
21 "Japanese" Restaurants in Austin.
The Japanese restaurant Sugar Pine on Research Blvd in Wooten serves small plates like shrimp tempura, bento boxes, noodle dishes, and ice cream.
The North Austin restaurant Tomodachi on Parmer Lane has a small dining room and sushi bar, and they also run a very robust takeout operation.
Mikado Ryotei on Research Blvd in North Burnet is a sushi restaurant that hits in the center of the Venn diagram of affordable, fast, and quality.
Xian makes some of our favorite hand-pulled noodles in town, in addition to sushi and other Chinese and Japanese dishes.
Ramen 512, famous for their sold out popups, has found a permanent home, inside the new “cloud kitchen” Kitchen United Mix.
A casual, quick sushi spot on the East Side with great handrolls and a 45-minute omakase Friday and Saturday nights.
Domo Alley-Gato on the East Side is from the Ramen Tatsu-ya team, serves great cocktails, and has a food truck out back, right by their cat shrine.
Kemuri Tatsu-ya is serving Japanese/barbecue/Tex-Mex fusion in East Austin, and it’s one of the greatest meals you can have in the city right now.
The South Lamar location is way bigger and closer to downtown that the original shop, and even better, they still serve the best ramen in Austin.