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Manzo Itamae is located in central Richmond, specializes in sashimi, izakaya, robata and sushi. It offers an extensive menu, fresh seafood and premium sake imported from Japan.
Manzo is definately worth trying. I had the lobster sashimi, salmon belly sashimi, chopped scallop japanese pizza and their differnet sushi rolls. All the sashimi were fresh and well prepared. I suggest trying both teh lobster sashimi and salmon belly sashimi because the lobster sashimi is chewy and sweet. Salmon belly is the softest part of the salmon which is why it has a soft and smooth texture. The chopped scallop japanese pizza was also very delicious because the pizza crust was very soft and crunchy. Plus, it had my favourite chopped scallop on top of it. The sushi rolls are also very well made.
I really enjoyed my experience at Manzo. We arrived on an early Friday evening and were seated immediately. Their daily menu was a little adventurous for us so we stuck to what we knew. The gomae was not bad. We ordered two rolls: rainbow and real crab california. The rainbow was almost worth the $12 but the california was a little small for what we paid. The ebi gyoza was a little sad. My favourite was the ebi mayo! The service was friendly and quick.
I have been to this location and the Alexandra Road one. Somehow I like this one more because of the food (quality and presentation) and atmosphere. Try their daily special if it is available. Their service is good in general except when they are busy. I like their beef sashimi and robata. It is a good place to try if you prefer more than just sushi rolls and sashimi.
So me and my friend decided to go Manzo last night but were sad to see that they were closed last night so we decided to try their 2nd location. When we first walked in we were pleasantly surprised that the decor was totally different from the tightly-knit wooden decor from the original place, instead replaced with dark black lacquer and much more spacious. Nice change, unfortunately everything that we loved about the original manzo was not to be found here.
It was quite busy for a Monday but the lack of service was offensive. They brought out the customary green tea at the beginning but that was about all we saw of our server. We had to flag a busboy down so that he could go and find our server, she then came back quite a while later to take our order then disappeared again. Other staff brought us our food but when it came time that I wanted to order 1 more noodle dish so that I could eat it with the meat dish on my table, I could not get anyone's attention which was very frustrating! By the time I finally waved down another random person my meat was already all cold and I did not feel like ordering anymore which is a pity, the food was not bad but definitely overpriced for Richmond standards. The original Manzo is pretty expensive as well but the service makes up for it! I don't think I could come back here again.
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