Came here for dinner last night with 2 of my girlfriends. This place is pretty spacious, and the decor is nice and simple.
We ordered 5 dishes in total. We got the Aburi Nigiri, Salmon Oshizushi, Pirate Roll, black cod and the carbonara.
My friends and I always go to Jabistro so it was hard not to compare the two restaurants as the plating and sushi offered were quite similar. The presentation of the pirate roll is very similar to the Jabistroll. However, there is a vast difference in quality. In the pirate roll offered by Le Modern, we couldn't even taste the uni. It's decent but definitely not as good as Jabistroll. The Aburi Nigiri was alright, again not as good as the pressed sushi offered at Jabistro. We also felt that the rice fell apart really easily. I thought the best dish was the Salmon Oshizushi. The black cod was nothing special either, wasn't tender enough in my opinion. The least favourite dish was the udon carbonara. It was wayyy too sweet. It was so sweet that we thought the chef had accidentally put in sugar instead of salt. Definitely would not recommend this dish.
Overall the experience was good. The service was great as well. We all agreed that we would come back in the future. After we paid the restaurant also gave each of us a $10 off coupon for next time if we spent $50 or more.
If I wanted a quick sushi fix I would come here as its better than other Japanese places in Markham. However, for the price, I would most definitely prefer to dine at Jabistro instead if I had to choose.