Ikigai Asian Cuisine Restaurant in Leipzig

One of my favorite places in Leipzig. The food is exceptionally good. The staff is very attentive and polite. Just like in Japan. I'll gladly come back here, even though it's a bit pricey. The quality justifies the price.

Upscale dining with outstanding sushi. But the other dishes are also very tasty and worth a visit.

Great evening... I'd love to do it again. Delicious food.

Very friendly staff and a great atmosphere! Excellent sushi selection!

My daughter turned 13 and loves Asian food. We booked a table in Schönefeld and it was a perfect evening from start to finish. The food, service, and atmosphere were all excellent, and at the end, there was even dessert for the birthday girl. We'll definitely be back. Keep up the good work! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Delicious food and a lovely atmosphere. The service was friendly too. I'll definitely be back. Vegetarian/vegan dishes could be more clearly marked.

The most delicious sushi in Leipzig

This wasn't my first time here; the food is very good. Definitely worth a visit.

Great atmosphere and consistently delicious food. Best sushi in town.

It's worth a visit, super delicious, great staff and atmosphere ❤️

A really nice atmosphere and delicious food :)

Elegant ambiance, friendly service, and delicious food. The slightly higher prices are well justified by the excellent quality. Everything is freshly prepared, and even the bao buns are homemade. We were delighted and will gladly return.

Excellent sushi! Everything was delicious and the staff were very friendly.

Absolutely delicious, everything was fresh and beautifully presented. Highly recommended.

Amazing food, great service, and a lovely atmosphere. By far my favorite restaurant in Leipzig 🥰

A perfect evening. Friendly service and advice. Will definitely be back soon.

We booked online and were warmly welcomed by the friendly staff. Freshly prepared and quick. We'd gladly order again on our next visit to Leipzig.

A truly wonderful restaurant! The atmosphere is warm and inviting, and you immediately feel at ease. The food is excellent – ​​and the service was friendly, attentive, and always cheerful. I will definitely come back and highly recommend it. A thoroughly enjoyable and delicious experience!

A fantastic restaurant, I'll definitely be back ♥️

The food here is really delicious!

Very friendly service and the food is very good. We'll gladly come again 😊

Delicious food, friendly staff and a cozy atmosphere...highly recommended 🤗

The wait was quite long, especially for two mediocre portions at a time when the restaurant wasn't very full.

Absolutely delicious food and a great atmosphere. Definitely worth the higher price.

The food was great, and the service was also very good.

We had a wonderful evening there with friends, enjoying delicious food. Everyone loved it. We'd love to come back.

We love coming here. It's always a wonderful experience and a true culinary delight.

There's absolutely nothing to complain about. The food was fantastic. I was especially pleased to find ceviche on the menu. The service was excellent. Parking is a bit tricky. Otherwise, everything was great. Thank you so much! :-)

Delicious sushi! Fresh and beautifully presented. We walked into the restaurant today and even got a table – lucky us! It's usually packed! The delivery service is great too.

Ikigai offers excellent Asian cuisine. We've been there several times and have never been disappointed. The sushi is fresh and flavorful, on another level. Highly recommended.

Delicious food and the most beautiful bathroom I have ever seen in a restaurant.

This is where I find the most delicious sushi in Leipzig… but that's not all. They've even thought of the kids on the menu. So everyone's happy. The service is super friendly, the chefs are clearly professionals, and the atmosphere is very pleasant! We'll definitely be back!

Delicious food, friendly staff, and a great atmosphere. I'd gladly come again.

Highly recommended. Friendly staff and a culinary delight!

The food was excellent, the atmosphere and the place itself were a wonderful experience! The service was incredibly attentive. Not a single complaint! 🥰

A wonderful evening. Very friendly service, delicious food, and a lovely atmosphere.

Beautiful decor! Delicious food 🙏🏼 Lovely staff!

Very friendly and considerate staff. The atmosphere is really cozy, tasteful, and clean. The food is simply excellent. You can have a wonderful time there, whether sitting outside in the summer or inside. Highly recommended.

Great sushi and friendly service

Delicious food 🍣🍤🍙 very friendly service 🤗 great atmosphere 💫 the Omakase menu for two is highly recommended.

I am at a loss for words in a positive sense.

Very cozy, clean, friendly and the food is delicious 👍🏻

Very friendly and attentive staff. Quiet and cozy atmosphere.

Superb ambiance! Sensational food and drinks! Super friendly and extremely competent staff! All in all, a wonderful evening that I will dream about for a long time and will tell my grandchildren about in 40 years.

Four of us had dinner at Ikigai Asian Cuisine in Leipzig – from sushi to curry to burgers, everything was absolutely delicious! A lovely atmosphere and great, friendly service. Highly recommended!

Very nice ambiance and friendly staff. The food is made with great attention to detail. Be sure to make a reservation in advance!

The food was delicious and reasonably priced. The service was very attentive. The ambiance is great, but the lighting at the table is a bit too bright for my taste.

Great service, super delicious!

Very nice place with great ambience and delicious food 👍

Very tasty food. Super friendly staff.

Super delicious! We love the food and the atmosphere

Everything was very relaxed and very tasty.

Highly recommended lunch menu Everything is freshly prepared and delicious.

Perfect ambiance. Food tasty, but expensive.

Highly recommended for fine Japanese cuisine! We highly recommend the sushi, karaage, veggie gyoza, tofu poke bowl, and baked banana. The homemade iced teas are also delicious.

Until I came here, I thought I didn't like sushi. I was proven wrong here. It was incredibly delicious 🤤

A repeat visit, one that was once again worthwhile despite the journey (from Plauen). The ambiance is simply romantic and the food is wonderful, a highlight not only visually but also in terms of taste. Thank you for the wonderful evening.

A very welcoming atmosphere with very friendly service

Best sushi in town! If you don't eat here, it's your own fault. Absolutely perfect, incredibly delicious, and simply good. Be sure to try the sushi with crispy rice. 100% recommended.

Very nice restaurant, would love to come back

Very cozy and comfortable. A bit cold, but otherwise great.

We were very satisfied, very friendly and competent staff and a fantastically beautiful sushi..great quality

The food was delicious, but unfortunately, the drinks are above average. €6.90 for a 0.3L soda is simply outrageous.

The ambiance and service were truly excellent, and everything was just right. Unfortunately, I didn't like the sushi. I've had much better sushi in Leipzig. But the duck rice at ikigai is unbeatable 😊

The food is delicious and fresh, the ambiance is chic, and the service is very fast and super friendly 🫰❤️

Very nice ambiance, food tastes great. Definitely recommend it :)

Soooo delicious 😋. I love it. I've been here several times and have never been disappointed.

Always delicious 😋 It's nice when the quality doesn't decline.

Very good food, friendly staff, and a surprisingly nice outdoor area. We'll be back.

Unfortunately not recommended at all

This time we ordered delivery and were delighted again! Everything was delicious, freshly prepared, and delivered on time. We'd be happy to return!

Very attentive staff. The food was delicious.

The food was very, very tasty, and the service was super fast, friendly, and courteous. It only gave it 4 stars for ambience because, in my opinion, the background music didn't suit this type of restaurant.

This new Asian restaurant in the Schönefeld district is definitely a culinary delight. It offers high-quality Asian specialties from several regions, from Vietnam to Japan. The prices are reasonable, considering the quality and the sophisticated ambiance. Highly recommended!

Hello! I came across this restaurant in honor of my birthday. We booked a table and arrived at 5:30 PM. It turns out we sat there for 2 hours. I will deny the previous reviews that were written before this. 1. No one was going to kick us out after 2 hours of stay, and no one looked at us strangely as they wrote in the reviews. 2. The order was ready in 15-20 minutes (we ordered 3 rolls). 3. The service is perfect, and there were no problems with the table and the reservation. There was only one minus, which is that the prices are not signed in the menu (it is in the book that is given to the table). In general, you can see the prices in this program. If you are somewhere in Leipzig, you can safely go here. The sushi was delicious, but unfortunately they don't give ice until when 🥲. That's all, but still the main problem is the menu.

2022: Really delicious. The prices have gone up considerably (sushi platter for two from €38 to €52). The quality is good, though, which isn't what you'd think from the outside. We'll definitely be back! Great evening and really delicious! Update 2025: Prices are now very difficult in some places. The sushi platter for two is no longer advertised as such (possibly €60), but there's a platter (meal) for €55 per person. The rest is fine, but the price is really over the top. A shame.

Super delicious food, great ambience and very friendly staff.

Great sushi, top quality, and a lovely atmosphere. We'll be back 😃

It is very high quality sushi, the service is attentive, the wine list is appealing, the price-performance ratio is right here

We tried Ikigai today and will definitely be back. We haven't had such high-quality sushi in a long time. The service was excellent, and nothing was lacking. Parking is a bit difficult, but that doesn't matter.

Very good food, simply delicious and specially presented.

We ate there yesterday after two disappointments and were absolutely thrilled. Great food, friendly service, and a decent atmosphere. Not exactly cheap, but good!

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 An absolute insider tip! The food is a true taste experience – fresh, subtly seasoned, and lovingly presented. The service is super polite, yet pleasantly unobtrusive – just the right mix to make you feel completely at home. The ambiance? Like a short vacation to the Far East: imaginative, atmospheric artificial trees and lamps, even the restroom is thought through down to the last detail. I'll definitely be back – with an empty stomach! 🍜🥢✨

Great atmosphere, really great food. We'll definitely be back.

I had mostly sushi. The nori sheets were a bit tough, maybe I should try a different kind. A little more rice in the maki would have been good. But overall, the fish was top quality and everything was delicious.

Everything was great all around and I have absolutely nothing to complain about.

It was so delicious that we wanted to go back two days later. It was a short break with four evenings :-)

Found the place by accident, it was the closest to where we were staying, but it's definitely worth recommending. Very good quality Asian food, with decent, although quite expensive portions. The atmosphere is also very good, it was nice to sit outside. Of the places I saw in the area, it definitely looked the most interesting.

Very chic Japanese restaurant. Food can be seen as being very good both visually and in terms of taste! So far I haven't found anything that I didn't like. Very fresh ingredients there is even dry aged meat and a sushi burger Drinks are also recommended. Service is very nice and tries to fulfill all wishes if possible.

We now eat here regularly and are always very satisfied. Friendly staff, delicious food. Reservations are confirmed quickly, and they even send you a reminder.

Ordered twice, and never again. THE most unreasonably overpriced restaurant ever. The quality is the same and sometimes lower than other sushi restaurants, which, however, cost much less (I love sushi and have tried all the good restaurants in Leipzig). And the only restaurant I've ever seen in my life that has a ridiculous minimum order value of 90 euros (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) on Lieferando. 90! Who do they think they are, the king's bosses? And the service is one of the most customer-unfriendly I've ever experienced. ZERO goodwill, ZERO flexibility, and usually quite rude on the phone. I'd rather have a few less fish varieties elsewhere, but reasonable value and good service. Besides, 90 euros for a meal? Even if the quality and service were better (and they are NOT), it would be ridiculous. Nah. Never again.

I came across the restaurant because of all the positive reviews. Both the service and the ambience were excellent. Even the toilets were very clean. Parking spaces are rather difficult to find. I recommend the parking lot at Rewe, but you can only park there for 1.5 hours. Now let's get to dinner. The food I had with my companions was great. However, mine was mediocre. I had the one with the seafood and rice. In my opinion the rice was tasteless, which I found very unfortunate. A waiter told us that he tends to recommend sushi here because they specialize in it. Nevertheless, all dishes should be suitable if it is offered. Unfortunately for me it's only a 6 out of 10. Nevertheless, I would eat here again and order something different next time. To summarize again: Recommended for sushi lovers, I can't say for sure about the rest. I'd love to come back to try it again.

Simply perfect. Outstanding quality. Great service. A must.

Very tasty sushi! We were completely satisfied. It was so delicious that we raved about it for days afterwards. We will definitely come back!

The best shoyu ramen 🍜 and sushi 🍣 in town! 🤤

The warm meals are so bad that it makes me actually laugh (I've eaten there twice). I saw them pour beer from a bottle and use a spoon to froth the beer to make it look like it's from the tap. And the sushi was just ok. Tasted ok, but was not nicely rolled and they were a bit small. All this for a pretty high price. I think the beautiful restaurant and high prices are very convincing for many people but there's a better place in Gohlis and another good place on Gottschiedstr.

The salmon was super tasty, as was the beef – nice and tender and tasty. The service was friendly and attentive. Gladly again 🥰

We were here as a family with our two children. We liked the beautiful ambience, the friendly staff and, above all, the delicious food. Our ten year old loved the tom kha gai soup and the older daughter loved the sushi :)

I was invited here for dinner. Since I follow a vegan diet, I looked at the menu in advance and was confident that I could eat something here. On site I asked the waitress whether the vegetarian ramen was also vegan. The waitress seemed annoyed by my question, briefly went into the kitchen and said yes, so I ordered. However, the broth was clearly meat based. Therefore only one star. I can't comment further on the other dishes. Everything looked good. However, my acquaintances found that the quality had significantly decreased and they would not come here again.

Great atmosphere, truly amazing food. The best tofu I've ever eaten. We'll definitely be back.