Sushi Sho

Was really looking forward to try this place for weeks. We booked well in advance and in the morning they sent an email confirming the booking. A few hours later followed up with a phone call to see if we were going to show up.
Arrived 10mins before and had to stand outside waiting until previous seating paid and left. Very confined space and not that much room at your seat. 16 seats and hardly any room for heavy breathing.
The time slot was 1.5hr, which is way to short to enjoy your dinner. The 15 pieces from the tasting menu was served in a rapid pace similar to an assembly line. This was so stressful since we could not really enjoy our food and drinks.
They came, presented the dish and rushed back and within minutes the guy was there again.
Really no time to order anything before our time was out and you get thrown out. The dishes were a bit on the tiny side for me and at the end the said they had something special if we wanted to order a 16^th piece. This was going to melt in our mouth, but really no and was priced at 100kr/​piece for one sushi.
The food was good, but not Michelin-​good.
There’s Alex sushi in Oslo for example, which is in a whole different class than this place and they don’t have any stars.
If I visit a Michelin-​star restaurant I want to relax and really enjoy my food and drinks. It’s not factory. Micro dishes isn’t equivalent to exclusive, they are just tiny and harder to distinguish flavors from. The main focus here seems to be to fit as many ppl as possible in one day to maximize their investment. I expected more from this place, much more!!!

After being awarded 1 Michelin star, Sushi Sho is busier than ever!
All the worth is in the freshness of the fish and the complexity of some dishes. Everything tastes good but it is what you would expect of an acclaimed sushi restaurant; soy, ginger, spring onions, etc. I would also prefer to sit more comfortably around the serving kitchen, since the restaurant now only serves in sittings, of one and a half hour each.
The chefs prepare most of the menu in front of the customers, which I found both entertaining and inspiring. To see such skill and knowledge on display, is always a privilege for me and therefore part of the whole SHO experience.

Me and my boyrfriend spent a Friday evening here. It was a cool atmosphere, great service, and food was really good! Best sushi I have ever had in Sweden! It is also a cool experience, sitting together with everyone in the restaurant (17 people), getting served at the same time.
Flavors were great, clean flavors which I prefer, not too many ingredients, but just perfect!
we tried their moshi ice cream, which was really goo! We had one salted caramel and one chesnut.
Well worth a visit!

Arrival
When arriving 10 minutes before the first evening service one of the staff was smoking right outside the entrance door. Not expected at any place, let alone a Michelin star Sushi bar. Makes you wonder what else goes on inside. Let’s go in and find out.
Facility
Sushi Sho has a nice minimalistic approach with tiled walls and a big counter with stools and a separate window table. All in all 16 seats. The music was at mid level and was a playlist containing 80´s synth/​new romantic. The bathroom was large enough and clean.
Seating
The corner on the counter is just to close to the door so the person sitting there gets bumped in to by guest passing by. Every time the door opens the ice-​cold winter wind blows right in. The other seats on the short end of the counter are to close to the table behind so it´s not possible to serve the table in the window properly. Didn´t actually se anyone being served in the hand but the guest on the corner was asked by serving staff to «hop in» The seating plan is just wrong.
Staff
The staff was friendly, polite and explained what was being served. None of them was using gloves. The sushi chef dipped his arm in the display fish on the counter several times.
Food
There is one fixed menu and everyone is served the same item at the same time. It was approximately 15 servings of omakase and tsumami which was the chef’s selection of sushi and hors d’oeuvres of the evening. The consistency and flavors were there on some of the dishes. One of the dishes lacked the toasted seaweed found on the others. The mini-​scallop was not cut loose from the shell and almost impossible to loosen without a splash. Several of the grilled dishes had a taste of gasoline. The gari served was spicy, vinegary, salty and way to overpowering. The homemade soya that was dripped on most dishes was nice. The water served was right from the tap. No tea was served. The serving took just over one hour
Guests
All of the 16 guests on the seating but 2 had an alcoholic beverage with the food, either beer or Sake. One was using snuff tobacco with the food, one asked their partner if there was garlic in one of the dishes. No sushi connoisseurs really but a nice buzz
Price/​payment
When serving was completed all guests started lining up to cash register. The menu was € 50 per pax. There you had to tell the staff the amount including tip before the total was transferred to the card terminal. Very strange and those behind you could hear if you tip, or if you don´t. A first for me. No feedback on your experience was asked for at any time of our stay.
Verdict
Rather disappointing if you consider what you pay and compare with the competition out there. How they received a Michelin star is a mystery really. At the current level they are performing I cannot recommend Sushi Sho

Some of the best Edomai style omakase sushi I’ve had outside of Japan. Found this place by accident on a Saturday afternoon and eat there every time I visit Stockholm. Chef Carl’s presentations are on par with some of the best Tokyo sushiya. Would love to see more types of junmai daiginjo sake but this is a small place so storage is limited I suppose. Definitely need to make a booking for dinner.

Probably the best sushi in the city. The place is small, the staff is friendly, you normally need to book in advance. The prices are high, but quality too!

The best Sushi I ever had, and this is with earlier experiences at some of New Yorks and Los Angels best Sushi restaurants. It´s a small och cosy place, so don´t go there if your afraid of having someone you might not know rubbing their shoulder against you. But for me this is part of the good experience.
Each piece of the Omakase is great and fell directly into my taste. I also enjoyed the Sake, even though I´m not knowledgable in that area.
Super nice people working, best tasting sushi and just great!

It’s indeed hard to beat this place when it comes to sushi in Stockholm (or elsewhere outside of Japan in my personal experience)
After several visits to this restaurant we are still coming back for more delicious sushi paired with saké.
Don’t forget to make a reservation and the omakase is highly recommended. The locally sourced ingredients makes this a tasteful journey.
The only downside might be the physically small place. It’s intimate but sometimes unpractically small when trying to get to the register.

They have three seatings T-​F and five seatings on Saturday. It is highly recommended that you get a reservation! I really wanted sushi and dragged three coworkers (whose idea of sushi is «california rolls») here to check the place out. When we got there (on a Wednesday evening), it was packed (easy to do as the place is tiny), but we were so lucky that the long table against the window with seating enough for four was empty. Even though we walked in right in the middle of a seating, they were nice and served us anyway. We all had omakase. My companions were great sports as they haven’t had actual [raw] sushi before, but the chef’s skill and freshness of the fish is what really won them over. Everything was so fresh and delicious! Next time I am in Sweden, I am going back!

So pro. So fresh. So great. Such taste. Most fun sushi experience in Stockholm. So GREAT. These people take so much care into the food I started crying at the counter. (I was not crying Bc of the wasabi)

One of the best meals of my life. My husband and I were in Stockholm for vacation, and we ate here on the last day of our trip. The food was terrific, the chefs were kind, and the whole experience was just wonderful. We had a mix of expected sushi (salmon, tuna, etc.) and more unusual options like herring and urchin. Just wonderful. Don’t miss it.
Call or email them for reservations!

I would definitely recommend this place to sushi lovers. Great quality, extremely fresh and local products, perfect dose of soy sauce… and a very friendly staff who took care of us as we were a bit in a rush. The room is small so booking ahead is a good idea.

We booked a place here on Friday night after reading the excellent reviews and we had the best meal. The experience is quite unique with a small restaurant for about 15 people. They have 3 sittings a night and during our seating everyone ate the set menu receiving the same sushi piece at the same time. The set menu was 11 pieces for 300kr or your could add 4 small dishes for 200kr more. We did both and it almost too much food. As other people have written and we understand ahead of time they had no Soy sauce or Wasabi. Each piece was made with just the right touch of both decided by the chef to bring out the best flavors in the piece. After dinner we were presented with their selection of after dinner drinks and dessert which we both tried and enjoyed. I am happy to say that they have their liquor license now and offer Japanese beer and sak‘e. The one I tried was very mild flavor and paired nicely with the sushi. This was absolutely one of our favorite meals ever and was well worth it.

The Sushi here is phenomenal. This place has forever changed my expectations of what a sushi restaurant should be like. I thought some of their dishes would be a little boring without any of the fancy sauces and extras on it (like i’m sure you get anywhere else in the west), but the flavor was so perfect it really didn’t need anything. This place has forever turned me on to nigiri over the gooped up maki rolls that I was used to. I was at an event as a Unilocal reporter when I first tried their Kaizen Danburi and some pork dish that I can’t see on the menu now… both were PHENOMENAL. Normally, this all seemed like it would be a little too far outside my comfort zone, but I was really surprised at how much I really loved everything. Even if you look at the menu and think this place doesn’t or won’t appeal to you, give it a chance! The flavors are unexpected and entertaining. I know this is more of a traditional style of cooking for Japan, but it’s new to me! And, I LOVE IT!

Sushi show is perhaps the best sushi restaurant I have tried outside of Japan and California/​New York!
The very amazing quality of the food, and the truly personalized and professional service of Carl Ishizaki the founder/​chef and his very cool staff was truly remarkable.
This was truly one of the best meals I have had on a very amazing gastronomic trip thus far! This is saying quite a lot after having spent several days in Italy sampling some amazing places just prior to coming to Stockholm!

Best sushi place in Stockholm. Especially if you’re into Edomae style sushi. Can be very crowded and you only get to sit there for an hour and a half (which is a lot longer than at Jiro’s though ;)).
Make a reservation in advance.

One of my travel companions wanted to have sushi while in Stockholm, and after a bit of research, we decided on Sushi Sho. Chef Carl Ishizaki and his crew operate a small 10 – 12 seat sushi restaurant serving mostly locally sourced fish. Reservations are highly recommended due to the small size of this establishment. We had reservations for 8:30PM on a Thursday night, but were not able to be seated until 9:00PM due to the slow turn over of customers.
We ordered the omakase, and left our fate in Chef Carl’s hands. Because the fish is locally sourced, some of it was significantly different that what we can get in California, but other items were very familiar. We learned that due to the brackish water in the Baltic Sea, most of the fish is brought in from Gothenburg or from Norway. The uni is flown in from Canada, frozen.
The omakase included: clam, octopus head, salmon roe (ikura), octopus tentacle, herring, trout, cod, salmon belly, flounder, salmon, scallops and uni. The cod and salmon were served after being seared with a hand torch. At home, this effect can be accomplished with a toaster or salamander oven, but the hand torch is a very nice show, especially in a small setting. Unfortunately, the fish had the slight taste of propane or butane fuel. The rest of the sushi was excellent.
Sitting so close to the kitchen, we could see the detail and attention that Chef Carl puts into every piece of nigiri that touches the plate. The ratio of fish to rice was perfect. We were also very pleased with the service provided by Chef Carl and his crew. Everyone was super friendly and we had the opportunity to spend some time chatting with everyone. We even learned that Carl’s brother plays soccer for the LA Galaxy!
If you a looking for an exceptional, immersive experience, I highly recommend Sushi Sho in Vasastan!

Finally good sushi in Stockholm!
Get the omakase and enjoy with some of their sake. Prices are great but I imagine they will increase. Only negative — rice is over cooked…
Jan 3 15: Correction on my part: Carl and the team only get better after 5 visits. Everything is fantastic!

This is certainly my favorite sushi place in Stockholm at the moment. Natural flavors are allowed to sing, un-​microphoned by extra frills and toppings (which is so commonplace nowadays it’s getting boring/​ridiculous) and such amazing care is put into making sure that the few key ingredients are well-​balanced that every bite of nigiri is a composition where flavor, consistency, and looks make my heart flutter!
Go for the Omakase; you’ll never find a better deal! The other dishes we’ve tried (Barra sushi and sushi plates) have obviously also been fantastic, but Omakase is a worthy experience.
Since the different fish they have depend on what is available and fresh the menu changes constantly, keeping me curious and coming back again and again.
Can’t recommend enough!

Nice sushi with good selection of fish, but the nigiri is too loose, and the main reason the score is not higher is the soy sauce. Not good.

Sushi SHO, located on Upplandsgatan close to the Odenplan subway station, is a small sushi shop with a rather typical japanese interior. A counter around the «cooking» area presents a nice view of chef Carl Ishizaki preparing Edomae-​Style Sushi for his customers.
There is a selection of popular sushi on the menu, but also some rather creative variants that you won’t find at your regular corner-​sushi-​shop (unless you’re in Japan anyway). So if you’re going to have dinner at Sushi SHO, bring an open mind and a willingness to try new tastes — you will be rewarded.
The fish is extremely fresh and tasty — there wasn’t a single bit I did not enjoy; I even liked the Urchin here, which I usually completely dispise. Not serving any kind of soy sauce or wasabi seems daring at first (even in Tokyo only very high class Sushi restaurants do it), but they manage to pull it off.
All in all: If you’re into Sushi, this small restaurant is an absolute recommendation. The only very minor inconvenience for us was, that we (as foreigners) would have liked to get little more help regarding the menu (only in swedish).
Sushi SHO does not have an alcohol license, which appearently means you are still allowed to serve light beer (lettöl) in Sweden (which in my opinion goes great with sushi). Reservations highly recommended!

Based on previous reviews, I had to try this place. Plus, it’s within easy walking distance from my hotel. The venue is small but intimate. I ordered the omakase and received 16 pieces of wonderfully prepared seafood. There was no need for more soy sauce or wasabi. The chef dressed everything the way it’s meant to be tasted. I would definitely return for more.

Tasting menu, 11 pieces no wasabi, no soy sauce. Just enjoy every piece as it should. Best sushi experience I had ever. Highly recommended. Maybe one downside is having only light beer.

Perfect sushi — the way it should be!
Forget miso and mixing wasabi in soy — everything arrive ready to eat. Fresh and excellent!
Do not miss the lovely Ginger Juice Drink.