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| - Came here with my sister on Saturday night with a reservation for 7:30PM. The place was packed when we got there, with people waiting at the front. Even with a reservation, we had to wait around 15mins for our table.
The menu is not extensive but it's still has a good amount of items to choose from. We went for the Take set ($28), short ribs with cheese and kimchi, the salmon avocado fish egg rice bowl, BBQ eel pancake and the tofu cheesecake (which came free with a coupon from CCUE!) Coupon link: http://www.ccue.ca/tor/restaurants/akaoni_coupon/ Just show the picture to the waiter and you should be set. :)
I can honestly say that all the food was really high quality, the sashimi was delicious. The sea urchin was creamy, the salmon was super fresh and the albacore tuna was divine. The skewers that came with the Take set were what I assume are chicken hearts and a chicken wing (which was sort of weird but it still tasted good). The portions were decent, but I didn't find the salmon avocado rice bowl worth it for $9 as it was actually pretty small. The short ribs were really tasty, the cheese added a lot of flavour to it. The tofu cheesecake was not too sweet, very refreshing and the nuts added a nice crunch to it.
Next time, I'd love to go for the lunch specials and to also try the ramen. I recommend to reserve in advance as the wait does get lengthy. The service is pretty attentive and they didn't try to shoo us out or anything even though there were people waiting. Overall, a great Izakaya place!
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