Wow. This place is intense. The ambiance is just unparalleled. The sushi counter is almost set up like a theater and the sushi is prepared and served like art. It's delicious and very traditional. Make sure to arrive hungry because they give so many pieces of sushi I honestly lost count. Each piece was clearly prepared with great skill and attention. This was definitely a worthwhile once in a lifetime experience.

Amazing service, sushi, and ambiance for omakase! Omakase is a way of having a chef's choice meal with several small servings. This meal only seats a limited amount of guests and is more of a show with dining. You get to see some of the best sushi chefs prepare the food right in front of you. The meal takes about 2 hours and cost over $700 for two people without drinks or alcohol included. If you like to eat big portions like me, you will leave hungry. The quality of the food is exceptional and you will get to try flavors of seafood from all over the country and Japan. If you are a sushi lover, I highly recommend a visit. Be sure to book your seats at least 2 months in advance. Cheers!

Oh. This was food theater. There were 25+ courses and each dish was like watching a painter work his art. The flavors were amazing. Everything was fresh (as expected for the price) but also very extremely well done. Best sushi rice I have ever tasted. We almost got sushi sho to-go another night! Service was impeccable. I'm allergic to uni and they made me two special dishes instead which were so tasty my husband ordered one of them extra for himself. Highly recommend, especially if you're staying at the Ritz.

A famous chef from Tokyo is using the hawaiian local fish and other seafood such as oysters from WA to make his edomae style omakase in Honolulu! This was one of the must visit sushi Omakase places on my list, so my sweet boyfriend tried to make a reservation for months. However he had no luck getting a call through or email back from them. Since we knew that it was located at Ritz Carlton, I leveraged my Ambassador status at Marriott Bonvoy to see if we can get a hold of them. Magically, it took no efforts and they booked us a reservation immediately. So if you have an elite status, we highly recommend you to use it! Ambience- 4/5. It's nice, but not extravagant or anything like that. We did dress up and so was everyone around us. Service - 4/5. Honestly, nothing special. You'd expect a better service for the price you are paying. Sushi - 4/5. Sure, their sushi tasted good, but each piece was so tiny and not satisfying. When you bite into it, you can't really enjoy the mouthful of joy. Instead, the sushi disappears in a second. I'm not saying it's a bad sushi. It was surely delicious, but is it worth the money? I don't think so. If you come from the area where there's no good sushi Omakase and money isn't an issue, maybe it's worth it. But you can get this level of quality in Japan for 1/3 - 1/2 the price. Even if you come from LA or NY, you can get the same level or even with higher satisfaction level for a few hundred dollars cheaper. So I wouldn't necessarily come back here for sushi omakase unless someone wants to try it badly. It was a good experience though.

Exquisite experience. We dined in. 8p seating. The restaurant is as shown in the photos. There are only 10 seats. It's very quiet. They also had a beautiful ikebana arrangement in the middle of the restaurant. Food was excellent. The seafood was fresh and the courses plentiful (I counted around 20). Some of the sushi and dishes had very interesting and tasty combinations using local ingredients (e.g., finger limes from big isle and diced macadamia nuts). Main ingredients were from all over the world, including Japan. The service was excellent. The chefs were friendly and the courses were explained well. You have the choice of iced water or iced green tea as the free drink option with the service. We opted for the iced green tea. The waiters never let that glass of iced green tea empty. Whenever it was low, the waiter came and replaced the almost empty glass with a new one. Outstanding! I do also recommend the iced green tea. It was delicious. Matcha maybe? After the set menu, you do have the choice of adding on additional dishes before the Tamago and dessert courses, as other reviews indicated. This style of omakase is familiar to me - other high-end sushi omakase places on the mainland do the same. Except for the places I've been to, I was given a menu instead of being shown the ingredients in person before ordering. I thought it was a fun experience - kinda like being in a fish market and choosing what you want. The chefs prepare what you order from the ingredients that were shown to you without putting those ingredients away or taking them to the back to be prepared, so there's no surprise as to what you are going to be served. We ordered the otoro, Saba, and monkfish liver. All were delicious! For dessert, I highly recommend the salt/sugar with ice cream. The vanilla ice cream is mildly sour, but the salt/sugar comes separately as a liquid in a small pourer that you add to the ice cream to give it better flavor. What a superb combination! This review is already getting pretty long so I will wrap up and say, thank you, Sushi Sho, for such a wonderful evening. This place is worth the expense. My wife was super happy as was I. Happy wife happy life, am I right? We will for sure be back.

Awesome omakase experience. I booked it 2 months in advance, and the $350 pp price tag (tax and tip included) is worth the splurge if you love the sushi omakase experience. There were over 30 courses, and I was pretty full towards the end of the 1.5 hour experience. During the time that I went, they did include shirako (Japanese word that literally translates to white children). For the less adventurous eaters, it will most likely gross you out if you know what it is. The staff will describe it as "roe" but there is a lot of detail left out in that description. They do give you options for add-ons at the end of the omakase, and I opted for the otoro (fatty tuna). Overall, I thought the omakase was priced appropriately for the quality and amount of food. I would definitely dine at Sushi Sho again in a few years.

I ordered to-go on Sushi Sho's website for their $40 Bara Chirashi. Some days are more difficult to reserve than others so definitely try to be flexible if you are wanting to try their take out. Sushi Sho is location inside of the Ritz Carlton so it can be difficult to find, but the staff are always super helpful and will point you in the right direction. Now for the chirashi itself: The box that the chriashi comes in is beautiful and everything is so artfully put together. The quality of the fish is so high and the rice is perfectly seasoned. I enjoyed getting to try different kinds of fish and experiencing certain "melt-in-your-mouth" bites. I did however notice that there were a lot of pieces that were so tough to chew through. They also tasted "fishier" and definitely felt like scraps. I understand that this chirashi bowl consists of some leftover pieces of fish, but I do think that for $40 there shouldn't be a lot of tough pieces. All in all, I think it's worth a try at least once especially if you don't want to do the $350 omakase course, but it's definitely still a splurge and there's tons of other great sushi places around.

Finally! I've been begging my husband to bring me to Sushi Sho since it opened! The ambiance is very fancy. Sitting at the sushi bar feels very exclusive as only 10 can fit at the sushi bar. The sushi chefs were very talented and explained the dishes well. Each dish of the omakase was prepared very carefully. My husband said he appreciated this sushi experience over any Michelin Star restaurant we've been too. I agreed I loved being right in front of the chefs! Every work of art was prepared and presented so carefully. Everything I ate was chosen carefully prepared to perfection, including dessert. Why 4 stars though? Well, I was surprised when at the end of they brought out "extras" as add ons. I also expected otoro but the menu came with chutoro. Otoro was an add on. I didn't know this. I would've rather been offer 2 menus maybe a premium and a standard instead up the Is add on thing. It seemed tacky. However maybe this is common practice at finer sushi spots? Idk?? Overall, it's a must try and I'd like to go back again knowing what I know about the menu. Also, note that it is a flat fee plus tax. No tipping here as it's Japanese style. It's all inclusive.

I was looking for an omakase spot last minute to top off my solo trip to Hawaii and Sushi Sho was by far the highest, most recommended place that I saw. I was somehow luckily able to snag a reservation for 1 and although I was a bit hesitant because of the price tag, knowing how difficult it is to get a spot here, I thought it was a sign I could not miss out, and I'm so glad I did it. From the thoughtful service to the carefully and delicately crafted dishes, Sushi Sho has become my all time favorite omakase experience. We had a total of 27 courses including dessert and it was such a delight tasting each dish not knowing what to expect, but genuinely enjoying all these flavors in a new way. The staff make sure that your dietary preferences are met so that you can have a completely well rounded meal that you will enjoy. Thank you Sushi Sho for an amazing time, this will def be one of the most memorable experiences of my Hawaii trip.