I ate dinner at the Kizuna Sushi restaurant on my second day in Tokyo in April 2016, mainly because it was located two minutes away from my hotel and because the few online reviews were good. Would I recommend to you to travel to this restaurant if you are staying in another part of town? No. Would I recommend to you to eat there if you are close by anyway? Yes. The sushi was fresh, service was friendly and the menu has pictures and was in English which makes communication and ordering a lot easier. I ordered a mixed platter and tea (“tea” in Japan is always green tea – sometimes roasted, but always green) to drink, which is usually included in sushi restaurants in Japan. I recommend trying fatty tuna – not just in this restaurant; fatty tuna is hard to find outside of Japan and if you do, it is expensive. Part of my order was a trio of normal tuna, medium-fatty and fatty tuna, which is great to give you a comparison of the three. The only negative thing about this restaurant is that smoking is allowed – something that I had to get used to in Japan generally.
In sum, Kizuna is a decent Sushi place in Shinjuku with fresh fish, good service, and reasonable prices. It was not spectacular, but then you can’t go to Michelin star restaurants every day, otherwise the extraordinary would become ordinary and nobody wants that.
Kizunasushi (Webpage only available in Japanese.)
1-18-8 Kabukicho | Dai-1 Monami Bldg. 1F,B1F, Shinjuku 160-0021, Tokyo
Opening hours: 24/7
No reservation needed.
