Dietary restrictions: They asked if we had any before we ordered
Kid-friendliness: Kids were here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gyu Carpaccio, Takoyaki, Assorted Aburi Sushi, JFC a K a Karaage
Zachary Lane
Great ambiance, good happy hour deals, and amazing food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Deep Fried Oysters, Spicy Nasu & Tofu
Kyrell R
Good Variety of food, but all in all 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, JFC a K a Karaage, Kinoko Cheese Bibimbap, Truffle Tokyo Fries
mikaleigh xox
Every dish we tried was flawless—a true 10/10 experience. From start to finish, the flavors and quality were exceptional, and the attention to detail was impressive. I can’t wait to come back for another amazing meal!
Kid-friendliness: There is many kids and it didn’t ruin the experience for me Kind of just added
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, JFC a K a Karaage, Kinoko Cheese Bibimbap, Truffle Tokyo Fries
TheETchild
Aburi salmon sushi so so good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A.M. Santos
I went here early evening in August after not having visited since March 2020. Back then, I used to come here all the time with my friends to hang out after a long day. I only stopped because Covid happened. It was absolutely amazing, one befitting of an izakaya experience. Last August, I finally decided to come back as it had been a while. Imagine my disappointment to see this restaurant change from an izakaya to just another restaurant along Bloor Street. What happened to the lively atmosphere? The loud greetings from everyone when you come in or leave? The taiko drum at the front? Where are the people cheering loudly and saying KAMPAI as they raise their drinks? The entire menu has also changed. What happened to the shareable fried or grilled tapas and drinks? I don't know what happened here but it's terrible and inauthentic. You can no longer come here for a lively NOMIKAI. This place is "izakaya" in name only, but no longer a true izakaya. Unfortunately, I will be looking for another place to hang out with friends after a long day.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Julie Anne Looy
We came here for a Friday night dinner at 7:30 pm, with a reservation for zashiki seating. I love this branch of Kinka Izakaya because of this seating option. You can see it in my photos. It's no extra charge for this experience.
A large party of people were hanging around the entryway of the restaurant waiting for the rest of the party before leaving. Despite the number of people, the servers were able to see us and direct us. They offered the coat rack for our coats and told us to wait for this party to leave before entering the zashiki area. After they left, we were instructed to remove our shoes and store them in a cubby before being seated.
The restaurant offers a variety of sake options, Chu-Hi (Japanese Highball cocktails), Japanese inspired cocktails, and wine. They also offer Sapporo on draft. We ordered a pitcher between 2 people, which was more than enough. The server brought the pitcher over promptly and poured the first round for us.
We ordered the Kinka set ($39), which comes with soup, salad, sashimi, aburi sushi, mini rice bowl, and sorbet. We also ordered the wasabi octopus and spare ribs.
The miso soup was excellent. You could taste that they used a dashi broth as the base along with miso. Most American/Japanese restaurants only use water and miso. The dashi broth gives the soup a rounder flavour.
The salad was lightly dressed.
The wasabi octopus can be off-putting for people who are sensitive to textures, but we loved it. This appetizer prepped our palette for the next course.
The sashimi and aburi sushi came next. There was yellow fin, scallop, and chu toro sashimi along with shrimp, salmon, and mackerel aburi sushi. The quality of sashimi was AMAZING! I'd highly recommend getting a sashimi platter here because the quality is so high. My partner doesn't like tuna normally, but he enjoyed the chu toro. All aburi sushi options were tasty. Our ranking was shrimp, mackerel, and salmon. Mackerel can be a hard fish to eat because of its strong taste.
The spare ribs came on a sizzling plate with sautéed onions, shoshito peppers, lemon, and a dipping sauce. The beef was super tender, pairing well with the onions. The portion size was excellent.
We ordered both of the mini rice bowl options. The curry beef rice bowl was leagues better than the eel rice bowl because it had more flavour. The eel rice bowl came with avocado and cucumber. The avocado felt out of place. The eel was seasoned well with tare (ta-re) sauce. The rice was cooked perfectly. The curry beef rice bowl came with cheese and medium rare slices of steak. The curry flavour was Japanese style with a bit of kick. It tasted great. We added the left over rice from the eel bowl into the curry to stretch out the meal.
The set ended with a yuzu sorbet. It was cool and refreshing. There were jellies and a creamy element added around the sorbet. We liked the texture contrast.
The zashiki area filled up during our dinner. The servers were less attentive to our table towards the end as there were some very large groups dining. It's understandable.
The process to redeem a gift card here is done through the POS machine. You input tip first and then select gift card when prompted. The server inputs the gift card number. You can select the method of payment once the gift card is redeemed.
The washrooms are downstairs. Each washroom is large and is equipped with toothpicks and mouth wash.
Vegetarian options: Yes, there are vegetarian options but not many.
Dietary restrictions: They do ask about allergies during service.
Parking: There is paid street parking on Bathurst.
Kid-friendliness: You can bring kids here but they need to have the palette for Japanese food.
Wheelchair accessibility: Not wheelchair a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, AOSA Miso Soup
Desanni Coleen Calumag
I had an amazing experience at this place! The ambiance was inviting and warm, creating a perfect atmosphere to eat and relax. The customer service was impeccable—attentive and friendly. I truly enjoyed my time here and would definitely come back again. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Takoyaki
Kaykhosro Izadian
Food was really bad. We were 6 people and ordered different dishes. The only plate we could eat was curry bibimbap. I orded salmon sushi. It was so smelly and taste bad. Other foods were very bad. Wagyu Carpaccio was raw and smell bad.
Sake bomb was fun and good.
Overally, it was one of our worst resturant experience.
Honestly and very honestly even if you really love seafood it’s not the place to go! Taste is off and very sealike smell! They need to work on their shef or buy fresher materials. I don’t think Japanese food in Japan would taste like this. I had curry bibimbap (which is Korean originally) and it was okay! But I tried Salmon sushi, udon and one raw meat on the menu which was soooo bad!
KINKA ANNEX never lets me down! Awesome food, even better service, and a fun and homey environment on a Saturday night.
Our server today Anna was so awesome and so kind 10/10 would come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tam Kwan
Very tasty food Must try their oyster!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Truffle Tokyo Fries
the7dedlysins
Very prompt service with delicious food, 10/10 I will certainly visit again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Shabu Salad
Mosaid Ul-Huq
First time being here and you get to have an authentic Japanese dining and drinking experience of a typical Izakaya in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: JFC a K a Karaage
Kitty Rodé
The staff are always so friendly and the food and drinks are delicious. Definitely get the chicken karaage, yuzu cocktail and whatever is on special. Happy hour has great deals. The only drawback is that I miss the old hip hop mixes that used to play loudly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Takoyaki, Assorted Aburi Sushi, Sapporo, Fried Chicken, JFC a K a Karaage
So yummy! My favorite was the oyster
Vegetarian options: Tofu
Dietary restrictions: They asked if we had any before we ordered
Kid-friendliness: Kids were here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gyu Carpaccio, Takoyaki, Assorted Aburi Sushi, JFC a K a Karaage
Great ambiance, good happy hour deals, and amazing food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Deep Fried Oysters, Spicy Nasu & Tofu
Good Variety of food, but all in all 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, JFC a K a Karaage, Kinoko Cheese Bibimbap, Truffle Tokyo Fries
Every dish we tried was flawless—a true 10/10 experience. From start to finish, the flavors and quality were exceptional, and the attention to detail was impressive. I can’t wait to come back for another amazing meal!
Kid-friendliness: There is many kids and it didn’t ruin the experience for me Kind of just added
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, JFC a K a Karaage, Kinoko Cheese Bibimbap, Truffle Tokyo Fries
Aburi salmon sushi so so good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I went here early evening in August after not having visited since March 2020. Back then, I used to come here all the time with my friends to hang out after a long day. I only stopped because Covid happened. It was absolutely amazing, one befitting of an izakaya experience. Last August, I finally decided to come back as it had been a while. Imagine my disappointment to see this restaurant change from an izakaya to just another restaurant along Bloor Street. What happened to the lively atmosphere? The loud greetings from everyone when you come in or leave? The taiko drum at the front? Where are the people cheering loudly and saying KAMPAI as they raise their drinks? The entire menu has also changed. What happened to the shareable fried or grilled tapas and drinks? I don't know what happened here but it's terrible and inauthentic. You can no longer come here for a lively NOMIKAI. This place is "izakaya" in name only, but no longer a true izakaya. Unfortunately, I will be looking for another place to hang out with friends after a long day.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
We came here for a Friday night dinner at 7:30 pm, with a reservation for zashiki seating. I love this branch of Kinka Izakaya because of this seating option. You can see it in my photos. It's no extra charge for this experience.
A large party of people were hanging around the entryway of the restaurant waiting for the rest of the party before leaving. Despite the number of people, the servers were able to see us and direct us. They offered the coat rack for our coats and told us to wait for this party to leave before entering the zashiki area. After they left, we were instructed to remove our shoes and store them in a cubby before being seated.
The restaurant offers a variety of sake options, Chu-Hi (Japanese Highball cocktails), Japanese inspired cocktails, and wine. They also offer Sapporo on draft. We ordered a pitcher between 2 people, which was more than enough. The server brought the pitcher over promptly and poured the first round for us.
We ordered the Kinka set ($39), which comes with soup, salad, sashimi, aburi sushi, mini rice bowl, and sorbet. We also ordered the wasabi octopus and spare ribs.
The miso soup was excellent. You could taste that they used a dashi broth as the base along with miso. Most American/Japanese restaurants only use water and miso. The dashi broth gives the soup a rounder flavour.
The salad was lightly dressed.
The wasabi octopus can be off-putting for people who are sensitive to textures, but we loved it. This appetizer prepped our palette for the next course.
The sashimi and aburi sushi came next. There was yellow fin, scallop, and chu toro sashimi along with shrimp, salmon, and mackerel aburi sushi. The quality of sashimi was AMAZING! I'd highly recommend getting a sashimi platter here because the quality is so high. My partner doesn't like tuna normally, but he enjoyed the chu toro. All aburi sushi options were tasty. Our ranking was shrimp, mackerel, and salmon. Mackerel can be a hard fish to eat because of its strong taste.
The spare ribs came on a sizzling plate with sautéed onions, shoshito peppers, lemon, and a dipping sauce. The beef was super tender, pairing well with the onions. The portion size was excellent.
We ordered both of the mini rice bowl options. The curry beef rice bowl was leagues better than the eel rice bowl because it had more flavour. The eel rice bowl came with avocado and cucumber. The avocado felt out of place. The eel was seasoned well with tare (ta-re) sauce. The rice was cooked perfectly. The curry beef rice bowl came with cheese and medium rare slices of steak. The curry flavour was Japanese style with a bit of kick. It tasted great. We added the left over rice from the eel bowl into the curry to stretch out the meal.
The set ended with a yuzu sorbet. It was cool and refreshing. There were jellies and a creamy element added around the sorbet. We liked the texture contrast.
The zashiki area filled up during our dinner. The servers were less attentive to our table towards the end as there were some very large groups dining. It's understandable.
The process to redeem a gift card here is done through the POS machine. You input tip first and then select gift card when prompted. The server inputs the gift card number. You can select the method of payment once the gift card is redeemed.
The washrooms are downstairs. Each washroom is large and is equipped with toothpicks and mouth wash.
Vegetarian options: Yes, there are vegetarian options but not many.
Dietary restrictions: They do ask about allergies during service.
Parking: There is paid street parking on Bathurst.
Kid-friendliness: You can bring kids here but they need to have the palette for Japanese food.
Wheelchair accessibility: Not wheelchair a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, AOSA Miso Soup
I had an amazing experience at this place! The ambiance was inviting and warm, creating a perfect atmosphere to eat and relax. The customer service was impeccable—attentive and friendly. I truly enjoyed my time here and would definitely come back again. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Takoyaki
Food was really bad. We were 6 people and ordered different dishes. The only plate we could eat was curry bibimbap. I orded salmon sushi. It was so smelly and taste bad. Other foods were very bad. Wagyu Carpaccio was raw and smell bad.
Sake bomb was fun and good.
Overally, it was one of our worst resturant experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Gyu Carpaccio, Assorted Aburi Sushi
Honestly and very honestly even if you really love seafood it’s not the place to go! Taste is off and very sealike smell! They need to work on their shef or buy fresher materials. I don’t think Japanese food in Japan would taste like this.
I had curry bibimbap (which is Korean originally) and it was okay! But I tried Salmon sushi, udon and one raw meat on the menu which was soooo bad!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
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KINKA ANNEX never lets me down! Awesome food, even better service, and a fun and homey environment on a Saturday night.
Our server today Anna was so awesome and so kind 10/10 would come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very tasty food
Must try their oyster!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Truffle Tokyo Fries
Very prompt service with delicious food, 10/10 I will certainly visit again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Shabu Salad
First time being here and you get to have an authentic Japanese dining and drinking experience of a typical Izakaya in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: JFC a K a Karaage
The staff are always so friendly and the food and drinks are delicious. Definitely get the chicken karaage, yuzu cocktail and whatever is on special. Happy hour has great deals. The only drawback is that I miss the old hip hop mixes that used to play loudly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Takoyaki, Assorted Aburi Sushi, Sapporo, Fried Chicken, JFC a K a Karaage
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