The best sushi in London is served at small omakase counters in Mayfair, Marylebone and, surprisingly, Wimbledon, where the chef decides every piece and dinner costs £170 to £380 a head. For less, Notting Hill’s Eel Sushi sells nigiri by the piece from £4, and Atariya Café Japan in Golders Green, run by one of London’s Japanese fish wholesalers, starts at £2 a piece.
Every price below comes from the restaurant’s own website or menu, and every MICHELIN status from the 2026 MICHELIN Guide, both checked on 31 October 2026.
Sushi Restaurants in London by Price
| Best for a special occasion | Sushi Kanesaka, 45 Park Lane (one MICHELIN Star) |
| Best omakase for the price | Takahashi, Wimbledon, £170 for eight guests a night |
| Best lunch omakase | Mayha, Marylebone, £100 |
| Best nigiri by the piece | Eel Sushi, Notting Hill, from £4 |
| Best everyday sushi | Atariya Café Japan, Golders Green, from £2 a piece |
| Booking | Essential for omakase. Takahashi opens each month’s bookings on a set day |
Sushi restaurants in London compared
| Restaurant | Area | Style | MICHELIN Guide 2026 | Price (own site) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sushi Kanesaka | Mayfair | Omakase counter | One Star | Not published on its page |
| Tobi Masa | Mayfair | Omakase and à la carte | Listed | Omakase £295, sushi tasting £74 |
| Sushi Amamoto | Mayfair | 16-seat omakase | Listed | £180 lunch, £380 prestige |
| Mayha | Marylebone | 11-seat omakase | Listed | £100 lunch, £200 dinner |
| Maru | Mayfair | 20-course omakase | Listed | Not published on its home page |
| Takahashi | Wimbledon | 8-seat omakase | Listed | £170 (autumn menu) |
| Umu | Mayfair | Kyoto-style kaiseki with sushi | One Star | Not checked |
| Eel Sushi | Notting Hill | Counter, by the piece | Listed | Nigiri from £4, 10 pieces £60 |
| Sumi | Notting Hill and Marylebone | Modern sushi restaurant | Listed (Notting Hill) | Menus by PDF on its site |
| Sushi Atelier | Fitzrovia | Counter and tables, one-hour omakase | Not listed | Not published on its home page |
| Atariya Café Japan | Golders Green | Fishmonger’s sushi café | Not listed | Nigiri £2 to £5 a piece |
| Eat Tokyo | Six London branches | Everyday Japanese | Not listed | Not published online |
“Listed” means the restaurant is in the MICHELIN Guide without a Star. Service charges of 12.5% to 15% are added on top at most of these.
Omakase in London: the counters worth booking
Omakase means “I leave it to you”: you sit at the counter and the chef serves one piece at a time, in the order they choose. These six are the most serious sushi counters in the city.
Sushi Kanesaka, 45 Park Lane
Chef Shinji Kanesaka’s London outpost holds one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide. You are met in the lobby of the 45 Park Lane hotel and taken up to a hidden room on the first floor with a single counter, as the MICHELIN Guide describes it. The hotel’s website blocked our price check on 31 October, so confirm the cost when you book.
Tobi Masa at The Chancery Rosewood
Sushi master Masayoshi Takayama runs Tobi Masa inside the former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square, now The Chancery Rosewood hotel. Its sample omakase costs £295 per guest and runs from toro tartare with caviar to a sequence of nigiri from toro to wagyu. You can also order à la carte, where a sushi tasting of seven nigiri and six hosomaki is £74. It opens for dinner Tuesday to Saturday, 5:30pm to 10pm, and adds a 15% service charge.
Sushi Amamoto, Albemarle Street
Shogo Amamoto made his name in Taipei, and his London counter seats 16. Amamoto’s menu page lists two omakase: a 17-course tasting omakase at £180, served at lunch only from Wednesday to Saturday, and a prestige omakase of around 22 courses at £380. There are three sittings, at 12:30pm, 6pm and 8:30pm. The lunch menu is the cheapest way into a MICHELIN-listed Mayfair counter.
Mayha, Chiltern Street
Mayha moved from Beirut to Marylebone and seats 11 around a curved wooden counter. Its own site lists lunch at £100 (a salad, a selection of nigiri, a bowl and dessert, Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 2:30pm) and an omakase dinner at £200, served at two sittings, 6pm and 8:30pm. A £78 lunch bento can be ordered ahead by email.
Maru, Shepherd Market
Maru is easy to walk past in the lanes of Shepherd Market, and the MICHELIN Guide puts its appeal down to the quality of its produce. Maru serves a 20-course omakase. The price is shown only when you book.
Takahashi, Wimbledon: the best value omakase in London
Nobuhisa and Yuko Takahashi opened their restaurant on Merton Road in South Wimbledon in the winter of 2015, and they still take a maximum of eight guests a day. The autumn omakase costs £170 a head, with sake pairing at £95, and dinner starts at 7:30pm, Wednesday to Sunday. Bookings open month by month: December’s open at noon on Sunday 1 November. The kitchen is too small to cater for allergies or intolerances, and the menu cannot be changed, so check your party’s needs before you request a seat.
Map of Takahashi
Umu in Mayfair, also with one MICHELIN Star, serves sushi within a Kyoto-style kaiseki menu. It belongs on a list of London’s best Japanese dining but is less of a sushi counter than the six above.
Mid-priced sushi: counters you can walk into
Eel Sushi, Notting Hill
From the team behind Dorian, Eel Sushi is a compact counter in Swiss pine on Talbot Road, listed in the MICHELIN Guide. Its menu sells nigiri by the piece, from £4 for akami or salmon to £12 for kama-toro, and a chef’s selection of ten pieces for £60. That makes it the best place in London to try toro without committing to a full omakase.
Map of Eel Sushi
Sumi, Notting Hill and Marylebone
Endo Kazutoshi named Sumi after his mother. The Notting Hill restaurant on Westbourne Grove, which the MICHELIN Guide says expanded in 2022, is one of the busiest on the street, and there is a second branch on Devonshire Street in Marylebone. Sumi’s menus are posted as PDFs on its site.
Sushi Atelier, Great Portland Street
A few minutes from Oxford Circus, Sushi Atelier does nigiri with ponzu jelly and rolls with yellowtail and truffle mayonnaise, and walk-ins are welcome. Its one-hour omakase, served at the counter at 6pm from Tuesday to Friday, is built for pre-theatre diners. It opens noon to 3pm and 5:30pm to 10pm Tuesday to Friday, and noon to 10pm on Saturdays.
Everyday sushi in London: by the piece from £2
Atariya Café Japan, Golders Green
Atariya is a Japanese fish wholesaler and grocer, and Atariya Café Japan on Finchley Road, a couple of minutes from Golders Green station, is its sushi restaurant. Its menu prices nigiri by the piece: £2 for tamago or surf clam, £2.60 for salmon, £3 for tuna and £4.50 for chu-toro. It opens for dinner Wednesday to Sunday, 6pm to 10:30pm, and for lunch Friday to Sunday, noon to 2:30pm, and takes bookings online.
Map of Atariya Cafe Japan
Eat Tokyo
Eat Tokyo is Japanese-owned, was established 40 years ago and runs branches in Golders Green, Notting Hill Gate, Soho, Holborn, Hammersmith and Covent Garden, alongside six in Tokyo. It promises affordable prices rather than ceremony, which suits a quick sushi lunch.
Japan Centre
Japan Centre’s food hall at Westfield London, in Relay Square on the ground floor, makes sushi in its open kitchens alongside ramen and katsu curry, with a fishmonger and Japanese groceries under the same roof. It is the easiest place in west London to eat sushi and shop for a Japanese dinner in one stop.
If you would rather make it yourself, our guide to Japanese cooking classes in London includes sushi-making courses with Japanese chefs.
How to book omakase in London
- Book early. Counters have 8 to 16 seats. Takahashi releases each month’s seats on a set day, and Mayha and Amamoto run fixed sittings, so you choose a time slot rather than a table.
- Declare allergies when booking. Takahashi cannot cater for allergies or intolerances at all, and most counters serve a fixed sequence.
- Lunch is cheaper. Amamoto’s lunch omakase is £200 less than its prestige dinner, and Mayha’s lunch is half the price of dinner.
- Budget for service. Tobi Masa adds 15%, Takahashi 12.5%.
Once you have eaten your way through the sushi, the next step in London’s Japanese food is the grill: see our guide to Japanese BBQ in London. For noodles, our best ramen in London list is the place to start, and the full picture by dish is in London’s best Japanese food, by dish type.
Best sushi in London: questions and answers
In the 2026 MICHELIN Guide, Sushi Kanesaka at 45 Park Lane holds one Star as a sushi counter, and Umu in Mayfair holds one Star for Kyoto-influenced cooking that includes sushi. Tobi Masa, Sushi Amamoto, Maru, Mayha, Takahashi, Eel Sushi and Sumi are listed in the guide without a Star.
On the restaurants’ own sites in October 2026, omakase ran from £100 for Mayha’s lunch to £380 for Sushi Amamoto’s prestige dinner. Takahashi in Wimbledon charges £170, Mayha’s dinner is £200 and Tobi Masa’s omakase is £295. Most add a service charge of 12.5% to 15%.
Atariya Café Japan in Golders Green, run by a Japanese fish wholesaler, prices nigiri from £2 a piece. Eat Tokyo, with six London branches, and Japan Centre’s food hall at Westfield London are the other dependable everyday options. Eel Sushi’s nigiri from £4 a piece is the step up.
With omakase the chef chooses every piece and serves them one at a time, usually at the counter, for a fixed price. À la carte you order the pieces you want, as at Eel Sushi or Tobi Masa’s dinner menu. Omakase shows a chef’s full range; à la carte lets you control the bill.
For omakase, yes. Counters seat 8 to 16 people and run fixed sittings, and Takahashi opens a month’s bookings at once, on a published date. Sushi Atelier welcomes walk-ins but recommends booking for the counter, and Atariya Café Japan takes online bookings.
