San Francisco Restaurant Guide - Japanese / Sushi Restaurants
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Even in Tokyo, sushi restaurants are not as chic, inventive and plentiful as they are here in San Francisco. Sushi and sushi restaurants are so popular in San Francisco there is always more than one in any given neighborhood. And whether hip or traditional, San Francisco has all types of Japanese and sushi restaurants. For Tokyo-style Japanese grilled meats and sushi, Ozumo on Restaurant Row in the Embarcadero is San Francisco's best. For stylish sushi, a young crowd and house music, Mas Sake Freestyle Sushi in the Marina is a top San Francisco sushi restaurant. For some "Santori times," Nihon in SOMA has over 250 varieties of whiskey to go with that toro nigiri.
1306 Fulton Street @ Divisadero, San Francisco, CA 94117; Tel. 415.567.7664
Tsunami is like a wave of the hip urbane. Dim lights, house music, a good looking waitstaff and red vintage chairs flavor the cozy sushi and sake bar-flanked dining room.
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1779 Folsom Street @ 14th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; Tel. 866.837.0797
NIHON serves an Izakaya style menu alongside sushi & Robata grill favorites, while the NIHON Bar features over 250 whisky offerings.
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222 Mason St., San Francisco CA 94102 (Downtown/Union Square)
The best of surf and turf come together at this warm and eclectic San Francisco restaurant in the lobby of downtown's Hotel Nikko where a Japanese spirit meets Saloon Town. The prime aged beef, flown in from Chicago's Allen Brothers, is served alongside the zangy and fresh sushi, made at Anzu's sushi bar. The protein overload pairs perfectly with Anzu's inventive Saketinis and Sakeritas.
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115 Cyril Magnin, San Francisco CA 94102 (Downtown/Union Square)
Reasonably priced and inventive Japanese cuisine and fusion-style sushi is the draw at this Union Sqaure restaurant. From fresh Manila clams steamed in sake to Teriyaki dinners to rice dishes to noodles, this Japanese restaurant has much more than excellent Sushi Nigiri rolls. The a la carte menu with bacon-wrapped salmon filets and yakitori marinated scallions is full of tasty bargains.
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2030 Lombard St., San Francisco CA 94123 (Marina District) Self-proclaimed "Freestyle Sushi," Mas Sake is a hip, decidedly Californian-influenced San Francisco sushi restaurant. Part full-bar with an eclectic rotating DJ scene, part adventurous and stylish sushi restaurant, Mas Sake is for the young and the bold.
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161 Steuart St., San Francisco CA 94105 (Financial District / Embarcadero)
The new hot spot for hipsters, Ozumo is a downtown San Francisco Tokyo-style restaurant with a fresher than thou sushi bar, a warming charcoal robata grill serving grilled fish, lobster, duck and Kobe beef and a swank Sake lounge with a long list of premium Sake-substituted cocktails. The minimal and contemporary atmosphere is a simple backdrop for Ozumo's artful Japanese cuisine.
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3174 16th St., San Francisco CA 94103 (Castro/Noe Valley)
Sixties pop meets Japanese-America cuisine at this showy sushi den in the Mission. The top-quality sake flows a bit freely, so keep your wits about you, if only to remember that excellent miso'd sea bass.
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