Miku moving to Aqua Riva location spring 2013

[Anne M]

Mia Stainsby reports that Miku is moving to the Aqua Riva location at 200 Granville, expected to open spring 2013: http://blogs.vancouversun.com/categor...

[brokentelephone]

Hopefully the new location will be even more overpriced; I felt bad for the owners when I spent only spent $150 bucks on mediocre-to-bad sushi.

[quddous]

I'm really surprised they did so well in their original location. I expected them to do well but not as well as they did. I think the new location will do them good.

We had a meal at their sister restaurant recently and it was not horrible but not worth the price. All of our meals at Miku have been great though.

[lunchslut]

Have to agree on evaluation of sister restaurant. Overpriced with
Gaijin staff determined to educate you whether you need it or not. "This is wasaaabi. It is..."

[fmed]

Had four meals there since it opened - goodish and indeed overpriced. (I work just down the street). Like at Miku, some of the nigiri (with all the special sauces) are a little too modern for my liking.

And yes, the gaijin staff can be overly enthusiastic - they recount exactly what you ordered when they present it....which is tedious to endure with a large order. (A couple of the gaijin staff are actually fluent in Japanese from my observation.)

[quddous]

I like that they tell you what each is.

They go through a lot of training and have an encyclopedia amount of readings to do to become a waiter/waitress.

I just think that they have two standout dishes - one the oshi nigiri and two the masatake sauce.

[fmed]

I'll have to try those dishes next time I'm there!

[grayelf]

I think the aburi salmon oshi sushi is great at Miku (haven't tried it at Minami but I surmise it is the same) -- though I'd rather pay a third less for it at Kishimoto on Commercial. Nothing else I had was worth the price or the cold environment or the parking hassle. They apparently can't deep fry to save their lives.

I couldn't see oshi nigiri on the Minami menu, quddous.

[quddous]

Grayelf, sorry I was being vague. I meant the salmon and ebi oshi.

I agree, Kishimoto has a good copy of it. I agree about the parking too - especially at Miku where I've paid $20+ for parking almost every time.