Raisu

Raisu is a Japanese fine-dining restaurant and sushi bar at 2958 W. Irving Park Rd. in Irving Park, a neighborhood sushi room with a kitchen that has built a following well beyond the Northwest Side. The kitchen serves nigiri, sashimi and cooked Japanese dishes in a spacious, modern dining room with real tables, quieter than the counters downtown, and runs a small omakase built on fish flown in from Japan each week.

What to know

• The omakase must be reserved in advance and changes with the week’s fish shipment.
• OpenTable lists an a la carte price range of $31 to $50 per person and a 4.9 rating across several hundred reviews.
• Street parking on Irving Park Road and the side streets is straightforward.
• The No. 80 Irving Park bus stops at the door.
• Online ordering for takeout is available through the restaurant’s site.