West Sakura Teriyaki Restaurant

I think of myself as a good judge of sushi as I’ve had it A LOT from many different cities. I will give a shout out to Mr. Sushi and sister downtown store, Sushi Yori in Prince George. Some of the best I’ve ever had and it’s in my neighbourhood! I’m here on business and wanted to try some local sushi. Anyway, I almost feel bad writing this review as the young blonde server was very friendly as was the older Chinese gentleman (owner?). Super friendly! However….The food was not good. We paid $112 for 3 chicken bento dinners an order of caterpillar rolls and an order of Philadelphia rolls. We upgraded the miso soup for wonton and also got 3 sunomono salad. Chicken was rubbery. Caterpillar rolls were good. Just good. Philadelphia rolls were the worst I’ve ever had. Soooo dry and bland. The California rolls were bland and tasteless as well. Tasted like warm rice. The salad with bentos is usually a home made or maybe even store bought peanut type sauce. This salad had like a Western family sweet onion dressing. Weird. Wontons were blah. Should’ve just had miso soup. The tempura was really done well and tasted good except they never gave us any sauces for it. Lame! The sunomono salad had hardly any noodles in it. The least I’ve ever seen. Also lame. They gave us no cutlery or even chopsticks or napkins. Good thing we weren’t going out for a picnic or something and not home to eat. I forgot to take pics. Damn….sorry. I would not recommend this place to anyone who knows sushi. To those who don’t know better, it’s probably not so bad. I won’t go back. That is all.

Great local spot in Kelowna. Vietnamese owned- my people! Fast and friendly service, very fresh fish. Great value for what we ordered, especially as I compare to Edmonton sushi prices these days. We enjoyed the Toro Nigiri especially. The assorted sashimi was generous and he even torched the mackerel/saba for us which brought out amazing flavours you don't typically get when served raw. Would definitely stop by again, glad we found this gem on Google and dined here.

Yikes, what a mistake it was to order here. Quite expensive yet incredibly poor quality. The pork katsu is overcooked and dry as hell, the hand cone is the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life - who cheap out on rice of all things?? Where are the scallops?? And the takoyaki isn't even proper takoyaki, it seems like they tempura fried it and the texture is way, way off. Also, what's with the random lettuce in everything? Get your sushi fix somewhere else, I deeply spending $60 on this meal.

Very disappointed, ordered party tray 3 hours early for new year's dinner and it wasn't ready when I went to pick it up. Rolls had too much rice and very little filling. Loosely rolled and falling apart, looked like I made them. Not sure what happened, this use to be good place to get party trays. Expensive as well, compared to other great sushi places.

West Sakura rivals any sushi I've had in some of the best restaurants in North America. I've eaten here for almost a decade, and it's always consistent and perfect. Customer service is top notch!! Well done.

Weekly orders of Ogopogo and Superwoman rolls are always excellent. Such good flavour and loaded with lots of salmon and scallops. I’ve tried lots of sushi places but this is my favourite. Looking forward to tonight’s meal!

Love, love, love this place! It was a hidden gem that I'm so glad we finally found! I can order vegan options with ease and it's so delicious. Hubby says best sashimi he's had. Our new go to for sure

I honestly don't know what the rave is all about. First off our server was great, he was a blonde young man with yellow nail polish and his customer service was excellent. (Would hire him if I had a resto) Food was meh. Coming from Vancouver, it tastes like budget sushi that you can get from food court. The presentation looks good, but taste wise... Mehh.. overpriced but doesn't deliver. I'm sorry but seared toro, isn't the same as blended cat food on top of sushi. Please tell your chef to cook your dam tempuras properly. Get a timer and set it at the right temperature. Some of our tempura were cooked others were raw. Are you guys even using the proper rice for sushi? Would not be back.