How to book Sushi Saito Azabudai

Sushi Saito Azabudai is a sushi counter in the basement food market of Azabudai Hills, in Minato, Tokyo, and a branch of Takashi Saito's Sushi Saito³. It opened on 13 March 2024, together with Azabudai Hills Market^2,4. The branch grew out of a partnership between Sushi Saito and Yamayuki, the Toyosu tuna wholesaler that supplies the main restaurant, and its entrance sits beside Yamayuki's stall³. Tabelog notes that the original Sushi Saito in Roppongi no longer takes new reservations².

The head chef is Junya Takimoto, born in 1993 in Shiga, who joined Sushi Saito at 26 and was made head chef of this counter when it opened². Before that he was second-in-command at Sushi Tsubomi³, which he ran between Makoto Maruyama leaving to open Sushi Saito Bangkok and Keiya Kawaguchi taking over⁴.

The counter has 12 seats, with lunch sittings at 12:00 and 13:30 and dinner from 18:00, and it closes on Sundays and public holidays^1,2. Lunch is a sushi-only course at JPY 16,500 and dinner a chef's tasting course at JPY 38,500, tax included, and the booking page warns that prices follow the market¹. Everyone starts at the booked time, and guests are asked to skip strong perfume and large luggage¹.

The Tokyo Gourmet's April 2024 review found the kohada, uni and anago identical to the main store but the toppings more roughly sliced and the rice uneven, sometimes too warm, though with the same acidity⁴. The writer called the service "sushi by numbers" while noting it can please diners who want Saito-style sushi in a relaxed room, bookable online, without needing Japanese⁴.