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| - Great addition to downtown TO... and that's about it.
We weren't acknowledged by our server until 20 mins later. The hostess had to take our cocktail orders (Veronika & Railroad Man) AND serve it to us. We finally placed our orders with our server - $50 sashimi platter + $10 lobster add on, snack of the day (mackerel) and kamo (smoked duck salad). Honestly, nothing on the menu made me salivate.
The waiting game continues. We finished the mackerel and kamo... but the sashimi platter took 45mins!!! The platter included tuna, salmon, amberjack (which actually was delicious!) and the lobster which we had paid extra for. We were hoping it was worth the wait. This selection of fish for $50? I feel ripped off since I could've had an omakase meal (incl. otoro, amaebi, hamachi, etc) at Zen for cheaper and satisfied. Since we weren't impressed by the dishes and nearly full, our plan was to check out one of the new ramen places close by. We asked for our check, but our server reminded us that we still have lobster miso (part of the add on). So we waited 40 mins for our soup. It really should've taken less than 10 because that's how fast it came when we asked about it. The soup wasn't anything special... only a few sips good until it became salty. Plus, lobsters come with 2 claws right? We only got one.
Their sushi IS fresh but their bistro menu wasn't anything special in my opinion. With the experience we had, we couldn't justify the price we paid and the time we waited for each dish to arrive.
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