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Hidden upstairs sushi train in Midcity Arcade — $4.20 plates, Japanese staff, and queues to match.
From Kenzan's decades-old omakase counter to Nori Maki's hand rolls, CBD's laneways pack serious sushi craft. Ishizuka brings kaiseki precision.
From Kenzan's decades-old omakase counter to Nori Maki's hand rolls, CBD's laneways pack serious sushi craft. Ishizuka brings kaiseki precision.
Hidden upstairs sushi train in Midcity Arcade — $4.20 plates, Japanese staff, and queues to match.
Melbourne's most enduring Japanese institution — melt-in-mouth sashimi and sushi of exceptional freshness
Melbourne CBD's $3-a-roll sushi institution, fresh and stupidly cheap for decades.
Market Lane's three-storey Japanese institution, prized for precision sashimi, omakase courses and good-value lunch sets.
Melbourne's most acclaimed kaiseki experience — a hidden basement stage for seasonal Japanese precision.
Tucked-away Little Bourke Street sushi bar drawing nightly queues for silky sashimi and rich unagi don.
CBD nook pairing real matcha and karaage donburi with cloud-light French toast.
Melbourne CBD sushi counter where chefs sear nigiri tableside, from $38 lunch sets to $220pp dinner omakase.
CBD hand roll bar hidden in an office building, where imported nori anchors an affordable omakase.
The Curator is the voice behind the Lowdown, Curateria's read on where Melbourne is eating, drawn from the reviews we track.