Shoyo has served its final dinner at its original Lower Greenville counter, but Dallas' high-end sushi scene is not losing the restaurant—it's getting a roomier sequel. The move keeps owner Jimmy Park's 19-course omakase close to its old block while promising more room for the details that make a $195 meal feel worth the splurge.
Shoyo's website says the last service at its current location was last Sunday and that the reopening date is still to be announced. According to The Dallas Morning News, Park is moving the restaurant into the former Ocean Ranch space about a tenth of a mile away and hopes to reopen within about a month.
A Bigger Room Without A Bigger Guest List
The expansion is not a plan to turn Shoyo into a conventional high-volume sushi restaurant. Park told The Dallas Morning News that he wants everything from the temperature and music level to the sushi bar and customer lounge to be "perfect," while the new state renovation filing lists a 2,800-square-foot remodel at the Greenville Avenue site.
The new restaurant is expected to keep the same number of diners per seating, preserving the intimate counter format that helped make Shoyo a destination. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation record identifies the project as a privately funded renovation with an estimated cost of $280,000.
At the new counter, guests should still expect a similar menu built around simply prepared raw fish rather than an overhaul of elaborate sauces and add-ons. The Dallas News reports the plan is $195 for 19 courses served over roughly 90 minutes, while Shoyo's website says the new reopening date has not yet been confirmed.
Shoyo Remains A Tiny, Expensive Dallas Landmark
Park opened Shoyo in 2021 with mentor Shinichiro Kondo, whose career included leading roles with Nobu; the restaurant's official biography describes the pair as a master-and-student team. A recent review by the Infatuation placed Shoyo among the first wave of Dallas omakase restaurants that helped make the city's tasting-menu sushi scene considerably more crowded.
That crowded Greenville sushi scene is part of the story. As Hoodline previously reported, Park's former Kaiyo space became Mizu Sushi and Handroll, meaning Shoyo's move is less an exit from the neighborhood than a carefully measured relocation—with the same rarefied menu and, hopefully, fewer elbows competing for the waiting area.
