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| - We tried this location for a late lunch/early supper during the Victoria Day long weekend. There was a Groupon deal for this location ($48 for two people, so you save $12 in total). The link is here: https://www.groupon.com/deals/august8-1 and at the time of this review, the Groupon is still available for purchase. The food was a bit inconsistent; some were really good, others not as much. It's really nice that they have dim sum and sushi options. While this wasn't the best buffet experience in my life, I'm interested in trying their downtown Toronto location.
The Good:
Their cooked foods were really nice. I especially liked their grilled short ribs, which were fall-off-the-bone and generous in portion size. The skewers were seasoned well and the beef cubes were tender. For the dim sum, we ordered siu mai, shrimp har gow, beef siu mai, bbq pork buns, the chives and shrimp dumplings, tripe, and the steamed pork dumplings. They were all a bit smaller than the average dim sum restaurant, and the bbq pork buns were cute, bite-sized portions so you can fill up on other stuff. The dim sum were a bit less flavourful as regular restaurants as well but were decent enough.
The sashimi is also really good because they give you nice thick slices of fish. No tuna sashimi on the dinner menu but that was okay. We ordered salmon, butter fish, sea clams, and octopus. No questions with regards to how fresh they were, as they didn't leak ice water as frozen fish would when it comes to room temperature.
The Bad:
The sushi items were not too good and some were clumsily put together. The torched sushi options looked great, but they're smothered in this creamy garlic sauce. It got to be too much and made me feel a bit nauseous after having a couple pieces. That kinda knocked me out for the remainder of the meal. I don't like to waste food, but the taste was too much to keep going. Their rolls have too much rice in general and aren't balanced to give you an even bite of rice to filling ratio. The dynamite roll was fine, though the shrimp tempura is small on the inside. The black dragon roll was missing unagi on some of the pieces. The mango-cucumber roll was fine, though again, just had too much rice as filler.
Overall the experience was a solid 3/5 for me. The service is nice though they don't check in with you at the beginning of the meal as often as they could, so it took a while to get our drinks order down. The food service was really slow at first but picked up and was a steady stream as soon as the first few dishes arrived.
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