The best sushi in Scottsdale is rarely in the room with the loudest music. Hiro Sushi is a small strip-center bar near 90th Street and Via Linda, where chef-owner Hirofumi Nakano, after twenty-five years of training in Japan, has been cutting fish for two decades.
Sit at the counter and hand over the decision; chef’s-choice nigiri here is the Shea Corridor’s closest thing to omakase, at neighborhood prices. The rolls are fine. They’re not the point.
When to go: Tuesday through Thursday dinner, when he has time to talk fish. The lunch sets are the value play — arrive before noon or after one.