"0"^^ . "0"^^ . "3"^^ . . "1"^^ . "2015-04-05T00:00:00"^^ . . "I used to love this place. Used to. \n\nThis place has gone down hill in terms of quality significantly over the past year. Kind of sad - we preferred August 8 over all options in the whole west gta/Mississauga area. \n \nThe food is just 'meh' now. No thrills.\n\nThe bad: \nAt some point in time, August 8 boasted sashimi that would melt in your mouth. \nThis time we had warm sashimi - huge turn off!\n\nThey have an app called 'Eatata' that you can order straight off of as an alternative to iPad menus - which is neat, yes. However, their app lists 'Bonito tuna sashimi', which you won't find on the laminated menus they give you, and when we ordered it off the app, we were told they don't actually have any to serve. What? \n\nThe 'meh':\nI get that you can't exactly expect 5-star quality when it comes to ordering cooked/grilled food/dim sum at sushi place, I understand. \nBut compared to K&B or 168 Japan Buffet, it was terrible. \nThe dim sum were puny and frozen. The only good thing about it was that they had a wider variety compared to its competitors. The tripe wasn't half bad though. Pretty close to the ginger tripe you would get at Chinese restaurants. \n\nAs for desserts, there's no red bean, sesame or ginger. Only mango, green tea, chocolate, and vanilla. \n\nI will say however, their maki rolls are good. Good fish/rice ratio - just the right amount of rice to. Not to mention they have soft shell crab here. \n\nOverall, I think this marks end of August 8's era for me. The service was ok, but definitely not enough to make for the food. After that warm sashimi, there's really nothing left that gives August 8 an advantage over it's competition."^^ . .