"This 14-seat Gables counter—constructed out of the smoothest wood you’ve ever touched—is a great choice for a person’s first expensive omakase. The two-and-a-half-hour meal is a delicious demonstration of the reasons one pays $275 for sushi. The 17 courses are a seasonal mix of mostly nigiri. The meal always includes a trio of tuna moments that will ensure you never look at a fish’s belly the same way again. But Shingo also does enough to impress an omakase veteran, particularly one looking for a more traditional meal that doesn’t lean too heavily on blowtorches and gimmicky flavors." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer