Kingyo Fisherman's Market

As a person growing up in Asia, I could say this is one of the best Japanese restro I have tried in Canada. I ordered a pork belly don, which costs $17. With a very decent interior design, the don gave me nostalgia. Of course, the mayo makes it a bit Westernized, but I won’t complain because at least they did not overdo it. The sauce for the pork gave layers of tastes. The combination of soy sauce, mirin and cooking sake was perfect.

The servers were very nice and kind. They delivered the food pretty fast. They checked with you once in a while to make sure you were satisfied without making you feel annoyed.

The price for this rice is reasonable. If you feel like spending money, there are also other more expensive items. Can’t comment on those because I didn’t try it.

There’s a very cute Japanese shop inside the restaurants. You may get sake, Japanese dishes, snacks and more. I highly recommend this place if you want some real Japanese dining experience. It’s certainly one you can find in Canada.

Any place that makes me look at the menu on my own phone automatically loses a star. I'm old and I abhors looking at things on my phone.

Brussels sprouts and corn were a perfect combination of sweet and salty. Amazing!

Signature tartare dish was okay, I wouldn't order again to much avocado for me. Wife loved it.

Signature fish two ways was amazing. I may go back later this week just for that. Or just to order the black cod.

I have been here more than dozen times over the past several years and I believe it is the most authentic izakaya food in Toronto.

Absolutely delicious !!!! I certainly recommend, also loved the dish presentation

I previously rated Kingyo 5 stars, but am updating my rating to 2 stars because of the poor experience we had tonight. We noticed that Kingyo had the BOGO offer for the Gyudon on UberEats. While I’ve never had their Gyudon before, I felt confident that it was going to be good as anything I’ve tried at Kingyo has always been great quality. Much to my surprise, the Gyudon bowls we received were the saddest Gyudon bowls I’ve ever seen.. The bowl was 95% rice, with just a couple of tasteless, flavourless beef slices sprinkled on top. It looked NOTHING like the photo on UberEats and it was really evident that there was absolutely no effort put into cooking or preparing it. While I understand that businesses will typically find loopholes around the BOGO offers on UberEats by either reducing the portion or doubling the original price, this was disappointing on another level. The two Gyudon bowls cost $20, and I would not have even paid $5 for it. My boyfriend has been to prison and said that the Gyudon was worse than prison food. You should be embarrassed to be selling this and your kitchen staff should be embarrassed to be putting this out. The sushi we ordered with the Gyudon was good, but this experience has made me never want to return to Kingyo again.

*OLD REVIEW 2023 —— 5 stars*
Definitely one of my new favourite Japanese spots in Toronto. This place is a hidden gem - amazing quality fish, large portions, reasonable prices, and excellent service! Came here on a Sunday night, and the wait was only ~10 mins. Got the makunouchi platter, unagi chirashi, and kaisen don. Everything was super fresh and tasty!

Good sushi

It might be one of the 'best' or authentic Japanese restaurants in town already. Been there a few times.

Most dishes are fine - but 'urchin' creamy udon tastes bland, neither urchiny nor creamy (I agree with another review regarding the bland 'urchin sauce' in 'urchin' bibimbap).

Also if you're substituting any type of uni in a sashimi don (e.g. uni and salmon roe don), better tell your customers and let them decide whether they still wanna order it. After all the types also mean the difference in costs apart from tastes.

And the service is quite pushy - we orderes a lot and servers kept reminding us to finish food and sake because the next table's customers show up. Frankly if this is a homestyle or fast food style diner I can understand, but you serve a range of sake and snacks for drinks, then not very much sensible to rush your customers. The weird thing is, after they urged us to leave the table, no one had been seated at the table til almost the closing time (9.45pm) - how do I know? Coz I was looking at stuff in your mini mart. I stayed there for another half hour. No one was taking the table.

I dun get why you urged us to go before we could finish our drinks and tea. Literally had to leave without finishing our ordered items.

Disappointed with this weird arrangment. My dining partners feel hesitated returning. The service doesnt come up with the food quality (most of the food except a few items). I hope to return, so I hope the service can be imrpoved. Perhaps don't take so many reservations? We do order rounds of food and drinks.

Epic and Authentic Japanese

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything was so fresh and delicious. I love uni.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We both had the Kingyo Makunouchi Platter. It was a great selection and all the food was fresh and very tasteful. The service was very attentive and it was great to browse the supermarket while waiting for our food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Food and service was stellar. Highly recommended

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very authentic ! Best salmon don I have ever had in Canada ! Japanese server was super nice and chill too !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

very fresh selection of sashimi and their rice was very well done, just the right amount of vinegar and balanced the sashimi very well. i particularly enjoyed the appetizer platter which is a bit of all of their appetizers which are made with care. service is a bit slow and not as strong but the food speaks for itself. i recommend sticking to their fish dishes, as we found the ramen to be rather ordinary compared to the other dishes.

i would be coming here frequently!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kingyo Makunouchi Platter, Marinated Kaisen Don

Finally tried this place and I wasn’t disappointed. I tried the platter, tofu with kimchi and the rice bowl with salmon. Everything was delicious and service was great. Definitely recommend the platter as you can try a little bit of everything. Will definitely come back to try the other items on the menu!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kingyo Makunouchi Platter

Came try this place the first time for my birthday dinner, and wow what a great meal.
Waited about 20 mins due to Friday night crowds, get to browse the mini market attached to the restaurant.
Food served and wow …check the pictures, umami spilled all over the space. One advice is avoid weekends if possible since the place is packed with loud people who acts like clubbing, just noisy.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi, Fish, Kind Sashimi Assortment