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| - The design of interior and exterior looks exactly like the 2 other locations down town, as well as the atmosphere.
It is located right at the intersection of Yonge and Sheppard, so it's not hard to find. There's also a underground parking right by it, same parking lot as Whole Foods. It takes awhile when you're trying to exit though because you have to insert your ticket at the exit then pay there too.
The interior is extremely small, it has only 5 long tables, sitting max. 8 people per table. On the other hand, their patio is much bigger than inside, which I find great when it's nice during the summer times, but definitely hard to get a seat in the cooler weathers.
We went on a Wednesday night at around 10pm with a reservation, but the place was almost dead, less than 10 customers in the restaurant, which I find very surprising for a newly opened popular franchise.
We got served quickly with a sheet of paper which is their special's menu, regular menu and a drinks menu. As we were deciding what to order, no one came around asking us for drinks or even bringing us some water, this was at least 15 mins after sitting down. We ordered a couple of small dishes to share as well as a pitch of Sapporo. There were 5 of us and we were told that a pitch will be enough for each one of us to get a glass. As she brought over the pitcher and poured it for us, they fill the first 3 mugs full but by the time she got to the last 2, it was clearly not enough to fill both mugs full. So she poured 60% for the remaining 2 mugs, which then a WTF popped into my head.. If it wasn't enough to fill 5, then don't tell us that in the beginning, and don't fill up the first 3 mugs so full that it's not even. We couldn't pour it out of the fuller mugs to even it out, so it was very awkward.
The dishes were up to par, didn't taste as good as the locations down town though. The portion sizes of the food were also small for the price we were paying. We ordered a kimchi udon for the cost of $10 and it was only enough for a bit shared between 5 people and it wasn't worth the money for just very little diced kimchi and very little udon. We also ordered a cod that was way too salty which we took 2 bits and that was it.
The server never checked on us after giving us the food and only came by when she gave us the bill. She was very nice and friendly but minimum service was given.
I was disappointed overall, 2 dishes of what we ordered were disappointing. The price and quality or quantity of food was imbalanced. Service was minimum.
I wouldn't go back again, at least not to this location especially.
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