First off, I'll specify that we were situated in the lounge area. I've been in the restaurant as well, and had a decent experience. But, after last night's fiasco...I won't be returning to either. We had a large group out celebrating an occasion...and we were treated like complete garbage. The servers were rude, unattentive and unaccomodating. Considering it wasn't even busy in there and our table had more people at it than all of the other tables combined...you'd think they would try to make the tiniest effort to keep our group there. Never again...rude rude rude.

You can definitely get better sushi elsewhere but I am always very happy with the service here. It's slmost annoying how often the check on you. I say almost because I'm used to being ignored at sushi places so I'm not going to complain if they are a bit overzealous here. I also love the look of the inside of the restaurant and the location is great, really easy to get to from transit (something that is important to me as a I don't drive) They have a great selection of food and the menu is not confusing as it is in many other sushi restaurants. Over all, a good place to go for sushi with friends.

I had been here about 12 months ago and while the food was delicious and the service was friendly and professional I hadn't gone back as Vancouver has an abundance of cheaper sushi restaurants. I went for lunch in my lunch break the other day and as another sushi restaurant had an hour long wait I decided to re-visit Kamei Royale. After spending many a lunch in cheaper Japanese venues Kamei Royale was a welcome relief as it is quiet and soothing rather than hectic.
The lunch menu is perhaps slightly more than others in the area but still good value for money and does have a higher quality of service and perhaps a slightly higher quality of food too. There's also a decent selection of drinks.
The layout gives all diners a sense of privacy and comfort.

The problem I find with some Japanese restaurants these days is they try to be creative with sushi. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and in Kamei Royale's case, it doesn't. We tried the Hamachi inferno, which is basically Hamachi nigiri sushi where the Hamachi is lightly cooked with a torch before it's served. I have no problem with eating sushi like that, but the problem is, they felt the need to add some kind of herb in the sushi rice and it tasted really bad. My friend and I both thought it tasted like perfume. We also tried the Yakiudon, another dish that should have been kept simple but they decided to add the same herb and red onions in it and again, it also tasted like perfume. Also the amount of tobiko they add in the dish makes it rather unappetizing, if not, gross. The dragon roll was alright, i've had tastier ones at other restaurants. The oyster motoyaki was good. Now for dessert, i ordered the creme caramel, it was not sweet enough, couldn't taste the caramel at all. My friend ordered the coffee gelato where they drizzle this coffee concentrate on it. The gelato was good, but the coffee concentrate was horrible; it was the most bitter thing i've tasted and unfortunately, the gelato didn't offset the bitter taste.

The service was really good though, I have to say. The waitresses and hostess were friendly, tea and water were refilled without having to ask and the food came promptly.

Despite the good service, I would not come back to this restaurant again.

Kamei closed for more than a week in Dec to put some refreshed touches to the place. This is a place where you absolutely have to make reservations for lunch if you have more than a party of 2. It is always packed. Dinner can be slightly better but it is still crowded. Japanese tour groups patronize this restaurant often. Prices are ok for DT dining but the rolls can be a little bigger please!

The menu is comprehensive, with lunch and dinner having slightly different items. Dinner for me costs lots more as I don't think there were any bentos.

Food standard has always been the same.
Must try.. the coffee jelly as it's my favorite Japanese dessert.

Visited this restaurant for the first time and found it to be quite satisfactory. The overall ambience was ok and the servers were pleasant. It was a Saturday night and was very busy and my only complaint with the service was that the dishes ordered were arriving too quickly and we felt a little hurried because of this.

There were 4 of us dining together and even though the food was arriving in a flurry at times, one member of our group had to wait quite a while before any of her choices were served.

The overall quality and flavor of the food was quite good and there certainly was plenty of variety offered on the extensive menu. I know others have commented about small portions however none of us found this to be the case and were pleased with the size of each dish and found them comparable to other Japanese establishments we have visited.

Also did not find it overly expensive. It was comparable to other Japanese dining venues.

I went to Kamei last week because I was curving for their special rolls. I was greeted at the door and quickly seated to a seat at the sushi bar counter. I ordered the samuari roll and a spicy tuna sashimi. I was pretty pleased when my server gave me a free miso soup after placing my order. As i was sitting at my seat, I watched the sushi chef prepare sashimi dishes including my spicy tuna sashimi. It was then placed on the counter, which no busser/server picked up for at least 15 minutes. I waited 30 mins until my samuari roll came and then was notified that my spicy tuna sashimi was "coming". My spicy tuna sashimi wasn't spicy at all. Instead, it was mixed with gomae sauce. I found it pretty expensive for a few small pieces for $7.95. I wouldn't recommend coming here if you don't mind waiting half an hour for your food.

I decided to give Kamei Royal a try. I was greeted quickly and I went to the very back of this place, and my server found me. This was the only time I saw her, before I got my bill and didn't find anyone too friendly.

As I sat in the back of the class, my order was similiar to a bento box with chicken teriyaki, 2 California rolls, 2 tuna rolls, tempura and salad. Where do I begin, the Salad was good, the only highlight of my meal, that was fresh and nice compliment to the dish.
I found the chicken teriyaki to be over cooked & salty and didn't like the noodles. The tempura was like eating an old sock, it tasted as someone mix ingredients and tasted old, and keeping tradition, only eat 1 piece. I found both the California & tuna roll not to be fresh, didn't like the taste as I felt it was bland with that day old smell. It was too hot to try the miso soup and even requested that they didn't bring it...but too late.
I felt with so many other sushi places to explore, this is one place I won't be back and I can't recommend.

The food was decent the sushi boat did come within 5 minutes so the sushi is definetly premade. The service was slow and it took like 15 minutes for the check to come. The people are friendly and the place looks really good even though it is crowded.

Lastly, try the green tea ice cream! ...really good!!!

We had a great time, excellent and attentive service and thoroughly extensive menu of interesting items to choose from, including vegetarian options. Garlic pepper tuna tataki, mango roll, tempura sweet potato sticks with trio of dipping sauce, a delicious and artfully displayed gommae, excellent black cod, much fresh sushi and good drinks. Relaxed atmosphere, clean and comfortable with private tatami rooms and very friendly staff. Recommended for when you want an artful sushi experience, and don't mind paying more for a dinner out with friends! Deep fried tempura ice cream was on the menu for dessert but we were all too full to partake.