Rating: Akashi Sushi 5830 S. Dixie Highway South Miami, FL  33143 305-665-6261 This is a great place to eat nigirizushi. Nigiri here are fresh without exception and sure to please. They are smallish, but priced very reasonably. The most expensive one on the menu is $3.75 for uni, which strangely comes literally as nigiri-zushi, instead [...]

Rating: Sakura Japanese Restaurant 440 South Dixie Hwy. Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-665-7020 Sakura Japanese Restaurant is a nice looking place right on US1 in Coral Gables. We decided to go try it out and see how it stacks up. The guy working behind the counter is Japanese, which guarantees nothing, but always makes me [...]

Rating: Suishin Izakaya159 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33134 Izakaya – the word describes a place where you can eat all different types of Japanese foods and wash them down with a bit of sake or cold beer. And that’s what you get at this Coral Gables dining favorite. The current restaurant was built after [...]

Rating: Matsuri Japanerse Restaurant5759 Bird RdCoral Gables, FL  33155 Every now and then you find a place, hidden away from the tourists, that rises to local legend status. Matsuri is that kind of sushi restaurant. They’re located in a nondescript strip mall with a totally ineffective sign out front – no way to see this [...]