Benkei Ramen is a popular chain of Japanese ramen noodle soup restaurants, with five locations around Vancouver. The company even expanded into Japan! We’ve previously dined at their Kitsilano and Robson locations and thoroughly enjoyed both restaurants, so we thought we’d try Benkei Ramen’s Fairview location, situated in the Crossroads condo development on the corner [...]
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Maruwa Sushi Japanese Restaurant Review
Maruwa Sushi Japanese Restaurant is located right beside Tim Hortons in the strip-mall along Steveston Highway, between No. 5 Road and Shell Road. Unlike most places in Vancouver proper, ample complimentary parking is conveniently available right out front of this Richmond restaurant. We’ve eaten at Maruwa plenty of occasions over the years, as my sister-in-law [...]
Ebisu On Robson – VanEats ‘Cheers Ebisu’ Dining Package Preview
The Kamei Group of Japanese establishments operates six restaurants around the lower mainland, including Ebisu on Robson. This stylish izakaya is situated on the corner of Robson St. & Bute, in downtown Vancouver. Located on the second floor, you’ll easily find stairs to its entrance just off the sidewalk on Bute Street. This contemporary restaurant [...]
Tokyo One Sushi Review
While driving along West 10th Avenue in Point Grey, we were craving a quick bite of Japanese food for dinner. We noticed Tokyo One Sushi near Trimble Street, so we pulled over right outside the tiny restaurant. Not having read any previous reviews on Urbanspoon or Yelp, we could only assess the establishment’s exterior before [...]
Shin Ju Japanese Restaurant Review — All-You-Can-Eat Sushi
Shin Ju is a casual Japanese restaurant located in the Fairview Slopes/South Granville area of Vancouver, right on the corner of West Broadway and Hemlock. It’s a decently-sized, fairly well-lit restaurant (from the large windows taking up one whole wall). Its decor is a hodgepodge of bric-a-brac like sake bottles and Japanese art. Service was [...]
Benkei Ramen Robson Review
Benkei Ramen’s Robson location (near Denman) was the second out of the chain’s five restaurants we visited. The restaurant’s decor and layout was virtual identical to its location on West Broadway, in Kitsilano, with a bamboo dividing wall at its entrance and similar warm colour tones throughout. Servers were friendly and promptly seated us upon [...]
Guu With Otokomae (Gastown) Review
Guu is an ever growing izakaya empire because there are now six Guus around Vancouver (Thurlow, Nelson, Robson, Denman, Gastown, and Richmond), two in Toronto, and even one in China! Gastown’s Guu With Otokomae was the second Guu location that we tried, and the first was actually Guu’s original location on Thurlow. (We’ve since visited [...]
Mazuya Sushi Review
Craving sushi one evening, we chose Mazuya Sushi for dinner because it was within walking distance from our home, and the restaurant had decent reviews. It has taken me forever to write this post because, sadly, we did not have an enjoyable experience… First of all, we were seated at a table that had not [...]
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