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| - As a Vancouverite who comes from a land of abundant sushi restaurants that are never short of fresh seafood. I continue on my quest to find sushi joints in Toronto (especially downtown) that are some what comparable. Enter Yuzu, located near the heart of the Entertainment District with ultra modern décor and lighting (think dim lights with exposed brick walls and white table tops). After trying this restaurant it propels to the top of my list for some of the best sushi in downtown.
We tried our usual sushi choices as a gauge for comparison to other joints but with a few substitutions (salmon, toro, unagi, surf clam, scallop, tobiko, amaebi, cali rolls, and their house special roll). We were impressed with their presentation as they used fried leeks, seaweed, and great care to resurrect appealing dishes of our sushi. Yes the price is a little steep for sushi but on some orders they give you an additional piece of seafood so the value isn't that terrible. Quality and freshness of the seafood is fairly good and surpasses many of the joints on Queen St or Bloor West. They seem to have a good seasonal selection of seafood like tai, uni, fresh water eel, jumbo ameibi, etc that are imported and that'll probably be something we try the next time we're there. My only criticism is their desert, we had the green tea creme brulee, and found that the sugar burned top was really thick and the actual brulee didn't have much green tea flavoring.
Service was excellent and we found ourselves enjoying our dinner very much due to the great ambiance, food, and decent selection of sakes. They do advertise themselves as a sake bar but don't expect an endless list of sake, it's merely a short selection but offers a good variety including a sake champagne which we tried and can honestly say was fantastic.
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