How to book Yoshii's Omakase

Yoshii's Omakase is a ten-seat sushi counter set inside the entrance to Nobu at Crown Sydney in Barangaroo, led by chef Ryuichi Yoshii¹. Yoshii was born in Nagasaki and learned Japanese cooking as a boy from his father, a sushi chef; the restaurant credits him with more than 38 years of experience across Japan and Australia¹. Sydney diners may know him from Shiki, from his own Yoshii restaurant, which opened in Darling Harbour in 1997 and moved to The Rocks in 2002, and from Barangaroo's Fujisaki¹.

There is nothing to order. In keeping with the omakase tradition, the chef decides, preparing a multi-course sushi meal in front of the guests, and the menu changes with the seasons¹. Dinner runs in two seatings^1,3. The restaurant lists the meal at $398 per person, asks that phones be silenced and flash photography avoided, and says it cannot cater for allergies or dietary requests¹. Sake comes in traditional square cups, and wine is sold by the glass or bottle³. The counter holds two Chef Hats from the Good Food Guide¹.

Gourmet Traveller describes an "opulent counter set-up" in a quiet corner of Crown Sydney and places it among the NSW top 25 of its annual restaurant guide². Time Out reported that bookings open online on the first of each month and sell out quickly³.