Sakanaya Anto Store — Restaurant in Kanazawa

First time eating here, and it didn’t disappoint. A fantastic seafood experience awaits you here. You can find the restaurant inside the Kanazawa JR station.

This restaurant is quite popular. The interior is nice and simple with traditional Japanese music playing - a very nice atmosphere.

The staff are friendly and the service is quick. Our order was ready in minutes.

The seafood sets are great value and delicious. My maguro (tuna) is amazing - tender, flavourful and melted in my mouth. They have many dishes to choose from including tempura.

The restaurant also offers a wide selection of alcoholic beverages including beer, sake, sours, hi balls and chuhais.

There are also Covid safety measures in place - hand sanitizers at the entrance and plastic partitions at each table and counter area.

I’m definitely eating here again the next time I visit...

Delicious! As the name suggests, this place specializes in fish-related dishes. I love the catch of the day sashimi plate (1800 yen), which comes with several pieces of thickly sliced raw fish, a fried fish, a cooked fish, and two vegetable side dishes. Also rice and miso soup, of course.

You can choose the rice size; Medium is huge.

There is usually a waiting list but the line moves very quickly. If you are not sure how to write your name in Japanese, you can write 本田 (Honda), Tom/Mary (or other generic English name) which you know you will understand within a very long string of...

A popular kaisendon place inside of Kanazawa station. If you don’t want to wait, it’s better to go early for dinner. However, they have a list where you can write your name down, so you can look around the nearby omiyage shops to kill time.

All orders are done on a tablet. You can choose the amount of rice you’d like in your bowl, from extra small to extra large.

The seafood was all very fresh, but the quality varied. For example, the negi toro was amazing, but some of the small cuts of raw fish were a bit tough...