Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Pan-Asian and sushi in River Heights, Winnipeg
Peacock
Sushi With a Second Passport
Peacock used to be Yujiro, a sushi restaurant, and it has not forgotten where it came from. It has simply grown a bigger passport. Chef Edward Lam makes traditional sushi and then, on the same menu, walks off into territory where Italy, France and Asia share a table. It landed at number 68 on Canada's 100 Best for 2026.
That mix sounds like a risk and mostly reads as confidence. In winter there is a charcoal-grilled seabass with a garlic black-bean marinara, which sounds like a menu typo and is not. In summer the cucumber boat arrives with shima-aji, octopus, anchovy and ikura, cool and salty and bright. There is poached halibut with classic French accompaniments for the table that wants butter. The judges called the flavors layered, clean and complex, and for once the adjectives hold up.
It sits on Grant Avenue in River Heights, a neighborhood that does not usually announce itself with fish this good. Go early in the evening, ask what is freshest, and order across the menu instead of staying in one lane. If you want a plain sushi night, you can have one. If you want something stranger, the kitchen is ready.
- Order this
- Traditional sushi from the case, Charcoal-grilled seabass with garlic black-bean marinara (winter), Cucumber boat with shima-aji, octopus, anchovy and ikura, Poached halibut with French accompaniments
- The damage
- $$$
- Go
- Early in the evening, when the sushi case is fresh
- Find it
- 1822 Grant Ave, Winnipeg, MB
- Website
- peacockwinnipeg.com