The World’s Best Sushi Restaurant Loses All Its Michelin Stars
Bummer: Sukiyabashi Jiro, the Japanese restaurant known as the best sushi restaurant in the world, has suddenly lost all its Michelin stars…
It caused a wave of reactions in Japan and the rest of the world when The Tokyo Michelin Guide 2020 was published. Because the very best sushi restaurant no longer has a single star in the latest edition.
Barack Obama is a fan
Sukiyabashi Jiro has only 10 seats, and that is precisely the problem. Because everyone who can afford it—a chef’s menu costs 40,000 yen (roughly €330)—wants to eat there. It has already attracted famous customers, such as French chef Joël Robuchon, actor Hugh Jackman, singer Katy Perry and Barack Obama. According to Obama, he ate the best sushi of his life there. Sukiyabashi Jiro being removed from the Michelin Guide therefore has nothing to do with the quality of the food, but with the nature of its reservation system.
Impossible to book
Because you can now only get into Sukiyabashi Jiro if you are a regular or have special connections with a concierge at a top hotel, it is impossible for most people to make a reservation. And that goes against Michelin’s policy; they award stars to restaurants where the food is not only near-perfect, but where anyone can also make a reservation. Adios, stars.
Most stars in the world
The Japanese capital has retained its title as the city with the most Michelin stars in the world. And fortunately, you can simply visit these restaurants.
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