Sushiro<\/a> \u2014 a popular conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Japan \u2014 will open in Times Square this fall at 667 8th Avenue at West 42nd Street, next to the Port Authority Bus Terminal.<\/p>\nGuests sitting at booths will order from a digital kiosk and pick up from the conveyer belt. Courtesy of Sushiro<\/p>\n
The first permanent US location will be a 9,000 square foot, three-story flagship location.<\/p>\n
The first two floor of the restaurant will feature Sushiro\u2019s signature conveyor-belt dining with 150 seats, and on the cellar level will be private dining options with an intimate sushi bar experience.<\/p>\n
Sushiro touts their mission to make sushi affordable. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Sushiro will be coming to Times Square with a three-floor flagship. Courtesy of Sushiro<\/p>\n
This is Sushiro\u2019s first permanent US location. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The new restaurant will take up three floors of the space in Times Square that was formerly a McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Sushiro is the largest dine-in sushi restaurant chain in the world, with more than 800 locations globally.<\/p>\n
The brand is well-known for its high-quality, affordable sushi and Japanese food in a fast-paced setting with a conveyor belt.<\/p>\n
Sushiro has a wide-ranging menu that expands beyond sushi. Courtesy of Sushiro<\/p>\n
Sushiro is the largest dine-in sushi restaurant chain in the world. Courtesy of Sushiro<\/p>\n
Sushiro\u2019s menu features over 100 dishes, with what it says is affordably priced sushi, ramen, somen, steamed egg custard and more.<\/p>\n
Desserts will feature catalana, a Spanish custard dessert similar to cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e; warabimochi, a traditional Japanese mochi typically coated in flour and drizzled with brown sugar syrup; and sherbert.<\/p>\n
People seated in the booths on the first two floors will order their food through digital kiosks, then go pick up their dishes and drinks on the conveyor belt that goes through the kitchen to the dining room.<\/p>\n
The conveyor belt goes from the kitchen through the dining room. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The menu features over 100 dishes. Courtesy of Sushiro<\/p>\n
There have been Sushiro pop-ups<\/a> in America over the past couple of years, a tease to their permanent American debut.<\/p>\nSushiro was founded in Osaka in 1984 and was built on the mission of making great sushi accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n
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