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| - Food: 7/10 -- Value: 7/10 -- Service: 7/10 -- Ambiance/Décor: 7/10
Okay, so this is one of those untouchable mystical sushi restaurants of Toronto, so maybe expectations played into this a little. Everyone kept saying the sashimi was great, but that wasn't the case with our order. The sashimi was...average? Dare I say I couldn't tell the difference between Japango's sashimi and any other Japanese all-you-can-eat restaurant? Comparing the two, what set Japango apart was their superior presentation.
-- Japango Roll ($13) - It looked really ordinary, but this was my favourite part of the meal. It looks really ordinary with a torched salmon top and avocado and scallop (?) inside, but it was delicious. This roll, along with the uni sashimi, came to our table literally less than a minute after we ordered it. It was shockingly fast.
-- Spider Roll ($11) - This was also delicious. The two rolls were the clear standouts of the dinner. Much smaller than the spider rolls I've had at other restaurants and a very different taste; more delicate, refined, less batter.
-- Uni Sashimi ($9 for three pieces) - I finally experienced the "melt in your mouth" sensation people attribute to uni. And without the fart-like aftertaste too!
-- Sushi and Sashimi Moriwase Platter ($50) - This was really underwhelming. With only 18 pieces, it was so expensive, but a good portion of these had a fishy or kinda-fishy taste to it. The presentation was really nice, but it didn't really taste very special.
-- Sushi Deluxe ($30) - 12 pieces with a bonus Dynamite Roll. At this point, we were ordering more food because we weren't full and we also wanted to give their highly-spoken-of sushi another chance. Because the value of the Dynamite Roll is $9, that means the 12 pieces of sushi were $21, which would be relatively reasonable for Japango. However, food is about taste first and this, just like the Moriwase Platter, was fine, but not exciting or exceptional.
I don't like how cramped the restaurant is. It's uncomfortably small, like you're banging into everything trying to squeeze into your spot. I honestly don't know how this place operates in the winter because every time someone came in, it brought all the cold night air into the restaurant and blew directly on my back. Fortunately, it wasn't that cold that day, but I'm genuinely curious how anyone would be able to eat comfortably here in the winter.
The service is really quick. You don't get more tea unless you ask for it and because there's only one waiter and he's trying to be as efficient as possible, he can come across as unintentionally rude, like walking away in the middle of your order because he's trying to give another table their order. Just something to keep in mind so that you don't take it personally if it happens to you.
The bill ended up being $50/person and my friends said they'd rather spend the $50 at JaBistro.
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