Bento Sushi - Ottawa

Great bento lunches! They tend to sell out but you can order ahead online via their website up to 9:59am same day (that day's lunch disappears from their online shop at 10am so beware and make sure you're ordering for the day you want).

Not crowded on a Tuesday afternoon. Service was fairly quick. Food was edible. Wasn't bad, but also nothing to rave about. Am however frustrated with the portion. It was barely half the bowl. At least fake it and add more rice.

Food first:The food is made fresh. I have watched them preparing food at different times during the day.The food is VERY tasty. For example, the Ramen (chicken is my favorite has an amazing broth, equal to the craft ramen places at which I have eaten in Manhattan, Montreal and London. The fresh Poké bowl has warm sushi rice, topped with a generous layer of cubed tuna, edamame, avocado, seaweed and a yummy sauce. A meal by itself. The sushi is very tasty. (California roll, spicy tuna crunch roll and tuna lover combo are the ones I have had. I have had the separate order of seaweed, which is fresh, and the vegetable dumplings, which are also good.Prices are very fair, especially for Midtown Manhattan.Service next:The staff at this Bento Sushi are really friendly. They happily explain the ingredients, serve with a smile, even when slammed at lunch time.Ambiance now:This a VERY clean place! I was there duting an inspection and spoke with the inspector. He said this place receives his highest marks, and that he has never found anything wrong with the temperatures, cleanliness, anything. They have nice wooden tables and conformatble metal chairs if you want to sit and eat, plus, of course, takeout and delivery. It is large and well lit.I heartily recommend this for a fast, very tasty, fairly priced meal in Midtown, near Grand Central.

Nice variety . Bento boxes were a good amount of food. They had a clean restaurant and the owners were nice.

Great deal, high quality food, give them a try! I haven 't read the other reviews yet, I see that many of them are pretty low. All I know is that the food is always perfectly fresh. They make everything fresh every morning and starting about 3:30 PM maybe 4 o 'clock they sell off all Sushi. Of course this is because they make it fresh every morning. I 've been in right when they opened a couple of times and I 've seen preparing the sushi. Again, everything is perfectly clean and is just as fresh and handled with as much care as any sushi restaurant I 've been to. So while it is not a traditional, looking sushi restaurant, they seem to use display just as stringent safety protocol as even the most expensive restaurants. If they don 't, I certainly haven 't seen it. The only fish that they use is salmon and tuna. This allows them to keep, looks like excellent, quality control. I think there 's three of these places in the city, i 've been to the one on Broadway downtown and this one on 3rd Ave between 43rd and 44th both are great, Something else I like is that, at either location that I have been to it is always the same three or four employees. They care about what they are doing and take pride in it. . I 'm very curious about what I will read as far as negative reviews go. I think this place is one of the best deals in the city.