Morimoto
Restaurant · Old City
723 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Highlights
Iron Chef creations in a sleek, color-changing setting.
Iron Chef creations in a sleek, color-changing setting.
"Morimoto is an expensive sushi restaurant in Old City with a dining room that looks like the glowing buildings in Tron. It’s a good place to suggest when your client says “I’m buying,” or your boss asks where they should take the team for a celebratory dinner with rounds of sake (they have a very long list). Go for the a la carte experience versus the $150 sushi omakase, which is pretty much just the hits from the regular menu." - candis mclean, alison kessler
"One of the crown jewels of legendary restaurateur Stephen Starr, Morimoto is the ultimate sushi spot to dine in Center City. This isn’t any typical sit-and-eat situation, but an experience for those who want to check out fine sushi-dining (the omakase is $165 per person) and other incredible entrées, such as the tasty chicken katsu curry, koji salmon, and black cod miso." - Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
"There’s a lot to choose from at Morimoto — Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s long-running Japanese destination under the Starr Restaurants umbrella — including hot entrees, standout desserts, and a la carte sushi, but if ever there were a time to go the omakase route ($165 per person), this is it. You can make reservations on Morimoto’s website." - Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
"Arrange a sushi party at Morimoto to share better-than-average seafood with your friends. There’s the omakase room (17 seats) and Moto Lounge (22 people seated and 30 standing). The entire restaurant (125 people seated and 150 standing) can also be yours for a night of spicy salmon rolls, hamachi tartare, and rock shrimp tempura." - candis mclean
"Morimoto is an expensive sushi restaurant with interiors that kind of look like the glowing buildings in Tron. It’s a good place to suggest when your client says “I’m buying,” or your boss asks where they should take the team for a celebratory dinner with rounds of sake (they have an impressively long list). You should go for classic rolls like spicy tuna and soft shell crab over the $165 omakase (it’s pretty much just a remixed version of the regular dinner menu). It’s pricey, but since you can casually walk in, the extra money is worth avoiding reloading a reservation page on a loop just to get in elsewhere." - candis mclean, alison kessler
