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| - I'll be a bit of a dissenting voice here on the "yay" side of Fin Izakaya, though I confess that I'm a bit incredulous on the price vs. what you get. Still, our experience was very positive, and the food was delicious... so, even if it's "pub fare", it's done very well and probably worth the extra couple bucks per dish that we spent above and beyond what the naysayers believe is reasonable for what's on offer.
Hm. That was a bit wordy. Anyway.
We had wakame salad (best I've had in TO), rock salt wings (delicious, and as I recall two different flavours), tuna negima, takoyaki (oh my god, wow!), squid natto (an experience, but not one I'd repeat), yosenabe (the only "meh" dish we had), and some assorted maki that, while I forget the name, was very well made and quite tasty.
For drinks we tried a few different sake, and I enjoyed a very nice plum wine after dinner -- all were satisfying and, unsurprisingly, matched the dinner well.
Outside of this, the ambience was classy without being stuffy (perhaps even beautiful), with courteous service that bordered on a bit staid; given that neither of us was feeling our best, this was actually a good thing.
I know that as an izakaya people expect a lively, raucous pub atmosphere... in this, Fin probably falls short (perhaps even well short). If you're looking for very well done Japanese comfort food, however, you'll probably be impressed.
And, for the record, we left feeling full but not stuffed, and while the bill wasn't discount-diner, neither was it outrageous.
All in all, recommended and we'll be back.
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