Côba Sushi — Restaurant in Montreal

We went here to celebrate my partner's birthday. Our friends and us had a great time with Cô Ba. Overall, super satisfied!

Ambiance: warm, cozy, intimate and vibrant at night. We went for dinner at night on weekday, the restaurant was packed so it was a bit loud. Though the manager was thoughtful to lower the music's volume so it got better afterward.

Service: super attentive from the hostess to the servers to the floor manager. The timing between the appetizers, sashimi and main dishes showcased the professional table waiting skill (not everywhere does).

Sashimi & sushi: fresh, sweet, succulent and well-balanced flavors. Love their ponzu dip. Special rolls: on the bigger size (not one bite per piece), though they are unique, they will get you full fast. 😅.

Beverage: we are biere people, so we can only vouch for IPPON biere, Japanese recipe but made locally in QC. Unique flavors, smooth and easy to drink while still packed with different notes that linger on your palate.

Price: on the pricy side, not sure if it has to do with location. Though you will have one of the highest quality sashimi in the market. Therefore, i personally think it's worth it, at least for...

Hot potato! This place is expensiiiiive. I should've known since it is on Laurier but it seemed so unassuming. This restaurant is busy and the waiters do not have time to explain. It's very quick. You get the menu's and a pencil, the water, the napkins and utensils, as soon as you sit down and even after they pick up plates as soon as you're done.

They don't only have sushi but I was really craving sushi at the time so didn't order their poke bowls/other meals. It's BYOB/BYOW. The sushi are expensive for the amount of pieces received. Upwards of $9.50 for 6 pieces of makis. There is a special 6 service option for 2 for $100 but it came with things we didn't really want. For about 40 pieces it was $100 for two, which is more than I have ever spent on sushi.

It wasn't even much better than AYCE sushi joints (for the rolls we got). Since I like very regular and simple rolls, they ended up tasting good but only marginally better than at sushi buffets that I've been to.

Lesson learned, AYCE sushi buffets are...

If you are a sushi lover this is the place for you.

I can honestly say that this was one of the best sushi restaurants I've been in MTL and I've been to many.

The sushi was extremely fresh We got the sashimi lover but we don't eat raw scallops but they were kind enough to replace it with salmon sashimi which was really nice of them. The portions were thick and so yummy. 6 different sashimis for the price of 25$.

We also shared a few different rolls together, avocado roll, kamikaze sake, tokyo tuna, paradis roll and the truffle tuna which was my favourite.

We came here on a Saturday around 845 so there's wasn't that many ppl.

The service was fast and our waiter was really friendly. I can say that this place is in my top 5 sushi places in MTL that I would recommend.

Definitely...