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: best izakaya in vancouver (gvrd)


skiiipi
01-28-2016, 03:05 PM
What's the best in terms of food?


Guu?
Hapa?
Kingyo?
Suika?

Galactic_Phantom
01-28-2016, 03:12 PM
Kingyo has one of the best bang for buck and tasty lunches. But their dinner stuff has gone downhill.

Rajio is also one of the better ones

Manzo for skewers

Guu is kinda okay if I feel like being a cheapskate looking for a late dinner or snack. I love their grilled squid which is not drenched in sauce unlike most places.

Not on your list, but stay the fuck away from Zakkushi. I ate that shit sober and it tasted like ass. I went again super-stoned and it still taste like ass. When food tastes bunk to you when you're high, it must be absolute garbage

Special K
01-28-2016, 08:40 PM
I like Zakkushi. Easily the widest selection of skewers.

Manzo is infested with Richmond peeps. Kingyo I find was super expensive. The Guu across from Kintaro is not bad.

skiiipi
01-28-2016, 08:58 PM
I like Zakkushi. Easily the widest selection of skewers.

Manzo is infested with Richmond peeps. Kingyo I find was super expensive. The Guu across from Kintaro is not bad.

Not super concerned with price as long as the food is worth it.
Doesn't have to be skewers either, just Japanese style tapas and small plates.

knight604
01-28-2016, 09:05 PM
guu garlic is probably one of the better guus

skiiipi
02-02-2016, 08:34 PM
i ended up going to Kinyo.....good was good
toro sashimi was meh
but all the cooked stuff was good
meal came out to $160 for 2 with tax/tip
had 1 pitcher of beer

jinxcrusader
02-02-2016, 09:20 PM
$160 for two people? what the fuck

skiiipi
02-02-2016, 09:27 PM
$160 for two people? what the fuck

iirc we ordered the toro sashimi, beef tongue, fried corn, kobe beef, black cod, braised beef rib, bibimbap, ebi mayo and almond tofu plus a pitcher of sapporo

$160 with tax and tip....not bad

Galactic_Phantom
02-03-2016, 01:19 AM
I like Zakkushi. Easily the widest selection of skewers.

Manzo is infested with Richmond peeps. Kingyo I find was super expensive. The Guu across from Kintaro is not bad.

Of course it is infested with Richmond peeps, its in Richmond :rukidding:. If anything, I find Manzo one of the few Asian places in Richmond with the LEAST obnoxious Asians around. Not sure if I'm lucky but this is the case for me at the Alexandra location

Liquid_o2
02-03-2016, 11:29 AM
I think I've visited most, and I still enjoy going to Guu Gastown and Guu Garden the most. Not everything is perfect, but I always leave satisfied.

gilly
02-03-2016, 12:31 PM
Hapa Izakaya at coal harbour (waterfront) during happy hour (3-5:30pm M-F) is pretty good. Menu selection is big, price is cheap and food is really good. Restaurant is massive compared to the other Izakaya restaurants.

Havn't been to Guu in a while because the lines and wait are just ridiculous.

Kingyo is also very delicious.

smoothie.
02-03-2016, 12:38 PM
guu gastown is my go-to.

its just so... fun?

Verdasco
02-03-2016, 01:29 PM
$160 for kingyo? rather go to a fine dining place or somewhere a lot better lmao

:fuckthatshit:

skiiipi
02-03-2016, 05:17 PM
$160 for kingyo? rather go to a fine dining place or somewhere a lot better lmao

:fuckthatshit:

No way you can do fine dining for $160 for 2....

knight604
02-03-2016, 07:28 PM
guu garden is fucking garbage lol

Verdasco
02-05-2016, 11:24 AM
should i visit the guu garden then? or gastown instead?

Galactic_Phantom
02-05-2016, 11:34 AM
Neither. Guu isn't that great.

mk1freak
02-05-2016, 11:52 AM
IME Kibo yaletown had decent food, better than the Guus. Then again like with most Izakayas, im usually only there for the drinks :accepted:

knight604
02-05-2016, 01:24 PM
should i visit the guu garden then? or gastown instead?

guu garlic bro

rageguy
02-05-2016, 02:08 PM
Rajio gets my vote.

jtrinh
02-05-2016, 05:33 PM
I was at Guu garden last night and the service was shit. 2/10 service. 7/10 for food.

I prefer Guu garlic and Thurlow. Kabocha Korokke is yummmmmm.

Verdasco
02-09-2016, 01:24 PM
guu garlic bro

everyone went there

been there 100x ResidentSleeper

Derek_N84
02-09-2016, 02:01 PM
no mentions of our OG izakaya Hapa?

still some decent food to be found, not going to knock my socks off anytime soon but i prefer it over every guu minus garlic.

+1 for Rajio

and another vote for Suika and that braised short rib :sweetjesus:

jinxcrusader
02-09-2016, 03:41 PM
I've only been to hapa izakaya once - on Robson. And it was during our Izakaya peak with so many izakaya's opening around the city. It was intensely disappointing.

Obsideon
02-11-2016, 10:46 PM
http://i.imgur.com/0IRqC0I.gif

MelonBoy
02-23-2016, 08:04 PM
Zakkushi on main.

Ill admit. The last couple years. They have been going down hill but I still think its better then most places. I think this is due to change of owners or staff (Miss the good old days with their zakkushi bowl, original beef tataki and random disney music).

Suika is my #2
Hapa is garbage. Unless you want to see hotty waitresses in skimpy shit