First off we just came here on a whim. It was divine. We were seated quickly. We were lucky as It seemed most of the tables were reserved. We sat down and ordered pretty quick and did not wait long, but long enough to enjoy my company. My loving husband. We enjoyed a "sushi pizza" to start and It was fried yumminess. Just crispy and fresh. Then we had a few specialty rolls and a tuna/green onion roll. Everything was so perfect. Fresh, well made, beautifully presented. The service was friendly and helpful. The parking was on the street. And the ambiance was romantic and stylish. I will definitely be back to try more. read more

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4.5 stars out of 5: - I had take out = $28.59 (10% tip & taxes) - I wish my order came with more food . - convenient neighbourhood location on Preston St. (Little Italy ) - the front staff was very friendly - fast service (this was a walk-in order); food was ready before their estimated time of 20 mins - nicely decorated & clean place - too bad dine-in option is currently not available due to COVID-19 restrictions - accommodated my allergy-related request - fresh, tasty, yummy food - my sashimi was especially mighty tasty - there was a generous amount of wasabi & yellow picked ginger; again, I wish there was more food too - will still come back read more

Kiko Sushi Bar - a variety of sushi - Japanese Near Me - Ottawa, Ontario

Super good value for slightly above average quality sashimi. I got their $25 sashimi dinner (included 18 pieces of the chef's choice of fish, and a side of either salad or miso soup). My friend got their $17 sashimi salad which also was HUGE and had a different variety of sashimi too! read more

Kiko Sushi Bar - Sashimi dinner ($25) - 4.5/5, great value. Quality is pretty good, but I could taste some of the fish weren't extremely fresh - Japanese Near Me - Ottawa, Ontario

Sushi and atmosphere were decent. Salmon could be a little fresher for the price, but it was still good. Staff was super friendly.

My friend and I always go back to Kiko, mainly because they do have a lot of vegetarian options for me. Also it's right in the middle of Little Italy which is where we like to hang out. My favorite gelato shop is across the sheet. I like the interior design of the restaurant. It's very pretty, very clean. The staff is very friendly when you walk in and very accommodating. For anyone who needs to be gluten free like I do (celiac disease), this place is GF-friendly. They can make most of their maki rolls gluten free. The only ones they cannot make gluten free are the ones that have soy sauce as a marinating sauce. But what I like about this place was that our server was really knowledgable about what could or couldn't be gluten free. She also asked for some maki rolls to be changed so I could eat it. And they even had gluten free tamari sauce! I've been to many sushi places in Ottawa and very few have tamari sauce. I had the yasai maki, kappa maki, sweet potato maki, and a few others that I found were simply delicious. My friend loved the dragon and spider rolls. We just kept ordering more. We also shared edamame. In a way I prefer to eat à la carte over all you can eat. With the latter, you can get pulled into the "eat as much as you can" theme and you don't quite enjoy the experience that you are supposed to feel when eating out. Some people I know have pointed out that it isn't authentic sushi but western sushi, but let's be real: this is Ottawa. We barely have quality ramen shops, and sushi can be great but it is nothing like what you will experience in other larger cities in Canada. The food here is yummy, and the eating experience is great. I recommend it. read more

Kiko Sushi Bar - Sweet potato roll with edamame. - Japanese Near Me - Ottawa, Ontario

My first time here. A Beautiful Resturant with a patio on Preston St. Friendly service and fabulous Tuna belly roll with green onion. Its the taste of quality you wish for! I will be back. read more

Kiko Sushi Bar - Fresh Tuna Belly Roll with green onion - Japanese Near Me - Ottawa, Ontario

After a long morning at the office I started to crave some sushi. So I went to my local sushi bar on Preston street. When I entered there was a friendly attendant who greeted me, I told her that I was interested in their lunch menu. I checked the whole menu, their prices were fair. I chose the bento box 1 (lunch special)..I probably waited less than 10min for my order to be completed. I took the chance to check out the restaurant. It is extremely clean and elegantly decorated, the staff is very attentive of their customers. Great place to be! When I got to the office, I was blown away by the aesthetic of the presentation and the scrumptious taste of each item in my bento box. I will go back..they definitely know the art of sushi. read more

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Top notch service. Very nice, friendly, professional customer service-oriented wait staff. Mainly because this is one of the few restaurants in Ottawa where they actually have enough staff to service the restaurant properly! Service was fast. Anytime you asked for something, you got it very quickly, whether it was a dish, some ice, cutlery or the bill. Excellent Edamame and Spring Rolls to start. Edamame nice sweet flavour with just the right amount of salt on the bean pods. Spring rolls were small but tasty and crunchy. Had the Tempura and Beef Teriyaki main course. The Tempura included 2 shrimp tempura and 3-4 vegetable tempura. Beef Teriyaki was very tasty without being overly salty. I was disappointed it came as ultra thin small pieces instead of an actual piece of steak, then went I tasted it, the disappointment went away. Very well done. A few pieces of carrots and broccoli on the side of beef. Main course came with steamed rice and miso soup. Miso soup smelled quite smoky, but did not taste too smoky. The only real negative is even though it was mid-January in Ottawa and -15C outside, the restaurant was STIFLING HOT!! Not sure if it's the kitchen heat entering the dining room or just overheating dining area, but it was uncomfortably hot. Must have been at least 25C in the restaurant. Other than the heat, this restaurant is a keeper! read more

I've been craving Asian food but there aren't a lot of Asian people or cuisine in Ottawa. When I saw this place, I got very excited and walked in without thinking about anything! Well, the place had very pretty and colorful Asian-style decors. Also, the seats are very comfortable! Those cushions!! I could sit there all day! I went around 1/1:30pm, so it was right after lunch time rush. Because there weren't many customers, the waitress was extra attentive and friendly. I was very thirsty and downed the glass of water very quickly, and she would come frequently to refill my glass! Based on the environment and service, I would give this place at least a 4 star. However, the food I got was bad. Maybe I should've gotten sushi or asked for the waitress's recommendations on the customers' favorites. I got the duck spring rolls and Korean-style wings. The spring roll had too much meat and not enough veggies! Since it was a spring roll I was expecting it to be more veggie based. The lack of veggies made it rather heavy! The Korean wings were very fat and hairy. I think the sauce is pretty good and spicy, but I can't do fatty wings. read more

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Nice food, unhappy waitress. Interesting Will go there again for the sushi and salad! read more

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I've been trying to find a good quality sushi restaurant since our perennial favorite sushi restaurant, Wasabi, closed their doors. For my first visit to Kiko, i am very happy. Ordered their deliciously prepared raw oysters. Yum! A spicy scallop roll did not disappoint. And finding they had Gomae (Blanched spinach with sesame) on their menu was a most pleasant surprise! The edamame was slightly over cooked, and a little plain, but still good. Overall, I'll definitely be coming back and I look forward to dining on their nice patio! read more

Pretty expensive for mediocre to decent quality fish. The sashimi is not very fresh or high quality. For example, the salmon sashimi was not very fatty and the tuna was frozen. I may be coming off as cynical and picky, but I expected higher quality for the price tag. The Kraken, a flagship item, was also a let down. For 22$, I expected actual sashimi to be in the roll, not just imitation crab stick. While Kiko Sushi bar has the atmosphere and service of a higher priced sushi place, the food definitely is not up to par. read more

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Ordered the Kyoto Dinner for takeout. 30$ for 25 assorted sushi items. Decent and enough for 2, if not a tad expensive. Fish is extremely fresh and there are lots of options to choose from. Everything looked delicious, and their salmon is especially good. If you take your time to look through the menu you can definitely have a moderate-priced meal, or go all out and spend $$$. A downside would be that it's hard to figure out how much you get for your money. A lot of the combos just describe the type of sushi and not the amount of rolls or pieces. If you're there in person I'd definitely ask lots of questions. We tried one of the salads, the sweet vinegar one, and it's not really my thing, but it was still a decent portion and freshly made. All in all: seems like a fairly reliable place to go for sushi, at a price that's more reasonable than what you tend to find downtown. Can I just say, also, their hybrid Rapture rolls look and sound amazing! read more

Sushi and wine snobs, take note! Kiko has fresh fish and $15 per bottle corkage. The restaurant itself is spacious and modern. We were there on a Wednesday night and had the place to ourselves. The super fresh sushimi was the star of our meal. The two rolls (Cherry Blossom and Kiko Special) where good but nothing to write home about. If you care about wine, skip the uninspired wine list and bring your own. Kiko is on my short list of restaurants to return to for a high quality casual meal. The tab for three was $100 plus tip and including corkage for two bottles. read more

Kiko Sushi is a sit-down sushi restaurant located in the heart of Ottawa's Little Italy. I had heard good things about the place and decided to try it out. They have patio seating for those beautiful summer night. The restaurant itself had great design. The decor was was hip, minimalist and chill, with shaded lighting and beautiful bamboo decorations. The restaurant offers enough vegetarian and vegan options that one could eat there comfortably. The lunch menu is very reasonable, with meals as low as 11$. I visited Kiko for dinner. I ordered my good ole Chirachi and my guest had a salmon teriyaki bento box. The meals included soup or salad. The meals were more expensive then similar dishes ordered at Festival Japan or Sushi 88, but the quality and meal presentation were excellent. The fishes were all excellent! They didn't serve any oilfish, which is nice. The service staff were quick, courteous and efficient. The drink menu was extensive and offered all sort of cocktails, sakes and drinks. They also offer deserts including great tea ice cream, tempura ice cream, fruit and crepes. Next time I go back I want to try their tempura ice cream. Overall I look forward to returning to Kiko. If you can afford spending 25-30$ a head before drinks and taxes, then come here and come here often! read more

Absolutely excellent! My go-to sushi place in Sushi Kan (all-you-can-eat) so this was a new experience for me, but what a huge difference in quality. I'm going to be starry-eyed about it for days. Service was excellent, decor and ambiance too. read more

Visited Kiko for dinner a couple of weeks ago on a Friday evening. Nice looking place overall. Tried a number dishes including the beef tataki, the kraken (full squid), the chirashi don and the mango tango rolls. Overall, this was some of the best Japanese food I've had in Ottawa to date. That being said, the food is certainly a bit more expensive than other comparable places. The only real downside was the the service - although friendly, it took over an hour to receive our order - glad to say at least it was worth the wait! read more

Kiko Sushi Bar - Chirashi don and the Kraken - Japanese Near Me - Ottawa, Ontario

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Modern decor, lovely menu, diverse selection of Sushi. Delicious Spicy Agadashi Tofu, Green River and Spicy Salmon rolls. With certainly return. read more

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New place on Preston. Nice interior. Attentive staff. Very spacious, (mostly empty) but also good for those who don't like lots of tables crammed together. Ordered one of those funky hybrid rolls (Kamikaze, I think) the kind that has the usual roll stuff on the inside plus some crunchy tempura flakes and something else rolled around the outside -- tuna maybe? Very good. So good we ordered a second similar roll with smoked eel. Nice, each of these was about 8 bucks. Also ordered another small tuna roll (about 4 bucks). Not remarkable but the fish was fresh. I was there with a 2/1 facebook coupon. I think most of the other diners had one too (by most, I mean the other 8 people in the restaurant.) Not sure the place is going to last long unless it can hold on until the summer patio season, in which case it has a prime location and lay-out. One bonus is that they offer free parking in the new garage under the building after 5:30. A great benefit given how crappy Preston Street parking is in the evenings. Try it, but you'd better hurry. read more

We made a reso and decided to try this out for dinner as we were both super craving sushi. When we got here we were greeted warmly it was extremely clean and well laid out. The food was pretty good, the sashimi and sushi was extremely fresh and very tasty. read more

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Went here for lunch on a weekday. Pretty extensive menu, I was impressed by that. The place is decorated quite nice. Our servers were polite and friendly, but they were a bit inattentive and didn't come around to refill our tea - one star off for that. Depending on what you order lunch could either be moderately priced or quite expensive. I had an order of goma-ae and an avocado roll and it was $10. Given the area and what I usually pay for lunch at a nice sit-down restaurant, that seems about average. They do have a variety of veggie rolls, which is nice. Choices actually go beyond your run-of-the-mill avocado roll and kappa maki. They also have a variety of noodle dishes. read more

To start the sashimi and the Phillian Special roll were fantastic, fresh and very tasty. But I am pretty disappointed with the service. The restaurant was almost empty, but it took a very long time to get my order. There were two take outs and one table with seven or eight people but other than that I was alone. I had to ask twice for water even though the waitress came by and asked how my food was (which, again, was fantastic) and looked at my empty water glass and walked away. The food was a 4.5 to 5, but I can't go above a 3 with the staff and long wait. read more

highly recommended, we're from Taiwan and here is the best experience we've had in Canada! read more

Kiko Sushi Bar - The oysters and sea urchins are the best! - Japanese Near Me - Ottawa, Ontario

My wife and I came in to place an order for take out, the service and food were both fantastic. We will definitely be returning and look forward for the restaurant becoming our go to for sushi. Thanks again! read more

The online pictures make this place look a lot fancier than it really is. In real life, it is a "fast food" style with modernesque decor. Service was extremely slow. This complaint seems to be common with other reviewers, so I know this is a legitimate issue. Between arriving and the first dish arriving, it was an hour. There were only nine other customers in the restaurant so I don't know what they were doing. One of the problems is that take out sushi orders seem to take precedence to customers in the restaurant. I saw some orders going out the door while I was waiting for my order. The other problem is that their chefs do not seem to work as fast as chefs I've seen at other places. Finally, watch out for the auto tip option on the credit card machine. Otherwise, you will be charged 17% tip calulated after the tax is included, whereas standard tip is 15% before the tax is included. I certainly didn't think this was warranted after the slow service. You have to force cancel the credit card machine to allow you to enter the tip. Best advice: pay by cash. read more

I am a Japanese and the food reminded me of Japan. It is literally the best Japanese restaurant in Ottawa. It is actually better than some of sushi restaurants in Japan. read more

The restaurant was almost empty, but we waited almost half an hour until the food was ready. And comparing to most sushi restaurant I visited before, this is overpriced. On the positive side, the food is fine, the place is clean and well decorated. read more

Great, fresh sushi. They have high quality rolls in a nice atmosphere. I am regular and have never had a bad roll. One of the best sushi spots in Ottawa. read more

We hosted our staff party of 20 people last year for Christmas and we must say we were really impressed with the setup they had for us - VIP style. Food and service was really great. Bring-Your-Own-Wine for a small cork fee was definitely a bonus. We will definitely be back! read more

It is so hard finding a good sushi place in Ottawa. SO HARD. Most online sushi reviews are usually written by people who don't even know what good sushi is. I know that sounds arrogant, but there are so many people who a judge sushi place after only eating some vegetarian rolls and eating the cooked food. Many people also judge a place badly because they feel like they didn't get enough food for the money. Fresh fish this inland is expensive. Hiring a good sushi chef is expensive. 1. Good sushi should not be cheap. Period. It should not be all you can eat either. 2. It's all about the fish people! Every time I have been here so far, the fish has been fresh. Not only that, but there are the little things this place does like giving you shiso leaves with your fish instead of garnishing with parsley. Is this place 5/5 for by Vancouver or New York standards? No. But for Ottawa, this and C'est Japon a Suisha are as close as it gets. Thank you Kiko! Please keep your quality and authenticity and PLEASE don't become another all you can eat trough. read more

My daughter and I, both sushi affecionadas loved what we had at Kiko's. We went just before 9pm on a Friday and the place was half-full; the setting is trendy, maybe not cosy enough,but I admit there are two sections, one of which we did not look at. We both had had bad all-you-can-eat sushi lately and did not want a repeat. My saba sushi (the mackerel was well cut, looked very elegant, the rice was subtly seasoned (the way I prefer it) with just the right amount of stickiness.The piece was the perfect size for a mouthful. The agedashi tofu came with a dust of batter, piping hot in the very tasty broth; I took the non-spicy one. The tofu was maybe not as fresh as it could have been. The inari sushi was very good and with black sesame added to the rice, the tofu pouch was maybe a little too sweet for my taste but overall everything was very well done, presented and quickly eaten. My daughter had a perfect California roll without the fish eggs.She thought it was one of the better ones. We both have been spoiled over the years by my son who is a really good sushi chef out west. Although we did not have much variety, the quality made it that much more enjoyable. No hesitation to go back, soon! Note: it's not easy finfdng a parking space around the neighbourhood at that time on the w/e. read more

OMG - don't bother to order take out from this place. It's much faster to actually sit down to eat. They clearly forgot to submit our go to order, then tried to blame the delay on having only one chef. There were a total of 5 tables of people in the whole place. After waiting over 30 minutes for 3 meals, we returned to our office only to find one order was completely incorrect. The service at this place is a joke. Don't waste your time. read more

Superb sushi! Great atmosphere, attentive service. The Sakura Spider roll and the Rapture roll are "must try" items

This place is amazing! We had a super delicious sushi! It's was beyond expectations! We loved it definitely we are visiting again

We ordered delivery at 6:45pm, and food was supposed to arrive at 7:30pm. At 7:40, we called the restaurant, and the nice sounding person on the phone sounded annoyed at their own delivery person when they said that the food was ready on time but the driver "just left with it a few minutes ago." It is now 8:19pm, and we are still waiting... read more

Disappointing. My family and I have been long time supporters of Kiko. Unfortunately, tonight's experience has made us rethink this restaurant as our "go-to" Japanese restaurant. The food was ok but: One person's meal was not brought with the other 5 people's meals. No explanation. No apology. And, when asked (after a lengthy wait) where the food was, the reply was a curt "Its coming." We could no longer substitute the miso soup for a bowl of rice. Waitress argued about a menu item until the diner produced the menu and showed her. Parking is no longer validated. Tempura dipping sauce was forgotten. None of these items are significant unto themselves but together they spoiled what is normally a lovely experience. Next time we are going to C'est Japon a Suisha on Slater Street. read more

I go here at least once a month. It is the freshest best tasting sushi in Ottawa. My favourite is the preston roll and the Kraken, (sushi inside a squid) Be prepared to wait a bit, the service is a bit slow, but the quality of the sushi makes up for it. I highly recommend Kiko if you want the best sushi in Ottawa. read more

This was the most uncomfortable and unpleasant experience we've ever had in a sushi place. Some foods were simply inedible at all! I ordered a bowl of miso soup and could not eat it because it tasted like a mix of medicine, dishwashing liquid, and dirty sponge water. How do you mess up something as basic as miso soup? Tuna tataki were also not tasty at all! Again, how do you take something so delicious and make a complete nonsense out of it is a mystery to me.. Finally, rolls: tasted ok, but expensive and very small! I am not sure I have seen smaller rolls anywhere in Canada or in the world. I would, certainly, choose supermarket rolls over what Kiko is offering any day! I'm genuinely finding it hard to say anything good about this place, but I'll try. It has nice space and the waitresses are cute, but once you realize that they do not know the basics of etiquette (e.g., the sequence of bringing drinks, appetisers, seating guests, etc.), the charm goes away. If you are craving sushi, I do not recommend this place. Ottawa has much more to offer and for a better price! read more

Have been to Kiko 20+ times now. Have yet to have a bad experience. Always the freshest sashimi and yummy maki. Save room for the mango crepe for dessert read more

We went to kiko during Christmas week of 2014. The food was excellent but it took an hour and ten minutes after ordering to get the food. Our drinks were also forgotten. Not what I expect given the price you pay here. read more