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| - Makimono is a mixed bag and sort of tough to review.
Like many of the All You Can Eat Sushi/Asian places in the Vaughan area, there are a lot of really good offerings on the menu (which uses the usual iPad AYCE app that is so popular lately, with good reason) but I think these places all benefit from multiple visits as the first impression was a bit mixed.
But that's not always a bad thing, what you really want to do when you go to a place like this is try as much of the menu as you can and take note of what they do well and what isn't your bag.
Once you have that established, the subsequent visits will most likely be much more enjoyable and rock solid.
So why the 3 star review?
Because nearby places like Spoon & Fork and Shitake both, upon that first visit and experimentation with a wide scope of the menu, set a certain expectation of quality that just wasn't there with Makimono.
That being said, Makimono had a lot of things going for it and a lot of the dishes were really fresh, really tasty, and expertly prepared.
I just know in my heart of hearts if I was in that exact area and wanted AYCE asian food, I would always choose Spoon & Fork or Shitake over Makimono. And I would recommend others do as well.
If it were the only one in the area, you could do a lot worse, but it is what it is.
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