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Really reasonable price with big size Soft shell crab curry and Japanese Ramen, taste wonderful. Curry is Mild. Ramen i would recommend the spicy one.…
Ya Zhou
Kawa Sushi
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I ordered the Katsu Pork Don set today. The food was ok. It was a bit too salty that it required alot of rice to even it out. I only ate a spoon size …
Wendy Chou
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It was alright. It was my first ever bento box. It had 2 vegetarian spring rolls, which were great, then 2 pieces of prawn sushi which were pretty goo…
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10 Reviews on “Kawa Sushi”
TL;DR: A sushi train, which offers substantial enough sushi, and a kitchen serving up a few Japanese dishes. The quality is there, the food might not be absolutely authentic, but it is satisfying and filling for a quite bite to eat. In the midst of Kelvin Grove Village, Kawa Sushi is one of several options to get a bite to eat and is pretty much akin to the general eating vibe around here. The price is relatively right, the food is simple and decent quality and fits well within the student lifestyle. Overall, you could do worse – the choices here are generally quite acceptable. It was yet again lunch time at work, and with the hour to fill in, it was time to suss a place out for a meal. Several good options were afoot, and this is one that I had looked at a few times beforehand while incidentally perusing the offerings around the village. Like with each one of them, it was only a matter of time before heading off to them. One aspect of it that might be a bit confusing is the structure of the service, but that could be just me. For those who are there for the sushi train, just walk right up to a table or booth and plonk your bum in a seat and then pay at the end. But if it is something from the menu, that means going up to the counter to order the food. Then you take a number and wait. It is a bit slower than some other places here, but nothing that is too plodding. In the middle of the dining area – the island surrounded by the sushi train – the cooks and waitresses are always in motion putting new items on at certain intervals. As well as that, they are ducking and weaving out so it is dynamic even when the restaurant is not that busy. Regardless, one aspect that I thought was cool was the wire rack that was near each chair used to collect plates from the sushi train. Clients used these to pile up the plates and take to the checkout chick and pay according to the plates. This was too cool for me not to use them, which I will get to later. For the interior, the entirety is based around the sushi train. This is on two sides of the train, with one long, continuous booth (think of a ramen bar) that has all the basic aspects of soy sauce, serviettes and chopsticks for clients to collect as they wish; the other has tables that are perpendicular to the train, and those are good for eating in groups. In recency, this structural touch has been becoming more commonplace and I like it. At the front end, the sauces, the water and takeaway containers are there at the customers’ convenience. The whole design is bright and simple, with the choice of hues being white. Getting onto the menu, it is more or less a greatest hits of casual Japanese dining. Most of it is the sushi train, with various bits and pieces including sushi, dumplings, and all the usual its and bobs that present themselves on sushi trains frequently. For something a la carte, there are Japanese-style curries and the other similar style dishes, teriyaki rice, udon noodle soups, sashimi and several types of bento boxes. At dinner time, out comes the teppan with bigger and more inventive meals to come the diners’ way. It also has a small drinks collection that contains all kinds of iced teas, which are able to be spruced up with ice cream and red beans. Something big and filling was what was appealing to me at the time. This called for one of their bento boxes, and after a bit of perusal the on that looked the best to me was their seafood one. This contained several pieces of tempura prawn, a takoyaki ball, some marinated tofu slices, tempura onion, plus a serving of steamed rice, a green salad with Japanese mayonnaise dressing and a coffee cup of miso soup plus all the little pickles and whatnot to go alongside it. This was a pretty filling number, that was decent enough with a good serving of each item, if a bit mismatched and lacking the balance that is often associated with anything of Japanese cuisine. The prawns were the best part, sweet, tender and juicy with a great coating on them. The tempura onions and tofu, as good as they were, did seem a bit out of place and might have benefited from either being a bit hotter or having something a little more fresh in place of them for the needed balance. The takoyaki was as good as it always good, and the amount of rice given was not too overwhelming proportionally. As for the salad, it was what it was. And to finished it all off, the miso soup was hot, fresh, and mild in flavour. From the train, I tried a few items while I was here. The first item was something I can’t quite remember, but from memory it was done in a tempura style, and was possibly akin to an onion bhaji. Whatever it was, it was delicious and somewhat sweet, on top of a good amount of well-cooked rice. The other couple of items that I sampled was a plate of pork dumplings, and – since it is never resistible – the good old steamed pork bun. These two were good as well. The dumplings were filled to the brim with minced pork that was well seasoned and sauced alongside a good handful of mixed, chopped vegetable. Around the meat, the dumpling wrappers were soft and chewy. And the bun was good as always, big, hot and soft, with the filling having a taste that was deep, slightly spicy, and a texture that was tender as you could get. From the sample of these items, it is safe to say that the range is perfectly adequate if not anything overtly memorable; not bad for meeting up with friends, that is for sure. As it was said in a previous review here, this is certainly far from being the most authentic place to get sushi – or just anything Japanese really – but that does not stop it from having a few good perks about it. The food was still reasonable quality, still at a decent and affordable enough price along with a solid serving size to fill up a student’s stomach. It does have its place, and in all honesty you could do much worse. Kawa Sushi is solid in a few areas, and does have its place, even if it is not going to be anything too remarkable or memorable; the recommendation might be to go straight for the sushi and take or leave the rest of the stuff here, though that is also sufficiently adequate. Really, at the end of the day Kawa Sushi is alright.
Love this place! It may not be 100% authentic but honestly I don’t mind too much about that considering how nice everything is. Really great sushi, everything is very fresh too. Lovely staff and great atmosphere.
After we arrived and ordered I read the previous reviews so was expecting the worst. I ordered tempura prawn udon, the soup was good and the prawns were ok, a little on the small side under the batter but overall it was good. My husband had the sizzling Tepan rice which he enjoyed. Sushi was ok. I would not rush back but was relieved that the meal was better than those previously reviewed. Staff member was friendly, good service experience.
Service staff might be pleasant but all their meals are deep fried and sauce is added to it. Not at least authentic and the food options are so boring
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Best sushi I have had in a long time, excellent service and great atmosphere. Try the spicy tuna roll or the fried prawns – brilliant.
Terrible!. Terrible service, don’t ask if you want water or anything. Not enough sushi on the train every time I’ve been there, no menu stating what they offer on the sushi train so you can order. Big rip off! Also they have food that was useby 24th September 2014 on their train!