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Best Japanese Restaurants in Brisbane

From budget to high-end, the suburbs to the city, here are 25 of the best Japanese restaurants in Brisbane

Read On Best Japanese Restaurants in Brisbane

From budget to high-end, the suburbs to the city, here are 25 of the best Japanese restaurants in Brisbane

Read On Best Japanese Restaurants in Brisbane

Looking for the best Japanese restaurants in Brisbane? From drive-thru sushi & sushi trains to hidden izakayas, katsu & don restaurants, exquisite omakase, traditional Japanese BBQ, and upmarket Japanese restaurants, the ultimate guide to Japanese dining in Brisbane: 

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In Brisbane

25 of The Best Japanese Restaurants

From sushi and ramen to katsu, teppanyaki and tapas, here are 25 of the best Japanese restaurants in Brisbane
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Yakiniku Hachi Brisbane CBD
Brisbane CBD
Yakiniku Hachi
This traditional Japanese barbecue restaurant is found upstairs in a historic warerhouse in Brisbane City
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Taro's Ramen, Stones Corner
Stones Corner
Taro's Ramen
One of Brisbane's best ramen bars serving big bowls of slurp-worthy soup
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Shinbashi Yakiniku Underwood
Underwood
Shinbashi Yakiniku
A hidden gem of a slick Japanese restaurant tucked away on a service road in Underwood
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Honto Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley
Honto
Honto is a stunning dark moodily lit Japanese restaurant and bar hidden away in a Fortitude Valley back street
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Shunsai East Brisbane
East Brisbane
Shunsai
Shunsai is a real slice of Japan in Brisbane - a pocket-sized upmarket Japanese restaurant and bar found tucked away
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Hatori Karaage Camp Hill
Camp Hill
Hatori Karaage
Hatori Karaage is a tiny bamboo-walled Japanese eatery and bar serving crispy fried chicken
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Newstead
Cheeky Poké Bar
Cheeky Poké Bar is serving up locally-sourced seafood poke bowls and other Asian inspired delights in Newstead’s Haven precinct.
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South Brisbane
Taro’s Ramen
Taro’s Ramen is changing the way we do ramen – with big bowls of MSG-free broth that’s customised to suit your taste
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Bird’s Nest Yakitori Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley
Bird's Nest Yakitori
Bird’s Nest Yakitori is a funky little slice of Japan in Fortitude Valley – a lively bar eatery that is a go-to for delectable yakitori and bar nibbles
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Brisbane's Hidden Japanese Gems

The streets of Brisbane are home to a smattering of some top little Japanese eateries and bars off the beaten track
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Zero Fox Craft Beer and Japanese Kitchen Teneriffe
Teneriffe
Zero Fox
Zero Fox Craft Beer and Japanese Kitchen is a funky bar eatery in the base of Teneriffe’s historic landmark London Woolstores.
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Hai-Hai Ramen Paddington
Paddington
Hai Hai Ramen
Hai Hai Ramen is a tiny Japanese ramen bar found in a black worker’s cottage on Paddington’s Latrobe Tce.
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Japanese style dining area inside Wagaya restaurant in Brisbane's fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley
Wagaya
The traditional and futuristic collide in Wagaya, a fabulous upstairs Japanese eating house overlooking Chinatown Mall.
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Sono Restaurant, Portside, Japanese dining, Brisbane, Hamilton, special occasion, family friendly
Hamilton
Sono Portside
There are Japanese restaurants and then there is Sono, exquisitely styled with Japanese cuisine to match
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Osaka Japanese Dining, Ashgrove
Ashgrove
Osaka Japanese Dining Bar
Nestled in the far corner of the little Ashgrove West shopping centre is this slick modern Japanese eatery
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