Octopus' Garden Restaurant

Loved it! Live lobster is where it's at, you gotta try it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Okay… yes the price is high, but it’s worth every damn penny. I’m pretty cheap when it comes to going out, and this is probably the ONLY Japanese restaurant in Vancouver that I would spend 200+ on a dinner. Food quality is amazing, I’m somewhat of a fisherman and loves to foraging seafood, and the quality of seafood there is on par or even better than some seafood I caught myself. Oh and the service, I feel weird that I’m willingly paying 20% tip on a dinner. Guy’s giving me a whole biology lesson on the fish I’m eating, I’d just consider the tip as tutoring fee. 100% recommend, just send it, it’s worth it I promise.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Absolutely loved Octopus’ Garden!
Sada san is such a fun and talented chef, you can feel his passion in every dish. The food was super fresh and creative, and the service made the whole experience even better.
The best sushi spot in Vancouver!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Favourite restaraunt in Vancouver.

Always a welcoming and great dining experience

We were in the room for friend’s birthday party. We had Omakasa menu and food was great. They allow you to bing your own sake. We bought in 1.8L sake charge for $100 corkage. Parking is horrible in these area. Not easy to find a parking spot near by during summer time.

Loved the decor and arrangements used throughout the meal. Octopus Garden has an ambiance and soul that modern and heavily renovated restaurants won’t be able to express. Restaurant staff all had character and costumes.

The service was top-notch, and the food was incredibly fresh. Although the prices are a bit steep, the experience was highly enjoyable. The ambiance also makes you feel at home.

Whimsical, unique, and delicious! Extensive menu beyond the one on their website. You can customize your Art Sashimi platter to accommodate your budget that is listed as Market Price. The food was fresh and delicious. The Original Foie Gras Nigiri was interesting, I typically enjoy foie gras but I thought the nigiri was a little imbalanced with the foie gras to rice ratio...a little too much foie gras which I really shouldn't be complaining about. The service was extra...everyone was so friendly, super accommodating, service was prompt and they were attentive.

I had a good experience here before but every time it declined and this time it was really bad. First of all the restaurant is so tiny they sat us on the porch which is heated but it’s right by the door which is always open. And we were freezing the whole time dining. Specially my feet! Which by itself was annoying enough to ruin the experience. Salad was just supermarket bought spring mix, they didn’t bother to even add avocado or something and their “house dressing” was so little we could barely taste it and that little wasn’t anything special. The sushi’s were good, fresh and good quality but nothing you can’t find in a lot of places cheaper. Even their wagyu this time wasn’t great and was very thin. On top of everything they were SUPEERR SLOW! there was a good 15-20 minutes wait between every dish they brought out. By the time our next dish arrived we had forgotten what we had already, and we had to wait every time so long that we just lost appetite for every dish. All in all was a bad experience, this place has gone down the hill quite a bit and is not worth the money what so ever! I don’t think we go back again.

Such an amazing atmosphere. The staff were attentive, friendly and knowledgeable! The delicately crafted dishes were exploding with flavour - make sure to grab a few oysters while you’re here. One of the best restaurants in Vancouver!

We ordered 5 omakase courses and everything was great except one dish. It was a lobster, literary one lobster for 5 people to shared. As a result, two people had claws, 2 people had tails and one person had the head. The restaurants presented one lobster in a big plate and asked us to help by ourselves. For $200 per person, I thought it should be served individually and each person gets the same and fair part of the lobster. Service was great but for omakase, we thought at least one having half lobster which makes more sense at this price level.

One of the, if not the, best Japanese restaurants in Vancouver. Sada-san and his team blew us away.

Octopus’ Garden is a high end Japanese restaurant that deserves all the recognition it has received from media since its inception.

The food was high quality, incredibly fresh, and incredibly delicious. I don’t think you can get materials this fresh and clean anywhere else unless you fish it yourself.

This establishments service was on another level. I genuinely enjoyed every second at this restaurant with my family and I will most definitely be visiting again in the future for another round of omakase.

11/10!! Service is amazing, food is fantastic. I still think about the strawberry mochi... so fresh and decadent!

This is my favourite Japanese restaurant in Vancouver