Aji Sushi in Brighton and Hove

Great place for sushi, very friendly staff, great food. Nice and fresh produce.

Best sushi we've ever eaten. Everything is prepared where you can see it and the atmosphere is like a little hidden away gem, even though it's on the main road. Will definitely come again.

It is definitely the worse Japanese food I have ever had. My ramen was so terrible. I mean I don’t mind if you use a concentrated version of soup as a base, but at least put some more, the soup tastes like the dishing washing water, plain and with no flavour at all. The noodles were another disaster as well, way way way too soft… Beef ramen was fine. HOWEVER, the salmon we had… made me so damn sick… it smelt like Asda that kind of cheap-smelling salmon, and I was so close to vomit. We finished all the food, it is not because we enjoyed it, but just did not want to waste the food…

Such a hidden gem in Hove, I love the chicken katsu this time of year paired with a Sapporo and a flask of hot sake.

The best katsu curry in Brighton and hove! I absolutely love this restaurant, it is my favourite.

The tuna sashimi was simply delicious. It was great portions, cut perfectly and really fresh.

Lovely food, great service xx now we know what we are doing , we will go back

First rate food in a friendly atmosphere where you can see the chefs preparing the food . Loved the sushi and sashimi , followed by tempura . Fresh tasty fish beautifully presented. A firm favourite of ours now.

Lovely food, sticky menus … my favorite is the aubergine (update: on my most recent trip they microwaved it - chewy skin and lava-like heat inside burned my tongue), great for gluten free customers. Sushi is fresh and tasty. But please make sure to use a clean cloth or dettol wipes to wipe down the menus, they’re kind of gross. I hope they get rid of the microwave.

Delicious, with a great selection, combined with a friendly service, Vegan options too which our guest really was happy and impressed with. ....and if you are not, they also source local meat from small farms too. Let's not forget to mention succulent fresh fish.. first time to try white tuna.. I can't remember the other name it's given Sensibly priced lunch menu too, though some of us went al a carte and also very happy with our choices. Definitely will return.

Absolutely outstanding food! Our new fave restaurant in the area. The food is delicious, the service is great and the value is phenominal.

Great to watch the young chef preparing a salmon whilst eating the delicious fruits of his labour.

Dined at Aji sushi and our experience was less than professional. The head chef complained the whole time, throwing food on the ground and yelling at the waitstaff (this is an open kitchen and a pretty small restaurant). Neither one of the cooks (both men) changed their gloves throughout our entire service, and one of them was wearing broken gloves. We witnessed the head chef touch the bathroom door and then continue to cook with the same gloves that he touched the bathroom door with. The other chef added uncooked chicken to the fryer, then proceeded to grab cooked chicken off of the top of the fryer, eat it, then continue to cook with the same gloves. Don’t go here if you have any allergies as they touch everything with the same gloves. All that being said, the waitstaff was nice and professionally. The only woman chef working was clean and very professionally.

We love Japanese food so we popped out of St Thomas hospital and walked along the scenic route, along the river. We attended Aji, formerly the old mc Donald. Once upon a time, a packed place. Surprisingly quiet. Food: the food was extremely well presented. Well done. On initial thoughts, it looked on the small side but after eating everything including all the soup, I was full. We had a started which came a bit later, but that was fine. Overall all, the food was brilliant. I had egg in mine. It was beautifully cooked. The starters was very nice. Either I was hungry or it was super good food. Service: it was good. Quick at the time of visit as we were early. Atmosphere: lovely looking restaurant. It would have been nicer if there was some Japanese themed music.

They have very good customer service, amazing food and a great atmosphere.

This is a great restaurant to bring the kids. It was reasonably priced, delicious fresh food and the whole family enjoyed it.

Only ever had their take away lunch box sushi deal which has been amazing! looks small but so filling.

Place is clean and tidy great food and great service will definitely be back

Great Sushi, handsome Chefs what more could I ask

Unfortunately, the rice for all the dishes I ordered was as hard as a rock and tasted as if it was a day old.

Excellent find. Authentic well run small bisiness with amazing food and choice. Great value too!

Excellent quality food, staff very attentive

A delightfully authentic Sushi restaurant with fabulous dishes and attentive staff.

Fantastic food and service. Would 100% recommend. Great for Hove locals.

Took the chance and availed their unlimited sushi offer for £15! Love how the seating surrounds the preparation table so you can see the staff create and assemble your order in front of you! They had a variety of options from maki, gunkan and warm sushi rolls! The food tasted really fresh and pungent which i absolutely loved! With every bite I knew I wanted more and more! The warm sushi felt even more filling and heavy as compared to the regular sushi rolls tasted more like a hot rice bowl. However I must say it was quite unsettling to see the work tension between the staff and the waitress. Wish the person preparing the sushi spoke less passive aggressively to the waitress. Felt really bad to witness that.

I live local to Aji and have tried to enjoy it several times over the years but each time I have been disappointed. The food is lovely, however, the service is extremely poor. Staff seem to struggle to greet and serve in a welcoming manner, and their responses are cold when asking questions. The restaurant is very small and on one occasion when eating in all staff were having loud and personal conversations amongst themselves throughout our experience. My final straw was today when visiting to experience the new all-you-can-eat lunch offer, I was told I was not eligible for this offer because I had my son with me who was not eating. My son has several allergies so is very limited to what he can eat, and would not have been eating anything from my personal plate. I was told he was only allowed in there if he was eating too, as that’s ‘just the policy’. I would understand this more if he was taking up the seat of a paying customer but there was plenty of free space. I seated us directly in front of the chef, so by no means was the offer going to be taken advantage of. I would have also purchased drinks for us both had I been given the chance. I don’t usually leave negative reviews but I am so disappointed my experiences here are a continual let down, especially as their food is nice and I live so local that it would be a regular spot for me if they were more pleasant. I will not be visiting again and will no longer recommend to anyone.

The service is great and the food is good. We went for the all-you-can-eat offer and it didn't disappoint. Basically you get a reduced menu to choose from, it includes good options and basically you can order as much as you want. The only problem (and this is why I rate 4/5) are the young chefs, they are disorganized, sloppy, they get confused with the orders, and argue between them. We got some random selection that we didn't order (it was not a big deal for us because we wanted to taste most of the menu but it can be a real problem for other people).

Very nice sushi, with a good range of options and friendly service. Has specific vegan options.

Nice selection of sushi, bento and ramen and reasonable prices. Cosy little place

Goodness, this is some very high quality sushi. I love the attitude of the folks here not to mention the servers are incredibly on it. I'll love to come back again, I didn't have any but the cocktails looked tasty.

Again a lovely experience with excellent service and informative team whom you can see at work in the open kitchen. Omakase (Chefs choice) well varied and showcased fresh quality ingredients. Very satisfying. Definitely recommended as one of the better sushi bars in Brighton !

Great sushi, really great teriyaki chicken ( how did they get it so tender??), amazing prawns...overall wow! We got really drunk and had a great time. And it is 200 m from my house ... good value too, go !

I went recently as part of group of work colleagues for a Christmas meal. I arrived at 7.30 pm but when I asked in the Restaurant where we were seated they didn’t know as the table wasn’t ready. I looked around for colleagues and eventually we were seated. The meal was lovely from the soup to the main course (Turkey) however it did take a long time to be served probably due to the number of group bookings on the same evening. The main grumble I have is the lack of air conditioning which is needed when the area is so crowded. We struggled to open a window to get some air which would only open a couple of inches. This is something that needs addressing. My other concern was that there is only the one staircase to the restaurant area. This is why I gave a score of 4.

VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE BUT.. 1) Food – do not get me wrong; it is very good, detail oriented, obviously way better than regular takeaway, but there are in town few better, less pretentious addresses, whose meals are more tasty and value for money ratio is visibly higher. 2) Customer service – good standard, professional with care, maybe too official though. 3) Interior – very "Japanese" and minimalistic with a good taste, what I really like, but very tight so not very comfortable when consuming.. 4) Price – definitely overpriced comparing to few other Japanese places in Town, which offer simply better food quality/quantity and taste for less money.

Pre booked a table of 11 made up of younger kids, older kids and adults including a wheelchair user. Food was decent and staff were happy to accommodate as they didn't have a specific kids menu but adapted a couple of the dishes to make them smaller. I didn't have dessert but those who did felt that they weren't as good as the main courses and were probably not made from scratch but the staff were friendly and the main meals were tasty. Lovely burgers! No disabled toilet access though so patrons just need to be mindful of that as the loo is downstairs. Would re - visit and happily eat here again.

Been here a few times now - excellent food, service and value.

One of my favorite upscale sushi houses in Brighton. Great selections of sashimi as well as traditional grilled Yakitori and yakiton. Great contemporary saucy fusiony rolls too. You can also order on Uber eats, but IMO its way better in-house. Might be the sauces not traveling well not sure but still really great.

Very nice food and lovely staff!

This quirky eccentric shabby chic establishment is situated on the outskirts of town. The sushi is to die for!! Left with a food baby at the end lol. Would highly recommend.

Had some stunning sashimi from here last night, will definitely be back!

Fantastic quality, with a great menu, dishes more interesting than most suchi places I've been too. Definitely recommend to all.

We discovered this little place a few weeks ago. The food was amazing and the bento box lunch offer is a great value. Soup and Kimchi came as a surprise in addition to the generous bento portions. Couldn't finish it all but it was wonderful. I wish we had a place like this near us. Staff friendly and food arrived quickly. If I ever go to Hove again, I will definitely pop by again - or I might actually go to Hove only for the Japanese food! Honestly one of the best places I have eaten in the UK.

The best sushi in town! Great quality and amazing taste and perfect portions, friendly staff and the restaurant has a warm and cozy atmosphere & music makes you feel like you are in Japan.

Everytime it's a great experience. Delicious clam miso soup, fresh sushi and donburi bowls are great as well

まぁ悪くはない。 当然ブライトンにあるお寿司やさんの方が圧倒的に美味しいけど、値段はここの方が安い。 まぁお金無いけどお寿司食べたい時とかに。 寿司ネタケース内の魚に直射日光が当たっているのはさすがに良くないだろう。

Having only had Sushi less then 6 times they did a good job of explaining things and a picture (on the menu) really is worth 1,000 words

I got the vegan box to takeout, it was honsetly some of the best sushi I've had. I almost forgot my edamame beans and the waiters came running after me! The young waiters were lovley as I waited for my order! Would 100% recommend!

Absolutely top quality food - great cocktails, tempura delicious and Wagyu beef amazing. This place is a gem.

We visit whenever we have the money. Faultless. Worth the travel, worth the wait and worth the price.

The meals were delicious. The inside of the restaurant was small but the sushi chefs were right in front of me and I looked at them cooking and even had a conversation with them. Would definitely recommend to others

If you are a sushi purist and DO NOT want too much rice and sauce, you will LOVE this place! I would say this is the best sushi in Brighton & Hove! The service is great, fish tastes amazing and presentation is beautiful and simple!!

The BEST sushi in Hove. 'One The Drive' is nothing short of sublime. My new GO-TO for sushi.... Thank you!

Hmm... instead fo 6 avocado 🥑 rolls we received 4, no providing missing 2, no discount of them. I'll think before visit this place next time.

Fantastic, fresh and tasty with awesome staff

Very generous portions, delicious food! Vegan options available. The staff was great :)

OMG where shall I begin. I saw one of the comments saying it is 'white people sushi' I know exactly what he meant. Firstly apologies to the European no racist element involved this comment. We grew up with Japanese food, we don't dare to call ourselves expert in Japanese Cuisine but we do know a lot of the real deal. First thing First, the place was filthy, dirty toilet, dirty menu, food and ingredients on the worktop sitting next to the toilet with no lead on. We asked for some hot / warm water, the staff gave us hot water straight out of the tap. I confronted her that, she said she didn't know hot water out of the tap isn't drinkable. In terms of food wise, it is probably one of the worst Japanese food I ever had in my entire life. the main ingredient for Steak Tartare dish should be beef, but it turned out 95% of it was tomato that's so wrong. Wagyu Katsu, it wasn't Wagyu, why don't you just advertise as Beef Katsu? you really mis sold your product or you intentionally con the European who are not familiar with the Japanese cuisine Udon, stop doing things you are not good at, you should have served the normal ubon that will be way better than the uneatable Plastic udon, so under cooked and taste awful. Sushi, eatable, but nothing nice about them I wondered why the whole place I didn't see a single Asian, only filled with European. Yes, Asian are more familiar with Japanese food, surely they wouldn't touch your dishes. to the Aji's customers, please if you do visit this place, please don't tell people you have had a Japanese meal, it is an insult to the Japanese nation.

The food here is really wonderful. Creative flavour combinations, beautifully presented. Nice range of cold and hot sake and YUMMY mochis for desert.

We asked for the chef’s selection sashimi and It was lovely. The portions were very generous and the fish delicious. We also asked for the chefs selection. Nigiri, which was just the same selection as the sashimi, which was a real shame. Considering we had the other chef’s selection they could have mixed it up. Also the rice had no real flavour. It wasn’t prepared well, just cooked with no flavouring, which is not how it should be. What was worse though was the ambience and the way the place was managed. They have an open preparation area, which could be lovely, but this was messy and unclean. There were plastic tubs everywhere, implements strewn around and the whole prep area was cluttered. The staff were arguing amongst themselves, and one was moaning about tips all the time in front of the customers. I have no idea who was managing the place, if there was anyone. There was just doing their own thing. When we arrived the bench table was sticky, there were no plates, or serving implements, and when they do arrive they did in bits and pieces. Some were left from previous customers, and some “were still being washed”. Overall this place needs a proper manager. There is potential with the quality of the food but if someone could get hold of running the place it could be a real highlight. It’s definitely not now.

Fantastic food and very friendly service. Would definitely recommend.

Best sushi ever. Love this place, so cosy & personal & the food is to die for. Favourite restaurant in Brighton

Fantastic food, lovely atmosphere. Waitresses were lovely and attentive, and it was great to watch our food being cooked in front of us. Very small place so really cosy fun atmosphere!

Had a brilliant evening at AJ sushi. Such a calming and friendly atmosphere. They were quick to serve us, and all the dishes were incredible. The staff were very friendly and was a nice escape for the evening. We had the avacado maki, vegan tofu and mushroom bulgogi. All the food was fantastic and would highly recommend. Would love to come back and try more vegan sushi!

Favorite sushi in Brighton and tastes amazing. Very nice staff & chef. Underrated.

Beautifully presented, fresh* and delicious food served by friendly and attentive staff in an intimate and fun setting. This place is an absolute gem. I can’t believe it took us so long to find it (the Hove branch has apparently been open since the start of 2019!), but we will be back again very soon. *think sushi that is hand-rolled-from-scratch-in-front-of-you ‘fresh’!

Absolutely beautiful sushi and lovely staff! Such a treat to have this place in Hove.

Nice food and nice set up but... As you walk in you get hit by a strong smell of refried oil which stays on your clothes. I had to put all my clothes in the wash as soon as I got home. Also the windows are so steamed up you can't see outside... It's a bit disgusting, some ventilation or extractor fans are needed. The white wine came with dirty glasses and the menus were so sticky with plenty of food stains, greasy, really bad.. The table wasn't cleaned up properly from the previous customers as there were lumps of food from before. We weren't sure which wine to order so I asked the waitress if I could try the chenin blanc before buying the bottle. She ignored my request and just served us the bottle. The wine was ok. The food I found very good. I had take away before and I liked it. But I won't be going to the restaurant again for the above reasons.

Lovely sushi good service will come back .

Incredible food and friendly staff one of my favourite restaurants to go back to time and time again

Friendly informative staff. Food fresh and was amazing. Coming back here again.

Quite possibly the best sushi in the Western Hemisphere. Incredible watching the chefs cook. Amazing front of house team and really informative and friendly manager. 10 out of 10, will be eating here again!!!

I'm a bit of a sushi hound, and this place ticks all the boxes. Quality ingredients, well prepared, in a relaxing environment.

You didn't deliver half of the meal, really disappointing! Thanks for ruining our night

我們停留在Hove六晚，有五晚皆在此用餐，食材新鮮，每份料理都非常用心。

Great sushi. Got a takeaway bento box on our trip down to Brighton 2 weeks ago. Highly recommend.

One of the best sushi spots in brighton, high quality & friendly staff 10/10 🙌🏼

'Twas very good and fresh sushi and the best miso soup I have ever had

Fresh, delicious and very reasonably priced Japanese food, friendly service

This was genuinely the best sushi we had eaten. 100% recommend Aji sushi. It may come across a bit pricey but it is so worth it because everything was so fresh (the salmon in particular) and the edamame was like no other!

Great sushi! Very good service too!

Lovely food, and such friendly service :) will be back again!

Just had a takeaway tonight! Thank you so much! Have been looking for a sushi place like this for so Long! Fresh, delicious and such high quality. Will be my go to from now on x

Excellent, freshly prepared sushi, happy to highly recommend

We've eaten here many times. There's plenty of choice for vegans and it is great "theatre" sitting at the bar and watching the dishes being prepared. We came for dinner, but it is a great lunch spot, with a vegan bento box...

I placed an order on Uber Eats. After 1.5 hr of waiting the order was cancelled. When I called to ask what was the reason, they hung up on me.

Best sushi place I've been too!

Food was incredible. Fresh and so tasty. The menu has a great option of Japanese / sushi on offer however the service severely lets this place down. Service needs a massive improvement. 1 waiter to serve drinks, table and a high demanded deliveroo service. Had to wait over 30 minutes for a gin and tonic which was served with no frills attached. The waiter lacked in customer service, attentiveness and care. Would be apprehensive to return to dine in again and would opt for deliveroo until this is rectified.

Delicious AF, miss this and you're a square, best go my friend

Bad service not explaining what they sell very bad service

Considering the rating for this restaurant we were very disappointed!! The rolls were tiny, tasteless and slimy and quite obviously not freshly made. Won’t be ordering from here again.

Delicious sushi & friendly staff, highly recommended.

Amazing sushi worth every penny - interesting flavour combinations which are beautifully prepared. Everything is fresh as you'd ever hope for. A feast for both the eyes and mouth!

A lot of reviews said it's "Japanese with a morden twist", but what I got from takeout is more like Japanese with head twisted off the sides(yakitori, karaage) came from frozen packages, I can recognize the flavour and even brand of where it came from, very disappointed The sushi is ok on the more classic entry, but those "Morden twist" literally are beef mince sushi and some rolls with a ton of sauce doused over them, the sauces are pre-made sauce+ mayo, i.e. sesame oil/sweet chilli sauce with mayo. They are just bizarre and cheap imo. I dare say it's "white people sushi".

Tiny portions, tiny rolls, and super expensive. I feel like I've been robbed.

By far the worst sushi I have ever had the unfortunate experience of tasting. I'm sure the dine in experience is better judging by the reviews, but the takeaway was disgusting. Has put me off ever going there.

Only ever had their take away lunch box sushi deal which has been amazing! looks small but so filling.

Both my friend and I had a stomachache after having a takeaway sushi from here. Also delivery took an hour and half.

Only got take away but the food is consistently better than good.

Excellent vegan sushi board and very nice wine. Really lovely restaurant, nice ambiance and you can see all the sushi being freshly prepared which is great. Wonderful experience and will definitely be back again.

Just divine!! We ordered the Hove set (twice!!), One the Drive, and the Salmon & Teriyaki Box from the brunch menu. The way that salmon was cooked, omg! Loved the atmosphere, the service, and the food! Already spread the word and can't wait to go back!!

Tasty fresh sushi, cosy and comfortable environment and presented skillfully on lovely crockery!