I been there for a few time already and it has never dissapointed me. This is the only place i would go for sashimi, sushi and robata.

First I was expecting very expansive food from what my friend told me, but it wasn't as expansive as I thought it would be infact, it was cheaper then many other Japanese Restaurant I had been to.

Today I just went there again, and I had Red Tuna O-Toro. The quality of that fish was exquisite, it had pinkish like color and it was really fat. And it wasn't expansive at all. I payed 9 dollar for a piece, and the other restaurant i been to and tried was ranged from 10-14 a piece.

I would order the robata everytime I go, and I always order the pig-neck, and beef tongue. So good.

This is probably the only Japanese Restaurant I would go if i were going to eat in Richmond, and for having parties(because they have beautiful rooms and it is big.)

We have went to a lot of japanese restaurants and this one was one of the best. They had very fresh sashimi, and not every restaurant could copy this. The tempura is deep fried very nicely and it is very good. Overall, this is a very good restaurant to go to.

After reading the glowing reviews & passing by here so many times before, I finally decided to give it a try for dinner since my favourite Richmond sushi place is out of business!

I like the wood decor w/multiple private rooms. Friendly & relatively quick service, surprising consisting of mainly middle aged & above Chinese women.

The food varied from OK to not very fresh. The mirugai sushi though generous in cut was not fresh in taste. The uni was just OK while the seaweed wrapping it was a little too soft & moist. The rice was slightly softer than it should be. The "fresh" saba of the day was fishy in the kept-in-a-fish-tank-for-too-long taste. The red tuna wasn't worth trying either, too bad they were out of regular tuna toro amongst other things. Seeing as how they may not be overstocking on their fish, I'm guessing it must be poor storage methods that make the fish less than appetizing.
The beef sashimi, though nice in colour, just tasted of supermarket prepackaged hot-pot grade beef. The seared mackeral is much better than the black cod & cheaper, too. The cod is so rubbery & dry in texture it seems it was frozen a little too long. The mackeral though better, was still boring to eat. The nabeyaki udon was simple, avg, while the prawn tempura that came w/it was very bland & a little too greasy. Batter is doughy.

I'm glad I was able to avoid overordering since they didn't have a lot of them items we wanted.

I will not be returning as the prices & freshness can't beat places like Toraranbo or Sushi Hachi nearby, though in ambiance it is a lot better than many in the area.

First off, my partner is Japanese, and he is very particular about Japanese food. I myself lived in Japan for 10 years, so I know a thing or two as well. And we were worried when walked in and saw what appeared to be a completely Chinese crew.

But then the food came.

Good sushi (although the rice wasn't as firmly pressed as it could have been), very good tempura, very good agedashi tofu, amazingly good pickles (we have never seen any restaurant here or in Seattle present the selection we had, including delicious sweet seaweed pickles and sweet bonito and sesame sprinkles for our rice). Any place that has umeshiso rolls on the maki menu is already good in my book, and although they fall for the cucumber trick in those rolls, they were still very good. The kara-age chicken was really crisp on the outside, but perfectly cooked inside.

My partner's only complaint? That there wasn't a set menu list so he could have a cheaper wide selection of foods to try.

And the service was very good, very attentive.

My only complaint was that the decor was a little too cliched... Framed ukiyo-e prints... boring. But the music was good while we could still hear it. (It got very popular about halfway through our meal.)

We'll definitely go back.