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25 of The Best Japanese Restaurants

In Brisbane
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Discover Brisbane's top 25 Japanese restaurants serving up everything from sushi and ramen to robatayaki and katsu, teppanyaki and tapas. Whether you're on a budget or seeking high-end omakase experiences, this list of the best Japanese restaurants in Brisbane has got you covered:

Ippin Japanese Dining
Ippin Japanese Dining West End
Ippin Japanese Dining is a stunning fine diner taking Japanese cuisine to the next level
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Mista Boo
Mista Boo, Yeerongpilly
Mista Boo sushi bar and Japanese restaurant has opened in Yeerongpilly, dishing up fresh sushi, sashimi and
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KatsuCo Japanese Restaurant
Katsuco Sherwood
This Japanese restaurant specialises in katsu - panko-crumbed, deep fried, premium cuts of meat and seafood
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Izakaya Haiiro
Izakaya Haiiro, Hawthorne
This hidden gem of a Japanese robata restaurant & bar offers a unique dining experience unlike any other in Brisbane
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Komeyui
Komeyui Japanese Spring Hill
A stunning, minimalist chic Japanese restaurant offering a superb dining experience like its renowned Melbourne sibling
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Kenjin
Kenjin Fortitude Valley
The glamorous Japanese restaurant and bar in Fortitude Valley has a secret night club out back
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Honto
Honto Fortitude Valley
This moodily-lit, hidden gem of a Japanese restaurant and bar takes traditional dishes and re-imagines them
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Mista Boo Drive Thru
Mista Boo
Queensland's first drive-thru sushi restaurant, offering fresh sushi rolls, rice bowls, karaage chicken and
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Shunsai
Shunsai East Brisbane
Shunsai is the go-to for a divine degustation-style multi-course dinner served on artisan Japanese crockery
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Sono Portside
Sono Restaurant, Portside, Japanese dining, Brisbane, Hamilton, special occasion, family friendly
Partake in the finest of Japanese cuisine at Sono, which features stunning river views
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Mobo
Mobo Japanese Kangaroo Point
A contemporary Japanese restaurant and tapas bar tucked away in a Kangaroo Point side street
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Yuzu & Co
Yuzu & Co Milton
This contemporary Japanese restaurant serves classic Japanese fare along with more creative cuisine like sashimi tacos and
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Mista Boo Japanese Tapas Bar
Mista Boo Japanese Tapas Bar, Bulimba
On the cusp of Teneriffe and New Farm, Mizu is a slick little restaurant serving excellent Japanese cuisine
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TakashiYa
TakashiYa South Brisbane
A splendid and exclusive Japanese omakase, whiskey & sake bar, tucked away under the Emporium Hotel
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Taro’s Ramen
The renowned ramen bar by Brisbane’s own ramen master, Taro Akimoto, dishes up steaming bowls of slurp-worthy noodle soup and
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Sushi Room
Sushi Room Fortitude Valley
This bespoke Japanese fine dining room occupies an exquisite minimalist architectural space in The Calile Hotel
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Boom Boom Room Izakaya
Boom Boom Room Izakaya
A heritage-listed bank basement has been converted into a stunning Japanese restaurant and bar
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Yoko Dining
Yoko, Howard Smith Wharves
Yoko Dining is Howard Smith Wharves' stunning waterfront Japanese restaurant and bar
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Shimo Yakiniku
Shimo Yakiniku Milton
A traditional Japanese BBQ restaurant tucked away down a lane in the Savoir Faire precinct of Park Road
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Uncle Don
Uncle Don Rosalie
Uncle Don is a hidden gem of a Japanese restaurant specialising in donburi (Japanese rice bowls)
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Izakaya Publico
Izakaya Publico Brisbane
A stunning contemporary Japanese restaurant located off the beaten track via a hidden entrance
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KatsuCo
KatsuCo Toowong
A stunning, minimalist chic Japanese restaurant offering a superb dining experience in Spring Hill
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Mista Boo Sushi & Izakaya
Mista Boo Sushi & Izakaya
This contemporary pink neon-lit sushi and izakaya bar offers an array of authentic Japanese fare
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Mono Dining
Mono Dining Milton
A slick contemporary Japanese kitchen and bar with a delectable menu, tucked away just off Milton's Park Road
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Mizu Japanese
Mizu's shop front with palm trees at the front
Mizu dishes up excellent Japanese cuisine in a fusion of contemporary and traditional
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