Sushi Café

Tucked in a tiny corner strip mall spot in upper Ocean City is one of Delmarva’s best kept (until publication of these pages) sushi secrets.  Upon entering, you will surmise the restaurant exists only to accommodate pick-up orders, as its staff out-numbers the patrons tucked around a few tables and a handful of seats at the sushi bar, especially as the bagged to-go orders flow from the open counter.  While take-out is nearly 50% of Sushi Café’s business, best to wait in line for a seat, enjoying perhaps the best sushi on the Delmarva beach strip served moments after its inventive rolls are made in front of you, all the while gazing at the fastest but most efficient kitchen in Delmarva.  Sushi Café is literally a family business, with mom, son, daughter, and others all working in chaotic harmony to deliver fresh fish in a great variety of curious combinations.  Sushi Café has proven to be the go-to favorite among professionals in the Delmarva food industry, attracting more-and-more public acclaim and, as a result, growing attention from locals and tourists as word has slowly spread during its quiet seven years in existence – quiet to those who couldn’t possibly expect quality sushi in such a small non-descript strip mall location.  Alas, word has escaped over the years, and Sushi Café has advanced from ‘hidden gem’ label to now being known simply as a sushi gem. The owners have no plans to expand, but a larger restaurant and kitchen no doubt would attract mass appeal, often the first step in a popular restaurant morphing into balance sheet mediocrity.  We have not reviewed every restaurant in Delmarva, and would prefer to ignore Sushi Café in these pages, keeping it a less than closed secret so that our line waiting may be reduced.  But fish this good needs to be exposed, and we are, if nothing, intellectually honest with revealing the good and bad of Delmarva dining, and, of course, our restaurant reviews.

 

13711 Coastal Highway

Ocean City, Maryland 21842

443-373-2370