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| - I finally got to try Guu last night. I came with a party of 7 and we were seated immediately just before 6pm. There wasn't any line up when we got there, but there was a bit of a line up when we came out. So if you want to go there on a weeknight, come before 6 and you'll be guaranteed to get a seat :)
Service: fun, friendly, prompt! All the waiters and waitresses were very polite and cheerful. Everybody seemed to enjoy what they're doing, which is great because nobody likes grumpy waiters! They're all Japanese, which I love, because most of the Japanese places in Toronto are owned by either Korean or Chinese. So yeah, 5/5 for service!
Food: AHHHHHMAZING. There were a few "misses" but overall, the food was fantastic. We ordered the KABOCHA KOROKKE (deep fried pumpkin), which was delish! KAKIMAYO (grilled oysters, 2 per serving) was out of this world. EBIMAYO (deep fried shrimps) was ok, but not amazing. HOTATE BUTTER (pan fried scallops) was beyond amazing, the meat was so soft and buttery, mmmm... I'm salivating right now :p Another dish was GINDARA (black cod), which was OMG I WISH THERE WAS MORE ON THE PLATE BECAUSE IT'S SOOO GOOD! We also tried one of their special dishes, I forgot what it's called, but it's got avocado and prawn in some sort of mayo sauce. DON'T ORDER THIS. It's basically an avocado cut into halves and they filled the area where the seed was located with 2 deep-fried prawns. I couldn't taste the prawn at all because it's mostly avocado :( We also ordered the YAKIUDON = great, filling dish. Don't get the ODEN UDON, it's average, borderline plain. The CHEESE BIBIMBAP was good too, but I prefer the YAKIUDON ;) And to complete our entrees, we ordered SALMON CHAZUKE. Again, this was an OK dish. You wouldn't miss anything if you didn't order this. For dessert, we tried the Banana Tempura (a miss) and the roasted green tea cheesecake (a hit).
PRICE: pricey, for the amount of food you get. I suggest you order something from the Rice & Noodle section to fill you up a bit (go for the YAKIUDON or CHEESE BIBIMBAP). We spent $210 (incl. tips) for the 7 of us, which came out to about $30/head. Keep in mind that we ordered 2 per dish, so we had 22 dishes in total. Not bad, huh? We were full and satisfied!
OVERALL EXPERIENCE: AMAZING! I would definitely go back and try the others I missed (like the beef tongue and pork cheek!)
To those who don't like the "loudness" the servers make (they shout in Japanese to welcome guests, to say goodbye, and they also sing the happy birthday song together when someone is celebrating his/her birthday at Guu), then don't eat there. It's a part of the Guu experience!
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