J-Town By The Sea

I always thought this restaurant is the food court in J-​town supermarket, and I even had lunch yesterday at food court. It was a bit disappointing. Then I was shopping around and found out there’s an other restaurant right beside the market, and this is actually the one I wanted to try! So… here I am today. We had #2 Atlantic cod and #6 Unagi barachirashi today. They were both super delicious and the fish were very fresh. #2 has big portion though. Each order has one soup and one side dish. They were surprisingly good too!

It was pretty decent, but not sure that I’d return.
Ordered the Hokkaido Don. It did taste good, but I was still quite hungry after. I know that Japanese food is generally smaller quantity, but I expected a little more for the price given how casual this place is.
Also tried some of my wife’s curry. It was okay, but I’ve had better elsewhere.

The lunch chirashi special is okay but the rice isn’t seasoned so it feels incomplete. Food is only 3 stars.
I purchased both the Vancouver and Boston uni. Both fresh and worth $ 25. This was the reason for my four star rating.

I have always walked the markets of j-​town but never tried having the food there. Today was a good time to try lunch since I wasn’t in a rush, they have a list of lunch specials and a sample of how they look like. They all look so good!
I picked the hokkaido Don (12.80) whereas my boyfriend picked the unagi Don (11.80). We ate at the small sitting area next to the cashier, and they brought the food to us.
The service is very nice and friendly. Both bowls were presented very nicely with a piece of fried okra, and a couple of Ontario grow muscat grapes!!! And a bowl of miso soup.
The uni, ikura, and salmon was very fresh. Uni was nice and creamy and went very well with the rice.
The unagi Don had many pieces along with some ikura, and cucumbers. The mix of unagi and rice had this perfect sweetness, and the price was so reasonable for such fresh quality ingredients!
Will definitely come back to try other lunch specials!

I did not like this place at all. The place seems to be dirty. I really hope the owner takes note and correct this problem. The food was not good at all. While preparing the shushi the rice was been taking out of a plastic bag

This is only a review on takeout orders from J-​Town by the Sea. So far I have tried their Dynamite roll with salad, Unagi Bara Chirashi, Pork katsu don and sashimi & sushi platter. Their dynamite rolls are ok — falls apart quite easily, HUGE pieces, and tastes decent. The unagi bara chirashi is delicious and I pretty much get that most of the time. Sashimi & sushi platter is good because their sashimi tastes fresh! Pork katsu don is way too salty for my taste. The lunch sets usually comes with mochi, but now sometimes it comes with small containers of octopus salad or eggplant instead of the dessert. The salads are good but I want the mochi balls back!!! The tiramisu mochi is pure love!!! All in all, I recommend this place for its sashimi and chirashi dons! Their cooked food are just OK.

They have a nice display of there menu. Came here for lunch with a friend. The chirachi Don has Uni! Which I’ve never found elsewhere. And there were many high end sashimi in the rice. The only con is that it was premade so the rice got a bit dry and cold.

I love their daily lunch menu (lots of difference variety). It offers great dishes for a very reasonable price. It had been my to go lunch place for more than two years.

This is by far one of my favorite places to eat. A hidden little gem inside j town with different daily specials. The portions are very generous for its price and the quality is amazing! I love how all the food is authentic and prepared with care. The soup that comes with the dishes are so homey and delish!
There’s also a few freezers where you can pick up some seafood for a very reasonable price. There’s also small quantity goods such as premium soy sauce, green tea, sake, sushi, etc.

A hidden gem. I love Japanese curry and I ordered Lunch Special #5 (Curry Atlantic Cod) and the curry tasted great. Nice and spicy. They serve lots of different lunch specials every day so there is a lot of variety.
They also have a big selection of sashimi grade fish that you don’t often find in run of the mill Japanese restaurants. Fresh Uni, Toro and Kanpachi are some of the ones I have tried and they have all been excellent and very fresh, especially the Boston Uni… mmmmm uni.
They have a section that sells other japanese cooking supplies and goods too.
Like the rest of the restaurants and shops at J-​Town, I love this place.

So we have the whole J Town complex in general and individual places on Unilocal…
I didn’t end up having lunch here, but I purchased some of the food products available in the fridges. There is a large amount of variety available, especially considering the small size of this place. They also have a sushi/​sashimi selection on the other side of the store, and the selection looked very impressive (bluefin tuna, toro, etc).
There is also a large seating area that’s mainly for people who ordered lunch or just want some free cold water available, but I’ve also seen people coming from Tora Sushi to sit here, because it gets… kinda lonely in that sushi place.
As for the taste of what I bought? Well, I don’t know yet; haven’t eaten them yet. I’m quite confident it’ll be tasty though! If not, I’ll update this review accordingly.
Next time I’ll definitely try the lunch specials. No question about it.

For lunch this is not a bad place if you want some acceptable and affordable seafood in Japanese style. Service is casual, expect a casual lunch.
As for buying take out, the quality seems to have decreased when it changed hands to some other owner a couple years ago. I stopped buying sushi from then since. I might update the review after I try their sushi again.

A place I have always been dreaming of!
J-​Town By The Sea will probably be my to go place for anything Japanese and fresh from the sea! This place is just like a mini fish market in Japan!
Lunch Special with a choice of 7 items till 2pm if you want a taste of well prepared cooked seafood or Sashimi.
Kaisen Don ($ 10.80) was so so good. Nothing fancy but have this homey feel or something prepared with care! A mixture of cooked and raw seafood of what is fresh and available.
There are also uni, eel and even exotic fish from Japan. Fresh or frozen seafood… Sashimi heaven!
There is an small eat in area and you can eat from real bowl!
I will be back! A grilled whole sea bream!