BEST SUSHI BUFFET RESTAURANT IN THE GTA! PERIOD.
If you read my review history, you'll see that I've tried tons of AYCE sushi places. I'm proud to declare that Syogun is the best in GTA, relatively speaking.
I arrived on a Saturday just a little bit before 7pm. It looks like we arrived at the right time because we were 1 customer group away from having to wait.
The most important thing in a AYCE sushi restaurant to me is their selection. Syogun has hands down the best selection. It's not the largest selection but it's the best. To start, they have many things that typical AYCE places lack. 1) Sweet Shrimp 2) Grilled Miso Fish 3) Ramen that actually resembles Japanese style 4) Scallop Sushi 5) Taro and Pumpkin Tempura 6) Black Sesame ice cream and other deserts 7) free pop 8) beef sashimi. It's not an exhaustive list but it goes to show that this place knows how to break away from the standard.
The food quality is definitely above average. It's "almost" like going to Japan. By far the most amazing items were the sweet shrimp. To my knowledge, this is the only AYCE restaurant with sweet shrimp. Scallop sushi was amazing too. It wasn't a scrawny piece of scallop. It had enough scallop to cover the rice. The sushi rice has the right texture so it's significantly better than most places in GTA. The ramen's portion was just the right size for a buffet. They add pork slices, corn, and naruto so it feels like real ramen. The soup base needs more work but it's already better than every AYCE place I've tried. Most importantly, this is the freshest sashimi I've ever had in the GTA.
I normally don't comment on service but the staff work amazingly fast. They clearly have the most well organized system I've ever seen in AYCE place and they seem to handle a full restaurant just fine. I saw at the bar which oversees the sushi chef counter and see that they handled full capacity while also doing take out. I've seen places that can't even handle 60% capacity with the same number of staff. Kudos!
Price wise it's just a little more expensive than most AYCE places but this is acceptable to me since their food is so good. They add 12% service charge to the bill automatically and I can overlook this. Final bill comes out to be around $30 per head after tax and service charge.
This is as good as it gets in the GTA but it's not perfect. What would make it perfect is if they have squid sashimi and octopus sushi. I'd also like grilled mackerel. But maybe I'm asking too much...I'm already very impressed with this place.