02/24/2026
SAYONARA, TORONTO
It is with great sadness that we announce today that after well over 40 years in business Nami Restaurant on Adelaide Street East in Toronto is closing.
We wanted to thank our many guests and loyal staff over the years – we are honoured to have hosted countless first dates, birthdays, Bay Street power lunches, office parties and every celebration in between. We welcomed the Japanese Royal Family in our Tatami Room, as well as Hollywood, music and sports royalty – from Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, Meryl Streep, Carrie Fisher, Billie D Williams, Pat Morita, Jean Claude Van Damme and many, many others, to U2, The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, to Hideki Matsui, Endoh Tsubasa, Yusei Kikuchi, and catered for the LA Angels and Lakers.
Proud Torontonians to visiting tourists have all come to try our now world-famous Sushi Pizza, invented by our chef Kaoru Ohsada in the 1980s and now considered a must-try Toronto, if not Canadian, dish.
Originally designed by famed architect, Raymond Moriyama (who also designed the Ontario Science Centre and Toronto Reference Library), walking into Nami is like arriving in Kyoto with kimono-clad servers and private booths. Except for the innovation of the Sushi Pizza, Nami is known for its traditional Japanese menu, of which our Black Cod, Wagyu steaks and Sukiyaki are guest favourites. Nami’s chefs served up the finest sushi and sashimi at the Sushi Bar or else expertly grilled seafood and steaks at the Robata Bar (the only one of its kind in Toronto as far as we know, and which has been a favourite of Toronto chefs over the years).
Thank you, Toronto, for supporting us and loving us over the years. We were proud to have been a downtown Toronto landmark– with our iconic blue wave out front and Samurai greeting you at the door.
We are hoping the Nami legacy can live on with the following initiatives – please visit our website for more information.
