I had almost the exact opposite experience of some of the recent reviewers of this place. I was impressed with the service but disappointed with the food.
SERVICE - Our waiter was incredibly attentive and polite and everything was brought out quite quickly. My friend and I were chatting for a long time without ordering anything after we were done our meal and he seemed to have no problem letting us sit there until we asked for the bill. While the decor could be slightly less cheesy, the atmosphere was decent, especially for a Monday night.
FOOD - I had very high hopes given the reviews of this place but I left underwhelmed. The miso soup lacked any real punch and was overloaded with green onions. It couldn't even live up to the relatively low standards of something you might expect to get at a Japanese restaurant as part of an $8 lunch special. The banchan (Korean appetizers) were similarly lacking flavour. I wished that the various pickled vegetables had more of the strong flavour of the juices that were used to pickle them. Furthermore, the two non-pickled dishes (a potato and omelette-like concoction) were cold and seemed very out of place. Finally, I tried the bibimbap with beef. Like the dishes that preceded it, it simply lacked any kick. The beef was barely seasoned and so I was left with a bunch of tasteless beef and raw vegetables. In addition, the rice and beef were lukewarm, making the entire dish a rather unpleasant temperature.
After trying some of the places on Bloor, I don't think I would come back here again.