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    Sushi Wasabi

    4.0 (73 reviews)
    ModerateJapanese, Sushi Bars
    Closed 5:00 pm - 9:30 PM

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    SUSHI WASABI ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Salmon and tuna
    Jiaqi Z.

    Over all, the service is great, price is fair. We ordered the blue fin tuna special, it is very fatty and definitely worth the money!! It is very good standard of sushi for a city like Edmonton. Highly recommend !

    Chirashi - small 20$
    Janey T.

    This restaurant was only opened for takeout only, and sometimes that's the way to go! With an immense sushi craving, I really wanted to like this place more. I read reviews of how the sushi was good quality, and I definitely feel like that was somewhat true! There was no fishy taste with the sushi. With the Chirashi ($19), the salmon pieces were lean, and there was one of each of octopus and surf clam. There was a fresh piece of lettuce and cucumber slices as well. The rice was nicely marinated and there were tiny fish roe scattered all over. Quite a generous amount compared to most places. I think I would have been happier with the salmon chirashi or maybe some maki instead. Better luck next time!

    Combination platter for $65

    Food is still very good. Expensive. May be we should have just ordered their signature rolls. Slightly disappointed. We also ordered their udon for $35, nothing to write about.

    Assorted Sashimi and beef tataki
    Rose W.

    Sushi Wasabi is family owned and the place to find the freshest sushi and sashimi here in Edmonton. It is also one of the priciest but that's what you get for good quality. The location is small so be sure to call ahead of time to book a reservation if necessary. It also looks a little old and run down from the outside. On my most recent trip, we ordered the assorted sashimi dish, beef tataki, chop chop sushi, spicy tuna rolls, the salmon don and chicken karaage (not pictured). All the sashimi tasted rich and fresh. Beef tataki was delicious, gave you a decent amount of slices and wasn't overly salty. Overall a very tasty authentic Japanese meal. The bill came out to be around $100 that was split between two people. Don't expect to come here for a large variety of rolls or western fusion items here. This place is better for simple nigiri, maki rolls and sashimi.. but they are delicious!

    Jan J.

    Been going here for over 10years and always happy with the friendly service and excellent food. Classically trained in Japan, the chef and his family return to Japan every year to visit family and immerse themselves in the culinary scene. So if you're looking for authenticity factor, check that off your list! Always give the specials menu an eyeball as theres always a myriad of succulent delicious dishes to be found on it and once they sell out for the night, you'll have to wait until it shows up on the special seasonal menu again. Highlights include: expertly balanced beef tetaki, sweet raw scallops, succulent sauced unagi/salt water eel, smokey freshwater eel, salmon Toro- buttery taste with a crisp texture; Tuna Toro -whats known as one of the most sought after fish in Japan- melt in your mouth buttery goodness. Cooked highlights include their flavor packed shrimp tempura uramaki, gargantuan nebayaki udon chock full of veges, various seafood swimming in a delectable unami filled broth; chicken karaage redolent with ginger infused crispy batter; whole grilled squid that is perfectly cooked over coals. It's a very small and cozy restaurant, so make sure you make reservations in advance to avoid being disappointed!

    Sushi Bar
    Cindy N.

    Everybody has a favorite sushi place in Edmonton and Sushi Wasabi is one of mine. New sushi restaurants can pop up here and there but when it comes down to it, it's hard to beat favorites for a reason! Stellar food (in this case, fresh fish), good speedy service, family-owned, are just the few things I look for in restaurants. Sadly enough, those are the ones that I don't actually post a lot about. They're the restaurants that don't have a lot a hype and are easily missed on big lists, such as Avenue's Best Restaurants, or the like. So this will save me from answering the common question, "What's your favorite sushi place in Edmonton?" Sushi Wasabi for nigiri sushi and sashimi. Ichiban if I'm feeling like eating rolls... that post will come eventually. There's been only one time Joe and I were seated at the bar. I wish I was brave enough to strike up a conversation with the seasoned staff behind the counter but I never did. Maybe one day if they're not busy... which is almost never. But one day! The food is fantastic. Obviously. On our last visit, Joe had a chirashi bowl, which means "scattered" bowl. A rice bowl topped with whatever the chef has for the day, always including sashimi and fish roe. That day was a surf clam, octopus, tuna and salmon sashimi, ebi shrimp, tamago (egg), mushrooms and cucumbers! An awesome assortment for the seafood lover. My lunch, although not as colorful and impressive as Joe's, was just as good though. I absolutely need salmon whenever I eat sushi, either in a hosomaki form like pictured, or in nigiri form. Last week I had a hankering for hosomaki and a couple pieces of hamachi (Japanese amberjack or yellowtail) nigiri. Mmm, both so buttery and creamy. I can eat this for days. If you're not a fan of wasabi, watch out for their nigiri pieces, there's wasabi in between the sashimi and rice. You're at Sushi Wasabi! And there you have it! My favorite sushi place for sushi and sashimi. It's a small space so make sure you reserve a table during peak hours and especially on Fridays and weekends. My coworker's favorite is their California Roll (are you thinking, whaaaat?) but theirs has grapefruit in it and the larger variety is the size of a hockey puck! I'm not the biggest fan of that particular roll but definitely something to try if you haven't yet. Parking is available in the lot. Go check it out!

    The sushi chefs hard at work
    Russell B.

    Sushi Wasabi is tied for best sushi in Edmonton in my books. I went there tonight with my family for dinner and had a fantastic experience. The restaurant is small, so make sure you call ahead to book a table. (we called 45 minutes before getting there and they held us a table) The highlights of our meal were the tempura, it was light and fluffy but still crisp and not greasy which was awesome. The avocado salmon roll was amazing. My personal favorite is the Dynamite Roll no matter where we go, but at Wasabi sushi it perfectly pairs their amazing tempura with my favorite roll. I am also a wasabi guy, so let me tell you that their Wasabi is amazingly flavourful without being unnecessarily spicy. If you get the chance to go to Wasabi for sushi I highly recommend it, I drove nearly 100 blocks to get there, right past a couple of other sushi restaurants and think you should do the same.

    Exterior
    Jonny M.

    Whatsupb? No wait, that's wrong. Sushi Wasabi is a small but cozy Japanese restaurant located on the south side of town. The restaurant is hidden in a tiny strip mall area (look for the Shell gas station) but is definitely worth checking out. It reminded me of Vancouver as Sushi Wasabi has that cramped, intimate feel to it (to some extent). Does that mean you can skip the trip to Vancouver? Haha, let's not go overboard with those type of expectations youngin'. We went on a Sunday for dinner and the place was pretty busy. We didn't have to wait (score!) but if you can't grab a seat, there's always the best spot in the house (sushi bar), which was empty when we arrived. Sushi Wasabi had a bunch of interesting daily specials so we decided to try out a few along with ordering a few others off their menu. The waitresses are all very friendly and the chef's are the same, greeting you when you enter and exit. - Green tea ($3.00 for two) - the tea was hot, delicious and unlimited. My tea drinking goes through the roof when I'm at restaurants, haha. - Goshumori (5 Item Plate) ($8.00) -an appetizer dish of eggplant sautéed with chili miso, takowasa, vinegared lotus root, smoked monkfish liver and vermicelli salad. I enjoyed the eggplant and monkfish liver (very similar texture to a pâté). The vinegared lotus root looked pretty but didn't have much taste to it. The tako was good but man, why are they so difficult to pick up? Haha. The vermicelli salad tasted like a poor man's coleslaw unfortunately. - #6 Sushi combination ($22.00) - beautifully plated, you get one piece each of tuna, salmon, shrimp, surf clam, octopus, yellowtail, imitation crab stick, tobiko and masago. Also included is one roll of kappa-maki (cucumber). All the nigiri was good and everything tasted fresh. The slices were slightly on the smaller side but the quality is there. - Aburi salmon maki (seared) ($6.95), negitoro ($5.75) and spicy tuna ($5.75) - we tried the aburi salmon, which was one of their daily specials along with two uramaki rolls. The negitoro (tuna and green onions) and spicy tuna were a nice contrast to each other. Each order gets you 6 pieces. Everything was delicious but my fav was the aburi salmon. Searing the salmon gave it a nice charred flavour and the addition of red onions was something completely unexpected. My first experience at Sushi Wasabi was a great one and I am happy to have found another good sushi spot in town. South side seems to be the spot to go to when you want Asian good eats. Wasabi out.

    Menu 1
    Kris B.

    Tasty! Fish was fresh, tempura cooked to perfection, beek tataki was very good. Did take out, so can't speak to the service, but it seemed like it would have been very good. My only complaint was that it was a little pricey... but I guess we are far enough away from the ocean to justify it for fresh.

    Fraser G.

    Maybe the most authentic Japanese experience in Edmonton. The sushi rice is so fresh and packed with flavour.

    Miso soup
    Tamia H.

    Based on the outside I thought this place was going to be a greasy spoon, but when I went inside I was wrong. This restaurant is tiny but the inside is very modern, nicely decorated, well lit and the space is utilized well enough to still provide privacy for diners. The customer service is good and so was the food. Sushi Wasabi isn't that bad but it wouldn't be my first pick for Japanese food. If I happened to be in the neighborhood and was hungry, I would dine here because it does have reasonable prices.

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    Best Japanese food. The service is okay. Did not wait long. The sashimi are fresh. We will come back.

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