Aoba Sushi

Permanently Closed.. Aoba Sushi is a traditional, family owned Japanese Restaurant that hosts the freshest catches in LoDo. Check back often for new weekend seasonal specials, as they vary by the week.

With 64 seats and a refined, elegant environment, Aoba offers the perfect setting for:
o Business Meetings
o Family Reunions
o Celebrations
o Romantic Endeavors
o Quick & Healthy Lunch
o Great Happy Hour
o & simply a great night out on the town.

Experience the some of the best Sushi and Ethnic dishes here at Aoba in Denver, CO, All carefully hand-made by our Master Sushi Chefs Ken and Mike.

History and Background

One day, thirteen years ago, after 10 years as a Sushi Chef in Tokyo, I wondered, how and in what fashion the traditional Japanese Sushi culture can be presented to the diverse, multi-cultured Americans? With this curiosity, I traveled to New York in 1999 and worked as a Sushi Chef in New York for over 11 years. In 2010, I came to Denver to visit friends, and fell in love with this city immediately. I started to think of relocating to Denver after visiting the Sushi bars around town and studying the life of a Sushi Chef in Denver. Surprisingly, I found that people here appreciate sushi very much, and this finding made me very happy, because this is something my team can provide. My best friend, Chef Mike (Masatoshi Nakanishi) and I gathered our professional team to establish Aoba Sushi, a unique and stylish sushi restaurant, in the heart of Denver. Our restaurant is ba