Isami Sushi

Possibly my favourite sushi place. The food is always great and the staff are always friendly. I recommend the vegetable udon soup.

Came here for a quick solo dinner, post-workout. The place feels very family friendly and had chill vibes. I ordered dynamite roll, and salmon & tuna nigiri (it was a combo, but I can't remember the name of the combo now). I also got spider roll!

The raw salmon and tuna were so fresh! I remember savouring the bites and I was tempted to order more sashimi just so I could have more! The dynamite roll was good, nothing special to note. The spider roll was nice and crispy, but lacking a little flavour for me. Maybe the batter needed a bit more salt?

Service was fast, and my tea was always refilled!

For fresh sushi made by Japanese people come here. This is probably one of the most authentic Japanese places in South Burnaby and they have sake and beer specials. Best part is the owners are actually Japanese. Pricing is relatively decent. And Ambiance is very traditional. There is parking downstairs and on the street. Friendly warm service and very good sushi.

Wanted to try it for a while and finally went on a Wednesday night around 6 30pm.

Got two rolls and a small portion of the tempura. It's definitely more filling than it seems for one person! Price was reasonable for the ingredients they serve. Very satisfied with the three items I got, loved their fish roe sushi

Looking forward to returning to try other special rolls!

This is my go to sushi place in the Metrotown area and easily the best one. It's an older restaurant with about 16 tables, booths and some sitting tables in the back. Been around for over 20 years now and the fact it's been successful and same owners all along tells you something. Authentic food prepared by Sam and team. Sam is first Gen Japanese and does it the proper way. Reading some negative reviews from people complaining about the smaller size of the pieces obviously are not sushi people. Sashimi and sushi are never supposed to be shaped like bricks lol. They do it that way down the street at Sushi Garden and I nearly choked on that low end stuff.

Food is always good (4.5/5) - i like the fact Sam respects the seasonally of sushi and tries to order the freshest items. He also won't serve pieces he thinks are close to expiration. Good example of this is how I may ask him for Bluefin and he has some but refuses to serve it if it's been a few days since purchased... that takes integrity to forego sales for customer satisfaction.

My personal favourites are all the sashimi dishes, scallop BBQ Robata and Hand rolls.

The maki is pretty good when I've had it.

Service is good (4/5) but yes they do get busy sometimes and it can lead to some delays I agree. However the servers are hustling all the time so it's not due to their lack of attention... it's a popular place so it happens sometimes.

Atmosphere is basic - not a modern updated look or anything like that. Basic layout from about 20 years ago - (4/5)

Overall (4.5/5) ... it's the only place I'd recommend in the Metrotown area. Reasonable prices for the authentic quality. You will pay a lot more downtown for sure.

Delicious food, homey ambiance and friendly service. This is definitely one of our favourite restaurants in town.

Lovely food and great service. It has been a wonderful spot to enjoy the beginning of weekends for several months for me.

Great sushi no doubt, I think this is the best sushi in the Metrotown area, only issue I found was the service, I won't go into details but if it's something that doesn't bother you then I recommend it but if so maybe go somewhere that serves faster

Their Yaki Udon is out of this world, the makis are also the perfect size. Highly recommend!

Got here at 6:30 and the place was buzzing. Good thing we made a reservation for 6 people. With that number, we were able to order a nice variety.

Sushi, tempura, chicken karaage, udon, BBQ black cod, pork cutlet, and more! All good! As was service. For a small place like that, they sure had a lot of waitresses on that dinner shift tonight.

My favorite was probably the mango salmon roll. Both the fruit and the fish were quite nice to the bite. Tempura was also good and I think I want to try the veggie version next time. The batter was quite light yet tasty.

I might even want to sit at the counter next time and do it the good old Japanese fashion - a little at a time, straight from the chef's hand to my plate.

Although expensive, the food here is very fresh and definitely authentic. My family ordered a chicken katsu don, scallop roll, 2 aburi toro, 2 aburi salmon, 2 hamachi, scorpion roll, negitoro roll, mini chirashi don and boneless chicken kaarage. This food cost around 70$ which was a surprise but one taste of the fish and we agreed that quality was up there. The chirashi don was actually not too mini with plenty of rice and fresh slices of salmon, tai, tamago and tuna. Their sushi rice was flavoured perfectly as evidenced in each of their rolls and nigiri. The scorpion had crab meat topped with spicy tuna and was a family favourite. With just enough flavour but not overloaded with sauce, this special roll was light and delicious! The nigiri all had decent sizes of fish and the chicken katsu don had a HUGE bowl of rice. The most disappointing was the boneless chicken kaarage because the portion was very small for the price paid. It tasted good but we probably wouldn't spend that much for chicken kaarage again.

Overall, kind service for take out and delicious Japanese food!