I'm Asian so I happen to eat a lot of Japanese places. High end, low end, all of it. Temaki is the best Japanese restaurant for its price range and category. The service is prompt and the ambiance is clean. But best of all is the quality! Even my boyfriend who is an extremely picky eater - who doesn't even like Jap food to begin with - always suggests to eat at Temaki. It's actually annoying how frequent he wants to eat here for their chicken teriyaki don. I usually order their chicken udon. Not because it's what I ordinarily order at Jap restaurants but because they make the best chicken udon. Plenty of delicious chicken strips, perfect broth and tender noodles.

Had another wonderful experience at Temaki. I've been dining at Temaki for six years now and have never had a bad experience. I've been eating sushi for over 20 years and have yet to find another sushi place like this. The food is always always fresh, the servers are very friendly and for what you get the prices are excellent! I especially enjoy the Spicy Sashimi and Chefs roll they are very tasty and a must order everytime. Between family, friends and clients I take to Temaki, it's always a big big hit. This place is very high in demand so if your going down make sure to make reservations. Enjoy this gem of a restaurant because it's outstanding!!

Food: we were amazed at previous ratings given that the fish was stale, ikura even worse, and virtually every piece of nigiri sushi had to have a cucumber slice on it.

Service: one waitress refilled tea constantly while another didn't seem like she was in a very good mood..and showed it.

Value: what seemed to be an inexpensive menu was showed a poor concordance in value as the portion size was extremely small. Not only was this a problem with nigiri sushi, but also the appetizers like salmon tataki and cooked food like beef yakisoba.

Conclusion: very disappointing experience. there are just too many other sushi places in this city for me to be bothered to come back.

Temaki by far is my favourite sushi joint. The restaurant is clean and well organised with a bit of ambiance- unlike most sushi dives where you usually want to order take-out and don't want to drink from the glasses.
The service is attentive and fast with very friendly servers.
The food is divine, the fish is fresh and good value-for-money.
I really enjoy the bento box- it has the best teryiaki chicken in Vancouver- not too much sauce, crisp and perfect. the gyozo, tempuru, salad and rolls are delish too.
I recommend Temaki to anyone wanting good quality sushi.

went there after then lunch crowd and found the service to be fast and good. Decor is nice enough, and it's pretty clean.

We shared a bento box which was just okay, the tempura was excellent though. We also ordered a few different rolls and nigiri sushi. The rolls had just the perfect amount of rice, so that you could taste the other fresh and yummy ingredients.

This is no bargain sushi joint....if you want that, there are plenty of them, but if you want quality without Tojo's prices, this is the place.

Don't let it deter you that the owner/chef is not Japanese...he has 15 years experience in sushi making.

I used to live around this area. Granville & Broadway area has many Japanese AYCE sushi restaurants (Shinju, Shabu Sen, Fisn on Rice, BC Sushi, etc) However, this sushi restaurant serves quality sushi that surprised me. Sushi rice is perfect, but tender, and all of the sushi ingredients are fresh. Sushi's quality is one of the best in Vancouver area. Although the ambiance is not for special dine-in, (recently they expended the business, now they have bigger space) but great place to take out. Their location is very next to BC Sushi, but they serve better service and quality.

I highly recommend Temaki Sushi on West Broadway near Arbutus. I have eaten there about 5 times, and each time have left feeling very satisfied. Our party of 4 arrived around 8PM on a Friday. We waited until about 8:30 to be seated. I thought the Real Crab Roll was excellent. We had a deep fried salmon roll, which made the salmon a bit dried out - not too surprising. The bill, including tip, was under $100 for our group (of four). That included 2 large beers, and enough sushi and noodles to fill me up. The servers are attentive.

If you're ever jonesing for some good sushi and/or sashimi, this is the place to go to. The quality is not only excellent, but it is consistent as well.

The rest of the food, other than the appys, are somewhat weak. Don't get me wrong, the hot dishes aren't bad, but there are other places that do those dishes better.

Overall, the place is clean and tidy and the staff is courteous and quick. A solid Japanese restaurant with decent prices and good volume.

I've been going to Temaki since early last year, before the renovations. I agree that although the menu hasn't changed, the portions have - - they are now smaller (I know one of the reviewers mentioned that the Bento boxes are bigger now, but I've never had one in there, so he may be right).

I usually have the tuna tataki or the tataki salad with tuna (about $10 - $11), but yesterday I added another thing to my dinner: the agedashi tofu (less than $5). The tuna has always been really really good (very fresh) -- I've never had a stinky chunk of fish. I was very surprised with the tofu because in many other Japanese restaurants it is not crispy enough and I end up battling with it, but this one was perfectly fried.

The only downer is that the restaurant gets very busy in the evenings and often you have to wait in a crammed little entranceway. Most of the time you can find a spot at the bar, but if you are planning to go with somebody else I recommend you make a reservation (if you are lucky enough for the call to go through - I often get the voicemail!!). The service at times get slow and in my experience, two or three times the service hasn't been the best (mixed or forgotten dishes). I think they're still learning how to manage this larger locale.

The ambiance is not great but it is not depressing either, and the restaurant is not crammed (the entrance, as I mentioned before, certainly is small for the number of people waiting).

All in all I recommend you to try it. Great for regular dinning but nothing outstanding for a special occassion.
Try the tuna!

Temaki used to one of those Westside gems, not too flashy, very welcoming, inexpensive and tasty. Loved going there before they renovated! After the renovations you get the feeling they wanted to go upscale. The prices have gone up but the food quality/innovation has not. They used to have these great box specials available for lunch and dinner. What they've done now is offer those boxes with larger portions but charge quite a bit more for them - sorry, we don't all need those big servings. The ambiance is ok, there's no privacy, anyone driving outside can look in and see you. The staff act like they're still getting the hang of serving in a place with more tables - you know that rushed panic I'll be right back look? I'd still eat there but it's no longer at the top of my list of Japanese restaurants on the Westside.