Lil’ bun and her friends went Black Friday shopping downtown and stopped by Urban Sushi for lunch. I’ve walked by Urban Sushi a couple of times but never went in so I was glad to hear that she had a good visit. The exterior had a woodsy theme to it and the interior was cramped with people but I don’t expect much when it comes to spacious seating downtown since it’s almost expected that there’s not much room to go around.
I love this place. Great sushi selection and always tasty. I don't go there for lunch because they are so busy but you can order online to pick up. I also take my friends for supper after work and enjoy my favorite sushis.
Very good food made with fresh ingredients. Service was decent, very polite. Nice and clean restaurant with great location. I def Recommend!
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Then Urban Grill showed up just a few doors down from our office and we thought our prayers were heard. Little did we know, this was a little different than the stereotypical Mongolian grill. This place is a bit of a unique establishment. There are two separate restaurants in a combined space that share a seating area, but beyond that everything is separate. It’s definitely one of the cleanest Mongolian grills I’ve ever seen which is generally a bad sign. It’s also one of the few grills in town that charge by weight, rather than a fixed price for a bowl or with an all-you-can-eat price. One of the benefits as a result is the options available to you are much greater than some of the dirtier and cheaper locations. They have things like various nuts, different coloured bell peppers, various beans and mushrooms, as well as some seafood options for meats. They also don’t freeze their meat, though I have seen it with ice crystals on it so it’s likely thawed in the morning. The process is you start at the beginning of the line with a silver tray, put as much food as you want on it, then at the end you put your plate on a scale. They weigh it and charge a flat rate per 100g regardless of what you added to your plate, then give you a sheet of paper to fill out with options of of having white or brown rice, as well as a number of sauces to choose from. I stacked my plate full of various veggies, cashews, beef marinated in a spicy sauce while being careful not to overi
Really liked it. The food was fast and very fresh. The place was very clean. Only wished their business hours were longer.
Very good. We took the special of the day my friend and I and we were so satisfied! The service is very fast, sushi are excellent.
I definitely will go again.
Excellent value for money downtown. There are many sushi parlors downtown, but for food quality and variety as well as quick preparation Urban Sushi is one of my favorites. They could do better with the cleanup of the tables after the sitting guests left.
Raymond's Sushi Adventures
+4
Urban Sushi is a small Japanese restaurant on Granville St. conjoined with its sister restaurant, Urban Grill. It is open until 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and closes earlier on weekends, which most likely suggests that it is frequented by businesspeople looking for a quick lunch or an early supper after work (though tourists also seem to make their way into the restaurant as well). The regular menu items aren't cheap, but the Daily Specials are frequently very good deals. Today's special menu contained 5 dinner sets, each accompanied by a miso soup or a beverage. There were some pricey beverages to choose from, such as the Virgin Mojito, Virgin Singapore Sling, among several other choices.
It seems to me an incontrovertible truth that just as one sits down for lunch involving shovelling of mass quantities of rice into face and inadvertent swallowing of hidden wasabi followed by excessive sweating, one always seems to be dining alone in the middle of a bustling restaurant. Such was my predicament this afternoon during my lunch break at Urban Sushi .
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I used to come for lunch all the time when I worked right next door. I really liked their Negitoro roll, but that was over 8 years ago. I decided to gather my friends for lunch at Urban Sushi to see how it was now. It had been renovated and had a modern, clean look. They had integrated the other – Urban Grill restaurant together with Urban Sushi. The tables and seating were a bit crammed, and with coats and bags especially during winter times, we didn’t have any place to put them. I kept my coat on, while another bunched it up on her lap. Service was very friendly, and the menu was quite extensive for such a small restaurant. I, of course ordered the Negitoro Roll $2.95 and Pork Gyoza $5.25. The Negitoro had changed since 8 years ago. Before it used to be a ‘roll’, as in the rice was on the outside. Now it was a ‘maki’, with the rice wrapped inside the seaweed. I didn’t mind either one, though I find rolls are bigger. The big question was – how was the taste? The flavour was really good. I’m not sure what they add in that gives it a wonderful flavour. However, I was a bit disgusted that the rice and fish was warm…eek… The gyoza was ok. Nothing fancy. The bento boxes that two of my friends ordered looked good, and the Beef Udon one other friend ordered looked ok – not authentic Japanese bowl, but she said it’s really good. For a quick bite or take out, I wouldn’t mind returning again…though not sure about the Negitoro.
After visiting Urban Grill & Urban Sushi , in my opinion, this is an establishment with a great marketing strategy and they are successful at what they do. I recently went on their website and it is informative, interesting to navigate, offers online ordering, and offers discount coupons with appealing food photos. I often walked pass the restaurant on Granville St., and noticed that it was always busy during the lunch rush. Last week, my fellow class/food/soul mate Johanna pointed at the deep fried ice cream being advertised at the front of the restaurant. Thus, we were convinced to go in and check it out. After a quick browse of the interior, we decided to sit down and give it a try. It was the HD flat screens displaying mouth-watering photos of the items on the menu that got us to stay. The atmosphere is casual, but the seatings are not designed for comfort. It was more cafeteria-style with long tables and chairs close together, a get-in-and-get-out style. The restaurant is divided
There Is Always Room
+4.5
Wow. Was the plating ever a nice surprise. It was much fancier than I had expected for a fast-food type of sushi place. I would have liked the lettuce to be dressed, since I did eat it, but I liked having it on the plate. The salmon sushi was a nice cool temperature. Not too thick, and tasted really good. The dynamite roll was the perfect size. Sometimes they can be made as a large roll which I find hard to eat. The tempura was still crisp and it was not swimming in mayonnaise. This roll was a win, in my opinion.
I made a visit to Urban Sushi on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver and enjoyed their Chirashi Don sushi (pictured in video below, $11.95) which their menu describes as “various raw fishes on top of sushi rice”. My friend Yang ordered the Oshinko Roll
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