Fish, flown in first class multiple times a week from Toyosu market. Vegetables, picked only during certain fleeting days of the year: Japanese food can get expensive, but it does not have to be with these cheap and affordable omakase set menus in Singapore.
For context, this guide covers dollar figures, with many omakase set here coming in at around the S$70 mark. It also includes more upscale Japanese restaurants, whose bigger price tags become more reasonable once the quality and quantity of food are factored in.
For bargain hunters, Hana Japanese restaurant currently holds the crown of cheapest omakase meal in Singapore. The S$38++ set features sashimi and sushi, plus an appetiser and a dessert. Unkai’s S$68++ Mai lunch set has cold appetisers, sashimi and sushi, ikura don, and more, while the same price at Kou Teppan gets you grilled garlic chicken with plenty of sides.
Moving up the price scale, Ryo Sushi is a tiny eatery that only offers omakase starting at S$98, with no service charge and GST added. Miraku includes its signature rice bowl in the lunch omakase menu for S$108+++, and Katachi has an S$88++ set with seasonal sashimi, 12 sushi, an omelette, maki roll, and a fish soup.
On the pricier side of the spectrum, Sushi Sato recently launched lunch omakase sets that start from S$168++, an affordable way of sampling chef Yuji Sato’s exacting approach. Then experience fine and affordable kaiseki cuisine at Sushi Sei, which is offering a 1-for-1 deal until April 2024. Discover them below.
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Cho, the Japanese restaurant of chef YK Chong, serves lunch omakase sets starting from S$108++, which include appetisers, an assortment of sushi and sashimi, cooked seafood and meats, plus soup and dessert. Other non-omakase daytime options include bento rice boxes of Wagyu and tempura.
Omakase from S$108++
Monday – Saturday, 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 9.30pm (closed on Sunday)
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During lunch, Haku Sushi has an eight-course omakase meal (S$87++) featuring three appetisers, eight seasonal sashimi and sushi, a steamed dish, maki roll, soup, and dessert. The price goes up during dinner, but only slightly to S$98, and includes 10 items. Bento sets and a la carte options are also available.
Omakase from S$78++
Daily, 11.30am – 3pm, 5.30pm – 10pm
(Image credit: Haku Sushi)
A mere S$38++ is all you need to get into Hana’s omakase set. The most affordable option includes dishes like chilled somen, sushi, sashimi, grilled seafood, and more. For pricier sets, the quality of ingredients and portion size get better. Hana is also popular for its 12 Plates, a bento box of a dozen snacks from salmon carpaccio to foie gras sushi.
Omakase from S$38++
Daily, 12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm
(Image credit: Hana Restaurant / Facebook)
Katachi’s most affordable omakase set costs S$88++, which comes with three appetisers, seasonal sashimi, 12 sushi, an omelette, maki roll, and a fish soup. More expensive options add on premium ingredients like uni and Alaskan crab, and if you come after 9pm, they serve eight pieces of sushi for S$38++.
Omakase from S$88++
Tuesday – Sunday, 5pm – 11pm (closed on Monday)
(Image credit: Katachi Sushi Bar / Facebook)
The cheapest way to order omakase at Kaunta, a 16-seater Japanese restaurant in Tanjong Pagar, is to go during lunch. For S$80++, the Aoi meal consists of appetisers, sashimi, seven styles of sushi, and maki roll, followed by miso soup and dessert. Other options during the day cost S$100++ and up, and Kaunta does kaizen don for walk-in diners.
Omakase from S$80++
Monday, 6pm – 10pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm
Closed on Sunday
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From a bar counter that seats 18, Miraku offers a lunch omakase (S$108++) with 9 sashimi and sushi, wagyu uni rice roll, and their signature rice bowl, supplemented by appetisers, chawanmushi, soup, and dessert. If omakase is not a priority, the restaurant lunch sushi course can be ordered for S$88++.
Omakase from S$108++
Monday – Saturday, 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm
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Your best chance for an intimate meal at Jun Omakase is at the bar counter – the rest of it has a chain restaurant vibe. But it doesn’t deter when the lunch omakase is S$78++. For the price, diners get two appetisers, a soup, 9 pieces of sashimi and sushi, plus two hot dishes and a dessert. For dinner, the most affordable option is the natsu omakase, which offers slightly more portions over lunch.
Omakase from S$78++
Monday – Sunday. 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 9.30pm
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From a bar counter, Kou Teppan offers a 7-course omakase experience that stars grilled items from garlic chicken to A5 Wagyu tenderloin. Prices start at S$68 and come with side dishes like appetisers, a baked item, rice bowl, salad, and dessert. Grilled seafood and meats can added on.
From S$68++
Daily, 11.30am – 3pm, 5.30pm – 10pm
(Image credit: Kou Teppan)
In a tiny corner of Orchid Hotel, Ryo Sushi serves an omakase menu for S$98 free of service charge and GST. Available for lunch and dinner, the 18 courses span dishes like seaweed salad, onsen egg, 12 sushi, handroll, chirashi bowl and soup. For S$128, Ryo will add uni to certain dishes.
From S$98 nett
Monday – Saturday, 11.45am – 2.45pm, 6pm – 10.30pm (closed on Sunday)
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Show up for dinner at 5pm and Sushi Kyuu will serve a tasting course for S$69++ with a 60-minute dining time. Later in the evening, the restaurant charges S$99++ for its regular omakase menu of 20 dishes, as well as premium sets starting from S$129++.
From S$69++
Daily, 6pm – 11pm
(Image credit: Sushi Kyuu by Shunsui)
Sushi Sato’s lunch omakase sets cost more than many on this list, but it’s a worthwhile price to pay for chef Yuji Sato’s philosophy. He firmly believes in ensuring each hot and cold dish is prepared exactingly, which he demonstrates in the Utsukushi (S$168++) menu: a procession of 10 pieces of nigiri sushi and a negitoro hand roll, concluding with soup and dessert.
From S$168++
Tuesday – Sunday, 12pm – 3pm, 7pm – 10.30pm (closed on Monday)
(Image credit: Sushi Sato)
Eating at Sushi Sei means sitting through a masterclass in fine kaiseki cuisine, but it does not come cheap. Thankfully, they are offering 50 percent off all lunch and dinner menus throughout April 2024 if you come with another diner. That means the omakase nigiri sushi lunch set becomes S$100++ per person and comes with 12 sushi and a soup.
From S$200++
Tuesday – Sunday, 12-3pm, 6pm – 10.30pm (closed on Monday)
(Image credit: Sushi Sei)
For S$68++, Unkai has the Mai omakase lunch set involving cold appetisers, an assortment of sashimi and sushi, chawanmushi, sawara (Spanish mackerel) shioyaki, a mini ikura don, and more. From now till 19 June 2024, the restaurant also has a 1-for-1 deal on its Shin lunch omakase menu ($138++) (U.P. $276++ for 2 pax) with sashimi, grilled dishes, premium nigiri, tempura, and mini chirashi don. The deal is available daily from 11.30am – 1pm (except eve of PH & PH), simply redeem on Oddle Eats and flash the redemption screen at the staff before ordering.
From S$68++
Daily, 11.30am – 2pm, 6pm – 10pm
(Image credit: Unkai Sushi)
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