Sushi in London
A map of the sushi chains across London — the grab-and-go counters that put a tray of maki in every station and high street (Itsu, Wasabi, Kokoro, Abokado, Sushi Shop), the supermarket kiosks rolling it fresh (Sushi Daily, Sushi Gourmet), the conveyor belts and sit-down rooms (YO! Sushi, K10, Sticks’n’Sushi, Eat Tokyo, Sushimania, Taro), and the specialists worth a detour (Feng Sushi, Atari-Ya). The premise is simple: when you want sushi — a quick lunch tray, a proper sit-down, or the good stuff to take home — this shows where it all is, so you can pick the nearest one to wherever you happen to be.
The dots load live from OpenStreetMap, so it’s the full set of branches OSM knows about, not a hand-picked list. Use the toggles to show or hide a chain; tap a dot for the branch name and street address, and a link to open it in your phone’s maps app or Google Maps for directions. Tap the button on the map to drop a pin on your current location and zoom to it.
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The chains
Fifteen chains, grouped by how you eat them. They’re here because they’re widespread across London and easy to just walk into or find on a station concourse. Branch counts shift as shops open and close and as OpenStreetMap is updated — each chain’s own site is linked for the authoritative list.
Grab-and-go, everywhere
- Itsu — the ubiquitous one: bright green counters in stations and on high streets, with the daily half-price clear-out in the evenings.
- Wasabi — sushi and hot bento side by side; a fixture of the London commute.
- Kokoro — sushi and made-to-order Japanese-Korean hot food, growing fast.
- Abokado — sushi, poke and wraps; a smaller grab-and-go chain around the centre.
- Sushi Shop — the French chain; smarter takeaway boxes and platters, strong on delivery.
Supermarket kiosks
- Sushi Daily — hand-rolled counters tucked inside supermarkets (Waitrose, Tesco and more), so often the closest tray to wherever you’re shopping.
- Sushi Gourmet — the other in-supermarket counter, from the same mould: sushi rolled fresh where you’re already shopping.
Conveyor belt & sit-down
- YO! Sushi — the colour-coded conveyor belt; the sit-down chain most people picture first.
- K10 — conveyor-belt lunch spots in the City, built for the office crowd.
- Sticks’n’Sushi — the polished Danish-Japanese rooms; sushi and yakitori sticks, a proper meal out.
- Eat Tokyo — generous, good-value Japanese restaurants; sushi sets and a full izakaya menu.
- Sushimania — order-all-you-like sushi at gentle prices; a north-London favourite grown into a small chain.
- Taro — the Soho stalwart grown into a family of neighbourhood Japanese restaurants; sushi sets alongside katsu and ramen.
Specialists
- Feng Sushi — sustainably-sourced fish; sit in or take away from a handful of branches.
- Atari-Ya — the sushi-grade fishmonger and counter; where a lot of London chefs get their fish, plus takeaway sushi of its own.
How it’s built
One self-contained page, all free and open tools, no API key anywhere. Leaflet draws the map; OpenStreetMap serves the tiles; and the sushi locations are fetched at load time from the Overpass API, which queries live OpenStreetMap data — here, every point tagged with one of the chain brands inside a box around Greater London. The street address in each popup comes from that same OpenStreetMap record.
So the map appears instantly, it first draws a saved snapshot that ships with the page (and, on repeat visits, your browser’s cached copy of the last live result), then quietly refreshes from the live Overpass API in the background and swaps in anything that’s changed. If the live service is busy or unreachable, you still get the full snapshot rather than a blank map.
A caveat on the data
The locations come from OpenStreetMap, which is community-maintained: a branch that recently opened or closed may be missing or stale, a few points can be slightly off, and not every record carries a full street address. More importantly, a chain being on the map is not a promise about the sushi — opening hours, the fridge being freshly stocked, and whether a branch is a sit-down room or a grab-and-go counter all vary spot to spot. Always check current opening hours. Treat this as a starting point, not the last word.