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Note that the AYCE options are no longer offered. Unfortunate, because that's what made this place unique.
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One of my favourite vegetarian restaurants in the city and I visit whenever I get a chance!
They have many options here, not just sushi/Japanese, although that's where the place really shines in my opinion. I don't come here for the cooked stir-fry stuff, there are plenty a dozen of other Chinese vegetarian places whipping up that stuff in the city. Bento boxes can be had for $11-13 with a variety of combinations, accompanied by a miso soup. But what I really love, especially with good company, is the all-you-can-eat option. There's no other Japanese vegetarian place in the GTA that I know of that does this!
It's great to get a break from just being able to order generic avocado rolls, cucumber rolls, yam tempura, etc. like you would at regular AYCE Japanese restaurants. The rolls are much more varied here. They are well made by any standard -- the filling to rice ratio is excellent, the food is well presented, ingredients are fresh, and it is delicious. My only gripe is that it can be quite slow at times (depending on which guy is working behind the counter making the sushi).
The dinner AYCE option adds a few more specialized rolls and items, like the green dragon and caterpillar rolls. Worth the price difference? Not really in my opinion. Regular Japanese places charge more for dinner only because you can order special items like sashimi at dinner time. Here, there is no sufficient justification for the higher charge. When they first introduced the AYCE option, the dinner and lunch menus were completely identical! Now they've improved the dinner items a bit -- it's good to see that these guys are constantly improving! Note that dinner does not include any mock sashimi. Personally, I don't care much for it because I'm not really a fan of it -- it's impressive how much it resembles actual sashimi, but I don't particularly enjoy it.
Service has always been courteous and friendly (and the servers speak decent English as far as Asian restaurants are concerned).
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