22 sushi restaurants readers suggest in Massachusetts to try

It has been 60 years since sushi was launched to the overall inhabitants, but it surely doesn’t look like that way back that it was nonetheless thought-about unique, a delicacy, and exhausting to search out.

Right this moment discovering sushi is as straightforward as going to the grocery retailer as a result of many native markets have sushi cooks on the payroll. Bob Luz, outgoing president of the Massachusetts Restaurant Affiliation, stated he suspects that is perhaps, partly, a driving pressure behind the recognition of sushi. The truth that it’s a reasonably gentle, wholesome, and cellular entrée doesn’t harm both.

Whereas it won’t show as unique as a dish because it as soon as was, among the maki rolls nonetheless are. Eel and cucumber wrapped with smoked salmon, torched squid, salmon roe, and mayo is only one providing at Douzo in Boston. Or possibly you’d choose skinny slices of escolar fish with ponzu sauce sprinkled with scallions and sesame seeds, which could be discovered at Junji in Marblehead. Whether or not it’s salmon, tuna, mackerel, hamachi, or eel with cucumber, avocado, burdock, masago or flying fish roe – you possibly can possible discover your favourite sushi fairly shut at hand. 

In accordance with apartmentguide.com, Boston is the quantity 10 spot within the nation for sushi and those that responded to our ballot on the place to search out one of the best sushi, informed us there isn’t a scarcity of locations to go. In response to our ballot, a lot of you supplied up your personal favourite locations, so the subsequent time you’re hankering for some sushi, sashimi, or seaweed salad, take a look at this record earlier than you head out.

Cafe Sushi, 1105 Mass Ave. Cambridge

Cafe Sushi provides signature rolls like scallops with spicy mayo and tobiko together with traditional maki rolls like tuna and avocado or spicy salmon and cucumber and vegetable nigiri. In addition they provide bento bins, weeknight platters for 2, weekend platters for 2, and lunch specials.

Complete Meals ranked second in our survey, and to be honest, they do have sushi cooks at work within the shops who will make dishes to order if you happen to ask. The choices embrace the now traditional, tuna or salmon and avocado rolls, duet duos, which embrace each tuna and salmon, assorted nigiri,  crunchy salmon rolls, and you’ll find choices with white rice or brown rice and quinoa. 

Salt Society, 146 Entrance St., Scituate

Salt Society provides signature sushi that features a entire lobster tail, together with sashimi, shrimp tempura, and veggie rolls. There are additionally sufficient non-sushi choices to fulfill any urge for food and a few craft cocktails that will make the drive from nearly anyplace worthwhile (Dying by Daiquiri: Diplomatico aged white rum, 5 spice pineapple gomme, recent lemon, Havanna & Hyde bitters– simply saying).

Seoul Kitchen, 142 Littleton Street, Westford 

With dishes like Naruto  (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, crabstick, and asparagus wrapped in shaved cucumber, topped with soy-wasabi dressing), pink snapper sashimi and a surf and turf roll that features crispy shrimp topped with grilled Korean BBQ steak, citrus soy, Korean chili sauce & scallions, we get why this place is a favourite. In addition they have Purple Sox-inspired rolls named for the Inexperienced Monster and Huge Papi, together with Mexican and Hawaiian-inspired rolls.

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Others on the record

North/Northwest

Junji, 114 Nice St., Marblehead

Taku Sushi Bar, 289 Rantoul St., Beverly

Kame, 250 Cabot St., Beverly

Blu Karma,6 Buy St.,  Danvers

Maggie’s Farm, 189 Essential St., Middleton

Oga’s, 915 Worcester St., Natick 

South/Southeastern MA

Saki, 258 Industrial St. #4, Provincetown

Shipwrecked, 263 Grand Ave, Falmouth

Chopsticks and Forks, 116 Entrance St., Scituate

Tatami Restaurant & Sushi Bar, 118 North Bedford Avenue, East Bridgewater

Mac’s Shack, 91 Industrial St., Wellfleet

Alba on 53, 2053 Washington St., Hanover

Shino Sushi Grill & Bar, 620 Washington St., Easton

Boston/ Metro Boston

Douzo Sushi, 131 Dartmouth St.,  Boston

Ebi Sushi, 290 Somerville Ave., Somerville

Oishi, 365 Boston Submit Street, Sudbury

Otake Sushi Bistro, 15 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands

And final however not least 

Authorized C Bar, a number of areas

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How did Boston make the record?

Apartmentguide.com scouted the nation for good sushi joints then calculated the variety of sushi spots per capita and the quantity per sq. mile and ranked them excessive to low. Upon combining the 2 rankings, the ultimate complete decided every metropolis’s general sushi rating. San Francisco ranked number one, and Atlanta, San Diego, Seattle, Portland (Oregon), Las Vegas, Honolulu, Orlando, and Miami rounded out the record with Boston on the quantity 10 spot. 

Additionally, for the needs of the apartmentguide.com survey, solely eating places that primarily serve sushi, these they thought-about “America’s true sushi-yas, izakayas, and omakase joints” had been included. It didn’t think about chains or locations that served sushi plus unrelated dishes, in contrast to the Depraved Native ballot that’s completely happy to search out good sushi wherever it lives and it’s good to know that a lot of it does the truth is reside in Massachusetts.