Trendy Japanese restaurants in Madrid to treat yourself to sushi

According to the RAE, gastronomy can be defined as the art of preparing a good meal, the love of good food and also as a set of dishes and culinary practices typical of a particular place. Today, we want to talk about the Japanese art of preparing one of the dishes that conquers the most taste buds, sushi. It is the most famous combination of rice and raw fish in the world, so much so that we have countless restaurants in Madrid that specialize in this recipe. Given its popularity and so that you can choose one, we at Marie Claire have selected 5 trendy Japanese restaurants in Madrid.

For Japanese chefs, food should surprise and captivate the guest with two of their senses, taste and sight.That’s why they pay so much attention to the presentation that accompanies each nigiri or uramaki, which are wrapped in seaweed, lightly flambéed or decorated with capelin roe. Every detail nuances the taste and sharpens the view and makes the dish a delicacy.

Prepare your chopsticks Because after this selection of Japanese restaurants, it won’t be long before you can treat yourself to sushi.

Perhaps the way Ariel D’Avila’s mother affectionately called him as a child was an omen, because more than Brazilian, it sounded Japanese, and today it’s the name on the sign of his restaurant that specializes in Japanese cuisine: Nanako.

The best way to get to know his cuisine thoroughly, highly recommended by the talented Ariel behind the bar, is to put yourself in his hands – and also let his international team advise you: Senegalese Mass in the kitchen and Iranian Masoud in the dining room, that is, starts with the Omakase menu: a personalized proposal from € 53 without limit, in which, after a short speech by the chef, he selects the best of his kitchen to delight the various diners and make them discover new discover flavours.

This new concept of Japanese gastronomy comes straight from the town of Tottori, where the original founder of Sushi Bar Tottori, Haruki Takahasi, fulfilled his dream and started his own restaurant.

With the support of a family of traditional chefs and knowledge of the customs and gastronomy of the place, they have created a special brand that offers its guests the best quality, accompanied by careful preparation that enhances the taste of the sushi . Sushi bar TottoriIn addition, it has been selected in the 2023 edition of the Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal.

You will find it in the Atocha area and it has two spaces, the first, inspired by traditional Japanese taverns and the second, recreating a World War II Japanese bunker, where chef Julián Mármol combines Japanese and Mediterranean cuisine, without losing the essence of the first.

The chef himself selects the ingredients from Alaska, Japan, Portugal or the Ebro Delta to prepare dishes full of flavor and personality. Julián Mármol’s personal bet is a great success in the capital.

the kitchen of ikigai Concentrating on the technique and the product, it is distinguished by a number of very personal recipes that vary according to the chef’s temporariness and inspiration. By following the traditional composition of Japanese cuisine and its techniques, they give a personal touch to the dishes thanks to the influence of Spanish cuisine.

This gastronomic proposal is also characterized by the aging of the fish, the variety of sauces made in-house and the classic Japanese techniques, which take on a new dimension in sushi.

Running Sushi in Osaka It is an affordable Japanese restaurant that is very popular because of the carousel, which carries the different dishes on the menu.

It stands out above all for its price and its decoration, which introduce us to the universe of the Asian country and immerse us in its gastronomy through a very varied menu. On their website they say that Osaka was the city where the kaiten sushi (the restaurants with a rotating belt that traverses the place and passes every table), hence the choice of name, since, in Running Sushi in Osaka we have the Madrid version of kaiten sushi.