Noren Sushi Kitchen & Bar

It's a great Japanese restaurant in the heart of Capitol Hill. The menu has a good selection, with good vegan options as well. The atmosphere is casual, and the place is well decorated with Japanese umbrellas hanging on the ceiling and lots of Japanese pictures on the walls. The service is great and the prices are good for a Japanese restaurant in Capitol Hill.

Very unassuming on the outside but great food and service. This was our second time here. Today, we did the omakase for $100 pp. They were very accommodating since we had an infant and let us do it at our table vs at the sushi bar. Joon the sushi chef was so nice and made sure we were stuffed! It was 8 courses. Mandy our waitress was very attentive. Our food was great and service even better.

Noren is a fun spot for a variety of food and drinks. They have a great selection of traditional rolls, sashimi, appetizers and more innovative/fun rolls to wet the appetite. Drinks are tasty, and the hot sake never disappoints. Service here is fast, you never have to wait long for the rolls to start hitting the table. I would say Noren is great for friends and family, and shared meals in general, but would also make a great casual date night.

This place serves very nice, fresh sushi in a beautiful and calming atmosphere. Went here with my lovely wife Brenda. I got the lemon salmon roll and it was refreshing, reminiscent of the sushi we get back home in Berkeley. Go niners! Brenda got the firecracker which was also tasty and had a fun texture from the crispy potato. All in all this is a great spot for a date or nice dinner. We came here twice this weekend!

This place opens late which is nice given many restaurants nearby close their doors after 8pm. We came to this place with friends around 8:30pm after my class. I ordered the fried pork rice bowl (Tonkotsu don) which I think it was well made and delicious. My friend didn’t like her salmon poke bowl citing the salmon was not super fresh. The service was quite slow but the waitress apologized and appreciated our patience. I think this place is not bad and it opens late. Not the best Japanese restaurant but pretty descent.

This is my favorite sushi restaurant in town. Their fishes are so fresh and service is always friendly. Highly recommend their garlic edamame because you don’t always see this in any sushi place. Their nigiri are so fresh and the rice to fish ratio is just perfect. We have tried salmon, seared salmon, sweet shrimp and fatty tuna nigiri and they all taste delicious. Noren and Wabi sabi rolls are pretty good as well. They offer a good selection of sakes and our favorite was the Homare Yuzu.