5 Best Sushi in Seattle (2026)

Umi Sake House is a Japanese restaurant and izakaya in Belltown, serving sushi alongside a large tapas-style menu and a sake list of more than 60 imported bottles. It runs a fast, high-energy dinner service with a happy hour twice daily, and reviewers frequently mention the seaweed salad and its range of vegetarian-friendly rolls. It's a bar-and-restaurant hybrid rather than a quiet sushi counter.

Japonessa Sushi Cocina is a downtown Seattle restaurant that fuses traditional Japanese sushi technique with Latin American flavors, adding jalapeno, cilantro, and mango to its rolls alongside standard nigiri and sashimi. It's the most-reviewed sushi restaurant on this list, with locations in both Seattle and Bellevue, and runs daily happy hour and full catering service. Reservations are recommended, especially on weekends.

Sushi Kashiba is a Japanese restaurant near Pike Place Market run by Chef Shiro Kashiba, credited with bringing sushi to Seattle in 1970 and trained many of the city's other well-known sushi chefs. It's built around an omakase counter where the chef curates the meal course by course, alongside a la carte nigiri and sashimi. Bon Appetit has called Kashiba "Seattle's Grand Sushi Master," and he still cooks and appears at the counter periodically.

Onibaba by Tsukushinbo is a small, casual Japanese restaurant in Pioneer Square built around onigiri (Japanese rice balls) rather than a traditional sushi roll menu, alongside dishes like grilled saba and unagi rice bowls. It's a tiny, walk-in-friendly space with a fun, casual vibe and a curated selection of Japanese beers. The kitchen leans into simple, home-style Japanese cooking rather than a full sushi bar format.

FOB Sushi Bar is a self-serve, pay-by-the-pound sushi counter in Belltown where customers fill a box or plate with whatever nigiri and rolls catch their eye rather than ordering from a fixed menu. Pricing runs by weight, currently around $15.99 per pound, and the sushi selection is continuously restocked throughout service. It offers both dine-in seating and takeout.