3110

Verdict

3110 is not the sushi counter you've heard about from travel blogs or seen tagged on social media. It's a small, quietly serious restaurant in Meguro City's Aobadai neighbourhood run by chef Ikuya Kobayashi, it has been climbing steadily through Opinionated About Dining's Japan rankings; from Highly Recommended in 2023 to #283 in 2024 and #402 in 2025 (a ranking shift that reflects a larger, more competitive list rather than a drop in quality). If you're a food-focused traveller who wants accomplished sushi without the theatre or the booking anxiety of Tokyo's most-discussed counters, this is worth your attention. Booking is direct. The room is not cavernous. The credentials are real.

About 3110

The most common mistake Tokyo visitors make is assuming that OAD recognition requires a six-month wait and a four-figure bill. 3110 corrects that assumption. Chef Kobayashi operates out of a ground-floor space in a residential building on Aobadai, in the kind of neighbourhood that doesn't show up on most tourist itineraries. That's precisely the point. This is sushi made with focus and craft, not with a publicist.

OAD's consecutive recognition across three years tells you something meaningful: this is not a one-season story. A restaurant that improves its ranking from Highly Recommended to the top 300 in a country with Japan's density of serious sushi counters has done something right and kept doing it. For an explorer who reads menus as closely as guidebooks, that trajectory matters more than a flashy address in Ginza.

The kitchen's hours are structured and specific. Lunch runs from 11am to either 4pm or 5pm depending on the day, while dinner sittings are a tight 6 to 8pm window every evening except Monday, when the restaurant is closed. Sunday is dinner only. This kind of compressed schedule is typical of serious counter dining in Tokyo; it signals that the chef is working to a deliberate pace rather than a volume model. Plan your day around the kitchen's rhythm, not the other way around.

Price range data isn't publicly listed, which makes precise budgeting harder. What the OAD ranking and the format suggest is a counter operating at a serious level without necessarily matching the per-head costs of Ginza's most prominent addresses. For comparison, counters at the top 50 of OAD Japan frequently run ¥30,000–¥60,000 per person at dinner; a counter in the top 400 in a residential Meguro location is likely to be more accessible, though you should confirm current pricing directly before booking.

For context on how Tokyo's sushi scene positions itself, you can also explore Harutaka, Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongiten, Sushi Kanesaka, and Edomae Sushi Hanabusa on Pearl. Each sits at a different point on the booking-difficulty and price spectrum.

The Meguro location also makes 3110 a natural anchor for a neighbourhood evening. Nakameguro is close enough to visit before or after, the absence of a tourist-circuit address means the room is quieter and more focused than many of its OAD peers. For travellers who find the Ginza counter experience too self-conscious, this is a practical alternative.

If you're building a serious eating itinerary across Japan, note that OAD's broader Japan list includes restaurants worth cross-referencing: HAJIME in Osaka, Gion Sasaki in Kyoto, akordu in Nara, Goh in Fukuoka, 1000 in Yokohama, and 6 in Okinawa. For sushi specifically, regional comparisons in Asia are also worth considering: Sushi Shikon in Hong Kong and Shoukouwa in Singapore are the benchmarks at the leading end outside Japan.

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