Top 7 Most Expensive Sushi Restaurants In The World

Sushi has a long line of history in Japan and it was believed to have started in the 2nd century. In the beginning, it started as a way to preserve priceless fish by using vinegar and salt making the fish last up to a year and maintaining its freshness.

From that, some sushi dishes started to be served as expensive food for the rich. Here we would like to share with you the top 7 most expensive sushi restaurants in the world where you can have a taste of succulent sushi.

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7. O Ya - $285 Per Person

Chef Tim and Nancy Cushman have brought the freshness and their food experience from Japan all the way to Boston and Mexico City featuring their O Ya food. The Omasake Menu features 20 dishes that comprise a combination of nigiri and sashimi including the favorite seasonal dish that everyone loves.

The dish will cost $250 per head on top of $150 per person for any additional sake that the customers want. This restaurant opened in 2007 and has the expertise in combining the preparation of sushi and expensive sashimi together with whisky as well as Japanese sake.

6. Kurumazushi - $300 Per Person

The Kurumazushi restaurant has prepared special dishes since 1978 when Uezu was recruited to help create a sushi bar after the fire incident that burned down Saito restaurant. The outcome is this restaurant which was designed based on the traditional sushi bar.

It was also remodeled to suit the customers' dining experience created by Uezu when he was still working at the original location of this restaurant in the Shinbashi district, Japan.

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The food at Kurumazushi restaurant starts at the price of $150 and it includes 9 pieces of sushi and a special dish. The $300 dish will include a variety of fish and rice, sushi, and sashimi of the chef's choice and with the special ice cream delight.

5. Urasawa - $395 Per Person

Urasawa is a sushi restaurant located in Beverly Hills, California. Their special sushi dish will cost you $395 per head and this set include the restaurant's special dishes like squid nigiri, gigantic shellfish, steam sake abalone, kosode sushi, uni, tuna's stomach, and Shima aji.

This restaurant was built on top of the Ginza Sushi-ko model which happens to be a sushi bar owned by the legendary Masa Takayama who brought it to New York. His sous chef is Hiroyuki Urasawa that open this restaurant on what he learned from the master.

4. Sushi Ginza Onodera -$450 Per Person

Sushi Ginza Onodera in Midtown, New York serves a huge variety of menus including the lunch course that can cost up to $250 and the $450 dinner course. You can also add on any additional dishes that you wish to have if you were still hungry for more.

This dish includes 8 appetizing menus, 9 seasonal nigiri, handmade Tamagoyaki, miso soup, and a special dessert.

The chef in Sushi Ginza Onodera prepares the sushi by using the Edomae style which is the basis of the ancient Edo Tokyo technique. This process involves fermentation and preserving the fish to make the flavor more intense and full of texture with the soy sauce. The sushi will be preserved with salt and seaweed and many more.

3. Sushi Hashiri - $500 Per Person

Sushi Hashiri which got a Michelin star rating in San Francisco, California has many dishes to offer including the Kaiseki dish and 9 sets of sushi priced at $250 and 5 sets of dishes at $200.

The main menu of this restaurant will be the Hashiri Omasake menu at Chef's Table with a whopping price of $500. Not just that, you will also need to give a 2 weeks notice before ordering this dish.

The food will be served in a private room by a professional sushi chef with various types of Kaiseki and Edomae sushi available. Kaiseki is a food platter that is served before the matcha while the Edomae is antic traditional sushi that consists of preserved fish in Edo style.

2. Masa - $800 Per Person

The Masa restaurant in New York City is well known for being one of the most expensive restaurants in America. The expertise of Chef Masayoshi Takayama in preparing sushi runs deep in his family's history in the Tochigi region in Japan.

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The main menu in Masa is the dish that cost $800 per head where the customers can sit at the antic sushi counter and enjoy the Japanese cooking heritage including the sushi that is served with the A5 quality Wagyu Ohmi Beef Tataki and finished with the finest truffle.

1. Golden Sushi - $1978 Per Person

The most expensive sushi on this list will be the Golden Sushi. This sushi is not typically served at a restaurant instead it is the work of art of a sushi artist, Chef Angelito Araneta Jr. based in the Philippines and known as "Chef Carat" because of this sushi.

Her creation will cost $1978 per person and it was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the most expensive sushi in the world. The nigiri roll is made from bright pink salmon obtained from Norway and foie gras while being decorated with the finest Palawan pearls, 20-carat African diamonds, and 24-carat edible golden leaves.

Source:

• Guinness World Records

• Wikipedia

• Mashed

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