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| - Despite the bad reviews, I decided to give this place a try because 1) I live right beside it, 2) I wanted the monorail/conveyer belt sushi experience, and 3) I love sushi.
This is not the place to visit if you want tasty and affordable sushi. Not only is the food extremely expensive, it is low quality and definitely not worth it.
The food comes on different coloured plates, and each plate has it's value: white plate is $1.99, green is $2.99, blue is $3.99, red is $5.99, and black is $7.99.
Most sushi and sashimi items are $3.99, while fried foods like squid and chicken are $5.99. The sushi and sashimi portions are extremely small (about 2-3 pieces/plate), and is NOT worth $4. I ordered the salmon sashimi - there were three sad pieces that were probably the size of my pinky - and it costed me $3. Some people posted pictures of their sashimi that were large and thick, I got probably 1/3 of that.
The tempura we ordered came without any dipping sauce. The fried chicken tasted very odd, and I'm scared to try it again because I'm not sure if it was off due to seasoning or because it had gone bad. The sushi rolls were laughable - 3 tiny pieces of California roll for $4!
Also, they charge you $2 each for tea, which is usually free at any other Japanese or Chinese restaurant.
The conveyer belt does not start until 6pm, so between 11am (when they open) and 6pm, it's all up to the monorail (what you order from the tablet). They also don't start the fryer for tempura until 11:30am, so if you wanted to get an early lunch, you'd only be able to order sushi and sashimi.
The total for two people came to $60, without tax or tip, and we didn't feel very satisfied from the food. It felt odd tipping nearly $10 when all the server did was show us to the table and bring us the bill (since the monorail did all of the "serving").
I would not recommend this restaurant. If you're really interested in giving the monorail a try, make sure you come not hungry so you don't rack up the bill ordering tiny plates of mediocre food and tea. Toronto has many other sushi restaurants that are both higher in quality and better priced. Don't waste your time and money here.
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