Awards
Best New Restaurant
1983, New Haven Advocate
11 Influential Eco-Chefs Who Are Changing the Way We Are Thinking About Food
2010, EcoSalon
Greatest Person of the Day
2010, Huffington Post
Nature Conservancy
Seafood Ambassador Award
2011, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Nature's Plate Award, 2012
Top Three Most Sustainable Restaurants in the U.S.
2012, Fish2Fork
Top Ten Healthiest Restaurants in the U.S.
2012, Gourmet
James Beard Award Nomination
2013, James Beard Foundation
Press
"The menu is a vision statement on sustainability, channelling Lai's nutty, brilliant, socially conscious, multi-cultural, and often absurdly funny concepts."
Eating Well, 2012
"Bun Lai at Miya's Sushi in New Haven is the mad scientist of the sustainable sushi movement."
The New York Times, 2011
"Miya's is at the forefront of an invasivore movement gaining traction nationwide."
Saveur, 2011