Japanese izakayas in odd neighbourhoods...the new Toronto trend. I do think though that Kingyo is the best of the explosion of Vancouver izakayas that has hit Toronto in the last year or so. The food is so fresh and tasty, and the portions, while not large by any stretch of the imagination, are larger than their competitors.
I usually don't order noodles at izakayas because they make me too full to eat all the other goodness that's being served, but at Kingyo I have to make an exception because my two fav dishes so far are the ramen(s) and the udon with sea urchin in it. And I don't even like sea urchin!!
Another nice thing about Kingyo is that there is free street parking outside and the ambiance inside isn't too loud. It's a good place to go with groups of any size or even just two or three people.