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Manzo Japanese Itamae

3.5 (50 reviews)
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David C.

Over the years, I have had the privilege of dining in numerous Japanese restaurants. Manzo Itamae is one of only three Japanese restaurants that gave me the impression I have eaten truly superb Japanese cuisine prepared by accomplished chefs. The ambiance, while its weakest aspect, is eclipsed by the restaurant's overall excellence in every other respect. From the moment I savoured the Ebi Sunomono, I couldn't help but remark, "This is precisely how Ebi Sunomono should taste." Each dish we sampled was delicious. The service was marked by professionalism and warmth, adding to the overall dining experience. I wholeheartedly recommend Manzo Itamae to connoisseurs of Japanese cuisine and would not hesitate to introduce this establishment to friends who share my passion for the culinary artistry of Japan. Their dining experience is sure to be nothing short of impressive.

Melody Y.

Manzo is one of those spots you can always count on for quality food. Given that the service isn't always the best (as expected from any Chinese-run establishment), they huge variety of options never disappoint. One of my favourite dish to get here is the Nebeyaki udon. It's a very simple dish - udon in broth served with green onions, Naruto fish cake, prawn tempura, and a perfectly poached egg. I can never pin point what it is but the broth is so delicious, something about it always keeps me wanting more. Note that Manzo also has a menu filled with lots of drink options! As a Izakaya, it's often a spot where people go drink at so it can be a little loud at times.

Salmon sashimi
Cathy K.

I love Japanese food and it's no secret! I have been here many times before I find the food is consistent and fresh. Lots of free parking, spacious interior, clean washroom, and attentive service makes this place a must try when in the area. Lots of premium sake to choose from and daily fresh sashimi fish. Price is a tad on the higher side but justifiable. Opens late which is a plus when you craving Japanese food and most are closed by 10. Menu is large and they have lots of yummy cooked food as well.

O-toro, Chu-toro, hamachi toro, kinmadai, ika
Albert S.

Since this Japanese restaurant is nearby the hotel and read some positive and negative comments and keep driving pass this place everyday. Made up my mind to give it a shot. First of all, ordered some a la carte nigiri. I will give 10/10. All the nigiri I've order were very fresh and I ordered the same set of nigiri again. However eating nigiri is not enough and wanted something hot and with soup so I went for the sukiyaki. It was horrible. That was the worst sukiyaki I had. Basically it ruins my night and this is how bad it was. If you read this, I beg you don't order the sukiyaki.

Sushi pizza
Gabriel C.

3.5 Stars but rounded up because it's one of the best in Richmond (but not in Greater Vancouver) Just a warning to all: This is the original Manzo and it is a lot better than the one on Alexandra road! Don't get mixed up like my friend did =) First of all, I want to note that both Manzo restaurants are operated by Chinese people (not that it's a bad thing haha I'm Chinese myself) but the waitresses at this location try and interact with the customers in English and Japanese. They'll take your order in English but also add some random Japanese words like welcome, thank you, excuse me etc. Not that this is a problem, but I just want to clear things up for people who get confused with their ethnicity. The food here is is pretty high quality and there's a very large selection of dishes to choose from. Manzo opens pretty late so they're quite busy from 8pm and onwards, so you may want to make a reservation. If you have read my other review on the Alexandra Road manzo, you may remember that I had a rant about the terrible sushi pizza I had there. Well, the sushi pizza at this Manzo is actually fantastic and made extremely well. I've never had sushi pizza in Japan (but I'm sure it exists... somewhere) so I don't have much to compare with but I seriously did love the one that I had here! The grilled skewers were also notably tasty and the sashimi was also very fresh. The decor of the restaurant was very authentic while the service was very welcoming. The only thing that I don't like about manzo would probably be the high prices. I could easily spent $40 at manzo and leave without being full. I think manzo is a pretty good choice if you're staying in Richmond but if you're willing to travel a bit, you may want to check Suika, Kingyo Izakaya or GUU Otokomae for better food at similar prices.

Denise W.

This Japanese place is ran by Chinese. So came here and got spicy salmon roll, chop scallop roll and yam tempura roll and curry pork katsu don. Food here is very mediocre. The spicy salmon roll is spicy and sweet at the same time. It doesn't have the Korean make Japanese style of spicy salmon taste to it. It's ok and it seems like they just placed spicy sauce without mixing it to make it taste better. The Chop scallop roll is ok as well. tasted the same as if you got it elsewhere. The curry pork katsu has one thick pork, which is good and juicy. Not bad. But I am not a big fan of Japanese curry but that is just me. Place is quite busy. There are parking out at front. I am guessing they are busy because there are not a lot of Japanese restaurants in Richmond.

Fresh oysters
Annie M.

I have returned to Manzo 16 times since Jan 2011, I like their quality of food even though they are a bit pricey! I took my girl friend there for her b'day dinner and we compared the food / quality with Hachi and Mega. We still prefer to go Manzo! The manger was friendly and recommended the chef special and unique sashimi to us. We have 1/2 dozen of oyster, it's so fresh and tasty! All the sashimi and sushi were good and delicious too! The staffs were friendly and we got tea filled all the time.

Rainbow roll
Gayan P.

Food There is a wide selection of food, and drinks. The quality of what was put in front of us was high. Best Ebi Mayo I have had. Not because of the mayo, but the size of the prawns, and the batter it was fried in, makes my mouth water. Service The servers spoke clearly, and politely. Most of all they were patient with questions, and welcoming. Parking Lots of free parking right outside the restaurant, because this is in it's own complex, and it's not in a busy part of Richmond.

Leena S.

Nice vibe. Clean restaurant, service was also good, nice selection with the menu I got the spider role, and scallop role. I also ordered the appetizer enoki mushrooms, it was very buttery though.

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Simon S.

Horrible service. I had to sign up in yelp to just write this review. They gave me the food that I did not order and made me pay for it. THEN THERE WAS TRASH TALKING RIGHT BEHIND MY BACK. They said thet I can either pay for the wrong item or pay for the both the wrong and the originally ordered item. This was so absurd. and this waitress accused me for this mishap. She claimed that there are fault in both parties. This waitress was blondish-orange-haired (i couldnt get her name) and was so rude, keep demanding me to pay for the food that I did not even ordered. I could not help but to call the manager to complain about the waitress`s attitude. He said that he will train her better and he have lowered the price of wrong item by half and offered us with ice creams. And then, this blond haired waitress back-talked about us to other waitress (right beside our table!). She said "who do they think they are to complain?" and said how we were the foolish people. She even talked with one of the customers to make fun of me. I guess she thought I couldnt hear or something. Ridiculous. I cant belive I had to pay for the item that i did not even order and be blamed for it. And then have to hear trash talking. That is why i am giving it one star. Food is just average compared to Suika and Guu. But then once service is bad everything goes down. I am writing this negative review because I DONT WANT ANY OF OTHERS TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS I HAD. If you want to ruin your day, visit the store and be served by this blondish-orange-haired waitress.

Spicy Clams
Ernest J.

Can you believe 2 people can eat all this food (we ordered 8 dishes)? My friend wanted to go to a Japanese tapa place so I chose Manzo. I've been here a few times. I guess the food is ok. Well I'll just say it's one of the very few tapa places that I know of! Overall the food was pretty good. I've only got the energy and inclination to review a few of these dishes. Hmmm.... my favourite were the separate sushi we ordered on the side: Tamago and Unagi. I guess it's tough to beat the classics! The spicy clams were really good too. Not too spicy, but they had a definite kick. The assorted sushi plater was huge. I think there was just too much raw seafood for 2 people to finish. We tried our best and I managed to try almost everything (somethings I just can't eat raw...shrimp, and scallops for example). The platter was really good, and the seafood was extremely fresh. We also had some black cod. Hey I love black cod! It's hard to screw up black cod! The dish that really disappointed me was the grilled abalone. I think it cost like $30 and it should have been the highlight of the dinner but it was not good at all. I could barely glee anything resembling flavour from this dish. It tasted kind of like a watered down oyster. The texture was very rubbery. Imagine having trying to chew a piece of gum that is oyster flavoured... Yikes! Can I get my money back? Ok. Outside of the abalone the other dishes were fine and pretty darn tasty! Service was good. My friend asked the waitress about a dish and the waitress did not know what it was but she brought a more experienced waitress back with her to help identify the unknown sushi. I thought that was impressive. The manager was very terse when I paid. I thanked him, but instead of acknowledging me he just turned around and left me high and dry! Come on buddy you're in the customer service business! If you don't like your job quit! Ok Japanese tapas are usually not my favourite types of places to dine, but I would probably come back here again if someone held a gun to my head! Haha!

Salmon Battera

Favourite Japanese restaurant in Richmond as always. Food is always taste, servers are friendly.

Hamachi and spotted prawns
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This is a nice drinking place - good quality sushi and sashimi - dobin mushi was too salty and lacked deep seafood flavor. In general food lacked quantity but was of good quality and thus pricy. The hamachi was on special so we got that and we received nice fresh thick slices hamachi sashimi to our surprise. I do like to complain about the misleading sake selection - they didn't have half the stuff they had on drink menu. We tried spot prawn special also - the shrimps were big and fresh - very cruchy. They gave us the choice of either deep frying the head or make soup. We asked them to be deep fried and it was good with sake. A suggestion I would like to add is that if they put the spot prawn sashimi on a small block of ice, it would make the meat even crunchier. Little things like that can improve the taste and experinece significantly. The assorted sashimi was good - not a big dish but fresh with decent selection. If I craved sushi and sashimi, kishimoto would win hands down. But if I wanted some sake with decent sushi-sashim and don't want to line up, this place is a good alternative. So, go get some more sakes to add to your selections!

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