Sushi Time storefront at 791 Williams St. in Longmeadow.
Photo credit: Sonia Lin
LONGMEADOW — Sushi Time Owner and Master Chef John Lin said they offer special fish that no other restaurants have. They also specialize in teriyaki and hibachi dishes.
Sushi Time is located at 791 Williams St. and opened on July 1, 2025. Before landing in Longmeadow, Lin hailed from New York City, where he began his restaurant career as a sushi chef in 2003 and opened his own restaurant in 2012. He said his brother worked as a chef in Manhattan and gave him an apprenticeship, learning skills from a Japanese chef.
Lin said he came to Longmeadow because of his cousin, who owns Iron Chef Asian Cuisine at 927 Shaker Road. He said his time in Longmeadow so far has been very positive.
“It’s very good,” Lin said. “This is a good location, a very good neighborhood, great people around this area. That’s why we decided to come over here.”
Lin said his favorite dish is the bluefin tuna toro, which is a fatty tuna, but the menu has a wide variety of special fish, such as king salmon, Japanese red snapper, bronzini from Spain and kanpachi, their baby yellowtail.
They also have a special Longmeadow roll on the menu, which is made from tuna, white tuna, avocado and crunch wrapped in sesame soy paper.
To people looking to try sushi for the first time, Lin said Sushi Time has everything and that they already have a lot of regular customers coming in who know them for their New York style sushi.
