Custom Sushi Boxes

Sizing Custom Sushi Boxes to Your Menu

Start with your most common orders. A standard maki roll cut into six or eight pieces lines up in a row around 150 to 200 mm long. Nigiri take a little more space each and are usually set in pairs. A box for a single roll is slim and long; a mixed box for a meal is wider, with room for two or three rows.

Measure the height of your tallest piece, such as a dragon roll with toppings or nigiri with a generous slice of fish, and allow 5 to 10 mm of clearance for the lid. Too much space lets pieces tip over, so keep the depth modest.

Party platters come in fewer, larger sizes. Decide on two or three platter sizes based on your menu, for example small, medium and large, and design one printed lid that works across all of them.

Think about what else travels in the box. Soy sauce sachets, chopsticks and a napkin all need a place. A slot in the lid for chopsticks or a small side pocket for sachets keeps them from pressing into the rice, and it makes the order feel complete when it is opened. Our method for measuring rolls for a tray covers piece count and clearance.

Materials and Coatings

Sushi boxes are often made from coated folding boxboard or kraft board with a moisture-resistant inner coating, which copes with the cold and with soy sauce spills. Food-contact grade board is available on request, and we confirm the right specification for your menu in the custom quote.

Kraft gives a natural, artisan look that suits independent sushi bars; white board with bold print suits modern brands and food halls. Clear lids or windows in transparent film let customers see the sushi before they buy, which matters for chiller sales.

For hot items sold alongside sushi, such as katsu or gyoza, consider separate boxes with grease-resistant coatings, as hot and cold items packed together compromise both.

Ask us which board suits your fridge times when you request a quote.

Printing That Suits Sushi Brands

Many sushi brands favour clean, minimal design: a simple logo, plenty of white or kraft space and perhaps a single accent colour or a fine line pattern. Others go bold with bright illustrations and patterns. Either works on a box, as long as the logo is clear on the lid and the name is visible from the side when boxes are stacked.

For chiller sales, the sleeve or lid label should carry the product name, contents, allergens, storage instructions and a space for dates. For takeaways, a menu QR code or website on the side encourages repeat orders.

Matt finishes suit the understated style of many sushi bars and reduce glare under chiller lights.

If you offer vegetarian and vegan options, a small coloured marker on the sleeve or lid helps customers pick them out in a chiller quickly, and reduces mistakes when staff pack delivery orders. Coatings and laminations are shown side by side in our print finishes compared guide.

Takeaway, Delivery and Retail

Sushi bars and Japanese restaurants use printed boxes for takeaway and delivery app orders. Food halls and market stalls use them for grab-and-go sales. Supermarkets, delis and cafés with chillers sell pre-packed sushi in trays with printed sleeves. Caterers use platter boxes for office lunches and events.

For delivery, a tight-fitting lid and a box that sits flat in a delivery bag are the most important features. A paper band or sticker seal shows the order has not been opened.

Office caterers often need platters to stack on top of each other in a van, so a flat, rigid lid that bears weight is worth specifying for those orders. Food hall traders, on the other hand, care most about speed, so boxes that fold up quickly and close with a single tuck save time during the lunchtime rush.

Pack One Order on the Counter and Photograph It

Sushi boxes are drawn from a real order, so make up your most popular set, lay it out as you want the customer to see it, and photograph it from above with a ruler in shot. That photo gives us the compartment layout, the number of pieces per row and the clearance the tallest nigiri needs. Then tell us the formats, a tray with a lid for delivery, a sleeve over a clear tray for retail, a platter box for parties, and the quantity of each. Say whether the box sits in a chiller, because moisture-resistant board is specified at the quote stage. Artwork is a logo and a colour for the lid or sleeve, with a panel for contents and allergens, sent as vector files; the free proof shows the artwork and any compartment layout together. A custom quote comes by email within one working day with boxes from £0.25 and minimums per job. Production takes 4 to 7 working days after approval and boxes ship flat on free tracked UK mainland delivery. Bars that already use clear trays can brand them with our printed sleeves for standard trays.