Sushi Rosa

Cody

5.0

Sushi Rosa gives you the feeling of enjoying sushi at a real Japanese restaurant. The quality of the ingredients is excellent & the flavor is consistently good. The staff are enthusiastic, polite, & attentive. I highly recommend everyone give it a try.

FABIOLA

5.0

Every visit to Sushi Rosa is a wonderful experience. The menu is diverse with many attractive options. The food is always carefully prepared & full of flavor. The professional service makes me very satisfied.

Jennifer

5.0

Sushi Rosa is one of the best sushi restaurants I've ever been to. The fish is always fresh, beautifully presented, & the flavors are perfectly balanced. The staff are friendly & provide quick service. I will definitely be back many more times.

Isaac

5.0

My visit to Sushi Rosa exceeded all expectations. The menu offered a fantastic variety of sushi, sashimi, & specialty rolls. Everything arrived beautifully plated & looked as amazing as it tasted. The quality of the ingredients was outstanding & noticeably fresh. The staff provided excellent service & were happy to answer questions about the menu. The restaurant had a warm & comfortable atmosphere that made the evening even more enjoyable. Every bite reflected great attention to detail & care. I left impressed by both the food & the hospitality. Sushi Rosa has earned a loyal customer.

Yusanaq

2.0

With over 1,700 reviews & a 4.7-star rating, it's almost inevitable that people are misled by the Google rating.
There are simply too many fake reviews, & the genuine opinions get buried.
In fact, the one-star reviews sound far more truthful-& I completely understand their frustration.

It's really disappointing - & honestly unpleasant - to have come across another restaurant like this again in Montreal.

First, the positives:
The taste was decent, & the person who seemed to be the owner was quite pleasant & polite.

However, the rest of the experience was terrible.
The young woman serving tables was openly unfriendly - her attitude was written all over her face. She was inattentive, offered no explanation of the dishes, & made the whole experience uncomfortable.

The food itself consisted mostly of standard tempura rolls & avocado rolls - nothing special, but not bad either.
(Of course, it's not authentic sushi by any means, but it was edible.)
That said, the rolls were poorly made - the seaweed wasn't sealed properly, & everything fell apart. That's basic sushi technique.
As for sashimi & nigiri, the prices were outrageously high, so I didn't even bother ordering them.

Drinks were another problem.
They offered only warm canned beer (Sapporo, 350ml - other reviews mention $9 each) & what appeared to be a very overpriced bottle of white wine (Cloudy Bay 1L, basically a cooking wine).
There was no drink menu & no visible prices - quite questionable for a sushi restaurant.

Even at peak hours on a weekend, the restaurant was nearly empty - which says a lot about how genuine those reviews really are.
Loud, intrusive music & an excess of fake flowers completed the odd atmosphere.

The worst part was the order mistake & how they handled it.
Since portions were small, I placed a second order - but it was completely forgotten.
When I asked about it, the waitress insisted, in a condescending tone, that I hadn't ordered anything, & even looked irritated.
However, I wrote the order down on paper again & handed it over.

A while later, it seemed they finally found the paper, & she came back saying,'It'll be ready in five minutes.'
By then, more than 30 minutes had already passed. I told her not to bother anymore.

Then came the bill.
I asked for a receipt, but was told to pay at the counter near the exit - not at the table.
No itemized bill, just a total amount to pay.
When I asked again for a receipt, I was given only a vague credit card slip - no details, just the total: over $500.
I didn't complain, but the owner, perhaps feeling bad, gave me a 5% discount - though the minimum tip was still 15%.
I have no idea how much that'cooking wine' cost me.

As I was leaving, someone mechanically asked,'How was your meal?'
But in that situation, what exactly was I supposed to say? & honestly, what's the point of asking that question?

I've visited over 200 restaurants in Montreal & have found many truly wonderful ones - but it's disheartening that there are still places like this, with artificially inflated ratings that mislead customers.

Charles

5.0

Service très efficace

Sabrina

5.0

Le service était exceptionnel, la présentation & la qualité des sushis. Recommanderais à 100 %

Duane

5.0

A fantastic Sushi bar run by lovely people who served us fabulous food 😊

Stephanie

5.0

I can't write a sign here where there is such delicious food

ISaac

5.0

Sushi Rosa truly impressed me with the freshness of the fish; every piece was thick & juicy.