Best Modern Japanese Food in North Melbourne VIC

Ishizuka

Restaurants, Hatted Restaurants • Basement B01/139 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

4.7 (426) Google Maps

Ishizuka Melbourne delivers an intimate subterranean kaiseki journey—meticulous Japanese dining by Chef Hitoshi Miyazawa, awarded two hats.

Opens at 5:00 PM

Temaki Sushi Melbourne

Restaurants • 15 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000

4.9 (312) Google Maps

Temaki Sushi is an intimate Japanese hand-roll restaurant on Little Collins Street, seating just ten guests.

Opens at 5:45 PM Thursday

Chocolate Buddha

Restaurants • Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000

4.4 (1,750) Google Maps

Japanese izakaya-style dining at Federation Square, with a 22-seat sushi and express train and skyline views.

Opens at 12:00 PM Wednesday

Wabi Sabi Salon

Restaurants • 94 Smith St, Collingwood VIC 3066

4.1 (726) Google Maps

Wabi Sabi Salon is a Smith Street Japanese restaurant serving traditional and contemporary dishes for lunch and dinner in Collingwood.

Opens at 12:00 PM tomorrow

Shusai Mijo

Restaurants • 256 Johnston Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065

4.7 (60) Google Maps

Shusai Mijo offers refined Japanese dining with premium sushi, sashimi and seasonal set menus in a polished, intimate setting.

Opens at 6:00 PM Thursday

Chiaki Melbourne

Restaurants • 49 Peel St, Collingwood VIC 3066

4.4 (346) Google Maps

Authentic Japanese restaurant in Collingwood for fresh sushi, sashimi, ramen and modern izakaya plates. Dine in or takeaway.

Opens at 6:30 AM Thursday

Chotto Motto Collingwood

Restaurants • 287 Wellington St, Collingwood VIC 3066

4.6 (955) Google Maps

Hamamatsu-style gyoza restaurant on Wellington Street, Collingwood, known for dumplings served in crispy chilli oil.

Opens at 5:30 PM tomorrow

Misoya Sake Bar

Restaurants • 165A Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC 3056

4.5 (793) Google Maps

Misoya Sake Bar is a Japanese ramen and sake bar on Sydney Road in Brunswick, known for its miso-based chicken stock ramen.

Opens at 11:30 AM tomorrow

Shizuku Ramen - Abbotsford

Restaurants • 309 Victoria Street, Abbotsford VIC 3067

3.2 (1,161) Google Maps

Shizuku Ramen is a Japanese ramen restaurant on Victoria Street in Abbotsford, in inner Melbourne's east.

Open Now

Kumo Izakaya

Restaurants • 152 Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057

4.4 (1,188) Google Maps

Japanese izakaya and sake bar in a former 1956 bank building on Lygon Street, Brunswick East, established in 2011.

Opens at 5:30 PM tomorrow

Eazy Peazy

Restaurants • 108 Swan St, Richmond VIC 3121

4.4 (495) Google Maps

Izakaya-style Japanese restaurant on Swan Street, Richmond, built around a charcoal hibachi grill and yakitori menu.

Opens at 5:00 PM

Yakikami

Restaurants • 150 Toorak Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141

4.4 (615) Google Maps

Yakikami is a contemporary Japanese restaurant in South Yarra specialising in yakitori, charcoal-grilled skewers and refined chef-led dining.

Opens at 12:00 PM Thursday