So it’s been a looong time since we’ve had sushi. It’s time we got back to it for the new year. This time around, we decided on a small restaurant in downtown Torornto, tucked away on Elizabeth street, just a bit south of Dundas. Japango which ironically the place where the brothers from Wow Sushi used to work at.

Agreed. The place is pretty small and they really jam in the tables to make it even tighter. I had a decent size knapsack and there was nowhere to put it other than taking an area that another customer would normally use. Lucky for us, it wasn’t a busy time for then and we had enough room to use up. Anyways, once we sat down, we immediately get miso soup and then hot green tea served as we look over the menu. Nice on a cold day and I like it when you are immediately served tea rather than have to ask for it specifically.

Ah yes, gamervets.com, it’s a great gaming site targeted towards the older more mature gamers out there. Feel free to check it out! Now that I am done with the plug, on to the food. Since we were the only ones sitting at restaurant at the moment (more start to come in throughout our meal), the tempura appetizer comes out immediately, hot, right out of the fryer. Tasted pretty good and was not too greasy or had too much batter.

Agreed about the Spicy Scallop. I liked that one a lot more than the the Spicy tuna. Both were pretty good with the right amount of “spice” to it. The waiter made a good decision to merge our table with the one beside us giving us more room. One thing curious is that he left the menu and place settings still there for some reason and just moved them aside on the table to make room for the following plates we ordered. Thankfully another waitress came and took them away a little later on. Next out was the Dragon Rolls. They were decent too but since they didn’t have the same kick and flavour as the spicy rolls, not as memorable.

Hmm I could have sworn the dragon roll was shrimp tempura with mix of different sushi and avocado layered on top? Oh well on to our usual sushi pizza. Not sure why this appetizer came out last but whatever, not complaining. It was decent on par with the rest we’ve tried. Standard stuff other than then it was spicier than normal. They did include some chunks of avocado on the side for some reason which is the first I’ve seen that addition.

I pretty much agree with you on all fronts. Nice cozy little place that can get jammed pretty fast I imagine. Seats are close together with not much room to maneuver. If you have bags or are on the larger size, go during oft peak hours because there’s no way you’ll be able to squeeze in or sit down without hitting someone if it’s busy. Overall an enjoyable experience, nice start to the year after taking so long between our last review. 8/10 for me as well.

I have actually been to this place for lunch a while back when it was called “Mochizuki”. It was kind of known for the rotating sushi bar but I always ordered off the menu. It was pretty good from what I remember as the sushi was quite fresh. When it closed down, I wondered what would be next and never imagined it would be another sushi restaurant!

Yeah the TeamBuy coupon was pretty sweet. Looks like we’ll be pushing our appetites this time around. The menu is quite extensive with lots of pictures. I also noticed that this place has all kinds of different types of different rolls. Obviously unique to Toronto since many are named after streets such as King St Roll or Yonge St Roll and of course the sushi pizza.

Looks like we have pretty much maxed out the coupon! I took a quick tour of the inside of the restaurant when I went to go wash my hands in their washroom. They’ve changed some things around and made it more of an open concept. I remember when it was the old restaurant, there was a lot of barriers/walls so it felt a lot tighter to move around. Tonight, the room was about half full of customers.

The miso soup was decent but it tasted pretty much like everyone else’s. It must be a standard recipe so it seems to taste more or less the same everyone. I would be curious to find a place that has “the greatest miso soup” and see what that supposed to taste like. As long as there’s tofu, and it’s hot – it’s probably fine by me. Oh yeah and the sushi pizza tasted pretty good too.

Yeah the rolls did break up pretty easily. I guess that’s a bit of a common theme among the rolls. They were all pretty decent tasting though. The sushi was good too, and they were pretty liberal with the portions. I also noticed that it’s looking more and more like we won’t be able to finish it all!

Ha I know you still feel the sting of Hiro Sushi! Being out on the patio, sometimes service tends to suffer a bit but not here. They were more than attentive and that is a welcome change. The place started to get more busy as well, both in the patio and the inside dining area. The wide variety of rolls looks to be a crowd favourite.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens. It’s in a great spot and I can imagine it pretty busy for work/lunch time during the weekdays. I remember Mochizuki being pretty busy during lunch as well so I guess the key to success will be evenings and weekends. Good luck to them! Decent sushi with great service. 7 / 10.

I pass by this place almost every day on my way to work. At first it was a traditional sushi restaurant that I can’t remember the name of. Then within the last 6 months noticed it changed names and has become an “all you can eat” style sushi restaurant. This time I was meeting an old university friend for dinner at 7pm. The place is pretty standard looking. It wasn’t busy when we got there but slowly started to fill up over the next hour or so. The AYCE dinner is set at $18.99 per person and each table gets a sheet of paper with a number of items listed on it and a pen. Beside the item you want, just write down how many. Pretty simple. We just ordered a wide selection of tempura, rolls sashimi and sushi. The tea we got must have been sitting around for awhile because it was lukewarm at best. The next batch was much better. The food came out very fast and was fairly fresh. I wasn’t expecting any miracles here and didn’t get any.

The food tasted fine, nothing spectacular but what do you expect at an AYCE place? Service was extremely prompt and they refilled our green tea at record pace, much like the Mandarin restaurants water refilling techniques. One thing that we never found out was if they charge you for any left food. We only left around 3 pieces so I guess that’s why nothing was mentioned by the waitress. Overall I give it a 7 out of 10.

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