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| - I really wish I could give Takumi more than two stars, I was very excited that a new AYCE had replaced Sushi999, but it turned out to be the worst AYCE experience I've had in Montreal (and I've gone to almost every place in the city, several times). But there are some positive aspects here, so hopefully they can improve
Let's start with the positives: the service is great. The waiters were super polite and very attentive, really above what you would expect from an AYCE restaurant.
They have a few items that differ from traditional sushi menus, like cream cheese fritters and shumai, we didn't try all of them but those we tried were good.
Also their miso soup is really good, not too salty.
But this is where it ends...
We came here for Lunch on a Saturday, and although we were seated right away, it took 30 minutes to get our sushi orders, and all the table seemed to be having the same problem. The waiters were very sorry about it and all, but still you could see everybody starting to get impatient.
Also the sushi was really BAD. I'm not a picky eater, especially not with sushi. It's not about being "fresh" or not, their rice is just terrible. Super dry and tasteless...it ruins the sushi. They really need to change their recipe ASAP. And the fish was kinda dry too, so yeah... The nigiris were definitely easier to eat than the rolls, especially the fried rolls like dragon eye, which were super dry and heavy.
The tempura was also terrible. Well, it just wasn't tempura. You know how tempura is made with a lighter batter, well this was the same batter as onion rings at any fast food. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but it was much heavier and simply did not taste like tempura.
I feel bad writing such a bad review because they really do have impeccable service, but they need to do something about the cooking, both in terms of speed and of quality.
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