Big portions, quality food, outstanding value and a bright, cheery staff, what's not to like?

I have now been to Ki Sushi twice and both times I can report excellent experiences. My most recent visit was last weekend. This is a busy sushi place so you may experience a bit of a wait if you have a large party and arrive around dinner time.

Last weekend despite it being rather busy my dining partner and I settled for a spot at the sushi bar. Our tea cups were filled immediately with a very nice Japanese tea and our order taken shortly thereafter by a very friendly but busy server.

Once again I ordered the Spicy Sushi Combo. Eighteen pieces of sushi for 8.50 Six pieces each of spicy tuna, spicy salmon and a rather interesting and tasty beef teriyaki roll.
The nice thing too about Ki Sushi is that they don't use a ton of rice like many sushi places do in fact the rice portion is minimal. The taste of the fish comes shining through and they don't skimp on the fish either.

Out of all the sushi places I have been to so far Ki is at the top of the list. Going back again soon, maybe even this weekend.

Very fresh tasting sushi rolls. Generous portions of sashimi. We often request extra wasabi and ginger and here - we got the EXTRA. :)

I don't like miso soup but my husband said it was better than average.

However, the ebi sunomono wasn't great. The noodles were plastic like and the vinegar base was too sweet and not sour..........

The Pros really do outweigh the cons so I'd recommend this restaurant to friends and family.

I've been going to Ki-Sushi for about year because of the convenient location. I love the new place. I do agree with many people that certain days of the week or hours of the day, the service could be a lot better. There was a time where one of the waitresses had this rude attitude towards a question about certain rolls to my friend... but other then that, they have been very friendly every time I have gone with a few to a quite large group of friends.

I am pretty surprised on the quality of most of their food (well seasoned and decent portions) and essentially the good speed, to me it's not too fast and not too quick, and I actually like the fact the waitress leaves us alone when we are trying to decide on what to order (it's boring and lame to constantly order the same thing repeatedly).

The new location you can see the handful of (dominantly men from what I remember) making sushi. There are enough that I think they have a convenient line-cook style like method, because most of the fancy rolls are just fancy California rolls so I think. some of them make California rolls constantly... The only real disappointment is that their fancy rolls are essentially just overpriced California rolls... the outside is the fancy additional flavor.. and to me it's too expensive just to have a pretty outside of a roll.

I have tried their chicken and beef teriyaki and I LOVE it there - their okonomiyaki is not traditional it's more "Chinese style" as my friends and I call it (so if you're looking for the real thing, I suggest you avoid it). Another thing that has bothered me is that their menu is very inefficient, it would be great if they revised the menu and actually put in detail the contents of each roll (mainly for people who have a few things they are picky about or are allergic to, or even prefer and find interesting). The most inefficient thing of all is that they only have one area to pay - people paying separately, people getting and paying for take-out... It gets very full and having to wait for five minutes or more just to pay is really annoying.

New Westminster is probably the last choice to pop up in my head to go to for sushi, but I was pleasantly surprised when I was treated to dinner here. Of the things I sampled, most were quite good. I must mention the one thing that stood out for me. The wild salmon.
I prefer tuna to salmon, but I just couldn't help myself from trying it. The color itself makes you want to eat it. The texture was much different from the regular. Hard to describe, you'll have to try it for yourself.

I would say the value is pretty good, especially if you order the boats. More volume than many other places. Service was a little iffy. They were polite, but they forgot an order for an udon and said it was on its way when clearly, they just re-submitted the order when they were "checking on it". By the time it finally came, everyone else was already finished and full.
No apologies were given.

Had lunch here today with a friend. I had that bara chirasi, which was surprisingly good at $10. Lots of fish, and very tasty rice. My friend had a lunch box with udon, tempera and some sushi for $9. Udon was standard, tempera was pretty good with a good amount and the 4 pieces of sushi where fresh and well proportioned. I would have given the value a 5/5 if it hadn't been for the black cod, which was the special of the day. For $7 I was expecting more than one small piece of black cod. In its defense it was good, but seemed strangely expensive relative to the other food we ordered.

Service was standard, but at least the servers seemed to be in a good mood. Food came out quickly, and someone did come around to refill tea.

Everything was clean, but showing its age, with some peeling wallpaper.

Overall I would say it was good, and I would return again, but stick with the lunch specials for the good value.

I love this place, the food is great and cheap. The waitresses are lovely ladies, that will help you out with anything.The only problem is they need a nicer and bigger restaraunt. I was very happy dining there! their take out is just as good as the eat in food. I will deffinatly be going back!

I’ve been to Ki Sushi so many times… I don’t go in quite as much now since I’ve read their health inspection reports and since I’ve discovered Sushi Paradise (across from Century House), but I still go now and then. I guess the familiarity keeps me coming back.

The ambiance is alright. The place isn’t very clean and some parts would really need to be cleaned up. There is no music, which I appreciate (I love music but restaurants, trying to please as many people as possible, will often go with unbearably dull music… I just prefer silence to that). The fountain at the entrance is kind of cool, the fishies are cute, though I always find it ironic that they’re swimming next to the sushi bar…

Service is alright, I can see how some people might find the servers rude, but they’re fast and efficient for sure. For me, as a former regular, they recognize me and they’re usually plenty friendly. Some more than others. The delivery guy is also very nice. The only thing is you might get some of the appetizers after the sushi. It’s only a minor annoyance.

The food… Ugh, it’s decent. I’ve had so much better elsewhere. It doesn’t always taste the freshest either, but that said, I’ve never been sick eating there, and as I mentioned I’ve been there MANY times. They use a lot of mayo and some of the rolls fall apart when you pick them up with your chopsticks. The skin on the unagi is always a little gross. Their tempura is slightly too greasy and I always end up eating the vegetable and leaving most of the batter (I almost never order it). They have okay udon and my friend was impressed with the inari. She said it’s the best she’s ever had. It’s true that it’s quite good. The gyoza is passable. The wakame and gomae are good. I’ve had their tuna tataki once and I really liked it, the sauce they serve with it was really good. Their miso soup is standard (if slightly lacking in flavour) but I wish they’d put nori in it.

Value is good, it’s very cheap. You get what you pay for though. Unlike Sushi Paradise where it’s really cheap for really good and fresh food.

I’ll go back because the location is convenient but I can’t recommend it too strongly. If you’re in the area and want cheap sushi, go, but don’t make a special trip for it.

Rating a restaurant like Kirin is tough. I ordered a nigiri combo and a maple roll. Some of the nigiri jumped out at me immediately, as did the maple roll (tuna on the inside, salmon and roe outside). However, I had some of my strongest and most favourable impressions of the food after I left the restaurant. It's like the quality of the food snuck up on me. I would rank Kirin in the top 25% of Japanese restaurants in the Lower mainland and, hence, it gets an overall rating of Outstanding. I'm looking forward to going back and test driving the rest of the fare.

We will definitely go back to Ki again and again.

We heard from our friend and decided to try Ki Sushi on a weekend night. We were impressed by their food and incredible service. We decided to order two dinner combo when the waitress came to take our order. She was very patient and suggested us only order one dinner for us. She is not push us to order more to get more tips but a good listener who give customers what best for them. The combination of sushi dinner with best tempura, sunomono salad, and creamy oyster was good and cheap when the bill came up. Everything is so good that night. She didn't have name tag so we don't know who she is.

We went there for a second time and their sashimi is the best in town..absolutely fresh and wild salmon is a must try. We found their service is constantly good and very fast.

It is very convenient to get there by skytrain just steps away from station. They have quiet booth, off shoes though.

We'll definitely go back again and recommend it to our friends.

Japanese food can be done well and it can be done so-so. This place falls into the category. Sometimes the food (non-sushi items) here does not appeared to be well-cooked, which is a concern. As with most Japanese places, the prices are a bit more expensive per item than at other types of food places. So-so sushi.