Ebisu in Richmond

Ebisu on UrbanspoonThe restaurant closes at 11pm and we got there around 10 past 10pm. We were told that last call was in 10 minutes, but that was fine as we figured it wouldn’t take too long to decide what we would want to order.

 

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I ordered the Ninja Kicker $5.50 for 4 pieces. It had prawn tempura, cucumber, avocado, spicy tuna, slamon, Tobiko, and green onions. It was spicy, but nothing really to note about the taste. Satisfactory. Nice presentation and colourful.idearabbit_ebisu_richmond3

Negitoro roll $3.95 was satisfactory, though with presentation, the sushi restaurant likely wouldn’t survive serving sushi with rice coming out and bits and pieces stuck on it.idearabbit_ebisu_richmond2The small Tuna Tataki $6.95 was refreshing with a variety of greens. Sheepie didn’t really like the sauce too much, but I thought it was fine. Again, nicely presented with arrangements and colours

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The Agedashi Tofu $4.95 was good.idearabbit_ebisu_richmond5

Despite the pieces of the large Rainbow roll $9.50 (8 pieces)  falling apart when you tried eating it, the taste was satisfactory. Again, sushi falling apart wouldn’t sell well in Japan, but then again, they don’t have these fancy rolls over there in the first place.

The service was good, although it was a bit annoying that different servers kept coming to our table to ask the same questions like “did you already order?” “we’d like to let you know we’re doing our last call” Um…yes, we’ve been informed twice before already…we know. But the Japanese staff were quite patient with us even though the restaurant was closing and Sheepie started up a conversation with the table next to us.

The manager looking man must have heard him talking about Sheepie coming from Germany in that he said “Danke” as we left the restaurant.

This location has a more ‘comfy’, and ‘casual’ feel compared to the one on Robson which is more modern, slick and upscale. However, the food, prices and service are decent.

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