A Brunswick cafe serving up Japanese breakfast, lunch and dinner.

This colourful Chris Lucas venture features a futuristic aesthetic and a menu filled with Japanese street food that's cooked over flames.

A yakitori and sake bar on Richmond's Swan Street.

Dine in at this unique Japanese restaurant, where you pick your fresh seafood from the deli fridge and then watch on as the chefs turn it into a hyper-personalised sashimi platter for two.

A gyoza and beer bar inside an art-covered Collingwood building.

The Nobu brand is famous all around the world, and the Melbourne iteration stands out as one of its finest.

Omakase hits the suburbs of Melbourne.

This luxe Japanese restaurant is home to top-grade sashimi, wagyu steaks, hot pots, barbecue and omakase experiences.

The interiors might be underwhelming but the food is anything but.

Tradition meets innovation at W Melbourne's omakase diner, now under the expert guidance of Head Chef Hajime Horiguchi.

Home to excellent a la carte Japanese eats, omakase experiences and a private dining room with immersive visual projections.

The acclaimed fine diner brought its famed Japanese fare from regional Victoria to Carlton back in 2018.

A tiny four-seat restaurant serving up the best kaiseki experience in Melbourne.

This two-part Japanese diner has big love for premium wagyu — and a ten-seat chef's table that's serving Melbourne's only dedicated wagyu omakase.

Lobster rolls and karaoke, together at last.

Like an ancient ronin samurai, Chef Patrick Kwong has no master. He's breaking the rules and doing omakase his own way.

This modern chef's table-style menu in South Yarra is an intimate, sumptuous experience that celebrates the creative and the contemporary.

Chapel Street's sumptuous subterranean Japanese diner and bar has a flair for the dramatic.

The San Telmo Group's playful take on modern Japanese barbecue heroes skewers cooked over charcoal and cleverly reworked classic cocktails.

Chris Lucas's three storeys of Japanese grandeur in the heart of Melbourne.

French and Japanese cuisines cleverly combine at Armadale's outstanding fine diner.

Find a stacked menu with both traditional and wildly fun contemporary Japanese eats at this Brunswick Street haunt.

This hidden CBD restaurant specialises in kaiseki — effortlessly serving up decadent (but seemingly simple) 11-course feeds to those looking to truly treat themselves.

Several of Melbourne's best Japanese chefs owe a debt of a gratitude to Kenzan.

Down a narrow street just off Bridge Road, there is a quiet oasis of calm — and an incredible omakase journey to be taken.