Reviews for Shizenya in Vancouver, BC

Ten stars out of five. After visiting this restaurant it is hard to go to any other because most other Japanese restaurants... taste cheap and unhealthy. Maki sushi doesn?t get better than this. They have option to not use mayonnaise. I could substitutethings in my maki rolls. They follow your instructions extremely carefully. The food was served fast. They use generous amountof filling. The wifi is secured. I can?t think of anything I would improve on! Read more

Amazing take on whole food based sushi. Everything here is tailored to be as healthy as possible and they've knocked it out if... the park. The vegan options are delicious, the vegetarian options are plentiful and the regular sushi options are locallysourced and focused on sustainability. This was asmlso the first sushi spot to offer only brown rice for all their sushi/Nigiri.Great place! Read more

Great first experience at Shizenya! I really appreciate the restaurant offering brown rice as a standard in their sushi rolls... (salmon and tuna tasted fresh). Also had the Sockeye Salmon Carpaccio, which had a nice sear and tangy tataki sauce. Myfavourite dish was their vegetable pan-fried brown rice noodle (we paid additional for the GF substitution). It had a niceselection of veg and the miso sauce was comforting and full of umami flavour! The service was attentive to re-filling our tea,and the server was nice to offer GF soy sauce after we ordered the GF sub for the udon dish! They also offered to clean theirboards inside the kitchen to avoid cross-contamination, which says a lot about their care towards patrons and any dietaryrestrictions. Would highly recommend! Read more

Enjoyed a nice dinner here with my kids. It was busy but were seated right away. Service was very good and the food was... beautifully presented, fresh and delicious. I ordered the Ocean Quartet Sashimi Salad and Gomae. My daughter does not eatseafood and there were many vegetarian and "non-fish" options to choose from. Read more

Nice japanese food with organic ingredients. The highlight is the sushi which is made with brown rice but still tastes... delicious! Items had: - Vegetarian roll : Really good and delicious - Lotus root: Different than expected but still yummy! -vegetarian udon noodles : good but a tad sweet. I would skip these and just order more of the yummy sushi! - cauliflowertempura: great appetizer and definitely recommended. The service also was really good and our waitress kept checking on us tomake sure we were happy. Definitely recommend this place to fulfill Japanese food cravings for vegetarians. Read more

Found Shizenya on Yelp and we came to here for breakfast because of the review and the price. The price turned out to be not... much cheaper than other restaurants, but their ingredients seem healthy. We ordered an eggplant appetizer, chicken udon lunchcombo, tuna nigiri and shiawase for dessert. The eggplant might be the best out on all, because the sauce was nice (a bit toomuch). The udon flavor is a bit lacking and I think it might be because they are going for something really healthy. They usedchicken breast in the udon and it's just chicken breast tastes like chicken breasts, nothing special (although I've had reallygood chicken breast from Costco). The shiawase was misleading because on the menu it looks like jelly, but it's just pudding.The nice thing about the pudding is that it's vegan and made out of pumpkin. Overall the experience is okay. Healthyingredients but I do expect slight better tasting food as I'm eating at the restaurant. It would be nice if they figured out howto really balance their sauce and flavor (ex. Eggplant sauce and syrup for pudding was too much, udon is too bland). If you wantto come here, I would recommend coming during lunch time and get the lunch combo special. It has more variety. Read more

Might have been my choice of order, but the food was not good. It had no flavour, good nor bad. Meat quality was good but the... dish was basic and a waste of money I chose the braised chicken with rice. I thought it would be like Oyaku Don (or a not deepFried Chicken Kutsu Don). Read more

went here with my friend, food was incredible! nice quiet ambiance and excellent service. lots of great vegetarian options too,... i got the geisha girls roll and i highly recommend. my friend got the dragon magic roll and she loved it as well. definitelywould eat here again! Read more