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| - I am not sure if I ate at the same restaurant that have posted reviews here. This is is how I would describe this place: 1-overlybooshie 2-overpriced 3-portions are TINY. They capitalize on the background of the famous starred chef, but fail to deliver a consistent high quality dining experience. Things I have experience in a 4 people, 700 dollar, I am still hungry, dinner: 1-waitress was a sales person. Pushed us to order the crab dish as a car salesman wants to get rid of his worst chevy. 2- same waitress, with very average mannerism and lack of training, disappeared from the restaurant and was nowhere to be found and forgot our drinks (bartender came to the table to help us) 3- food portions of "mains" are just silly. We ordered with the idea of "let's share" but sharing consisted really of a mini taste per person in most dishes and was disappointing. The toro tartare dish, in itself was the size of a toe nail. These guys should try a toro tartare at Japango. The miso black cod was poorly executed. The miso sauce was incredibly thick and the sweetness made the 30 something dollar dish unedible. A couple of speciality rolls were incredibly creative and good (the one with foie gras). But, for me the juice is not worth the squeeze in this establishment. It will have a market because Toronto people love over the top fancy place like this, though with the current competition in the market, this place does not have a 1 year life in it unless the service, price to quality, portions, and overall quality of the service changes drastically.
Best luck Akira and starred chef. Up your game.
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