I will start this review by saying that I don't eat sushi. I go end up at sushi restaurants from time to time because of people I am with and am glad they have other things on the menu as well. Ikki Sushi was no exception to this.
My friend ordered her sushi and I ordered beef teriyaki and steamed rice. It was not on the menu, but the waiter was good enough to put it together for me. Which brings me right to my next point, I was able to understand the waiter clearly and he was able to understand me which does not happen too often at a lot of the restaurants I visit. The beef came to the table really fast, followed by the sushi a few minutes later. Me being polite I did not start eating until her food arrived, but the very nice aroma of the beef had me salivating beyond control.
When I finally got to taste the food it was very good. One problem that I usually have with sushi places and meat is that they tend to over cook it. The outside piece I ate was nicely cooked. As I got closer to the center of the cutlet of beef it got down to medium rare which actually made me happy. At first I thought they were a little heavy on the sauce, but the amount of rice that I was given and the tastiness of the sauce itself made the amount of sauce very valid. I don't usually get much feedback about the taste of the food from my friend, but she seemed to enjoy the sushi. If she didn't like it I would have definitely heard, so it couldn't have been bad.
It was definitely not a high-class sushi restaurant, and the prices reflected that as well. It reminded me of many of the sushi restaurants I have been outside the city, but would not pass for acceptable in the core. For a quick bite out in the east end though, not bad.