Wow. A year after traveling to Japan sushi in Europe hasn't been really making the cut. However, this is where you can get your authentic Japanese sushi experience. It brought such nostalgia as if we were at a sushi place in Japan itself, calm ambience,...really low background music, no rattling of noise in the kitchen - and of course, the food! If you are a sushi enthusiast this is where you should come!More

Delicious! Friendly staff. Great experience. Perfect located in IJmuiden Harbour (fresh fish). We'll definitely come back.

Wonderful sushi made from quality fish with a traditional and delicious taste. Good value for money and very moorish.

The very real Japanese food presented in this restaurant must be among the best in Holland and even further. Fresh and tasty fish dishes, excellent service. The curious place in an industrial area, although in the middle of a fishing harbour made us wondering but...the visit totally changed our mind and we will definitely become regular customers !More

This was a first and a last for us, Food: very good. Price/quality: good. Hygiene: about 20 flies, flycatchers in the kitchen and please check that toilet every now and then. Had to send one chopstick back because of clinging leftovers from a previous user....No airco. Place is a mess, devoid of any form of cosiness or romance.Tables very close together, no table privacy. Stifling hot and humid. Stench of oven throughout the room. Extraction fan: a joke. You will have to wash your clothes and hair when you get home. Eight (count 'm) people behind the kitchen counter, three people serving ten tables, of which four two-seaters, with 25 adults and two children. Kitchen speed: unbelievably slow. Efficiency: nada, zilch, No focus on productivity. First course: fifty-five minutes after entrance. We are guests of a bunch of civil servants. Serving speed not helped by the fact that this place also does takeway. We have the five-course 'omekase' menu, which one has to order at least one day in advance. (WHY?) The average waiting time between dishes: 35-40 minutes. (again: 11 staff, 25 guests) After the fourth course, 2h. 45 minutes into this adventure, Mr. Noordzij, the owner, asks from a six metres distance if everything is OK. We are too polite -does he have ten minutes?- to tell him that it is not. Family business, daughters and son-in-law serving. Two times during our self-chosen ordeal a daughter (Manon?) comes to say sorry for the long wait - only we find that we have to wait even longer for the next course. Very friendly and courteous hosts, unprofessional restaurant managers. Build-up of menu: not creative, unbalanced if not boring, however sublime the quality and taste: the last two courses turn out to be five pieces of 'sushi' (that is: fish on rice) BOTH. No dessert in the 'menu'. - Great food, however: this place could do with a lot less marketing and a lot more leadership. - 155,= Euros (including a token tip) the poorer and some very good food and a unique tribulation the wiser we leave, exactly three hours and nineteen minutes after we entered. - It is on to the washing machine (boy, do our clothes smell...)More

The best sushi in the region. By far! It takes some waiting but it is worth it. Take away or dining in, both is possible

Customer service and quality of the food was impeccable. The fish was very fresh and melts like butter. Lovely place, will definitely visit again.

The interior is rather simple. Served dishes were fresh and delicious! Very polite staff and excellent Japanese cuisine.

A very casual and informal sushi place. Don’t expect any great interior design here. It is all about the sushi and sashimi. Just mind blowing. The toro was spectacular. Actually everything was. If you are in the neighborhood please please go to Hokkai. Enjoy the...fish and the price which is very fair!!!More

Surprising to find a restaurant in this area and amazing quality sushi. Can highly reccomend it 🍣 best sushi in town

Today, I returned to Hokkai Kitchen (taking my brothers) after visiting the alleged European no 1 Japanese sushi restaurant in Düsseldorf earlier this year. But now we know for sure: Hokkai Kitchen is the new European no 1 for Japanese sushi. We left it to...the itamae (chef) to prepare his recommendations: starter with sake (salmon) marinated in soya on fermented onion with shiso and fenugreek leave, sweet aji (hors-mackerel) salad, then various cooked and grilled fish types, followed by nigiri sushi with a variety of amazingly fresh fish including buri (kingfish, our favorite and must try) and aki (squid, really tender), shisamo (capering), and climax of tuna including o-toro (fatty tuna belly) and negitoro (o-toro tatare). As a special we got two interesting experimentations as an extro: hotate nigiri (St Jacob scallop), and nishin (herring) with ginger (instead of wasabi). Oishikatta yo! Our unanimous conclusion: great and authentic Japanese tasting sushi and sashimi, really fresh fish, great variety with unique fish finds for Europe, amazing temperature control, perfectioned sushi rice, and great delivery. After finishing the sushi, we got an exclusive tour of the Japanese fish products processing facility next door, and a very reasonably priced bill. Not tasted better sushi in Europe in my 20 year quest for sushi excellence. Forget about location, decorum, perceptions and big names, and visit Hokkai at least once in your life if you are a sushi fan and live in Europe.More

The sushi here is fresh, tasty and traditional. There are also plenty of choices for vegetarian guests, both on the menu and if you ask. The sushi makers are either Japanese or trained in Japan, this makes all the difference.