Neighbourhood sushi

Sushi that meets you where you are

Never tried it. Cannot eat half of it. Feeding a table that agrees on nothing. Whichever one is you, start here: we say what is raw, what is cooked, and what to order.

See the menu New to sushi? Start here

A wooden board of colourful sushi rolls seen from above on a warm cream background

Three ways in

First time

You have never ordered sushi

Three words are enough to read any menu. We hand them to you, plus an order that works.

Start with the basics

Something you cannot eat

Vegetarian, gluten, shellfish, pregnant

What usually works in a sushi kitchen, where the real limits are, and which ingredients hide fish without saying so.

Diets and allergies

Taking it home

You want it to survive the drive

Some things are still excellent after twenty minutes in a box. Some were lost before you reached the car.

Compare your options

What you actually eat here

Six families, each marked raw or cooked before you have to ask.

See the full menu

Nigiri
Raw

A small press of seasoned rice with something laid over it. One or two bites. Some versions are cooked.
Sashimi
Raw

Sliced fish and nothing else. The most exposed thing on any sushi menu.
Maki rolls
Either

The rolled form, cut into rounds. Fillings run from plain cucumber to raw fish, so each one is labelled.
Cooked rolls
Cooked

Shrimp, crab stick, grilled eel, tempura. Nothing raw, and no apology needed.
Hot plates
Cooked

Grilled, fried and simmered dishes, soups and noodles. A full meal without touching the raw side.
Vegetables and tofu
Cooked

Avocado, cucumber, pickles, fried tofu pockets, vegetable tempura. A real menu, not a footnote.

What a first visit looks like

1
Walk in and sit down

No dress code, no ritual to get wrong. Tea and water arrive before anything else.
2
Say how adventurous you feel

Cooked only, a bit of everything, or straight to the raw end. That one sentence is all the guidance we need.
3
Order in rounds

Two or three things first, then more if you want. Ordering everything at once is how plates go cold.

Guides worth two minutes

The questions people ask at the table, answered properly.

All guides

2026-07-31 , 5 min read

The rice nobody talks about

Everyone judges a sushi place by the fish. The people who make it judge it by the rice. Here is what to notice, and what it tells you about a kitchen.
2026-07-29 , 6 min read

Vegetarian at a sushi restaurant: more than a cucumber roll

The cucumber roll is real, and it is not the whole story. Here is what a vegetarian meal can look like, and where fish hides on a menu that looks vegetarian.
2026-07-25 , 5 min read

Sushi with kids: what usually works

Children are rarely put off by sushi itself. They are put off by unfamiliar textures and by being handed something they cannot pick apart. Here is what tends to go well.