Rating the sushi restaurants in NOLA Metro

The quality really drops off after the first two and then a buttload after five. New Orleans is lacking in top tier sushi, but has decent mid-level choices. I have never eaten sushi on the Westbank or Northshore.

1) Shogun: biggest and most varied sushi bar in town with the best and longest trained sushi chefs. Prices are reasonable.

2) Horinoya: probably NOLA's nicest but most expensive sushi restaurant. Don't bother with the tuna, salmon, and other run of the mill choices. Get whatever the special is that day.

3) Little Tokyo, Metairie: the space is disgusting, but the sushi is always fresh. I believe the head chef is Vietnamese, but he can cut with the best of the Japanese.

4) Sushi Brothers: used to be #2, but has slipped in recent years. Once I wondered if my fish was any better than Okinago's.

5) Rock-n-Sake: was #8 on my list not long ago, mostly because the music was so loud, but my last few visits, the noise hasn't been bad and the sushi has been great.

6) Kyoto: only makes the list because all the other sushi restaurants are so bad. Same can be said for the rest on this list.

7) Kanno

8) Sake Cafe, Metairie

9) Sake Cafe, Kenner

10) Little Tokyo, Mid-City

11) Mikimoto

12) Wasabi

13) Geisha

14) Fuji

15) Sake Cafe, Magazine

I better stop here because my stomach is getting sick thinking about these lower end restaurants.