Reviews for Japanese Village Restaurant in Victoria, BC
Awesome food and our chef was very entertaining. A truely enjoyable night out with friends.
It was a little hard to find the entrance as you have to walk down a set of stairs underground. The prices were reasonable. We... know we are partly paying for the experience and the novelty of having the food cooked in front of you. Good place to go with agroup of friends as you sit together. If you don?t have a full table you will likely be seated with strangers which can turn outgreat, bad or neither. We liked the sauces they gave you for the meat and the veggies. The chef was entertaining and lively.Food was good but I wouldn?t say great but like I said, you are going more for the experience. It?s not a place I?d go often butmaybe for special occasions of for entertaining groups of friends. Would recommend. I had ordered the 6 oz steak and it wasplenty. One of us ordered a side of prawns, 2 sides of mushrooms and scallops and the 3 of us shared them. Be prepared to leavereally full. Read more
Haven?t been there since I was young, but went there again tonight for my brother?s birthday, and it was it amazing! He ordered... the wagyu which was to die for, but honestly everything was great. The salad, the soup, the vegetables? THE SAUCES!!! It was allamazing and such a great experience with our hilarious cook. Will absolutely be coming back! Read more
Wonderful sauces, complete dinner with all courses included. We had combos so we were able to try everything. Nice and fresh.
Incredible experience!!! Amazing food... Amazing atmosphere. Highly recommend!
We couldn?t believe the Google review that is 4.4 because it doesn?t match the reputation. We had a great day until we came to... this restaurant. We ordered a premium combo, which includes steak, scallops, and prawns. We were informed that prawn wasn?tavailable, so we had to downgrade to shrimp with extra scallop. The smelly and sour fillet steak ????. The service, humm, hardto communicate with the waitress. Here is our experience with the restaurant manager: We asked about the quality/freshness ofthe fillet steak as we tasted sour. The manager came and STRONGLY SUGGESTED to eat again with their ?freshly cooked? fillet. Wesaid no about four times. But eventually, she expected our feedback. She said, ?We trust our customers.? This time, with theirfreshly cooked fillet, not only does it taste sour, but it tastes bitter! We feel sick after trying it, but she continues torecommend it to us. After hearing our opinion, she said, ?all chief tried it and they found it fine. Is it because you haven?ttasted any fillet steak before?? Oh my god. Can you believe it? The restaurant manager tells you that is because you haven?ttried it before, that?s why the smelly fillet tastes sour and bitter. We feel that we were treated like we don?t know much. Sheeven said that the majority of Asians order New York steak only, that?s why it could be UNIQUE to us. ????? Eventually, we paidfull price + 15% off. Oh, the fillet was an extra order. Not very fair. Read more
Great food, our cook had his own jokes and showed us the Japanese choo choo train lol. Food was great, ambience is also great.... Wheelchair accessibility is great too as they have an elevator for people who can't make the trek down the stairs. Tea is theYamamoto tea, very close to barley but more smoother. Steak and chicken cooked to perfection. Read more
My favourite restaurant in Victoria. The food quality is just so superior to most restaurants that we keep returning. The... cooking show and service is icing on the cake ???? Read more