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I Love Sushi
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11 am - 7 pm
Fri 11 am - 8 pm
Sat-Sun 11:30 am - 7 pm
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
16 reviews for I Love Sushi
16 reviews in English
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Review from Mina M.
Edmonton, AB
3/8/2012
It is a small little Japanese place. Crowded at lunch because it is great food, great price for good sushi. If you do not like to wait for lunch rush hour, go there after 12:30pm or go for dinner.
The only bad thing about this place is they close down at 8PM, I can never go for dinner time because they close too early.
I enjoyed many lunches and I would go back. -
Review from Violet P.
1/6/2012
I had walked by this restaurant many times but had never been inside. I decided to try it for lunch and good thing we went before noon since it was smaller inside that I thought. It fits about 25 people but they are quite busy with their take out service. The menu has a variety of sushi but I decided on the chicken bento box with tempura. It was great that it came with miso soup but it was a bit too salty.
The chicken was crispy and good but they put too much sauce on for my liking. I liked the salad and dressing. It also came with 2 large shrimp maki rolls, 6 large pieces of 2 shrimp tempura and 4 vegetable, and a bowl of rice. The rice bowl wasn't too full but it wasn't needed as I was pretty full from the other food.
The service is quick and friendly but when I went to pay, there was a long wait of pick up for take out. There isn't much moving room either but the little restaurant is cute with its decor of hanging lights and signs.
Next time I may get take out to prevent a wait at the door for a table or get there early to beat the lunch time rush. Since it is small, I didn't want to sit and visit too long after eating and occupy a table. I'm sure I will be back. -
Review from Michael S.
Edmonton, AB
3/8/2012
My go to place for Sushi now! pricing / value equation is fantastic. Hopping place at lunch ... plan for 1:00 pm to be sure to get in. I work just down the block and it sure is nice to walk 2 min to fill a craving!
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Review from Adam S.
9/26/2011 ROTD 3/31/2012
I first dined at I Love Sushi after having a bit too much to drink. I enjoyed it immensely, but didn't get around to going back until I began working a few blocks away. The place is much better when you're sober.
I Love Sushi is a small Japanese restaurant in downtown Edmonton. As the name suggests, the focus is on sushi, but there are a few non-sushi options for those who aren't fans of seafood.
I really enjoy this restaurant. Not only is the quality of the food very high -- it's one of the best sushi places in Edmonton -- the staff are friendly and the atmosphere is always peaceful and relaxing. Even during the lunch rush, a trip to I Love Sushi feels like a nice escape from the hectic workday. That said, because it is so small, it's best to arrive early if you want to get a table. I tend to go late -- around 1:30pm -- to avoid the lunch rush, but not everyone has the flexibility to move their lunch schedule around.
The prices are good and the food is great (not as good as in Vancouver but, hey, we're on the prairies). If you're looking for good sushi downtown, I highly recommend I Love Sushi.Listed in: Downtown / Near the Office, Top Restaurants
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Review from Angela L.
8/9/2011
The extremely pleasant service and the quick food preparation time are the main draws of I Love Sushi. The mishmash decor shows more effort and heart than most other Japanese restaurants in the downtown area. Lunch time is a very busy time for the restaurant because of these pros.
The $10.50 bento boxes featuring choices of beef or chicken are the best deals if you want variety. It'd be nice if the carrots on the salad were julienned instead of cut into full sized sticks. The salad dressing was nice, but on the sweet side. The sashimi was slightly mushy as it was still defrosting - I'll probably stick with negiri or maki next time. Details such as topping warm rice with toasted sesame were great.
While there are other cheaper and faster sushi options in the immediate area, this is a decent option (at affordable prices) if you would rather kick back and enjoy table service with some background music. -
Review from Vanessa P.
Edmonton, AB
I like to give sushi places multiple chances before I actually decide if I like them or not.
I love sushi, but I Love Sushi and I have a love/hate relationship.
I love the chicken in their chicken rice bowls, but sometimes they can add too much teriyaki sauce which takes away the flavor from the crunchy, but tender pieces of chicken.
I tried the tuna tataki, which was okay and I found that they gave a very generous amount of tuna for the price.
I've tried some of their rolls and they are okay, with the exception of overly mushy rice in a few.
The one thing that really boggled my mind is that while waiting for a take out order, I saw the waitress take a bowl of miso soup and "secretly" microwave it for about 2 minutes and serve it to a customer. I don't know if I'm just being nit-picky, but I felt so confused and shocked. -
Review from Jacqueline S.
Edmonton, AB
3/8/2011
This little place is hidden just north of Jasper ave on 105 st. There are about 10 tables, so it fills up quickly at lunch time. The decor and the staff are friendly and inviting, and your food comes very quickly.
This isn't the best sushi in town, but it's ok. My miso was a bit too salty, but not bad. The rice was ok. Everything else... well, ok. That is the best word I've got for the food here.
That being said, the location and the character of the place make it worth visiting again. -
Review from Paula K.
1/23/2011
I have to admit that the name of this small Japanese restaurant put me off. I Love Sushi? That sounds just too quaint. However, a co-worker has consistently raved to me about how wonderful it is. As a result, when a friend reminded me that I promised to treat him to a sushi dinner, I chose I Love Sushi.
I'm glad I did. The place is quaint (just like the name), full of cute decorations. The menu is huge, with a wider variety of sushi than I have seen in similar restaurants. I opted for one of their avocado creations, that also included yam. My friend also had an original creation of raw tuna, salmon, and avocado wrapped in seaweed and lightly deep fried. Like I said, I have never seen some of these creations anywhere else.
We also opted for bento boxes, which come with a choice of three mains in addition to rice and salad, and are very reasonably priced. The portions of my beef teriyaki, chicken teriyaki, and fried salmon teriyaki (can you sense a theme here?) were huge. I mean, I think I had the equivalent of two chicken breasts, and the pieces of salmon were enough to be a meal on their own. My friend's box of beef teriyaki, tofu cubes, and beef sukiyaki also seemed plentiful, although I could sense he had food envy over my chicken and salmon.
Service was great, the food came quickly, and prices were reasonable. The place is a little small, which means moving about can get a little tricky, but if you love sushi, this place is definitely worth a visit. -
Review from Jenn C.
7/6/2011
I could've sworn that I've written reviews about I Love Sushi before but I guess not. I've dined-in a few times but more often I call ahead of time and place an order for pick-up - usually it's ready in 10-15 minutes, depending on how big my order is.
If you're planning on eating there during a weekday noon hour, I strongly recommend making reservations. It really packs in.
I really like their bento boxes. For $10.50, you get a basic salad, two pieces of maki (usually shrimp tempura, with avocado and tobiko - I love that they don't give you a crappy roll like cucumber), a huge mound of rice, your choice of chicken (lots of lightly breaded boneless dark meat with teriyaki sauce, yum) or beef (stir-fried with ginger and bean sprouts, also yum), and then either sushi, tempura, or sashimi. I always get it with sashimi, and you get 4 nice-sized pieces, 2 of salmon and 2 of tuna, always fresh and the right texture. I think that if you dine-in, they give you a miso soup, but not with takeout (not sure why, though maybe I just got a miso soup by accident last time).
I've also had their chirashi bowl, which is a huge bowl of assorted sashimi on rice. Three pieces each of salmon and tuna, and then a piece of red snapper (I think), surf clam, octopus, sweet egg omelette, a mound of tobiko, some cucumber, and a delicious marinated shiitake mushroom (I'm looking at a picture I took of it... mmm). Not bad for $12.25 - everything was fresh as expected.
Their spicy tuna and chop chop maki were disappointing - really tiny rolls - I prefer the medium- (normal-) sized ones where you can see small chunks of the seafood in the middle, instead of it looking like a paste. Maybe the temaki is better but I find them a little pricey at $3.99 each.
A few take-out visits ago, I was in the area near the end of my lunch hour and decided to pop in to see if they'd be able to make me a rainbow roll (to go) really quickly. I asked if they'd be able to do it within 10 minutes and they said no problem (the restaurant was sort of full but I think it was mostly diners who were finishing up). They handed me the roll in about 3 minutes! I was so impressed. Unfortunately the roll itself was mediocre. The salmon and avocado seemed like it had been sitting out for a little bit as the salmon wasn't as fresh as all the other times, and the avocado seemed a little dried out. Nevertheless, I still like I Love Sushi a lot - it's a cute, reasonably-priced sushi joint and the quality is for the most part good (for Edmonton I mean). Would and will come back again. -
Review from Sarah W.
9/22/2010
I Love Sushi is just like the name sounds. Cute. Fun. Honest.
The restaurant is tiny with just a few tables - the perfect place for a lunch on your own or a dinner with a few friends. For the ultimate experience, try to go outside of the downtown lunch rush or during dinner time when the downtown core has quieted down.
The menu is considerable and offers everything from hot food (appetizers, tempura, soups, teriyaki chicken, etc) to sushi (maki, sashimi, cones, etc). The pricing is great for quality sushi. I love that they don't try to impress anyone with their decor, or their presentation - they let the food speak for itself. Fresh ingredients, great customer service and no frills - in a good way.
Aside from dining in, they have great takeout service - you can even call in your order and then come by to pick it up later. If you're looking for a quick sushi fix for a great price, I Love Sushi won't disappoint. -
Review from Jennifer P.
Edmonton, AB
9/21/2010
Maybe it was the grey day - and the hot miso soup, but this tiny sushi shop, north of Jasper, won a small piece of my heart today.
It's cozy, eclectic - soft white light strands, fake flowers, wicker chairs, assorted pottery for dish wear, Hello Kitty?! and piano music lulling me through my menu read just after lunch hour.
I order the miso, a green onion cake, tea and a plate of Dynamite Maki. The food comes almost instantly, and as I shift my laptop and books to make room for my meal, one of the Moo-Moo kimono-wearing servers comes and fusses over my table, to help me put it in order.
The food is fresh and good - not the best sushi I've ever had, but better than Wok Box down the street and the place has infinitely more character.
Character's huge in my books - and this is a place for quick, stress-busting work lunches, lazy snowstorm afternoons and after-five sake crawls.
Hmmm.... sake crawls. -
Review from Doug C.
Toronto, ON
12/10/2009 1 photo
Because I stay at the hotel across the street, I've eaten here about two dozen times over the years. The ownership of this place changed about 2 years ago but the food quality has remained high and the prices have remained low.
I ordered take-out today- a California roll and a salmon roll- both very nice for $9.26 including taxes. This was during the lunchtime rush- not a seat to be had in the place, the staff going nuts, yet my order was ready in about 4 minutes. What's not to love? ;-) -
Review from Maria F.
11/10/2009 1 photo
Great little restaurant just off Jasper Avenue to enjoy sushi, tempura,udon and miso soups. There are only five or so tables at this restaurant, and since the place is often busy, getting the table may the problem. Whenever I cannot be accomodated right away, I just order take out.
The decor of this restaurant is simple, the owners are friendly, and the food is hot and fresh. I find that sushi (especially scallop, surf clam and tuna) and assorted tempura are amazingly good. I am a self proclaimed sushi expert, and I am happy to say that I Love Sushi's cooks use the freshest seafood and fish there is. The tempura batter is crispy and never greasy or mushy. The hot steamy bowl of miso soup is an ultimate comfort food.
If you are not big on sushi, this place serves chicken, beef and salmon teriyaki and bento boxes. All delicious and reasonably priced. -
Review from Jack G.
Edmonton, AB
12/10/2009
This is a nice restaurant right on (just a bit off) Jasper Ave. I think the name says it all. It is for sushi lovers.
The restaurant had excellent service, great food, and expected prices. It has the ambiance of a very simple and cozy little place, nothing over the top. This has become one of the sushi places I recommend to everyone, Kyoto is still my favorite but this isn't bad at all!
It gets very busy around lunch time so be warned. -
Review from Lizzie K.
Edmonton, AB
2/18/2011
I quite enjoy going to this restaurant in the afternoon. The lunch rush is over and I get linger over my sushi and tea in the sunny dinning room. I always get the assorted sushi platter and they never fail to serve me some of the freshest sushi you can get in Edmonton. My boyfriend is a vegetarian and is thrilled with the abundance of the veggie bento box. It's one of our go-to date places - super tasty food, cosy ambiance and really fair prices.
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Review from Astrid Carys E.
Lloydminster, AB
11/27/2009
I love going here. It's a small little sushi place off Jasper and they have a great little menu. It's only really busy at lunch but they do take reservations.
