| Name: | Ematei |
| Address: | 30 St. Patrick Street, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 340-0472 |
| Reviews: | "Stylish Japanese bistro." |
| | "Ema Tei was recommended to me by a friend visiting from Japan as 'the best
Japanese restaurant in Toronto' and, as a skilled chef herself, she wasn't wrong. The Bento Box
was very memorable. I prefer Fune for other reasons, but Ema Tei is the best Japanese food I've
had so far in Toronto.
" |
| | - Chris Ward [January 10th 2002] |
| | "One of the best downtown. Beats any other in the entertainment district.
Extremely popular despite its obscure location. Though sushi lunch specials are of kaiten sushi
restaurant quality(i.e. crudely cut and thin).
" |
| | - Edward S (beeperoo@hotmail.com) [February 19th 2002] |
| Name: | Fune |
| Address: | 100 Simcoe Street,Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 599-3868 |
| Reviews: | "So-so sushi and a uncharacteristically rude service. Spend your money
elsewhere -- there are many other excellent restaurants in Toronto.
" |
| | - Moen Digrassi [November 26th 2000] |
| | "I have to disagree with the last review, as a Vancouverite living in Toronto, it is
incredibly hard to find excellent salmon sashimi in this city. I've been to Fune 5+ times and
have always had excellent sashimi and service.
" |
| | - M. Lasko [November 8th 2001] |
| | "I must disagree also. Fune is my first choice for sushi in Toronto and the service
has always been superb. The food at 'Ema Tei' is somewhat better, but the atmosphere at Fune tips
the scale in its favour. And their all you can eat buffet (book ahead) is a real treat.
" |
| | - Chris Ward [January 10th 2002] |
| | "As an footnote to my previous comment, I think it is more fair to say that Fune is often better than Ema Tei. It seems to depend upon which chefs are working and how busy they are, but on many nights Fune's quality, flavour and presentation are the best that I've found so far in Toronto. As for the service, it is consistently superb. Fune also exceeds anywhere else I've tried when it comes to some of their more unusual offerings. Their spider rolls are pure heaven (there's nothing even similar in Toronto) and their dragon rolls are delicious and so beautifully prepared that it seems a shame to eat them. Also worth the trip are the rainbow rolls. When it comes to these less traditional dishes, Fune really has no rival that I've found in Toronto.
" |
| | - Chris Ward [Dec 3rd 2002] |
| | "I have to disagree with those previous review. You guys should try out other Sushi Restaurant before you say it is the best in Toronto. I am not saying which is better or not, just making a point here.
" |
| | - [June 12th 2003] |
| | "The negative reviews of this place are way off the mark. As a San Franciscan living in Toronto for the last three years, one of my stock complaints has been the overall low quality of sushi in this town. Fune is one of the shining counter-examples. I found the service prompt and courteous and the food excellent. This place DEFINITELY makes the short list of sushi restaurants worth spending time in when one finds oneself craving good quality food and nothing but a well cut plate of sashimi will do.
" |
| | - Andy [Jan 30th 2008] |
| Name: | Ginko |
| Address: | 655 Dixon Rd. (International Plaza Hotel), Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 248-8445 |
| Fax: | (416) 248-8248 |
| Opened: | 11.30am - 10pm |
| Reviews: | "Once heralded as a top notch sushi spot in the airport district, has since taken a back seat in pretty much everything
including: freshness of sushi, variey of sushi, service, and ambience.
No longer is the older sushi master behind the sushi bar, he has retired.
I found each and every order of sushi not as fresh as I would have wanted. Ginko
also lacked variety, as it was frustrating when the first 4 orders I asked for, they did
not have. The appetizers were sub par, and the miso soup was warm, not hot. Re-fills on green tea
were impossible to come by. The sushi chefs were friendly, but had little to work with. If you are
in the
airport area, take a BIG pass on Ginko and head down to Masamune, just a couple blocks away.
" |
| | - Bobby Nicol (bnicol99@home.com) [September 17th 2001] |
| | "I've eaten here for many years. Even before, when they were at their old location
accross the street. Consistency, freshness and service. You don't have to go downtown for great
sushi." |
| | - [Sept 28th 2001] |
| Name: | Lily |
| Address: | 784 Broadview Avenue, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 778-8543 |
| Reviews: | "Small restaurant, with a wide variety and large portions of delicious, inexpensive sushi and sashimi. Many vegetarian items. Also offers teryaki, noodle and rice dishes, and soups. Take-out and delivery available." |
| | - Emily Way (emily@vex.net) |
| | "Darker than most Japanese restaurants - all navy accents among the usual hanging lanterns and travel posters - the sushi bar here slithers down one side of the room while more formal tables crowd the other. As Christmas lights twinkle overhead, regulars nosh on straightforward sushi and sashimi and typical teriyaki and tempura dinners." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| Name: | Mariko |
| Address: | 348 Danforth Avenue, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 463-8231 |
| Reviews: | "Riverdale Mall, vegetarian specialities and very good sushi with brown rice." |
| | "Located in the Carrot Common, a New Age shopping plaza, this cheery and charming eatery offers generous portions and reasonable prices for eat-in or takeout. Teriyaki, tempura, and sukiyaki may now be commonplace, but Mariko´s sushi has something the others lack - a choice of brown rice instead of white. All dinners, such as fresh sashimi or vegetarian yosenabe casserole, come with miso soup, brown rice, and spicy sunomono pickles." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| Name: | Memories of Japan |
| Address: | 900 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Canada |
| Phone: | (416) 449-3773 |
| Opened: | Mon - Thu: 11am - 2.30pm, 4.30 pm - 10pm, Fri,Sat: 11am - 2.30pm, 4.30pm - 11pm |
| Reviews: | "Good food, good price, free delivery on orders
over $15.00. Features Teppanyaki cooking tables,
sushi and Japanese food - try the green tea ice
cream.
" |
| | - George Bragg (gbragg@ca.ibm.com) [July 17th 2000] |
| | "One of the better 'Hong Kong style' Japanese restaurants. You decide if that's
YOUR style :-)
" |
| | - Edward S (beeperoo@hotmail.com) [February 19th 2002] |
| | "I thought the food was ordinary, same ole box dinner that I can get much closer to my house and for less money.
" |
| | - BB (JADE2345@HOTMAIL.COM) [April 7th 2003] |
| Name: | Nami Japanese Seafood Restaurant |
| Address: | 55 Adelaide Street E.,Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 362-7373 |
| Fax: | (416) 362-4745 |
| Reviews: | "Definitely the best Japanese Restaurant in town, it offers wonderful sushi, the robotayaki bar does perfectly grilled meat and fish (line fish, catch of the day), including Japanese BBQ, as well as multicourse dinners in the tatami rooms or the private booths. Many Japanese diners. Start with kaki, ebi fry (oysters or shrimp) or beef sashimi (thinly sliced beef lightly coated and served with ponzu sauce)." |
| | - THE SUSHI WORLD GUIDE [September 11th 1998] |
| | "I agree that this has to be Toronto´s best sushi house, but if you leave without trying the shiitake mushroom appetizer, you´ll be missing one of the most amazing starters ever." |
| | - ecreid (ecreid@sympatico.ca) [February 22nd 1999] |
| Name: | New Generation Sushi |
| Address: | 493 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario |
| Phone: | (416) 963-8861 |
| Fax: | (416) 963-8916 |
| Opened: | Sun - Thurs 11 am - 1am, Fri - Sat 11 am - 2 am |
| Reviews: | "Sit at the sushi bar at this small restaurant and watch the action. Chef Billy Wong has the fastest sushi hands I have ever seen! And he has to, the place is packed. The tables are also packed, but the food is worth the lack of privacy.
" |
| | - Denise Macharacek (dmacharacek@hotmail.com) [August 27th 2002] |
| | "Well, I don't know if I caught them on a bad night or what, but my first and only visit was absolutely horrible. The service was slow and surly, much of the fish was actually hard and discoloured in places, the 'crab meat' was the poorest of the simulated variety (imagine crab-flavoured hotdog meat), and - if all of that wasn't bad enough - I even found a small fly stuck to one piece of toro sashimi. I wish I could say I was exaggerating about this memorably bad experience, but I'm not. I'd be willing to try them once more, especially as they do have the distinction of being one of the later-opening sushi bars in Toronto (why oh why are there no 24-hour or very late-opening sushi joints in town?), but unless things have improved markedly, I will not be going back a third time.
" |
| | - Chris Ward [Dec 3rd 2002] |
| | "To start off, it was my first time in a Japanese Sushi Restaurant. The service was excellent. Out tea was never left emtpy. Napkins was handed to us before we even asked for it. The food was great also. I would definitely go back again. Did I mention the price was reasonably cheap too.
About that last review, 'I even found a small fly stuck to one piece of toro sashimi.' I have to say, I was there three times and I can't even see a fly flying around. How could they possibly be a fly on a piece of toro sashimi? Maybe that person FORGOT to wear his glasses or contact lenses <===just a joke...
" |
| | - Andre Chow (andre6_@hotmail.com) [June 12th 2003] |
| Link: | Restaurant website |
| Name: | Rikishi |
| Address: | 833 Bloor Street W., Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 538-0760 |
| Reviews: | "Heart breaking warmth, service and value, traditional vegetarian menu." |
| | "Decorated with Japanese landscape paintings, geisha dolls, and bamboo wall-hangings, this tiny sushi bar offers a tasty alternative to red meat. While they do serve standard fare - sushi and sashimi combos, tempuras, and teriyakis - they also offer veggie versions on a separate menu that includes creations like daikon salad, udon noodle soup, and cucumber, avocado, and gourd rice wraps. " |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@overflow.de) [August 23rd 1999] |
| Name: | SeJong Restaurant |
| Address: | 658 Bloor Street W, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 535-5918, 535-7122 |
| Fax: | (416) 441-0912 |
| Opened: | 11.30 am - 12am |
| Reviews: | "Sushi Bar and Korean restaurant." |
| | - Jimmy Im (info@nanzansushi.com) [April 26th 1999] |
| | "Like the other restaurants along Bloor, Sejong serves a mix of Japanese sushi and teriyaki dishes, and Korean barbecued meats. Ask for one of the semi-private shoji-screened rooms that line the wood-trimmed space. First, you´re brought seven bowls of complimentary pickles - ranging from crunchy, mild seaweed strips to atomic cabbage kimchee - as well as miso soup and eggy custard. If you get too carried away on the starters, you may not have room for the mains - grilled salmon or vegetarian noodle casserole, say - by the time they arrive." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| Name: | Sushi Bistro |
| Address: | 204 Queen West, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 971-5315 |
| Reviews: | "Accesible sushi and sashimi with an attitude." |
| | "Sleek and modern, the Bistro is one of the busiest fish ´n´ rice palaces on Queen West. Expect long lineups at lunch or dinner but, once seated at a black lacquered table or the sushi bar, expect first-rate fare. A pair of cone-shaped temakisushi stuffed with rice and shrimp tempura, fish roe, or avocado makes a super light supper." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| | "It proves that location and decor make a restaurant popular, not necessarily the
food. Miso soup with nori strips?! Wakame or kombu must be too expensive for them.
" |
| | - Edward S (beeperoo@hotmail.com) [February 19th 2002] |
| | "All I can say is that I had a really awful stomach ache after eating there. I had
been to Sushi Bistro a dozen times before it happened, because of the fair price, and large
handrolls and sushi pieces they serve. However, after spending a day in bed, I've just decided
not to go there anymore.
" |
| | - Annie Montano (anniemontano@hotmail.com) [May 9th 2002] |
| Name: | Sushi Island |
| Address: | 571 College St. West, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 535-1515 |
| Reviews: | "Ematei used to be my fav. sushi place to go... but now that I found same quality but in buffet quantity, Sushi Island is by far the best sushi buffet I have tried in Toronto.
There menu items are awesome too.
" |
| | - John (john.js@gmail.com) [Nov 16th 2006] |
| | "Some friends recommended this place so we went to try it out for a birthday celebration.Huge dissapointment! There were a few prices for AYCE so we chose the most expensive one at $20.99 ($22.99 because we were there on a weekend) because we wanted sashimi.The manager was shockingly rude! One of the first sentences she said to welcome us was 'You are given 1 1/2 hours to order & eat & then you have to leave because it is packed today'. We understood there is usually a time limit to AYCE but saying it in such a rude way before you even sit down is just plain rude!Then, we tried to order 30 pieces of salmon sashimi for 8 and the manager said, 'I think 30 pieces is too much. Why don't you try take 15 instead?' So we decided to be nice and was okay with the salmon and we proceed to order 20 pieces of red snapper on top of the salmon and she said, 'Why don't you order other types of sashimi and less of this because you have to take other customers and tables into consideration'. At this point, we were like 'What?!'. First, we have to be told in a rude way that we have to finish 1 1/2 hours on the dot. Second, she cuts down the portion on whatever we want to order and third, we have to take other customers/tables into consideration on what we want to eat? Geez how ridiculous! Needless to say, at this point we decided that we had enough and walked out of the restaurant. I have never been to a restaurant that is so rude and arrogant in my life. When we told her we had enough and we were leaving she said 'FINE!' like it doesn't really matter anyways. Think twice before you go to this place! Even if the food is good, with such service you don't really have any appetite left to eat at the end! " |
| | - [Oct 11th 2007] |
| Name: | Sushi on Bloor |
| Address: | 515 Bloor West, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 516-3456 |
| Reviews: | "Only four months old, Sushi On Bloor - a stylish spot that recalls Queen West´s Sushi Bistro - is already a hot ticket. Don´t even try to snag one of the eatery´s choice booths during peak lunch and dinner hours without reservations. Kimona-clad servers race about the minimally decorated room trying to keep on top of things - and not always successfully. At all three visits, something goes wrong with our order. I overhear customers complain that after waiting for almost half an hour, they´ve yet to be offered green tea let alone see a menu. But most put up with the chaos because the prices are right. Sure, this ain´t Hiro Sushi - but most of what S.O.B. slices up costs a third of what it does at Hiro. Nasa Dengaku, ($3.50) for example - a halved-lengthwise Japanese eggplant that´s grilled with sweet miso paste and tossed with toasted sesame seeds. Delicious! Steamed, cooled, and bonito-flake coated spinach salad- oshitashi ($2.50) - is less appetizing, although undoubtedly healthy. Layered over a deep-fried rice cake slathered with mayo and tobbiko (flyingfish roe), thin slices of raw salmon complete the postmodern sushi pizza ($6.50). Fish fiends will go gaga for the Sushi Gold combo ($15.50) - nine nori-ribboned nigirzushi comprising toro (fatty tuna belly),maguro (tuna), ebi (shrimp), saba (mackerel), tako (octopus), sake (salmon), hamachi (yellow tail), tobiko and ersatz crab. And three cucumber makizushi. And a salmon and green onion handroll. The tempura here is remarkably light - just the slightest bit of batter and grease-free. Assorted tempura ($7.50 lunch/$8.50 dinner) features six significant shrimp as well as deep-fried slices of eggplant, carrot, sweet potato, zucchini and broccoli. And a bowl of rice. And miso soup. And iceberg lettuce salad. The equally sizeable bargain veggie version ($5/$6) deep-sixes the shrimp. Another all-inclusive meal deal, Delux Bento Box ($7.50), comes with miso soup, salad, sticky rice, boneless chicken teriyaki and more delicate tempura - this time two large shrimp and slices of pepper squash. And a cucumber maki trio. And sections of blood-orange. Thinly sliced steak teriyaki ($8/$9) rides a bed of stir-fried onions ´n´ sprouts alongside perfectly steamed strips of carrot, green bean and broccoli. The only flubbed note comes with Una-Don ($10), a scalding cast-iron cauldron filled with plain rice and topped with four not-enough-for-ten-buck pieces of unagi (barbecued eel) and a coupla yellow daikon pickles. Dinner concludes with creamy red bean ice cream ($2.95). Despite the service flaws - sometimes mains arrive before starters, miso soup never at all, and where´s our check? - Sushi On Bloor only needs to hire more staff to approach pretty-darn-good.(from NOW Magazine April 9th, 1999)." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| | " Im telling you, this place is great.
By my experience in visiting Sushi Bars around the world, including some in Tokyo, this place isn't
exactly the best, but considering I cant fly all the way to Tokyo when I want some good Sushi, this
where you'll find me any Friday night.
Even though the service wasn't that great during first few months it has vastly improved, I have
had only 1 problem with my order, and even that was my party's fault and it was soon remedied by
the kind staff. I've enjoyed many meals here, and I can only wait for this Friday's Feast
[about the Friday thing, nothing special, just my preference]
Last week, my sister, my son, and I enjoyed a great meal with all of our favorite dishes for less
then 40.
Before you could think to mention it, our cups are full with steaming hot Green Tea, and before we
could finish our order 3 bowls of piping hot Miso are on our table, we order their prized Supreme
Bento Box [$9.50;Grilled Salmon, Shrimp Tempura, great iceberg Salad, Sticky Rice, served with 6
pieces of Makimone], their delicious, perfectly fried Shitake Tempura [$5.50]
Their Delicious and Sinful Dynamite Roll [Tempura Shrimp, Avadado, Tobiko], and there excellent
bargain the Sushi Gold Combo all arrive before we worry, while we wait, one of the servers leaves
us with 6 pieces of 'Honour Roll'[same as dynamite but with salmon] on the house. We surprised,
indulge in our delicous gift, and give our thanks to the sushi chef.
Before we knew it the servers arrived with our order, as usual, all the parts or our order were
perfect as usual, after almost an hour of eating, we reach the grim conclusion of empty platters,
as we are forced to allow the empty plates to return to the kitchen. As one of the servers wipes
down the table and before I could ask for the Check, she offers all some of their delicios Green
Tea Ice Cream on the house which we intantaneuosly allowed, we enjoyed the free cool treat as the
server took the bill.
Another seemingly, if not, perfect meal at my favorite Torontonian Sushi Bar, Sushi On Bloor
Trust Me, It's worth the line up!
" |
| | - Diane Schmidt (dandjinto@sympatico.ca) [October 12th 2000] |
| | "Sushi on Bloor is by far the best sushi place in Toronto, at least in my opinion. (I believe I'm not alone on this, since the line-ups seems non stop.) I've been to a lot of Sushi restaurants in Toronto including the nearby New Generation and Sushi Time. But those restaurants stand in no competition to Sushi on Bloor. Why? Because they are all less quantitative (and lower in quality I feel), and more pricy. Sushi on Bloor gives the most generous dishes with the lowest prices you can find in Toronto. Their Sashimi on Sushi are definitely bigger and thicker, their rolls have more fish than rice, and the sizes are bigger and more in quantity. In New Generation, I ordered a spicy salmon rolls that costed $5.50, and to my disapointment, the 6 pieces of rolls were very tiny and I could barely tasted the tuna because it was mostly covered with rice. I was disapointed because I got used to getting a plate of 8 (even though the menu says 6) gigantic rolls for $5.00. And!
where else can you get a selection of 'good' sushi (not those fake crab meats) for $9.50? (Sushi Bronze) I also recommend the Chirashi ($10.50), a sushi-rice don covered with tons of Sashimi and tobiko. In other places, they don't give as many sashimi pieces and they cost more. I strongly recommend that you pay visit to Sushi on Bloor at least once to see why so many people line up for it. If you eat the food there, you will know.
" |
| | - Susanna Tong (susie_nian@hotmail.com) [March 24th 2004] |
| Name: | Sushi Sky |
| Address: | 478 Yonge Street, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 969-8988 |
| Reviews: | "Sushi Sky is a very affordable sushi restaurant with surprisingly good food. They are always very friendly and, while the decor leaves something to be desired, the food is always fresh and delicious!
" |
| | - Ben Sanford (ben@offstage.ca) [August 2nd 2004] |
| | "On Monday, July 28 2008, I decided to have lunch at Sushi Sky as I heard it was such a wonderful place with wonderful staff. Yet, after I got seated and got my food, I've never received a cup of tea (which I was suppose to get at the beginning). My friend later on joined me to wait for me to finish my meal so we can go shopping after, but because my mouth was dry and I was dying of thrist, I kindly asked her to order me a cup of tea. My friend politely raised her hand up and said 'Excuse me, can I get a cup of tea?'. With no reply from the server, she came back with a hot cup of tea and SLAMMED it on the table with water spilling out onto the table. It wasn't even a busy time , we could actually hear the echo of the cup slamming against the table. With no apology what so ever, the server walked off. This is simply due to BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHAT PERFECT GUEST EXPERIENCE IS THERE FROM THIS RESTAURANT?!?! Also there was a mouse running in the dining room - this place is very unsanitized, I am never going back. I am extremely disappointed and not satisfied with the service I got , I hope none of you will have to experience this. Please consider my experience and if you are around the area for sushi, there is an another sushi restaurant diagonally across the street, or try sushi train.
Simply, a horrible place to dine at.
" |
| | - Shirley (shirley.chang@live.ca) [July 29th 2008] |
| Name: | Sushi2Go |
| Address: | 872 The Queensway, Etobicoke, Toronto, M8Z 1N7 |
| Phone: | (416) 259-4246 |
| Fax: | (416) 259-4665 |
| Opened: | Tue-Thu: 11am-10pm, Fri,Sat: 11am-11pm, Closed Sun,Mon |
| Reviews: | "Serve best sushi for sushi lovers. Come and enjoy the best. We also do catering and party platter." |
| | - sy.Jeon (young140@home.com) [Nov 26th 2000] |
| | "One of the few japanese restaurants that deliver.
Excellent quality. I order regularly. I have eaten at most of the restaurants on the list. Teh presentation and food quality, even when delivered, is at the same level of Nami, Yamato and Ginko. " |
| | - Mark Anthony [September 28th 2001] |
| | "Unfortunately, this restaurant is actually closed on Mondays! My mom said that she had a great experience there! I am going to get there soon!
" |
| | - Alex (alex_ling100@hotmail.com) [Feb 9th 2005] |
| | "Went there with great anticipation after reading the reviews; the rice was undercooked, the spicy tuna handrolls contained a bread-crumb-like substance that left the filling soggy, the maki pieces were cut too thinly (some at 5mm thick), and wait time for takeout was over 45 mins. I would want nothing more than a good sushi experience - unfortunately, this one was not it." |
| | - [July 28th 2006] |
| Name: | Sushiman |
| Address: | 26 Richmond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1M5 |
| Phone: | (416) 362-8793 |
| Fax: | (905) 707-8876 |
| Opened: | Mon-Fri: 11.30am - 2.30pm, 5.30pm - 10.30pm, Sat,Sun: 5pm - 10pm |
| Review: | "One of few truly Japanese Chef owned and operated Restaurant in Toronto. Excellent Sushi for real Sushi eaters. Frequented by the famous. Other Kitchen foods are also to be tasted, such as dumpling and udon. On the last Saturday of each month, they have ´TABEHODAI´ (all you can eat, customer appreciation day). All you can eat Sushi for very low price. The place is usually booked and must have reservation. Truly a treat for the eye as well as the taste buds and the stomache." |
| | - Sue Hyun Park (watermelon_33@hotmail.com) [June 7th 1999] |
| Name: | Tokyo Grill |
| Address: | 582 Yonge Street, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 968-7054 |
| Reviews: | "Small, unpretentious place with some of the best sushian soba in town. Highly recommended for take-out catering. They make great sushi trays." |
| | - Ron Saito (ronsaito@hotmail.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| | "Their hot meals are excellent and inexpensive, though their sushi(only futomaki,
california roll, and inari available) is mediocre. A very good and popular home style restaurant.
" |
| | - Edward S (beeperoo@hotmail.com) [February 19th 2002] |
| | "Don't be fooled by the looks of the restaurant. You will forget about it once you take a bite out of their various home cooked meals such as the Ramen(Japanese noodles dipped in Soy Sauce, Miso, or Salt soup) and Tonkatsu (Fried pork served with rice, salad, and miso soup). The price is very reasonable and the food is great. I, myself, is Japanese and I thought this was a great place for a casual lunch or dinner.
" |
| | - Hiroki [Sep 1st 2003] |
| Name: | Tokyo Sushi |
| Address: | 362 Bloor West, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 961-7702 |
| Review: | "A few weeks ago, one of the weekend papers gave a favourable notice to Hanaya, a modest sushi spot on the Annex´s restaurant row. The following Monday - after deciding against waiting in line for a table at Sushi On Bloor - the Posse opt for the competition down the street only to find that Hanaya is closed. Permanently. So much for the power of the press. In its place, Tokyo Sushi (362 Bloor West, 961-7702) opened a week later. The former owners may have split, but the decor remains the same. Semi-private booths surrounded by paper screens line one wall and a few seats front the sushi bar. A very Korean vibe. After some understandable first-week shakiness - three different servers take our order - dinner unfolds. First, we nibble on complimentary kimchee - smoky pickled mung beans and cool tofu cubes zapped with chili paste and wakame. A par pair of tobikko nigiri ($4.50) arrive on a wooden platform decked out with a retro radish rosette while a small-ish unagi handroll stands upright in a pipe-holder. After the inevitable starter - watery mushroom miso - we move on to yakigyoja ($4.95), ten overly deep-fried dumplings stuffed with unidentified minced fish. Tokyo Bentoh ($12.95) begins promisingly with a bowl of nigiri (tobikko, tuna, salmon, yellowtail and mackerel). The bento box´s compartments come filled with miso-dressed iceberg lettuce salad, a plain sticky-rice ball, cold chicken teriyaki mixed with beansprouts and a sampling of tempura. Not only is the tempura over-battered, some pieces are steaming hot while others stone cold as if they were cooked in advance. The same thing happens with Tempura Moriawase ($16.95) which contains five fried shrimp - 80% batter, 20% shrimp - three scallops on a skewer and an assortment of breaded veggies including slices of bland white potato. The small-fry in our group chooses the shrimp tempura appetizer ($5.50) which, except for a bowl of rice, is almost identical to the Moriawase - Ok, there´s only two shrimp but otherwise the same. She also grabs the maraschino cherry from the top of a bowl of green tea ice cream ($2.95). I hate children." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| Name: | Yumei Sushi |
| Address: | 2216F Queen East, Toronto |
| Phone: | (416) 698-7705 |
| Fax: | (416) 698-9820 |
| Opened: | Noon - |
| Reviews: | "An unpretentious and pretty sushi bar, Yumei isn´t in the same class as the more expensive Akane-Ya, but serves satisfying rice-and-seafood combos. Semi-private booths line one side of the room and more public tables take up the rest. A few Korean dishes appear, notably bulgoki (marinated sliced sirloin), and kalbi (beef ribs). Weekday all-inclusive lunch specials and takeout are available, too." |
| | - Steven Davey (stevend@now.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
| | "Small but lively sushi bar. Great personable sushi chef. Fantastic 12 piece sushi combo at a great price." |
| | - Sherly Leigh (sherylleigh@home.com) [August 23rd 1999] |
