Very friendly and attentive service. We went on Friday in the early evening, we were greeted and sat promptly. The vibe was relaxed and a nice busy buzz inside, everyone seemed in good spirits. They have an all you can eat menu and a la carte. We decided to go a la carte for the specialty rolls. We started with miso and seaweed salad which were perfect starters. Followed by the Sunshine Roll, Crazy Monkey Roll and Yummy Roll. All came out fresh and fast. Pricing wasn't too bad! We left with happy bellies. read more

We were looking for a quick bite before going to Harry's Jazz Club. At 6:00pm on a Tuesday night it was pretty empty. Red flag #1. Immediate seating, but waited 6 mins before someone brought us a menus and water. We asked to be seated at sushi bar, but for some reason was "not allowed". Hubby ordered a Caterpillar roll and spicy tuna roll. I myself ordered a shrimp tempura roll with spicy tuna on top. It took over 22 mins to get food with only 2 other couples by us. No wait staff other than a single older woman that could not understand English well. Food came finally and it did not look like the usual Ahi tuna used in spicy tuna. It was grey, slimy and had a horrible rotten smell to it. It was like cat food smeared on top of rice. Asked waitress what kind of tuna it was. She had no idea. It took her over 10 mins to return. I just ate off hubbys plate. Finally I got up myself and went to sushi chef. I explained in all my years of sushi that the fish was rotten and he should not serve whatever kind of tuna it was. I asked to have him make me a spicy tuna roll out of Ahi. Red flag #2-12 mins later Older waitress came back with 4 pieces of Ahi on a small plate. I told her I asked for a Spicy tuna roll. Red flag #3-8 mins later, roll came back. Hubby had already left to get our seat at Harry's. Fish was warm, not clean tasting and I knew I would be chancing an all nighter at the toilet . I'm a diabetic and needed to eat to bring up blood sugars. I would highly recommend NOT eating here. Go to Nobu sushi instead around the corner. Sorry no pictures as I was disgusted and in a rush to get out of there. read more

Ambiance doesn't match quality of food. If you know the difference between toro/ chutoro/ otoro this is not the place for you. If I want lots of filling food then enjoy! This is it. Love the ambiance Open Christmas Eve 2022 but not Christmas Day ( extra star) Super friendly staff Waitress couldn't tell me what fish was fresh- didn't understand the question Rolls were like a brick ( too much rice/ dense) Don was better- rice was tasty when not dense Fish not fresh Udon without flavor/ broth or noodles read more

Great food and ambiance, they could have more servers on but understandable during Covid and fly season. This has been our go to every month when in Victoria and close to the inner harbor. The sushi is fresh and the sashimi is perfect. My suggestion is get a table away from the main restaurant or a corner area. The people watching is unique also. read more

I've been here a total of 4 times. A work friend wanted organize a little all you can eat sushi dinner. Hot food was ok for all you can eat standards, however the sushi like nigiri was pretty disgusting. Each time I've had to return its been worse and worse. Latest time I went seemed they had 1 'server' on staff; I don't think we got greeted for 30+ minutes. Expensive too. read more

They know you're visitor, if you choose all you can eat the foods will be super salty. You can't eat that. They will charge you extra money. Meat and seafood are not fresh when you come with all you can eat menu. The server is terrible. 100% no customer service read more

Came here for all you can eat and was NOT disappointed, although the prices went up slightly, it is still very worth it. staff is so friendly and helpful. will be returning!!! read more

Just a heads up: This place is Chinese. Unfortunately, I didn't know that before I stepped in. Prices are pretty cheap. I got the chirashi and the bf got the tempura bento. The rice in his bento was covered in some kind of creamy and tart sauce. Very unusual -- I had never seen anything like it. The breading on the tempura was a little thick. My chirashi had fresh fish (except for the hamachi, which was so-so) and it also came with some kind of baby octopus. Isn't that Chinese.. or Korean? I don't think it's Japanese. Something else that was weird was the waitress asking us how much change we wanted back. I found that kind of rude. No "thank you" when we left either. read more

Shiki Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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I really like this place; I have been more than a few times over the last several years, most recently a couple of weeks ago, and will go again. I have only been at supper time, not for lunch. I have never had a bad experience with the food. The rice has a good texture in maki and nigiri - not mushy or overly-compacted, and also not hard or undercooked. The fish has always been nice and fresh too, good flavour and texture, and, I have not had anything served to me still-frozen. My wife and I also enjoy tamago (egg) nigiri, yakitori, takoyaki, and other non-sushi items. I'm not qualified to judge its authenticity as I have not traveled to Japan. I will admit I've had mixed results with the speed of the service, they have seemed a bit understaffed at times, especially on very busy days, and the servers have often been absolutely run off their feet and unable to take orders (or check in and take further orders, for all-you-can-eat) in a timely fashion. Even on a good visit, you will need some patience as they could probably still use another server to keep up. But you can tell the servers are working hard and doing their best, and they are polite and friendly. The sushi bar can also struggle to get out food fast enough at busy times, but it is understandable that they make it all to order, which is time-consuming. read more

While in town visiting my sister, we decided we wanted Sushi... She recommended this place because she recently stubbled across it. After talking about it I read the reviews on here and was skeptical. Fortunately we (group of five) decided to take her word for it and went. SO glad that we did. We ordered the the "Love Boat for 4" and was pleasantly surprised. The fish was fresh and the special rolls were really tasty. The first time I have ever had fresh Mango on a sushi roll, very interesting with a light sweet taste! One of the rolls on the boat was what the waitress said was a chef special, meaning he made it up on the fly. That was THE best roll on the boat in several of our's opinions. Some of the complaints talk about bad service, not the case tonight. She was prompt and the food came rather quickly. The love boat comes with soup, salad, tempura, edemame and a whole boat load of fish. There were so many different kinds, everyone got to try everything. In the end, we also had ordered an additional "Chef Special" roll and Sockeye Salmon Sashimi. The total bill ended up being about $30 per person including tax and tip. What a great deal, if you like sushi this place is it! The "Chef Special" roll had Salmon, Ovacado, Tuna and a spicy mayonnaise (or similar) on top. Yes it sounds simple but the flavor combination was excellent! read more

After reading the reviews, we were hesitant on coming to this place but honestly, there was nothing I could fault during our service. The setting was clean, the service was attentive and fast and the sushi was fresh. The Love Boat with the chef's choice of rolls was risky for me since I didn't like not knowing what we'd get but we went for it anyways and it was awesome. Chef made some unique things and included Sockeye salmon. The only minus for me was that those booths were not very comfy, especially with those thin cushions and no back support. But I guess it was for the sake of the design. Last, I'm pretty sure everyone who worked there was Japanese. Not sure where the whole "this place is Chinese" really matters. Especially coming from Seattle where 90% of Teriyaki places are ran by Koreans with Hispanic cooks. Even the majority of the conveyor belt places have Hispanic cooks. Seems silly doesn't it. Shouldn't matter. Tip: go there late and away from the crowds. read more

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Terrible and overpriced. My hamachi was still frozen and I had to wait for it to thaw. It was also poor quality and vary fishy. Not at all the buttery yellowtail I'm used to. We ordered the chicken Katsu from the kids menu for my son - the chicken was waaaaay over cooked and I could barely cut it with a knife. I ended up shredding it and putting it into miso soup so he could eat it. The spider roll we ordered was thoroughly underwhelming- tiny little crab (or was it 1/4 a crab??). I have come to the conclusion that we must have angered the whale watching tour guide who recommended this place to us. read more

Shiki Sushi - Mona Lisa and Rainbow Roll - meh. - Japanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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We ordered out on Nov 28, 2020. We're Japanese and we are used to good quality sushi. First and most important of all, the sushi rice is undercooked and hard. In sushi, the rice is most important ingredient. In Japan, a sushi chef used to train for years, how to choose rice, how to cook rice with the right texture and also how to make the rice with the right taste for sushi. Many Chinese or Korean restaurants don't know how to make the basic ingredient, and it shows in their rice. Next, the other ingredients were very skimpy. very thin strips of avocado, very thin egg and the flavouring was not right, and the fish was paper thin. I really appreciate quality and i am quite willing to pay more for it. The food in this restaurant lis very poor quality. read more

Sat at the sushi bar, (which was rotting and warped from leaky fridges me thinks) Wait staff seemed turned off that I did not order alcohol, at no time durring my meal was I offered water. $33 for AYCE dinner, the sushi chef did an OK job preparing rolls. Chicken karaage, essentially "pigeon", bone in, no seasoning Ika/squid karaage, a bowl of thin greasy rubber bands with no flavor. Prawn tempura (how do you mess this up?) The prawns were very small, batter coating was not good, chewy rather than crisp. The waitress clearly knew I hadn't ordered anywhere near $33 worth of this awful food. When I requested the check it would have been more responsible to charge me alacart rather than simply take my money, tip? Don't eat here. read more

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Very yummy - our group of three chose the all-you-can-eat option and were quite pleased. The menu is smaller than the regular menu (and smaller than most all-you-can-eat menus) but the options are very good. The maki was decent, the sashimi (and all fish) was particularly fresh and enjoyable, and the cooked options were excellent. The Oyster Motoyaki Robata are fantastic: I am not an oyster person at all, but these are a must-try! They can be ordered individually so pleas try them out. Salmon tempura was also a new experience for me - quite good as well. A little pricey but overall worth it. Our group of three all agree on this five star rating. Enjoy - if I lived in Victoria, this would be my regular sushi restaurant! read more

Shiki Sushi - Oyster Motoyaki Robata - must-try. Not an oyster person but these are amazing. Ordered individually so please give them a try! - Japanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Waitress clearly not busy and refused to answer a simple question of "How are you doing today." Music distinctly not Japanese. Restaurant looks nice and clean, I decided to give them a chance on the suggestion from a friend. Their food deserves praise, though. The salmon sashimi is as good as ever. I'm quite impressed - and being from a place like Vancouver, where sushi is second only to Chinese food, impressing me is unfortunately hard to do. Might be worth the $28 price tag of all you can eat in the future. Shiki's Saving grace? I think the waitress follows the restaurant's yelp reviews. She treated me a lot better after I made the quick tip about rudeness :). Win. Visit for the food. The service leaves much to be desired. read more

Awful food and service. I have been in the restaurant and not been impressed, and I have ordered take out and not been impressed. Both times the seaweed was soggy and stringy, the rice was mushy and too sweet and overall there was too much rice on the rolls. The tempura shrimp was soggy and old. Disgusting. One plus: the wild salmon sashimi was fresh. But both times it was poorly cut and I ended up chewing salmon bones. When I ordered take out, I ended up phoning the restaurant to mention that the quality was poor. The person who took my call told me to call back in a few hours so I could speak to the Manager. I waited and called back. No Manager. She said to call back in another hour. So I waited again and called back. The store was closed. Talk about a complete disregard for quality of food and customer service. I don't understand how they are still in business. read more

Great sushi - very fresh. The service was very good too and the chef and server are Japanese

Come after 7:30 or before! Sashimi was very fresh. Had the chicken teriyaki sashimi bento box which was good. Strange salty sauce on the rice? Overall not bad nice atmosphere. read more

Pro: Very nice room. Adequate sushi, good tempura. One of the waitresses was quite cute and the prices were surprisingly good for Victoria. Con: Hey, how about bringing us our bloody bill? Like today ok? Oh, how about processing our credit card payment correctly? You know how the CC machine times out if you don't complete the transaction? Yeah, don't let that happen in front of me! FFS! Learn how to get your customers out of your restaurant when they want to leave. read more

Cute waitress and free lobster roll provided. Lots of customers during late night. Washrooms were clean. The food was quite good especially the sushi and sashimi. Udon was just OK. The wasabi was really strong, which I like. Service was excellent. read more

If this is run by the same people who run the Shiki on Quadra Street, I completely agree with the bad reviews. First, the decor & interior. I was told that Shiki is the "new" sushi restaurant in town & that it used to be a Chinese food restaurant. Makes total sense as everything still looks & feels like a Chinese restaurant except for the sushi bar. Round tables, stained plastic table cloths and filthy walls and ceilings. And it was freezing in the restaurant and in the bathrooms. So cold that we left our coats on throughout the meal. The service was horrific. It took us 15 minutes to get tea and water. My boyfriend ordered a Kirin & the waitress had no idea what he was talking about. He had to pull out the menu and point to it and then to the bar. Despite all of that, she still managed to forget it despite being reminded. Twice. She explained that she was very busy but we were one of three tables and there were two waitresses on staff. We ordered two rolls, Agadashi tofu and a ramen. The rolls were mediocre, not as described on the menu and overpriced but edible. The tofu was the pre-packaged kind that you can buy from the grocery store and the ramen was simply Mr. Noodle with a couple of slices of overcooked mushroom, wilted bok choy and a sliced grey hard boiled egg. For $10.95. We asked for a bowl to split the soup & the waitress brought a plate. No joke. We had a couple of slurps of the soup but it was flavourless and the noodles were mushy. We paid for the rolls but told the waitress we would not pay for the soup because it was inedible. She looked concerned but did not apologize. We christened our experience at Shiki Sushi "Shitty Sushi" We decided to cut our losses and go to Dairy Queen for lunch instead. Our Blizzards were delicious. read more

Horrible sushi I love sushi so I found this place by my hotel But sushi is just in a very low quality Considering the price is absurdly high read more

Over 4 stars for the food, minus 3 stars for the service. Don't budget less 1.5 from being seated till being able to eat, and 40 minutes to get a drink. This location needs 4x the staff or 1/4 the seats. read more

Me and my boyfriend were in town after a long walk from Butchart Gardens. We were looking for a Thai restaurant that time but apparently, they weren't open. We decided to give this a try since it's all "Japanese." (WARNING: Not authentic). One can never go wrong from choosing a sushi place or any Japanese restaurant... Right? We were wrong... The place was clean and neat but the food was really unpleasant. It was empty and we were the only customer that time. Despite the waitress' proactive approach about our orders, we weren't happy with our meal and our stay. We ordered seaweed salad, California roll, Chicken Teriyaki Don (for my boyfriend) and Chicken Udon (for me). The California Roll was okay but the salad tasted like oil. The other two were just plain outrageous. Out of 5, I will give both meals a -1. The chicken was diced for both dishes. They simply added tasteless broth and udon noodles, garnished it and voila! A ridiculed Chicken Udon. The Chicken Teriyaki Don was the same and prepared in similar manner. It was saucy but it tasted like an oyster sauce with a hint of sugar and ginger. It was bad that my bf couldn't taste anything from the chicken. We did not finished these two meals at all. After eating, we asked for the receipt and my boyfriend volunteered to pay for our meals. He was ridiculed by this same waitress when he refused to add tips. She told us that a tip was a must in Victoria. He is from Australia and he's not really accustom to tips. I told her that I don't even tip anyone in Vancouver unless they make an outstanding service. We ended up giving them 10% tip to avoid any arguments. Sigh. We went out of the restaurant extremely displeased. I wish I have read the reviews first before dining in. Definitely not coming back here. NOT EVER. read more

We read the former reviews and were leery of giving this place a try. I am very happy that we gave it a chance! The service was so quick. Our food came out faster then I have seen at most sit down sushi restaurants. The server explained the menu very thoroughly and our tea was always kept hot. The Mexican roll was delicious! Only critique would be more vegetarian options. Would eat here again and again. read more

Shiki Sushi - The menu - Japanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

This was our first stop off the ferry for a weekend trip to Victoria with the family. It was a little after noon on a Saturday and the restaurant was oddly empty, which seemed like a bad sign. The restaurant looks new and modern, though, and the staff was very attentive, so we went ahead an ordered. The food was great! I had a chicken teriyaki bento with a California roll. The roll had real dungeness crab meat, not the imitation crab meat, which I'd rarely had before. I thought it really took a common roll to a new level. The bento was also really good, with little pickled things, tamagoyaki, and a tasty salad. The only not-so-great part was a really salty miso-based sauce on top of the rice. I think plain rice would have been just fine. The other rolls and bentos my family ordered were also good, and my dad's chirashi had a generous selection of fish on top of some wonderfully flavored rice. The restaurant also filled up a bit more as we had our lunch. Maybe Victorians just like to get their sushi for a late lunch? Overall, I would definitely recommend this place. read more

Went for lunch for first time recently. The place was very busy and it is quite a large room. Ordered the Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box and Sashimi combo for about $18. Came with a nice miso soup and generous portions of very fresh and tasty assortment of sashimi including clam/geoduck, toro, sake, snapper and yellowfin tuna. The size of the teriyaki salmon was also good. It appeared to be coho salmon and was a little over cooked for my preference, but still good. The food was very good, but unfortunately the service was quite slow by any measure. It took us about an hour and a half for lunch which is at least half hour longer than most other establishments I patronize for business lunches during the week. The server was also a little on the abrupt verging on rude side. Perhaps this is understandable however as she probably felt overworked given it appeared to be understaffed by one or two servers. The prices were also a bit higher than most of the other sushi places I eat at in downtown Victoria, by $2 to $3 for equivalent meal. If service was faster and friendlier, I would give it 3 or 4 stars. Notwithstanding the slow service, I would likely give it another try during non-peak hours and perhaps for the all you can eat sushi which I have heard is very good for $28. read more

The 10 minute wait to be acknowledged at the door should have been a sign to leave. Then the 20 minutes waiting for someone to talk to us should have been the next sign. But asking for tea twice and it being served only to the tables around us - many seated after us - was our signal to leave. First time I have walked out of a place after ordering. I would have told our server but couldn't wait another 15 minutes to spot her. read more

I've gone here numerous times, mostly for happy hour with a friend - that is 1/2 off a certain portion of the menu. Here I can get full for 12.00 and have a quiet dinner with a friend so I don't mind the dismissive service. We have to chase down our server to get more tea but there are worse things in the world. The food is good, which keeps me coming back. **BUT** We went out the other night for All You Can Eat with 12 people (us included) and their service was abysmal. Waited 45 minutes from being seated to getting our first round of food, and then another 20 minutes after that for the second round. 2 out of 3 of our beer pitchers had soap in them, and my friend who ordered wine had to ask 3 times before it actually arrived, 40 minutes after ordering. I would say a good portion of the food we ordered never even arrived, and they just pretended we never ordered it. There was an automatic gratuity added to our bills and I wish I had the gall to ask for it be removed, because that was not worth it in the slightest. For 31.98 per person, we should have been getting EXCELLENT service. Would not recommend. There are other good sushi restaurants in town with far better service. It is as if the servers at Shiki don't even want you to be there. read more

Always well served and good salmon, tuna quality I have been there 4 times for all you can eat and I was never disappointed. read more

Food was not of very high quality. My date's sashimi was frozen in the middle. I had the beef teriyaki bento box. The beef was overcooked and chewy. There was steak sauce on the rice which was nice, but it was very salty. The bento box does not come with tempura or roles. Had some roles on the side, and they were good. But overall, for the quality of the food, the meal was overpriced. read more

Sucks I have to leave even one star, service blows. Total and complete waste of money. The good reviews must be bogus

Had the all you can eat, great selection of appetizers, sashimi, nigiri sushi, sushi rolls, tempura, teriyaki and robata grill. Adults $28, good was good and worth the $. However, the service was VERY SLOW and had to ask 3 times for water, twice for lemon and soy sauce. The restaurant was not very busy so not sure why it took so long to place order, prepare food and had to flag someone down for everything. read more

Tasty. Efficient. Delicious. Excellent value and enjoyable evening. Will return.

The sushi here just taste like "sushi"， nothing special. If you just want to eat something, it could be a choice.

The sushi was pretty good (my party all had the all you can eat special). However the wait was very long to be seated, and to then have our orders taken... We were never even given water or tea - I got up and served us myself! All and all the value didn't make up for the lack lustre experience. read more

Undoubtedly the worst sushi and service I've had. Waitress kept harassing me and my friends throughout the meal to finish the food and threatened to charge us for not finishing some of the sushi rice. The fish wasn't fresh at all. Serving was slow and they did not inform us that the last order was right after we finished the first round. Worst of all, my girlfriend felt sick right after the meal. Terrible food paired with terrible service. Whatever you do, stay away from Sushi Seiki. read more

Why is Shiki sushi still in business? Hands down the worst customer service I have ever encountered and the place has the feeling of eating in a warehouse. I tried this place again tonight as it is the only all you can eat sushi restaurant that I know of in Victoria. we stood by the door for 10 mins before we were acknowledged and she tried sitting us at a booth since there was just the 2 of us. we told her we would like that table at the back that has been vacant for the last 10 minutes. she told us no because there's only 2 of us. we told her no we wanted that table and she outright lied to us and said it was reserved. The service is slow, the food is mediocre, the place feels like a warehouse and you wait half an hour before your server takes your order so just a tip. Order a LOT of food when she does come around. Again, why is this place still in business? read more

Despite having a nice interior, the overpriced mediocre sushi and the attitude of the waitresses have solidified my two-star rating. The waitresses seem to be very selective with who they are friendly to, and my party was treated with a lot less care than any restaurant I've ever been to - they couldn't care to make eye contact, smile, or say anything when bringing us the food. This place is also very obviously not authentic Japanese. For the prices they charge and the unsatisfactory service, you could get a lot better anywhere else in Victoria (and for cheaper, too). read more