1. Uni
2. Oishii
3. Duozo
4. Super Fusion
5. Misono
6. Fugakyu
7. JP Seafood Cafe
1. Uni
2. Oishii - 87/100
If you or your lover are super rich, Oishii (South End and Chestnut Hill) may be the place for you. I couldn't have guessed how expensive the place would be from the website since the online menu doesn't list prices. Pretty much everything on the menu was at least $18, mostly a lot more. This is one restaurant that lives up to the four dollar sign warning.
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Of course at an expensive place like this, you do get your little amuses bouches. These were some kind of edamame puree thingies, and they were delightful. |
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Unfortunately it didn't taste good. |
There were other more innocuous ones, but for $12 do you really want a lychee martini that is best described by shrugging and saying, "It's good."? Sticking to water will go a long way to making your check more reasonable anyway.
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Get: Tuna, mango, baby ginger on crispy seaweed squares - $20 for four 1x1 inch squares |
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Consider: Grilled breast of Moullard duck, onions, Honeycrisp Apples sauteed in Sake and Rhododendron Honey, served in a Delicious Red Apple (by which they mean a "Red Delicious") for |
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The duck was so good, like tender steak. The apple was silly and not worth even eating, though in a vain attempt to extract my date's money's worth, I certainly tried. There were little pieces of geleed something, perhaps duck face, and whatever they were they were also tasty. I'm sure the flowers were edible, I don't care what my date said.
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Strangely, the takeout menu seems to have maki options that the dine in does not that are much more affordable (though certainly less interesting). The maki on the takeout menu range from $5-$30, and they have handrolls for $6-$9.
Takeaway lesson: I would go here and order sashimi. It probably is the best quality in town. The fancy convoluted dishes aren't worth their price tags. Then again, there'll be a bunch of crazy things on the menu that'll sound too amazing. Try one. See whether or not you're disillusioned, and let me know. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to ask my girlfriend to take me here for my next birthday.
Takeaway lesson: I would go here and order sashimi. It probably is the best quality in town. The fancy convoluted dishes aren't worth their price tags. Then again, there'll be a bunch of crazy things on the menu that'll sound too amazing. Try one. See whether or not you're disillusioned, and let me know. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to ask my girlfriend to take me here for my next birthday.

3. Douzo - 92/100
4. Super Fusion (Brookline): 82/100
Downsides: there are only four small tables and a few counters seats, there's something wrong with their tap water, and they only have the full sodium soy sauce. On the other hand, the sushi's about as good as you can get in Boston for the prices.
Downsides: there are only four small tables and a few counters seats, there's something wrong with their tap water, and they only have the full sodium soy sauce. On the other hand, the sushi's about as good as you can get in Boston for the prices.
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Tuna with Kimchee ($10): Skip this one. |
So I might skip the appetizers (at least try different ones) and head straight for the sushi, which was great:
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Tuna Carpaccio Maki ($11) tuna, onion, & spicy mayo topped with a layer of carpaccio tuna with spicy ponzu sauce - Whatever you do, get this one. |
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Brookline Maki ($13) eel tempura with cucumber maki topped with white tuna lightly torched with spicy mayo, tobiko & unagi sauce - Oh man, that hits all the spots. |

5. Misono - 80/100
A few months back I was dating a girl who had never had good sushi. She thought she had, but when she told me she thought the sushi we ate in Providence at a place called Haruki East was good, I knew I had to find her some better sushi. The menu at Misono looked promising, so I made the date.
6. Fugakyu - 70/100
"Thank god you're cute" is what I would tell Fugakyu if I were dating it. I've never enjoyed a non-outdoor seating dining experience more than at Fugakyu (Brookline)... if you don't count the quality of the sushi. There're other seating options, but make a reservation for one of the private booths. You and your date (or up to six people) can have your own private dining booth, completely enclosed, with a sliding bamboo door. The place is totally adorable. Not only is the privacy delightful, but they serve the food with particularly fun presentations.
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Pretty light! |
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Ladybug Roll - $12.50 - Spicy seafood salad, sweet potato tempura, cherry tomato & black tobiko - I liked this roll. The fish and rice were just a little blander than with really good sushi. |

7. Jp Seafood Cafe - 30/100
It's soft of a joke the this one is even on the list, but some girl had been telling me for weeks that JP Seafood Cafe (in Jamaica Plain) was really good. I was doubtful. It didn't look like much, the name didn't seem like the name of a good restaurant, and I'd never heard anyone else recommend it. The menu looked okayish. We finally made our way there.
The place was larger than I'd thought, and it was pleasant and comfortable inside.
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Oshinko Salad: Japanese Pickled Radish, Cucumbers, Onions, and Burdock Root - $4.95 The burdock root was a little too salty, but other than that, it was a nice little medley of pickled stuff. |
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Jamaica Plain Roll - Salmon, Cream Cheese, and Cucumber - $5.95 I love the "plain" pun they made here. One of the plainest roll I've ever had, indeed. |
Apparently the main reason the girl I'd come with had wanted me to try this place was their chocolate cake. I wasn't holding much hope out at this point that anything at this restaurant would impress me at all.

Final thoughts:
If only I could combine the ambiance of Fugakyu, the quality of Oishii's fish, with the skill of Douzo's specialty maki creations, I'd have my hands-down best Boston sushi restaurant.