Ikoi Sushi

Small Japanese owned restaurant. The menu may be small, but the food is always excellent. I have been patronizing this restaurant for over a decade and it never disappoints.

Cozy little spot, spread out tables and bright. Closed Mondays but was open on New Year Day which was nice.

Gyoza came first, crunchier shell then typical soft doughy gyoza I've had. Nice change of pace.

California roll will run you $6. Pretty standard, fresh tasting. The dream roll was very tasty, the rice was extremely sticky.

Friendly staff and an overall nice experience. The food was neither outstanding nor poor; just a satisfying dinner.

I like this place. I'm very picky about my sushi. This is a legit Japanese owned restaurant unlike most of the sushi joints in the city. I believe it is family owned also as well. I've only ordered take out. They are always very friendly and polite on the phone. The sushi is very good, good size and properly done. The restaurant itself is quite small, maybe 5 or 6 tables? There is parking in the parking lot shared by other shops. Can't wait to be back............

A very nice hole-in-the-wall sushi restaurant worth trying. Besides the familial energy and service, we really enjoyed the different kind of dishes from traditional nigiri, their specialty rolls, especially the sakura flower shaped ikoi roll, and various tasty cooked dishes.

They even have fried oysters, which is always a yummy treat, with its tender richness offset by a great crunch and natto roll, which is definitely worth a try at any sushi restaurant.

Came here to get a nice sushi meal and although its far from where I live, the quality of their sushi rolls and welcoming service (even for take out) would have me coming back for more!
For our meal we ordered:

Takoyaki - nothing too special about these but there was a nice chunk of octopus in each ball. It was flavourful and one of their few hot dishes on the menu.

House Roll - filled to the brim with different ingredients including tuna, salmon, tamagotchi's and imitation crab, this house roll was loved by the family, especially me, the imitation crab lover! Their tamago is something to brag about and even with no sauce on the roll, it had more than enough flavour.

Dream Roll - Very similar to the house roll except with prawn tempura, this roll was also filled with tuna, salmon and tamago. Great choice for those who like variety and textures in their roll.

Negitoro Roll - nice and fatty toro mixed with negi, one of the rolls I always use to judge a place for their sushi and Ikoi passed with flying colours!

Chopped Scallop Roll - quality classic roll here with a good amount of filling and very nicely flavoured rice. It was the perfect rice-fish portion similar to the negitoro.

Crispy Roll - spicy tuna with some tempura bits this was probably the most average of our assortment tonight. This roll didnt have too much tuna but the addition of tempura gave it a bit of a soggy crunch.

DX Chirashi Don - Beautiful is the best word to describe this bowl. Topped with hamachi, salmon, ika, surf clam, octopus, two types of tuna, uni, tamagotchi's and eel, this chirashi are what I have dreams about. A great assortment of fresh fish and well flavoured sushi rice with little bits of seaweed in between. I LOVED this bowl and at the price, it was more than I could ask for.

Overall, we loved this visit to Ikoi and would come all the time if it wasnt in new Westminster. Nevertheless, worth the drive!

Authentic Japanese food, great quality sushi. Not a ton of selections on the menu though.

Very exceptional lady!! She was welcoming wholeheartedly and served us very nice. Got the party tray A and they were made very nicely. I could tell from the sushis that they were exceptionallh made by the japanese owner. Held the sushi with chopstick didnt break down and dipped the sushi into soy sauce and if you go to sushi garden, the sushi would probably break when you held and dipped into soy sauce, but these were well made. Thank you chef for the wonderful sushi and the service. Cheers! Very recommended!

It's one of the best decisions food with nice service and with beautiful joyful happy environment

I always wanted to try this place. We came here as a party of 4 on a Saturday night. I would say we waited about 20 mins for a table. The restaurant is super small and yes it was very busy the night we went.

Free parking can be found out in the front.

We ordered a couple of dishes to share. The sushi here was so so. I didn't find it anything special. Tempura was not crunchy. Chicken karaage was the same as the tempura. The batter tasted a bit off. The unagi nigiri and the salmon nigiri were decent. The spicy salmon was spicy but didn't have that sweetness kick that I am used to. The aburi sushi was the most disappointing. It was not the aburi sushi I am used to. Super sad about that one. Big gaps in prices and quality/taste of food.

Service was ok. I guess I can't expect too much for sushi in New West. I don't think I will be back.

During covid, Ikoi Sushi is only open for takeout and only during dinner time. We got their chirashi don, saba battera, shrimp and scallop battera, and their crunch roll to go. The prices are a little bit on the higher side but we were quite impressed with the food quality. The fish was fresh. The little bit of avocado in the shrimp and scallop battera added nice flavour, and I was a fan of the little bit of spice there was in the crunch roll. Overall a great place for sushi in New West and one I would recommend returning to.