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There are things that definitely need to be changed but it's still a new place so I'm sure they're just working on things but I stand by the 3 stars
Location:
Yonge and empress. It's kitty corner to the north York Centre subway stop
Parked situation:
There's a surprising large amount of parking. There are three public lots within a few minutes walk (across the streets) and on street parking. ,
Decor:
Pretty, it's small, but with big windows that let in the sun, it's really nice! Mostly two tops and a couple of 4 tops. Not really meant as a group place. Great for date night or catching up with girlfriends
Two complaints. The table for 4 has backless benches so that 6 can be squeezed in. It's not comfortable for that. Not sure if it was our table but at one point we had to stop eating and blow on our hands to warm them up because the air conditioning was blowing on us.
Staff:
Men making the sushi and women serving it. :(
The server we had that night needed to keep repeating everything because we couldn't hear her.
Food:
We all got the premium omakase option. It's not a real omakase, they tell you what you are getting, apps, sushi, hand rolls.
I liked the apps. Edamame, something with raw salmon and a salad of some sort (couldn't hear the server when she was describing it) they were a nice start.
The sushi - yeah 5 stars. This is what I always want to eat. Perfect balance. Everyone was super. I generally hate eel and loved the eel here. Two thumbs way up. Only problem -the rice didn't stay whole, they kept breaking apart and it was kinda messy at time.
And then.... the handrolls. Why for the love of god are you still serving these? The reviews are filled with people telling you they are terrible. They ARE terrible. They were dry,the nori rolled almost three times around. One was flavourless, the other looked like tuna salad but tasted weird. I have no idea what they were because we couldn't hear the server.
So there was no little sweet thing to end the meal. Those horrid hand rolls did. Blah. You may want to give people a scoop of ice cream to end it because all I really think about is how terribly the meal ended.
I'll be back but only to get the a la carte.
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