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    Sushi Giwa

    3.1 (81 reviews)
    ModerateSushi Bars, Japanese
    Open 11:30 am - 10:30 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Gloria F.

    Not the best experience here As soon as I sat down, the smells of bleach hit me. My nose is quite sensitive and it gave me a headache during my meal The house special roll was tasty with the bacon and it was fried well The sushi pizza has the fried rice base, melted cheese on top and chopped sashimi. When I asked the server what the chef usually serves on the sushi pizza, they checked with the kitchen and said scallop, tuna and salmon. To my surprise, the seafood was all cooked. I think the description of the dish should be sushi pizza with cooked seafood and not chopped sashimi This dish does not stand out for me at all because the cooked seafood has no flavor, def not worth $17. Service is great but I would not come back

    Bikki W.

    Korean Japanese restaurant @sushi_giwa Korean Seafood Tofu Soup w/ Rice The seafood tofu soup comes with an egg, shrimps, clams, squids, onions, mushrooms, green onions, cucumber and tofu. A very comfort filling rich flavorful korean soup. Taste: 5/5 Hotate Bacon Sugatayaki Each skewer comes with green onions and jumbo scallops wrapped with crunchy bacons in yaki sauce. Taste: 5/5 Las Vegas Roll It has cucumber, spicy salmon, cream cheese, crabmeat and topped with masago, fish flakes, salad sauce, mustard mayo, spicy mayo, teriyaki sauce and unagi sauce.It tastes like takoyaki sauce. Taste: 3/5 Assorted Tataki 2 pcs tuna tataki, salmon tataki, beef tataki, and soy marinated salmon. It tastes a bit sour with vinegar, pepper and soy sauce. Taste: 3.8/5 Negitoro Roll Standard portion, but it seemed that the chopped tuna not the best quality. Taste: 3/5 Alfa Tuna Oshi I love this Alfa Tuna Oshi which has a crunch from the green onion in the middle of the rice and topped with the alfalfa. The aburi tuna is delicious. Taste: 4/5 Follow me @eatisvibikki #eatisvibikki #lovetoeat #japanesefood #koreanfood #seafoodtofusoup #hotatebacon #sugatayaki #lasvegasroll #assorted #tataki #tuna #salmon #beef #negitoro #alfalfa #tunaoshi #sushi #cameraeatfirst #lunch #dinner #burnabyfoodie #vancouverfoodie #igblogger #foodphotography #foodblog #eatingfortheinsta #vancouver #Burnaby365 #supportlocal

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    Edward L.

    Surprisingly nice Korean sushi place at the top of Capitol Hill. Parking is available in the dumpy lot in front of the strip mall. There are also the side streets. The interior is actually decorated quite nicely. Looks like a Japanese garden, with the nice pretty fake trees. Special mention. Staff were friendly and helpful. The food here definitely scores points with the presentation. See photos. Tuna tataki - served with roasted garlic flakes, some random vegetable bits, and a lemon slice. Chunks of fish were bite sized. Nice tangy sauce. Salmon toro ginger carpaccio - once again, nice tasty chunks (slices?) of fish. The ginger slivers add quite a kick. This dish is more like a salad, with the lettuce leaves. House special roll - nice and decently big pieces. However, the top half is really just a pile of crumbs. Be sure not to sneeze or breathe while trying to eat each piece. Negitoro, negihama rolls - served in maki form. Food is fresh. Alaska roll - served in regular roll form. In other words, just like a typical California roll with a salmon slice and some tangy dressing and tobiko on top. Food was fresh and delicious. Quality and value were definitely there. Would gladly come back at some point. Recommended.

    Carolyn L.

    Many places close early now during the pandemic, so we ended up here as it closes at 9 pm. We got here around 810 pm and managed to get a table. Others who came around 830 pm were told it would be take out only, not dining in. So we were lucky. We decided to try a bunch of stuff especially the specials which looked really good. Unfortunately the oyster tomato carpaccio was sold out and that was what caught my attention. We had these instead: Salmon toro ginger carpaccio $11.95 -- fresh salmon belly (7 pieces) and not that thinly sliced either. The ginger sauce was similar to those dressing on salad. Absolutely delicious. Tuna tataki $14.95 -- it was unexpected. A huge plate with a generous serving of seared tuna slices with ponzu sauce. 12 slices to be exact. Some were cooked through but not over cooked. Still great. Came with some pickled veg and onions. House special roll $14.25 -- pretty epic roll. Highlight was the bacon wrapped around the fried rice roll stuffed with avocado and crabmeat. It was topped with spicy tuna and all the crispy stuff. So good. Then the filler rolls and maki to round up the meal. The Alaska roll and negitoro maki were ok. Quite typical. The negihama maki had a bit of fishy taste to it. All these for under $60 was a pretty good deal as I was so stuffed 3/4 through that I told my friend to finish everything. I would like to come back again to try the oyster dish and other rolls. Parking is available out front in the plaza lot or on the street.

    Miso Soup
    Sarah W.

    I have been to this sushi restaurant multiple times. I really like it! It has friendly staff and a nice atmosphere. I especially like the cherry blossom tree in the middle of the room! They have a very large menu which also includes korean options. This time I stuck with sushi. The Mango Dragon roll was interesting but the sauce a little too sweet for me. I loooooved the crunchy dynamite roll. The only reason I gave 4 star instead of 5 is the nigiri tasted off to me. Miso soup was good and flavourful. The staff was attentive enough and came to refill my tea a couple of times which I appreciated. I like the booths next to the window. I will very likely go back again!

    Unagi Oshi sushi
    Gillian T.

    Went for dinner and ordered a variety of everything. Food: They must have just updated their menu recently since there are more options when we went than what's listed online (including their own website). Sushi and Sashimi was fresh. Speciality rolls, Udon and tempura was also good. Best deal was probably the bento box which was huge (much bigger than those usual square boxes and came on a big dinner tray), but had a little of everything. Atmosphere: clean and comfy. I like the giant cherry blossom in the middle of the restaurant to give it a more Japanese feel. Service: Looked like maybe a little short staffed so service was a little slow.

    Natto sushi
    Evgeniya M.

    I liked the good selection of sushi and Korean dishes at the place. Even found one type of sushi which I have not seen before -natto-sushi,tho should admit they put just one bean of natto on top of a rice, anyway -interesting. Interior is nice. Staff is nice.

    Pam C.

    I visited Sushi Giwa for the first time under new management and just before the pandemic so I had the chance to sit in and enjoy a meal inside their restaurant. The service was friendly and welcoming. We got seated right away as it wasn't crowded. I think many people were already opting take out options at that time. We were a group of four and ordered lots of food! We all shared salad, sushi and bento and it was quality food! I really liked my avocado sushi. The orange plate was so good, too! The orange slices plus mango syrup went really well together. I also enjoyed the dragon ball roll. The roll itself it quite filling cuz you're basically eating one whole avocado plus rice in one sitting. I have ordered the dragon ball roll twice now and will keep ordering it in the future. Sometimes, I just really need my sushi fix so thank you for staying open during this pandemic!!

    Sylvia S.

    Came here a while ago with my parents and it has been a go to for some time now. Food and service is pretty good and great for group as there is ample seating in the restaurant. Food came out relatively quickly and everything was pretty good. The tempura was light and crunchy but my favorite was the sweet ebi nigiri and fried shrimp heads

    Chicken teriyaki bento box, house special rolll and salmon teriyaki bento box
    Wendy T.

    Came here after volleyball and was very impress with the decor. They had a very nice cherry blossom tree in the middle of the Resturant.. pretty cute. Customer service was awesome and we got our goodd preempt quick. I had the salmon teriyaki bento box ($17) the salmon was over cooked but everything else was yummy. Lots of small things to tryy in their bento box. Plus I had the house special roll which I didn't like but my friends did.. it had bacon and shred coconut which tasted weird for me. But I would come back here and try other stuff on the menu.

    Chef's Roll
    Josephine W.

    I had a delicious takeout lunch from Sushi Giwa. The takeout order took about 20 minutes. I ordered the Chef's Roll and Tonkatsu Entree. Both dishes were nicely presented and were a good portion size. The Chef's Roll is very unique as it's wrapped in rice paper (for those wanting to eat less rice). Inside the roll, there's tuna, salmon, wild salmon, shrimp, avocado, cucumber, and chopped scallop. All of the seafood was fresh. It comes with a wine sauce with yuzu mayo and mango sauce which is delicious. They give a lot of sauce so I used the leftover sauce as a salad dressing! The tonkatsu was a generous portion as I was able to split it up into two meals, and comes with rice, salad and miso soup. The restaurant also gave me an extra miso soup which was an added bonus! I will definitely order from Sushi Giwa again.

    Sushi Giwa's Takoyaki
    Tiana R.

    The decor at Sushi Giwa is absolutely adorable though, the square spoons are very difficult to use. We ordered the awesome roll, crunch go go roll and the takoyaki. We also got miso soup to start. I wouldn't say that the sushi was the best. I really wanted to like this place after hearing so many good reviews from friends and co-workers, but something about their sushi just didn't compare to their neighbour and my all time favourite sushi joint, Sushi Town. And the crunch go go roll was honestly just a mouth full of flour.

    Salmon sashimi
    Alice P.

    Tried out a new sushi place in North Burnaby. The sashimi is the size of your palm. Our son had their salmon and tuna donburi. It's huge and all very fresh tasting. We also had negitoro, kappa and California roll. All very fresh and service was great. They also have some Korean dishes available so nice to have some variety. The inside is very nice with a cherry blossom tree and feels very cozy. For the 4 of us the bill came to about $44 so very reasonable. We will definitely be back and recommend to other people!

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