First Omakase in Singapore: Pick the Meal Before the Price
“Omakase” alone does not tell you what dinner will look like. You might get a sushi-led sequence or a mix of sashimi, cooked dishes and nigiri. Pick the structure you want first, then compare the bill.
Photo: puffballruns / Wikimedia Commons
Sushi pieces and courses are not the same count
Nigiri has a topping over shaped rice; sashimi is served without that rice base. A sushi-led course and a meal that includes sashimi, appetisers and cooked dishes are different experiences. Fifteen pieces of sushi are not automatically fifteen separate courses.
The archive photographs here illustrate those dish formats. They do not show the menus or portions at the restaurants below.
Shinji: a clear lunch-versus-dinner example
Shinji’s published lunch menu lists Tsuki at S$150 for 12 nigiri and Yuki at S$200 for 15, with soup and dessert. Dinner’s Sushi Edomae is S$250 for 15 nigiri, soup and Japanese fruit.
Yuki is therefore S$50 less in listed price than the similarly structured dinner course. That does not mean the fish selection is identical. If you want a mixed meal, lunch Omakase Yume is S$280 and includes appetiser, sashimi, cooked dishes, nigiri, soup and fruit.
The restaurant lists The St. Regis Singapore, 29 Tanglin Road, and Sunday closure. These are published menu amounts, not verified all-in bills.
A lower starting price: distinguish Yujo’s lunch set from omakase
Sushi Yujo’s official page advertises a S$48 wagyu-don lunch set, but that is not the omakase starting price. Its linked lunch menu lists Ai at S$68++: appetiser, three kinds of sashimi, ikura chawanmushi, five sushi, a small chirashi don, miso soup and dessert.
Rikai at S$98++ changes the mix to five sashimi kinds, two cooked dishes and five sushi, plus appetiser, soup and dessert. So the extra S$30 is not simply buying more sushi pieces.
The menu explicitly adds service charge and prevailing taxes; these are not nett prices. The website gives 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Amara Hotel, #02-26. Prices and inclusions checked on 10 November 2026.
Set the budget before the booking
Ask for the total including service charge and GST, then decide separately on drinks and optional extras. For illustration, a S$200 menu becomes S$239.80 if 10% service charge and 9% GST apply. That is a calculation, not confirmation of either restaurant’s charging policy.
Tell the restaurant about allergies or ingredients you cannot eat before reserving. Get a clear answer on substitutions rather than discovering at the counter that the menu cannot work for you.
You do not have to perform expertise
Check the cancellation deadline, deposit or card guarantee and seat type on your actual reservation. If the counter matters to you, book a counter seat explicitly. Leave enough time to enjoy the sequence instead of squeezing it between appointments.
Then arrive, ask questions if you are curious, and let the meal unfold. Your first omakase does not need to be the most expensive menu to be the right one.
Photo credits
Salmon sushi in Singapore, 24 October 2017. Archive dish illustration; restaurant unidentified, not a current Sushiro, Genki or Shinji serving. Photo: puffballruns / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. No additional edits. Source · Licence.
Sashimi selection, 26 February 2019. Archive illustration of fish served without a nigiri rice base; not Shinji or Sushi Yujo’s menu. Photo: pelican / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. No additional edits. Source · Licence.
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