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| - A solid sushi place for an all-you-can-eat sushi. The AYCE option is available for $21.99 on weeknights and $24.99 on weekend nights. Not a bad deal for a menu that includes *most* of the sushi, a lot of yaki tori, salads, tempura, etc.
The FOOD: I chose to focus my efforts primarily on the sushi. The sushi here is of moderate quality...it definitely won't blow you away, but it's solid, and relatively fresh (I'm guessing most has been frozen at some point). The Unagi were actually quite well done.
A big heads-up though. The AYCE menu EXCLUDES certain sushi including all of the real TUNA (Maguro...they don't carry chu-toro or o-toro), as well as Hamachi (yellowtail), Tako (octopus), Hotate (scallop), and even their simple roll cousins like Tekka Maki (tuna rolls). These were sadly the items I most wanted to order and felt a bit swindled that they were excluded from the AYCE menu, although I'm sure the over-fished tuna weren't too disappointed. They have some disappointing substitutes like what they call "white tuna", which is really Escolar and not all that healthy anyway or albacore. Most of the rolls on offer star Kani (imitation crab), which is something I steer clear of.
The other food items were pretty good. The chicken Yakki-Tori were solid and interestingly enough had pretty good presentation. Surprising to see an AYCE place that gives a crap about presentation.
Drink menu is pretty ho-hum. Stick to the Asahi Super-Dry, which is an excellent complement to the sushi. Maybe it's just Ontario, but the sake on the menu was both pretty low quality and quite pricy.
The SERVICE: Hmm...I wouldn't call anyone we interacted with friendly. I did get my hot tea on my 4th request. The servers also all mumbled and looked at me impatiently...the food does come out pretty quickly though.
The AMBIANCE: I really like the vibe of the place. It has a modern design, although it looks like the design elements were glued in place. It gets just the right amount of volume when busy to make you feel like something is going on, but you don't have to shout.
OVERALL, I would have written this place a 4-star review. With the food though, I'm subtracting a whole star for the exclusion of most of the sushi I actually wanted to order. For a weekend night, that really reduces the value proposition unless you want to eat a whole lot of the other types of sushi. I think next time I'll try the a la carte offerings.
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