This place has amazing food, amazing service and great cozy place with awesome view. We got 2 omakase gozen, 2 aburi gozen and ika yaki and the 4 chawan mushi. All of the food was amazing! It was soooo much food that none of us could finish our own gozen. I am so glad we found this place!! Gozen does take a little bit of time but we weren't in a hurry so it didn't matter too much for us. I will definitely go back! read more

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Both the tuna tartare and tuna tataki dishes tasted light and refreshing. The salmon blossom roll was also well made. The unagi roll, however, was way over-drenched in sauce which made it taste unpleasant. Overall I enjoyed my meal here and would come back again! read more

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There's something special about dining seafood right by the Beach Ave marina that makes the meal even more enjoyable and relaxing! Hoshi is a cute little Japanese restaurant tucked in the area with a good variety of sushi, sashimi and creative Japanese dishes. In my visit my friend and I ordered the Uni Chawamushi + Toro & Foie Gras Nigiri + Kaiseki Kobachi Set + Aburi Sushi Lunch Set. Quite enjoyed every dish and they were all beautifully plated. For lunch they have lunch sets that is quite affordable for a restaurant in downtown and for the selections in the sets too. The restaurant is a more intimate spot that's quieter probably due to the location, but makes the perfect place to a bring a date with a nice romantic stroll along the marina and seawall before or after a meal there - and there you go, date night is all set! read more

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We went to Hoshi on the day of my birthday. I wanted to try this restaurant since it was first open. The place has a nice waterfront view from both the patio and inside the restaurant. They have some very interesting beer selections. We ordered their sweet potato beer. The beer was smooth and didn't have a stronger bitter after taste. They also gave me a glass of complimentary champagne for my birthday as well! Everyone ordered a hot pot of some sort so we ended up doing the same as well cuz... you know... FOMO They have kaiseki too but I can't eat shellfish so we didn't go for that option. We ordered: - chicken karaage - salmon and toro oshi - salmon sashimi - sukiyaki hotpot - oden They have free parkings shared with Na Jia. Overall, we really enjoyed the dinner. Nice view, food and drink. read more

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You can't ask for the better location to enjoy great japanese classics, a class of cocktail, and the perfect sunset. If you want something truly special, you gotta try their Matsutake Suimono, inspired by traditional soups served to emperors in ancient Japan. You can pre-order this in advance but definitely worth it. Seasonal produce/seafood such as clams, okra, crab meat, all incorporated in a thickened clear soup had plenty of umami and truly satisfying. Along with this, their special menu features were all great for a summer feast to share with family and friends. Bluefin Tuna w/Mango Salsa had very good textural contrasts and balance of flavours were consistent. Sakemuchi Clams were one of our favourites of the night, with gentle plump meat (and no grits) plus plenty of sake flavour. Mentaiko Dashi Maki Tamago was also our favourite with its sweet eggy aroma and the tart/savoury sauce complementing the egg's richness very well. Beef Tongue Steak was not dry and the garlic chips were crispy without being burnt, which took skills. They were also very generous with large pieces of seared seafoods for their Aburi Set Chef's Selection. Thanks to the gracious staff, it was a tasty meal with great atmosphere. We really enjoyed the vibrant colors on each plate and fresh seafoods. read more

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Nice spot for a casual bite of Japanese food. Is it the best Japanese food? No. But I've had far, far worse, and the food is anywhere from decent to pretty good, the location is excellent, and service great. It's very well priced, especially given the location, and a fairly sizeable patio for a small restaurant. Just a warning that the patio is in the shade by the afternoon, and coupled with the cool marine breeze, it can be quite blustery and cold even during a summer evening, so I recommend bringing a sweater or jacket along. read more

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The old M8 location by the water. Prices on the high side for what you get. Didn't think the unagi was worth $9 a piece. Wasn't even hot or preferably slightly crispy burnt. Best dish was the large clams. Beef tongue well marinated but not particularly tender. For a restaurant with a decent view food is acceptable. Note parking access closed at 10 pm sharp. PS forgot to mention online reservation works. Got an email and text promptly after filling up web form. read more

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Came for happy hour today. I had the sunset cocktail and the tatanka cocktail. The tatanka cocktail is made with apple juice. It was on the sweeter side. The sunset cocktail was more refreshing and sour. I prefer the sunset over the tatanka. The pizza sushi tasted like a crispier okonomoyaki. Would not recommend. The oysters did not taste fresh (or maybe it was just ours). There was a very strong milky flavour and the soy sauce ponzu sauce did not help with the fishy flavour. The Toro aburi sushi was the best thing we had all night. Very smokey - you really can't go wrong with aburi sushi. Would recommend it but it is on the pricier side. The beef tongue came with a salad and garlic chips. Some parts were very nice and flavourful while the end parts were chewy and disappointing. Would not order this again. Overall i felt like it was a bit pricey for happy hour. The food was mediocre. Would definitely recommend the aburi sushi and the sunset cocktail but other than that I would probably not go again unless I was looking for somewhere with a nice view and they have free parking downtown which is great. read more

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Good location but poor service. First, the sashimi had a piece ofhair, and then the Sakamushi clam soup had a few clams with mud and shells on the inside. The waitress only said that she would notify this to the supplier... Other foods are still quite satisfactory. read more

Hoshi Japanese Cuisine - Japanese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Hoshi is an amazing restaurant, the food was amazing, the sashimi tasted really fresh and was prepared well and also visually appealing. The tempura was not overly greasy and tasted great, the desserts were also great! The rolls were also delicious, a lot of different choices to choose from! Would recommend this restaurant to friends and family! On top of the food, the restaurant is in a great location with views of the water and boats from the patio and inside. The owners are incredibly nice and friendly, servers are attentive and hospitable. The area itself is beautiful for a walk around after dinner as well, there is free visitor parking in a underground once you receive a pass from the restaurant. read more

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The service was terrible and the price was ridiculous high. It's very hard to communicate with the waitress. Spent almost $300 for two!!! The drink taste bad because of excessive ice. The price for uni menu doesn't fit with the taste. The waitress told us they have the sea snails when we placed the order. We waited until we pay and got notified that they were sold out....very disappointed... we also got served with the very expensive wagyu beef without even knowing that until we pay. Not recommend this place and it ruined our Valentine's Day. read more

Hoshi Japanese Cuisine - This is $150!!! - Japanese Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Pretty damned good-a sunny table in a sunny little cafe with delicious food and outstanding service from happy friendly people. So glad to see the seawall with some life on it and this place is the icing on the cake-can't wait to head down again! read more

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This restaurant has been on my radar to try for awhile now. Finally going to be in the downtown area for the evening and took the opportunity to check it out. A word of caution, if you are using gps to get here, you will either ended up circling back over to the other side of the Burrard bridge or it will tell you to jump down the bridge. Therefore it is best to look at the location on the map to get to the restaurant. I'll save everyone the trouble, although the restaurant address says located on Beach avenue, the physical restaurant is actually situated along the seawall underneath the Burrard bridge. There are a fair amount of pay parking nearby. I called ahead to reserved a table even though it's on a weekday evening. When we arrived, my memory recalled from my memory many years ago it used to be an Asian fusion restaurant before? We were greeted and offered a table by the window, thank goodness not a small cubicle. Inside of the restaurant was quite small but had a warm welcoming ambience to it, there's also a patio outside with additional seatings. The waitresses were friendly, attentive and very informative on the menu and the daily specials. After scanning the code onto my phone and browsing through the menu, here were the food we ordered; 1. Truffle corn. The taste was decent but the price for half a corn sliced into 4 spears is a bit steep. 2. Mozuku bafun uni shooter. Quite tasty with a nice refreshing flavour to it. 3. 5 kinds of sashimi chefs pick. Everything were fresh and delicious. 4. Foie gras aburi and albacore toro. The foie gras were nicely seared and tasty, however the toro were a bit dry and didn't have that nice buttery flavour. 5. Bafun uni and otoro nigiris. The bafun uni were good and the otoro barely made it to the borderline freshness. 6. Chu toro nigiris. Ordered them but the waitress came back and told us the chu toros weren't so fresh so the chef wouldn't serve them. Much appreciated for not serving not so fresh sushi! Thumbs up 7. Whisky grilled Miyazaki A5 wagyu with mustard sauce. Ate quite a bit of regular wagyu and A5 wagyu in various style of cuisines to various methods of cooking ever since they were introduced by the restaurants here. I don't know what to say about this dish?!? It was a bit more chewy then the A5 I am used to eating and the smothering of the overly sweet sauce totally masked and killed the beautiful and buttery flavour of the A5!! As far as I know, a nice quick seared at higher temp with a minimal seasoning is more then needed to bring out the beautiful natural buttery and tender taste of most wagyu especially the A5 wagyu?? Totally disappointed with this dish. An A5 failed! Overall, this is a nice little place to sit down and enjoy some fresh sushi as long as you don't mind its steeper prices. Both the service and food quality are okay, except for the failed A5 wagyu. but with the price I paid here compared to a few hidden gems, I would rather go to them for the same or better quality but at cheaper price tag. I would give this place a good 3-3.5 stars but cause of the wagyu, sorry a soft 2 stars. read more

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I won a gift card from Hoshi so my wife & I went for lunch yesterday. The place is pretty impressive as it has a nice waterfront view in the patio & inside the restaurant. The staff were friendly and welcoming. We ordered Hoshi Special Gozen. Serves in two platters. The sashimi were really good. It melts in the mouth as well as the grilled salmon, you can taste the freshness & a different kind of burger. It blend well with the other veggies that comes with it. The Sukiyaki hot pot was so flavorful. It comes with beef, veggies, tofu, noodles. The broth is so flavorful. We actually emptied the pot. Albacore Tuna Mango Salsa is to die for. The tuna was so fresh as well as the tomatoes, onions & avocado. It blend well with the tangy & savoury dressing. Sooo good. The service is excellent. The server keeps coming back to ask if everything is ok. Overall, we had a nice dining experience at Hoshi. Will definitely come back & recommend to everyone who one to try a different kind of Japanese food. read more

My friends and I decided to meetup and enjoy and sushi dinner and we chose Hoshi since we all haven't been here before. The restaurant is at a beautiful location with views of the water but it is a bit tricky to find, you have to go down the stairs by the grass to see the restaurant. We decided to eat on the patio since it was such a beautiful day. We all decided to get drinks, my friends both got the sunset beach drink and I got a drink that was like a gin & tonic but it had berries (don't remember the name). We really wanted to try their sashimi and oshi here so we decided to get an order of the sockeye salmon sashimi, they were so nice to add an additional piece so the 3 of us could all have 2! And we got the sockeye salmon oshi and toro oshi. We all agreed that the sockeye salmon sashimi was some of the freshest fish we've ever had it was soo good! Both the salmon and toro oshi were amazing, perfect fish to rice ratio and the sauce was amazing. We also got the hotate butter scallops and it was so juicy and flavourful, it also came with grilled mushrooms and they were so delicious and had the nice grilled smell. We also got a side of kushikatsu which was just skewered pork katsu and it was really good as well, they did a great job frying and the batter was crispy and light and paired well with the katsu sauce, I got kind of unlucky as my piece was mainly fat but my friends pieces were all meat. We also got the sunset roll to try which consisted of tempura prawn, cucumber, avocado, topped with sockeye salmon, tobiko and their housemade spicy mayo. The roll was really good, nothing too crazy but their housemade spicy mayo was amazing and took the roll up a notch. Lastly, we got the kimchi beef yakiudon to share and it was my first time trying a kimchi yakiudon and it was quite tasty although spicy, I did like how the pieces of beef were really big. All in all, we all agreed to return since everything was so good but the waitress only provided us with 1 menu and we later saw inside that they had another set menu which we will try next time. read more

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Delicious cocktails and friendly warm welcoming service. We had the oshi rolls and some other items not posted in the pictures. I recommend ordering the Bluefin salsa sashimi it's amazing. Stroll down the seawall after for a nice walk by the water. Perfect for date night! read more

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A Japanese restaurant with a beautiful view! We had a nice table by the window with a view of the harbour. The restaurant is small and cozy with indoor and some outdoor seating. They have a variety of items to choose from on the menu. We started with a Kaiseki Kobachi Set which is a selection of 3 signature appetizers. It was all seafood, 3 types of sashimi. Good appetizer sampler to try. We also ordered the uni chawanmushi, toro nigiri, foie gras nigiri and the aburi lunch set from their special menu which included: chicken kaarage, atlantic salmon oshi, and 4 pieces of assorted aburi sushi. The lunch set was also a great way to try a variety of aburi sushi. Quality was good but wasn't the best aburi sushi I have had. The karaage was tasty and I quite enjoyed the chawanmushi. read more

Good quality food, not quantity, but enough to satisfy. Great view with the water and boats just off the boardwalk. Location is hard to find and need more signage to indicate where the rest is off Beach Ave. Yes I would return for the fresh oysters.. read more

Went to Hoshi for a birthday dinner, after it being recommended to me by coworkers who really enjoyed the food. The location is beautiful, right by the marina and the food itself was fantastic and fresh. I would highly recommend the blue fin tuna with mango salsa. We also had the sockeye salmon sashimi and the hachi and toro oshi which were all delicious. They also gave a complimentary glass of Prosecco for my birthday so it was a really nice touch. Our waitress Florence was amazing, so kind and attentive, was very impressed by this place, highly recommend! read more

The tuna gommea was delicious, however, the food is overpriced and the service was incredibly slow especially considering the place was almost empty when I went. Worst of all I got violently ill with food poisoning about 2 hours after my visit there and when I called to speak with someone they did say they would notify the staff to check things out. They also said they never received any other calls about others getting sick and that there were about 15 other orders that were the same (the 2 other tables I saw in there at that time did not have the same things as I can recall checking out those interesting looking dishes). Further I checked in with my 3 other girl friends who I was with all weekend eating the same things and all of them are fine, no sickness. I will not be back. read more

Very fancy restaurant, like the view and service. The food is fantastic. Too much fun here. You need to book early. read more

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They have the perfect little lunch set ! I ordered the Omakase Gozen ($26) which came with two fried ebi, 4 nigiri and 2 pieces of salmon + 2 pieces of yellowtail sashimi. The mango paradise roll ($16.80) was also one of their popular items, super fresh and the mango paired well with the sushi (5/5). read more

Great location and nice food and service. Nice to sit outside. Summer finally arrived in Vancouver and this is a spot where you can enjoy it. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. The food showed up and reeked like bad seafood. The chicken Karrage and the chicken Teriyaki are both raw. Restaurant refused to refund me even after they had seen the photos. Avoid avoid avoid. Awful customer service and food. read more

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Nice place, we were able to find a lot of different authentic Japanese dishes to try and all was great! Excellent experience and definitely recommend to try it when you around here! read more

I have ordered a Kaiseki dinner tonight. I really enjoy the dinner, the food and the service are great. Highly recommended. Definitely will go again. read more

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Great location, great food, fantastic service. It's a little pricier than the cheap Davie St. sushi places, but not much more -- and it's worth it. read more

Drove 30 mins from Richmond just to try this place becuase the pictures on social media looked great. When everyone at our table already got their food, the dishes I orded were still missing. I asked the server to esculate my order, she told me to wait a little longer cuz my food would come in any minute. After everyone was finished with their food and their plates already got collected, I asked another server whose attitude wasn't that nice that if I could just cancel my order cuz it was taking too long. However, that server said it's too late to cancel my order. (up to this point I think they just missed my order without telling me) After another 10 mins, I asked the same server again to cacel it cuz my parking was running out of time, she said apparently she already cancelled my order without informing me... Why did she tell me it was too late to cancel it at the first place... I wasted another 10 mins waiting for nothing!!! The same server told me I asked to cancel it because I was too full that I wouldn't be able to finish what I orderd. Clearly this wasn't the case, everyone at my table knows that my food never came for the whole time nor did I get to eat anything. I never told the server I was full, the server was being dishonest and I am starting to doubt the quality of the service here. Service: deserves nothing but a 0/10 Food: 0/10, cannot rate cuz I didn't get to eat anything I AM NEVER GIVING THEM ANOTHER CHANCE!!!! read more