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Asoyama
Categories: Restaurants Sushi Bars Restaurants Japanese Sushi Bars, Japanese [Edit]
1717 Kenaston BlvdWinnipeg, MB R3Y 1V5
(204) 487-4222
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
3 reviews for Asoyama
3 reviews in English
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Review from Anthony D.
Calgary, AB
3/19/2012
Asoyama is a great place to eat. If you want some sushi, come here. It offers quite pretty and peaceful environment. The service of a waitress or waiter is fantastic. They also have a button to call on the service. The food is excellent! They also include many great drinks and desserts such as smoothies and mango cheese cake. GREAT PLACE!!! Come here especially on a special day. Keep in mind they also have traditional Japanese seating rooms.
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Review from Sergei S.
Winnipeg, MB
9/28/2010 1 Check-in Here
Very disappointed in this place. Great interior, decent food, but TERRIBLE customer service.
The interior and atmosphere are excellent. Wonderful patio, nice decor. Perfect for romantic dinner or large groups. Mind you, all that was there during the previous occupant - Shogun Restaurant.
The first thing that stood out as a sore thumb was the menu. It looked like a middle school student's project - a Word document full of low quality, pixelated pictures taken with a phone camera. Are owners too cheap to print real menus?
I would give this place 3 stars, but the owner managed to make our dining experience awful. While eating, one of the people in our group found a large, pointy piece of fish scale in his roll. We mentioned it to the waitress, who apologized and quickly fetched the owner - older Korean lady. She as well apologized, but than attempted to downplay the incident by uttering the phrase: "It is still a part of the fish, so it's OK". The hell? What's next, a fish tail roll or see urchin needle sashimi? In the end she didn't even take the offending roll off the bill or offered a complimentary item. I'd expect that kind of service at a cheap all-you-can-eat family diner, but not an upscale restaurant with high prices.
Food selection was decent, but pretty much the same stuff you can find anywhere else. Nothing stood out as new or original. Presentation was good, but quality of ingredients average, but that's consistent with 90% of sushi restaurants in Winnipeg. Price was on the higher end of the scale, definitely not a good value for money.
Conclusion: I'm not going back, who knows what other "parts of the fish" will end up in my food, and disappointed to see a nice place like that ran like a street food stall. -
Review from DineoutGal A.
Winnipeg, MB
2/6/2010 4 photos
Asoyama has taken over the former location of "Shogan." I think Shogan closed in late Fall 2009. Anyhow, the interior has been revamped a bit and is well decorated and pretty. There's traditional seating on the left side but mostly it's all regular table sitting.
I'd say the pricing for most items are on par with most sushi places. Although the 9 pc sashimi runs a tad higher than other places - most of the choices are $17.95 to $19.95. Most maki rolls are $5.95 to $7.95 and the house rolls $6.95 to $17.95.
The salmon nigiri was rich, fatty and delicious at $4.95 for 2 pieces. The nigiri was also a bit larger than usual.
The Kamikaze Roll ($6.95) is essentially a spicy chopped scallop roll sprinkled with tempura flakes and dotted with sriracha. Good roll - no complaints here.
The Bakudan Maki ($5.95) with tuna, salmon, chili sauce and tempura flakes sprinkled on the roll. It looked and tasted like the tuna and salmon were tossed in mayo and chili sauce which made for a richer bakudan than I am use to.
The Caterpillar Roll ($11.95) BBQ eel, avocado, cucumber, yamagobo and sesame was good and had a slight sweetness to it. But I'm, not sure if I'd order it again as there wasn't much eel to this roll.
Also, somehow I also received an additional roll that I didn't order, it was the chopped scallop roll ($5.95) there was scallop, tobiko, mayor and cucumber. Another delicious "bonus" roll. There were big chunks of scallop that were tender and delicious.
Overall, I liked the sushi here. The sushi rice was balanced as there's nothing worse than soggy rice. The staff are nice and friendly. The only complaint I'd have is that they seem to be a tad heavy on the mayo but otherwise it's pretty good.
