Kenji Sushi in Edinburgh, City of

Loved it! Great food and atmosphere! Prices are very reasonable! Service was very ! Hot sake was interesting to try! Also, they have very good Japanese nonalcoholic beer! Takoyaki and rolls were super tasty. Big shout out to Aušra, for Great service.

Update as my recent experience with the ramen wasn't the same as previous. Very bland broth, almost could be hot water. Not great

Cosy,authentic-feeling restaurant. Nice friendly attentive service. Fresh tasting food,lots of choice.Remember,Cash only! I’d definitely return

Lovely restaurant for a meal out. Recommend the rolls and Ramen. soooo tasty. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Very tasty food. Satisfying experience. Friendly staff. Enjoy!

Had a lovely visit to Kenji Sushi. The food was mostly good. The taste of the tempura prawns was fantastic! The only downside to it was the size, we found it rather small compared to other places. Crunchy Ebi Roll was delicious. Crazy Tonkatsu Ramen was very good too. Chicken Katsu Don was alright but the rice was a bit hard. Service was pretty good. However, this place only accepts cash which was a bit of an inconvenience as they didn’t mention it on the booking! So, we had to walk to the nearest ATM.

If I could give six stars for the service, I would! My partner has shellfish allergy and when we told the staff, they made sure there was no cross contamination in our orders. It’s so difficult to find a place that cares about it, we felt really blessed. The food is very, very good! 10/10 the Crazy tuna roll and spicy salmon! Definitely recommend, but they only accept cash or bank transfer, so just find an ATM before going.

Delicious food and great atmosphere and service. Cash or you can pay via link with Apple Pay or bank transfer. Forgot to say bye to our server, think she was called Lara, or Ausra - she was great!

Restaurant is in lower floor, not big but can sit comfortably. Interior and seating is interesting. We had ramens. Food is ok, on salty side. Service was so so, don't expect much - the local looking waitress was slightly annoyed with my question on menu, we had to ask for wasabi for our sasemi - not too bad but basic. Paying parkings available are in front of the restaurant, free in the evening and on Sunday. Business takes cash only or bank transfer. Service charge 10% added automatically on bill - hate this hidden charge!

Impeccable and amazingly authentic sushi with friendly service. Bring cash as there is no machines! Highly recommend!

Very friendly staff. Really cute location, sort of hidden and very peaceful with lovely music inside. Considering it's very good sushi and a lovely location it was extremely well priced and the food was absolutely GORGEOUS. I eat sushi all the time and this was some of the best I've had!

Impressive place. Almost full 8pm Tuesday evening - make sure to book! Huge choice, everything we had delicious e.g. tempura soft shell crab, ebi on toast (outstanding!), crazy tuna roll, vegetable gyoza, eel nigiri, etc. Nice saki range. Friendly, helpful service. Great find all round. To return!

Visited with my son and wife for Father’s Day, the food was amazing. We each had different ramen and a starter each and the food was up there with the best we’ve had in Edinburgh. We will definitely be going back for sushi soon. Highly recommend it!

During our visit to Edinburgh, we attempted to dine at this restaurant but were deeply disturbed by the behavior of one of the staff members. We didn't have a reservation and tried to walk in, but the waitress gave us an incredulous look as if we shouldn't have even asked without a booking. Being Asian and craving some familiar food after days of steak and hamburgers, we inquired about the wait time. The waitress responded with visible anger and disdain, telling us it would be at least an hour. What shocked us even more was her treatment of a food delivery person who came in to check on an order. She angrily shut the door in their face. We were left speechless by this lack of basic decency. While we understand the pressures of busy hours, treating people with respect should always be a priority.

Best sushi in town! Had a warm welcome from Ausra, thank you for great service.

Great food, friendly and fast service.

Love Kenji! Delicious food and friendly service, and cosy decor. (Cash only though, so no card payments)

A repeat visit for us within space of two weeks as we enjoyed it so much the first time around and wanted to order more from the menu. It's a tiny restaurant and a bit rustic, these seats are not for people who want to spend 3 hours over dinner. Fine for 90 mins-2 hours, plenty time for trying several dishes. The sushi is great quality, love the chicken yakitori and tried the prawns on toast which have a delicious flavour. Tempura prawns are served with a dipping sauce that will have you reaching for the batter crumbs to dip, it's so tasty. It's a cash only restaurant, but if you forget, there's an ATM two minutes walk away on Raeburn Place.

Had fantastic food and service until it was time to pay. We were told to pay up as there was another party waiting for our table (this is common in Edinburgh now (sadly) so not such a big deal). We took out our debit cards and told it was cash only. We then asked if there was a cash point nearby and they said no but we could do a bank transfer! Folks, it's 2024 - a bank transfer at a restaurant?! So we were being stood over and rushed while frantically trying to connect to their wifi, do the bank transfer and with new party glaring at us as well as the servers. When we noted that we did not know there was a cash only policy, the server said there is a sign outside (it is a small wooden sign that could easily be missed) and it is stated in the email (well half the party never saw the email as the booking was made by one person). Will not be back.

Top place for sushi, highly recommended

Disappointing. The katsu was lukewarm, sauce not the best I've tasted and the chicken/batter was poor.

The staff was inattentive, and I experienced an overall worst service. Waiting too long for my food was frustrating. I won't be returning here again.

Not impressed at all. I’ll never go back

Awful food. Awful service. Space is quite nice but what's the point?

I used to get regular takeaways from Kenji, but stopped because I was always kept waiting for between 25 and 45 minutes later than they had told me. I really fancied Japanese tonight, so I thought I'd try them again, and I'm really glad I did. My meal was ready at exactly the time they had promised, and the food was even tastier than it used to be. Plenty for vegetarians/vegans: a wonderful over-filled veg temaki full of lovely contrasting textures and freshness; good seaweed salad; nice crisp spicy tofu (I asked for them to go easy with the salt, which they did); and the best agedashi tofu ever, partly because the broth was exceptionally delicious, and partly because the tofu blocks had the lightest, crispiest coating, which they had very sensibly packed separately from the broth to avoid disintegration. The aubergine goma was a little bit too sweet, but still delicious. They forgot my garlic edamame, but they're refunding me next time I'm passing. Servings were generous, and prices very reasonable. I'm very, very happy.

Sadly I did not get to eat there, as it's cash only, and I detest being forced like that. I don't normally carry cash, and if my card is not good enough for them, they're certainly not good enough for me.

The food was so delicious and also beautifully served. People were really welcoming and I liked the musics. It was a lovely sunny day, it was a bit pity to be in ground floor and miss the sun.

We had spicy garlic edamame, takoyaki and shoyu ramen/'crazy' tonkotsu ramen. The edamame were the highlight, as it added a new twist. Takoyaki were commendable as well! As for the Ramen: I did like my crazy tonkotsu ramen. Good level of spicyness and nice broth. My partner in dinner found their shoyu ramen to be nothing amazing, but still a satisfying dinner. May just be a thing of preference. Overall a very nice dinner for a reasonable price. Would totally recommend!! We also were the last customers served just before closing time. Thanks a lot for having us that late!

This is one of the best sushi restaurants in Edinburgh, if not the country. Good is always amazing

One of the best sushi places that I’ve been too, food was exceptional

Ordered a ramen and some sushi on deliveroo. Received the egg with strange black dot, and surf clam is so fishy and dry. Making me feel sick. Terrible food.

Loved the sushi, very quick service, friendly staff, we ordered green dragon roll ( veeeeeery yummy must try) also we ordered the volcano roll ( we didn’t like it, we wouldn’t order it next time, to much sauce) Important: they only take CASH Will be coming back to try different dishes 😍👌🏻

Delicious, but cash-only is inconvenient

Fantastic little sushi restaurant in Stockbridge with an absolutely amazing atmosphere, really recommend getting one of the sushi sets purely for the plate in the shape of a boat! My only gripe is that they don’t accept card payement, was a hassle finding a machine and then having to police how much we could spend there, really hope they offer a form of electronic payment in the future, And my only other gripe was the wine being served in a tumbler, took away a lot of the flavours of the wine, But regardless of these the fish was fresh and the gyoza delicious

Great little place. Loved the decor and seating. Service was perfect, and food was served pretty fast also. The food was really good, no complaints at all. I just prefer certain places in Glasgow as we all have different tastes and places that make things differently but would recommend friends to come here and would possibly visit again 😊

Food is ok but it is very inconvenient that it only receives cash.

Lovely evening with family and friends here. The service is very excellent. The food is delightful. Had everything to share from noodles, katsu curry, sashimi and sushi. Beer and wine are good value. Will be there again.

Best sushi I've ever had and very friendly staff.

Might be the best Japanese restaurant in Edinburgh

Very good for the price! Nice authentic setting and the sushi is delicious, friendly easy going service and they were happy for us just to order a little at a time like we prefer to do with sushi. Would definitely go again.

We ordered classic sushi plate which was good, age dashi tofu which was also tasty but the katsu chicken was rather grim! The meat was thin and dry and 'katsu' sauce unlike any ive had or made before, tasted like brown sauce and ketchup mixed together.

Fantastic food, great atmosphere and interior.

Das Essen hier ist wirklich super und frisch. Der Service ist aufmerksam. Wir waren am Abend dort und es ist super nervig, dass alle 20 Sekunden ein anderer Essenslieferant an der Tür wartet und anschließend die Tür nicht schließt. Dies ging 1,5 Stunden so, dann sind wir genervt gegangen. Mit Karte kann man leider nicht zahlen.

The sushi was good. Good value for the money and a nice atmosphere but make sure to bring money with you as they do not accept credit or debit.

Really wanted to like it here as the waiter was lovely but the food was awful, we had to get up and leave because we couldn’t stomach anymore. The ramen was tasteless and the chicken definitely wasn’t fresh ☹️

I was staying in the area and was pleasantly surprised to find a sushi restaurant there. I hadn't booked so had to wait for an hour or so to get a table. Food was great and I'd happily go again.

Great atmosphere and great food. One of the best spots in Stockbridge. But beware, cash only.

Hot plates were good. For the sushis, the nice taste of fresh fish were completely overpowered by a sauce covering them. Would have been a lot better as an option.

Had a selection of sushi and the very next day my partner and I have been dealing with the worst bout of food poisoning we have ever experienced. I’ve ate sushi many times before so we definitely had a bad batch from here!! We are in so much pain we might need to go A&E!

Very nice food and a gorgeous atmosphere I was so happy to be here today and got to try out some different food thank you kenji sushi for wonderful food😊

I had a great time here and thanks to Adhil for guiding us through the menu and giving us a great experience. The food was incredible and the I absolutely loved the ambience of the restaurant. Definitely gonna visit again.

Great local to me sushi restaurant in Stockbridge Edinburgh

Pros: good selection of food, fairly authentic style down to the sticky tables and cash only payment, and quick service / food prep. Cons: cash only / bank transfer, small seating space, varied quality of dishes. Personal experience: I thought the food was average at best and varied quality. We had the crispy tofu, wasabi prawns, chirashi Don and karage chicken. Wasabi prawns were mild but tasty, the karage chicken was not crispy enough to be karage, the tofu was pretty dry, and my biggest sad moment was the chirashi Don. The rice was all separated, lacked flavour / wrong texture for sushi rice. There was a very small amount of fish on top too, and thinly cut pieces. I guess I’m spoilt having sushi Jun next to us which has the best sushi, and having lived in Japan you’ve got to find the ones that are up to scratch and my chirashi Don was not. Also Not a big fan of the pink ginger but that’s personal preference. Thanks for listening.

A fabulous evening at Kenji Sushi, a gem in Stockbridge, which despite being just down the road, we had never been to before. The sushi was some of the best I have ever had, and very reasonably priced. The staff were attentive but not overbearing, and we really enjoyed it! A note though, it is cash only.

I spend a lot of time in Edinburgh and I am used to certain cuisines going badly wrong, compared to the US version. Japanese is usually humorously bad here. But Kenji would be a favorite if it were located in Fairfield Connecticut. Really excellent tempura, sushi that was fresh and delicious, and noodle soup bowls that were spot on. It’s funny that most US Japanese restaurants don’t do the ramen bowls but all Edinburgh Japanese places do. They are a great addition. Good service, passable decor (but avoid the awkward seats to the right of the door), reasonable prices by Connecticut standards, and really good food.

Ordered online via deliveroo and the food packaging is just so disappointing. The soup for the ramen was leaking all over the bag and the gyoza was no where to be found. I have to call them to inform about the missing order. I've paid for delivery but my husband ended up picking up the order they have missed to put in the bag.

Excellent service and excellent food. I have been going every time I come to Edinburgh. Highly recommended. Keep in mind: only cash payments, nearest cash machine at the post office, 300 m away

Cute venue, truly delicious food. Particularly recommend their volcano rolls. Great choice for anyone visiting Stockbridge. One unfortunate downside is that basement location means not necessarily accessible for people with certain disabilities.

Très bon restaurant japonais, joli décor. L'entrée est un peu cachée. Attention : cash only !

Excellent food. Good service. Good value for money. Seating is a pain and the not taking cash is an absolute hassle. They need to improve on this front only.

What a delight we had dining at Kenji. Staff were very welcoming and helpful recommending menu choices. Food was served very quickly and clearly made with great love and care. Everything was absolutely delicious, and I'll be excited to return again to try more of the menu!

Make reservation. Service immaculate and fast.

A fantastic sushi place with an equally amazing service. The prices are fair for the portion sizes too. Been here twice, enjoyed both the times and it is kinda turning into our go to sushi spot now.

This is one of the best restaurants that I’ve eaten in Edinburgh (including all cuisines). Really charming atmosphere and we only went here as I had mixed up dates with a restaurant nearby. We will definitely be returning and I’d urge people to try this! The ramen, seaweed salad, gyoza and sushi was stunning.

My wife and I ate here recently and whilst we reasonably enjoyed the food, we felt that the food could have come out in a more orderly manner and the service could have been “sharper”. For example, all the hot food arrived before the sashimi, which we thought strange?

Amazing Food really. One of the best Japanese food I have tasted. The menu is very inclusive for all taste palettes, vegetarians and vegans too. The food is amazing along with great service and lovely ambiance. Value for money! We went there twice for dinner on our 4 day trip to Edinburgh. Reservation is a must and only cash is accepted.

A lot of choice in the menu. Everything we ordered was delicious. It was so delicious that we went 2 days in a row for dinner. The soft shell crab tempura was our favorite. Staff was friendly.

Had a great time. Staff nice and friendly, food top quality. Great atmosphere.

Really good menu. Get heaps of small plates rather than the big fried noodles etc. age dashi tofu was crazy good.

Great wee sushi place in Stockbridge, food was served super quickly and tasted delicious. The only disadvantage was that it's only cash payment. However, the cash machine is just round the corner, and the place is totally worth an effort.

Excellent sushi and great vibe. Highly recommend if you need a Japanese fix!

A gem of a find in Stockbridge Edinburgh. Friendly staffs & good food. Would definitely recommend their rolls, maki & nigiri sushi. Donburi a bit too westernised.

Beautifully decorated, menu informational and well presented. Ramen (4.5/5) was probably the best broth I’ve had in Edinburgh, could be in Japan, toppings were a slight let down, stingy size and light on variety, but the broth!! Nigiri (2.5/5) fish slice fresh but quite small, rice dry and unseasoned, overall dry and bland - Shame, as the variety was reasonable. Service (1/5) was sadly disinterested, going through the motions and for some reason decided to serve ramen before sushi 🤷‍♂️, interestingly, I heard his colleague ask table next to me if they were were finished with sushi and ready for noodles, so, maybe not an issue for everyone… Would return for Ramen, skip the sushi.

Le meilleur Japonais que j'ai mangé est à Edimbourgh :) De nombreux choix vegans - je recommande vivement. Décoration très jolie.

Fab little cocoon of a resturant. Just fantastic.

Cracking sushi, lovely interiors! Great spot.

Super delicious meal, very cosy atmosphere, refreshing Japanese beer and good service! 🍣❣️

Note that this place is cash only. We had ramen and it was delicious. They also have lots of sushi varients.

Last Sunday, I visted for lunch at this amazing Japanese restaurant. The food was really delicious, with sushi rolls, fresh sashimi, perfect tempura. The service provided by the two gentlemen’s who have managed our tables should be appreciated. Can't wait to visit again soon! Highly recommended!

The worst staff and undisciplined, lack of management.

Great sushi with plenty of options. One diner is coeliac and staff were easily able to accommodate. It’s a lovely dining setting, and some of the best sushi I’ve had in Edinburgh!

Japanese restaurant secretly located in Stockbridge area, Kenji provide the proper Japanese vibe to the diners here. The menu can be looked similar as they share the sister restaurant with Betoya (bread street) and Umi (opposite of Appleton building of university of Edinburgh) The maki roll sets are various to be chosen and acceptably good, the katsudon is a alright but not very impressive. The service is very nice but you might need to carry cash (just in case). Overall, the Japanese atmosphere, staff and service are good, the foods are alright with open heart and mind.

Wonderful venue , was very busy which was a good sign - clearly a popular venue . Very well worth a visit

Among the Japanese restaurants I’ve been to in Edinburgh, this one is ok to have a try.

Amazing! For someone who's never trued sashimi, this was a great introduction 100% recommend

Had a delicious dinner here the other night - we ordered several different sushi rolls to share, and they were all delicious. The xtra special surprise was the Salmon panko maki, which is panko coated and fried - it's like a cross between sushi and tempura, and was truly amazing, I'd never had a roll quite like it before! I washed my sushi down with an Asahi, but they had a great selection of other Japanese beer and sake, so I'll definitely be coming back to try more.

We had been to Kenji in St Stephens's Street in Stockbridge before its move to Deanhaugh St. The new bigger venue is very good and had a real buzz. The staff were friendly, helpful and mostly attentive. The food was excellent, with no weaknesses. We really enjoyed our trip and will be back soon.

They don’t accept credit cards. Would be helpful if the staff would tell you that before seating.

Lovely service and wonderful food.

Amazing food, quick service and nice staff.

Best sushi ever! Nice people and good affordable food! Note: cash only and dont sit next too the door, it is windy.

Kenji, Umi and Bentoya share the same menu. Have tried Bentoya previously and really enjoyed the dishes that I had. Tried the volcano roll - decent sushi. The katsudon had a rather mild average flavor. Very friendly staff and environment. Cash only.

It was so, so delicious. Vegan friendly, tasty food. Prices are great too. And it's really warm inside, which is not that common among Japanese places in Edinburgh.

Delicious, carefully-prepared sushi, ramen and various other dishes here (and at sister restaurant Bentoya) never disappoint. Takoyaki, karaage, temaki and special rolls particularly outstanding, and they do a good selection of drinks (and Genmaicha). Great atmosphere, friendly and efficient service - fantastic.

Love the food however they are out of the steak quite often.

Amazing gluten-free tofu fried rice!

If you're a sushi aficionado, Kenji Sushi is a must-visit destination.The restaurant's interior is simple and minimalistic, providing the perfect backdrop for the star of the show - the sushi. Each piece is a work of art, meticulously crafted and bursting with flavour. The staff are attentive, knowledgeable and eager to make your dining experience unforgettable.

What a find! I lived in Japan for two years and this is by far the closest experience I have had in the UK. Both the food and service were excellent and the prices were reasonable. I am going to recommend this to everyone ☺️

Had the saddest chirashi don in my entire life of eating chirashi dons. The fish slices were so small and sad, it was almost embarrassing. Not worth the price. Trying to cut corners is not going to get you repeat customers. I was so disappointed I forgot to take a photo. On another occasion I have also tried their ramen and was seriously unimpressed. Not authentic. I don’t understand the good reviews. Kenji used to be so much better when they were on St Stephen street.

the only negatives are that it is very noisy and the payment is only in cash, the rolls are quite good, as is the ramen