Best Japanese restaurants in San Diego

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15 restaurants available nearby

1. Lumi

4.6

Exceptional(715)

Price: Expensive

• Japanese • Downtown

Booked 41 times today

Great server pearl, also manger came out to see if everything good it always feels nice being treaded well

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2. Benihana - Temecula, CA

3.9

Excellent(855)

Price: Moderate

• Japanese • Temecula

Booked 77 times today

Made reservations for Valentines Day at 8:00pm 2025 and we got seated at 8:30pm other than that it was great I would say we ate around 10pm definitely booking earlier next time but food was amazing customer service was amazing

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3. Benihana - San Diego, CA

3.9

Excellent(7539)

Price: Moderate

• Japanese • Mission Valley

Booked 177 times today

In a party of six, it is hard for persons 1-2 to hear persons 5-6. But the service and food is outstanding!

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4. Harmony Cuisine 2B1

4.8

Exceptional(266)

Price: Very Expensive

• Japanese • Kearny Mesa

Booked 3 times today

Wish we had something like this in north county. We would certainly make the drive down again, as it was that good.

5. Nobu San Diego

4.6

Exceptional(3778)

Price: Very Expensive

• Japanese • Downtown

Booked 52 times today

Very good place, it's just difficult to find parking

6. Cloak + Petal

4.7

Exceptional(993)

Price: Expensive

• Sushi • Little Italy

Booked 47 times today

Amazing service and food!!! We will 100% be back:)

7. Takaramono sushi

4.7

Exceptional(62)

Price: Expensive

• Sushi • La Jolla

Booked 13 times today

LA Jolla prices but it was good. Definitely not an all the time location.

8. Shimbashi Izakaya

4.7

Exceptional(988)

Price: Expensive

• Japanese • Del Mar

Booked 25 times today

Lovely meal, great staff very accommodating for food allergies

9. Downtown Sushi

4.3

Awesome(79)

Price: Moderate

• Sushi • Downtown

Booked 8 times today

No real complaints. Took a while to get drink order compared to some places.

10. Sushi Mori

4.6

Exceptional(41)

Price: Expensive

• Japanese • La Jolla

Booked 2 times today

This qualifies as a neighborhood find for us and we are luck to have it. The sushi is wonderful and the service is great. I would describe their menu as delicate; focusing on the wonderful taste of the fish and avoiding heavy sauces. The sauces are excellent, just applied sparingly but sufficiently. Highly recommend.

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15 restaurants available nearby

1. Lumi

2. Benihana - Temecula, CA

3. Benihana - San Diego, CA

4. Harmony Cuisine 2B1

5. Nobu San Diego

6. Cloak + Petal

7. Takaramono sushi

8. Shimbashi Izakaya

9. Downtown Sushi

10. Sushi Mori

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