Kris Kohler
Google
Well now, this is a nice gem tucked away in the mine of food options that is downtown Orlando.
I'm in Orlando a couple times a year, and I've been to sushi restaurants all over this nation. I don't foresee myself returning to this city with out stopping for some food from Shin Japanese cuisine.
Walking in we were greeted by a wonderful host, whom turned out to be our server as well. She was quite kind and knowledgeable about the food options, even telling us where the scallops were sourced from.
Two other employees also interacted with us running our food and refilling drinks, both were over the top kind and polite. Overall the service from everyone was 10/10.
For the food, we started with the Spicy Garlic Edamame and a Miso soup. The Miso was quite nice and the Edamame was absolutely out of this world. What a wonderful blend of garlic, soy, and edamame with just a hint of spice to it.
Moving on to our rolls, I had one of the specials of the day: Scallop nigiri. Perfectly fresh and a butter like texture. My main roll was the Double Spicy Salmon Roll. It was wonderfully fresh salmon, avocado, sriracha sauce topped with salmon, Serrano pepper, spicy mayo and wasabi tobiko. Normally such a busy roll isn't my jam, but this was phenomenal.
My partner had the Salmon Roe (Ikura), the scallop special and the Freshwater Eel as nigiri. They reported back all were out of this world being fresh and wonderful. For their roll they enjoyed the Creamy Salmon, which was Shrimp tempura, avocado, cream cheese topped with torched creamy salmon, drizzled with eel sauce and spicy mayo. Having gotten to try one of these myself, It tastes perfectly like its name would imply and was amazing.
In closing, I would suggest you run to Shin's next chance you're in the area. If you like Japanese Cuisine you're doing a disservice to yourself by not trying this hidden star.