Kaiten-zushi or conveyor belt sushi is a fast-food style of sushi wherein you just take plates of sushi off a conveyor belt. It has also "evolve" to allow diners to order via tablet and have their orders delivered by a "shinkansen" (a bullet train) to their tables. It is a convenient and affordable way to eat sushi as the sushi is usually mechanically molded instead of by a shokunin and there is economy of scale. Prices per plate usually start at 100 yen in Japan and approx. $2.50 in Singapore.

@sushirosingapore is the largest kaiten-zushi chain in Japan and entered our shores two years ago. They have since expanded to numerous outlets islandwide.

J and I were at their Lido outlet recently and were really impressed with the quality of the sushi. All of their seafood were fresh and of good quality considering their prices. It is probably one of the best kaiten-zushi restaurants in Singapore. We really enjoyed all of their sushi and in particular, we loved their hotate sushi which had a firm structure and a sweet almost creamy taste.

Compared to the other kaiten-zushi restaurants, Sushiro however does have a rather limited menu outside of sushi. For example, they don't serve sashimi (or at least we couldn't find it). We have visited another outlet which seem to serve a slightly different menu and the quality of the seafood seemed to be lower as well.

For those who hate queueing, you can take your queue number via their app but please hor don't be kiasu and hog the queue numbers!

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