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| - This is prob my second or third time going to Guu Izakaya. I've been to the one at Church St, but my first time at the North York location. The restaurant itself is much bigger than the downtown location and has a nice patio section. The inside is communal type wooden tables and benches, and typical loud, screaming, noise with the staff talking to each other and welcoming guests.
The food was decent. Nothing was amazing, aside from the deep fried brie cheese melting in your mouth (and giving you a heart attack). Here's what I remember that we ordered: deep fried chicken, spinach w/ black sesame sauce, blowtorched salmon, baked oyster, and a bunch of other stuff. It was probably half of the menu items. While the food was okay, the service was lacking. It's slow, and seemed to be understaffed for the type of business that you expect at Guu. Had to ask for drink refills several times. Dishes started taking a long time to come out (20+ min). When we ordered the sashimi special ($60), it was missing the sea urchin. They eventually brought it out separately (which didn't taste fresh) and just left a poor experience for us since you expect more from an expensive meal.
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