Makoto

Great selection of sushi and awesome fresh products!
Only issue, I just can’t believe they don’t sell wine! Anyway the dinner was good but with a glass of white wine would have been perfect :)

3.5 Stars
Nice, clean place with a simple sushi train revolving round and round. The sushi here trends towards more westernized sushi with sauces and random toppings (green onion, sesame seeds, seaweed, cucumber etc.) There are also a variety of rolls: salmon avocado, dragon, dolphin and some nigiri.
The fish is fresh and prepared right behind the counter so it does have a good, fresh taste.

Came here right after leaving Sushi Rio at Sussex street (as I was doing a sushi train crawl on the day).
This place was clean and inviting, the quality and range of various sushi dishes was great, the atmosphere was good, the staff were eager to accommodate any requests.
It was similar to what you would get in Japan.
Only negatives were the staff never offered tea to us and there was no pickled ginger to be found around the tables or on the conveyor belt.

This is a good place if you love sushi and sashimi! The salmon is fresh, just make sure you go early to avoid the queue!

My favourite sushi train place in Sydney so far! Very fresh ingredients. Piece of fish and sashimi is always huge. They usually have special catch of the date menu. Most of the time, it’s crowded.

Absolutely amazing sushi train. ありがとうございます Satoshi! Great variety, fast service, awesome prices!!! 5Stars! Highly recommend if you are in the area.

This is one of very few places in Sydney that make sushi the good old fashion way (I.e lots of fish and less rice). If you are in for some real sushi without breaking the bank, this is the place to go.

Just to combat what other reviewers have said — this is definitely not the best sushi place in Sydney. I don’t know if I’ve just been unlucky twice… but seriously there is no choice of sushi on the train.
One experience I had there: I got there at 1.30pm and there was a few expensive plates and then a huge gap, then some desert (sushi?) and then the expensive plates again. I asked for a salmon avocado roll and they handed me it with hardly any avocado. I asked for a new one, they switched it out and the avocado was hard. Can’t win.
I left after that one plate and told them I was disappointed with my experience and both employees I told just laughed nervously. I thought maybe they would say something such as, «sorry about that.» With such a good selection of sushi places around world square, I won’t be returning here ever.

Atmosphere, check. Busy, check. Convienence for solo dinners, yup. I had high hopes here from the other reviews and as I sat down I was stoked.
The food however was mediocre at best. The salmon was chewy and lacked flavor. I did try some king fish and scorpion fish which were decent.
Everything here is good but I just wish the food was better. It’s simply ok.

I have always wanted to visit conveyor belt sushi (or sushi train in OZ ;) since I was President of Japanese Club in high school (true story).
Fast forward a million years later, a friend recommends Makoto. Thank you Oz Unilocalers for confirming this as a worthy experience. Please check out my better informed Unilocalers for their comparative reviews, because I am just going to gush silly on how fun the experience is for the uninitiated.
Upon arrival, you are seated at a sushi counter with a literal conveyor belt circulating fresh made bits of sushi. Each plate are color coded for pricing and may only have 1 – 4 pieces. Prices range from 2−8AUD each. Make sure to keep track, otherwise you will have a costly meal! I kept an eye out for bits that are uncommon in the States, and plates that had just come out. Even if the plates have come around several times, it goes under a UV light filter each time to keep the buggies at bay.
I noticed they do dessert (custards, mochi, etc), which meets my Sydney on a budget goals, but only seem acceptable if you are ok with conventional.
FYI, they do lots of takeway platters, and surprisingly their website doesn’t convey the conveyor belt goodness (harhar). I liked it, You should go :)

the first time I have been there is almost 5 years ago, It was amazing food for the fresh sashimi and varies of sushi. the best food is hand roll.
They always make two different food match together. however, it is not disappointed you.
2 years later, there are so many new sushi shop open which is nice and I thought maybe they changed their boss so the taste changed as well.
I would like to try some different place. some of them also be very good.
Makoto is good but it is not so amazing like the first time…

I just had lunch here and really liked it. Got there right at noon as they opened (on a Sunday) so there was no wait. The food was fantastic and I loved everything I ate, with the only exception being the spicy tuna, which was a bit different from the kind of spicy tuna that I’m used to, but still not bad. The unagi nigiri was absolutely fantastic, tender and reminded me so much of having pricey unagi in Japan! There were so many staff working there, when I needed water, ginger, or to order a miso soup (not on the train), I just had to look up and there was already someone there every time. My meal came to $ 30.70; I was really hungry before eating, but I don’t know why some people have flagged this place in the «cheap» (under $ 10) category.

This bustling sushi train is found at the corner of Liverpool and Pitt street. (Google Maps will steer you wrong.) I found it kinda pricy. Or maybe I’m a pig? My meal came to nearly $ 30 and I don’t think I ate that much… :(The sushi was generally good, though the fried gyoza was strangely super salty, and the prawn was not very fresh.
We had a little issue with the bills. A friend had computed her bill and found out they’d overcharged. (Maybe they did the same for me? I should’ve double checked…) They charge BYO per glass, even if they’re not used, so watch out for that.

Was good sushi and a cool spot, but we found a couple bugs in our food so it killed the mood. Probably just some first timer bad luck…

If you feel like sushi & you’re in the city CBD area, walk to Makoto (corner of Pitt & Liverpool), put your name down on the wait list provided & wait for name to be called. We love sitting at the bar & checking out whats on offer. Super fresh & reasonably priced sushi. It is one of our favourite sushi spots in Sydney CBD.

This might be a big call, but I believe Makoto may just be the best sushi train in Sydney (well, at least out of the ones I’ve tried!).
The food is so fresh and even though I hardly ever eat sashimi (just not a huge fan of raw fish), I usually do when I go to Makoto. They have a huge variety, orders come quickly and the sushi rolls are bigger than in most other sushi trains.
Be prepared to wait at least 10 to 15 mins for a seat, but you’ll definitely leave with a smile on your face (and stomach).

Yes please
kaiten sushi — the buffet that comes to you!
Loved the selection, from the natto hand roll, to the bonito nigiri. Appreciated the description of the bonito, and learned it’s high energy. They even offered desert on the convener belt.
PS — If more Australians used Unilocal,the world would be a better place!

Went to this place for dinner on a Sunday evening. Fish is good and fresh. I’ve had better sushis in my life but also a lot far worse than this place.
The only bad thing is because it wasn’t really crowded, the sushi train wasn’t filled with great sushis and I had to wait for a few rounds to actually choose which ones I wanted.

This a big call but I think this is the best sushi train in Sydney! Genrally I don’t like sushi trains but this is certainly an exception. The seafood is always fresh and of a high grade. However this does come at a price and you will certainly be paying for it.
They have great Salmon sashimi but my favourites come off the menu, not the train and they are the omelette and king prawn hand roll and fisherman’s soup. The Agedashi tofu ain’t bad either !
I only wish less people knew how good this place is as sometimes the queue is pretty long.

A panel of shrinks has ruled 3:1 that it is now safe for me to relate what happened to me here a little while ago.
The people here know me, they are extremely polite and nothing is too much trouble. So I’m at the bar with Binga, the rudest person I know, closely followed by me. A waitress has asked Binga if she can fill his water and, typically, he has summarily dismissed her with a wave of his hand.
Assuming she had walked away, I turned to him and said «what about me, dickhead?» — my glass was empty. Binga froze, dropped his gaze and developed a sudden and abiding interest in a soy sauce bottle, he could see she had stayed behind me and she thought I was speaking to her.
She apologised, I spluttered something incoherent, she filled my water, I tried to blame Binga, (still examining his bottle with untold fascination), .she didn’t get the message.
I died a little bit inside and that bit went straight to hell.
Foods still really great though.