Jamie N.
Yelp
This was hands down, the best experience we've had at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. After many tries to get my sushi fix, Katsu Midori Seibu Shibuya exceeded expectations. I tried going to Hanamaru located in Kitte, but queue was too long and we were on the brink of hanger. We tried to hit up Kura Sushi in Ikebukuro at 9pm, but queue was 2 hours!! So by the third try, I was a bit expectant.
Thank goodness the line for this was short! We arrived a little before 3pm. I had read that this place gets super crowded, so we planned to arrive after the lunch rush. Luckily, the restaurant does not accept reservations and you wait in line for an open table. It's first come first serve and the host will direct you to your table once ready.
We were seated in a booth, which had a server that spoke English to help explain or answer questions. Fortunately, we had a tablet at booth that had an option to view the menu in English, so that made it super easy to navigate and place our orders. It even breaks it down by price, best sellers, nigiri, sweets and drinks.
We initially started with a few items of interest from the belt, such as shrimp tempura, cold karaage and shrimp tempura roll. After we became familiar with the menu, we started placing our own orders - mantis shrimp, abalone steak, grilled corn, unagi, tobiko, masago, ikura, uni & crab miso. They arrive by sushi train on a track above the conveyor belt! You basically grab your items, push the red button to send the train back and enjoy!
Check out is also super easy. Just stack up the plates and the server will come by and scan all the plates. They print out the ticket and you just head up to the front to pay. Highly recommend coming through a hassle-free time. Also, the ice cream here was surprisingly delicious, so save some room for dessert :) Enjoy!