Looking for Sushi??

[yruthe1]

Traveling from NY to Lake Victoria, BC. Will be stopping in Seattle for a transfer and would like to have good Sushi somewhere close to the airport if possible. Please recommend, I Heard about the Crab Pot (will try that if close) but prefer to have some fantastic Sushi. have about a 4 hour layover.

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Crab Pot Restaurant
1301 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98101

[terrier]

Are you coming from NYC?

My favorite place near the airport is Taqueria La Estacion - better Mexican food than anything you'll find in NYC. No sushi in the area of the airport will beat the better places in NYC, either.

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Taqueria La Estacion
14820 Ambaum Blvd SW, Burien, WA 98166

[shaolinLFE]

NYC has the best sushi in America outside of Hawaii. But... I would find a sushi place that sources local fresh fish like our Salmon.

I'd suggest Tamura Sushi Kappo, Kisaku, or Nishinos. None of them are near the airport however.

If geography is a bigger factor, i'd look into having some good Thai or Pho near the airport.

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Nishino
3130 E Madison St Ste 106, Seattle, WA 98112

[Psiweaver]

I disagree that NYC has the best sushi outside of Hawaii. I think that Los Angeles would absolutely trounce it, fresher fish generally and also a much larger Japanese population to support it.

[shaolinLFE]

Having lived in both LA/OC and NYC, I would say LA is very close to NYC and wouldnt find a problem pitting the best of LA vs NYC, but NYC gets first call a lot of the time on fish and meat markets where people are willing to overspend on food where LA you get better quality at a more reasonable price (exception being Urasawa in B. Hills lol)

[Psiweaver]

Having been to Urasawa twice, I can honestly say I didn't feel ripped off or that I overpayed it was an absolutely transcendent experience and I would gladly pay to do it again.

[dagoose]

There is a place by southcenter that is supposed to be pretty good, so that would be right by the airport. I think it is called Miyabi?
Okay, ha, they add it automatically, so I guess that is the name....

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Miyabi Restaurant
16820 Southcenter Pkwy, Tukwila, WA 98188

[equinoise]

Miyabi is a very solid option. Not the greatest variety of fish, but good quality for the price.

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Miyabi Restaurant
16820 Southcenter Pkwy, Tukwila, WA 98188

[PaqpIn]

I would also vote no on the Crab Pot - for any reason.

There are not a lot of good sushi places I know of near the airport. There are two that are reasonably close. One - Mashiko - is very good and is in West Seattle. You could take a cab there in your time frame, but it only does dinner. http://sushiwhore.com/home.html

The Cutting Board in Georgetown is also reasonably close to the airport and good, if not great and it is open all day. http://www.cuttingboardseattle.com/

With only four hours I would not risk the light rail to the ID district, but you could consider that as well, but it might be a time crunch.

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Crab Pot Restaurant
1301 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98101

[ethereal]

I don't know the area well, but Crab Pot would not be on my list of places to visit even if i weren't looking for sushi. I'm sure another can advise as to a suitable sushi restaurant. But if not, I'd search this board for other dining options in the Sea-tac area. All I'm saying is that you can do better...and as far as I know (per the map showing up on the right thanks to Chowhound), the Crab Pot isn't near the airport.

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Crab Pot Restaurant
1301 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98101

[seattleviking]

The Crab Pot looked much better than it should have on Man vs Food...