Food was great. Service was friendly but disorganized. There were significant delays between receiving dishes. We had to ask twice for drinks we ordered and over heard the server we notified speak with our main server. They did not come over to clarify and did not give us our drinks despite asking twice! Very strange!
Jonathan Li
incredible
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shannon Stone
I wish I hadn’t spent one of my meals here while in Toronto; it put a sour taste in my mouth on the city of Toronto. I came here because this place celebrates itself for being a specialty sake bar; however, I was disappointed to discover that many of their sakes were sold out with no substitutions. in addition, the sake list on their website is from December 2024– owners, get it together. I inquired about where a traveler may purchase their own unique sake bottles for bringing back home and was met with a curt response from the server about they didn’t buy their sake from liquor stores— not what I asked. This was unfortunate; however, this really all paled in comparison to what I observed at the table next to me. There was a small family of three that had enjoyed their meal and had brought out a very, very small personal size dessert to celebrate the birthday of an older gentleman in their party. As the family was singing their birthday song, the server positioned herself behind the birthday person, and as soon as the song ended, rudely accosted the family that they couldn’t bring in their own dessert and told them they would not be eating it there.. what is incredible about this is that this restaurant does not offer ANY dessert options— I had just asked myself. It seemed like this was rudeness for the sake of rudeness. Between watching the family have their experience ruined, and my experience of not living up to their own self stated specialty, I actually wished with every fiber in my being that I had not come here. The whole experience made me sad and it seems like these people have truly lost the plot when it comes to owning a business that is hospitality focused. If this was my only experience in Toronto, I would never return to the city. What is truly and deeply ironic is that they state on their website that they are careful about creating a respectful environment; what I saw from the server was the least respectful example of behavior the entire time I was in Toronto and they should really make some adjustments.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Kaitlyn Jung
We just came for drinks so can’t say much but the sake was good. More expensive than some other sake bars I’ve gone to and more than I would’ve liked but it is what it is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Skedge
This place was great. Small, intimate and the food was amazing. Also very reasonably priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julia
Food and sake are great, but service was astoundingly bad on both of our last two visits. The server seemed overwhelmed even before things got busy. He ignored us for long stretches of time, brought the wrong things, asked the same questions repeatedly, leaned over us to wipe the table and speak to other patrons so that we had to duck out of the way, and brought us our bill only after we asked for it 3 times. Other diners had similar issues. Everyone humoured the young server, but inadequate service is not acceptable at this price point.
Hyeyeon Lee
Rude waitress and unreasonable price
Sam Mills
Fantastic food. Barman who might have also been the manager made us a delicious Negroni. We just got back from Japan and we have been missing the details and care they take with food. This place took that same care and detailed approach so we really appreciated it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Lilian Chow
limited food choices on the menu and pricy, I would not go back..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
monique donovan
I hate to say that we were quite disappointed with the food. The portions were unremarkable, though the quality of ingredients was great. The service was acceptable, but by no means outstanding. Sorry to say we left disappointed, and we really wanted to LOVE this place.
The atmosphere at this place is awesome but the food and service were unfortunately lacking in my opinion. We got the chicken karage, pork skewer, crudo and miso eggplant. Everything was just okay but missed the mark in some aspect (e.g., heaps of excess batter on the karage, lots of fat on the pork). The crudo and umeshu were the highlights. The service was really slow however the bar was busy so to be expected.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
Victoria Manna
We stumbled upon this restaurant and were pleasantly surprised with the quality and flavour of the food at Bar Shozan. We ordered so much food because we had to try everything on the menu. The portions were pretty small and it can be pretty pricey however, its quality over quantity here. Definitely get the chicken karaage, pork belly, and Hamachi crudo. I will definitely have to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jordan
Fantastic, food was amazing, atmosphere is cozy and quaint. Tried like 12 dishes and each one was awesome
Christopher
The food was excellent. We live in the neighborhood and had never been. As soon as we walked in my side said “yup. This is going to be one of our new spots!” Everything we ate was 10/10. Simply one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The wings though. The WINGS!! The flavour of those wings was unreal!!! We can't wait to go back.
Mitchell
Food was good but service was quite bad. Had to flag down the server any time we wanted to order anything. Told us our seating time was up right at 90 minutes then made us wait 20 minutes for our bill.
Food was great. Service was friendly but disorganized. There were significant delays between receiving dishes. We had to ask twice for drinks we ordered and over heard the server we notified speak with our main server. They did not come over to clarify and did not give us our drinks despite asking twice! Very strange!
incredible
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I wish I hadn’t spent one of my meals here while in Toronto; it put a sour taste in my mouth on the city of Toronto. I came here because this place celebrates itself for being a specialty sake bar; however, I was disappointed to discover that many of their sakes were sold out with no substitutions. in addition, the sake list on their website is from December 2024– owners, get it together. I inquired about where a traveler may purchase their own unique sake bottles for bringing back home and was met with a curt response from the server about they didn’t buy their sake from liquor stores— not what I asked. This was unfortunate; however, this really all paled in comparison to what I observed at the table next to me. There was a small family of three that had enjoyed their meal and had brought out a very, very small personal size dessert to celebrate the birthday of an older gentleman in their party. As the family was singing their birthday song, the server positioned herself behind the birthday person, and as soon as the song ended, rudely accosted the family that they couldn’t bring in their own dessert and told them they would not be eating it there.. what is incredible about this is that this restaurant does not offer ANY dessert options— I had just asked myself. It seemed like this was rudeness for the sake of rudeness. Between watching the family have their experience ruined, and my experience of not living up to their own self stated specialty, I actually wished with every fiber in my being that I had not come here. The whole experience made me sad and it seems like these people have truly lost the plot when it comes to owning a business that is hospitality focused. If this was my only experience in Toronto, I would never return to the city. What is truly and deeply ironic is that they state on their website that they are careful about creating a respectful environment; what I saw from the server was the least respectful example of behavior the entire time I was in Toronto and they should really make some adjustments.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
We just came for drinks so can’t say much but the sake was good. More expensive than some other sake bars I’ve gone to and more than I would’ve liked but it is what it is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
This place was great. Small, intimate and the food was amazing. Also very reasonably priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food and sake are great, but service was astoundingly bad on both of our last two visits. The server seemed overwhelmed even before things got busy. He ignored us for long stretches of time, brought the wrong things, asked the same questions repeatedly, leaned over us to wipe the table and speak to other patrons so that we had to duck out of the way, and brought us our bill only after we asked for it 3 times. Other diners had similar issues. Everyone humoured the young server, but inadequate service is not acceptable at this price point.
Rude waitress and unreasonable price
Fantastic food. Barman who might have also been the manager made us a delicious Negroni. We just got back from Japan and we have been missing the details and care they take with food. This place took that same care and detailed approach so we really appreciated it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
limited food choices on the menu and pricy, I would not go back..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
I hate to say that we were quite disappointed with the food.
The portions were unremarkable, though the quality of ingredients was great. The service was acceptable, but by no means outstanding. Sorry to say we left disappointed, and we really wanted to LOVE this place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
The atmosphere at this place is awesome but the food and service were unfortunately lacking in my opinion. We got the chicken karage, pork skewer, crudo and miso eggplant. Everything was just okay but missed the mark in some aspect (e.g., heaps of excess batter on the karage, lots of fat on the pork). The crudo and umeshu were the highlights. The service was really slow however the bar was busy so to be expected.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
We stumbled upon this restaurant and were pleasantly surprised with the quality and flavour of the food at Bar Shozan. We ordered so much food because we had to try everything on the menu. The portions were pretty small and it can be pretty pricey however, its quality over quantity here. Definitely get the chicken karaage, pork belly, and Hamachi crudo. I will definitely have to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic, food was amazing, atmosphere is cozy and quaint. Tried like 12 dishes and each one was awesome
The food was excellent. We live in the neighborhood and had never been. As soon as we walked in my side said “yup. This is going to be one of our new spots!” Everything we ate was 10/10. Simply one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The wings though. The WINGS!! The flavour of those wings was unreal!!! We can't wait to go back.
Food was good but service was quite bad. Had to flag down the server any time we wanted to order anything. Told us our seating time was up right at 90 minutes then made us wait 20 minutes for our bill.
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