ZUSHi Japanese Restaurants

What ZUSHi Japanese Restaurants does

ZUSHi Japanese Restaurants, legally ZUSHi Italia SPA, is a privately held Italian multi-location Japanese restaurant chain headquartered in Verona with 94 employees. The company operates approximately 11 dine-in restaurants across Northern Italy — including Trento, Trieste, Modena, Bergamo, Verona, Vicenza, Padova, Treviso, Brescia, Torino, and Firenze — and has announced a Calenzano (FI) location as 'opening soon'. The core offering is casual full-service Japanese dining (sushi, sashimi, rolls, tartare, poke bowls, hot dishes, mixed boats) differentiated by Friend of the Sea sustainable-seafood sourcing and -20°C blast-chill preparation.

The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer across four service modes: dine-in at physical locations, take-away from a pre-packaged and made-to-order menu, home/office delivery with city-specific fees and minimum orders (e.g., €3 fee, €30 minimum), and a B2B catering channel for corporate, wedding, and public events with optional on-site sushi chef. Ordering and reservations are supported by an e-commerce-enabled website and dedicated iOS/Android applications, built on a platform managed by external partner Agaweb s.r.l., with marketing handled by Arketing Studio.

The revenue model is straightforward transactional across all four channels, supplemented by a recently launched (May 2024) points-based loyalty program called ZUSHi CLUB (1 point per €1 spent, redeemable in tiered discounts up to €120). The company maintains no subsidiaries, discloses no funding rounds, and shows no external investors; operations are concentrated in Italy with a stated copyright term extending through 2026, indicating active going-concern status. Free cover charge and refreshed lunch menus introduced in July 2022 represent the most recent material commercial repositioning on record.

Name

ZUSHi Japanese Restaurants

Legal name

ZUSHi Italia SPA

Website

https://zushi.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ZUSHi Japanese Restaurants is a privately held Italian multi-location Japanese restaurant chain (ZUSHi Italia SPA, Verona HQ) operating approximately 12 dine-in sites across Northern Italy, serving individual consumers via dine-in, take-away, delivery, and B2B catering, with sustainability and mobile-app-driven loyalty differentiation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Verona

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Service: Revenue from customers dining at physical restaurant locations across multiple Italian cities. Customers can reserve tables and order from the full menu including sushi, sashimi, hot dishes, beverages, and desserts.
2. Takeaway Orders: Revenue from customers ordering food for pickup. Freshly packed ZUSHi boxes are available for quick takeaway orders, with online ordering through the website and app.
3. Delivery Service: Revenue from home and office delivery orders placed through the website or app. Delivery fees may apply depending on location and order value.
4. Catering Services: Revenue from catering events including weddings, shows, private events, and corporate functions. Services include dedicated menu selection and optional on-site sushi chef for live preparation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ZUSHi operates a multi-location Japanese restaurant chain across Northern Italy under ZUSHi Italia SPA, offering dine-in service, take-away pre-packaged sushi boxes, home/office delivery, and event catering. The menu includes sushi, sashimi, rolls, tartare, poke bowls, hot dishes, mixed boats, and beverages, with online ordering via website and mobile apps for iOS and Android. All locations use sustainably sourced fish certified by Friend of the Sea, with hand-made preparation by chefs and food safety ensured through blast chilling.

Product overview

ZUSHi Japanese Restaurants is a multi-location Japanese restaurant chain operating across 11 cities in Northern Italy (Firenze, Torino, Verona, Vicenza, Padova, Treviso, Brescia, Bergamo, Modena, Trieste, Trento) under ZUSHi Italia SPA. The core offering comprises dine-in restaurant services complemented by take-away and delivery operations. The product portfolio includes: (1) Core restaurant experience with dine-in service offering traditional Japanese cuisine including sushi, sashimi, rolls, tartare, poke bowls, hot dishes, and specialty boats; (2) ZUSHi Take-Away service featuring pre-packaged boxes and made-to-order pickup; (3) ZUSHi Delivery for home/office delivery with online ordering; (4) ZUSHi Mobile App for iOS and Android enabling ordering and reservations; (5) ZUSHi CLUB loyalty program with points-based rewards; (6) ZUSHi Catering for events with optional on-site chef service; (7) Sustainable Sushi sub-brand certified by Friend of the Sea; (8) ZUSHi Healthy Life positioning emphasizing fresh, hand-made, sustainable dishes. All locations share common menu categories while maintaining location-specific offerings and hours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ZUSHi CLUB: Loyalty programme that rewards customers with points for every euro spent, redeemable for discounts.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Friend of the SeacoreOthersZUSHi participates in the Sustainable Restaurant Program promoted by Friend of the Sea, the only internationally recognised and supervised certification program for sustainable fishing. This partnership ensures that only fish not at risk of extinction is used in their dishes.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Sushi Daily: European sushi-to-go brand with kiosks inside grocery retail and standalone points-of-sale. Comparable to ZUSHi's takeaway sushi boxes and grab-and-go offering, though distributed through grocery rather than restaurants.

Direct peers

• Hanami Japanese Restaurants: Italian Japanese restaurant chain operating dine-in locations across Italy. Directly comparable by cuisine specialization, restaurant format, and Italian geographic footprint.
• Temakinho: Italian Brazilian-Japanese fusion restaurant chain operating in major Italian cities. Comparable to ZUSHi in Asian-cuisine positioning, dine-in service model, and Italian multi-city presence.
• Poke House: Italian-born poke and sushi fast-casual chain that has scaled rapidly across Italy and into other European markets. Most directly comparable to ZUSHi by cuisine category, dine-in/takeaway/delivery model, and Italian multi-city footprint.
• Kaiten Sushi: Italian conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain offering dine-in service of Japanese cuisine. Directly comparable by cuisine (sushi), restaurant format, and Italian geographic footprint.

Broad incumbents

• YO! Sushi: UK-headquartered sushi and Japanese restaurant chain with conveyor-belt and dine-in formats. Comparable Asian-cuisine casual dining operator, though larger and more internationally distributed than ZUSHi.
• Rossopomodoro: Major Italian casual dining restaurant chain (Neapolitan pizza focus). Comparable as a multi-location Italian casual dining operator with dine-in and takeaway channels, though operating in a different cuisine category.
• Itsu: UK-based Asian-inspired food chain combining restaurants, grocery products, and delivery. Comparable as a broader Asian-cuisine brand operating across multiple channels, though significantly larger and more diversified than ZUSHi.
• Wagamama: Established European Asian-cuisine restaurant chain with broad menu beyond sushi. Comparable as a larger, multi-geography Asian restaurant operator, though broader in scope than ZUSHi's sushi-focused concept.

Others

• Deliveroo: Major Italian food-delivery aggregator and platform partner for restaurants including ZUSHi. Adjacent ecosystem participant — not a competitor for dine-in but materially shapes delivery economics and customer acquisition for chains like ZUSHi.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/zushi_italy
• Facebookfacebook.com/zushi
• Instagraminstagram.com/zushijapaneserestaurants
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zushi-japanese-restaurants

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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