Welcome to the 2025 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 – 2024, 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 my Italian cap brand, Ledge, as this year’s sponsor. Check it out here.
Onto New York.
I know it has the reputation for the glitz and glamour, but I promise you that fantasy will evaporate the second you see a pack of cockroaches that have somehow developed (evolved???) the ability to fly. Really, unless rats scurrying between/in/on/through subway cars is your thing, there are about 745 cities I’d recommend visiting first, including Mordor, which may or may not be a city.
But I’d be lying if I said this concrete jungle didn’t have its moments. For instance, we need to talk about Hudson River Park. I’m this close to writing a “ranking the best piers in New York City” piece, and that’s because of HRP.
Or, more relevant to why you’re here, there are no (sorry LA) places outside of Japan that have the diversity and quality of The Big Apple when it comes to sushi.
That’s fantastic, but it usually means I regularly receive variations of the following questions:
1. I’m in New York City next weekend. Do you have a sushi recommendation?
2. My partner-in-life/crime has a birthday next week. Do you have a sushi recommendation?
3. My team’s at Madison Square Garden playing the Knicks next Sunday. My name is Lebron James. Do you have a sushi recommendation?
As always, the answers to those questions are completely based on factors like budget, style preference, aversion to fish (fine?), aversion to rice (go away).
The good news is that the sheer volume of sushiya in this city – approximately 745,000 at last check – means you don’t have to spend your paycheck going to a Michelin Star restaurant if you don’t want to (but there’s no shortage of those – see below).
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 [email protected] 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
My five favourite sushiya to recommend for all occasions
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
