Mahoroba Japanese Restaurant in Vernon

2921 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2B8, Canada

★★★★★
(175 reviews)
Categories: Japanese restaurant Sushi restaurant
Website
facebook.com
Address
2921 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2B8, Canada
Plus Code
7P7H+HX Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Time Zone
America/Vancouver

Business Hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11:30 AM–2 PM – 5–8 PM
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Closed
Friday
11:30 AM–2 PM – 5–8 PM
Saturday
11:30 AM–2 PM – 5–8 PM
Sunday
Closed

Services

Service options
Takeaway Dine-in Delivery
Highlights
Great tea selection
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Coffee Healthy options Small plates Wine
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
High chairs
Parking
Free of charge street parking

Photos

Reviews

4.6
★★★★★
175 reviews

Most Mentioned

price (14) bento box (13) food and service (6) town (6) tempura (5) tuna (3) gem (3) dynamite roll (2) picnic table (2) spider roll (2)
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★★★★★
November 22, 2024

great place. always good food and service, one of the better Japanese restaurants in the region. have been dining there for many years, never disapointed

★★★★★
August 25, 2024

Consistently great food and service. Genuine Japanese food and the best in Vernon

★★★★★
August 10, 2024

Consistently great sushi and great service. Been enjoying this place for over 15 years, best spicy tuna rolls on the planet!

August 1, 2024

I came here about 2 weeks ago, and I ordered the deep fried dynamite roll, when I tasted it, I felt something was off. I asked how often they change the deep fryer oil and they said every WEEK😬😳 I only ate 2 pieces and left feeling sick and later got food poisoning from it. The food in general might be alright, but the deep fryer situation needs to be fixed.

★★★★★
May 29, 2024

By far my favourite sushi place around. I’ve been coming here for years and always make a point to come in when I’m visiting. It’s always fresh, flavourful and I appreciate the more traditional Japanese unlike other sushi places which I find are over sauced, deep fried and overall more westernized. It’s also family run & they are wonderful Japanese people. So, from one foodie to another I highly recommend this place if you appreciate quality and authenticity!

★★★★★
April 14, 2021

Hands down the best sushi in Vernon and the prices are more than fair. Always consistently great, well done Mahoroba! :)

★★★★★
August 22, 2020

Excellent food, reasonably priced, and exceptional service from one of the waitresses! I ordered the chicken bento box and it came out in a timely manner as well. Beware that free parking maybe hard to find. I had to park just outside the restaurant (pretty cheap though at $1/hr).

★★★★★
May 3, 2018

Delicious Japanese eats made by Japanese folks in Vernon. Had a great lunch here on a recommendation from a Japanese Lady form Kamloops. She was right, it is was really nice and the price was spot on. We have eaten a few Japanese Sushi Places run by Japanese Folks. and you can taste the difference. When we come through Vernon again we will definitely be back again. Thank You.

★★★★★
December 9, 2024

Most friendly service and freshest sushi in Vernon. This is my families favorite restaurant

★★★★★
April 23, 2024

The food is so worth the price! The Spider Roll was amazing!!

★★★★★
April 23, 2024

Mahoroba is our go to sushi spot. Food is always fresh and delicious, service is friendly and quick. Highly recommended

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

First time. Picked up. Dinner bento boxes. Large portions. Food was great! Tempura was amazing. Will be going back.

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

Best sushi in Vernon! Hands down!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Best sushi in town hands down

★★★★
December 23, 2023

Excellent food and sushi.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Really nice service and delicious food! I would recommend to spin the rolls tighter to prevent rice in rolls from falling apart. But that it just knit picking. We got our order really quickly less than in 20 minutes. We ordered Lunch Bento Box, NY rolls, Dynamite rolls and white wine. It was right enough for two persons and we left the restaurant absolutely happy!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

We love the sushi pizza. Had the dinner bento box which was more than enough. Its a small place so arrive early or make a reservation. Very good service and great food.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very good value, quality and family run restaurant. We will be back for sure!

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

It was weird.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Our favourite place for Japanese food! They always serve fresh & delish food bento boxes are the best

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Mahoroba is a great local Japanese restaurant. Theyve been doing takeout only (no dine in or delivery during covid). We managed to get a bento box, yakisoba, and yam rolls all for 30 bucks. The food all tasted really good. The portions made us full (almost too full). We were both very happy with our meals. Staff also let us refill our water bottle which is awesome.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Ordered a salmon bento box and it was excellent.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

the best sushi (and yakisoba !!) and great service, been going for years!! highly recommend

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Amazing food and service. Delicious and consistent.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Quality , price on point. Sensational place to eat.

December 23, 2023

Spicy tuna roll was a strange mushy baby food texture, spider roll was very different and no flavour, noodle salad was sour .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Really solid food and great people.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Weve been going to this place for years and its amazing. They have the best miso soup in town, and there sushi rolls are great. I cannot stress how much I love this place, which has been a second home to me for years.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Their gyoza, tempura and sushi were all delicious! The beef udon, however, was a total disappointment; the broth was flavorless, the beef was chewy and tough, and the tofu (I think it was tofu) was spongy on the inside and soggy on the outside. I would absolutely eat here again, I just wont be getting the udon again.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Quality ingredients, great menu. Our go-to restaurant in Vernon.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Always good!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

I love this place! Food is good and the service is always excellent. Highly recommended!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Still only doing take out, but its ok. You can sit outside of the restaurant where the road is blocked and have nice picnic table. Food was good. We ordered Bento box and it fed both me and my husband. Only problem was, my husband does not eat raw fish and I am pregnant. So we specifically asked them to make Nigiri with only cooked items. 3 out of 4 were cooked Nigiri but they did put one Shrimp that was still raw. That is why had to give them only 4 stars... :(

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Super chill The food slaps harder than your mommas shoe when she mad They know what theyre doing and they do it well Definitely better than Mr. Mikes. Vegetarian options: They know how to fry a good tofu

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Amazing food . Been here many times and never disappoints

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Maybe the 2nd best sushi place in town.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Love the little rice pizzas

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

good food I like it.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Best sushi place in Vernon!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Best. Food. Ever.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Best sushi Ive had since I went to Japan!! Great customer service and fast serving. 110% recommend!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Local Restaurant with lots of yummy items to offer , great vegan options ! Best in town for sushi and noodles bowls etc. Ive been coming here since I was a young teen with my friends and we wouldnt go anywhere else .. the family is so kind , and they truely put so much love into every meal they create. Always fast , always on time , and never a mistake ! I wouldnt reccomened anywhere else to go ! Mahoroba has my heart. Also... BEST AVOCADO ROLLS IVE EVER HAD , always so perfect and so delicious!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

yum

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

After having phone troubles of some kind for many months they seem to have gotten it figured out and I havent had any trouble at all ordering from them for at least a year now. Easily the best Japanese place in town, a favorite in our family!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

very fresh wonderful tasting sushi!!

December 23, 2021

This food was terrible zero flavour and the prawn for my dynamite rolls were certainly not cooked on this day! Gyoza was sooo bad it is a green paste inside of the whole wheat casing

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Take out only right now, but was able to order in store. Quoted 20 min till it would be ready so me and hubby just walked around downtown vernon before sitting at a picnic table set up in the closed off part of the road. Our 20 min wasnt even up before the person who rung us up magically appeared by our table with the food! What great and unexpected costumer service. The food was also absolutely delicious. 100% recommend.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Was reccomended by another local shop. Lovely staff, delicious sushi.

December 23, 2021

I have eaten at this establishment several times with good experience. Tonight ...food was terrible. Sushi was off other roll simply fell apart. Guoza was burnt on one side and my soup was awful. I called the owner to let them know. The management said they will refund my money and they would appreciate that I not use there buisness ever again. Really... if this is how you prepare food then I wont be spending my money at your business. If this is how you treat your customers I would never recommend anyone to use your business. There are plenty of other Japanese restaurants and word of mouth goes along in Vernon. Maharoba your lack of quality and ridiculous customer service there will not be a next time.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

My favourite Japanese restaurant in town. Consistently delicious for as long as I can remember. Authentic and fresh. Highly recommend a lunch bento. Only place I know that includes kakiage tempura. Oyakodon is another fav.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Our favorite sushi place in town. Fast and friendly service; takeout only at present. Good menu options.

Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Tried for the first time last night, absolute worst sushi Ive had to date, had to throw out majority of it and got ill from what I did ingest.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Every time I m in Vernon I need to go here - the best. Especially the spicy salmon roll wow

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

NM

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Loved the veggie box! Great service. Ill be back. One small practical suggestion: maybe turn the lights down in the dining room. Its very bright!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Fantastic food. A true dont miss in Vernon.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Absolute BEST Service and Tender Fresh Food!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Modest portions. Goma-ae salad just ok. Could be fresher. Sushi good. Daily deals a great price. Fantastic, friendly service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Ive this little spot !!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Great food! Great people!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Could be a bit cheaper, but this is a really good place for sushi. They also have the salmon roe. Sooo good

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Great authentic Japanese food with authentic Japanese staff and chefs

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Food and Service are EXCELLENT , Definitely a FIVE PLUS

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Good for a quick lunch

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Yum!! Great service!! Highly recommend =)

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Best Japanese restaurant from here to the coast. Hands down. Everything made in house(no frozen ). If you go here, which you must, order the Maharoba roll.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very nice staff, cozy place. Unfortunately for people like me who avoid sugar, virtually every dish, from plain rice to egg sushi, to most of the sauces, to tofu is actually soaking in liquid sugar. My wife and friends like it, and there are good size portions, but it is actually really unhealthy from that perspective. I felt ill from it both times I ate there. Sugar is a huge contributor to cancer. Its time to stop pretending, folks.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Went for a weekend lunch. Service was very friendly and attentive and food came out relatively quickly. We tried the karaage chicken, vegetable bento and beef bento and everything was delicious. Felt like we were back in Japan!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great service, amazing food. 5 stars for sure.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Consistently one of the best Sushi places in Vernon!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

I just had their tuna sashimi and honestly it was probably the best tuna sashimi I have ever had! It didnt have a gross fishy taste, it tasted very fresh! I will absolutely buy there again!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

The most excellent sushi place in town!!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Service is excellent, very friendly staff and waiting for food didnt take long at all. I could eat 100 of the california rolls.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Amazing staff, great food, lots of variety. Definitely try the sushi pizza

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great food, great staff, awesome place.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Always good, friendly and prompt service! Tried the Octopus Nigiri tonight and it was beautiful! One of my all time favorite spots

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good food great service

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

I love going to Mahoroba, always greeted with a friendly smile, service and food are always excellent! Highly recommended.

★★★★
December 23, 2018

Good sushi, and really like the value of the Bento box, (wish you could get it for take out) Small on the inside, but have never had a problem getting a table.

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Best sushi in town! My 4 year old has been eating her since she was 1 and its her favourite place. The staff are so nice (they know my kids regular order) and the food is always fresh and delicious.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Family-owned and operated restaurant that serves genuine high quality Japanese cuisine. The sashimi is exceptional.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good too.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Mahoroba Japanese Restaurant is my first choice for Japanese cuisine in Vernon. Great miso soup, sushi, sashimi, tempura.. Everything is the authentic flavours that I remember from Kobe, Osaka, Tokyo.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Great service and delicious Japanese food. I am definitely going back! :0)

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Always great food and service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

The sushi is incredible here. Some of the best sushi I have had. I love coming here, the service is so friendly too! You can tell they work so hard. Any time you ask for something they run to get it. They really appreciate customer service and providing a nice experience. The spicy tuna roll is among the best I have had

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

we are friends with TOJO (if you know you know) because mom and dads best friends are a Polish/Japanese couple... and apart from the T man in Vancouver who is authentic and legit REAL japanese food, my parents swear by this place. Its fresh fish and thats the basis of any really good Japanese food, the staff are friendly too

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

The Best sushi restaurant in town, I recommend all my friends and family to eat there.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Fantastic food and efficient service. The only down side is that it can be tricky to get largish groups in here.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

When I was staying in Vernon for a month, I was missing Japanese food so I tried this restaurant and it was really good. I probably go there twice a week (lol) Recommended. It has a nice atmosphere and also sells Japanese beer.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

The BEST sushi in town. From the cute atmosphere to the speedy take out... hands down the best place to order from!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Nice and quaint

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Food is incredible

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Favorite sushi place in Vernon.

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Best sushi in Vernon, if not the entire Okanagan! The family that owns it/staff are always friendly, and the sushi is always yummy and fresh! I have never been disappointed. I cant get enough of the tempura yam roll! Not to mention the prices are refreshingly reasonable. During peak times there can be a bit of a wait for seating or takeout, understandably so, but its worth it. Dont miss out on this gem!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Great food and great prices

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Delicious but over priced

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Awesome sushi@

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Best dinner as always!! Had the miso ramen with chicken, absolutely to die for!! This little hidden gem is one not to Miss!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

The diligence the staff takes to follow the customers dietary need was outstanding! The customer service alone is worth returning here.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Fantastic Japanese food, definitely the best I have had in Vernon

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

The tuna s ashimi was amazing tonight always great sushi at Maharoba

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Amazing staff, fantastic food, and pricing is too low. The dishwasher scott starling is a really cool duck

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Really great food and fast friendly service

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

This is the BEST Japanese restaurant in the Okanagan valley from someone who eats Japanese food regularly in Vancouver, Tokyo, and Kyoto.

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Amazing and Authentic Sushi and Japanese plates. great service and prices.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Amazing food probably the best sushi bar in vernon

★★★★★
December 23, 2016

Excellent quality Japanese food. Ive personally experienced real Japanese food prepared by native cooks and Mahoroba certainly offers authentic Japanese cuisine. My husband and I have been regulars since 2009 and we love it. Try the bento box, its a good value option with great variety of taste. Best in town.

★★★★★
December 23, 2016

Best sushi ever, this place is must to visit.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2016

Pretty surprised that Vernon had this hidden gem for Japanese food. We visited this restaurant 4 straight days in our vacation and was happy with their food and service every time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2016

I absolutely love Mahoroba. The food and service is above and beyond. Going in to eat there is limited seating but the service is great. Also depending on when you call, you can get a pick up order for a reasonable time for pick up so long as its not during busy hours. By far the best sushi I have had, for an awesome price. They are local, so why not support a local business!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2016

Best evahhh and amazing price! I had the salmon bento box. *****! Super nice staff too :)

★★★★★
December 23, 2015

Soooooo good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2015

Hands down the best Japanese restaurant in the Okanagan. If you are looking for authentic quality Japanese food this is the place to be. The sushi in particular is some of the best sushi that you will find in BC. It is fresh, and made very well. Ive been to more Japanese restaurants than I can remember and have lived in Japan, and I dont hesitate to say that Mahoroba is one of the best places that I have been too. The food is delicious and the staff are as friendly as ever. I definitely recommend Mahoroba!

★★★★
December 23, 2012

One of the best Japanese food I ate in BC. Unexpected wonderful surprise in a small town in BC. Vancouver, come and learn from them.