It was my first time coming to this location. The service is quiet slow even though there weren't very many people in the restaurant. I also found the rice pretty mushy and the taste was odd. However, for 6 people, it was under $50. I think the price really reflects the quality of this place.
You may be familiar with the original Tentatsu restaurant in East Van, by Hastings and Nanaimo. Tentatsu recently just opened their second location in Burnaby, about a 8 minute drive from the original!. The boyfriend and I decided to try it on a whim one evening.
Used to come to this restaurant when it was called Yo Sushi. It looks like it has changed owners. Decor hasn't changed from when it was the previous restaurant. In fact, I probably wouldn't have come here had I known it had changed hands, but since we were already seated before I realized I decided to give them a whirl.
This place offers exceptional value! We ordered a couple of rolls and an order of assorted sashimi. My goodness, were the slices ever thick! The rolls were generously portioned and we were delightfully surprised about how large they were.
Service was appropriate and to my expectation. With all the Japanese restaurants on Hastings, Tentatsu definitely sets themselves apart with the generous portions.
Ahh, another Japanese restaurant at a very ill fated location. Tentatsu is located next to Anton’s, and pretty much every restaurant here lasts about a year (if they’re lucky) before going under. Tentatsu pretty much took over the Sushi Giwa space. Everything looks exactly the same as it was when it was Sushi Giwa, except now it’s run by Chinese people instead of Korean people.
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Excellent value for money. Good food and huge portions.
We were headed to Sushi Oumo but it was closed. Tentatsu was near by and open so we decided to give it a go. It was displaying a 'grand opening' sign and looked relatively new inside. We thought it was likely to be clean and reasonably fresh. It was...
The menu was rather large with multiple create your own combo options for $8.95. My friends ordered two of these and a normal bento box for their kids.
We ordered the same bento for the kids and a selection of dishes for ourselves.
The bento came with chicken teriyaki Don (rice), udon noodle soup, agadashi tofu, salad, ebi sunomono, miso soup, and tempura. It was huge! There was actually a full size portion of each dish. I'm not sure how one person could finish it all. On top of the size, the food was rather tasty. The teriyaki chicken had a lovely crispy skin and tender meat with a tangy sweet sauce. The tofu was lightly fried and melted in your mouth. The ebi sunomono was light and refreshing. We all ended up sharing the bento.
The rest of our meal:
- The wakame (seaweed) salad was twice as big as in normal restaurants. It tasted as expected and didn't dissapoint.
- The sashimi slices were extra large and could have been a meal by themselves. It was fresh and delicious.
- The beef yakisoba came out sizzling and was full of flavour. My favourite dish of the night.
- The spicy tuna hand roll was more tuna rice and tasted just right. Spicy... but not too spicy.
- The dynamite roll was sliced a bit too thin for me but was still pleasing to the eye and palate.
The servers were nice and friendly and did their jobs without any issues or attitude (which you may sometimes get at asian restaurants).
We all left feeling full and content with a surprising amount left in our wallets.
This would normally get a 3.5 from me = I liked it a lot. Nothing too special or different.
However, the quality of meal and service (especially putting up with the 4 roudy kids and multiple requests) makes this place a 4 in my books.
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