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The best Japanese restaurants in Kuala Lumpur

Our Kuala Lumpur list ranks 12 Japanese restaurants, each named by between three and four independent published guides and ordered here by Google rating weighted for review volume. Yakiniku Tenshin leads them at 4.9 from 14,516 Google reviews, in Avenue K — #1 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur. The commonest style descriptors we hold on them are Omakase, Kaiseki, Yakiniku, among others.

12 ranked named by 3–4 guides each ordered by rating × review volume checked 12 October 2026 How this is built
  1. 1

    Yakiniku Tenshin

    Avenue K3 guides#1 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.9 out of 514,516 reviewsscore 4.89
  2. 2
    Kampai Yakiniku

    Kampai Yakiniku

    Kuala Lumpur3 guides#2 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.9 out of 55,113 reviewsscore 4.88
  3. 3
    Wagyu and Rice

    Wagyu and Rice

    Several locations3 guides#3 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.9 out of 52,570 reviewsscore 4.86
  4. 4
    Sushi Yoshi

    Sushi Yoshi

    Bukit Bintang3 guides#5 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.9 out of 51,515 reviewsscore 4.84
  5. 5
    Yaki Soul

    Yaki Soul

    Bukit Bintang4 guides#6 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.8 out of 53,353 reviewsscore 4.78
  6. 6
    Sushi Hibiki

    Sushi Hibiki

    Jalan Ampang4 guides#9 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.8 out of 5540 reviewsscore 4.74
  7. 7
    Sushi Oribe

    Sushi Oribe

    Jalan Kia Peng3 guides#13 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.6 out of 5764 reviewsscore 4.63
  8. 8

    Palillos Yakitori Bar

    Bukit Bintang3 guides#23 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.5 out of 5611 reviewsscore 4.58
  9. 9

    Iketeru

    KL Sentral4 guides#27 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.5 out of 5739 reviewsscore 4.57
  10. 10

    Sushi Taka

    KL Sentral3 guides#28 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.4 out of 5297 reviewsscore 4.57
  11. 11

    Hanare Japanese Restaurant

    Jalan Tun Razak3 guides#35 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.4 out of 5641 reviewsscore 4.52
  12. 12
    Ishin Japanese Dining

    Ishin Japanese Dining

    Old Klang Road3 guides#44 of 101 in Kuala Lumpur
    Google rating 4.4 out of 51,256 reviewsscore 4.48

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Every restaurant here qualified on published guides and was ordered by its Google rating, weighted for review volume. The method, in full. No restaurant paid to appear.