Sushi and Asian restaurants in Gainesville: SW 34th and Midtown

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Gainesville’s Asian restaurants are thickest on SW 34th Street near Archer Road, where five of the places on this list are. A second cluster sits near the University of Florida in Midtown and on SW 13th Street, and a third is in the northwest along NW 16th Boulevard and NW 43rd Street.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Gainesville’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 9, 2026. Restaurants with a Gainesville mailing address outside the city limits, such as those on NW 39th Avenue west of the city line, are not on it. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry.

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The places

Bento is a pan-Asian kitchen and sushi restaurant with two stores inside the city limits: in Midtown on NW 13th Street, near campus, and on West Newberry Road. Guests order at the counter and take a seat, or order takeout and delivery. Both close on Thanksgiving, and both cater with sushi and hot entree platters.

China 88 on NW 16th Boulevard, in the Millhopper area, serves Chinese takeout staples including fried rice, lo mein, chow mein, egg foo young and sweet and sour chicken. Orders can be placed online for carryout or delivery.

Kasai Sushi Bar & Kitchen on NW 25th Place is a sushi bar and kitchen with dine-in service. Its contact page lists the same hours Sunday to Thursday, with an hour more on Friday and Saturday.

Mahzu Sushi & Grill on SW 34th Street rolls sushi to order at the bar and cooks steak, shrimp and scallops on the hibachi. Its menu has about 30 special rolls named for local places, such as the Gainesville Roll and the Williston Roll. Pickup orders placed online are ready in 10 to 20 minutes, its site says.

Momoyaki serves Korean, Japanese and fusion dishes at two stores: on SW 13th Street near campus and on NW 43rd Street in the northwest. Orders can be placed on its own website.

Nine Spices Hot Pot on SW 34th Street is a hot pot restaurant that takes orders online through its menu site.

Rice & Shine Asian Fusion Cafe on SW 34th Street is an Asian breakfast and brunch cafe from the team behind ZEN Noodles Company, which runs ZEN Noodle Bar in the same building. Its site describes a menu built on the comfort foods the owners grew up eating for breakfast.

Sohao on SW 34th Street describes itself as a Szechuan Chinese restaurant serving Asian street food.

ZEN Noodle Bar at SW 34th Street and Archer Road belongs to ZEN Noodles Company, which started in Gainesville in 2022 and now has stores elsewhere in Florida. It serves lunch and dinner every day, with a break between 3 and 4 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get sushi in Gainesville?

Mahzu Sushi & Grill on SW 34th Street, Kasai Sushi Bar & Kitchen on NW 25th Place and both Bento stores, on NW 13th Street and West Newberry Road, serve sushi. All four are inside the city limits.

Where are the Asian restaurants in Gainesville?

Most are on SW 34th Street: Mahzu, Nine Spices Hot Pot, Rice & Shine, Sohao and ZEN Noodle Bar. Bento and Momoyaki have stores near the UF campus, and China 88, Kasai and a second Momoyaki are in the northwest.

Where can I get hot pot in Gainesville?

Nine Spices Hot Pot, 3333 SW 34th St., lists 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Is there an Asian breakfast spot in Gainesville?

Rice & Shine Asian Fusion Cafe, 3117 SW 34th St., Suite 1, serves Asian breakfast and brunch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Which Gainesville Asian restaurants are open latest?

Bento in Midtown, 150 NW 13th St., lists 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Bento on West Newberry Road lists 10:30 p.m. on those nights.