Honba Sushi

There’s not a lot of sushi restaurants in St. Boniface area but this one turned out to be quite decent. It’s located in the big strip mall where the Shoppers and McDonalds are located on Goulet. This place is small, has about 3 tables and 2 bar style tables that are against a wall. This place is meant for mostly take out orders. The interior is small but nicely decorated and is run by a small Korean family. There’s even some decorative tea cups, chopsticks and other small things you can buy as well.
They get busy at lunch so I suggest pre-​ordering your items if you don’t want to wait around. They have a $ 8.45 lunch special that runs from 11 am-​2 pm that includes a drink or miso soup and 2 rolls (from a set list). There’s a good mix of cooked and raw rolls so it’s a pretty good deal.
My favourite roll is the «rendezvous» ($ 4.95) — it has tuna, salmon, avocado, massago, mayo and spicy sauce. Yum — great flavours that complemented each other! Their rolls are all very well priced ranging from $ 3.95 to $ 13.95 with most in the $ 4.95 range. They don’t tend to have toro whenever I am there so that’s too bad. I’ve had the salmon sashimi (3 pcs for $ 3.95), it was bland and watery. But I really liked the «goma tuna salad» ($ 4.95) — it’s a great little salad with lots of chunky pink tuna and avocado in there. The special sauce tasted like diluted soy sauce to me but I liked it.
I like that they have a VIP Point Card system (similar to Wako on Corydon) — you pay $ 0.50 to join the first time and then you earn 3% of your pre-​tax order price as your «reward.» The server wasn’t super clear but I think when you just earn up to a point when you feel like you can use the accumulated reward amounts towards something on the menu.
Service is really nice but once again if you’re going at lunch, it can be a tad long so order ahead! Glad I found this place!