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| - On our way to see Spike Jones' HER, I convinced my girlfriend to give this place a try. I used to frequent them for their lunch specials long ago, and figured it would be an affordable and decent choice exactly on the route to the Varsity theatre, giving us ample time to secure top notch seats. In this neighbourhood, either you splurge and go to WOW! Sushi, or you spend an hour figuring out which of the non-WOW! places to go, since they're all pretty much the same by comparison.
I was a bit worried about my recommendation on first arrival, as we were seated within earshot of a man who sounded like he was trying to wrestle an aggressive squirrel that had loosed itself inside his throat...using his throat. Thank goodness we weren't already eating. Thank goodness he left.
The restaurant exhibited one of my pet peeves times a thousand: menus already stuffed with way too many options with distinctly disparate pages tacked on to the end with specials and added options, tabletop sign holders with even more hidden specials on both sides, and even more specials and added menu items posted all over the walls. We had to change our order 3 or 4 times because we kept finding specials that were upgrades on our previous option.
We finally settled on their sushi special A, and a dinner special that came with a pint of their house beer. We received two plates filled with Green and Gold Dragon rolls, Rainbow rolls, California rolls, Dynamite rolls, Spicy Butter Fish rolls, and a standard set of sushi. It was all delicious.
GOOD - The service was frequent and prompt, and the sushi was as good as any other place in the area. If you can find them, the happy hour specials are amazing value.
*Alkey Alert* - the beer prices are buck-bananas. I think the house beer is 2.99 a pint and 5.99 a pitcher. It's almost like they're paying you to get drunk! (Or you could order a bottle of wine for 30 dollars, and be a completely insane person that orders a bottle of wine at a low-key yonge street sushi place.)
BAD - it's not the most beautiful interior. One of our sushi specials didn't come with Miso/Salad which was odd (I guess it was replaced by the beer? Either way, Miso and Salad should just come with every combo everywhere).
UGLY - My girlfriend observed the fish tank at the back was way too small for the giant fish held inside. Also, the guy with Black Lung at the table across from us.
Overall, the sushi looked good and tasted good, the service was fine, and we left well fed. It's no WOW! but nothing is. There's no reason you shouldn't stop in here for a beer and a combo.
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