sushi guide, updated in August 2025, gives the chef’s full name as Wei Fa Chen. Dinner is a set chef’s-choice menu, so there is nothing to order beyond drinks. New reservations are released at noon on the 15th of each month and can be booked 75 days out. Allergies and dietary limits must be reported at least 72 hours ahead.
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Closed Monday.
Address: 605 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02118
Why they made the list
- The Infatuation’s Boston sushi guide, updated October 6, 2026, includes the restaurant.
- The restaurant states that vegetarian, vegan, no-raw-fish and halal requests cannot be met.
- Seating is by reservation, and the booking calendar opens once a month.
Douzo
Douzo is a Back Bay sushi restaurant on Dartmouth Street, a short walk from Copley Square, with both lunch and dinner service. The menu runs to signature rolls such as the Back Bay Roll, the Torch Roll and the Red Spider Roll, along with spicy tuna on crispy rice and a chef’s-choice omakase. The restaurant’s site lists more than 60 sake labels, poured by the glass or in flights. Boston magazine’s 2025 sushi guide credits the late Jack Huang as the founder. Prices are not posted on the restaurant’s website, so ask for the current menu when booking. Lunch ends at 2:55 p.m., five minutes before dinner service starts.
Hours: Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.; dinner 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., served nightly.
Address: 131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116
Why they made the list
- By the restaurant’s own account, the Improper Bostonian named Douzo the city’s top sushi restaurant in the restaurant’s first year.
- Both Boston magazine (August 2025) and The Infatuation (October 2026) include Douzo in their sushi guides.
- Sake flights cover junmai daiginjo, ginjo, nigori and seasonal pours.
Fuji at Ink Block
On Harrison Avenue in the South End’s Ink Block development, Fuji at Ink Block is the Boston location of JP Fuji Group, the Quincy-based company led by chef Jimmy Liang. The kitchen pairs a long sushi list with wok-cooked entrees and cocktails. Dishes named on the restaurant’s site include the Uni Gold Leaf Maki, the Miss Waldorf Maki, a sashimi moriawase platter and wagyu beef clay pot rice. Boston magazine notes that the restaurant also has an omakase option. This is the pick for a group with mixed tastes, since salmon teriyaki and other cooked plates sit beside the raw fish. Lunch is served daily from 11 a.m.
Hours: Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.
Address: 352B Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Why they made the list
- JP Fuji Group runs sister restaurants in Quincy, Newton, Cambridge’s Kendall Square and Somerville’s Assembly Row.
- Boston magazine’s sushi guide, published in August 2025, includes Fuji.
- Friday and Saturday service runs until 10:45 p.m., later than most restaurants on this list.
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Laughing Monk Cafe
Owner-chef Nick Korboon runs a Thai kitchen and a sushi bar under one roof on Huntington Avenue in Mission Hill, near the Longwood Medical Area. Laughing Monk Cafe is the casual, walk-in end of this list: rolls, nigiri and Thai dishes at lunch and dinner seven days a week. Boston magazine points to the brown-rice rolls. The restaurant has also run a daily-changing omakase at the sushi bar, and the website said in November 2026 that the omakase returns this winter with a new menu, so confirm before planning a meal around it. A second Laughing Monk in Wellesley also has a sushi bar; the Allston shop serves Isan Thai food.
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 9 p.m.
Address: 737 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Why they made the list
- Boston magazine (August 2025) and The Infatuation (October 2026) both include the Mission Hill restaurant in their sushi guides.
- The kitchen closes between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays and stays open straight through on weekends.
- Online ordering for the Mission Hill location is available through the restaurant’s website.
No Relation
Nine seats, 17 courses and two seatings a night: No Relation is chef Colin Lynch’s omakase counter inside Shore Leave, the tiki bar on William E. Mullins Way in the South End. Dinner costs $225 a person plus tax, with service included in the price, and sake and wine pairings are extra. Guests enter Shore Leave, walk downstairs and check in at the host stand. The menu can be made gluten-free and can work around shellfish allergies, but the restaurant cannot serve vegetarians, vegans or anyone allergic to fin fish. Validated parking is $5 at the Ink Underground lot at 90 Traveler Street.
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, seatings at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Address: 11 William E. Mullins Way, Boston, MA 02118
Why they made the list
- Reservations are taken through OpenTable and require a credit card.
- Cancellations are free up to 48 hours ahead; after that the fee is $100 a person.
- Boston magazine’s sushi guide, published in August 2025, includes the counter.
O Ya
Chef Tim Cushman opened O Ya in 2007 in a 1923 firehouse on East Street in the Leather District. The meal is an omakase of 20 to 25 small bites, composed nightly, and the restaurant’s site describes no other format. Boston magazine reported the grand omakase at $295 a person before drinks and tip in August 2025; the restaurant does not post a price on the homepage, so check when booking. Reservations open 30 days ahead on OpenTable for tables between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday are dark, so plan for a Tuesday through Saturday dinner and book as soon as the 30-day window opens.
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, reservations from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Address: 9 East Street, Boston, MA 02111
Why they made the list
- The restaurant has been open for 19 years, according to the 2007 opening date on the restaurant’s website.
- Boston magazine names Tim and Nancy Cushman as the couple behind the restaurant.
- The Infatuation’s October 2026 guide and Boston magazine’s August 2025 guide both include O Ya.
Sushi @ Temple Records
Below the Temple Records listening bar on Temple Place in Downtown Crossing, this basement sushi bar sells nigiri by the piece. The menu lists tamago at $7, bluefin akami at $16, fatty o-toro at $19 and Hokkaido bahun uni at $20, with six-piece maki from $6 to $20. Chef’s assortments run from a three-piece white fish set at $30 to a seven-piece set at $72. The fish is in-season local catch plus shipments direct from Japan, according to the restaurant. Boston magazine names Jamie Bissonnette, Andy Cartin and Babak Bina as the partners. Tables are held for 90 minutes, and the kitchen cannot accommodate vegans, vegetarians or seafood allergies.
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Closed Sunday.
Address: 17 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111
Why they made the list
- A la carte pricing lets a diner build a meal piece by piece without committing to a set menu.
- Late cancellations and no-shows inside 24 hours are charged $50 a person.
- The sake list includes Farthest Star, a Massachusetts brewery, alongside Kyoto bottles such as Tamano Hikari.
- The Infatuation and Boston magazine both include the sushi bar in their current guides.
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Uni
Inside the Eliot Hotel at Commonwealth and Massachusetts avenues, Uni is chef-owner Ken Oringer’s izakaya, with David Bazirgan as executive chef. The menu splits between small plates inspired by street food and a raw side of makimono, nigiri and sashimi. A daily tasting menu and the a la carte menu are both available every night, and Boston magazine describes the tasting as about a dozen courses. The Uni Lounge has a weeknight prix fixe as well. Prices are in downloadable menus on the restaurant’s site and are not repeated here. Reservations help on weekends, when dinner service runs half an hour later.
Hours: Sunday through Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Address: 370A Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Why they made the list
- Diners can choose between a set tasting and ordering piece by piece on any night of the week.
- The restaurant is open seven nights a week, including Sunday and Monday, when several omakase counters are closed.
- Both The Infatuation (October 2026) and Boston magazine (August 2025) include Uni in their sushi guides.
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Wa Shin
Executive chef Sky Zheng, who trained under Daisuke Nakazawa at Sushi Nakazawa in New York according to the restaurant, leads the hinoki counter at Wa Shin on Stuart Street near Park Square. The omakase is 18 seasonal courses for $199 a guest. A 20 percent administrative fee is added to each check, and the restaurant says gratuity is not required. Reservations are released online each day at noon, 14 days ahead, for parties of four or fewer. Cancellations need 48 hours’ notice for one to three guests and 72 hours for four, or the full price is charged. Severe allergies, vegetarian, vegan and halal requests cannot be accommodated.
Hours: Monday through Saturday by reservation, with counter seatings at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Address: 222 Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116
Why they made the list
- The price, course count and cancellation terms are all published on the restaurant’s website.
- Boston magazine’s sushi guide, published in August 2025, includes Wa Shin.
- Three counter seatings a night make a 9 p.m. dinner possible six nights a week.
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Yoshida Omakase
Yoshida Omakase is on Massachusetts Avenue in Back Bay. Chef Tony Cao, who has two decades of experience by the restaurant’s account, prepares an 18-course omakase. Boston magazine reported the price at $300 a person in August 2025; the restaurant’s homepage does not post one, so confirm the current figure when booking through SevenRooms. The dining window runs five hours a night, six nights a week, and Tuesday is the day off. Boston magazine also reports that Yoshida has the same owner as the Karma Asian Fusion restaurants in the suburbs.
Hours: Wednesday through Monday, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Closed Tuesday.
Address: 51 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Why they made the list
- Sunday and Monday dinner is available here, when O Ya and No Relation are closed.
- Private dining inquiries are handled through a separate page on the restaurant’s website.
- Boston magazine’s sushi guide, published in August 2025, includes Yoshida.
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