Tsunami Sushi

rossiste
rossiste
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4 out of 5
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3
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Good Sushi, Reasonable Prices

  • July 16, 2008
  • Rated 3 of 5 by artslover from Calgary, Alberta
Good Sushi, Reasonable Prices

As one of the few sushi restaurants in Vancouver to feature a miniature "water canal" with boats floating by and carrying sushi to pick and choose from, the Tsunami restaurant is good for a quick meal -- if you can get in. The location in downtown makes it a busy place and as it is very popular, we arrived early for lunch and still had to wait a bit to get spots next to the canal.

There was a good range of choices and you can make specific requests to the sushi chefs working in the middle of all the floating boats. The fish tasted fresh and there were non-raw fish choices as well. Because you don't need to order and wait, eating begins as soon as you find something you want.

When you are finished the waitress counts the different shaped and coloured plates to figure out your total. We were very satisfied and finished our lunch in little over half an hour. Sushi is not cheap but the prices here were reasonable.

From journal Visiting Vancouver

Tsunami Sushi

  • August 13, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by riophoenix from London, United Kingdom
Tsunami Sushi

Up on the first floor, it didn't seem like somewhere that would be quite as busy as it turned out to be. There was no space to sit at the sushi bar (it was Canada Day, which sort of made sense), but there was plenty of room outside and the weather was good enough. Our server was friendly, the atmosphere enjoyable, and the food quite extraordinary. Click on the photo to get a sense of just how wonderful it was. Not only was there the handmade sushi, but we also had excellent chicken teriyaki and vegetable tempura.

I'm sure it could have been a much quicker and more casual experience from the leisurely feast we had, and its business suggests that reservations would normally be highly recommended. All in all, it was a surprising and happy find, and one we shall return to again next time.

From journal A Quick June/July Week in Vancouver

Tsunami Sushi

  • December 20, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by rossiste from Seattle, Washington, Afghanistan
This is one of my favorite sushi places! They aren’t trying to be fancy or creative - it’s just sushi the way you expect them to be made.

You have two options here, either sit at the bar and select plates from the floating boats going around the island or to be seated and served by a waitress. In all the experiences I have had there, I prefer to be waited on and order from a menu. If I felt the sushi was better prepared and it was a little easier to get what I wanted instead of hunting for it on the sushi boats, I might try the other option.

The plates are all color- or pattern-coded to equal the price of the dish served on the plate.

I don’t think I have even had anything there I didn’t like. I have really enjoyed all of the rolls, which, by the way, are of a practical size, and you can actually fit them in your mouth, unlike some of these places that try to make the sushi so fancy and overloaded with ingredients that you just make a huge mess! The mixed tempura basket is yummy too.

Sometimes you have to wait a little while for a table. The service is just okay, nothing too amazing, but the food and prices make up for it.

The restaurant is located right on Robson Street on the second level above the Aldo and other shops. In the summer, there is an outdoor patio overlooking Robson Street.

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