New Atlanta Sushi Restaurant from Michelin Award Winning Chef

As if Atlanta wasn’t already impressively right up there in the Michelin game, it’s about to get wilder.

Have you heard of Omakase Table in West Midtown? We have, and going there was one of the best sushi nights of our lives.

Omakase’s Michelin award winning Chef Leaonard Yu is opening a new Japanese concept venture in Atlanta, and we can’t wait to check it out.

The wait is almost over. Ryokou, the new Japanese concept from MICHELIN Award-winning chef Leonard Yu of West Midtown sushi destination Omakase Table, opens to the public on Saturday, December 14th. Located in the Abrams Fixtures mixed-use development in the Adair Park neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Ryokou showcases a progressive tasting menu of small plates that pays tribute to the culinary traditions of cities and prefectures from across Japan.

“Our goal is to provide an experience and understanding of food from across Japan,” says Yu. “From the northern area, known for its crab, scallop shellfish, and other seafood, down to the southern island of Kyushu, which is famous for its wagyu beef.”

The menu of 8 courses is expected to change frequently, but some of the dishes that diners could expect include:

• Aomori Gai – A sampling of some of the best seafood from the city of Aomori and the Northern region of Japan.
• Awabi Kimo – Steamed, thin-sliced abalone served over rice mixed with the abalone liver.
• Kegani Nigiri – Nigiri topped with horsehair crab from Hokkaido prefecture.
• Smoked Wagyu – Wagyu beef from Kyushu, smoked Japanese-style in a nod to the popularity of barbecue in the U.S.

Ryokou is scheduled to open on December 14th, 2024. Reservations are recommended (duh!) and can be made via Resy