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| - Had a nice dinner here on Saturday night. It's on the second floor above a Kinton Ramen location. Reservations can be made online either through Yelp or their website. We had an early dinner at five, but at 6:30 when we left, it was getting busy.
The space is small with table or bar seating options. Decor wise, it's minimalistic - black walls and floors, it's a lot quieter than other izakaya's in Toronto.
The menu is not too large, but they have a good selection of yakitori. I also ordered other items including a rice bowl, karaage, grilled squid and dessert. With our second order of karaage, I asked for the jalapeño sauce. The fried chicken is already flavourful so save your $0.50 and don't order it. As for the meat skewers, I really liked the tsukune and negi Shio Gyu (love the scallion on it). To finish out meal, we ordered the Hojicha Creme brûlée and gobo brownie; skip the latter as all I could taste was the gobo (isn't dessert supposed to sweet?). The yakitori is a little on the higher side so it can easily add up though.
Kintori Yakitori is certainly not a cheap eat, but a great place to try some Japanese tapas and enjoy some Japanese draft beer.
Good for: dinner, tapas, Japanese, groups
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