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| - Decent AYCE - it's in the spot where Pizza Hut used to be, in the same plaza as Cavallaro and Baskin Robbins.
We were there on a recent weekend early evening - place was about half full the whole time we were there. It's clean, lots of space, and nice sleek decor (they have these beautiful flower petal hanging lights). They have a wide variety of sashimi, maki (different sizes too), appetizers and soups, "from the wok" (very Chinese-inspired), and some house specials.
The sashimi is fresh (the 'oil' fish is actually quite good - reminded me of a buttery fish and not too fishy like mackerel sometimes is) but the pieces are small - though there is no limit which is great! The maki we tried was ok - not terrible but better than one would expect from an AYCE. In case it's unclear to you, as it was to me, Japanese beans refer to edamame (I mistakenly thought they would be string beans, but they were none the less still tasty). Chicken wings were delicious, with a thin crispy shell from being deep-fried. Pan-fried dumplings and tempura were good too.
I found that the dishes that were more of the Chinese variety were just ok, very much "Canadianized" Chinese dishes. Don't bother with the wonton soup... the skins are super thick and when I took one apart, there was just a smidgen of meat in it (about the size of a pea, I'm not even joking). Hot and sour soup is not very spicy at all. Grilled calamari sounded good but unfortunately it turned out incredibly chewy. Beef tataki is also not what I'm used to from a regular Japanese restaurant - it was cooked and I was pretty sure it's supposed to be a raw beef dish. Beef with sesame is also skippable - deep fried beef chunks in a sauce that wasn't very sesame-ish.
Green tea is extra (about $1.75 per person), but ice cream to finish off the meal is included. I found that a lot of dishes didn't come out but this seems to be common to all AYCE places. Overall, I'd go back.
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