otoro (fatty tuna belly) nigiri

Maruyaso Schadow Arkaden – The Ultimate Japanese Cuisine in Düsseldorf, Germany

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Maruyasu is a classic among the high end Japanese outlets in Düsseldorf. It is a family owned business created by Akio Ando, serving some of the best sushi since 1983. At various locations Maruyasu serves sushi to go in addition to canteen style in-house dining with excellent ingredients and typical Japanese service. It has large following among the Japanese community, …

sake (salmon) nigiri

GO by Steffen Henssler – Upscale Sushi Takeout in Düsseldorf, Germany

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GO by Steffen Henssler is a takeout and delivery outlet serving upscale sushi. It is associated with Steffen Henssler, a German cook, cook book author and TV personality. Apart from his career in national television in Germany, he is most known for his high end sushi restaurant in Hamburg, called Henssler & Henssler. It ranks among the few outstanding contemporary …

maguro (tuna back) chu toro (medium fatty tuna belly), otoro (fatty tuna belly), sake (salmon), ika (squid), aburi maguro (roasted tuna back) nigiri

Maruyaso Immermannstrasse – Japanese Excellence in Düsseldorf, Germany

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Maruyasu is one of the all time classics among the premium Japanese outlets in the city of Düsseldorf. The long standing chain of family owned restaurants serves superior Japanese dishes in simple canteen style atmosphere to Japanese, local and international crowds alike. Easily overlooked, it certainly ranks among the best options to choose from.

hotategai (scallop), tako (octopus), aji (mackerel) nigiri, ikura (salmon roe) gunkan, maguro (tuna back), suzuki (sea bass), kani (crab meat), unagi (freshwater eel), maguro (tuna back), sake (salmon) nigiri

Nari Sushi – Simple and Authentic Japanese Dishes in Düsseldorf, Germany

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Nari Sushi is simple, yet authentic sushi restaurant in the Japanese quarter in Düsseldorf. It serves a wide variety of dishes with a sushi train with a simple price structure of 3 or 4 tiers distinguishable by the plate color. There are also some a la carte dishes an overall it provided the full spectrum of what anyone would expect …

sake (salmon), ika (squid), tako (octopus), unagi (freshwater eel), saba yaki (grilled mackerel) nigiri

Okinii – Upscale All You Can Eat Sushi in Düsseldorf, Germany

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Okinii is a large sushi restaurant on the Immermannstrasse in Düsseldorf’s Japanese quarter. With its cocktail bar and dark and shiny interior design it caters to a bit more upscale all you can eat audience with an extensive menu that is available for lunch and dinner. It is part of chain with other locations in Düsseldorf’s Medienhafen, Essen, Bonn, Cologne …

sake (salmon), hotategai (scallop), hokkigai (red clam) nigiri

Hyuga – Minimalistic Japanese Dining in Düsseldorf, Germany

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Hyuga is a traditional and minimalist Japanese restaurant on Klosterstrasse in the Japanese quarter of Düsseldorf. It is frequented mostly by Japanese tenants and has very limited capacity. Reservations are usually in order to get a seat. I dropped by many times over the years and this time I got lucky and got a small table in the corner to …

ebi tempura (fried shrimp) maki (roll), ebi tempura (fried shrimp) uramaki (inside out roll) with maguro (tuna back) topping, ebi tempura (fried shrimp) uramaki (inside out roll) with tobiko (flying fish roe) topping, sake (salmon), maguro (tuna back), maguro maki (grilled tuna back), sake yaki (grilled salmon) nigiri

DEN Home – Sushi Takeout in Düsseldorf, Germany

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DEN Home is a local chain of sushi restaurants in Düsseldorf that started to offer takeout food during the pandemic in 2021. They even published their own mobile app for ordering delivery food the was available on both Android and iOS, but it was taken offline in late 2021. Anyway, I went to their restaurant on Marc-Chagall-Straße for lunch to …