Shinka Sushi - Ottawa

Best vegan sushi I have had! No fishy taste, amazing flavours and a great variety to choose from. I love that they use asparagus. Very clean. I went in once for pick up and everyone was in their groove at their super clean stations! It was very busy however I didn't have to wait too long and the service was excellent. I normally order for delivery and everything always comes freshly made. A bit pricey but it's a nice treat once in a while : Highly recommend.

One of the better take out spots for sushi in Ottawa. They only do take out can't speak to the service but the timing I ordered for was delivered accordingly. Good variety of choices of fish that you typically don't see at other spots in the city. My favorite is the kanpachi for fish. Sushi rice was well seasoned. Other places tend to be less flavored. Only disappointment I had was with the otoro sashimi. It ended being chewier than I usually have had.

Note that as of April 2022, Shinka has temporarily relocated to 250 City Centre Ave (Bay 232) due to a fire at their permanent Laurier Ave location. They are only doing pickup and delivery while at this temporary location. I am uncertain how long they will be at this location. I got some rolls through UberEats and they were delicious!! UberEats had some buy one get one free offers for Shinka, which I took advantage of. I got their Dynamite rolls (usually $12.75 for 6 pieces, but due to the BOGO offer, I got 12 pieces for that price) and their California rolls (usually $9.25 for 6 pieces, but I got 12 pieces for that price). The rolls were big and with minimal rice, mostly filling. I love rolls like this. They were well wrapped and held together nicely. The Dynamite rolls had tempura shrimp, tempura sweet potato, and asparagus. The California rolls had imitation crab, cucumber, avocado, tamago (omelet), and masago (fish roe). My only 2 complaints would be that the tempura shrimp was not crispy, but that might be due to the time it took for delivery, and rice could have used a bit more rice vinegar to give it more flavour. Other than that, the rolls were fantastic. I had forgotten to add the comment no sesame seeds on UberEats, and realized this immediately after I submitted the order. I called the restaurant right away and told them about the situation. The person answering the phone said she would make a note of it. I am happy to report that my order did not have any sesame seeds! Hurray!! The regular prices are quite high, in my opinion, so I 'm happy I got to try Shinka with the BOGO deals. I was very pleased with my meal for $22, and my rating is for what I got at that price. Had I paid $44 for it though, I would have felt it was overpriced. Even with inflation and rising prices, I feel that $44 for 24 pieces of maki that don 't even contain raw fish to be rather spendy, but others may be of a different opinion.

We're usually an ayce sushi kind of family. My husband likes quantity over quality haha. But for my 31st pandemic birthday with an 8 month old, we decided to splurge on a night in with some good quality sushi. Our first order was an Omakase 150 and an order of calamari. They had a special on at the time and we got carpaccio for free. The calamari was cooked so well! Wish we could have eaten it fresh cooked but even taken home, it was still so delicious. The fish was just so fresh. You can taste the quality of the fish. They definitely don't skimp on the fish portions. We loved it so much that we put in another order during one of their community delivery dates. We ordered a bunch of rolls this time. They were still pretty good. We got a set of rolls for free as a gift for sharing on social media (part of their loyalty program). I didn't enjoy the rolls as much, except for the rainbow roll, where there pieces of fish on top. They tasted like regular rolls so they weren't as exciting. I think just having the rolls masked the quality of the fish. It could have also been because I had the omakase 150 first haha. So next time, I think I'll order pieces with more fish exposed, like sashimi or the nigiri.

This is a restaurant that is on the pricy end, but the rolls are really exceptional. The range of rolls are really remarkable, with many many many different options for vegetarian folk. if you have a vegan or vegetarian friend, this is the place to go with the most extensive, but delicious for people with no dietary restrictions as well. Would recommend you go here! The take out boxes are very cute too and make you feel special and cool when eating from them.