Sushi Ebisu Ebisu Honten

The fish was delicious, I was able to order from the Line app so my lack of Japanese was okay. I loved sitting at the sushi bar and just watching the chef!

I came at 5pm on a Thursday, but they were completely reserved. I returned on Monday at 4pm and it was completely empty so I enjoyed my stay.
There is no English menu and the staff’s English is very limited, so it’s best if you know some Japanese or have Google translate. After being seated, the waitress told me that I needed to buy one drink, so I got a Calpis sour. It was strong enough to taste the alcohol, but not nasty. The menu had various different unique and creative items and they had a couple more items written on the wall. I love ikura so I ordered the ikura cocktail, ikura hosomaki, the fatty salmon and the 4 types of tuna.
Maybe I shouldn’t have ordered all at once 🤭, they first brought the ikura cocktail, a large helping of salmon roe on top of rice in the martini glass. Then you can make a bit yourself with the seaweed and cucumber. This is where I messed up. With the calpis sour as the only thing in my tummy, I was a bit too unstable to promptly make my food, then everything else came and I scrambled to eat everything fresh.
The salmon hosomaki was sprinkled with salmon roe on top, though the salmon inside was a bit small and the rice felt too tightly packed. The two pieces of salmon nigiri were really good. The four pieces of tuna were maguro, chutoro, maguro topped with black truffle, and otoro. These were all tasty and had a unique taste.
The waitress was nice and attentive.

Seafood lovers will enjoy the small format dishes with lots of traditional sashimi and sushi options as well as modern spins.

My favourite was the small sushi rolls with tuna and pickles. The uni wasn’t so great but out of season.

Great value for money, child friendly, English menu too