A new Japanese-Nordic brasserie in Kreis 5, pairing a fusion menu with Scandinavian-leaned design and a serious vinyl selection — watermelon carpaccio, Wagyu toast and Padrón-stuffed wings among the opening highlights.
Kjū opened its doors on Thursday 8 October, at the Josefstrasse address in Kreis 5 that was previously home to Yooji's Josef. The team documented the build-out on Instagram in the days before opening, then soft-launched with an invitation to come for a first taste.
The house describes itself as "Japanese at heart, Nordic in spirit" — a brasserie format built around Japanese cooking read through a Scandinavian-leaned room, with an early visitor flagging the design and a genuinely good vinyl and music selection alongside the food. The early read is a date-night room as much as a dinner one.
The opening menu runs to fusion sharing plates: a watermelon carpaccio, Wagyu toast, and chicken wings stuffed with pimientos de Padrón are the dishes getting attention first.
**Best for:** a date or a small group dinner in Kreis 5 that wants something other than the neighbourhood's usual sushi counters. Reservations for now by phone, +41 44 687 68 68 — still very new, so expect the website and full hours to follow.
Restaurant · Japanese-Nordic fusion, Casual fine dining, Kreis 5
Address
Josefstrasse 112, 8005 Zürich
Opened
08 October 2026
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