Genji Japanese Restaurant
- Cuisine: Japanese
- 175 Lisgar St
- Ottawa, ON K2P 0C3
- 613-236-2880
9 Restaurant Reviews
- The best Bento box we ever tried
- Review by DeliciousFood on 07/02/08.
- 2 diners, 26 - 40 years old, $11 - $25 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderLunch Bento Box
- ReviewWe went to Genji for lunch all the times and our experience was completely different than the one below.
We have tried their Bento Box, which includes choice of teriyaki (I ordered beef teriyaki and my colleage ordered chicken teriyaki) with stir fried vegetables, Kani Cream Croquette breaded mash potatoes with crab, 2 pan-fried beef Gyoza. Both of us think that it was a good deal for $16. The Gyoza that we tried were pan-fried. I don't think they were deep-fried.
We also tried their dinner menu. They have the best sushi and sashimi in Ottawa. Go try it and you will thank me for my recommendation.
- Tried out this restaurant, only to be disappointed.
- Review by Lover of Japanese food on 06/18/08.
- 1 diner, 26 - 40 years old, $11 - $25 per person, Visit again? No
- OrderLunch Bento Box
- ReviewI went for a late lunch around 2PM for lunch. There was no one in the restaurant upon entry, and I waited for 5 minutes till a server came to seat me. Greeted with no smile or a simple "Hi".
The interior was well done, and I was fascinated by the touch of high tech ordering machines they had at the entrance and at the cash register.
I ordered the bento box with a glass of water. The lunch came with a soup and salad, which both tasted mediocre. The salad also had wilted and blackened pieces of lettuce, the soup tasted watery and sandy at the bottom of the bowl.
When the bento came out, it was placed in front of me as if they did something wrong to them. The meal had teriyaki chicken with two deep fried gyoza, two pieces of crab korokke and rice. The rice was on the dried-out side, as if it was reheated in the microwave. When I tried out the chicken, it did not taste like teriyaki sauce. It took me a few extra bites to figure out that the sauce it was Peking duck sauce. :P The gyoza was another downer, since both pieces were deep-fried, not pan-fried, and drowned in some kind of ponzu sauce. The only thing that tasted good was the korokke that looked as if it was frozen food from the local supermarket. The sauce for the korokke did not match the flavor for the meal.
At the end of all things, I found this to be another disappointing Japanese restaurant that I wasted $20 on. I don't think I would even bother going back to try the sushi or sashimi.
If cooks or owners want to hold a successful Japanese restaurant, then learn from the masters in Japan or at least get some proper tips from those who know what it is suppose to be/taste like.
- Excellent Sushi
- Review by Great sushi! Nice place on 05/05/08.
- 2 diners, 26 - 40 years old, $25 - $49 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderSpider roll, sweet potato, shrimp tempura, sushi pizza
- ReviewExcellent sushi! I didn't order sashimi. We will definitely be back to try out other items on the menu.
- Had A Group Of 10
- Review by Denis on 02/23/08.
- 10 diners, 26 to 40 years old, $25 - $49 per person, Visit again? Maybe
- OrderWe ordered as a group, the appetizers, meals, wine and desert were excellent but cost isn't so cheap. Like two pieces of sushi goes for $6 to me isn't cheap but other otherwise good overall.
- ReviewHad a group of 10, 2 were 2 yr old children. The food was good, the flow of food coming was good for appetizers. The price was kinda higher then previous reviews stated, like sushi for two pieces is $6-$10 which to me is pricey.
Nobody complained about the quality or taste as it was all delicious.
Two people bought a set meal with many appetizers but the problem was the main course, everyone was done and they still didn't have their food. When we asked they looked into it but nobody came back to tell us the answer, but the manager knew the answer. We never got the answer till we paid the bill which was they forgot to make it or the chef was trying to pump out other tables main courses but really if 6 have finished their main course, do two people really need to wait. Those two got 10% off as a result.
My meal came to 80 but included for two appetizers, wine, soup (which was yummy) main meal and desert.
Service was horrible, our server was ok but the guy working and manager didn't communicate well not due to language but updates on our meals. You would ask for water and they would forget, we ordered tea at the end and it never came so we paid our bill and didnt get billed for it. You would wave down a waiter at the bar he would finish his little clean up then come see us, forget what we want and would have to remind him.
Of course orders can be forgotten but I am not sure I would go again. The waiters and waitress need to learn how to do their job such as make sure you dont forget request, make sure you have enough water, ask how things are and check up a couple times and just common things you would expect when you drop 40$ for a complete meal.
- We Finally Tried Out This Restaurant...
- Review by Tony Rizkalla on 11/22/07.
- 2 diners, 26 to 40 years old, $5 - $24 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderAppetizer: Edamame ($3.95);
Noodle: Shrimp Tempura Udon ($9.95)
- ReviewWe finally tried out this restaurant for lunch. If it is not our friend's recommendation, I don't think I will be able to find this hidden gem in Ottawa. The food was great and can't believe the low price. For less than $15 (before tax), I filled my stomach with healthy and delicious food. I will bring my family here for dinner.
- I've Eaten Sushi All Over The World
- Review by SushiKid on 05/17/07.
- 3 diners, 26 to 40 years old, $25 - $49 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderGrilled squid, unagi rolls, fatty tuna, spicy tuna, sushi pizza, edamame, miso soup.
- ReviewI've eaten sushi all over the world, and Genji is far and away the best in Ottawa. Which isn't necessarily saying much given the sorry state of the sushi grade fish this city often tries to pass off on the unsuspecting consumer. Here the quality is excellent, the staples are great, and the creative rolls and appetizers are at worse ambitious, and at best addictive. Great ambience, best bang for your sushi buck in terms of quality in Ottawa. Would be great to have free edamame with your meals; you'd get a lot of other people hooked on it and coming back.
- Delicious Food At Reasonable Price
- Review by Helene Boidot on 05/23/07.
- 2 diners, 41 to 60 years old, $5 - $24 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderSet Dinner A
- ReviewDelicious food at reasonable price! Nice decor with easy listening music. Great place for conversation!
- We Went To Genji For Dinner Because...
- Review by MeeMee on 05/21/07.
- 2 diners, 26 to 40 years old, $25 - $49 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderSweet potato maki, spicy tuna maki, salmon teriyaki, chicken teriyaki
- ReviewWe went to Genji for dinner because most of the restaurants were closed today for the Victoria long weekend. To our surprise, the food was outstanding. We were so pleased with our meal and we gave $20 tips to the server.
- I Heard That This Is One Of The...
- Review by Salina Stapledon on 05/12/07.
- 3 diners, 41 to 60 years old, $25 - $49 per person, Visit again? Yes
- OrderI ordered their set dinner B;
my daugher ordered "King of the Sea"; My husband ordered different kind of sushi (sweet potato, soft shell crab, spider roll, Boston roll, sushi pizza).
- ReviewI heard that this is one of the restaurants recommended by Chef Stephen Vardy on CBC many months ago. But I just didn't get a chance to go. We finally went and were so pleased with the food qualiy. My sushi-loving husband agreed with Chef Vardy as soon as we had tasted our shrimp won-ton appetizer. Genji does well with their appetizer, sweet potato sushi and salmon skin sushi. The prices are reasonable. We even bought take-out for our university son who didn't go with us.
