NZ-first sushi train

• Published date: 23 June 2022

Soki Sushi Train, which officially opened last Saturday in the former Sal’s Pizza space on Shotover Street, boasts a custom-made miniature bullet train which travels around the restaurant, delivering special orders straight from the kitchen to diners’ tables

Owner Ting Li says it’s not only Queenstown’s first sushi train, but it’s the first restaurant in New Zealand using the ‘bullet train’ concept.

Formerly Queenstown’s Aotea Gifts senior ops manager, COVID saw Li up sticks and move to Auckland, working as a residential building project manager.

But Li and his wife, Maggie, kept an eye on Queenstown business opportunities.

‘‘When we saw the advertisement [for] this space, we thought, ‘ah-ha, good’, because we always wanted to open a restaurant that can give customers a very good dining experience in Queenstown,’’...