Eastland Sushi & Asian Cuisine

Use to be our favorite, not any longer. They did raise the cost, which I understand, which is not a part of my review. It’s the food I’m reviewing. The cashier/​owner is not friendly even for those that have been visiting for years, but even that is not part of my review. It’s the food. Sloppy, and not as requested, things just wrong as in fried rice versus white rice, no heat versus heat. No attention to the detail, which makes sense when the ower is taking the order and doesn’t even acknowledge your presence, by looking at you. So very disappointed, as this was a place we had gotten to know the servers, which were all nice, and did a great job. But since food quality is the main reason to go out, and that’s now flat, we won’t go again. Raise the prices if you must, but don’t foul up the quality. IMO.

We went to Eastland this week to celebrate a family birthday. There were 10 of us and the restaurant wasn’t busy. We were seated immediately even though just half of the party was there, water was brought to the table with menus, the waiter was on it!
Appetizers were freshly cooked, well-​prepared, served hot, and a good a fair price. The Lettuce Rolls are supposed to have shrimp and pork, and I’m sure it is there, but they are about 98% lettuce. (Not like Little Thai Home, my favorite…) BBQ pork, Chicken Satay, nice selection of Asian-​style foods.
Every different kind of sushi to satisfy the entire group. Tuna Hand roll was very well-​received.
Tempura was light and tasty. Pork Shumai was great, too.
Waiter came by and made kids chopsticks for the youngest in the group AND brought a lit candle topped ice cream treat with a special fortune cookie topping for the birthday girl.
Wonderful evening. We’ll be back!

Ordered a to-​go through Unilocal,My lady is sick and was craving some soup and philly rolls, I decided to go for the spicy salmon roll and salmon avocado, requested a separate box and oh my, they nailed it.
Not sure if their wasabi is real, its creamy and gots a good kick to it, and the fish was fresh and tasted great. To go order was ready promptly! Very happy and going to return to try more selection.

Use to love this place, but recently customer service has gone down the toilet. I waited almost 45 minutes for a pick up order that I was told would be done in 20min. I wish they would go back to the way thereby were when they had nice hostess running the front instead of the mean old Chinese lady. She seems to be in charge and just barks out orders.

This is my favorite sushi place ever! The Oh Henry roll is one of my favorites. Always great service, super strong drinks at the bar as well ;)

I like this place. It has a pretty nice quasi-​upscale flavor with slab granite tables and a moody urban vibe with the lighting. Food is well prepared and reasonably priced. Service is quick, it seems like the food was on the table almost as fast as the drinks. It is nice that the menu is a broad selection of Asian cuisines from Japanese including Sushi, to traditional Chinese and even some Thai. Everything I have ever had here has always been tasty. My wife complained last time that her Sesame Chicken had a little too much Vinegar, I sampled it and would agree with her on that.

Average place to eat. If you want to get a sushi, please go somewhere else. It took them about an hour to bring us sushi and they still had more than half restaurant empty. They did a good job bringing us water, like we are really thirsty.

This is my updated review. I reluctantly went to Eastland for sushi again 3 weeks ago. The sewage smell is completely gone and they are keeping the bathroom (women’s) clean. The same young man I usually get is still there and I take back what I said about him being «slow», which never affected anything since he is their best waiter. I tried again the following week and last week. All 3 times, the staff have not been arguing, the smell is gone and the sushi is consistent. It is still not the best sushi I’ve ever had, but it is good enough that I am okay now with the price and happy to give them continued business.

I love this place, the service and food is amazing. If you want a wide variety and a staff eager to give you the best experience in Vancouver, this is the place!

I love eating here. The servers are always great. I have never had anything to complain about when I’m here. The sushi is very fresh and they have great ramen. The also have a pork burger that is to die for! The prices arent bad either. I highly recommend this place.
Also, you can pet the fish!:)

We ecperienced a wonderful meal. The shrimp tempura was awesone with tempura vegetables. Also tried 3 different sushi rolls and was not diappointed, very tasty. Can’t wait until next time.

They dont deserve the single star. Horrible service, seriously! And the food is not that good, sorta meh. Will definately not eat here again.

I usually go to Mio but decided to give this place a chance this afternoon.
I would give this place zero stars if I had the choice to. The service was horrible and the food was gross. I was one of two tables in the entire restaurant and the server didn’t come to my table except to deliver the food. When she did come over to give me my food, she was very short and had a bad attitude. The sushi was mushy, poorly put together, and did not taste good. I ended up going to the front to talk to the hostess about sending my plate back since my server was no where to be found. I was then told since there was nothing «wrong» with it I would still have to pay. I told her that I thought it was made poorly and tasted bad, and then she started arguing with me! She tried to tell me what a popular dish it was and it didn’t matter that I thought it wasn’t good and would still have to pay.
If you work in the service industry (I used to) you really should at least treat every customer with respect. I don’t know what the people that work at this place are thinking, but needless to say I will not be returning and will make sure to tell my friends about this horrible experience.

The first time we visited was Christmas so they were overwhelmingly busy, so felt second visit would be warranted. Both my kids’ orders were incorrect, but with that crowd, I just told the kids to suck it up. This place is so busy and I’m not sure I understand why. The woman who ran the front desk was rude to her staff and curt to the guests arriving. Upon being seated, service was fast and efficient, but without any friendliness or offers to describe menu items or make recommendations. If you weren’t ready to order, the server would just walk away (both visits). Checking to see if things were alright or if anything else needed was not done on either visit. Getting our very busy server’s attention took the entire meal, so we just gave up. Food was average. Huge selection in a book-​like menu, but poor descriptions. Tried different items each visit and didn’t bother boxing leftovers.
Pricing reasonable, but I’d like to see more from this centrally located restaurant. Will stick to restaurants who specialize in their particular nationality of cuisine, not generalized Asian.

We’ve tried this place a couple of times because of a friends recommendation. However, both times it was far from impressive. In fact, the sushi had that dull/​grayish color that you never want to see. The agedashi tofu that I ordered was sour, and seeing as how I eat tofu often, I knew it had obviously gone bad. When I called to tell them that the tofu was sour (not wanting anything in return, just wanted to let them know so that they wouldn’t continue selling this awful tofu), they apologized… BUT then called me back to ask me to taste it again and make sure it really was sour! Apparently she went back to the kitchen and tasted it herself and ASSURED me that it was fine and had not gone bad. They offered a free order of agedashi tofu next time I return, but needless to say, I won’t be returning.

Best sushi in the «couve» deluxe noodles the best! Bartender John is a keeper…:makes great drinks and so very cool

I have only ever ordered sushi here. I would never order sushi here again. The rice was mushy, and the fish was questionable. I had a piece of tuna that required a power saw to get through. The eel was fatty and gross.
If you have ever had good sushi don’t go here expecting to get good sushi. If you have absolutely no idea what good sushi taste like, feel free to roll the dice.

We haven’t been here in a long time. I am now kicking myself in the ass. The sushi here is the best. If you like spicy not burn your butt, you must try the ninja roll. One word… AMAZING. This place is going back on my regular visit list.

Pros: fun décor, neat coy pond sushi was okay
Cons: tempura appetizer was super greasy and pot stickers were refried, dry and chewy, service was poor and rushed
If you don’t like something, they don’t care and argue with you.
Also, our waitress walked by quickly and yelled out, «you okay» and walked away before we could answer. What the heck?!
Will not come back

Came in on a busy Friday night and got seated at the sushi bar. The staff were very busy and still very nice.
Not too many places around here that you can get Get good sushi and a mixed drink… Also good.
A very nice Friday dinner out