Sakura Sushi & Arisu BBQ, a newly opened Korean-Japanese restaurant in Burnaby's Edmonds, was formerly known as Arisu Korean BBQ. Located in the mall boasts a large free indoor parking lot and a public bus stop nearby, making it very convenient. Incidentally. The new restaurant has retained all the decor and furniture, with a modern and avant-garde interior. The seating is in a Korean-style high-backed cubicle, making it feel somewhat cramped. The blue light troughs installed in the high-backed cubicles, combined with the neon lights on the walls, create a psychedelic atmosphere. Each table has a bell to call the server, which is very convenient and thoughtful. The restaurant's grand opening promotion runs from April 22nd to May 31st, 2026, offering a 15% discount all day. I highly recommend the Sakura All-Day Set Menu, priced from $17.95 to $24.95, which includes six choices: pork cutlet, beef/chicken rice bowl, teriyaki chicken, gyoza, nigiri sushi, and takoyaki. It's quite affordable and definitely worth a try! read more

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the service was amazing, the waiters are so sweet and considerate! the ambiance was really chill, i liked the lighting and the dark coloured interior - it was like being in a karaoke room. food was ASS! the ayce is not worth it because it's literally ALL pork with the largest fat cap in the entire world. (ALSO IT'S $36???) ngl tho that soy garlic chicken was mad good, we genuinely ordered it like 18 times. god, no sauce either. oh, but the side dishes were delish too. 1 star for service and 1 star for the chicken. read more

We were a table of three and we each other the lunch special to share. The lunch special was for $18.95 and it came with a soup and a side dish. The side dish is small. the soup is huge. There are three side dishes to choose from. Do not try the pork belly. The pork belly was super dry and not recommended. Both the chicken bulgogi and beef bulgogi are super tasty. We came here during lunch time and it was pretty empty. They have all you can eat pork special on weekdays for $29.95. That is not a bad deal if you like pork. Free parking at the plaza. I really like how they have the Ipad and bell at each table. It is easier to get a hold of a staff if needed. read more

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All you can eat. Very pricey. And they don't have beef Kalbi. They said Kalbi is not beef but instead pork. .

Good ambience, food at decent price, service attendant with a push of a button at the table. Has 4 private rooms that holds upto 12 people. read more

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We came in on a week night. The place was fairly quiet and there was no wait. It happened to be their first night offering AYCE so we decided to give it a try. The menu included meat to grill but also cooked items like kimchi pancakes, japche etc. We wanted to grill so we mainly focused on getting the meat to grill. We ordered basically everything grillable on the menu. Unfortunately most of the cut were dry and tough. Even the ones marinaded with sauce aren't that tender, which was hugely disappointing. Our favorite was actually the beef soup, which was the only cooked dish we ordered. The beef in the soup is tender, the soup very flavorful. Maybe we were doing this wrong? Maybe their cooked dish is the way to go? If we were to come back...I'd try a bit more of their cooked dish unless they start offering better cuts. read more

We came on the first day of their new AYCE menu. There were many pros and cons. Obviously, I understand that there would be bumps in the road when starting something new, so I've put that into consideration. Pros: Service: The service was excellent and the staff were attentive and quick. Speed: Food came out quick and the cooked items came out piping hot Easy to order: Every table gets an iPad that you order directly from so you don't have to waste time waving down a server to take your orders. The iPad order goes straight to the kitchen and they bring out your food. Quick and easy. Our favorite thing on the menu today: Beef Soup The restaurant is also big, clean, and very well lit. Cons: Variety: Minimal variety of meats and cuts. I expected for the price and the fact it's AYCE, there would be more options for marinaded pork and beef. It was lacking in banchan (side dishes). They only had bean sprouts and kimchi. I was hoping they had more (like they do at Kook). I love the Korean potatoes, seaweed, daikon, egg, etc. but they didn't have any of those on the menu. I love that they had fudge pops you could order for dessert, but also wish they had 2 or 3 more options and maybe give the customers a limit of 1 dessert per customer. Poor cuts of meat: The meat weren't tender at all. Even though there was quite a bit of fat, after cooking it, it became dry and a bit tasteless. The marinated meats were better but we felt the best cut we got were the pork belly. All the beef we had were dry. I feel like the cuts of meat were of poor quality. Very different from other Korean AYCE BBQ spaces. Even if they had some premium cuts that you can only have 1 or 2 orders per person, will show the customers that they understand what choice quality looks like. I want to like the place because it's a nice restaurant, great location for us, and service was fantastic, but would I rather save up and pay more for more variety and quality meat? Probably. If they upgrade their meat quality, and add more variety to a AYCE menu, I would love to come back another time. read more

Sakura - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

One of my favourite places for K-BBQ! I've been many times to their Coquitlam location, but we decided to check out the Burnaby location as we were in the area. Compared to the business of Coquitlam, this location was much quieter with just a couple of tables occupied. They still have the TV screen at each table that plays K-pop MVs, and play K-pop in the background. Menu seemed to be the same and I didn't notice a different. We ordered combo A ($89.95) and a pajeon ($19.95) for 3 people. All the meat was super tender and well flavoured, but our favourite one was the marinated short rib. Sometimes it comes out super touch and chewy, but we didn't have this problem at all. Pajeon was loaded with ingredients. Stayed crispy on the outside and didn't fall apart too much. I always love their dipping sauce here too. Just a note: we left around 10-11pm and honestly couldn't figure out how to get back into the underground parking lot (after the grocery store closed). All the gated doors were locked (even the small door for pedestrians) and we had to wait for a car to leave the lot for us to go back in. read more

Sakura - Seafood Pajeon $19.95 - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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Drive passed this place a lot and looked good. Finally came to try it. I think my expectations was too high as the dishes were bland. We had the stir fried squid on rice and short rib dish. For some reason, the squid didn't have any flavor even though it looks like there would be a lot of flavor. It was more spicy than flavor so I guess it was more of the red soybean paste that gave the color. I've had stir fried squid at another place and it was full of flavor so I was disappointed with this one. The short rib soup was more flavorful and the meat was good. The flavor was subtle but there. I use most of the rice for the soup so that the rice can absorb the flavor. If you plan to bbq, I recommend having 4 people as you need to order 2 bbq items on the first order and it may be a bit too much for 2 people. read more

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The food is very good but we couldn't finish it since we ordered too much. The service was slow but we did get our food eventually and the staffs here are very polite and helpful. I like the led uv lights, the huge space, comfortable washrooms, tiny tv's on the walls, and especially the seat cushions. read more

One of the worst AYCE experiences in my life. Selection was limited for $55 per person tax tip included. Quality of meat was horrific! I love meat on bone. The only meat on bone offered was pork rib. They are cheaters and liars. Just pork shoulder no bone. I questioned them and they said that's how it comes. Fried chicken was ok. Ramen noodles tasted like instant noodles. Japche was just noodles. Everything was waaaaaaaaay below par. The best thing for me was the fudge popsicle. I didn't like the food and had 4 popsicles. I was so extremely disappointed. I asked for fresh garlic and they couldn't even give me that. No seafood, no beef (only bolguli), in my opinion, no nothing! Jin Tan Grill house in Richmond is only $39.99 and had Korean beef ribs, bbq eel, abalone, shrimp everything you can imagine. This place is a million times better x million. This place should be ashamed of themselves for offering such crap meats and selection. Horrific experience! Never again! This place should be shut down! read more

Great restaurant with lots of free underground parking. Service was amazing with this little ringer that you press for service. The food overall was great for Korean BBQ with unlimited sides. Just everything was so good with a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy with your friends for food and drinks read more

It was another one of those days where we had to answer "where should we eat?" The parking lot to this place was a plus. It's upstairs in the plaza and quite a decent sized restaurant. We decided on the Kalbi soup and the Chapchae for the two of us. The meal came with a cabbage salad with the chap chae and banchans (potato salad, Kim chi and bean sprouts). The Kim chi was crunchy and not overly fermented where it's too wilted. The kalbi Kim chi soup came out bubbling which was so exciting to see. We ordered extra meat and it wasn't too spicy or sour. Perfect for the chilly weather. The chap chae was HUGE. It probably could've fed 5-6 people. It wasn't overly greasy and perfect seasoning. read more

Sakura - Kalbi Kim chi soup - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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Solid spot for kbbq! Located inside the plaza, there's plenty of parking. We were seated promptly for two and got some beef bbq to share as well as a kimchi jjigae. Came with rice, salad and 4 side dishes (kimchi, bean sprout, potato and radish). The beef short rib and marinated beef was delicious! read more

Sakura - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Ok-ish Korean food for the price. With so many good Korean restaurants in the area (Chicko and Na-Re are better and cheaper, and if those aren't to your taste, there are six other places within a ten minute walk) there isn't much reason to eat here unless you have your heart set on Korean BBQ, and then you're looking at spending $50+ for a table of two and this place is way too inconsistent for that price range. The meat coming out can be a mix of frozen and thawed, the grills and tables aren't kept clean and the grills aren't oiled, the grills apply heat weirdly and don't grill very well, etc. On the plus side, this place is open until midnight and there aren't too many places around here that are open late, and they're not very popular and don't really seem like they're going to get popular, so they can handle large parties on short notice. read more

Sakura - Grand opening banner! - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

It was decent for AYCE korean bbq. Most ayce kbbq offer more pork than any other meat but this place had a good mix. I really liked their pickled radish although their kimchi was just mediocre. Their soup was good and their tendons were good too . I wpuld go back if I was around the neighborhood read more

Myself and 2 friends came here to try the authentic Korean bbq,it was winter when we visited,very cold,the parking is underground and you need to walk to main level grrrrrr unbearable weather plus that night the wind is very unfriendly but worth the trip when we were already inside. Large Korean gig theres actually private room available well to me it looks like a private area. Service is very good excellent actually. Kinda dark inside,interior design is chic and Korean inspired. Now lets go eat; ---Japchae-stir-fried potato noodles with assorted vegetables and beef.. well, not the best japchae in town but it was good. ---Seafood hot cake assorted seafood and scallion hot cake- we always order this dish we all believed that this one is really Korean,very delish,so good specially warm and dipped into the sauce I gezz spicy sauce is better than soysauce. ----the main and star dish of the night,we had the premium beef combo consisting of boneless galbi short rib,rib eye and ju mu luk,all marinated which is really an advantage because the meat has different taste right away. All fresh and very tender,tripple A as other always say,well it should be good for the price of over $129 plus tax for just the combo. It comes with veggies on a scewer,rice and Korean soup with meat and tofu(I love it) We actually ordered morethan we can eat so we can split the left over and bring it for lunch at work the following day. Market value---pricey Ambience--- good character,upscale atmosphere Noise--- its morethan average when we came someone is celebrating something in the other table looks like that they are already boosted.. happy and loud. Cleanliness--- excellent, the toilets actually is like a hotel,modern,very neat and smells immaculately awesome. In total we had fun,we over ate our dinner that we need to smoke 2 stick of marlboro red each to somewhat relieve the effect..hahahaha Very pleasnat exoerience even it was a bit pricey and the location is kinda far from where we reside. I highly recommend this place,if you are willing to pay for both good Korean dishes,excellent service and chic place then this is the place to be. Gezz i will visit again soon. read more

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Boneless galbi $32.95 - Must Order! The galbi there is nicely marbled and strong beef flavour. Pork jowl $18.95 - I think pork belly is a better option. I tried it once then went back to pork belly. Just a better deal for the buck for similar quality imo Premium ribeye $32.95 - Definitely not worthwhile. Galbi is so much tastier than the ribeye. Rather spend $20 for a costo prime rib eye! Premium beef combo $120 - For boujee people who are too lazy to pick what to eat overall combo is a good deal but even with a la carte of the same items is similar pricing. Gamja Tang L $44.95 - It was alright. Nth wow nth meh. Seafood pancake $18.95 - My must order! They always screw up tho I Always have to ask them to recook it the right. always have to extra emphasize to cook it extra long till it is crisp and golden. Then they'll do it right. Arisu is one of my go-to for Korean bbq! Their meat is so good! read more

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I had the pork and squid stir fry and greatly enjoyed it! It was the right degree of spice for my preferences. The slaw salad was also excellent. I needed a quick turnaround for my meal (30 minutes) and since it was 3 in the afternoon they were happy and able to get me my late lunch quickly! I will definitely come here again. Great to have a quick and convenient Korean BBQ place right next to my building! read more

Sakura - Pork and Squid signature dish with a side of rice. - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Pretty good portions for a good price if you're ordering a la carte - I personally didn't order any bbq items but saw that tables around me with bbq meat but it didn't seem that worth it for the portion and price. Tofu soup was very good however, and banchan were nice too. Chicken and cheese was really good too. read more

Sakura - Cheese Chicken and Banchan - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Newly opened Korean restaurant in the neighborhood, the place to get some nice meat, but need someone with good BBQ skill to get the food cooked which was a bit challenge for us. The design of the restaurant is very contemporary, with a small screen at every seating area where you can watch Korean MTV. We tried the beef combo, also the stone bawl rice, all very authentic. But the combo portion is not that big, there was total 2 adults and 2 seven years old girls in our team, wasn't enough meat for us, had to order more on the side. read more

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I've been here for dine-in and thought they were ok but on the pricier side. However this review is for takeout I had recently. I was craving bossam and ordered it via DoorDash but it got cancelled. I then opted for their gamja tang hot pot and ordered via phone. The medium hotpot on their online menu is $34.95 but when I had to pay it was 44.95. I know everything is more expensive due to inflation but a $10 increase is insane. It would also be nice if they updated their website or confirmed the cost over the phone. When I got home, I had only half the plastic container filled with soup and the pork bones sticking out. I couldn't believe that I paid $45 for a bowl of bones with barely any soup. read more

Reservation was for 5 and we ordered the set meal for 6. Had lots of leftovers. Plentiful of side dishes and yummy. Would highly recommend and also need to make reservations way ahead ... at least a couple of weeks and if lucky, may get a table. I tried to make a reservation three weeks prior and there were no tables available. So I put myself on the waiting list on Open Table and a week later, got notification that a table became available ... read more

Staff is friendly. Service is slow. Some Order went missing. Re ordered and wait some more. Patience is needed.

My stew barely had any flavour and there were barely any noodles. My friend's tteok-bokki was too soft and her noodles were clumped in a hard square read more

Sakura - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Food was ok. The restaurant wasn't even busy (only 3-4 tables) but the service was very slow. We ordered combo B and kimchi fried rice. After grilling some meat, we asked the waiter to change the grill as it was burnt. The waiter spilled the oil that was leftover on the grill on to us and he didn't even notice the oil was spilled. It was so close that we were gonna call 911 as one of us's finger was burnt due to the spill. We immediately asked for ice but the whole experience was very disappointed. read more

Sakura - Combo b - Korean Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Been here a few times. It is steep but food is good quality. Service is prompt. There was limited selection two of the four times I have been here. Decor is nice. Upscale Korean restaurant with price to match for the bbq however despite this I would still go again. Lots of beer and soju to drink. read more

Called in early to reserve for 6 people and the staff said that we could just walk in at the time we wanted. When arrived, staff said that there were no tables available and that they only reserve for 8 people. Wait time was 20 minutes even though they said 40 minutes and there were 3 available tables. Once we got seated, we placed out order. For a KBBQ that isn't busy, we expected our sides to come out first. For the longest time, nothing was on our table nor was there a single server coming by to our side. The call button was practically useless as it took us several spams to get them over to serve us. The service is super slow at this location. Food was great, not the best quality but decent. However for the price, they could have done better. Would not come here again and would try the location in Coquitlam instead. read more

If you love kpop, than this is the restaurant for you! Each table has their own tv that plays kpop videos and the food here was amazing. Was so delicious. The service was nice and staff were friendly. Ambiance of the place was immaculate. read more