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| - I came here with my husband and 10 month-old baby during the Oakville Jazz Festival.
I'm on the fence about this place because in order for me to give five stars across the board, there needs to be an excellent combination of ambience, price, taste, selection and service.
Ambience: super cool. Love the decor and the choice of seating ranges from booth, regular tables and tall tables. You're greeted in the formal Japanese way similar to Izakaya and the table is all set with plates and utensils.
For people who want to come here with kids, there are NO high chairs or booster. To me, this is unacceptable. There is no reason why a casual dining restaurant shouldn't have at least one high chair. Note to the manager, they are $20 (with a tray) at IKEA. Safer than parents having to hold their babies in one hand and hold chopsticks in the other, at least.
Price: on the pricier side. We got the Sushi Mania (11 pieces of sushi) for $22. To me, this is expensive. I usually go to a sushi restaurant in Mississauga that is absolutely amazing and can get a 20 piece assorted sushi plate that comes with miso soup and green salad. ELEVEN pieces of sushi for $22 and no sides?! I was very disappointed. I ordered a salad on the side and it was $5 for a small. Eek. The dynamite roll, on the other hand, was fairly priced at $12. Our whole bill, with two beers, came to $70. Aiyayayaa~~ maybe Oakville people are bigger spenders than me but for 11 sushi and one hand roll?? I walked out of here unsatisfied.
Taste: I'm reading all these reviews and they are all raving about this place and I'll admit, the taste is great! But it's no better or different than the aforementioned sushi restaurant where I get more bang for my buck.
Selection: the options for different dishes is great. But again, it's very pricey and we weren't looking to chance our entire dinner by ordering unique dishes like a Blow Torched Mackerel or Korean Style Beef Tartar.
Service: one of the hosts (a younger Asian girl), seemed a little unorganized (she came to take our order when our main waitress had already taken ours) but our other waitress (a young Caucasian girl) was on top of it. She topped up our glasses and came by to see how we were doing. I'd say she helped me make this rating one star higher because of her superb efforts.
The kitchen seemed a bit slow as it took a little longer than 30 minutes for our food to come. Unlike other Korean/ Japanese restaurants, there weren't any appetizers or salads to start us off.
Overall, it was kind of a rip off for the amount of food we had. I had to hold the baby the entire time, we waited a very long time for our food and the sushi was overpriced. However, the taste was great and the service was amazing so ... There's that.
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