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After my first review- where I discussed my horrible experience with the terrible server- Yang, the manager, sent me a private message and asked me to come in for a free dinner for two and give them another try.
Let me say that I am SO very pleased when managers and resto owners are really generous and provide Yelpers with this opportunity.
I came and gave it another try and I was, again, fine with the food - but this time the service was much much better. As stated before- there was one particular server the last time I went who was just terrible. The other servers were great. This time that particular server was not there (Yang said he let her go-- even though I didn't specify which one it was... ) and the new server was incredible and very accommodating.
Amongst the two of us we had 4 drinks, oysters, some appetizers, sashimi, a roll and some other dishes that the chef's brought out for us to try.
The food is good and not your typical sushi restaurant but not an izakaya either.
I have a tough time letting you know what "type" of place this is- they are going for a lounge experience but it is not your busy/noise izakaya.
The best way I can describe this is like your Japanese Milestone's or Earls. If you wanted to have good Japanese food, (but not your 10$ sushi joint), and not particularly your high end/overpriced Ki, and you had a large group to accommodate- I would bring them here.
The one thing I am fairly impressed with is their alcoholic beverage menu- They have quite the range of drinks- even though they didn't have the wine I wanted at that time- they had a good range that would suit anybody's tastes for a solid night out or your stop before wherever you end up.
For a large group and a better than average environment for Japanese food I'd take my group here for sure. I just can't think of too many circumstances when I'd choose to come here. I'm excited to see what will come for this place- I ran into another yelper there that was chatting with the owners about a sustainable menu. I think if this place chose to go there they could differentiate themselves greatly and put themselves on the map. As of now- it's a bit of an awkward business model on a weird part of Yonge street. There are a lot of sushi places on Yonge- This place could fill a niche... or people might just opt for the cheaper stuff on Yonge.
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