Boat Quay’s Sushi Guren serves omakase at S$78 with unlimited sushi refills — includes ootoro!
How much sushi is too much? You can try it out yourself, and see how much you can stomach, at Boat Quay’s Sushi Guren.
This is an omakase restaurant that has gotten a bit of social media traction for one reason: Guests can get sushi refills.
While Japan has a few sushi restaurants that have gone viral for this bold premise, it’s unlikely you can find many restaurants locally — besides Sushi Guren — serving omakase with unlimited sushi.
One option is Sushi Ichinoji (from S$118), but prices are a tad higher, compared to Sushi Guren’s S$78.
It’s your usual wooden-countertop-style sushi bar — as far as decor goes, the space is intimate and cosy, without many bells and whistles.
It actually shares a space with Itoko, a Japanese fusion restaurant that has been there since 2023.
And if you find the name familiar, it’s because Sushi Guren originally opened in Lavender in 2024, and only relocated to its current Boat Quay spot in November 2025!
Sushi Guren’s unlimited sushi omakase
Sushi Guren offers two options for its omakase: A nine-course classic omakase at S$78 and an 11-course premium wagyu & uni omakase at S$128.
The former includes ootoro (fatty tuna belly), while the latter also includes wagyu and uni.
There’s also an ongoing promotion — these are usually priced at S$98 and S$148, respectively, with no end date stated.
The free-flow omakase is available for lunch only on weekends, whereas it is available for dinner throughout the week, from Tuesday to Sunday.
Lunch sessions affords diners 60 minutes of dining time, while dinner sessions run for 90 minutes.
You will have to go through the omakase proper, before the Sushi Guren chefs come around to get your refill orders. This only begins once the last savoury course is served.
Our classic omakase at Sushi Guren started off with an assortment of three-kinds appetiser and three-kinds sashimi, comprising items such as potato salad, and thick-sliced mekajiki (swordfish) and hamachi (yellowtail).
It’s then followed by a cup of custardy and mellowly savoury chawanmushi with shiromi (white fish) and yellowtail tataki served with a tangy onion sauce.
How much sushi can you eat?
After that, we proceeded to the sushi course, with the seasonal seven-kinds sushi — this is your chance to taste and note down which sushi are your favourites, and which ones you’d want to re-order!
These were the seven kinds of we tried:
- Hirame (flounder)
- Kanpachi (amberjack)
- Aka ebi (red shrimp)
- Shima Aji (striped jack)
- Akami (lean tuna)
- Chutoro (medium-fatty tuna)
- Otoro (fatty tuna) with cured egg yolk
Of the bunch, we enjoyed the luscious aka ebi, snappy and iron-tinged akami, and the chutoro, which was rich and fatty, but not unctuous.
The ootoro was also great, as the cured egg yolk added such a depth of flavour to complement the fatty tuna. Ootoro refills will come without the seaweed or the egg yolk, though!
All in all, Sushi Guren’s sushi weren’t mind-blowing, but most pieces were well-crafted and more than worth it, for the price, which is why we ordered another round of everything!
Alas, we did think Sushi Guren’s chefs were a bit too heavy-handed with the wasabi on certain pieces. And that’s speaking as people who enjoy wasabi.
When we were done with the sushi, we were then served up a signature handroll with negitoro (minced tuna) and a bara chirashi don (mixed sashimi rice).
Both were pretty solid, especially the handroll with silky negitoro.
Our omakase courses ended up with a clear soup, before we progressed to the headliner: The sushi refill.
Once you’ve eaten your fill (or run out of time), wrap up the meal with the seasonal ice cream.
On that day, we didn’t have the biggest appetites, so we managed two rounds of refills before calling it a day, but we saw other guests making full use of the remaining time to put in their orders for ootoro and wagyu!
But what we realised is that it doesn’t matter how much sushi you can eat — Sushi Guren is pretty solid quality for S$78, regardless.
The sushi refill is just the cherry on top, and makes it supremely value-for-money.
For more ideas on what to eat, read our stories on Tiffany & Co’s first Blue Box Cafe in Southeast Asia and the ultimate guide for froyo lovers!
Wed 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6pm - 9.45 pm
Thu 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6pm - 9.45 pm
Fri 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6pm - 9.45 pm
Sat 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6pm - 9.45 pm
Sun 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6pm - 9.45 pm
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- Clarke Quay
Evan started off writing about food on Instagram, before joining outlets such as Buro and Confirm Good to pursue his passion. His best work usually comes after his first whisky shot in the morning.
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