Restaurants with upscale

Houston, Texas

Aiko Sushi Restaurant in Houston's Washington Avenue Coalition area offers a chef-guided omakase at the sushi counter, bookable through OpenTable.

London, England

Six-seat omakase inside Los Mochis in Notting Hill, London, serving a 15-course menu by chef Leonard Tanyag for £230 per person.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Chef Yoshi Okai leads a 20-course sushi counter inside Kira in New Orleans' CBD, blending Japanese fish with Gulf ingredients, booked via OpenTable.

London, England

A 12-seat counter atop Liverpool Street Station serving a 12-course Sosaku-Edomae omakase by chef Leonard Tanyag for £230 per person.

Seattle, Washington

Chef Migaku Inaba serves kaiseki and Edomae sushi omakase in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, with a six-seat counter course at $270 plus service charge and tax.

Calgary, Alberta

Chef Darren MacLean runs a six-seat counter omakase in Calgary's East Village with seasonal snacks, sashimi, and up to fifteen pieces of nigiri, booked via

Fukuoka

Edomae sushi kaiseki counter in Akasaka, Fukuoka, run by chef Kijima Eitaro, with lunch omakase from 6,000 yen and evening courses from 21,000 yen.

Toronto, Ontario

Edomae sushi and kaiseki omakase from chef Igarashi at an 8-seat counter in downtown Toronto, with separate lunch and dinner tasting menus.

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

Chef Zach Ramos runs a counter-only kaiseki-style omakase and separate lunch menu in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., booked via OpenTable.

Los Angeles, California

Umaya LA serves kaiseki and Edomae sushi omakase under chef NaO Sugiyama in Koreatown, Los Angeles, with lunch and dinner seatings booked via OpenTable.

San Francisco, California

Sushi Sato is an upscale modern sushi restaurant in Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco, open nightly for dinner with reservations via OpenTable.

Tokyo

Ichi-u is a counter-only Japanese restaurant in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, run by chef Koichi Hamano, blending washoku and Edomae sushi in an omakase format.