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| - As far as my experience with AYCE sushi restaurants downtown go, Fushimi is leading the pack. And it is found in such an unexpected location - the Church and Wellesley village. I live quite close to here and it is hardly a culinary destination. There are only a few businesses I would frequent regularly and their names are Fuel+ and Fushimi. Okay okay, let me just add Lola's Kitchen and Smith to that list. But on this immediately block the majority of other restaurants are highly underwhelming and overrated (or they are just chains or gay bars).
The main differentiators of Fushimi over the other AYCE places I've visited are as follows:
- it is not a chain
- the restaurant is cleaner, nicer and large than most with spaces for two and moderate/large parties
- decent alcohol selection incld. wine by the glass
- prompt service and a huge, varied and flexible menu
- lots of veggie options including salad, inari, avocado rolls, tempura etc
- the global signature rolls (read: fancier rolls). I love the veggie blast one
- the washrooms won't give you nightmares
The real hero of this restaurant is the gentleman who runs the front of house. He takes payments, seats customers, manages the cue and expectations, takes phone orders and is constantly talking to the chefs and running back into the restaurant to complete other tasks. I'm not sure if he is the owner or the manager - but whoever he is, he is highly competent.
Fushimi is not attached to any delivery or food ordering services such as UberEats, Foodora, JustEat, Ritual or Maegan. However, they do take telephone orders that can be ready in as little as 15 minutes. This place is always pretty, full even during the week, and also takes a lot of takeout orders. Be careful not to miss its tiny entrance next to the fruit market if you're hangry and in the mood for AYCE.
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