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    Kawakubo

    4.4 (19 reviews)
    ModerateSushi Bars, Japanese

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    The sunrise roll
    Joanna L.

    This restaurant had great food. The ingredients were fresh and put together well. Sushi here is definitely a must. The service was in some ways mediocre. There weren't enough menus as the restaurant had a total of 7 and ran out. The servers were nice. However, the food took way too long. This place is better as a pre-order and pick up/take out place. Especially if you are busy or in a rush. They need to be more timely with orders, maybe need to be ready in 15 mins tops. Not over 30 mins for sushi!

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    1 year ago

    My favorite sushi place in Vernon. Friendly staff, great menu lots to choose from. The food is excellent. Nice and cozy.

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    10 years ago

    Average sushi at best. Very small amounts of fish in the rolls. Server uninterested for the most part. Live and learn.

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    10 years ago

    We are super fans of this sushi place. has always been great flavour and very kid friendly/ patient.

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    10 years ago

    The best sushi menu that has ever been in Vernon. Thanks you guys, keep it up! Dinner was fantastic tonight.

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    It was a last minute top in Vernon on our way to Kelowna.

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    Sakura Sushi & Japanese Grocery

    Sakura Sushi & Japanese Grocery

    4.0(10 reviews)
    1.4 km
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    The bento box lunch special truly was special... you can choose regular or larger size, I found…read morethe chicken teriyaki, and assortedvegetables, including some edamame and a little green salad, delicious. Also ordered sn eel, mushroom and a tuna nigiri .. top notch flavour, freshness. Order ahead for either take out or eat in...

    I've read many reviews on this restaurant and most are very positive and I'm guessing I hit them on…read morean off night, I mean it was two hours before closing on New Years eve, I suppose an off meal may be excusable. Never the less it was the worst Japanese bento box I've ever had, it was horrible! The restaurant itself is very cute and I was only there for five minutes picking up my take-out order but the owners/staff were exceptionally friendly and seemed like very nice people...I ordered two chicken teriyaki bento boxes that came to $40 including tip which i believe is pretty much the going rate, though im only familar with prices in Japanese restaurants in Kelowna, im not familiar with Vernon at all. The portions were tiny, one tempera shrimp, 4 or 5 tiny purple squash and a giant onion ring with a few fine strands of carrot. The batter on the tempura was thick, heavy and saturated in oil tasting very greasy as opposed to light and crispy. They give you I'd estimate less than a teaspoon of sauce for your tempura, you know those little plastic cups restaurants put suace in, they were maybe a quarter full in both bento boxes! Its comical! Now i realize the salads they serve in bento boxes are token salads but again, tiny! Maybe a tablespoon of lettuce drenched in a beige salad dressing. 6 pieces of California roll cut so thin they were all falling apart, just poor presentation. At first i thought, oh they give you more sushi than other restaurants but soon realized pieces were cut half the thickness of all other restaurants and again consequently all falling apart. A few small pieces of teriyaki chicken on a small bed of rice was very tasty, but not even close to enough big of a serving to feed any slightly hungry adult man or woman, again, kinda comical. One last thing and i think the intentions are good, but they put a piece of clear wrap cellophane over the take-out container and then close the lid onto that, sealing the food in the container. Unfortunately that steams everything inside including the tablespoon of salad, the California rolls and the tempura, contributing I think to the heavy greasy batter on the tempura. In nut shell, not good, worst 40 bucks I've spent in a restaurant for as long as I can remember. Should have drove through Wendy's :)

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    Menu side 2, early 2017

    Kawakubo - sushi - Updated May 2026

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