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Solid 5, if not more! We chose Sushi Village based upon other yelps and the recommendation of our hotel concierge. I extend 5 stars based on the following:
+1: we called in advance and ask if reservations were necessary - no, please join us was the polite response at the other end of the cord.
+1: we were pleasantly greeted by two hostesses; we asked to sit at the sushi bar - "certainly, sir, with pleasure".
+1: our server was Dan (from Eastern Canada). Bravo....you kept us satiated and satisfied. Dan advised that we could 'call' our particular orders directly to the Chef, behind the counter. We did so. We were amazed!
+1: The Chef is MARVELOUS, if not simply a mirraculate (spelling, sorry) genius. Presentations are done with precision and great care. We did not take our eyes off of him! We ordered seconds!
+1: Apart from previous yelps we agreed that our portions and presentation and satisfaction exceeded any consideration to prices. In fact (for the 2 of us, including several TALL hot saki's), we were pleased to pay our bill at less than $25.00 pp.
If ever we are blessed to return to Whistler - Sushi Village may/could become our nightly haunt.
Go. And then write your yelp of equal positiveness. Hopefully. :)
My husband and I went here for dinner since we were craving sushi. There was maybe a 10 minute wait but it wasn't bad. They had a seating area for people waiting, which was nice.
For appetizer, we ordered a sweet potato tempura. Some of the sushi we ordered are spicy california roll, una-avo roll (which is unagi with avocado), hamachi nigiri, crunchy smoked salmon roll (which had cucumber and mango), and the spicy beautiful tempura (avocado, salmon, and ebi tempura in the middle). The sushi was pretty good and most of the raw sushi that we had were pretty fresh. We also ordered a complete dinner of the salmon teriyaki and the dinner came with vegetables, miso soup, salad, and ice cream. The only thing that I wasn't used to was that the dinner did not come with rice and we had to order it separately.
The service was pretty good and fast. The music they had on was 90's hip hop which was a big plus. I wasn't a big fan of the price but then again it's in Whistler and the restaurants are expected to be pricey.
Friendly service, fresh fish, tasty bevarages. If you're looking for sushi in whistler, this is the place.
On our first night in Whistler we decided on Sushi due to traveling all day from Phoenix. We wandered around and found Sushi Village, the name seemed less than apealing but we were there and we were hungry. What else can I say other than Great sushi! We were surprised by the local tuna color, but the flavor was incredible. Local salmon was great as well as were all the usuals you won't find in AZ like giant clam. Service was very good and friendly. We sat at the bar with two other people from of all places Scottsdale and the sushi chef kept us well informed with reccomendations and questions about our preferences. I reserve 5 stars for sushi in Kyoto, this place is as good as it gets other than that. Bravo Sushi Village!
After surveying all our options for dinner (sans cover charge) on New Year's Eve, Sushi Village seemed to be our best bet in terms of wait and food so we decided to eat dinner there after having drinks at the Mix.
Sushi Village is what it is. The food isn't mind blowing or anything but that's not really what you should be expecting from a sushi restaurant at a ski resort any way. However, the fish is fresh, the service is fair, and it's a nice place to relax and unwind.
We ordered a variety of Nigiri and something called the Beautiful Roll. Everything was fine but I especially liked the salmon. The hue of the local Sockeye salmon is so red it almost looks like Maguro at first glance. Everywhere we went in Whistler, it was on the menu and tasted as fresh as could be. The Beautiful Roll too, was quite good. It's a roll stuffed with fresh scallop and topped with Sockeye salmon and avocado. It had a very clean taste and we both enjoyed it.
Whistler definitely has a lot of variety in terms of dining but Sushi Village met our needs and met them well so the four stars are well deserved.
Listed in: Good times in Whistler, BC
They get 5 stars here for giving locals a discount during the Olympic games... Most all restaurants in Whistler have jacked their prices up by 20% just for the games (as they did here).. but Sushi Village give it back to the locals with a local discount.
The sushi rocks and so does the management !!!!
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Some of the best sushi I've had in a while!
Came in during the Olympics.....had to wait for a table of course.....but no problem.....we just ordered some sake and lounged on the comfy couches in the front room. When we did get seated, they gave us our own little Japanese style room with a low table and cushions....loved it!! You do have to take off your shoes to sit here.....so be warned....no holey socks :)
The run-down:
Pork Gyoza: Good but not great
Spicy Garlic Beef: Sooooo yummy....def order again!
Mixed Tempura Basket: I'm not a huge tempura fan....but I did go for one of the shrimp and it was a perfect example of tempura done right....light and crispy...not too oily.
Toro Nigiri: Fresh and buttery good....I could have eaten this all night!
Double Hawaiian Roll: Liked but didn't love....the boys did though....I think there was too much going on for me.
Spicy Tuna Roll: I love spicy tuna rolls...esp. when they're done correctly......they were here....def order!
Negitoro Roll: Fresh and clean....another winner
...and a couple of others I don't remember.....due to much sake consumption
Service was spot-on....our waitress made sure we had everything we needed but wasn't annoying...perfect!
Overall....delicious fresh sushi.....I would make a point of it to come here again when I'm in town!
I've eaten here a few times and have experienced good service each time. Their staff are polite, well trained and efficient.
As for the food, its a mix. Some of the stuff is good while some of the dishes are worse that what I can make at home. The sushi is decent, and the Udons pleasing, its the hot kitchen dishes that are more of the hit and misses.
"Sushi Village" - the name screams "Japanese food wanna-be" but I was dead wrong (and I'm very glad to be wrong this time!).
Everywhere else was rather quiet but not this place. It was PACKED! We sat at the sushi bar and observed the food people ordered around us... they look legit but they were mostly colorful nice looking rolls so we couldn't really tell if they actually serve decent fish or not. I ordered a nabeyaki udon just to be on the safe side - it was good! The broth was not loaded with hondashi (bonita broth seasoning) like other places. Mr. S ordered some ikura, uni, natto maki with shiso (fermented soy bean cut roll) and hamachi sashimi... WHOA!!! They were all very very fresh... Y-U-M-M-Y!! They gave us the belly cut of the hamachi and it was incredible. The sushi chefs were pretty funny...
People can get roudy there, especially the private dining areas. It's all good fun with some sake, beer, sake bombs! "You say 'sake' I say 'bomb', SAKE-BOMB SAKE-BOMB"!!! lol Ok, a little carried away here.
A couple sitting next to us were native Canadians and we got them to try the natto maki. The guy was pretty adventureous and bravo for trying smelling fermented bean rolls! They ended up buying us a hot sake as they leave... if you're reading this - THANK YOU again!! :)
Definitely will get more of this goodness when we head back again next time!
Still here in Whistler but thought that I'd post some reviews while its still fresh in my mind.
We came here last night for dinner and luckily got 2 seats at the bar. There was a crowd of people who showed up around 15-20mins after we sat down.
We ordered a bunch of sushi from the chef after we asked what was recommended.
Salmon - of course was delicious
Hamachi - fresh and good
Tuna - not what we were accustomed to because it was a light color, but still ok
Tobiko McGuire roll - spider roll and some tuna with egg - good
Negihama - good
Hawaiian Tuna - bright red, firm and just how we know it in CA
Salmon Skin hand roll - not as crispy as expected. Not a winner
Plain Udon soup to fill up the bellies - goood and warm
I know that I am spoiled with sushi options in LA, but I would say that if I wanted to eat sushi in Whistler, I'd certainly come back here.
Best ski resort in north America? Whistler/Blackcomb. Freshest tasting food on the west coast? Japanese. Combine the 2 and you get Sushi Village!
Add to that the convenient location and you have a winner. Located a short walk from the ski base of Whistler mountain, Sushi Village offers a great place to get some top class Japanese food. As with most places in north America, my tip to you is to eat your more expensive meals at lunchtime where you will get the same food for much cheaper.
It's definitely worth returning to the base of Whistler for the lunch menu here. I tend to go for the bento boxes as they offer a range of different dishes. Makunouchi Lunch Box A is my favourite with tempura, sashimi, chicke karaage and beef teriyaki served with hot miso soup (yum on a cold day!), boiled rice, pickles and a daily special.
I think some of my happiest times have been spent here with a full stomach and an afternoon to look forward to, playing in the fresh powder and snow parks!
We were a group of 8 and were seated in a private tatami room; the rooms themselves were charming and neat in appearance however were not necessarily in the cleanest condition (food on floor and we didn't have shoes on). That said, the food itself was out of this world. It takes a lot to appease 8 sushi fanatics and to make a long story short: we were floored. The sushi was AMAZING and their prices were very reasonable. We played "the price is right" with the final tab and all overestimated what the bill actually ended up being.
Definitely THE SPOT while in Whis. Fun, young environment and pretty good sushi. Did not BLOW me away. Sashimi portion is a bit small, but box sushi is pretty inventive, and poke tuna sauce is DRINKABLE! Delish. Like the idea of sake strawberry margaritas, too. I would return to this restaurant. Thank you.
Didn't think a place like this would exist in Whistler. Very cute and pretty decent.
The salmon skin salad was pretty delicious. The salmon skins were more salmon meat than skin and not super crispy, which made it better than others I've had. Bunches of greens and some radishes too. The salmon nigiri was super fresh. Could probably be that salmon hatchery sign we saw on the way up to Whistler. The tamago was pretty big and tasty. The miso soup was pretty normal. And the hero roll had good spicy tuna.
I give it a thumbs up.
Listed in: Canuck
It felt so strange eating sushi at Whistler, that we walked around for an hour checking out other places heading back here.
We had to wait in the bar for 30 mins-everyone had sake margaritas. We had cold unfiltered sake. The wall on the hallway to the bathroom (which is about a mile away, so if you are wasted, good luck finding your way back) is lined with autographs. I saw one from Wally from leave it to Beaver. This place reminded me of somewhere that cokeheads and partiers hung out in back in the day-it opened in 85.
I was pretty skeptical, but the fish really was superfresh and wonderful. The other food, not so much. Gomae was dry. The chicken teriyaki came in a giant slab of chicken breast. Good but have never seen it not in strips.
Our server was fantastic, I even commented to the manager about her.
okay okay.. I've been to Sushi Village several times... and every single time I think that the stuff is good but super super overpriced... the strawberry sake margarita is good but not THAT good right?
But then I ate here tonight and did not have to worry about the price.... I didn't have to worry about ordering, nor did I want to be in charge of a group of 10 individuals who liked sushi and had high hopes for this restaurant that I said was probably "the best in Whistler."
As most of us were already intoxicated from previous engagements, we just told the waiter.. who looked like Sasha Baren Cohen mixed with Ron Burgundy (Will Farrell) to just order enough for all of us, medicore hunger level.... and yes, I ordered a pitcher of strawberry sake margarita, which in the end I seemed to have drank half that thing.
This is what I can remember that we had - seeweed salad, root salad, spicy and non spicy tofu, tuna sashimi in some awesome sauce, and then awesome salmon and tuna nigiri.. the rolls had a lot a lot of variety, from soft shell crab, scallop, avocado... with the soy wrap as well. It was all soo delicious.
I guess cost can be such a huge factor..... if you know that you have to pay $20 for a roll alone, then you wonder if it is really worth it.. but when you do not have to worry about the bill, then you just be thankful and enjoy the meal!
MAKE SURE YOU MAKE RESOS
Listed in: Whistler Restaurants
Cool place, don't think the sushi is as good as Sachi, but the vibe is way better.
A great sushi place in Whistler! This is the first and only time that I have seen and tried "box sushi". It was incredible, it didn't have any seaweed or soy paper. I've asked about it since at various places around North America and no one seems to know what I'm talking about.
The fish is so fresh and the different types of sushi are delicious!! My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
mmmmm
Although Pricey, Sushi Nillage is the *nicest* place for sushi in the village. Across from the base of Whister, Sushi Village's decor is a hybrid of western and eastern. For larger parties there are tables in back that almost look like tradition Japanese tables (more platforms) that require you to take off your shoes but once you are seated find that there is room under the table to sit western style. There's probably a better way to word that, but it's just not coming to me right now.
The best part of Sushi Village is there sake margarita. So good. Very, very potent. My friend who can drink everyone else under the table was blitzed after one jug.
Are there *better* places to go in Whistler for sushi? Yes. Are there *nicer* places to go for sushi? Na-ah.
Listed in: Whistler Eats
This place was poppin on my last night in Whistler (a Thursday). Luckily, my friend & I only had to wait a few minutes for a table. We ordered the Nabeyaki noodles, salmon teriyaki, SASSs roll, tempura and sake margaritas. Prices were comparable to other sushi joints in the area, service was fine and the food was OK.
Nothing really special stood out about this place, but it satisfied our Japanese craving.
Let me say up front that I don't eat fish.
I came to Sushi Village with a group of friends for a bachelorette (or "stagette" as they say in Canada, apparently) party, and the bride-to-be enjoys sushi, so this was on our itinerary.
The fish-eaters really enjoyed the sushi, and my spicy avocado roll was yum. I liked the little "room" we ate in - very cute.
We had a reservation and were seated promptly, but I overheard one group that was 10 minutes late for theirs being told that the restaurant thought they weren't coming and that their table had been given away.
Yikes.
I was not expecting good sushi in Whistler. But Sushi village was excellent. We were tired, hungry, it was late, baby was cranky. We made it in time for last call. They were super gracious about it. We ordered a SASS roll, some crunchy roll thing and the delicious box roll (same as a roll minus any sea weed or soy paper etc.), all were good but particularly the box roll with the thin lemon slices. We also got the hawaiian tuna (awesome) and couple other nigiri. All were super fresh, well cut, well made. The beer was kinda pricey but the sake was not so it balanced out. Our bill came to $59 CAD. The service was good, friendly as it always is at all things Whistler.
Sushi Village is a staple of mine when I head up to Whistler. Sushi in a mountain town seems like it's dicey, but Sushi Village never disappoints. The rolls are great and the prices aren't really too bad. The best is when you are in a large-ish group and can be seated in the little private rooms. But the best, by far is the sake margaritas. Delish!
The fish here is fresh. What stood out is the eel, mackerel, sea urchin. What I didn't like is the wait (1.5 hours) and toro no good.
Solid Japanese fare in Whistler. The wait can be long, as is the case for every restaurant in the village.
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