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Photo: Thomas Obungen
Honolulu’s newest conveyor belt sushi restaurant opened in Mō‘ili‘ili last month to lines—despite prices expected to average $100 a person. Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera isn’t the conveyor belt sushi most of us know.
It’s part of a Tokyo-based sushi chain whose Los Angeles and New York branches have won multiple Michelin stars. No Michelin stars will probably ever go to its conveyor belt restaurants. Even though Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera flies in ingredients from Tokyo’s Toyosu Market and offers significantly higher-quality rice and seafood than any we know, it is the sushi world equivalent of artisan fast food, with an iPad ordering system and chefs making nigiri sushi for up to 85 diners at a time.
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Unlike the sumptuous omakase at sister restaurant Sushi Ginza Onodera on Kapahulu Avenue, which can run up to $350 a person, the style of Edomae sushi here is more basic, with few garnishes or flourishes. But yes, it’s Edomae, with its traditional red-vinegar sushi rice and treatments that cure, pickle, lightly cook and otherwise heighten the flavor, umami and acidity of seafood.
What else do you need to know? Read on for tips from four who have already tried out Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera.
Photo: Mari Taketa
—Maria Burke, Frolic
Photo: Mari Taketa
—Laurie Oue, Frolic reader
3:50 on a weekday afternoon. Photo: Mari Taketa
—Mari Taketa, Frolic
Photo: Thomas Obungen
—Thomas Obungen, Frolic
Seared engawa or halibut fin. Photo: Thomas Obungen
Open daily 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., 2700 S. King St., sushionodera.com, @kaiten_onodera_hawaii
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