Temaki Sushi

This was astonishingly good. We lack this experience in Edmonton.
We ordered the chefs combo. I'm partial to the salmon.
We each had a salad. Seaweed and spinach.
The tempura veg was delicious.
Finally, we each had a bowl of Udon noodles. Chicken and beef. Couldn't finish it all. We were so full.
It's pretty packed in there, so you gotta reserve.
Excellent food and service.

Think I just found my new favourite sushi place in this hood! This place is a bit pricier than others but the quality is there.

This sushi bar has a ton of options - ranging from blue fin tuna, assorted sashimi and oishi (aburi) sushi.

The blue fin tuna ($6/piece - pricey but worth it).

Assorted Sushi - House Special ($26) had a really good selection of assorted nigari (tuna, salmon, bbq eel and chopped scallop). The chef's roll was a tuna roll with mango and crunchy tempura. It was not loaded with sauce like a lot of other places tend to do. It was delicious and fresh.

Lunch Special - Box C ($18) which includes tuna & salmon sashimi, gyoza, tempura, gommae (spinach salad) and miso soup. Everything was really good, wouldn't have changed a thing! The miso soup was one of the best I've ever had.

I will definitely be back.

Temaki is consistently very good. I've been many times over the years and haven't had a bad experience whether it is dine-in or take-out. I really appreciate that the staff are both friendly and efficient.

While Temaki Sushi has been around since 2003, it really hasn't been on my radar until just recently (I suppose the overabundance of sushi restaurants in Vancouver is partly to blame).

Nevertheless, we stopped by Temaki Sushi in late July for lunch and were pleasantly pleased with the food here. The Gomae ($5) and the Assorted Tempura ($14) were the first to arrive to the table. The cold spinach was wound up into a tight cone and was a bit difficult to unravel at first. Meanwhile, the tempura included 4 pieces of prawns and 3 pieces of veggies.

The Agedashi Tofu ($6.50) is deep-fried and topped with green onions and bonito flakes while swimming in a light broth.

The main event was the Chef's Sashimi ($48) which is the chef's selection of 30 various pieces of sashimi. During our visit, this included sockeye salmon, salmon toro, scallops, tuna gomae, halibut, mackerel, tako, hokkigai, kampachi (similar to hamachi), as well as ikura, and squid. The sashimi here is super fresh and well prepared. Loved the buttery softness of the salmon toro and the presentation of the sashimi was on point.

They have a number of items on their fresh sheet so it's a great place to check out some sashimi that you don't normally find at your typical run-of-the-mill sushi joint in Vancouver.

We returned a couple of months later to try their dinner service. This place gets pretty busy at night (both with walk-ins and with take-out orders). The thing that got to me was they weren't very efficient at handling the mix of walk-ins, phone calls, and service. We arrived just before 6pm for our reservation and, although our table (and many other tables) were open and ready, she said she'd seat us in a few minutes and then went to the next people in line who she planned to seat at the open bar seats but told them she'd seat them in 5-10 minutes, etc... and she kept going through the steadily growing line-up of patrons waiting to be seated. So by not simply seating the people waiting, the foyer kept getting crammed full of people as the hostess created a bottleneck. Guess she's never played Diner Dash before.

In any case, after finally being seated at our table that was waiting for us, we decided on our dishes for this night. First up was one of the items under the Chef's Recommendations... the Snapper Tempura ($16). Breaking into the light and crisp tempura batter, the firm yet delicate white flakes of the snapper on the inside was piping hot.

We were quite pleased with the sashimi on our last visit so we ordered the Chef's Sashimi ($48 for 30 pieces). The sashimi arrived in a large wooden bowl that had been chilled with ice underneath the sashimi. They do a good job with their fish here and the temperature is just right. Going clockwise from the top-left: wild salmon, tako (octopus), hokkaigai (surf clam), ika (squid), tuna gomae, Atlantic salmon, hamachi (yellowtail), ikura (salmon roe), hotate (scallop), and something which I think was some type of saba (mackerel). In the middle of the dish was the kanpachi (amberjack) which was really good and had a somewhat firmer texture but still excellent. Honestly, everything in this dish was really good.

Next up was the Kaki Miso ($10) served with in the oyster shell with a creamy motoyaki sauce.

And finally, the Crab Salad ($12) with real crab pieces, fresh mango, shiso leaves, cucumber, kaiware sprouts and a house ponzu dressing. I loved the big chunks of crab that they use in this dish.

Overall, the prices are fair given the quality of the food that they serve here.

My friend recently celebrated a birthday and I offered to take her to any restaurant of her choosing, to honor the occasion. And she chose this restaurant, saying it was the best sushi in town.

After dining here, I must say, she very well may be right.

Despite its unassuming storefront on Broadway, this restaurant's interior is quite lovely inside, with a few private booths, and central bar area where one can sit and dine and watch the chefs in action. The place was super clean, and I liked how there was a "RESERVED" sign placed on our table (I had called in advance to make the reservation, as my friend advised me how busy this place gets at dinnertime. And she was right; the place was at full capacity when I arrived).

The menu is quite extensive, and portions are large. The fish is super fresh. I was so happy to see that they offered "dinner specials" with various bento box meals, as I love these types of sampler platters, and all the other sushi restaurants I've been to only offer these types of meals at lunchtime. I ordered the "Sushi Tempura Box" for $20, and it included the California sushi roll, 3 piece of Nigiri (tuna, sockeye, ebi), 5 pieces of assorted tempura, chicken teriyaki over hot bean sprouts, salad, rice and miso soup. It was SO much food, I asked them to hold the salad and soup, and I STILL had 3/4 of the meal to take home with me. Everything was delicious and fresh. (As a sidenote, I liked how they packaged up my take-home foods. Some places do this sloppily, but here everything was wrapped up nicely and securely , and they even threw in a lidded container with the soy sauce, and the ginger and wasabi, and some chopsticks and napkins. And they packaged it up for me, and bagged it, too, as opposed to handing me the containers and bags and having me package it up myself. Nice!).

Our server was great. Very attentive and always ensuring our tea and water cups were full, and we were happy with our meals.

Note: there is ample metered parking here on Broadway, but there is free parking on the side streets for 1 or 2 hours, and unlimited free parking on the side streets after 6pm on weekdays. FYI. I parked on Yew with no problems or meters. Yeah me!

This is a top-notch sushi place, in a city known for its sushi places. I will definitely be returning here.

One of my go to Japanese restaurants when I feel like eating good sashimi and nigiri. The restaurant offers omekase where you let them know how much you want to spend and they will customized a meal for you. I find this quite nice as you don't have to think about what to order and they will be able to portion size the dishes accordingly to the size of your party!
I also suggest going in the beginning of the week. As I think they receive fresh fish on the Sunday/Monday.

A-OK, hence the three stars.

Service was attentive as others have noted. Green tea was always poured to keep my cup filled.

Chicken karaage
Nabeyaki udon
Karubi - grilled short ribs
Dynamite roll

One notable diff:
Karaage came with some kinda dipping dipping mayo. Quite good.

Everything else was pretty standard, nothing that really stood out.

One other thing to mention, my palate was very off that evening. So off, that the grilled short ribs made my stomach turn. The fattiness was very stomach turning for me. On a normal day, this would not have bothered me as much. I likely would have enjoyed everything a bit more if I was feeling a bit better.

October 2019. Not sure how it's possible but it's even getting better over the years. If quality of fish is your thing then try sashimi or nigiri. Very impressed by the detailed presentation. Also pay for the real wasabi made from the root. Very different and good.

This restaurant is the good one of Authentic Japanese cuisine.Assorted Sashimi is very fresh, sweet by natural of ingredients especially I love to eat "Hamachi or Buri"very fresh, good texture, very sweet.Deluxe Sashimi is very good too.The sushi rice not very sweet and sour, balance in flavor, have vacuum inside sushi rice,The balance of sushi rice and topping ingredients of sushi rice is good but the topping ingredients was not aging(Edomae Tokyo style).Grilled black cod is good perfect cooking, full flavor of smokyness, juicy and fat melted in your mouth.Gyu Don is standard.

The Sashimi here is fantastic!

The Assorted Sashimi (Chef's Selection) is 16 pieces for $25. The quality of the fish is noticeable, the care in the slicing of the fish is present and the plating design is pleasing to the eye. When it was served, there was no description of which creature had been served, but my (semi!) keen eye could pick out: Salmon & Tuna including Toro, Octopus, Prawn and Yellowfin...there was one more that I was totally unfamiliar with. This is my go to order here.

As for other things on the menu: Rolls are not dissimilar from other quality Sushi Restaurants, the care in the roll and the proper rice technique are very welcomed though. The appetizers are standard, the Miso soup was a little bland but the Yakisoba was above average.

Service is a little unfriendly, but I believe it to be the result of often going in with a larger group that likes to drink and perhaps make a smidgen to much noise!

Not the most authentic sushi. There are much better choices out there. If you don't have preferences and just wanted to stuff your stomach, by all means go for it. If you want quality, do avoid.