Wa Sushi

A Taste of Japan in Galway 🍥

Wa Sushi restaurant is a traditional, authentic sushi bar offering a superb taste of the Far East, using the best local produce. Yoshimi Hayakawa a skilled sushi chef (known as`Sushi Shok-unin’) has over 20 years of experience in the field – beginning in 2002 with a stall in the Galway Market and opening Wa Café six years later. She respected Japanese traditions, which require a sushi chef to train for 10 years before they can open their own restaurant, so when the time came, the eatery was re-launched as a dedicated sushi bar and now aims to be ‘the best sushi bar in Ireland’.

Irish chef, Owen McDonagh, assists in the kitchen and the sushi is carefully crafted using high -quality Galway fish. It gives customers an opportunity to sample sushi as it is done in Japan’s most exclusive Sushi Bars. ‘Sushi Shokunin’ creates individual pieces of nigiri sushi in front of each customer where they can enjoy delectable pieces and witness the wondrous art of sushi. It not only serves several types of sushi but also hot food like bento sets, noodles and vegetarian fare.

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Wa Café opens Monday-Thursday, 12-3pm and 5-9pm and Friday-Sunday, 12-9pm. There is a stall at Galway Market every Saturday & Sunday and Yoshimi also runs sushi classes.