I’ve been com­ing to San Anto­nio since I was a kid. I’ve seen it grow from a BBQ and Tex-Mex haven to hav­ing a more diverse and eclec­tic restau­rant scene. Even with Japan­ese cui­sine grow­ing ever pop­u­lar, San Anto­nio still is not the place you expect to find good Japan­ese food and sushi. Some­time find­ing the unex­pected is half the fun.

We found Zushi Sushi by pure acci­dent. We were stay­ing in the north­west side of the city on a week­end visit and talk­ing about where to eat that night. The usual sus­pects came mind — BBQ, Tex-Mex, maybe Ital­ian. We didn’t feel like a dri­ving  very far and we had heard that was a good Japan­ese restau­rant just min­utes walk from our hotel; we fig­ured to give it a try. What a find! Zushi is not tra­di­tional Japan­ese and its not Amer­i­can­ized Japan­ese. You will find many of the same types of items com­mon in chic hotel and depart­ment store restau­rants. If you ‘re not famil­iar with the Japan­ese food scene, know that hotel food and depart­ment store restau­rants are some of the best places to dine in urban Japan . Items like kushiyaki, which are small morsels of food fried on sticks — such as chicken, sweet plan­tain, or tofu.

Grilled Salmon Masubi

Zushi’s lay­out is mod­ern but some­how very com­fort­able. You’ll find both a trendy set here and fam­i­lies with chil­dren out for a good meal. Do expect to wait for a table on a Fri­day or Sat­ur­day night. The wait­staff is well trained and has per­sonal favourites and rec­om­men­da­tions — so do ask.  Stand­outs on the menu include their Soft-Shell Crab Kara Agge — we had 4 whole crabs for $7.00.; rice dishes, and var­i­ous chi­rashi. Zushi also allows you to cus­tomize your sushi order; from hav­ing it fried, torched, or rice-less if wanted. This amount of con­trol can seem over­whelm­ing for some din­ers if you think to much about it. If you are crav­ing smaller por­tions of katsu (panko coated fried meats) they now offer mini ver­sions of their larger katsu dinners.

Zushi-Sushi has now become a fam­ily des­ti­na­tion for us on all our vis­its to San Antonio .

I-10 and Wurzbach
San Anto­nio, TX
210.691.3332

http://www.sushizushi.com/