Best Japanese Restaurants
1. YAMAMORI NOODLES
71/72 South Great Georges St, Dublin 2 | 7 minute walk from the apartment
Japanese | €€
TIMES: 12pm-9.30pm, Sunday & Monday; 12pm-10pm, Tuesday-Thursday; 12pm-10.30pm, Friday & Saturday
RESERVATIONS: Call +353 1 4755001, email southcity@yamamori.ie or online here.
WEBSITE: yamamori.ie/southcity
Yamamori has three different restaurants in Dublin - each with a different menu and different atmosphere. This one - Yamamori Noodles - at 71 South Great Georges St - is the original Yamamori venue in Dublin. It's not just noodles, of course. Check out the full menu here. Excellent quality and really good value.
2. YAMAMORI SUSHI
38-39 Lower Ormond Quay | 6 minutes walk from the apartment
Japanese | €€
TIMES: 12pm-9pm, Sunday to Thursday;
RESERVATIONS: Call +353 1 8720003, email northcity@yamamori.ie or online here.
WEBSITE: yamamori.ie
This is the second of the three Yamamori venues in Dublin. This one specialises in sushi, but, as with the other two, it offers everything else as well. Tempura, sushi, Japanese grill and ramen all prepared fresh daily. And, again, you're guaranteed great food and superb value. You'll also find the Whisky Bar here, which is up there with the best whiskey bars in the city: a huge selection of whiskeys from all over the world
3. YAMAMORI IZAKAYA
12-13 South Great Georges St, Dublin 2 | 6 minute walk from the apartment
Japanese | €€
TIMES: 5pm-10pm, Monday to Thursday; 1pm-10.30pm, Saturdays; 1pm-9pm, Sundays.
RESERVATIONS: Call +35316458001, email izakayasakebar@yamamori.ie or online here.
WEBSITE: yamamori.ie
Offers a huge range of unique japas and sushi dishes, with an emphasis on sharing and discovering new flavours and new foods together. Perhaps the most lively of the three Yamamori venues: always busy, lots of chatter and buzz, particularly later in the evenings. Good selection, too, of cocktails and sakes.
This is also the venue for Izakaya Basement which happens everu night except Mondays and Tuesdays. Some well-known DJs until 2.30am or so.
4. MUSASHI NOODLES & SUSHI BAR
15 Capel Street, Dublin 1 | 4 minute walk from the apartment
Japanese | €
TIMES: 12pm-10pm, Sunday to Thursday; 12pm-11pm, Friday & Saturday
RESERVATIONS: Book online here or phone +353 1 5328057 or email info@musashidublin.com
WEBSITE: musashidublin.com
Not quite a budget option but less expensive than Yamamori - but still good quality and a really nice atmosphere in the restaurant. Starters at around €5 and mains for less than €20. Even though it's right bang in the centre of the city, Capel Street isn't really on the traditional tourist trail so you'll find more locals than tourists here. Their specialty is sushi, while other great choices include seafood cha han, seafood yaki soba and yasai yaki soba. Portions are big.
5. DARUMA
13 Parliament Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02P658 | 1 minute walk from apartment
Japanese Izakaya | €€
TIMES: 12pm-Late, Tuesday to Sunday; CLOSED on Mondays
RESERVATIONS: Can book online here
WEBSITE: daruma.ie
Friendly and laid-back, this is more of a bar with food than a restaurant in itself, which means you can have a drink and order as much or as little as you like. There is a great selection of Japanese food. There is a good value lunch deal available from 12pm to 3pm (ranging from €15 to €20) while small plates in the evening are €10 to €15 and large plates €20 to €25.
