Looking for restaurants? Our top picks are O'Sake, White Radish Daikon Room: Sushi Queens, Best Sushi Bar for Lunch Forest Hills, Sushi Restaurant for Dinner and Mikihana Sushi & Poke, ranked by diner ratings. The full list below updates as menus change.
Discover the top 30 highest-rated Japanese restaurants in Queens
Discover the top 30 highest-rated Japanese restaurants in Queens. See menus, photos, hours & reviews on Chef.i.
Queens' Premier Japanese Dining
Queens is home to one of NYC's largest Japanese communities, resulting in an incredibly authentic and diverse Japanese food scene. From traditional family-run establishments in Flushing to contemporary Japanese restaurants in Astoria and Long Island City, Queens offers some of the most genuine Japanese dining experiences outside of Japan. Our curated selection of the top 30 highest-rated Japanese restaurants showcases the borough's remarkable authenticity, featuring everything from precise Edomae sushi to soul-warming ramen, crispy tonkatsu, delicate soba, and convivial izakaya experiences - all at prices that often undercut Manhattan while maintaining exceptional quality.
15 restaurants in Best Japanese Restaurants in Queens | Top 30 Rated
- O'Sake · rated 4.6/5: Japanese.
- White Radish Daikon Room: Sushi Queens, Best Sushi Bar for Lunch Forest Hills, Sushi Restaurant for Dinner · rated 4.5/5: Japanese.
- Mikihana Sushi & Poke · rated 4.5/5: Japanese.
- 212 Hisae's · rated 4.4/5: Japanese.
- Hana Asian Bistro · rated 4.4/5: Japanese.
- MoCA Asian Bistro - Queens · rated 4.4/5: Japanese.
- Stix · rated 4.3/5: Japanese.
- Kihoya Sushi · rated 4.3/5: Japanese.
- Umi Sushi & Seafood Buffet · rated 4.1/5: Japanese.
- Fuji · rated 4/5: Japanese.
- Sushi Koi · rated 3.9/5: Japanese.
- Deep Blue Sushi · rated 3.6/5: Japanese.
- Soy & Sake Asian Eats · rated 1.7/5: Japanese.
- Restaurant Bar Sushi Fushion · rated 1/5: Japanese.
- Umi Sushi & Seafood Buffet: Japanese.
How this list is built
Chefi analyzes each restaurant’s menu and tags every dish’s dietary suitability with an ingredient-based engine. Restaurants with at least three matching dishes on their current menu rank first, ordered by diner ratings, with the number of matching dishes breaking ties; owner-verified restaurants are highlighted at the top. Lists refresh as menus and ratings change.
