No longer reserved for the most adventurous of gourmands, factory packs of, mostly inferior, sushi line today’s UK supermarket shelves. With the first Japanese restaurant appearing in London in the mid-seventies, and the first conveyor belt style gaff arriving 20 years later, it’s been a slow burn.
In Manchester’s enviably pancultural dining scene there are many places where you can indulge in sushi and sashimi, from the aforementioned supermarket meal-deal to level-up chain cafes, to bijou joints in Chinatown. We even have one world-class award-winning star in a railway arch.
This small selection includes the traditional and the experimental. Plates of spanking fresh sashimi, simple but precise nigiri, tuna, seafood and steak, there’s even a sushi taco. Itadakimasu!
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Book Now Chinatown (Manchester)Yuzu
More detailsYuzu is a neighbourhood-style Japanese restaurant offering refreshingly uncomplicated dishes served in Zen-like surroundings. You won’t find a conveyor belt of sushi here, but something altogether more traditional, such as spanking fresh sashimi.
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SpinningfieldsAustralasia
More detailsPacific Rim fusion fare for the fashion set. The undeniable theatre of the place, the approach of the staff and the craft of the food make any occasion feel like a million dollars at Australasia.
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Book Now Manchester City CentrePeter Street Kitchen
More detailsSpecialising in two distinct, contemporary cuisines, Mexican and Japanese, Peter Street Kitchen’s punchy small plates ooze luxury. There are several menus, from the sashimi, tataki and tartare of The Hibachi Experience to the pick n mix of the a la carte. Will you go all Mexican, all Japanese or mix up your tacos and tempura by grabbing dishes from both sides of the world?
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Northern QuarterCottonopolis
More detailsCoined from the 19th-century nickname for Manchester, Cottonopolis is a quintessential Northern Quarter joint, with its wooden floors, towering beams and exposed brick in a grade II listed building. Walk through the grand entrance and you’re greeted with high tables, booth seating and atmospheric lighting, as well as a sweeping bar and an open kitchen producing billows of steam from bamboo baskets.
