A tiny former macaron shop on Hancock Street in Quincy Center is now home to a 12-course sushi set that costs $69 a person, walk-ins welcome, no reservation required. The restaurant, called Jūni, occupies the old Miam Miam space and has reworked the traditional omakase ritual into something faster, cheaper, and far less formal.
According to The Boston Globe, Jūni is a Japanese restaurant in Quincy where chef Chris Chung and co-founder Kenny Leung have built an accessible approach to Japanese tasting menus. Chung previously worked at Uni and Aka Bistro, the Globe reports, and specializes in omakase at Momi Nonmi. David Wen and Cho Kit Kwong also work at Jūni, per the same report. Rather than the hours-long, course-by-course procession associated with traditional omakase, which the Globe notes can take a few hours and cost upward of $300, Jūni serves all 12 courses together as a single assemblage.
One Plate, Not Several Hours
The format was first detailed by Boston Magazine, which reported that Jūni opened in the first week of August with its opening set menu available for both dine-in and takeout. The outlet described the nicely priced $69-per-person meal as having each bite served beautifully together on one plate, rather than coursed out over several hours. Dine-in service happens at a 10-seat counter and a couple of tables inside the space, the magazine reported.
The Globe's rundown of the opening set lists soy-marinated scallops with braised mushrooms, branzino with pickled burdock, house-cured salmon with lotus root, and aged tuna with Asian pear among the courses. Each set comes with rice, soy sauce, ponzu sauce, pickled ginger, and wasabi, and diners get a reference sheet explaining the courses and the recommended order to eat them in, according to the Globe.
Build Your Own Hand Roll
What sets Jūni apart from a standard sashimi plate is the option to build your own hand rolls. The restaurant serves sushi rice and nori sheets alongside the courses, the Globe reports, so diners can eat each piece as sashimi or wrap it themselves. Boston Magazine highlighted this same detail in its own coverage, calling out the inclusion of rice and nori sheets so guests can make their own hand rolls.
For those who want more, Jūni offers add-ons for an extra charge, including A5 wagyu tartare and three kinds of tuna sashimi, per the Globe. The Infatuation similarly noted that Jūni offers daily add-ons that could involve anything from uni to A5 wagyu, and described it as the first omakase in the area that takes walk-ins. Drinks on offer include green tea, ramune, Calpico, and a mushroom dashi soup, the Globe reports.
No Reservations, Takeout in a Box
Jūni does not take reservations, according to the Globe, leaning into the walk-in model The Infatuation flagged in its review. Diners who want to skip the counter entirely can order the meal to go, with Jūni packaging takeout in a box with separate compartments for each course, per the Globe's reporting.
Looking ahead, Jūni plans to obtain a full liquor license, the Globe reports. Boston Magazine previously reported that the restaurant, which lacks a proper kitchen in its former macaron-shop space, has no plans for cooked food but intends to add lunch hours, menu supplements like wagyu, and occasional events down the line.
How Jūni Stacks Up Against Boston Omakase
Jūni's $69 price point lands below many of the region's tasting-menu options. Boston Magazine's omakase roundup lists Shore Leave at $89 per person for roughly 14 courses and No Relation at $225 per person for 17 courses before tax and beverages, while Momi Nonmi's offerings range from $145 to $545 per person depending on the meal. At the higher end, O Ya lists a nightly tasting menu at $295 per guest before taxes and fees, totaling $383 per person, and the Globe's own prior coverage of Yoshida Omakase put that restaurant's 18-course tasting menu at $300 per person from a 13-seat counter.
Pricing for Akami Omakase varies by source: Boston Magazine lists it at $99 per person for 14 courses, while Boston.com reports a 13-course experience for $89 per person. Boston Magazine also notes that Akami's meals clock in at about an hour, with supplemental hand rolls priced between $15 and $30. That magazine's wider survey of the local dining scene points to a broader resurgence of interest in Boston omakase, tied in part to the late-2025 announcement of a Michelin star for 311 Omakase and a Michelin recommendation for Wa Shin.
Jūni's Instagram account, @juni.restaurant, offers a glimpse at the daily rotation of courses and add-ons. For now, the Hancock Street counter remains the cheapest seat in town for a sushi set that still aims, as the Patriot Ledger put it, to make an elevated Japanese dining experience more approachable and accessible.
