Auckland City is well-known for its diverse culture and with that comes a great selection of international restaurants. Japanese dining is a favourite, and with the many fantastic Japanese restaurants in Auckland, you’ll be spoilt for choice.

Japanese food is famous for its amazing variety and its wonderful use of seafood.

The variety of Japanese restaurants is vast. You could choose to have a very traditional Japanese meal or choose a restaurant that uses all the traditional Japanese ingredients tailored to Kiwi tastes!

There are some great Japanese restaurants in Takapuna on the North Shore (Kyoya have a great Mochi Mochi Ice dessert, a combination of vanilla and green tea ice cream wrapped in sticky rice pastry)! Parnell, Ponsonby and Freemans Bay are also great places to find an ’international array’ of cuisine!

Now all you have to do is choose which one of the many fabulous Japanese restaurants in Auckland takes your fancy!

Auckland City

• Ichiban Japanese Restaurant & Karaoke Pub
  17 Albert Street, Auckland
• UMI Japanese Restaurant
  Unit J/99 Customers Street, Auckland
• Japanese Cuisine bien
  55-65 Shortland St, Auckland
• Blowfish Sushi To Die For
  144 Parnell Road, Auckland Central
• Ariake Japanese Restaurant
  Cnr of Albert and Quay Street, Auckland Central
• Saika
  38 Wellesley Street West, Auckland Central
• Tanuki’s Cave
  319B Queen St, Auckland Central
• Genta Sake Bar
  41 Customs St East, Auckland Central
• Daikoku Restaurant
  148 Quay St, Auckland Central
• Daikoku Restaurant Izakaya
  152 Quay St, Auckland Central
• Fujisan Japanese Restaurant
  474 Queen Street, Auckland Central
• Ken Yakitori Bar Anzac
  49 Anzac Avenue, Auckland Central
• Ramen Daikoku
  Cnr Downtown Square and Britomart Station, Tyler Street, Auckland Central
• Harbourside Seafood Bar & Grill
  1st Floor Ferry Building 99 Quay Street, Auckland Central
• Kura Sake Bar
  315b Queen Street, Auckland Central
• Tanuki Sushi & Sake Bar
  319 Queen Street, Auckland Central
• Kabuki Teppanyaki Restaurant, Stamford Hotel & Resort
  22 Lower Albert Street, Auckland Central
• Sharaku Japanese Restaurant
  75 Queen Street, Auckland Central

Birkenhead

• Hayashi Japanese Restaurant
  261 Hinemoa St, Birkenhead

Browns Bay

• Isonobe Japanese Cuisine
  80 Clyde Rd, Browns Bay

Bucklands Beach

• Gouemon Japanese Restaurant
  Half Moon Bay Marina, Bucklands Beach

East Tamaki Heights

• NaRa Japanese Restaurant
  22 Torrens Rd, East Tamaki Heights

Grafton

• Sakanaya
  160 Symonds St, Grafton

Henderson

• Yaruki Japanese Restaurant
  385 Great North Rd, Henderson

Kingsland

• Taiko Japanese Restaurant & Bar
  460A New North Road, Kingsland

Massey North

• Sushi Tomi Japanese Restaurant
  Fernhill Drive, Massey North

New Market

• Koji Restaurant
  1 Teed Street, New Market
• Rikka
  73 Davis Crescent, New Market
• Akaino Japanese Restaurant
  5 / 5 Kent Street, New Market

Parnell

• Karin Japanese Restaurant
  237 Parnell Road, Parnell
• Gion
  197 Parnell Rd, Parnell
• Renkon Parnell
  211 Parnell Road, Parnell

Ponsonby

• Soto Japanese Garden Restaurant
  13 St Marys Road, Ponsonby
• Tomadachi Japanese Cafe
  334 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby
• Renkon Express
  2/175 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
• Genji Japanese Restaurant
  26 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby

St Heliers

• Eiji Japanese Cuisine
  64 Waimarie St, St Heliers