One of my absolute favourite places for date night or a solo date! Tastefully decorated, very nice…read moreatmosphere and excellent customer service! Saori is always so welcoming and friendly! The food is amazing-Hiro is a magician of sushi! The Nagomi Roll, Spicy Tunafornia and the spinach gomae are my favourite items! If you're lucky you may visit while they are running Ramen as a special!

Wonderful experience here. Came for dinner on a Saturday evening at around 745pm. Restaurant was…read morefull except for one table. Ordered the agedashi eggplant, veggie spring rolls, veggie roll, spicy tuna roll and salmon roll. Two asahis as well. Pros: - plenty of menu options - fish was really fresh and good quality cuts - service was rlly attentive and the seating was comfortable

We came here on a weekday around lunchtime. Figured we were close to the ocean so the sushi should…read morebe good, right? Bad assUMEption. The service was quick and the server was nice. We decided to order one bowl to see how the first was and then order another if the fish was good. What we swallowed: *CHIRASHI SUSHI: It looked promising but .. looks can be deceiving. The taste was mediocre and I can only explain it as... I've had better grocery store sushi then this. Some parts was chewy and definitely not fresh. Would NOT recommend coming here. We were so glad we only ordered one bowl. We commented on the way out we hope we didn't get food poisoning. Very disappointing.

We have never been disappointed with our weekly Bento Box takeout. love Bento Box A w/ either beef…read moreor chicken. all ingredients are well made, fresh & tasty. Miso soup included to start, very filling and tasty.

I suppose I could go over all the items we ordered and what each member of our family thought of…read morethem. The more detail one provides the more useful these reviews might be. However suffice it to say that as visitors from Victoria BC where we enjoy some amazingly terrific Japanese cuisine, we were unabashedly surprised by how good everything was given the more remote location of Madeira Park and the affordable pricing on the menu. The restaurant was busy even when it was close to the last call for ordering at 7:15pm but items were served quickly and were called for, hot. The three of us left happy and full. I guess I should confess I loved everything so much I order more before leaving. We appreciated the cold water served in frost glassed on a hot, humid evening.

Delicious food served quickly. There was a short line to order, but we still got one of the just 8…read moretables. 10min until our food came for dining in while carryout was 45-60min wait.

We were vacationing on Vancouver Island and came here for dinner when in Nanaimo. We had made…read morereservations a few weeks prior to our trip and I would highly recommend making a reservation if you plan on coming here. The restaurant was packed and the kitchen was hustling. There were so many beautiful and creative dishes passing by our table all night long; if I lived here, this would definitely become one of my regular places to go. The service was quick and friendly. The food was incredible; really fresh and presented beautifully. We had met up with a neighbour who had moved to the area and we ended up staying until the place closed. It was just a lovely evening overall. I would definitely recommend Nori for delicious Japanese cuisine but be sure to make a reservation!

=== 1. VERDICT/VALUE If you've a hankering for Asian…read morecuisine in Nanaimo and there's only one place you could go to, Nori should be one of your top picks! Good food, good service, and in a place with good vibes. === 2. FOOD When dining at lunch, the lunch specials offer incredible value; each option includes 4-piece California roll, small green salad, 2-piece gyoza, 2-piece prawn tempura, a miso soup, and a side dish ("okazu") of the day. Some thoughts: - The portions are decent even if you're hungry! - The prawn tempura (at least today) feel more batter than prawn. - The okazu (at least today) was fried - a fancy spring roll - which is interesting as side dishes in Japan in this context are often fish-based?). - Overall, the food quality is good. Buta Shoga Lunch Special ($22) Shoyu, ginger-marinated pork on rice - a good heart-warming combo as any! Sashimi & Sushi Lunch Special ($23) 6 pieces of sashimi (salmon and tuna) and three pieces of sushi (also salmon and tuna) make this lunch special one of the healthier options on the menu. Chashu Miso Ramen ($18) My little guy loves noodles, even if it comes in piping-hot pork bone broth. Depending on your little one, kids 6 and under in age may need a grown-up to help finish this dish! === 3. SERVICE The place is POPULAR and so be prepared to wait. One the most recent visit during lunch, we were lucky to slide in fairly quickly and the servers were fairly prompt and professional. === 4. ENVIRONMENT It's basic, yet has a modern open-view environment with a view of the bar/kitchen from across the restaurant. It's similar in vibe to its sister restaurant nearby (Horang) but the service is better and diners with small children will find more appealing seating options here. Wheelchairs and baby strollers would fit just fine and your chance at finding a place to park in the shopping complex lot outside is pretty decent!

We've enjoyed dining here multiple times over the last year. It's a great option if we want to take…read morethe family out as the kids always find something they like and the restaurant has a casual enough atmosphere that we never feel out of place. The service is always great, and the food has always been good.

Last meal was at Won Japanese Restaurant on a busy Sunday evening. They're connected to the Cedars…read moreInn Hotel. Service was spotty; had to ask for tea, serving plates, etc. Stingy with the ginger. - Tamago roll ($4.25) - standard - Negitoro roll ($6.25) - solid - Chopped scallop & tobiko roll ($6.75) - good sized scallops. Sadly, one roll was 95% filled with rice - Unagi roll ($10.25) - decent - Oshizushi sushi ($15.99 for 6) - could have used jalapeño slices to add some punch Decent maki rolls at WJR. 3.5 stars.

This is a great restaurant for families who love sushi! It's not 5 star sushi, but this keeps it as…read morea reasonable price point which is nice when you've got kids who can eat 100 rolls in one night! The menu is varied enough with interesting appetizers, my son loves the takoyaki and I always get the spinach gomae. Our favourite rolls are the Popcorn Roll, Lake Forest, and spicy scallop roll.

After a 30ish min ferry ride and hungry for Asian food, I happened upon Sima, as an Asian…read morerestaurant in the same plaza a few doors down didn't accept AMEX. It's a pleasantly decorated Japanese restaurant with plenty of tables to accommodate parties of all sizes including a party of one. I ordered: 1) prawn tempura, which was very light and crispy. 2) red tuna tataki, which while billed as an appetizer came well after the tempura and my main dish arrived. 3) Chirashi, all the sashimi in the bowl was fresh but sliced very thin and didn't provide a lot of rice...probably the least substantial Chirashi I've ever ordered at a Japanese restaurant anywhere. Also, the service was uneven and in a lot of ways slow considering the restaurant wasn't full....they did have a steady stream of pick up or to go orders so I guess that's a reason in restaurants service wasn't a priority. While I left the restaurant not feeling hungry, I wasn't satisfied. When I return to Gibsons, I'll try the other Asian restaurants and hope they accept AMEX.

Sad to say this place is temporarily loses. But the owner came out and apologized. Seemed really…read morenice.

Amazing food and service! I'm glad a friend told me about…read morethis spot or else we would have never found it. This restaurant is off the busy path and in an older looking building, but it is a diamond in the rough! We started off with the K-Fried chicken and our server recommended the sweet and spicy version and it was amazing! We then had the Korean beef bulgogi and the pork tenderloin katsu! Both were awesome! We will definitely make this a stop when we head up to Whistler!

I was excited to try Sehmii. It had excellent reviews…read more Excellent Chicken Katsu Don. Crispy and flavorful. Even the rice and veg had flavour!! Kind of boring agadashi tofu. A little pale and limp. Not crispy and light but heavy The tempura appetizer was ok. The prawns were tasty but the yam and the other potato were hard and heavy. The exterior will make you want to turn take and run but once inside the staff are friendly. Nothing fancy but it looks and feels clean and comfortable.

Excellent sushi and great variety with the Bento boxes. Excellent value and service. The exterior…read moreis quite deceiving as it's quite cozy and very large inside. We were passing through PA...but we will definitely be back in the future!

Ambiance- industrial vibes. Light and airy. Clean and hip…read moreService- counter service and from when we ordered to receiving the food was less than 5 minutes. Food quality- excellent poke bowls and udon! Very fresh fish and great flavors! Value- $20 CAD for a poke bowl feels like a great value to me for the quality Overall 5 stars! Highly recommend.

Absolutely fabulous!! 5-stars for the service, 5-stars for the food, 5-stars for the ambiance. I…read moreloved this place and I'm so glad I found it close to our hotel. We stopped in here shortly after arriving in Squamish and I really wish we had this restaurant in Toronto. Healthy, clean eating. So fresh and flavourful. We ordered the salmon poke bowl and it was so delicious. I actually wish I'd gone back there again tonight for dinner. We also treated ourselves to a cheeky little dessert and shared a Nanaimo bar. The two ladies we dealt with were super nice and made our experience that much nicer. I honestly can't say enough good things about this place. I highly recommend it.