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| - I've recently went on a binge of hitting up AYCE places in Toronto, and this was on my list of "need to try". It was definitely worth it!
First I'm going to talk about the ordering experience, then I'm going to get into the specific qualities of the food. Feel free to skip the bulk of the review and read the TL;DR at the bottom if you just want fast details!
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The ordering experience is unique to this AYCE restaurant in Toronto. In a nutshell, you order off of an iPad, which (presumably) submits the order to the chefs to prepare your dishes and have them delivered to the table, with the order status updating on the iPad from "Submitted" to "Ordered" once it has been acknowledged. While I haven't yet seen another place take advantage of a technology-based ordering platform, it has that cool factor, albeit with much to improve upon. For example, the iPad's "order status" doesn't mention "delivered", or give any kind of status update outside of "ordered" and "submitted". This means that you, the diner, don't know what has and hasn't been delivered, which is a huge pitfall, because then how are you supposed to know (or remember) what you still have outstanding? I'm sure the chefs know, but as the diner, you want to be informed, too!
The selection of the food itself, unfortunately, is pretty small. The pictures provided on the menu are the only things you can order, meaning that your variety is set to whatever you're able to see and scroll through. While this definitely makes sense when it comes to availability of food, it doesn't describe anything for the diner - the pictures and the name of the dish are all you get. You can create a "cart" and submit that "cart" to be "ordered", editing at any time before submission, but I feel as if it's a slight to the user that you don't really know what anything is (or looks like, really, since the pictures are really of the "ideal" product that no customer ever receives) until you receive it at your table.
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Food reviews:
The Korean Beef Short Ribs here are some of the best I've had at any AYCE place, ever. The reason I say this is because I've had short ribs at KBBQ restaurants, and while those restaurants quality either on par or better, it should be definitely noted that this place has well-seasoned, great tasting short ribs.
The sushi/sashimi quality and variety is fairly decent. It's not Omakase, and shouldn't have that expectation, however it's also not in the realm of Kinkaku Izakaya, and shouldn't be mistaken as such. The slices were decently proportioned and consistent with what you would expect of a sushi and sashimi slice size.
The rolls were a little overburdened with rice. I feel they tried to overcompensate the lack of actual contents in the rolls by just adding more rice around it, then trying to make it look bigger from the slice of sashimi that was laid on top (see pictures for details).
The dessert selection was much better than expected. Traditionally, you only ever see the odd deep fried dish and ice cream. This place ran out of the main strawberry blackforest cake I'd wanted, but this mocha mousse was more than enough to satiate me after a hearty meal!
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Overall:
It was an OK price for a decent meal, but I wouldn't recommend this place to any run-of-the-mill sushi lover. It's simply not enough selection (you order off of an iPad, which submits to the main computer to deliver to you).
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TL;DR: Hole in the wall AYCE sushi place that's worth trying out, but wouldn't frequent, as it's a little more costly than it's down-the-street neighbour with more variety.
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