Toronto · Cuisine
Japanese
Michelin-recognized kaiseki and omakase, plus a Roncesvalles Kyoto-style ramen shop with house noodles and milk bread.
Toronto’s most documented Japanese fine dining is not concentrated in one Japantown strip. Reservation-only omakase and kaiseki rooms sit in Yorkville, midtown, and North York, while everyday ramen, sushi, and izakaya spread across the city. The stops below pair traditional kaiseki at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre and Edomae omakase in Yorkville with Musoshin Ramen off Roncesvalles, a Michelin Guide-listed Kyoto vegetable-broth shop that also bakes shokupan.
Focus areas: North York, Yorkville, Roncesvalles
Restaurants
Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto
$$$$North York
Traditional multi-course kaiseki by Chef Masaki Hashimoto at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre; Michelin one star since Toronto’s first guide.
Sushi Masaki Saito
$$$$Yorkville
Intimate Yorkville Edomae omakase by Chef Masaki Saito at a hinoki counter; Toronto’s former two-star sushi room, one Michelin star as of 2025.
Musoshin Ramen
$Roncesvalles
Roncesvalles Kyoto-style ramen from Aoi Yoshida: vegetable broths, house-made noodles, and shokupan milk bread; Michelin Guide listed, opened over Zoom in 2020.