I use to be a regular at this place, but it just seems to have gone downhill. The food is okay, nothing special. The service has gone considerably downhill, the ambiance is lacking in all departments, the bathrooms are dirty. I just don't enjoy it anymore. I have had a few 'less than desirable' experiences while dining at Robson Sushi, enough to make this former 'regular' not return.

I'm not big on sushi, but I've tried a few things, wasn't too impressed though. Chicken teriyaki is never cooked enough or it's older than a few days.
Price is ok for all you can eat I guess, but really wasn't impressed with the place. I'd agree with most other reviews on here.

I've been here numerous times and haven't had any of the issues that other reviewers have had.
I mean I don't really expect something phenominal when I'm paying ten bucks for AYCE. The food isn't bad but its not amazing. Service is decent and since they use the paper, pencil and number system, there isn't any mis communication.
The place isn't that bad looking but washrooms a tad dirty.
I'm pretty pleased with the value even though they took off a lot of good items from the AYCE menu.

Had a bad case of the munchies,pretty much wanted to eat as much sushi as possible and only thing open really was Robson Sushi, should have just manned up drove out RIchmond smh. Man this place sucks. Dynamite roll was grossest thing I have ever had, samishi was gross and soggy, california roll sucked, Spinach gomae was warm?!? To sum up my visit I was baked out of mind and didn't even enjoy it, which says a lot.

I remember a few years ago.....probably around 6, when this restaurant was worth going to. The food and service were great, actually it was service WITH a smile! This place has gone down hill since. The service is HORRIBLE. The servers actually walk around with frowns (or so it looks like ). It is obvious that they don't want to be there, let alone have customers in the place. The ambiance is just as awful, no music, just the sound of chatter. To add fuel to that fire, it looks like the room needs a good clean.
At the end of what was a painfully long meal (food taking a while but fairly decent) I went to pay with my bank card. I did not want to leave a 15% tip (actually, i did not really want to leave tip at all, but having been a server for years, I was going to), I declined the tip option, knowing that I had a few dollars in my purse. When the man at the front saw that there was no tip left, he got angry and said that I needed to leave a 10%-15% tip! I am sorry, but I remember serving and the only way I got a tip was if I provided great service. If I gave bad service, I wouldn't get one and I wouldn't expect one (I knew when I gave bad service). Since when did tipping become mandatory? Its a custom in North America, if you receive fantastic service, you give a little extra to the person who added to your night out. I don't give extra to the people who ruin my experience or my lunch for that matter.

I wish I had the reviews before going to this place today. I had a friend visiting me and she had heard about the sushi in Vancouver. I decided to try this place. And I made a terrible mistake deciding to try the AYCE for lunch because I thought she could try different types of sushi and tempura.
The service was unfriendly. The waitress just gave us some chits of paper and didn't turn up for a while after that. The cooks indicated to us that we had to write down the numbers. Then finally she came and took our order and for some reason was unhappy right from the start. Some of the things like tempura wasn't delivered to us. When I pointed it out to the waitress, she denied it. Then I asked her to show me the slip of paper and there was the number. All in all, bad food and unfriendly service. I'm never going to visit this place ever agin and I'll warn all my friends who regularly try out sushi places not to go there.
There were a lot of tourists at the restaurant and I was wondering what kind of an impression they would take back of Vancouver if they were all treated in this manner.
My friend didn't want to leave a tip. The waitress had the cheek to ask us if we were expecting change to be given back, to which I promptly said "yes".
Hope this place closes down soon.

I used to come to this place regularly with my girlfriends; we always enjoyed ourselves and left the place with both our wallets and bellies full. The service has never been good: nobody smiles at you or greets you or even says thank you; when asked for water any server always takes ages, and you always get the feeling that they aren't particularly pleased that you are there, and that they are also not pleased that they themselves are there. Nevertheless, we still ventured back, time and time again. NOT ANYMORE. The last time we went we decided it would be okay not to leave the 15% tip we always left in the past, especially because the service is always nonexistent. We were stopped on our way out by the waiter and he said, "You didn't leave enough tip. Usually it is 10-15%." My friends and I were astounded. From what I understood, tip should be about that much or more ONLY if the service is good--servers are already getting paid for the basic duties that they have been hired to do, anything else is extra. At Robson Sushi, the servers do their basic duties (begrudgingly at that), and nothing more. In my opinion, they don't deserve a tip at all. What's more, when my friend asked him why it didn't say on the bill that this supposed tip was required, he proceeded to point at a small tray with a message taped on to it that was all in Japanese. This confused us even more, first because all the employees there aren't even Japanese themselves (you can also tell that the food isn't authentic), secondly neither me nor any of my friends looks Japanese, and thirdly because he just stood there looking at us like we should try and read the thing. "We can`t understand that," I said. "Well, this is a Japanese restaurant." So we`re supposed to know how to read Japanese before we come to dine at a Japanese restaurant in Vancouver? Completely irrational! We gave them an extra toonie and walked out for good. I couldn't believe it. I am never coming back to this place again.

Went to Robson Sushi a couple of days ago for lunch and I can relate to other reviewers; terrible service, my server was talking to another server while writiing down my order, no wonder she missed a couple of items. Food was OK and that's about it. Its a shame because there are about 6 new Korean and Japanese restaurants nearby and sooner or later this one will close and the owner will regret hiring anyone who walks through the door and thinking just because he's on Robson St he'll survive.

i agree with the previous review about the servers. they're very unattentive! we were there last night and whenever we ordered from this lady server, she would always look elsewhere and the result -- they would either bring in too much food that we did not ask for or would not bring in the food that we ordered! nice system for taking orders, but they should do something about the lousy service. plus it'll take them a couple of requests before they finally give you your glass of water. and don't trhey know the word 'thanks' and how about a smile?? they're free! food-wise, they're fine, but with this kind of service, it won't be too long before the quality goes down.

$9.99 for AYCE? I couldn't believe my eyes. Into RS I ran with Mrs. C right behind me. A word of caution: that price is only during lunch and at night after 9:30.

We were seated in a tiny booth and our server ambled over. Sadly, he could not understand English or Cantonese. Or so it seemed. We pointed and grunted at him, and he indicated his understanding. Food arrived shortly thereafter.

I know it is AYCE, but the tiny portions are a bit frustrating. That said, the sushi is good if not outstanding, and they do have sashimi (but you only get 2 micro-portions). The service is not great, but this isn't Tojo's, is it?

I wouldn't say it was super hygenic either, but it wasn't too scary, and after all, the main attraction is price and unrestrained eating.

This place will not rock your world but if you can put up with the obvious shortcomings, you can get full here.

Try it if you are short on cash...