Hinoki is a lovely Japanese grocery store in the middle of Fitzroy that also serves a variety of fresh sushi from their sushi bar. With a spacious and clean interior while selling a variety of Japanese groceries as well as their sushi bar serving fresh and innovative sushi, Hinoki is definitely a gem that I was lucky to stumble upon.
Modern storefront
Japanese groceries
Hinoki offers a range of hard to find Japanese grocery and pantry items such as Matcha Pocky, fishcakes in various shapes and prints and Japanese alcohol.
Sushi counter
Nosé-maki & sashimi $14.00
The nosé-maki is an experimental sushi by Hinoki which combines a vegetable maki roll with salmon, mayonnaise and tobiko on top. Because the fish is on top of the roll you get a mixture of the flavours of the vegetable and salmon as well as a really great texture with the crisp shredded carrot in the maki roll.
Not only does Hinoki have a large range of Japanese groceries and fresh and unique sushi, they also boast a team of friendly staff with great service as well as phone orders for their sushi. A truly great find and I would highly recommend anybody that enjoys sushi to give HInoki a try.
Food Rating 8.5/10
Overall Rating 9/10