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| - My friend and I stopped by here during a visit to Montreal just a couple of days ago, as it was one of the first restaurants we saw when we were wandering around Old Montreal. It looked cozy, and the waiter was friendly enough, so we decided we'd sit and have lunch there.
When we first got our menus, I was surprised to see that lunch specials were well over $15! Being from Toronto, we're used to seeing lunch specials at at least $10, even in nice Japanese restaurants. I was immediately suspicious of this, but I decided to order a chicken teriyaki and sushi combo, while my friend ordered a karage and sushi combo. It was upon ordering that we noticed that, despite the restaurant's attempt at giving off an upscale vibe, we still had to eat with cheap chopsticks that splintered.. they were worse than even the chopsticks you get at grocery stores.
Weirdly enough, these bento boxes don't come with rice despite having various meats in one of the sections-- instead of rice, your meat is served atop a bed of stir-fried onions and carrots that tasted slightly vinegary to me. It wasn't bad, just unusual. The sushi pieces I got were alright, they were nothing special and I have been spoiled by the many GTA sushi joints that I've frequented over the years. One of my maki had no flavour whatsoever, and weirdly enough, even the ginger and wasabi were bland. My friend liked his karage, though my chicken was a bit tougher than I would have liked. I don't think our meals were worth more than $12, and I think my friend paid $19 for his. He ordered a miso soup which he said tasted amazing, but my salad was nothing spectacular-- it was good, but the vegetables could have been fresher and there could have been more dressing.
I was surprised to see that a slice of tiramisu was about $7, despite it still being frozen. As I ate, the whip cream betrayed the "fresh" description that was given to me by the waiter, so I was extremely disappointed. The mediocre food was already disappointing enough, but to be served a frozen slice of cake that took forever to emerge from the basement was too much.
The waiter and the manager were both very kind, but the quality of the food was far too low for the price they were asking for. I don't know much about the Montreal sushi scene, but I would have been able to order several of the same exact order at restaurants in the GTA for the price of one lunch meal at Tokyo. I won't be returning, there have to be better options for Japanese meals and sushi in a city as big as Montreal.
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