ninkazu japanese restaurant

i wouldn't recommend here.. this is probably one of the worst japanese restaurants in richmond i ever tried..perhaps in vancouver. we came here for all you can eat lunch and ordered few items. disappointed.... i even didn't bother to go for 2nd round. perhaps the best item i had here is the chicken wings among the many items....sadly.

live fast die young. bad sushi kills you dead. and if it doesn’t kill you, there’s a good chance you’re writhing in pain on your couch for hours after, hoping that something will put an end to your misery. when it comes to ayce, i think we all know what’s up here.  nothing ever tastes good, the entire place likely smells of a public washroom, everything is either excessively greasy or excessively dry, and you always leave feeling just a little bit dirty and a lot too itchy. and yet, we keep coming back.  tonight it’s ninkazu , tomorrow who knows. perhaps it’s because it’s a reminder of our forgotten youth when our teenage selves would light up at the idea that we had a warm place to hang out with friends late at night where the food was never-ending.  you just can’t put a price on that, not even under threat of death. step 1: tick off any and all food items. rice is a filler, that’s true, and an experienced ayce veteran might tell you to cut the rice and miscellaneous garbage items to maximize your money, but this is your day and you do you.  if it tickles your fancy, you do what you want and order to your heart’s content. step 2: consume your miscellaneous items.  this includes foods like  miso soup, goma ae, spring rolls, gyozas and agedashi tofu. right about now you’ve probably seen the food at all the other tables around you and you’re probably starving.  think of these items as a teaser, the food you nibble on right before you get to the featuring acts. don’t go into it expecting anything to taste good, but if it does, bonus.  miso soup is standard here with essentially zero tofu and seaweed, the goma ae is drenched in a generous amount of salty peanut sauce, and the spring rolls are filled with pretty much just air.  the tofu is soggy and deflated but ding ding we’ve got a winner after all because the gyozas are pan fried to a crisp with a chewy skin and a generous amount of pork. step 3:  now we pull out the big guns because this is where you’re going to wan

good sushi with great hospitality. best sushi ever and i would like to appreciate the staff effort mainly tony and ding for the best sevice.

i found a feather in my fried chicken.. that's the last time i'm coming here.

hey guys! i don’t usually give my verdict in the opening paragraph of a review, but this is an exception. i can’t even bring myself to add a cover photo for this post. don’t go to ninkazu japanese restaurant . food: they serve all-you-can-eat japanese food here. i found a feather in my fried chicken. not only does this make me wary of ninkazu’s choice of supplier, but it makes me wonder if ninkazu checks this sort of thing before dishes go out. evidently not in this case. this pretty much ruined the evening. it would have been funny seeing this item for sale on ebay, but not in real life. features: it’s a big restaurant that deserves to be empty until they fix their supplier situation. i can’t imagine anyone eating here if there was a chance the food can be unsafe with something like a feather. service: i told our waiter there was a feather in our chicken wing. he said sorry and didn’t take it away. i told the same thing to the cashier at the front. she said sorry and proceeded to charge us regular price for our meal. not cool. not acceptable. one-liner: there was a feather in the chicken wing highlight: my lunch before this “meal” recommended for: nobody would i go back? absolutely not. dineout restaurant review food foodie foodblogger 604 richmond vancouver feather gross food beware health risk

great ayce sushi. this has to be one of the best ayce sushi restaurants in richmond. everything we had was great, the food came out quickly, and the service was very good. i'll definitely be back again soon.

...you can expect to find the regular type of nigiri sushi and sushi rolls on the menu, plus other carbs like deep-fried items, udon... etc. i would say they have fewer selections than some other japanese ayce restaurants, but the quality of the food there is much more consistent than other japanese ayce, which is why we keep coming back. the salmon is fresh, the rice is not overcooked, and the deep-fried items here are always crunchy and freshly fried.

rude waiters. food doesn't arrive in correct amount.
waiters told us to finish eating quickly and ended up slamming the cheque down on our table.
won't be coming back

regulars customer. i really like the service, i always go there even though the busy time, i know sometimes they are really busy and the food was very slow, but i can see they are really hard working, if i asked for the missing food, they will try their best get it to me. also, i saw some customer like china or cbc, they really like to yell those waitress, just only few napkin or spoon, why they don't know how to respect people like a savage. those teenager or china ppl order a lot of food on the table, they are not eating but still keep ordering, those waitress request them to finish some food first, those customer start to yelling, poor waitress, i can't do nothing, only can prayer to you guys. good luck!!!

terrible service. the waitresses are terrible, they look like they are about to kill someone, i saw them spit in someone's miso soup. the manager needs to fire all of them and replace them with younger girls who know how to smile.

decent ayce good. sushi rolls were well made. they missed a couple items but that's normal for all the ayce japanese restaurants i have ever tried. service was fast. food was delivered quickly after order was submitted.

pretty solid ayce. i don't think there's a lot of good ayce in vancouver area, especially ones that offer you solid food and service. ninkazu is definitely one of the better one. although their food choices is not as good as ebei, but their selection is still good compare to kingsway sushi or richmond sushi. their grilled wings and sushi are pretty good. you know this is a good restaurant when there's always people lining up, especially the late night hours.

service wise, i saw a comment quoting "silent hill" lol. they offer decent service if you ask for something such as pickle ginger or refilling tea. if you want the really good and attentive service, then ayce in general won't be the place that you should go.

verdict:
food: 8/10 (food is freshly made, you can tell)
service: 7/10 (they bring in the food in a timely manner, despite they are so busy)
price: 8/10 (much more reasonable pricing than richmond sushi, and they offer deluxe or lite dinner, which give options for ppl who don't eat sashimi)
overall: 23/30 (they have been one of the better ayce in richmond, and their popularity reflects this)

lunch. terrible food that tried to pass for japanese food. the deep fried chicken wings were tasteless and very greasy. the seaweed in the seaweed cone were very fishy so definitely not washed properly or it went bad. their chicken udon consist of their chicken teriyaki, 1 piece, on top of the noodles. their food today is nothing like the pictures of their food. they had definitely went downhill and so i will not be going back! place not packed, there is a good reason for the empty seats.

my advice to anyone visiting ninkazu on the weekend is to come early. lineups have been known to form within half an hour to 45 minutes after opening. they open at 11:30 am for lunch, so it’s best to come before 12:15 pm if you want to be seated quickly.

wow. still no hoops here