New owners? A new family?First of all, I want to preference that this is a family run restaurant of new comers. I admire their spirit and if you don't mind food that is not authentic please support them.Looking at the photos from other patrons I'm not sure I was in the same restaurant. Despite what the menu said.They seemed more focused on a take out business. After being seated I waited maybe ten or so minutes before my order was taken... then thirty minutes for my chirashi to arrive... which is just rice and sashimi on top.Okay now about the food. It wasn't authentic Japanese.The rice suffered from the Goldie-lox effect. Parts had too much vinegar or not enough or was just right. My guess is the rice wasn't mixed enough while adding the vinegar. However the texture was good and consistent.Now the sashimi. The scallop was the star. It was delicious and I wanted more. Often scallops don't taste as fresh. The rest of the sashimi was fine, it was cut right. However, I found the tomago off. It tasted like a Chinese egg tart. I love Chinese egg tarts but tomago is far from that. This is a sign that the egg was cooked too fast and dashi was not used.Oh also the wasbi was very watery. I've never seen this before and do not know what to contribute that from.
Truly the best sushi experience in Victoria. Not only did the sushi taste amazing, the presentation was great too. The staff and owners made my visit very rememberable, if you are looking for a family friendly small business to support, this is the place to go. I wouldn't recommend a better sushi place in Victoria!
I highly recommend the Tuna and Salmon Oshi Sushi. If you are looking for a tuna and salmon mix, this roll is the perfect match. They use a special house sauce that upon the first bite, it just melts in your mouth. I've never tasted anything like this before. It truly is the perfect match. The owners are so lovely and friendly. This will be my forever go to sushi spot. #supportlocalbusiness
Worst chicken Katsu I have ever had.Dry chicken with soggy breading, so discussing.There was more slimy onions, rice & egg than chickenIt was like a bowl of mush, never will I order from there again! Absolutely shit….
Small restaurant but the fresh fish is one of the best I have have had in Victoria. The sushi chef is very talented and everything comes beautifully prepared. I highly recommend this restaurant good service and excellent food.
Spider roll was alright but I also ordered katsudon - and when it didn't come after 45 mins, I checked with the kitchen and it wasn't even close to done yet. So I had it canceled. But honestly, it's the fact that they still charged me for the miso that came with the katsudon that bothers me. C'mon folks, we were the only 2 in there at the time.
Chiba is always amazing, fresh and worth it! Thank you for another great meal. Their new location is adorable and my wait time was half the time they had told me it was going to be when I placed my order. I can’t say enough great things about this restaurant :)
Good service. Good food.?
The food takes forever. When it comes out, it’s not very good. The fish taste frozen with little flavour. Massive disappointment for price. They seem to focus on the takeout instead of their in-person customers.
I don't recommend anyone go here. The food is just bad. Expensive sit down prices for supermarket sushi quality.This was the first time in my life I spit sushi out. The fish is not fresh, the rice has a weird smell. All the appetizers were underseasoned.I tried to reach out to the restaurant and give feedback directly but didn't hear back .