City Consensus · Honolulu
Sushi in Honolulu
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Sushi in Honolulu below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Sushi on Oʻahu
The canonical Oʻahu sushi slate — 2024 and 2025 Hale ʻAina Best Sushi winners and finalists.
- #1
Yanagi Sushi
Kakaʻako
“2025 AND 2024 Hale ʻAina Gold for Best Sushi — the late-night Kakaʻako counter open since 1978 is the Honolulu sushi benchmark back-to-back.”
- #2
Yohei Sushi Restaurant
Liliha
“2025 Hale ʻAina Silver for Best Sushi and Silver for Best Overall Japanese — an unflashy Liliha sushi-ya locals reach for when they want the purist's order.”
- #3
Sushi Sho
Waikīkī
“2024 Hale ʻAina Silver for Best Sushi — Keiji Nakazawa's Ritz-Carlton Residences counter is the edomae omakase destination, the only Hawaiʻi restaurant ever in the Michelin-class conversation.”
- #4
Mitch's Fish Market & Sushi Bar
Airport
“2025 Hale ʻAina Bronze for Best Sushi — the airport-adjacent fish wholesaler whose side-room sushi bar runs the freshest nigiri in town.”
- #5
i-naba Honolulu
Ala Moana
“2025 Hale ʻAina Best Sushi finalist and 2024 Bronze — the Nagano soba house whose sashimi and chirashi rounds out the sushi slate with a buckwheat-noodle counterpoint.”