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| - Food: 5/5 (I will bestow my reasoning behind this perfect score below)
Service: 3.5/5 (I've had one tumultuous experience trying to order on the phone)
Decor: 4/5 (Date-esque fo' sho)
Location: 4/5 (On Rutherford between Dufferin and Bathurst on the edge of the Thornhill Woods area, accessible for community residents and new visitors) (Parking in the plaza isn't bad either, but can get busy at peak times)
Price: Definitely a more expensive sushi place (but rightfully so), for a meal be expected to drop $15-20 per person easily.
This is sushi in Thornhill that doesn't force you to contemplate your financial choices and doesn't make you ask your friends if the salmon smells too fishy. This is real, FRESH sushi.
I've eaten in at this location twice and ordered take out probably 4 or 5 times so this is review is long overdue. My memory is a bit foggy on the times we ate in, but I know the presentation for the Love Boat and their other dishes stand out.
For food, my usual order is Maki Set H, which is 6pcs California Roll and 8pcs Dynamite Roll, priced at $18.50. Sometimes if we have people over, I'll add on some sushi from their a la carte menu, some yam rolls or cucumber rolls - all consistently good stuff. Ok, so for the Maki Set, I know the price is steep in comparison to many other "sushi" establishments in the area (I use the word "sushi" loosely after eating Aroowha's sushi), however, this price is reasonable.
Here's why it's worth it: Massive sushi rolls, sometimes a little too big (LEFTOVERS FOR DAAYYYSSS), with a proper rice to filling ratio. California rolls have crunchy strips of cucumber and ripe, creamy avocados, with a generous amount of tobiko and large chunks of crab meat. Dynamite rolls are beyond words. All of the ingredients are fresh - everything in the sushi is so fresh that me, a picky eater who's always gagged at the idea of raw fish, eats and ENJOYS the fish in Aroowha's sushi. The salmon and tuna that I've eaten in the sushi are so buttery and soft in texture, it is so worth the price tag.
PS: They were also super accommodating when it came to subbing out shellfish in Love Boat orders for more salmon and tuna since my party doesn't eat shellfish.
All in all: go here!!
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