The Sushi Bar - West Vancouver

Yesterday, eight of us went to the Sushi Bar. When we arrived at 11:40 am, the restaurant was empty except for a young woman waiting for take-out. We ordered 2 ramen soups for the children, who were hungry. Unfortunately, we had to wait 45 minutes for the soup to arrive. The rest of our group ordered about 20 minutes later, and it took another 40 minutes for our meals to be served. We had to request tea, little platters for the soy sauce, and plates for our food as they were not provided when we were seated. I was very frustrated and will not be returning to this restaurant.

We started with miso soup and then had prawn tempura. Then came the special rolls. Rainbow roll, dragon roll, California roll, crunch roll, dynamite roll. The sushi and sashimi followed. I remember someone ordered pot stickers and a scallop roll. There was beer. Really there was so much wonderful food arriving at our table it became a blur. When they added up the bill it was less than $100 with tax and tip for the 4 of us. What a bargain, and it was all so delicious. No fancy decor or dishes, just lots of wonderful food for a great price.

I 've been going here for many years now. The sushi is always good but the service has gone downhill. When last there the waitress was talking on the phone as we tried to order...the order was wrong and she became angry at us for not ordering right! She seemed resentful for us even being in the restaurant, let alone having to serve us. All in all made for a very uncomfortable dining experience that took away from being able to enjoy the food...sadly this is not the first time the service has been this way...so the search begins for a new sushi joint.

This is by far my favourite sushi place in all of Vancouver. It's our regular spot for a few reasons: They serve wild salmon only, and it's the same price as other place's farmed salmon. The quality is SO good, the sashimi melts in your mouth like butter! Their food display is AMAZING! They do crabs and butterflies with carrots, they have tea lights wrapped in cucumber lanterns, pinweels out of radish, etc. etc. It's beautiful. They're very reasonably priced. We have plenty of food for the two of us for under $30. Great value! Our usual dishes are the dynamite rolls (perfect balance of shrimp tempura, crunchy lettuce, etc. and the imperial roll. The imperial roll is definitely my favourite. By the way. The cover photo of this listing with the chef dressed in black behind the bar is NOT the right restaurant. The Sushi Bar is much less flashy than that. It's more of a standard, mom and pop sushi spot.

Went to The Sushi Bar by myself on a friday evening. The place was busy but not packed. I was greeted as soon as I entered the restaurant and was given a seat right away. They have two menus, one for the special rolls and the other for everything else. I ordered the Thai roll (was good but you could almost only taste the cilantro in it), spicy salmon roll and yam tampura roll. All the rolls tasted good, were fresh and were of good size. The proportion of rice versus fish veggies was good. It took about 15 minutes to get my food, considering that I entered after multiple people and I was far from being the 1st to get my order in, it wasn 't bad at all. Still, the female server apologized for the delay in getting my food which was nice of her. I go to that place on a non regular basis and the service has always been great. I never had to ask for tea as they kept filling my cup. My order came to just under $14.00 which is great considering the amount of food I had. Will definitely go back.