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One of the few sushi restaurants in Vancouver to feature a miniature "water canal" with boats floating by and carrying your favorite sushi to pick and choose from.
Tsunami is a fun place to eat. I like the floating boats and the chefs make the sushi right in front of you. The service is fine but the sushi itself just isn't good. Perhaps it's because the plates have gone around a few too many times. Some of the fish on those boats just look awful! The karage and the dumplings were good though (and were still warm). I'll return again one day when I'm in a hurry to grab a quick bite.
Food: sat at the bar and had the california roll, ebi sushi, dynamite roll, tuna roll and some salmon sushi. Everything was quite standard and nothing to rave home about. The way it just circles around makes me wonder how long some of it has been on the conveyor belt. Some of the items did seem a little old. Expensive for what you get and it's easy to go overboard as you keep reaching for more dishes. Careful what you pick or your bill will be a little more than what you expected.
Service: Not much. We were seated promptly at lunch and tea was refilled. Bills came fast. It was a little awkward having them watch over you though.
Ambiance: The little boats are cute but I think comes at the price of freshness. Clean enough but nothing special.
I don't think I will be returning since there are just too many places on Robson to choose from. Better luck next time!
I love this place for the sushi & the little boats that travel circular at the bar.
I've been going here for years, its worth paying more for their sushi, and its all about the presentation. This place serves alot of people, busy or slow, you get awesome sushi and its a fun place to go with a group. I couldn't believe it today, it wasn't busy, sat right down, and had a great lunch, enjoying my sushi.
Bar seating is the only way to go here. The booth seats at the edges of the room is too boring to sit in. There's no real point in going to Tsunami if it isn't for the sake of grabbing food off of the rotating boats. It's certainly not for the sake of fresh raw fish that you go there. It's mostly decent in quality, but to sometimes you do end up seeing the same piece/dish of fish making its 5th+ round in front of you. Ordering directly from the waitress and/or sushi chef brings you what you want quicker and cleaner. Still not sure on the fresh factor. If you're worried about that, you should go to places like Tojo's, or any of the many other choice sushi places.
Out with friends who just arrived in Vancouver and I suggested to go to Tsunami Sushi. They really enjoyed the "Little Boats" and the waitress was really efficient and nice to us. The food was a little bit pricy, but it cost us about $45 per person, so not so bad. I recommend it.
So we went to Tsunami sushi. I had always wanted to try conveyor belt sushi, I think this is the closest to that in Vancouver. It was really fun to sit at the sushi bar and watch all the boats go by and pick what I wanted to eat. However, I'm not a huge sushi expert so I found myself wondering what was in many of the dishes on the conveyor belt. This is probably my fault but twice I wanted to pick tuna but picked some kind of smoked salmon instead. So I didn't get exactly what i wanted. Service was great, miso soup was very nice. I found the oysters on the conveyor belt a little too strong on the vinegar. The prices seemed pretty high overall, you are def. paying for the boat experience, I would say it was worth it if I knew enough to pick what I wanted off the boats. I enjoyed it but I would think twice about going back.
The srevice and ambiance were fantastic at this place but nothing really blew me away, the rolls were tasty but the selection was so-so, Not to many menu items and i had heard they had great spicy sashimi, THEY DO NOT HAVE SPICY SASHIMI!!! There regular sashimi tasted fresh, the miso soup was good and everything was really solid but nothing blew me away i think your mostly paying for the room which is considerd a status thing to some people which is why 'supposably' celebrities stop by. Basically you have your choice of whatever comes floating by on boats or a handfull of things on the menu, they have a great mud pie though and id recommend the house roll but like i said Not fantastic not terrible just solid.
I have been coming to this restaurant since I was a little kid. My dad would take us to the library downtown on saturdays to do our home work while he went to the office to do his. We would meet for lunch at tsunami and the three of us would each our lunch there. As the years got on the place never changed. It was always the same. Lately though I have noticed that it is the same decor as it was in the 90's. The worst part is the food quality has gone down hill but the prices are still up hill. I never understood why the place wouldn't update it's dated decor or give it a little shine. The rice is not the same as sushi rice, it was chinese restaurant rice. I am a little disapointed with the place as I am soon going to be taking my son to the library downtown on saturdays.
I did so to the suggestion of a friend who always goes there during her visit in Vancouver; My girlfriend and I had a great time-the sushis are floating on little boats which is great since you may actually see them before you choose.Quite different from all the other shops in town I've been to- actually, the only other place like that I saw was in Banff, it was a train, and the only other similar feature was the <> of the plates.
Don't let the 80's era video deceive you in the entrance; Tsunami sushi is a great place and they deserve the awards they won. I'll bring the lady back whenever I'm in the mood for great,fresh,tasty sushi!
I was there for late lunch. The sushi bar was virtually empty but the waitress still recommended it. After watching the same plates circle around and around and around, I decided to have a plate of salmon nigiri (2pcs) and a plate of seaweed. The salmon was warm and not fresh. I decided to order a la carte. Unfortunately, everything I wanted was either sold out or no longer available, so I left still feeling hungry and $15 poorer for the 2 dishes. 5 mintutes later, the warm salmon had me searching for toilets. Needless to say I never went there again.
I don't normally write reviews but I had to say something about one of my all time favorite places to eat sushi . Went last nite and just had a great meal ! This is an authentic Japanese owned restaurant and that has been in business for over 20 years !. Got to be doing something right to stay in that business that long in this town. I 've been going since I was a young lad and still enjoy there delicious sushi today.
Went the other night with friends and everything was excellent. The food was very tasty and I especially loved their spicey tuna and salmon belly with bonito flakes. They were both different than the usual stuff. I have heard that this place was on the pricey side but I found it to be very reasonal. I think its easy to eat a lot a sushi because it’s all very tempting and fun to try. Piece for piece though, their prices are excellent. I eat a lot of sushi on a weekly basis so I know my pricing and have tried all the good sushi places. This place has both. It’s been around forever and now I know why.
The food was OK, I would like to taste it again but i am not passinate about it.
We were advised 15min to have a seat at 6pm on a weekday but it took almost 40 mins. so it was so annoying.
However, food was tasty and seats were comfy to enjoy supper.
I tried a combo and a california rolls plate. But each of us get served at different times so some of us had to watch others eating. I would recommend kalamari sushi.
I went there with my family last year and we were in the mood for sushi. We decided to go up and check it out, thinking that the menus would be posted on the windows. They weren't. Even so, we went in anyway and was greeted by a waitress who brought us to the table. The waitress did not bother to smile or give us a warm welcome. Instead, she just placed down the menus and left. When we looked at the menu, we were astonished to see the overpriced items! Unfortunately, I do not remember the exact pricing, but I remember that one particular dish - a sushi plate, I believe - was $11-$17. The sushi was small and devoured within minutes. The chicken teriyaki that we ordered was not worth its value either because there was no rice and the "special" sauce was nothing special. By the way, you have to pay extra for rice. As for the ambience, the mirrors make the restaurant look bigger, when in reality, it is pretty small. The all-you-can-eat section is okay, I guess. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant though.
This operation is a huge joke. The waitresses at the front kept telling people "10 minute, more or less"....but nobody was walking out of the restaurant. I waited about 15 minutes to sit at the sushi bar, which was really unimpressive. The boats kept going by with the same stuff on them, and kind of gave me motion sickness...the sushi was comparable to generic, inexpensive fast food sushi type venues. The green tea girl did not know how to fill my glass more than half full, and she only came by once. I was also offered a bill multiple times as they tried to rush me out, but when I was finally ready, the server was nowhere to be found.
I really needed something fried to drown my misery, and I was disappointed to discover that the gyoza was COLD and rock hard on the outside....I suppose the sashimi was fresh, but definately overpriced....for what I paid, I could have eaten at a real restaurant. Although Nikko across the street is a bit sketchy (sometimes frozen sashimi), I would recommend it over Tsunami....unfortunately today it was closed for renovations which is why I went to Tsunami.
Went here for lunch a few days back, initial service was excellent however once we were finally seated it took our server almost 20 minutes to take our order. Overall the food was pretty damn good, the prices were ok but its the server I had that ive decided not to go back!
Food was subpar. I've had much better at other places. Prices were alright and the decor was plain.
Service was atrocious. I'm sorry, but I don't think it's good customer service when all the waiters/waitresses are standing around talking to each other. It wasn't even busy and I had to ask TWICE for a tea refill. The first waitress I asked disappeared and went off to some other table. Oh and she NEVER came back. The second time I asked I had to wait 15 mins before he came back. I was confused because I was one of the only 3 tables in the restaurant. I haven't gone back since then.
A friend and I were looking for some quick sushi downtown, so we settled on Tsunami. The decor looked neat and neither of us had dined in a moving sushi-boat setting. Sadly, the sushi did not live up to our hopes. They have no special rolls, only standard California and tempura. The gyoza is a joke. To end our meal we grabbed the fruit plate off one of the boats, and it tasted old and soggy. One plus is the service; friendly and always keeping tea cups full. Otherwise, I advise you to stay away from this place...the fish made me feel a bit ill afterwards and the quality does not merit the prices. Dissapointing, to say the least.
The floating boats at the sushi bar are cute, although when we arrived, relatively near closing, they were empty, other than a few with little piles of wasabi or pickled ginger. The ambiance is lacking when you are watching empty little boats float by. In any event, I'm happy with the standard conveyor belt if the fish is good. the fish was ifne (as is the case everywhere in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island), but the rice was clearly not sushi rice. Also, the wasabi tasted more like some kind of western spice. My Japanese wife and I were amazed, because we have lived in Asia and have eaten sushi in several countries. Even in small midwestern U.S. cities that are not cosmopolitan, we have never been served sushi that appears to have been made with standard rice, rather than sushi rice. There was absolutely no flavor of sushi rice, which must be made with sushi vinegar. As an aside, this was also the most expensive sushi that we have found at a conveyor belt-type sushi restaurant. We ate only a small sampling of sushi and left, hungry and disappointed. By the way, this review requires a rating for all items, even though on option (which is disallowed) is "unknown." I really don't have any comments on the service itself, but I am forced to pick something in order to get the review accepted.
I went there for the first time tonight, i was glad to see that it was one of the few conveyor belt sushi places in vancouver, probably one of the only ones ive seen in a while. It was nice clean place, Sushi was good not the best ive had. But if you want to get enough sushi to fill you up dont go here. The Conveyor belt is priced by color of the plate the Red Plate= $5.25 Black Plate= $4.25 and The White plates with the various designs range from $2.25-3.25. Its pricey for the amount of sushi you get there compared to other places. The service was good until we had to pay it took them 10 minutes to get $3.00 change.
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