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Best Japanese restaurants in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Ranked by AI answers and Google · updated November 5, 2026

Asked for Japanese restaurants in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the AI assistants we tested most often name Godenya, Inakaya and Nadaman at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong. On Google Maps, Wowdon leads the search with 4.6★ from 1,330 reviews. 40 restaurants were compared.

Restaurants compared
40
Named by AI
3
Assistants asked
6
Answers read
18

The ranking

Every restaurant Google lists for “Japanese restaurant Kowloon Hong Kong”, ordered by its Visibility Score estimate: Google presence + AI answers. Open a restaurant for its full scorecard, or score it if it has none yet.

#1
明水然.樂 隱雅尖沙咀店 MinSuiZen•Raku HongkongKowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hankow Rd, 28號16號舖亞太中心1樓
38*Google4.9★ · 521Maps rank#5AI answersAI 0/18
#2
Nadaman at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong KongLower Level II, 64 Mody Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
53Google4.2★ · 297Maps rank#24AI answersAI 1/18Open scorecard
#3
Inakaya101F, 1 Austin Rd W, West Kowloon, Kowloon
56Google4★ · 200Maps rank#21AI answersAI 1/18Open scorecard
#4
Xuan Izakaya Restaurant (since 2021)Kowloon, Kowloon City, Prince Edward Rd W, 426號號地舖
45Google4.7★ · 124Maps rank#3AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#5
aqua17/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
62Google4.4★ · 2,359Maps rank#32AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#6
QUE (MOKO)Shop No. 453, Level 4, MOKO, 193 Prince Edward Rd W, Mong Kok, Kowloon
53Google4.5★ · 740Maps rank#29AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#7
Kyoto Katsugyu (AIRSIDE)Shop B129, AIRSIDE, 2 Concorde Rd, Kai Tak, Kowloon
55Google4.5★ · 528Maps rank#13AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#8
MuKowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Middle Rd, 15號, H Zentre, UG樓 01-03舗
36*Google4.9★ · 336Maps rank#6AI answersAI 0/18
#9
Yakiniku Great (Sheung Wan)255 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island
48Google4.5★ · 318Maps rank#39AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#10
OKOSTA 御將燒 啟德美食restaurantShop 1201 , 12/F, Tower 1, Petite First Kai Tak - 本地嬰幼兒用品品牌, 12 Concorde Rd, Kai Tak, Kowloon
61Google4.8★ · 304Maps rank#11AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#11
WowdonKowloon, Kowloon City, Concorde Rd, 12號14樓
33*Google4.6★ · 1,330Maps rank#1AI answersAI 0/18
#12
Lung Fu Pao HK47B Elgin St, Central, Hong Kong Island
60Google4.7★ · 276Maps rank#22AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#13
KushiroHK 九龍 尖沙咀 Shop BW1,BW3&BW5,B1/F, The Peninsula Hotel, Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
55Google4.8★ · 248Maps rank#12AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#14
ImasaHK Kowloon 1/F, The Peninsula Hong Kong, Salisbury Rd
33*Google4.5★ · 224Maps rank#15AI answersAI 0/18
#15
Sukiyaki NakagawaShop B, 3/F, 1 Hoi Ping Rd, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
57Google4.8★ · 184Maps rank#33AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#16
ShiawaseHarbour City, Shop OTE 402, Level 4, Ocean Terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
51Google4.5★ · 142Maps rank#23AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#17
WASHABUKowloon, Kai Tak, Concorde Rd, 12號雙子匯1期12樓1202-3號舖
33*Google4.5★ · 105Maps rank#4AI answersAI 0/18
#18
GodenyaUG/F ,182 Wellington Street,Central,Hong Kong (Entrance, Kau U Fong N, side, Hong Kong Island
33*Google4.8★ · 96Maps rank#40AI answersAI 3/18
#19
榛 HashibamiShop 30-31, G/F, The Vantage, 63 Ma Tau Wai Rd, Hung Hom, Kowloon
60Google4.8★ · 77Maps rank#10AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#20
Flame Japanese CuisineG/F, 23 Minden Ave, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
46Google4.4★ · 808Maps rank#17AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#21
鮨一日本料理 (尖沙咀), G One Sushi Japanese Restaurant (Tsim Sha Tsui), 日本料理, 居酒屋, 丼飯, 刺身, 壽司Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hau Fook St, 12-12A號, The Lamma Tower, 18 樓
31*Google4.3★ · 492Maps rank#30AI answersAI 0/18
#22
Sanwa Jo46 Fuk Lo Tsun Rd, Kowloon City, Kowloon
59Google4.3★ · 128Maps rank#20AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#23
杣 - YASHIMAG/F, 2-4 Kau U Fong, Central, Hong Kong Island
53Google4.7★ · 87Maps rank#27AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#24
月山 Gassan Hong Kong19/F, H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong Island
58Google4.5★ · 83Maps rank#25AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#25
Udatsu Sushi Hong Kong | Omakase | Luxury | CuratedHouse 1881, FWD, The Stable, 2A Canton Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
59Google4.9★ · 81Maps rank#14AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#26
北斗Kowloon, Kowloon City, Fuk Lo Tsun Rd, 59號地下B鋪
31*Google4.7★ · 52Maps rank#8AI answersAI 0/18
#27
Kanesaka Hong Kong5/F, CCB Tower, 3 Connaught Rd Central, Central, Hong Kong Island
54Google4.9★ · 37Maps rank#37AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#28
Haruka Japanese RestaurantG/F, 1A Lok Shan Rd, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon
30Google4.8★ · 861Maps rank#9AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#29
NOBU Hong Kong - Japanese RestaurantSecond Floor, Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
59Google4.2★ · 401Maps rank#36AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#30
Sakana HibiKowloon, Kowloon City, 啟德協調道12號 雙子匯1期12樓1204鋪
31Google4.5★ · 90Maps rank#2AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#31
Japanese Restaurant DorayaKowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hau Fook St, 8號, H8, 6/F
27*Google4.3★ · 556Maps rank#35AI answersAI 0/18
#32
Arashiyama Japanese RestaurantHK 地下 G/F, 11 Minden Ave, Tsim Sha Tsui
40Google4.1★ · 434Maps rank#26AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#33
Hiru Omakase 日 • 廚師發辦G/F, 17-19 Hillwood Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
31Google4.8★ · 96Maps rank#7AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#34
NagamotoHong Kong Island, Central, On Lan St, 18號8/F
24*Google4.6★ · 68Maps rank#34AI answersAI 0/18
#35
ABURI-EN (Plaza Hollywood)Kowloon, Diamond Hill, Lung Poon St, 1樓131-133號舖
26Google4.3★ · 187Maps rank#16AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#36
SUSHI GAKU22號 Tai Tsun St, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon
31Google4.6★ · 69Maps rank#28AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#37
山系。本舍地 下 a1 號 舖, 23號 Boundary St, Prince Edward
31Google4.5★ · 56Maps rank#38AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#38
KAEN IzakayaShop 208-210 2/F, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Pl, Central, Hong Kong Island
37Google4.4★ · 43Maps rank#31AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#39
Wasabi Japanese Restaurant26 Lion Rock Rd, Kowloon City, Kowloon
25Google4★ · 162Maps rank#18AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard
#40
YukkuriG/F, 424 Prince Edward Rd W, Kowloon City, Kowloon
27Google4.2★ · 51Maps rank#19AI answersAI 0/18Open scorecard

Who the assistants name

Each column is one assistant answering three questions in English (best in the city, near me tonight, special dinner). Filled = named this restaurant. The last columns count the same questions asked in Cantonese and Mandarin.

RestaurantChatGPTGeminiClaudeDeepSeekGLMDoubaoAI answersCantonese (繁)Mandarin (简)
Godenya3/181/91/9
Inakaya1/180/90/9
Nadaman at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong1/180/90/9
NOBU Hong Kong - Japanese Restaurant0/181/91/9

Named by AI but not on Google's list

Places assistants recommend for this area that Google doesn't list under “Japanese restaurant Kowloon Hong Kong” — closed, elsewhere, or a different cuisine. Worth knowing who the competition is in the assistants' heads.

Sushi Shikon×12Sushi Saito×6Yardbird×4Kashiwaya×3RyuGin×3The Aubrey×3Sushi Masataka×3Zuma×3

Who ranks on Google for this question

The first page for “best Japanese restaurants in Kowloon, Hong Kong”. This is the page our ranking competes with.

Related searches

What Google suggests next. Linked when we have a page.

People also ask

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  • Are there any Japanese themed restaurants in Hong Kong?

Questions guests ask

Which Japanese restaurants in Kowloon do AI assistants recommend?

Across 18 answers from 6 assistants, Godenya, Inakaya and Nadaman at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong were named most often. 37 of the 40 restaurants Google lists were never named at all.

Which is the highest-rated Japanese restaurants in Kowloon on Google?

明水然.樂 隱雅尖沙咀店 MinSuiZen•Raku Hongkong has the highest rating among restaurants with 100+ reviews (4.9★, 521 reviews). The most-reviewed is aqua with 2,359 reviews.

Which Japanese restaurants in Kowloon can be booked online from Google?

27 of the 40 restaurants show a Reserve a table button on their Google listing: Xuan Izakaya Restaurant (since 2021), WASHABU, 明水然.樂 隱雅尖沙咀店 MinSuiZen•Raku Hongkong, Mu, 北斗 and 榛 Hashibami.

Nearby rankings

Other cuisines in Kowloon and Japanese in other areas of Hong Kong.

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