Welcome to the 2026 New York City Sushi Guide Presented by Ledge Headwear
This landing site is the central hub for all my New York City sushi content, rankings, lists, and general nonsense. Last year – 2025, if you’re keeping score at home – almost 1 million of you legends visited the Sushi Guide. That’s bonkers to me, considering how often I update it (rarely) and how much I spend on marketing ($0). So rather than charge some wild price, I decided to slap what I do in the real world – the designer cap brand I own in NYC/Italy called Ledge – as this year’s sponsor.
The vision is pretty simple: Ledge is a designer brand that only focuses on baseball caps. Didn’t really exist, and I’d know – loved caps in high-fashion my whole life. Check it out here.
Fellow legends,
It is time we recognize an uncomfortable – nay, an inconvenient – truth. The New York City sushi scene is a mile wide and an inch deep.
What does that mean? I’m a moron, so let me explain it using a clear analogy: a picture from a recent puff piece in the Sports Business Journal. The parallels are obvious.
This picture had two executives from a company called Relevent Sports. No, that’s not a typo. The former CEO – let’s call him “Donny” – and the new CEO – let’s call him “not Donny” – are explaining how everyone gets along, but also we’re changing the CEO three years in. Things are different but still okay, we promise. You know. Corporate shit.
But that’s not what caught my attention. They’re both dressed in suits with sneakers, because they’re cool executives. But funny thing about those sneakers – they were exactly the same Loro Piana shoes. Same colour and everything (at least according to my eyes, which I have to add to avoid a lawyer letter). You know the shoes. If you follow anyone on Instagram that’s ever filmed themselves on a boat, you’ve seen these things.
Different name, same style. Worse, it’s not even their style. And worst of all, they’re a year late to the party for that style.
Sound familiar?
We call that a ‘microcosm’, kiddos.
Welcome to the 2026 New York City Sushi Guide presented by Ledge Headwear.
Below, I’ve collected all the articles/clickbait I’ve written on New York and sushi in one place. I hope it covers every question you have, but feel free to drop me a line at info@thesushilegend.com or follow me on Instagram at @TheSushiLegend and slide into the DMs if not.
This page is also accessible directly at NYCSushiGuide.com.
My go-to recommendations
Omakase Hunting
- Printable list of all NYC omakase options with number of courses and approximate price. Took me 20 hours. Please clap.
- Best Omakase options under $100
- Best Omakase options under $150
- Best Omakase options under $200
- Best Omakase options under $300
- The Four Hundo Club (Omakase $400 and over)
- Where to go for Lunchtime Omakase
Guides to the neighborhoods
- Where to eat sushi in Brooklyn
- Where to eat sushi in Staten Island (just kidding, there’s nothing there).
- Where to eat sushi on the Upper West and Upper East Sides
General information
