Awards / Achievements

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