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Service: 4.5/5 - Everyone was extremely welcoming from when we entered to when we left. All the staff would greet us and bowed as we walked to our table and as we left! Our server was very friendly and patiently recommended a few dishes for us to try. Every dish that was served was explained thoroughly, which I thought added an extra personal touch to the restaurant. I docked off a 0.5 because the service seems to be a bit of a disorganized still...there were a lot of servers, waiters and managers...but getting a cup refilled with water took a long time for some reason. Although everyone was extremely polite (I believe most of the staff are Japanese).
Ambiance: 4/5 - The seating area is actually quite small. I think there about 20-25? tables of 4...but you can push some of the tables together if you have larger groups. There are bar seats as well. But all in all, if you come on a weekend during prime hours without a reservation, you might need to wait over an hr since seating seems limited. Also, I understand that they are not officially open yet, but they do not have blinds installed on their windows yet. This, during dinner time, you may be blinded by the sun at certain seats. Renovations are nice, but nothing amazing.
Food: 4/5 - They have a decent amount of izakaya dishes to choose from and they are reasonably priced. Based on what we ordered, I liked all of them except for the Makunouchi box. The box is almost like a sampler...there were 9 different small dishes, but other than the garlic tuna dish, everything was a little too "exotic" for my tastebuds...so I won't be ordering that again.
My fave dishes were the Chu Toro, 12 pressed sushi, and the seafood croquettes. My mom loved their chawamushi. We were also quite surprised at how fresh and flavourful the black cod was as well!
They are also known for their ramen dishes, although the variety comes only from different soup bases as opposed to what's actually in the ramen. There is either vegetarian ramen (ie, mushrooms, bamboo shoots) or pork chashu ramen. We ordered the garlic shoyu chashu ramen, but it was a bit too salty for my taste. The noodles were the perfect texture tho!
Presentation: 5/5 - Everything was displayed perfectly and as I mentioned before, the servers would explain each dish when served.
I am a Markham foodie and I also love izakaya's, so I'm glad Kiu opened so close to home! I will definitely be returning to try some new dishes as well as the pressed sushi again! Happy to recommend this place to anyone! :)
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