Was craving sushi on my vacation. Actually, I wanted to drink sake! Kintako was the closest to my hotel and had 4.5 stars. Trust Yelp, right?! WRONG! LoL j/k
Huge sign out front--can't miss it--"SUSHI"! OK, hopeful for the best! Crossing my fingers!
A small establishment that was full on this Sunday night. After a short wait, we were seated. Warm and welcoming ambience of a mom & pop restaurant.
Korean owned and all the workers were Korean. Service here is superb! Sweet ajumma treated us like we were family! Comping me miso soup and offering a sample of a new sake. Super sweet lady! Delightful woman! Geez, am I related to her? LoL
So far, so good!!
How was the food? =( Did you have to ask?! LoL The food didn't fare too well, at least IMO.
I ordered nigiri and a specialty roll. The hamachi didn't look fresh. And the sushi rice... oh boy! The sushi rice was cold, hard and dry! I think their sushi chefs flunked rice 101.
Lost on Kintako was presentation of my order. Their Hot Night specialty roll was sloppy: refer to pic (https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kintako-japanese-restaurant-toronto?select=augADZH_PdYXnfnMxqi9Fw).
I would give here 3 stars but going to cut Toronto a break since I am foreign to their food landscape. My USA standards might be too high for Canada. j/k, Canada!!
With improvements to technique, their food can match their stellar service!