[4] St Pierre's Sushi originated as a delicatessen and seafood store in Wellington in 1984 run by Nick Katsouli and his two brothers.

[3] In 1993 St Pierres's owner Nick Katsoulis formed a partnership with the Japanese food exporter, The Tokyo Mutual Trading Company, to obtain cooking condiments and seafood products for producing sushi.

[3][2] According to academics Rumi Sakamoto and Matthew Allen, St Pierre's provided a template for the emergence of "Kiwi standard sushi" by marketing sushi as a "healthy, value-for-money lunch option able to compete with other ethnic food court options" and hiring Asian staff members who could pass as Japanese.

[7] In February 2018, the sushi chain announced plans to open a drive-through restaurant in Auckland by the end of the year.

To boost growth, Katsoulis confirmed that St Pierre's had introduced bento bowls to its menu and self-service kiosks.