Sushi Murayama Tokyo

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

One star restaurant, 2024

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2023, #3049

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Cuisine

Sushi

• 2023
• 2022
• 2021

9 / 10

Dinner at Sushi Murayama

on 12 May 2023

by Gerhard Huber

Murayama san has been cooking Kaiseki before becoming a sushi chef. And it shows. His otsumami are top notch. We started with a Nodoguro from Toyama, fatty and succulent, continued with a Chawanmushi with karasumi on top, the saltiness of the karasumi balancing the sweetness of the egg. It continued with the houtra ika, deep fried ayu and culminated with an Abalone served with his liver sauce. While the dish is very common, this liver sauce was not. The Chef added egg yolk and vinegar to it, so it... More

Murayama san has been cooking Kaiseki before becoming a sushi chef. And it shows. His otsumami are top notch. We started with a Nodoguro from Toyama, fatty and succulent, continued with a Chawanmushi with karasumi on top, the saltiness of the karasumi balancing the sweetness of the egg. It continued with the houtra ika, deep fried ayu and culminated with an Abalone served with his liver sauce. While the dish is very common, this liver sauce was not. The Chef added egg yolk and vinegar to it, so it became very creamy and full of umami but the vinegar offsetting the sweetness. A fantastic concoction. He doubled down in serving you a freshly seasoned rice bowl with more of the same sauce on top of it. Sublime.
The nigiri are perfectly formed, the shari is well seasoned and neta well sourced.
The atmosphere is very relaxed with the staff joking amongst themselves and with the guest.
All of this makes this meal a real winner. Less

Dinner at 鮨むらやま

on 10 Oct 2022

by Justin Hurst

Sushi Murayama, Ginza

Shots from June and September Visits.

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Dinner at 鮨むらやま

on 26 Mar 2021

by Justin Hurst

Sushi Murayama, Ginza, Tokyo. Second visit. Chef’s experience cooking at the Japanese Embassy really comes through in the plentiful otsumami courses, which precede the 12-ish nigiri. Hamaguri clam and takenoko (bamboo shoot) was a very strong start. Highly recommended, and an emerging new regular spot for me.