J:unique kitchen

My daughter and I are originally from Vancouver, BC so perhaps our expectations for sashimi and sushi are a little high. Nonetheless, we have never been to a Japanese restaurant where plain rice is unavailable. I actually had to ask two different servers if they joking about the rice; they weren’t. We couldn’t order a bowl of plain rice from this Asian restaurant: go figure. We were also surprised to find lemon slices placed in between some of our sashimi as this “cooks” the fish, which defeats the whole purpose of eating sashimi. The Japanese sushi makers behind the sushi bar should know better than this, but maybe they’re too busy serving overpriced, trendy, glorified maki rolls at special roll prices. (My Red Dragon roll was gross.) Finally, rather than charge $30 for a supersize tray of deep fried veggies and prawns, the restaurant could charge a more reasonable $20 and half the serving size; this would make it more align to the portion size of tempura dishes at other more self-respecting Japanese establishments all over Canada and Japan. The service was fine and our server was apologetic. But it can’t make up for the overpriced, underwhelming sashimi, sushi, and food. Won’t be back.

I had heard about this restaurant from quite a few people for a while and knew I had to try it. As a sushi enthusiast, I am very pleased to say that it surpassed my expectations. This is likely one of the best sushi spots in Ottawa.

The food was very good, I’d say an 8/10. I would be happy to go back here and try out other dishes. The special rolls were all very good and presented very nicely. I think the taste just falls short of the best sushi I’ve ever had, but is still highly recommendable.

Service was decent, nothing very good or bad either way. They were friendly and knowledgeable when asked questions.

The restaurant is small and intimate, however it is still possible to come here with a small to medium sized group. Do note that they don’t take reservations, so on busier nights you may have to wait a bit longer.

This was some of the best Sushi I’ve had in Ottawa. I went with 5 friends and every one of them said they need to come back again! Glad I ordered the favourite five platter… Got to try a few different things and had some leftovers for the next day. Definitely check it out.

Creative unique flavours & decent sized rolls (usually between 5-8 pieces depending on your selection). We were fairly full after ordering 4 rolls & chicken karagge. We had the Dynamite, red dragon, salmon oshi, and sunset (my personal favorite where the fish melted in your mouth!)

They don’t take reservations and we arrived 430 (opening hour) on Sunday, and the restaurant was packed by 5! Definitely recommend arriving early.

We were visiting from out of town and heard great things about j:unique from family. We ended up going and it completely exceeded my expectations. We started out with takoyaki which tasted incredible and some nigiri which was pretty fresh tasting. For our mains we started with the Fav 5 tray. Really enjoyed the pressed sockeye salmon roll from that tray. After that we go the special roll tray which honestly had some of the best sushi I’ve ever had. We loved the sunset role from the special roll tray. Lastly we got the torched roll (not pictured) and it was okay. Being lit on fire was a cool novelty but it wasn’t my fav (it was good but the rest was much better). Service was spot on. Our server was incredibly nice. Easily worth the price! I’d recommend.