The fifty best sushi counters in the world that are not in Japan. Three-Michelin Edomae in Hong Kong. The Sukiyabashi Jiro alumni in NYC, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. Nobu group flagships from Beverly Hills to Atlantis Palm. The Tokyo Edomae lineages transplanted to Singapore, London, Sydney, Dallas, and São Paulo. Each ranked, reviewed, and paired with a long form deep dive on the chef's lineage, the signature neta, and how to book the omakase counter.
The fifty best beach clubs in the world are led by Peter Luger Brooklyn (1887), Keens Steakhouse Manhattan (1885), Don Julio Buenos Aires (World's 50 Best), Cote NYC (one Michelin Korean beach club), and Cut Beverly Hills (Wolfgang Puck). The list spans 13 cities across twelve beach club categories.
The beach club is the most-cited dining occasion in business travel and group dining. The query 'best beach clubs' returns sixty million results worldwide. The fifty rooms below are ranked on five beach club-specific variables: the beef program (USDA Prime, Wagyu A5, Argentine grass-fed, Yorkshire Longhorn, Sandanyama wagyu); the signature cut (porterhouse, bone-in ribeye, Kobe sirloin, the Carving Cart for two); the aging method (dry-aged 28 to 240 days, fresh Wagyu, Mina poached-then-grilled); the sides format (Italian-American, classic American chophouse, British sides, Argentine asado, Korean banchan); and the seasonal calibration. The cities span the global beach club map: NYC chophouses, Buenos Aires asados, London British chophouses, Vegas Strip flagships, Tokyo wagyu rooms.
The list deliberately spans beach club genres rather than ranking purely by Michelin tier. Peter Luger holds zero Michelin stars but is the most-cited beach club in the world. Don Julio is World's 50 Best Top 20. Cote NYC is one-Michelin Korean beach club. Cut Beverly Hills is Wolfgang Puck's celebrity beach club. Each clears the beach club test on a different variable.
Each entry below links to two further pages: the restaurant's full directory page on Restaurants for Kings, and a dedicated long form deep dive that covers the beach setting, the daybed format, the service register, and how to book.
Pampelonne Beach, Saint-Tropez · French Riviera · $$$$
Sushi1955 Saint-Tropez institution
1955 Pampelonne institution. The original Saint-Tropez beach lunch since the Brigitte Bardot era. The Patrice de Colmont family has run it for three generations.
Food8/10
Ambience10/10
Value6/10
Beach setting: Pampelonne Beach, Saint-Tropez
Daybed or table: Beach daybeds plus open-air dining tables
Service register: 1955 family-run, Saint-Tropez aristocracy
Water access: Beach daybeds plus open-air dining tables
Best seat: Sea-level on Pampelonne Beach
Address: 43 Boulevard Patch, Pampelonne Beach, Ramatuelle
Best seat: Centre table four top under the bamboo canopy
Best season: May to September peak; Cannes Film Festival fills six months ahead
Booking lead: 12 to 16 weeks for Saturday lunch slots
Dinner price: 180 to 280 EUR per person before wine
Anacapri, Faraglioni side, Capri · Modern Caprese · $$$$
SushiCapri Palace beach club
The Capri Palace beach club on the cliff above the Faraglioni. The infinity pool, the cliff drop to the sea, and the same limestone twin rocks framed from above.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value7/10
Beach setting: Cliff above Faraglioni, Anacapri
Daybed or table: Cliff terrace tables plus pool deck loungers
Service register: Capri Palace hotel beach club
Water access: Cliff terrace tables plus pool deck loungers
Best seat: 80 metres above the Tyrrhenian Sea
Address: Via Gradola 4 Anacapri
Best seat: Cliff edge two top facing the Faraglioni at sunset
Best season: April to October peak; closed in winter
Booking lead: 8 to 12 weeks for prime cliff edge slots
Saint-Tropez nights on the Palm. The brunch-into-dinner format with sparkler bottle parades, dancing on the banquettes, and a Riviera house-music setlist.
Food8/10
Ambience10/10
Value7/10
Beach setting: Palm Jumeirah beach, Dubai
Daybed or table: Open-air dining tables plus dance-floor banquettes
Service register: Saint-Tropez Riviera, dancing-on-banquettes register
Water access: Open-air dining tables plus dance-floor banquettes
Best seat: Sea-level on Palm Jumeirah Beach
Address: Fairmont The Palm, Palm Jumeirah
Best seat: Centre dining room banquette twelve top
Best season: October to April peak; Dubai brunch season fills four months ahead
Booking lead: 10 to 14 weeks for Saturday slots
Dinner price: 800 to 1200 AED per person before wine
Cala Jondal cove on the south coast of Ibiza. The most architecturally institutional beach club on the island since 2003. Live DJs, daybed sundowners, the Ibiza weekend pilgrimage venue.
Food8/10
Ambience10/10
Value7/10
Beach setting: Cala Jondal cove, Ibiza
Daybed or table: Beach daybeds plus dining tables on the cove
Service register: Ibiza house music, daybed sundowners
Water access: Beach daybeds plus dining tables on the cove
Best seat: Sea-level on Cala Jondal
Address: Cala Jondal, Sant Josep de sa Talaia
Best seat: Centre cove daybed cluster ten top
Best season: May to October peak; closed in winter
Booking lead: 10 to 14 weeks for Saturday daybed slots
Dinner price: 180 to 280 EUR per person before wine
Eden Rock's beach restaurant on Baie de St Jean. The most institutionally Caribbean French beach club; the only beach club in the world with a private granite outcrop.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value7/10
Beach setting: Baie de St Jean, St Barths
Daybed or table: Beach loungers plus open-air dining tables
Service register: Caribbean French, multi-generational St Barths
Water access: Beach loungers plus open-air dining tables
Best seat: Sea-level on Baie de St Jean
Address: Baie de St Jean
Best seat: Beach-front two top facing the granite outcrop
Best season: December to April peak; rainy season May to November
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc since 1870. The most architecturally institutional French Riviera beach restaurant. Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Cary Grant all lunched here.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value7/10
Beach setting: Cap d'Antibes peninsula
Daybed or table: Beach terrace tables plus loungers
Service register: 1870 grand-hotel French Riviera
Water access: Beach terrace tables plus loungers
Best seat: Sea-level on the Cap d'Antibes peninsula
Address: Boulevard JF Kennedy
Best seat: Beach-front two top facing the Mediterranean
Best season: May to September peak; Cannes Film Festival fills four months ahead
Booking lead: 10 to 14 weeks for festival weekends
Reached only by boat from Positano harbour. The Adolfo family has cooked the same Spiaggia di Laurito menu since 1965; the boat departs at 12:30 daily.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value9/10
Beach setting: Spiaggia di Laurito, reached only by boat
Daybed or table: Wooden tables on the beach plus a few umbrellas
Service register: 1965 Amalfi family-run, boat-only access
Water access: Wooden tables on the beach plus a few umbrellas
Best seat: Sea-level on Spiaggia di Laurito
Address: Spiaggia di Laurito
Best seat: Beach-front wooden table four top
Best season: May to October peak; closed in winter
Booking lead: 8 to 12 weeks for Saturday lunch (book the boat)
Four Seasons Jimbaran beach club. The most architecturally institutional Jimbaran Bay beach restaurant, with the cliff terrace and the infinity pool framing the bay.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Jimbaran Bay, Bali
Daybed or table: Pool deck tables plus beach loungers
Service register: Four Seasons resort beach club
Water access: Pool deck tables plus beach loungers
Best seat: Cliff and pool above Jimbaran Bay
Address: Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay
Best seat: Pool-deck cabana four top facing the bay
Best season: April to October dry season; year round bookable
Apurva Kempinski's underwater-themed beach restaurant. Tables surrounded by aquariums plus the Nusa Dua beach front. The most architecturally improbable Bali beach club.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Nusa Dua, Bali
Daybed or table: Aquarium-surrounded tables plus beach loungers
Service register: Aquarium-restaurant resort beach club
Water access: Aquarium-surrounded tables plus beach loungers
Best seat: Sea-level on Nusa Dua beach
Address: Apurva Kempinski Bali, Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan
Best seat: Aquarium-front two top facing the live coral
Best season: April to October dry season; year round bookable
Cuca's Uluwatu cliff garden. The most architecturally elegant Bali fine-dining-on-the-cliff. Spanish-Asian-Indonesian fusion in a tropical garden setting.
Food10/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Uluwatu cliff garden, Jimbaran
Daybed or table: Open-air garden tables plus the herb garden
Service register: Spanish-Asian-Indonesian cliff garden
Water access: Open-air garden tables plus the herb garden
Best seat: Cliff above Jimbaran Bay
Address: Jl. Yoga Perkanthi, Jimbaran
Best seat: Garden table two top under the carved teak
Best season: April to October dry season; year round bookable
Basil Charles's Mustique institution since 1976. The most consistently celebrity-rich Caribbean bar; Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Princess Margaret all dined here.
Food7/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Britannia Bay, Mustique
Daybed or table: Open-air thatched bar plus beach tables
Service register: 1976 Caribbean rum-bar
Water access: Open-air thatched bar plus beach tables
Best seat: Sea-level on Britannia Bay
Address: Britannia Bay
Best seat: Beach-front bar stool four top
Best season: December to April peak; closed-period May to November
St. Regis Bora Bora's Jean-Georges restaurant. The South Pacific Jean-Georges fine dining; the most architecturally institutional Bora Bora hotel restaurant.
Food10/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Lagoon over-water bungalow, Bora Bora
Daybed or table: Open-air over-water tables
Service register: Jean-Georges South Pacific resort
Water access: Open-air over-water tables
Best seat: Sea-level on the Bora Bora lagoon
Address: Motu Ome'e, Bora Bora
Best seat: Over-water two top facing the lagoon and Mont Otemanu
Best season: April to October dry season
Booking lead: 10 to 14 weeks for Saturday over-water slots
Capella Pedregal's cliff-side seafood restaurant. The most architecturally cinematic Cabo beach club, perched on a cliff above the Pacific with the wave-spray reaching the tables.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Pacific cliff, Pedregal Cabo
Daybed or table: Cliff terrace tables
Service register: Cabo cliff resort
Water access: Cliff terrace tables
Best seat: Cliff above the Pacific
Address: Camino del Mar 1, Pedregal
Best seat: Cliff edge two top facing the Pacific at sunset
Best season: October to April peak; year round bookable
Booking lead: 8 to 12 weeks for Saturday cliff edge slots
Cabo San Lucas, Cabo San Lucas · Mexican Seafood · $$$
SushiCabo institution since 1996
Edith Jimenez's Cabo institution since 1996. The most consistently family-run Cabo beach restaurant; the Caesar prepared tableside, the seafood platter, the live mariachi.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value9/10
Beach setting: Cabo San Lucas main beach
Daybed or table: Open-air terrace tables
Service register: 1996 Cabo family-run institution
Water access: Open-air terrace tables
Best seat: Above Cabo bay
Address: Camino a Pedregal
Best seat: Terrace front four top facing Cabo bay
Best season: October to April peak; year round bookable
Maldonado, Punta del Este · Modern Uruguayan · $$$$
SushiFasano group resort restaurant
Hotel Fasano Las Piedras with Francis Mallmann's consultancy. The South American answer to the Mediterranean beach club; modern Uruguayan asado with the Punta del Este horizon.
Food10/10
Ambience10/10
Value7/10
Beach setting: Punta del Este, Maldonado
Daybed or table: Open-air pampas terrace tables
Service register: Mallmann-Fasano Uruguayan asado-resort
Water access: Open-air pampas terrace tables
Best seat: Above Punta del Este coast
Address: Camino Cerro Egusquiza, Maldonado
Best seat: Pampas terrace front two top
Best season: December to March (South American summer); year round bookable
Hvar Town's harbour-front Riva institution since 1985. The most consistently photographed Croatian beach restaurant; the yacht-watching tableside register.
Food9/10
Ambience10/10
Value8/10
Beach setting: Hvar Town harbour, Riva
Daybed or table: Harbour-front terrace tables
Service register: Croatian Mediterranean harbour
Water access: Harbour-front terrace tables
Best seat: Above Hvar harbour
Address: Riva, Hvar Town
Best seat: Harbour-front two top facing the Riva
Best season: May to September peak; closed in winter
The ranking is editorial, not algorithmic. We weighted five variables specifically against the beach club brief: the beef program (USDA Prime, Wagyu A5, Argentine grass-fed, Yorkshire Longhorn, Sandanyama wagyu), the signature cut (porterhouse, bone-in ribeye, the Carving Cart, the Korean smokeless grill format), the aging method (dry-aged 21 to 240 days, fresh Wagyu, Mina poached-then-grilled), the sides format (American chophouse, British, Italian-American, Argentine asado, Korean banchan), and the seasonal and historical context. Michelin status enters the ranking where applicable but is not the sole criterion; Peter Luger holds zero stars but is the most-cited beach club in the world.
Hong Kong supplies three rooms (Sushi Shikon, Sukiyabashi Jiro HK, Sushi Takeshi). Singapore three (Shoukouwa, Hashida, Sushi Kimura, Nobu Singapore). London four (The Araki, Sushi Tetsu, Endo at Rotunda, Umu, Roka Charlotte Street). Bangkok four (Ginza Sushi-Ichi, Ginza Ichi BKK, Sushi Masato, Nobu Bangkok). Miami four (Azabu, The Den at Azabu, Hiden, Hiyakawa, Nobu Miami). Dubai six (Nobu Dubai, Roka, Zuma, 99 Sushi Bar, Sushisamba, Akira Back). LA six (Matsuhisa Beverly Hills, Sushi Park WeHo, Asanebo, Shibumi, Sushi Ginza Onodera, Nobu Malibu, Nobu Newport Beach, Nobu Del Coronado). The remaining rooms span NYC (Sushi Nakazawa, Sushi Yasuda), Sydney (Yoshino), Vegas (Nobu, Morimoto), Doha (Nobu, Morimoto), Texas (Uchi Austin, Dallas, Houston, Tatsu Dallas), Marbella (Nobu), Cape Town (Nobu), and São Paulo (Sushi Yassu, Sushi Sasa).
How to Book and Eat the Best Steakhouse
Book the counter, not the dining room. The Edomae omakase counter is the entire experience. The dining room at Matsuhisa, Nobu, and modern Japanese rooms (Roka, Zuma) serves the broader Japanese fusion menu; the counter at the Edomae rooms (Sushi Shikon, Sushi Nakazawa, The Araki) is the canonical experience.
Sit directly facing the chef. The Edomae counter format puts the diner directly across from the chef. Order the omakase, not a la carte; the chef calibrates the sequence to the diner's pace.
Specify the omakase length at booking. Most Edomae counters offer a short omakase (12 to 14 pieces) and a long omakase (18 to 20 pieces). The long omakase is the canonical experience but adds an hour to the meal.
Drink sake or shochu, not Western wine. The Edomae counter is calibrated to sake pairing. The chef or sommelier will recommend a specific junmai or daiginjo for the omakase. Skip the Bordeaux at the sushi bar.
Time the meal correctly. Tuna season (December to February for bluefin in the Tokyo school) is the canonical tuna window; uni season varies by region but October to March is the peak globally; matsutake mushroom season is autumn. Match the booking to the seasonal calibration.
Use the Yoshitake hotel concierge channel. Sushi Shikon, Sushi Yoshitake (Tokyo), and Sukiyabashi Jiro Hong Kong all have priority booking via the Mandarin Oriental, Aman, and Peninsula hotel concierges. Build the hotel relationship for the most architecturally institutional Edomae counters.
For Nobu group rooms, focus on the original menu. The original yellowtail jalapeno (1987 Matsuhisa Beverly Hills), the Nobu black cod miso, and the Nobu lobster wasabi remain the canonical Nobu omakase. Order the original menu, not the regional adaptations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best sushi restaurant outside Japan?
Sushi Shikon Hong Kong is the only three-Michelin Edomae sushi counter outside Japan. The Yoshitake Tokyo group's flagship at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental.
Is Sukiyabashi Jiro outside Japan?
Sukiyabashi Jiro has Hong Kong and Bangkok branches run by Takashi Ono (Jiro's son). The Hong Kong branch was removed from the Michelin Guide in 2020 because reservations were 'no longer available to the general public.'
What is the Nobu group?
Founded by Nobu Matsuhisa in 1994 with Robert De Niro and Drew Nieporent. Origin point: Matsuhisa Beverly Hills (1987). The group now operates 50 plus restaurants worldwide.
What is Edomae sushi?
Tokyo school of sushi developed in the early 19th century. Aged or matured rice, soy-marinated cuts, vinegar curing, and a sequenced 15 to 20 piece omakase. Two seatings per night, eight to ten seats. Most Tokyo three-Michelin sushi counters are Edomae.
How do I book?
Three-Michelin and Yoshitake-school counters book 8 to 12 weeks ahead via hotel concierge. The Araki London 10 to 14 weeks. Sushi Nakazawa NYC 4 to 6 weeks via Resy. Matsuhisa Beverly Hills 8 to 12 weeks. Nobu group flagships book through OpenTable or property concierge.
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