Syun Izakaya
Japanese restaurant · Hillsboro
209 NE Lincoln St, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Highlights
Nestled in a cozy basement in downtown Hillsboro, Syun offers an izakaya experience with fresh sushi, diverse small plates, and an extensive sake list.
Nestled in a cozy basement in downtown Hillsboro, Syun offers an izakaya experience with fresh sushi, diverse small plates, and an extensive sake list.
"At this izakaya housed in the former Hillsboro library building, diners can find everything from cold small plates to filling dishes like seafood-packed Hokkaido chirashi. Sushi and sashimi take up sizable sections of the menu, but the restaurant also serves harder-to-find dishes like asari sakamushi, or clams steamed in sake. As is standard practice at an izakaya, order some beer, sake, or Japanese whisky to accompany your food." - Janey Wong
"A homey izakaya in Hillsboro, Syun offers quality sushi as well. Artfully laid-out plates of sashimi, cut generously, are a real draw at Syun, as well as its flashy maki stuffed with crab or blanketed with seared scallop. The assorted plates and donburi — many featuring raw seafood — really shine here. For example, the Hokkaido chirashi offers a particularly artful spread of salmon, crab, scallops, sea urchin, and salmon roe." - Seiji Nanbu, Janey Wong
"With its substantial sake selection and ever-changing list of white board specials, Syun Izakaya is a big draw for Japanese food aficionados. Just off Main Street, this sprawling restaurant — filled with paper lanterns, plants, and fishing nets — feels more Hokkaido than Hillsboro. Nigiri and specialty rolls (sometimes featuring local seafood) are a big attraction at the carved wood sushi bar, though the comprehensive menu features fried dishes, noodles (both stir-fried and in soups), and izakaya staples like chicken yakitori, grilled mackerel, and okonomiyaki." - Krista Garcia, Janey Wong
"With a menu of 60-plus small plates and sushi rolls as well as one of the largest selections of sake in the Pacific Northwest (which sadly, isn’t being offered to-go), the much-lauded Syun is well worth a suburban field trip. Along with izakaya classics, there’s a board full of daily specials like smoked, grilled octopus or Copper River salmon nigiri. The restaurant is open for takeout." - Krista Garcia
"Hillsboro Japanese restaurant Syun is open everyday from noon to 8 p.m. The menu sticks to its beloved standards, and encompasses much more than just quality sushi." - Seiji Nanbu
