Best Sushi & Japanese Restaurants in Madeira
Atlantic tuna and black scabbard in the hands of the island's Japanese kitchens.
Madeira lands some of the best tuna in the Atlantic, so good sushi here is less of a contradiction than it sounds. The catch, bigeye and skipjack tuna, sometimes black scabbard, comes off boats a few kilometres away rather than out of a freight container.
The scene is small: a handful of kitchens in Funchal and one in Caniço. Treat sushi here as the break in the middle of a week of espetada and grilled fish rather than the reason you came.
How we chose
Restaurants where sushi, sashimi or Japanese cooking is the core of the menu, not a token roll on a hotel buffet.
| # | Name | Type | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki | Restaurants | Funchal |
| 2 | Buddha & Sakura | Restaurants | Calheta |
| 3 | Sushi Empire | Restaurants | Funchal, São Martinho |
| 4 | Sushi Point | Restaurants | Caniço de Baixo |
The list (4)
Restaurants
1.YukiJapanese izakaya by Chef Júlio Pereira in Funchal's old town, sushi, sashimi, small hot plates and sake-led drinks in a casual, sharing-focused setting. Its Japanese concept grew from the Asian touches that first appeared at Kampo and Ákua.
japanese€€€Sushi, sashimi and izakaya-style sharing plates
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2.Buddha & SakuraIndian, Japanese and Nepalese food on Calheta marina, with curries and sushi offering a change from the seafront grills. Mike McCabe and his party ate Indian food and sushi here: plenty of food, very tasty, with a reported total bill of €60. That was the whole meal total, not a per-person price. Open daily 11:00–23:00.
indian
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3.Sushi EmpireJapanese restaurant on Estrada Monumental in São Martinho, Funchal, with some Chinese classics on the menu too. You choose between all-you-can-eat and à la carte. We ate here on 30 September 2026: great food and very good value for money.
japanese€€All-you-can-eat sushi ordered from an iPad
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4.Sushi PointJapanese sushi bar in Caniço de Baixo serving nigiri, sashimi, temaki and hot Asian plates, with takeaway and delivery across the parish. The go-to when you want something other than grilled fish and espetada.
japanese€€Sushi, sashimi and temaki, eat in or takeaway
Practical notes
- Book for Friday and Saturday dinner, these are small rooms and they fill.
- Ask what the local catch is. A tuna nigiri cut from a fish landed that morning is the argument for eating sushi on this island.
- Expect €25–€45 per person; omakase and izakaya-style sharing menus sit at the top of that range.
- Most Japanese kitchens close one day a week, usually Sunday or Monday.