While Las Vegas is not typically thought of as one of the top places to have Japanese food in North America, the casino and entertainment capital is home to hundreds of sushi, omakase and izakaya restaurants at different price points both on and off The Strip.
For an upscale option, Mizumi at the five-star Wynn hotel is set around a 90-foot waterfall and koi pond built in the style of a traditional Japanese garden that is lit up in vibrant red, gold and indigo blue LED lights after dark.
Chef Jeff Okada Ramsey earned his first Michelin star at the Tapas Molecular Bar in Tokyo’s Mandarin Oriental hotel and was the first non-Japanese chef to receive the prestigious “Master of the Art of Sushi” recognition from the country’s All Japanese Sushi Association.
Mizumi at The Wynn serves up top sushi cuts around an illuminated koi pond
With the dining room serving over 400 guests each night, Mizumi offers a top-tier sushi and sashimi menu from premium fish cuts like red snapper, sea urchin and toro as well as modern Japanese appetizers and traditional robatayaki and teppanyaki grilled meats.
The cocktail menu is also full of treats for Japanese flavor fans such as the sweet and sour notes of the Kawaii made with oolong tea and passion fruit or the Sakura in which grapefruit and rose-flavored vodka is combined with notes of Haketsuru Plum Wine and lychee liqueur.
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More Japanese restaurant options in Las Vegas include the Tekka Bar serving handrolls, beer and sake inside The Cosmopolitan and the Sushisamba at The Venetian that fuses traditional Japanese sushi and tempura with Brazilian churrasco and Peruvian ceviche (both countries are home to large Japanese immigrant communities that helped develop unique cuisines influenced by local ingredients).
Off-strip, Izakaya Go is a local Chinatown secret that offers guests a menu of both traditional sushi rolls and izakaya classics like grilled whole squid and salmon collar.
Mizumi
New omakase restaurant and a viral ramen hotspot will also come to Las Vegas by 2027
And even with hundreds of Japanese restaurants in the city, more are on their way. Tenshou, a Japanese omakase chain that began out of West Hollywood, and a second location of Silverlake Ramen will open inside the three-story retail and entertainment complex across from the Waldorf Astoria in the fall of 2026.
The latter, which developed a cult following for its “The Blaze” extra-spicy ramen broth, is expanding beyond its original Chinatown location to its first spot on The Strip.
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Tenshou will, meanwhile, have an outpost of the glitzy Bar Centifolia in Tokyo. Located in the city’s upscale Azabu-Juban neighborhood (forever made famous as the home of the “Sailor Moon” childhood series), the bar is known for theatrical cocktails (at equally theatrical prices) in which the visitor gets a drink created on the spot with the help of everything from controlled flames and illuminations to liquid nitrogen and vessels that the bartender carves out of ice in front of you.
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