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| - This quiet little neighbourhood Japanese restaurant is a family favourite. While there are a few little things that take away from a 5-star rating, I like to support local, family-owned businesses and the quality of the food here is very good. Always fresh, made-to-order (as it should be). It is a little pricier for a small restaurant but if you want mediocre food for cheap prices go a few blocks west to Sashimi House, the prices there are fantastic but you get what you pay for.
As a previous poster mentioned, although this is a Chinese-run Japanese restaurant, the owners lived and trained in Japan and are not only fluent Japanese speakers but highly skilled Japanese chefs. Don't judge based on the ethnicity of the owners. This is much more authentic than a lot of other "Japanese" restaurants in the area.
Pros:
- food is fantastic. Fresh sushi/sashimi, generous portions, food is always hot. The dinner sets are in the $14-17 range and typically only come with a bowl of rice. For a few dollars more upgrade to a bento box, it's worth it.
- Quiet atmosphere - it can get busy during dinner hours on Friday and Saturday nights or during lunch hour during the week, but with only about 10 tables it's a nice intimate atmosphere. Nicely decorated, clean, cozy.
- Very friendly staff - as a family-run operation, the owners themselves are almost always working. Ivan is always at the sushi bar and Lisa is either clearing tables, serving customers, answering the phone, or in the back in the kitchen bustling around. Their kids are often seen helping serve evenings and weekends too.
Cons:
- though the servers are very friendly, service can sometimes be slow if they forget to come back to check on you.
- Since it is a small restaurant, it can fill up/get busy very quickly and the noise level rises accordingly
- it's in kind of a funny location, tucked in between the Winners and the italian restaurant. If there's a big Chuck-E-Cheese party parking can sometimes be a pain but it's a big lot, only a real issue when it's raining/snowing and you don't want to park far away.
- the patio is cute in the summer but you're basically sitting on the curb looking at the parking lot. Realistically nobody wants to sit out there.
** DECEMBER 2013 **
They have this amazing Holiday Sushi Platter special on right now - $50 for 68 pieces of their specialty rolls, plus you get a $5 voucher for your next meal. Picked up one of these for a pot luck I went to last week and it was fantastic. You want to talk about value? Well here it is. For $39 you can get a platter of 48 maki rolls from Tako Sushi on Don Mills but the quality is sub-par and they're just plain salmon, tuna, cucumber, and California rolls. Take advantage of this special, you won't be disappointed!!
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