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Clean, modern place for Japanese sashimi and sushi rolls
This has got to be the best Japanese restaurant ever! We usually order the spicy salmon sashimi don and it's orgasmic. It is VERY spicy so if you can't handle it, you can request them to make it less spicy. The sushi boat is very good however, the portions is a bit less when it comes to the price. They have many special/exotic sushi rolls that you just have to try. I tried to fried california roll and it was delicious. The cream cheese roll was very good too.
well, I don't take out sushi very often, but since it got a long line up, my wife and I decided to take out.
Based on such good reviews, I don't expect service but quality average food.
I was really impressed they only take 10 mins to make my party tray out of long line up at the door.
So happy on a saturday night
But when I get home after 15 mins, the rice really put my wife and me off.
The portion was very satisfying indeed. Dynamite and house rolls are nice and big.
nigiris are very generous. However, the rice was so undercooked that I had chucks of uncooked rice
stuck in my teeth.
Well, I guess I really came in on a bad rice day.
However, the service was average since I don't expect so much from a quick serve place and such
busy restaurant. The servers were professional and fast.
Value, well, is why I go there. So no complaints there.
hopefully I will be brave enough to give it another try another day.
I've been here approx 8-9 times and I always order the same thing. Very good tasting miso soup, great prawn/yam tempura and california roll. I agree with others that the rolls are never rolled properly and are almost always falling apart before you even pick them up. Never evenly cut and very sloppy on the ends with filling hanging out. Yesterday was the first time I noticed that there was no avocado slices, instead it was the tiniest portion of avocado paste only...wierd. The soup is 1.25, the prawn or mixed prawn/yam tempura is 7.50 and the california roll 8 pc is 3.25. Be prepared to feel totally rushed to eat so the next person can sit down. Waitresses try hard and boy do they work!
I was surprised to see a lot of one-review wonders saying terrible things about this place. I took Mrs. C to eat at SC after drifting down North Road looking for chow. The place was packed when we got there, and it looked like it could use a good cleaning. Still, the sushi looked good and so we tried it.
The service was brisk, and the servers seemed a little overwhelmed. We tried a bunch of different sushi. The nigiri tuna was outstanding, and the BBQ eel nigiri was tasty. I also liked the teriyaki beef roll. I found the giant sashimi pieces to be too cold. The prawn tempura had a nice light batter and was tasty and not greasy. The California roll was big, but otherwise unremarkable.
I found it a little strange to get Korean tea with my sushi, but this is on the edge of K-town, so not totally unexpected. I guess my biggest concern was cleanliness, since the place was so busy. The w/c could be cleaner.
This was not fine dining, but for good sushi at a cheap price, it was just fine. I noticed a nearby Korean/Japanese restaurant was almost empty, so they must be doing something right here.
Try it and see for yourself.
this place runs by koreans so you can expect a pretty decent sushi as korean people know how to do so.
the rolls like unagi, alaska, mango, or bc was pretty decent but what i find really good is spicy sashimi, it was very fresh and tasty.
nigiri sushi was a bit dry so i wouldnt recmmend it
the service is fast but itll take you more than 10 minutes in busy time to get your bump a seat.
Read the title. Seriously, this place is awesome. Best toro in metro vancouver - hands down. Only high end restaurants can match the freshness and size of the toro, and a lot of high end restaurants can't even. And for $1.10 a piece? Yes please x 10.
Ambiance and service is nothing special, but who cares when you get awesome sushi at an awesome price!
We were hungry one day and wanted to try some Coquitlam food. We saw this place in the corner and decided to drop in. It was on an odd time like 3 or 4pm, the place was almost full and chefs were all busy.
We had the basic things like miso soup, salmon sashimi and some rolls. The miso soup was good, the salmon sashimi was GINORMOUS! One piece is like 3 pieces combined! I even had trouble cutting them with my chopsticks. And the rolls were huge!
I think this is a good place to go if you're hungry and want something affordable.
The service was not the best but whatever, kind of expected that.
The first time I went here I was very impressed with the pure size of all the sushi - esp the HUGE piece of Salmon for the nigiri sushi. The only thing weird was the warm rice. (hey it's a korean run place, so not so weird I guess...) The second time I went I brought my husband and he tried their Chirashi Don while I had my favourite BC Combo, which consists of 2 large nigiri sushis, 6 pieces of alaska roll and 6 large BC rolls. The third time back we decided to try more different things on their menu and each sushi dish is good. Very yummy and the portions are huge. Can't really go wrong for $6-8 for some dishes. You won't go home hungry that's for sure. The only thing that they can work on is their service - they never have enuf staff and ALWAYS either do one of the three things - forget your order, never bring you tea and pay more attention to the people getting take out orders. Well if it weren't for the decent size, taste & it's proximity to home, I wouldn't be a regular. Keep in mind that they cater to a lot of the students that live nearby, so it seems they don't really care in general - just as long as they get more people coming in and more take outs. Overall not a bad neighborhood joint to come to every now and then. =)
I would think of myself as a sushi connoisseur- and the value/food here is outstanding. Try the tempura- you will be pleasantly surprised. Especially the prawn tempura. I go as often as I can, and you get a lot of food (bang for your buck, if you will). This place quickly won a spot as my favorite sushi place ever and i drag my friends there all the time. My favorite: bill's roll (smoked salmon, bean tempura, etc) and the cream cheese/smoked salmon roll (definitely!). Have fun you will love this place!
This place is really busy, noisy and crowded. It was one of the most stressful meals I have had. The people at the door were impatiently waiting for others to be done eating so they could be seated. I felt very rushed by servers and other customers. The food was good but I was surprised the chicken teriyaki didn't include rice. It was also a little oilier than I expected, with the bean sprouts sitting limply in the bottom of the skillet swimming in the oily sauce. I was trying to figure out why they are popular. My reasoning is that they are central, close to the skytrain and one of the few sushi places in this area? I might go back but only if I'm really craving Japanese food and can't wait to go somewhere else... or if I'm in the mood to scarf my food down in record time.
The rolls aren't the greatest (as in they'll fall apart very easily, especially the large ones that were too thinly sliced) but still tasty.
This is a place where you can get fed for cheap. We ordered several rolls: california, chicken katsu, chopped scallop, spicy tuna, cream cheese w/ mango and smoked salmon, unagi, dynamyte. All were good but what surprised me was the number of pieces that come w/ each roll. For the price, each roll should have been 4 to 6 pieces but we got 8 pieces for each roll. Definitely good value.
Might be back if I'm feeling sushi but watching my budget.
I live close to sushi California, we go there at least once week. the food is very good. The prices are much less than the similar places with similar services in Vancouver. You must try spicy salmon sushimi. My boyfriend an I eat a lot, we go there et until we are full full, and we pay like 20-25 bucks together! incredible!
As a vegetarian when it comes to sushi I'm all about the appetizers. The Gomae at Sushi California is AMAZING!!! Tons of delicious sesame sauce!!! The Agedashi Tofu is also a treat, Spicey Agedashi is even better if you like a kick, huge portion size too, for vegetarians just make sure you ask for it without the fish flakes!!! Veggie Roll here is also very good, they have this delicious brown root in it that's very tasty. The service varies but you can't expect too much as there are only a couple of servers on and the place is packed, if they hired more servers they'd have to raise their prices so personally I'm fine with having a little slower service if it's accompanied by low prices!!!
Love this place. Found it by accident last month. The food is first class. The service is prompt and the waitresses are lovely. Great value. The parking lot is a mess and always packed. The tables are too close to each other to have a decent conversation so sit at the bar. The chefs greet us each time. There is never a problem with the order and the food is served promptly with very little delay. The tuni sashimi is my favourite. The agadeshi tofu is a close second. Third would be the dynamite roll/cone. If I am within 15 minutes of the restaurant I always make a detour to eat there. My friends and I love it. I eat sushi and Japanese all the time in Vancouver and know quality. This place is great.
Sushi California has always been a sushi place that I can constantly rely on. I first went to try it out after many people in the area recommended it to me. I was glad they did because they make good sushi for a good price. The only downside to their sushi is they're not wrapped very well. Their rice is a little on the soft side, so picking the sushi up with chopsticks can be quite a challenge sometimes. Otherwise, if you're looking for sushi with a good taste, it's here. The taste is more on the stronger side; they use more sauces such as, tobiki and okonomi, whereas other Japanese restaurants may not.
The food from their menu that I have tried and would definitely recommend:
-Alaska Roll
-Bill's Roll
-Spider Roll
-Dynamite Roll
-Dragon Roll
-Prawn/Yam Tempura
And one of their specialties that are frequently ordered, as I've seen, is salmon sashimi covered in a thick kimchi type of sauce. I forget the name, but I'm sure the waitress will know.
If you're looking for a grilled Japanese food (terayaki, tako maki....) then I would choose a different restaurant. Their chicken terayaki is small and dried out, and hard to chew.
Also, be aware that Sushi California is a take-out sort of restaurant. Their lunch and dinner times are very busy and you will usually have to wait 15-20 minutes. The staff is attentive, but quite brisk and rude at times.
Overall, I would recommend this restaurant to any sushi lovers who are looking for a quick bite!
- I have been there3 times before and though it was quite good. Was there last night around and wasnt impressed at all. My friend ordered california roll and I ordered the tuna tataki, after waiting over 10 minutes to get somebody to take my order. Within 10 second the two california roll came. My friend asked me to try it because you couldnt chew through it the sushi was really soggy. I beleive it was premade and compared to what I had eaten before it was awful. After 15-20 minutes my tuna tataki came it tastes a bit frozen, like it is seared earlier than frozen. When somebody orders it they dethraw it, it was not good at all. Not only I had to watch my friend eat but he had to watch me eat. I dont know if this was a bad day but I will never go back or recommend to anybody the quality is very low and the service is horrible.
Sushi town seems alot better.
When back before I decided to reviews exactly the same thinks except this time I got my food before my friends. His Dymanite roll tasted like you buy it at Safeway. Either ways shame on me for going back again.
I placed a take out order today of 2 smoked salmon cream cheese rolls and 2 dynamite rolls. When I picked them up the bag seemed a little lighter then the last time I got takeout here. Upon opening them at home the rolls look noticeably smaller and I finished all 4 rolls with no problem. This is NOT the Sushi California I remember!!
You would think after spending $17 on rolls that you would be full!
Tried various rolls and sashimi over the last few months here and they all seemed pretty good. Portions are good for the price and I can get full on $10-$15 worth of food for dinner. I usually come here for the spicey salmon or spicey tuna rolls or sashimi, which is excellent. Fish seems pretty fresh here, which may be from the high turn over of customers. Seems packed everytime I go there.
Inside is nothing special, seems reasonably clean and the service is average.
im glad that i found this tiny gem. we were a party of four and we ordered the 3-4 ppl combo which is 41.50. we also added to it 4 toro and 4 uni nigiri, spicy tuna sashimi and the jalapeno roll. boy! were we ever stuffed! the sushi pieces were huge, the sashimi (by far the best ive ever had) was melt in your mouth texture and our tea was constantly refilled.
the service is typical for any asian restaurant, we were all greeted by the cooks when anybody walked in. the restaurant is very tiny though so we had to wait about 15-20 min even though we were the first ppl waiting.
i went with a japanese friend and she said the fish was so fresh and it was even comparable to the sushi in japan.
i am def. coming back!
I don't understand why everyone likes this place.
I've been here three times and have been unsatisfied all 3 x.
Why?
- Always crowded, super rushed to eat and find a table. You always feel like everyone is waiting for you to leave as people are lining up the door.
- Their teriyaki is the worst I have ever tasted in my life, and I consider myself a seasoned Japanese food lover. There is no rice with beef teriyaki, and instead of giving slices of beef - they gave us ground beef!! Can you imagine little pieces of ground beef - the type you usually stuff in chinese dumplings - classified as beef teriyaki? And the veggies were a mess of beansprouts swimming in water on the bottom. Even food court teriyaki beef is better than this!
- Their rolls are average or perhaps 10% bigger than average, but the quality is terrible. Mushed together, falling apart, rice too hard or warm, toppings not generous compared to the rice. Again, food court sushi is better. I have ordered dragon roll, smoked salmon roll, spider roll - all I found of sub par quality and definitely not 'humongous' portions as most people insist
- Tempura was too oily, and udon had barely any ingredients inside. Mostly noodle and soup - nothing special. Again, comparable to food court udon.
The only caveat here is that their sashimi seems very very fresh and in huge portions. I see tables around me ordering mountains of spicy tuna sashimi. I suppose that for sashimi and that only - it is worth going. You can't screw up the quality of sashimi. Just buy fresh fish and cut it up in big pieces so its value for money. But in everything else, Sushi California's poor quality shows through. Get take out from matzusushi near the Executive Inn instead - bad ambiance there, but quality, fresh food prepared by pure Japanese sushi chefs.
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