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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
Sushi Hyun Omakase restaurant
At $300 a head, Sushi Hyun asks a serious question of any diner: does the room earn the cheque?
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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9.8
Based on 136 reviews
Best Japanese Restaurants in Vancouver: 47 Picks for 2026
Japanese dining remains one of Vancouver's deepest strengths, especially when precision and setting are both handled well.
47 restaurantsAvg rating 9.1Updated July 2026
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Top Japanese picks in Vancouver
Fast answers for diners comparing japanese restaurants in Vancouver. These first picks are sorted from live restaurant data and editorial fit.
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Japanese•Yaletown•value
Oshi Nori
Yaletown gets a lot of sushi rooms that mistake price for ambition.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.6
Based on 1437 reviews
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Japanese•West End•value
Tonkotsu Ramen Tsukiya
Tsukiya on Denman is what happens when a husband-and-wife team rebuilds something they already got right.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 800 reviews
4
Japanese•Vancouver•value
Kioku Kitchen
Kioku Kitchen is a sensible japanese call in Vancouver when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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9.6
Based on 649 reviews
5
Japanese•Downtown•moderate
Sake Dining HASHIGO by Zakkushi
HASHIGO sits on Granville just off Davie as the more deliberate, sake-forward sibling in the Zakkushi group's lineup — a boutique izakaya where the drink program shapes the room as much as the kitchen does.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 595 reviews
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Japanese•Gastown•moderate
Oku Izakaya Bar
Oku Izakaya Bar is doing something Gastown has needed for a while: a late-night Japanese bar that actually earns the izakaya name rather than borrowing it for atmosphere.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 541 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•value
Okami Sushi - Japanese Restaurant, Bute Street Vancouver BC
Okami Sushi opened on Bute Street in September 2023, and what it represents is unusually clear for a room this size: an eight-seat counter operation where the kitchen's decades of sushi experience get concentrated into a tight, deliberat…
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.6
Based on 416 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•$$$$
Yugafu Japanese Bistro
Yugafu Japanese Bistro is not a Vancouver proper address — it operates out of a strip-mall suite in Surrey's Cloverdale corridor, a detail that filters out the casually curious and suits the fourteen-seat room perfectly.
hidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 237 reviews
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Japanese•West End•value
Tom Sushi
Tom Sushi is an easy japanese option in West End in Vancouver to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 2697 reviews
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Japanese•Downtown•value
VanLove sushi & more
There's a particular kind of Vancouver story unfolding at 1755 Robson, and it's worth your attention.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.4
Based on 1181 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•value
Tozen Sushi Bar
Tozen Sushi Bar on West Broadway positions itself deliberately: not as a neighborhood conveyor-belt spot, but as the more refined, premium sibling to Chef Tom's downtown operation, Tom Sushi.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.4
Based on 807 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•value
BIB GOURMAND
Sushi Hil
Chef Hilary Nguy spent nearly two decades working his way through Vancouver's Japanese restaurant scene before opening Sushi Hil in 2022 on Main Street's Riley Park–Little Mountain stretch — a deliberate distance from the downtown omakas…
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.4
Based on 721 reviews
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Japanese•Kitsilano•value
Ocean Goose Japanese Restaurant
Ocean Goose arrived on West 4th in late 2024 as a project from the team behind TonTon Sushi, and the room it occupies tells you immediately that this is not a casual counter operation.
Kits dinnerbrunchdinner
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9.4
Based on 629 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•$$$$
Torake Japanese Cuisine
Torake is doing something specific and it's not for the casual drop-in crowd: this is a Franco-Japanese omakase operation in Vancouver built around the idea that modern French technique and traditional Japanese sensibility can coexist on…
hidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 216 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
Sushi MAHANA
Ten seats.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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9.4
Based on 183 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
Junzushi
Junzushi is the kind of japanese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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9.4
Based on 63 reviews
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Japanese•Downtown•value
Ramen Danbo Robson
Ramen Danbo on Robson is not trying to reinvent the conversation about Japanese food in Vancouver.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.2
Based on 5632 reviews
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Japanese•West End•value
Kingyo Izakaya
Kingyo Izakaya on Denman Street has built a consistent reputation as one of Vancouver's more serious izakayas — serious in the sense that the kitchen treats the small-plates format as a genuine culinary register rather than a backdrop fo…
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.2
Based on 3294 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•value
Maruhachi Ra-men Westend
Maruhachi Ra-men Westend is a japanese restaurant in Vancouver that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.2
Based on 3070 reviews
20
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Japanese•Downtown•value
KINTON RAMEN ROBSON
KINTON RAMEN ROBSON is an easy japanese option in Downtown in Vancouver to suggest without needing a long explanation.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.2
Based on 1950 reviews
21
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Japanese•Marpole•value
KINTON RAMEN MARINE GATEWAY
KINTON RAMEN MARINE GATEWAY is a japanese restaurant in Marpole in Vancouver that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinnerhidden gem
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9.2
Based on 1496 reviews
22
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Japanese•Vancouver•value
Toshi Sushi
Toshi Sushi is a japanese pick in Vancouver when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.2
Based on 1256 reviews
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Japanese•North Vancouver•value
Sapporo Kitchen Deep Cove
Sapporo Kitchen is doing something deceptively straightforward: it's a sub-$20 ramen shop planted in Deep Cove, one of North Vancouver's most scenic and genuinely underserved corners for serious bowl culture.
waterfrontdinner
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9.2
Based on 360 reviews
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Japanese•Yaletown•value
Minami
Minami is the Yaletown sibling of Miku, and between them the two restaurants are largely credited with bringing aburi — the flame-searing technique applied to pressed and nigiri sushi — into Vancouver's mainstream consciousness.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 3860 reviews
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Japanese•Kitsilano•value
Raisu
Raisu is a sensible japanese call in Kitsilano in Vancouver when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 3502 reviews
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Japanese•Gastown•value
Momo Sushi
Momo Sushi is the kind of japanese room in Gastown you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 3162 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•moderate
Guu Original Thurlow
Guu Original Thurlow is a japanese restaurant in Vancouver that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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9.0
Based on 2260 reviews
28
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Japanese•Downtown•value
Hello Nori - Robson
Hello Nori - Robson is the kind of japanese room in Downtown you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Sushidinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 2123 reviews
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Japanese•Mount Pleasant•value
Afuri Ramen Vancouver
Afuri Ramen Vancouver is a japanese restaurant in Mount Pleasant in Vancouver that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.0
Based on 1666 reviews
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Japanese•West End•moderate
Zakkushi on Denman
Zakkushi on Denman has operated as a yakitori izakaya in Vancouver's West End, and two decades of consistency on a single culinary premise is its own form of argument.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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9.0
Based on 1540 reviews
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Japanese•Richmond•splurge
Masa Ishibashi
Masa Ishibashi suits a night out in Richmond when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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9.0
Based on 197 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
Sumibiyaki Arashi
Sumibiyaki Arashi suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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9.0
Based on 122 reviews
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Japanese•Downtown•value
JINYA Ramen Bar - Vancouver Downtown
JINYA Ramen Bar - Vancouver Downtown is a dependable japanese option in Downtown that a lot of diners already know and return to. Hokkaido Scallop w/ organic dry miso and Miso Glazed Eggplant also give you a decent sense of the menu.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 5048 reviews
34
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Japanese•Chinatown•value
The Ramen Butcher(Chinatown)
The Ramen Butcher holds down a corner of Vancouver's Chinatown with a focused menu built around tonkotsu fundamentals — the kind of place that has apparently decided to do one thing with conviction rather than spread across a dozen conce…
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 2772 reviews
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Japanese•Downtown•value
Maruhachi Ra-men Central Library
Maruhachi Ra-men Central Library is a sensible japanese call in Downtown in Vancouver when you want something that usually lands well.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 2310 reviews
36
Japanese•Commercial Drive•value
Kishimoto Japanese Restaurant
Kishimoto Japanese Restaurant suits a night out in Commercial Drive when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Sushidinnertakeout
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8.8
Based on 1254 reviews
37
Japanese•Kitsilano•value
Saku Broadway
Saku Broadway is a sensible japanese call in Kitsilano in Vancouver when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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8.8
Based on 1169 reviews
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Japanese•Yaletown•moderate
Hapa Izakaya Yaletown
Hapa Izakaya Yaletown is a japanese restaurant in Yaletown in Vancouver that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 1110 reviews
39
Japanese•Vancouver•value
BEEST
BEEST is an easy japanese option in Vancouver to suggest without needing a long explanation.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 713 reviews
40
Japanese•Burnaby•value
Horin Ramen Metrotown
Horin Ramen Metrotown is a japanese restaurant in Burnaby in Vancouver that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinnergroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 529 reviews
41
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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
TAKENAKA Uni Bar
TAKENAKA Uni Bar occupies a deliberate lane in Vancouver's Japanese dining landscape — not an izakaya stretched across genres, not a sushi counter performing for the room.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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8.8
Based on 375 reviews
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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
Tekkaba Omakase Restaurant
Tekkaba Omakase Restaurant suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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8.8
Based on 301 reviews
43
Japanese•Vancouver•moderate
Guu Toramasa
Guu Toramasa is an easy japanese option in Vancouver to suggest without needing a long explanation.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 290 reviews
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Japanese•Mount Pleasant•moderate
Zakkushi Dining on Main
Zakkushi Dining on Main is an easy japanese option in Mount Pleasant in Vancouver to suggest without needing a long explanation.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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8.6
Based on 1427 reviews
45
Japanese•Vancouver•moderate
Eat Bar & Patio Haraheri
Eat Bar & Patio Haraheri is a sensible japanese call in Vancouver when you want something that usually lands well.
small platesdinnerjapanese
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8.6
Based on 1285 reviews
46
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Japanese•Vancouver•$$
BIB GOURMAND
Motonobu Udon
There is no signage outside Motonobu Udon, which feels less like modesty than confidence.
japanesebib gourmand
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8.6
Based on 1075 reviews
47
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Japanese•Vancouver•splurge
MICHELIN ★
Masayoshi
Masayoshi operates against the grain of Vancouver's current omakase scene, where competitive theatrics — knife reveals, architectural plating, tableside spectacle — have become as much the product as the food itself.
Omakasespecial occasiondate night
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8.6
Based on 453 reviews
Common questions about Japanese in Vancouver
What are the best Japanese restaurants in Vancouver?
The top Japanese restaurants in Vancouver include Sushi Hyun Omakase restaurant, Oshi Nori, Tonkotsu Ramen Tsukiya. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings, review volume, and editorial judgment.
What is the highest-rated Japanese restaurant in Vancouver?
Sushi Hyun Omakase restaurant is among the highest-rated Japanese restaurants in Vancouver, with a 9.8 Google rating across 136 reviews.
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