B.C. loves seafood and there are a variety of incredible Vancouver sushi restaurants to prove it.
From high-end Japanese restaurants in Vancouver to all-you-can-eat sushi spots, there’s no shortage of eateries that serve the Japanese dish.
There’s also the fact that Vancouver is on the West Coast, meaning it has an abundance of fresh fish that makes sushi in Vancouver even more drool-worthy than in other parts of Canada.
Sushi is so popular in Vancouver, that in 2022 the city was ranked as the most sushi-loving city in the world outside of Japan in a study by Chef’s Pencil.
Here are some of the best sushi restaurants in Metro Vancouver that you’ll want to check out if you love this iconic Japanese dish.
Miku Vancouver
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Address: 200 Granville St #70, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Miku is a high-end restaurant that offers Aburi-style cuisine. This Vancouver spot located next to Canada Place is well-known for its specialty sushi rolls, including Ebi Oshi Sushi with pressed prawns and ume sauce and its Miku Roll made with salmon, crab and special sauce.
Along with sushi rolls, you can get a range of sashimi as well as soft-shell crab and lobster ceviche. Albeit on the pricier end, this restaurant is worth going to if you’re a sushi lover.
The restaurant has a 4.5/5 rating on Google with over 6,500 reviews with people calling it “top-notch” and one of the best sushi restaurants they had ever been to.
Minami
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Address: 1118 Mainland St, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Minami is another Japanese restaurant with a 4.5/5 Google rating and rave reviews online. Reviewers say this Vancouver restaurant has the “highest quality of everything” and that the service is both “personal and attentive.”
Opened in 2012, Minami is a sister restaurant of Miku, so it also serves Aburi-style dishes.
This restaurant’s menu is packed with sushi, nigiri and sashimi options.
Kishimoto Japanese Restaurant
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Address: 2054 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Kishimoto in Vancouver is a small restaurant that serves creative and delicious sushi as well as modern twists on Japanese classics.
On the dine-in menu, you’ll find special kaiseki-style dishes served a la carte. There’s also an assortment of sushi rolls including the traditional ones like dragon and dynamite rolls and unique rolls like the bluefin negitoro roll.
Nordel Sushi
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Address: 12080 Nordel Way #125, Surrey
Why You Need To Go: Nordel Sushi has an impressive selection of sushi, sashimi, tempura and nigiri on its menu.
While Vancouver has a lot of sushi restaurants, not all of them offer all-you-can-eat. If that’s what you’re looking for then you’ll be happy to know that’s an option you can get at this sushi shot.
You can go for an AYCE lunch or dinner at Nordel Sushi in Surrey. The price starts at $27.95/per person and depends on the meal and day of the week you go.
Tom Sushi
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Address: 1175 Davie St, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: With a 4.7/5 rating and over 1,700 reviews on Google, Tom Sushi is a popular restaurant in Vancouver. If you scroll through this restaurant’s Instagram page you will also find people leaving comments saying this sushi spot is “so underrated” and “the best in Vancouver.”
According to its website, Chef Tom combines traditional Japanese flavours with local, west coast elements to create a unique dining experience.
The menu includes several creative rolls like the fire volcano roll salmonholic roll and mango flower roll.
Momo Sushi
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Address: 6-375 Water St, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Momo Sushi offers a variety of traditional rolls that are also quite affordable with the salmon roll and tuna rolls priced at under $5 each.
The Japanese restaurant also has a list of special rolls that look equally as delicious, including a mango roll, Godzilla roll and king dragon roll.
Aside from sushi options, the eatery has udon, noodles, tempera, donburi and teriyaki.
Temaki Sushi
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Address: 2156 W Broadway, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Temaki Sushi is another Vancouver restaurant where you can get drool-worthy rolls.
From specialty to vegetable and maki, the menu is a sushi lover’s dream. The prices at this restaurant are also quite affordable with some rolls under $5 and the specialty ones going up to $20 per roll.
Tetsu Sushi Bar
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Address: 775 Denman St, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Tetsu Sushi Bar is an upscale Japanese restaurant that serves an intimate dining experience to its customers. With limited seating in the restaurant, Tetsu only welcomes a few guests each day.
The Michelin-recommended restaurant celebrates the “best of the season and highlights Japanese ingredients,” according to its website. It also made Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list for 2024, coming in at number 78.
It offers both an a la carte menu as well as a signature omakase sushi dinner experience of seasonal nigiri and authentic Japanese appetizers.
Sushi Nova
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Address: 2059 W 4th Ave, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Located in Kitsilano, Sushi Nova offers a variety of Japanese cuisine along with an impressive collection of sushi.
On their menu, you’ll find classic rolls, Nova special rolls and a chef’s special set. The special rolls have dishes with Vancouver-inspired names like the Grouse Mountain roll that’s made with deep-fried spicy tuna and the Stanley roll that’s made with prawn tempura.
Miko Sushi Japanese Restaurant
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Address: 1335 Robson St, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: This cozy spot in Vancouver with celebrity autographs decorating the walls serves raw and cooked Japanese classics.
Its menu has several sushi combos to choose from that include a variety of rolls. Or you can order individual maki and temaki rolls and cones as well as an assortment of nigiri sushi.
Hello Nori
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Address: 1165 Robson St, Vancouver
Why You Need To Go: Nori Sushi is dedicated to serving a range of Japanese dishes using Vancouver’s fresh seafood.
This restaurant is known for its delicious hand rolls and the chefs change the ingredients they use according to the season and what’s available from local suppliers.
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