Shibuyatei - Richmond

Check out the review of Shibuyatei in the blog post below.

Small little dive like place in the industrial area of Richmond. The chef specializes in authentic home style Japanese cooking. His gyoza, ramen, and curry are excellent. Menu is small. I suggest sticking with the cooked food. He does not cater to typical American tastes. So expect simple light flavours of high quality ingredients.

Yum!. Not too much selection from the Ramen side, but their staple Ramen #1 #2) was very good. They do have a couple block heaters in the store, so it's a little chilly when people go in and out. But besides that, the owner and server were both very nice. I would come back a second time.

Great little restaurant and food. Please don't listen to the rude chef review from the idiot below! Here's why, read below!. First of all please don't listen to that dummy that wrote the review. 1. It has nothing to do with the restaurant. I was there to see it all when this idiot parked their car in the driveway next to the row of parking next to the restaurant and car wash. The chef asked to move the car and they refused to do so. So this is when the comment about using the brain comes in. The chef just asked if they could move the parked the car blocking access for people to drive in and out to move to the spot by the car wash office. What idiot would park blocking driveways? Oh wait, we are in Richmond, so most people who don't use their brains think they are entitled to create parking spots wherever they please. (Please reference to Richmond Learns to Park on Facebook! Just plain ignorant! The chef who has a stern Japanese accent as rude? I'm sorry but whenever I am there and I am there a lot, he is nothing but a gentle soul. He ALWAYS has a smile on his face, whether he is serving you, cooking or clearing dirty dishes. Who has a smile on their face when they clean dishes? The chef does.<br/ <br/ About the food, I think it's amazing and I'm highly critical of food. I like to cook and make everything from scratch myself and this guy does it. Alone. He doesn't want to hire anyone else because he wants to keep the price low for you to enjoy his food. He takes a lot of pride in what he does and he ensures you are happy with his product. If he finds out you have been referred to eat at his place he makes an extra effort to ensure you're happy because his other regulars referred you. I love how everything there is no MSG and the soup isn't fatty. It's a nice change from going to a ramen house that just throws prefab junk into a pot and just chops the green onions for your soup.<br/ <br/ Also if any of you have watched Jiro dreams of sushi, this guy has had major critics review his shop when he did have one in Tokyo. One top critic loved the food so much that he brought his family to eat there. He hasn't been reviewed under Michelin critics but he should be! The gyozas are also awesome. I thought Gyoza King downtown on Robson street was good but over the years the quality has gone down. It's just filled with salt and lard for taste. I love how the gyozas are here, nice and juicy and low in fat. <br/ <br/ Please give this shop a try, it looks like a hole in the wall but it's the best gem in the city by far!

Delicious Food and friendly owner. Me and my friend went there for lunch today. We were the only customers, i guess it's because of Canada Day? We had some trouble finding the store even with GPS. The restaurant doesn't look Japanese. The owner was very friendly and we had some interesting conversations. I had ordered a charsulamen (abt 13), and salmon maki. CharsuLamen with 3 pcs of charsu was kinda expensive compare to regular lamen, abt. 9 with one piece of Charsu. According to the owner, almost all of the food was msg- free, so it might be too little taste for those who are used to heavy taste food. Green tea ice cream was also delicious. It was handmade by the owner, so it wasn't as sweet as ice cream available at grocery stores. It was creamy, with the true green tea flavour. I will go there again even just for the ice cream.