Originally Posted by bocastephen

If you want high-end mid-priced sushi, see my review of Sushidokoro Suzu above, and get both the sashimi and nigiri omakase courses, you can't go wrong, but it won't look or taste anything like what you have in North Carolina so you need to be a little open minded.

Bentenyama is another option with a disclaimer (see my rather scathing review upthread) - your hotel concierge needs to explain that although you are foreign guests, you want an omakase, no different from the options given to local guests, (give the concierge your max budget per person so they can convey it) and you will not be ordering from the foreigners menu. If they agree, then you're good to go - if they balk at the request, run away and look elsewhere, do not go there and order from the foreigner menu.

Originally Posted by od_sf

Since you have been to Iwa and Yoshitake, I think Kyubey will feel like a step down. I can recommend a few shops in the general vicinity of your hotel that are not too expensive, and not too hard to book (assuming the CY offers concierge service):

- Sushi Keita in Tsukiji is amazing (better than Iwa or Yoshitake IMO), and a very good value. Lunch starts at Y5,000, and dinner is under Y20,000. More info: https://www.thesushigeek.com/the-sus...-tsukiji-tokyo

- Sushi Ichijo in Higashi Nihonbashi: not too far from Tokyo Station. Same story, cheap at lunch, still quite reasonable at night (under Y20,000 PP) and really delicious. More info: https://www.thesushigeek.com/the-sus...honbashi-tokyo

- I think Sushi Taichi in Ginza offers a nighttime omakase in the Y15,000 range. Lunch starts at Y5,000. When I consider food, atmosphere, C/P ratio, and ease of booking, Taichi might be my favorite sushiya in Tokyo. More info: https://www.thesushigeek.com/the-sus...in-ginza-tokyo