. "We came here because of the stellar reviews you see below, but although the food was good it wasn't amazing. I've had better, and service was loooong. Prices were inflated a little, but could be because I am used to city prices for about the same quality of food. I'm flip flopping between giving the place a 3 or 2 star. \n\nThursday evening, and they were busy. There were lots of running around and I believe it's due to the poor layout of their restaurant. The majority of the tables were on the left side, and the kitchen and prep area is all the way on the opposite side. There are a few tables along the way, but 80% of them were on the other side. Lots of running around, and I think the two servers would be alleviated by having a prep station more centrally located. \n\nAside from that, we came in and was seated quickly but it wasn't until 20 mins later, we got any tea or were spoken to. I know this because I checked in. \nThe waitress finally came to us, and gave us tea and took our order. She did tell us that they were very busy and the order might come to us slowly. \n\nThe wait for food wasn't that bad. We got appetizers (Fried Calamari - simple tasting but complemented by the tempura dipping sauce) and she gave us some fried fish complimentary (not sure if it was for everyone, or special just for us). There was also miso soup and salad. \n\nWe shared a bento (Kalbi bento with tempura, california rolls and salad) and a sashimi platter (14 pieces). \n\nThe Sashimi dish was about $1 a piece. Cut in good sized portions I was extremely disappointed that when I bit into it, it had not thawed enough and was still very cold. \n\nThe Kalbi bento (yes they some korean dishes like kalbi, bulgogi and jap chae) was decent. The meat was tasty and marinated well. Tempura was good too. The California Roll seems a little weird. No cucumber but only a piece of lettuce. \n\nFor dessert we got small little ice cream profiteroles. Frozen solid. \n\nDinner was about $30 per person, but like I said, same quality in downtown Toronto would be half that. \n\nI might be a little harsh, but part of me wished we had gone to the grill in town. Nonetheless, the place is bustling with people! So don't shoot the messenger, this is just my opinion."^^ . "2012-07-24T00:00:00"^^ . "3"^^ . . . "3"^^ . "3"^^ . "3"^^ .