Shibuya Japanese Sushi Restaurant at the MGM Grand

Shibuya at the MGM Grand is one of my favorite restaurants. It is a Japanese restaurant that we love for the sushi. My husband’s favorite is the standard menu fare tuna tartare. It comes in the form of a cylinder minced with truffle oil, sea salt, and a dab of caviar on top and a garnish of gold leaf.  This is also one of the few sushi restaurants that carry toro, in the form of otoro for connoisseurs. It is always delicious. The sushi is always very fresh and served at the perfect temperature. Don’t worry if you don’t like sushi, they also have very good steak and from what I can tell, chicken. It’s not in my nature to order chicken when there is Kobe steak carpaccio and sushi available. One of the many times we ate here, I had the 5 course chef special. What a treat! I had everything from toro (excellent fatty tuna sushi mentioned above), to Kobe carpaccio, to sake (salmon sushi) with caviar. If it wasn’t upwards of $150, I’d do that a lot more often. I love it when they carry mochi ice cream. If you don’t know what mochi is, you’re missing out. It’s a gelatinous sweetened pounded rice around ice cream balls. Yum.

The service at this restaurant is also impeccable. When finished with a plate, it disappears before your eyes. When full plates are brought, the waiter explains exactly what is on the plate and is highly knowledgeable enabling them to answer all questions.  Also they are very friendly and are quite ready to explain any sushi or sake nuance to the unenlightened without making you feel dumb.

This is one of those restaurants that, even though I like going to new places, I always seems to end up at. It’s located just past Rouge inside the Studio Walk, across from Fiamma, which is also tasty. Also, if you are a sake drinker, they have an extensive selection to choose from. I am not a fan, myself. Shibuya, however, a big fan.