Hungry for Sushi delivery in Washington? You’re almost ready for amazing food. Your browser isn’t supported. To use DoorDash, update your browser or download a new one.What is there to say about sushi? Either you're a sushi person or you're not. And for those who are sushi people, they take their sushi very seriously. Some are traditionalists who scoff at anything with the word "roll" in the title, while others enjoy it when sushi chefs get weird with their fish. Luckily, Washingtonians have plenty of options when it comes to sushi. Below, DCist writers highlight their ten favorite sushi places in the area. KOTOBUKI: When I first moved to D.C., there was only one thing that could get me over to the Metro-inaccessible Palisades: the promise of $1 sushi. Today the sushi at Kotobuki—a tiny shoebox of a restaurant upstairs from omakase mecca Makoto—costs more than a dollar but is still quite affordable. You won't find anything fancy here; there are no dragon rolls or cream cheese and salmon abominations, just standard sushi, sashimi, and rolls.

The luxuriously fatty tuna is worth the few extra bucks, and the sweet inari has a strip of pickled ginger tucked inside for a nice spicy crunch. Simple is the way to order here, as the fish is typically very fresh and needs no more accompaniment than the ever present Beatles soundtrack playing softly in the background. Kotobuki is located at 4822 MacArthur Blvd NW. SUSHI TARO: Fans of the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi will most closely find the classic sushi showcase of their own dreams locally at Sushi Taro. Diners need to reserve seats at the "Omakase counter" in the back a month in advance and can pay about $150 or so for the interactive tasting menu for their group, but it's worth it. There's also a non-sushi bar at the front of the place for people to grab drinks at happy hour. As for the food? You won't find a variety of more fresh or delicate fish than the finely cut nigiri pieces here. There's also some intriguing smoked fish—and I'm not talking about the lox you might see at other places with cream cheese in a Philly roll.

Jikasei kunsei-mori, a house-smoked mixed seafood charcuterie plate, is a regular item, and hay-smoked bonito sashimi is a current special. A plate of salted squid in ink is certainly a bargain, accompanied by a custardy sea urchin on top. Sushi Taro is located at 1503 17th Street NW. MAKOTO: Leave your shoes at the door at this favorite of Japanese Embassy staffers and other expats. For a transporting experience, slide into a pair of slippers awaiting at the door and walk into Makoto, a minimalist postage stamp or a restaurant that exudes Japanese style and simplicity. The menu isn't that long—that’s for their upstairs sister restaurant, Kotobuki. Here, limited quantities of high quality tuna and other fish are kept on hand to go with an omakase dinner or grilled fish and steaks. The $17 lunch bento box is one of the best steals in town, albeit the far, far away part of town in the Palisades. The more formal restaurant name, Sakedokoro Makoto, translates into place of sake harmony, with the food intended to be paired with the fermented rice liquor.

Makoto is located at 4822 MacArthur Blvd NW. KAZ SUSHI BISTRO: Rolls are usually where sushi places like to go crazy. Rock 'n' roll roll. Kaz Sushi Bistro puts Kazuhiro Okochi's creativity to work in inventive nigiri pieces. With West meets East sensibilities, tuna may be topped with slivers of black truffle or Kalamata olives. buy sushi rice paperA team of four Japanese sushi chefs work behind the sushi bar applying paints of soy-lemon sauce, tapioca pearls and salts, and jalapeño gelees to the tops of nigiri pieces. japanese takeout manchester nhThere are several pre-flavored pieces, like a spiked sea scallop, that's been poached in sake before being pressed over a finger of rice. order sushi reading

A thick, light orange cut of Iceland arctic char with skin on the side is particularly beautiful. Kaz Sushi Bistro is located at 1915 I Street NW. Via Shutterstock. NOOSHI: For relatively inexpensive takeout sushi from Southeast or downtown, you can't do better than Nooshi. sushi cat 4 jeuThe sushi deluxe for 17 bucks is a decent deal for the amount of fresh fish that comes with it. sushi go round online gamesThe rolls are a nice size and the rice is rarelybuy frozen sushiThe second-floor restaurant on Barracks Row is a well-designed space, with a friendly staff, lots of tables, a sushi bar and a third-floor drink bar that leads to a nice patio. buy japanese spicy mayo

The happy hour features half-off drinks, meaning you can grab a decent beer for under $4. — Sarah Anne Hughes Nooshi is located at 1120 19th Street NW and 524 8th Street SE. SEI: The frosty white dining room of SEI evokes a Japanese wonderland. Like eating sushi in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. The design-your-own hand rolls are a signature of this hip hangout. Break from the norm by starting with black forbidden rice, add fried oysters, roast duck, baked crab, or a more traditional fish as the anchor, and choose two toppings along with a sauce, like orange curry or eel. A signature specialty roll, the fish and chips is basically potato chip maki with chopped flounder and wasabi mayo stacked atop. A special for the Cherry Blossom Festival is Sakura trout nigiri—smoked Arctic char with a Sakura soy sauce and cherry blossom pickles too enticing not to try while sitting among the vases of cherry blossoms scattered around the room. SEI is located at 444 7th Street NW. TONO SUSHI: Up front qualifier: it's not that this sushi is the best in town, but Tono Sushi's nightly $1-a-piece happy hour and convenient location across from the Woodley Park Metro station makes it worth a mention.

I've made early evening visits to Tono for many a inexpensive date and even a New Year's Eve dinner. Their sushi is perfectly passable, service very welcoming, and if you're lucky you can even get a kneeling table by the window in this tranquil setting. Tono Sushi is located at 2605 Connecticut Avenue NW. STICKY RICE: The kind of sushi Sticky Rice serves cannot be described as traditional. In fact, if there was an apt description for the kind of bizarre rolls they serve it would be "what happens when a sushi chef gets too stoned and goes into the kitchen." You've got things like the "Godzirra" roll, which contains large crunchy shrimp, avocado, cream cheese, spicy sauce, and cucumbers with tempura crunchies and tobiko. And then there's the G.I. Joe, which somehow packs yellowtail, cream cheese, and scallions in crunchy wasabi peas-coated roll. Basically, their sushi is really good. But that's just, like, my opinion, man. Sticky Rice is located at 1224 H Street NE. PERRY’S RESTAURANT: The first thing you think of about when someone mentions Perry's is probably their legendary Sunday Drag Brunch.

But the second thing could very well be their fantastic Adams Morgan rooftop, perhaps the city's best. And third is their sushi, which they take very seriously. It's always been a focal point of their menu, which used to be a Japanese/American hybrid. But they've since abandoned the continental fare to focus on the Eastern options, centered around a sushi bar at the entrance and Japanese small plates from the kitchen. Their sushi menu is fairly standard in its nigiri selection and rolls named after all sorts of dragons. Perry’s Restaurant is located at 1811 Columbia Road NW. KUSHI IZAKAYA & SUSHI: Kushi was a pioneer in Washington when they opened their first izakaya—a kind of Japanese pubin these parts in the then developing Mt. Vernon Square neighborhood. The most exciting part of their menu was their charcoal and wood-grilled meat and vegetable skewers. But then they decided to cover their bases by including sushi in their business plan. While some of the sushi may not be on par with the city’s top spots, it’s a nice place to get a bowl of bara chirashi—bite sized pieces of sashimi and sweet egg laid atop sushi rice.