For the love of sushi
Panama City Beach is packed year-round with people who love the exotic taste of fresh sushi. And as any of them know, although sushi bars may be everywhere, really good sushi is hard to come by. Here are your top 5 sushi spots
5. Oishi Thai & Sushi Bar
Oishi Thai is a newly opened restaurant that features fine Thai cuisine, offering a range of lunch and dinner options such as Tom Yum Goong, Tom Kha Gai, Papaya Salad all sorts of noodle variations. Although Oishi has perfected Thai food, the sushi is so good it has already ranked in our top5 list.
Chef Ricky delivers delicate but flavorful Japanese dishes incorporating premium ingredients. The menu is vast, encompassing sushi, sashimi, sushi rolls, soups, salads, fish, and more. Stop by the quaint little restaurant on 79 and have a roll. You’ll love it.
Best Roll: Dynamite Roll spicy scallop cucumber avocado top with Bake mixed sea food and red tobiko
Oishi Thai is located 207 South Highway 79 Panama City Beach, FL 32413 – Call for takeout (850) 230-9874
4. Pompanos
Pompanos’ sushi mastery may surprise you. The locally loved restaurant known for its succulent steaks and flavorful seafood dishes, most people who enter the restaurant are so consumed by the menu’s seemingly limitless options, they never notice the usually-packed sushi bar.
Pompanos features some of the best sushi on the beach! With everything at Pompanos, they use only the freshest ingredients with a great understanding of flavor and presentation so what you get is not only beautiful food, but an explosion of tastes you’ll savor.
Best Roll: The J.T roll
Pompano’s is located 10292 Front Beach Rd, Panama City Beach, FL. Call Ahead – 850-233-9080
3. Mikato Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi
It almost seems like Mikato has been around as long as Panama City Beach has existed. For years, Mikato has been serving up some of the best sushi in all of Northwest Florida. Of all the sushi spots on this list, Mikato is by far the largest, with a huge hibachi grill and a sushi bar that can hold crowds of sushi lovers.
What put’s Mikato so high on the list is their prices. They serve a number of delicious rolls crafted by expert sushi-men all for a low price. With rolls for just one person or platters for you’re group, Mikato has you covered.
Best Roll: Spider Roll Soft shell crab avocado asp scallion masako
Mikato is located 7724 Front Beach Rd in Panama City Beach, FL 32407 Call Ahead 850.235.1338
2. Sake House
Recently opening the doors to its new Panama City Beach location, Sake House has actually been around for years in the Bay County area. The new Thomas drive location, however, has the beach buzzing. The same great atmosphere and delicious sushi variations as the “in-town” Sake House took Panama City Beach by storm.
What you’ll love most about Sake House is the quality of sushi. These guys really know what they are doing. No matter the size of the roll or its ingredients, every roll is flavorful and carefully made.
Best Roll: Spicy Salmon Roll
Sake House is located 1012 Thomas Dr, Panama City – Call Ahead (850) 249-9789
1. Shan Kishi Japanese Fusion
Shan Kishi has vaulted to the top of the list in a very short time. Located in the prismatic Nautilus Station on Panama City Beach Parkway, one visit to Shan Kishi and you will know why it’s number one on this list. The hibachi variations are absolutely amazing, the atmosphere intimate and authentic, and the sushi is the best sushi for a hundred miles in any direction.
Every roll at Shan Kishi has a sense of artistry, as though it might be the last roll the sushi-men will every make. They are often plump with fresh ingredients and exploding with flavor. You’ll love it.
Best Roll: Caribbean Roll – Lobster salad, cucumber asparagus and tobiko, soy bean wrapped, topped with mango avocado
Shan Kishi is located 13800 Panama City Beach Parkway Suite 101D Panama City Beach, FL 32407. Call Ahead (850) 249-3663
great list! but i have to disagree with you on several things.
pompanos has gone down in the quality of their service. they don’t even let you sit at the sushi bar anymore! maybe it’s because of the cockroaches that were seen scampering about! their rolls lack that special touch and i’m pretty sure they use dull knives because their fish always looks hacked.
and shan kishi?! number 1?! i guess if you like a lot, and i mean a lot of sauces with you sushi. do you want some sushi with your sauce? every single one of our rolls was so sauce overloaded that we couldn’t taste anything else.
but again… thank you for the list! i’ll have to try out the other ones!
Cebo! I don’t know how but I stumbled across this website and was shocked to see your picture! Now I know your such a sushi enthusiest you, Kalyn, Ty and I need to all go out one night. Except we need to go to the restaurant you left off the list: MORI!!! It’s our fave! So lets get some sitters and go have some one night!
Hey Katie! Glad to see you made your way to the site. And, for the record, I’m not quite the sushi enthusiast that Kaylyn is but I can definitely take down a roll. We love Mori too. That place has a great vibe, in fact on the site I wrote a top 5 places “In Town” article and Mori made the list. I’m in for some dinner with you guys, just let me know when. Oh, and tell Ty thanks again for his medical expertise.
I am glad we are finally getting some good sushi on the beach but disagree with most of your picks. After looking at the tuna at Oishi I took a pass and had the thai which is wonderful the dressing on the salads is amazing. Also the last 3 times I have tried Mikato the sushi has been poor the eel was extremly fishy and actually unedible. I agree with Sake house and Shan Kishi but the number one on the beach right now is Jin Jin 88, try the Passage to India roll it is wonderful. And as for Pompano I stopped going there long ago when they fired their trained sushi chef. Sushi is an art not just anyone can do it. As for in town I would go with Kobe and Mori.
I haven’t tried Jin Jin 88, but will stop by on my next major sushi craving. As for Mikato, it does sometimes feel a bit hit or miss; on some days it’s wonderful and others not so much–but when its on they can serve a good roll. I love Shan Kishi and Sake House, but I will say as for the town restaurants both Kobe and Mori are amazing. Mori is so authentic and the atmosphere is just great. Kobe is the perfect place to stop and get lunch, it’s small and quaint and the staff really take care of its patrons. I guess we’ll have to do a top 5 places in town to get sushi next.
The New hotness try Firefly and also don’t forget about Kingfish too.