Edokko Nigiri Sushi

Came here on Mother's Day for late lunch around 1:30pm. There was a little wait due to being Mother's Day, but good we got a table for two within about 20 min of wait.
We tried the Unagi Specials. It was delicious. But we felt the instructions were a bit more than the food.
I had the pudding for dessert which was very good.
The staff was very friendly. Authentic Japanese.
The restaurant was spacious and felt good with the sun shining through the windows.
Parking was not too bad as there was a parking lot for the plaza.

Stopped here for lunch while driving from Seattle to Vancouver. The location is in Richmond and there is plenty of parking.
It was my first time here, but the inside of the restaurant felt like I was in Japan. Although it was lunchtime, there were seats available and I was able to sit down right away, but then the place was full.
I had a hard time looking at the menu, but this time I decided on the hitsumabushi.
Because when I went to city of Nagoya last year, I missed the famous conger eel hitsumabushi. There are three types of Hitsumabushi, and I chose the "Unagi Hitsumabushi Gozen" ( Unagi Don, Pickles, Seaweed, Green Onion, Wasabi, Mini Assorted Sashimi, Kobachi, Chawan Mushi. ) Hitsumabushi can be enjoyed in four ways. I recommend that you check out how to eat it and give it a try. I would like to come again and try other OZEN.

It is so wonderful to have some traditional nigiri sushi, beautifully prepared and presented. It seems so hard to find - in Canada all we seem to see is ridiculously giant rolls with too many ingredients...

At Edokko we had the nigiri set with kake soba and tempura. Sushi was high quality, delicious, perfectly sized. Rice was perfectly seasoned.
The soba and tempura were simple, uncomplicated, perfect. All for $30. Great value.

We added the daily sushi special, Kinmedai- Wow, really delicious! Friendly service, bright beautiful room.

We can't wait to go back.

Yelper C told me about this place. It is definitely very far out in Richmond In the Terra Nova area. It is located in a mall with free parking. B and I came here for dinner. I ordered the Unagi Hitsumabushi Gozen and B got the Unagi Hitsumabushi Set and spicy salmon roll.

My Unagi Hitsumabushi Gozen came with mini sashimi and chawa mushi. The chawa mushi was super smooth and flavorful. The mini sashimi was nice. When the food came it came with instructions on how to consume the unagi. There are three ways of eating the unagi. I personally prefer to eat it strait out from the box.

The sets are at the pricy end but their ingredients are shipped from Japan fresh. Food is on the high quality end. Service was ok. The restaurant itself is quite spacious and has a good number of seats. I have noticed once it reaches 6 pm, there are many empty tables. I am guessing most people dine early in the area.

Overall I really enjoyed my food. It was super delicious. Only issue is that it is very far out.

TL;DR: great sushi and unique unagi hitsumabushi! Service was great, as well!

Came here for lunch on a Thursday without a reservation and luckily only had to wait about 10 minutes for a table.

Service: So nice and attentive and informative (5/5)

FOOD:
~Unagi Hitsumabushi (4/5): comes with instructions on how to eat it! The unagi don itself was 5/5. The chawanmushi that comes with it was also 5/5. The other accompaniments and soup were good too, but personally like eating the unagi don as is.

~Saba Bo Sushi roll (3.75/5): Thick pieces of saba (mackeral) but a little too much rice

~Chopped Scallop Roll (3/5): Scallop was good and seasoned well, but too much rice

~Aburi assorted sushi (5/5): love that they char the rice a little too. The fish was all so fresh and delicous

~Aji sashimi half order (3.5/5): the fish was very fresh, but might not be my personal taste preference

~Pick 3 (Scallop, Hamachi Toro, Albacore Toro): all 5/5. So fresh and delicious

Definitely worth a try!

Wanted to try this new Japanese restaurant for awhile and glad I did! It's a bit on the pricey side, especially because I think it's from the owners of Takeya, but definitely worth it as the quality is great.

I was told to come for lunch as dinner is a lot more expensive and not worth it. We arrived around 12 pm on a Friday and was told the wait would be about 1 hour. They called us at about 45 minutes. They do take reservations, but a limited number per day. They have a 2-sided menu for lunch, with sets from $20-$40. All of them have a great variety and quality fish. Service was polite and attentive.

I think the chirashi and udon set was great value at $21.95. It came with nearly a full sized udon, half portion of chirashi (but the type where the fish is chopped up small), and an appetizer tempura. Very tasty and satisfying!

The Shokado lunch ($29) has a limited amount per day and is basically 6 small dishes plus rice and miso soup. Again everything was delicious. We loved the silky smooth chawanmushi.

The nigiro gozen set ($32.95) had a lot of sushi, came with the same side of tempura, and had our favourite chawanmushi as well.

I would visit again, especially for lunch! Just make sure you either reserve or expect to wait as it is pretty busy.

I didn't expect this place to be so popular. We got here 10 mins after it opened and it was full house. We decided to wait even when told it might be an hour wait since we already had our minds set on this. We got a table after 40 mins. Reservations are highly recommended here.

We got the unagi hitsumabushi gozen which came with sashimi, chawanmushi and side dish. At $36.95 for lunch (dinner is $2 more), it is a bit pricey. The sashimi portion was tiny and the side dish was seaweed. Only the chawanmushi was worth it. Silky smooth and soft, one of the best I had.

The unagi was really delicious and I liked how you could have it 3 ways. I like it on its own and with wasabi. I didn't like it much with soup which was a very light tasting broth. You get the flavor from the unagi sauce.

Unfortunately they will only open for dinner from August 2, 2023. Not sure why as they are apparently always busy during lunch.

Good lunch spot for a quality meal.

We waited ~10 minutes for a table of 2 without reservations on the weekend. Though the unagi hitsumabushi was recommended by several people we decided to order a la carte to try a bit of everything. Nigiri sashimi was incredibly fresh; I love the option of choosing a smaller or larger portion of rice for nigiris. The kanpachi sashimi was the least fresh as the texture was a little off however we enjoyed the hirame. We tried the grilled unagi served piping hot though a bit small of a portion for the cost. Rolls were good but not necessarily enough to justify 1.5x $ of most other places.

The servers were attentive and friendly throughout, checking in on us just the right amount. Make sure to call in for reservations for larger groups.

Overall we had an enjoyable lunch date.

We didn't make reservation so we waited an hour for a table. My sister said they have a takeout branch down by Steveston.

We were seating at the back with the baby stroller. We were quite hungry by the time we got the table so we ordered quite a bit for the 4 of us.

We ordered:

- umeshiso roll
- beef tataki
- Salmon Battera
- Nigiri Gozen Set
- Shokado Set
- Chirashi and Udon Set
- BBQ beef don and Udon Set

There is a bit of a wait for the lunch set to come so it was definitely a good decision to order some appetizer and rolls. The udon was really good. The broth is very flavorful and the udon is chewy just how I like them to be. The onsen egg was more cooked than I like. The must order is definitely the salmon battera. The whole meal works out to be about $155.

We went in for a slightly later dinner around 745pm. We were immediately greeted and asked for a table for 2. The staff asked us to wait as there wasn't a table for 2 available. We waited about 10 minutes before we were seated.

The server promptly greeted us and asked us if we wanted h2o or tea to drink and we both opted for tea.

As for our orders, wifey ordered the Unagi Hitsumabushi Gozen. Myself I ordered the Nigiri Gozen. I won't go into to many details about every item as everything that was included was delicious! The chawanmushi delicate and lovely with its delicate flavor. The miso soup was perfect not too salty and the right temp for drinking on a slightly cooler night.

My wife's unagi was tender and mixed well with her accompanied rice. Everything I ate was good. I do think individual a la carte items may be a bit on the pricier side but the set dinner/ lunch menus are put together very thoughtfully and is worth the price they are given.