すし健 白島本店 — Restaurant in Hiroshima

Whenever I travel to Hiroshima, I always try to stop by and eat at my favorite sushi place - Sushi-ken. First and most importantly, I'd highly recommend a reservation for dinner, as this is not a very large place - and also super popular with the locals. However, they have allowed me in without a reservation if I wish to sit (alone) on one of the sushi bar stools.

Service is impeccable, and the staff is EXTREMELY talented and knowledgeable on the "art" of sushi. They work efficiently and quietly. The sakana here has always been incredibly fresh and firm. In fact, on my most recent visit, one of the sushi chefs literally reached into the aquarium behind the prep area and grabbed out a large fish and proceeded to filet it up (the process took vastly longer than I thought!). It was fun to watch a true sushi chef go from "point A" to "point Z" that night.

Prices are quite reasonable for high-quality sushi, and again, it is prepared expertly and efficiently. The bar area is impeccably clean, and arranged nicely whenever I enter. NOTE: My "price per person" note I indicate in my review reflects the alcohol that I also enjoyed with my meal! ;)

One note: English is RARELY spoken here - You better know some Japanese before walking into Sushi-ken.

Overall, Sushi-ken deserves entirely my 5-star rating across the board. Their only problem is space - they appear to consistently turn...

2 weeks in Japan, and the diner we had at this restaurant is at the top of our list of all the meals we had during our trip! It was so fresh and delicious, we couldn’t believe it! We kept asking for more as we wanted to try everything that the others tables were ordering. It was all so delicious! And at the end, when we receive the bill, it was a ridiculous 65$ for a diner for two that would have cost more than 200$ in North America, and would never have taste as good. There was a language barrier, as only one person was speaking a little English, but we had a great time! They were all very nice to us. Still dreaming about...

It seemed like a place locals like to go to. Sushi was great and everyone working there was really nice. Since we don’t speak japanese, and the staff did not speak english, we used google translate to communicate and everyone was really...