Only "problem" is when you step outside and realize you're still in Toronto.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jin Hwang
Bad experience during the holiday season.
Service: 1
Vincent Aulia
Feela like authentic Japanese izakaya with Japanese staff. Had their premium skewers, mentai carbonara, yakisoba along with their The 94 sake and fukuoka junmai. Everything was delicious and perfectly seasoned. The sake complimented everything. Will come again.
It was difficult to see the menu because the inside of the store was dark, so I thought it would be better if it was a little brighter. Also, the music is too loud, so I would appreciate it if you could turn down the volume a little more.
The staff was wonderful and the food was delicious.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
K. R. (M)
10/10 best takoyaki 🐙 ⭐️🫶✨
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Takoyaki
SMRITY SRIVASTAVA
Amazing food amazing drinks. I have never eaten sashimi so fresh. The Japanese drinks, toki and sochu were very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Osaki
Made me feel like I was back home in Japan! Very wonderful staff and atmosphere. Music choice for the restaurant is very good. Food is also very tasty although a little on the pricey side! I would visit again. Thank you 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rae Chen
Best Japanese place in dt
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lung Jimmy
Portion could be a lot bigger. We were there for dinner, table for 4, total bill was around $200 before tip. All four of us were barely 50% full by the time we left. The pork tongue was a recommendation dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Marc Wong
Excellent Food, Atmosphere and Customer Service. I felt like I was back in Japan eating there!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Free Range Chicken and Pork Skewer, Liver
Came here in a Tuesday night with the hubby and ordered their special skewer set and was so disappointed. We had recently came back from Japan and was craving a good skewer and the food wasn’t piping hot. Not only was it not piping hot coming off the bbq, the middle of the meat was cold. When we advised them they offered to give us a new one but if you have sensitive stomach issues I probably would skip on this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hiulam Siu
rice ball not as nice as i expected but grilled skewers were so good, didn’t expect chicken liver turned out to be my fav , which i originally didn’t plan to order it, was gonna order heart & gizzard and mixed those number, will visit again for their charcoal skewers
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Liver
Ken Ling
I’ve not found such high quality yakitori anywhere since I left Japan. A bit more on the expensive side, could go over $40 per person if you have good appetite, but well worth it in my opinion. The Carbonara Udon is AMAZING, creamy yet not greasy. Will 100% revisit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mentai Carbonara Udon, Zakkushi Set
Paul Singh
If you've had yakitori as it's intended, this ain't it. It's not even close. No, it's not authentic. The place is packed, it has great reviews, so I guess we're outliers, but we went in excited and left seriously disappointed. We hoped for memories of Japan and instead had worse yakitori than what we made in a friend's backyard.
I know we (Toronto) have more rules and limitations here regarding many things that impact yakitori, e.g. can't have a wood fire going, but this was a let down beyond that.
What makes yakitori great? Wood fire at a high heat, a great tare, and served immediately off the grill with cold beer. It should be a place to get blasted and slam deliciously grilled meat consistently until you can't anymore.
No wood fire or charcoal? Ok, I guess they can't. No real tare, just "teriyaki" or salt? That was odd. Tare is a fundamental and core part of yakitori. We're now missing two primary pieces. Well, it's also about cold beer and hot meat. But the food served was luke warm at best. That's three strikes. Every bite was saddening. It's a bit weird eating rare beef served warm.
We cut our dinner short after the first round because we were so disappointed. We had 8 different skewer types, and none were great. There was no char, a primary flavour profile of soy sauce, and nothing was hot except the grilled rice with soy sauce which helped us chug the beers we had left in order to leave.
We ended up having a slice of pizza later for 1/10 the price and 10x the satisfaction.
Sorry to leave such a brutal review, but I can't explain how disappointed we were. Staff were friendly, although service was a bit slow. The restaurant is pretty but the wrong vibe.
Again, I admit that apparently everybody else loves the place, so I guess we're wrong. For me, this is not a yakitori restaurant, it's a mock yakitori restaurant.
If you enjoyed different random cuts of grilled meat, I supposed you'll enjoy; I just hope they're served hot.
Only "problem" is when you step outside and realize you're still in Toronto.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bad experience during the holiday season.
Service: 1
Feela like authentic Japanese izakaya with Japanese staff. Had their premium skewers, mentai carbonara, yakisoba along with their The 94 sake and fukuoka junmai. Everything was delicious and perfectly seasoned. The sake complimented everything. Will come again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Yakitori Don, Wagyu Beef, Wagyu, Mentai Carbonara Udon
It was difficult to see the menu because the inside of the store was dark, so I thought it would be better if it was a little brighter.
Also, the music is too loud, so I would appreciate it if you could turn down the volume a little more.
The staff was wonderful and the food was delicious.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
10/10 best takoyaki 🐙
⭐️🫶✨
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Takoyaki
Amazing food amazing drinks. I have never eaten sashimi so fresh. The Japanese drinks, toki and sochu were very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Made me feel like I was back home in Japan! Very wonderful staff and atmosphere. Music choice for the restaurant is very good. Food is also very tasty although a little on the pricey side! I would visit again. Thank you 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Japanese place in dt
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Portion could be a lot bigger. We were there for dinner, table for 4, total bill was around $200 before tip. All four of us were barely 50% full by the time we left.
The pork tongue was a recommendation dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Excellent Food, Atmosphere and Customer Service. I felt like I was back in Japan eating there!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Free Range Chicken and Pork Skewer, Liver
Restaurantji Recommends
bad attitude to tourist customer
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Came here in a Tuesday night with the hubby and ordered their special skewer set and was so disappointed. We had recently came back from Japan and was craving a good skewer and the food wasn’t piping hot. Not only was it not piping hot coming off the bbq, the middle of the meat was cold. When we advised them they offered to give us a new one but if you have sensitive stomach issues I probably would skip on this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
rice ball not as nice as i expected but grilled skewers were so good, didn’t expect chicken liver turned out to be my fav , which i originally didn’t plan to order it, was gonna order heart & gizzard and mixed those number, will visit again for their charcoal skewers
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Liver
I’ve not found such high quality yakitori anywhere since I left Japan. A bit more on the expensive side, could go over $40 per person if you have good appetite, but well worth it in my opinion. The Carbonara Udon is AMAZING, creamy yet not greasy. Will 100% revisit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mentai Carbonara Udon, Zakkushi Set
If you've had yakitori as it's intended, this ain't it. It's not even close. No, it's not authentic. The place is packed, it has great reviews, so I guess we're outliers, but we went in excited and left seriously disappointed. We hoped for memories of Japan and instead had worse yakitori than what we made in a friend's backyard.
I know we (Toronto) have more rules and limitations here regarding many things that impact yakitori, e.g. can't have a wood fire going, but this was a let down beyond that.
What makes yakitori great? Wood fire at a high heat, a great tare, and served immediately off the grill with cold beer. It should be a place to get blasted and slam deliciously grilled meat consistently until you can't anymore.
No wood fire or charcoal? Ok, I guess they can't. No real tare, just "teriyaki" or salt? That was odd. Tare is a fundamental and core part of yakitori. We're now missing two primary pieces. Well, it's also about cold beer and hot meat. But the food served was luke warm at best. That's three strikes. Every bite was saddening. It's a bit weird eating rare beef served warm.
We cut our dinner short after the first round because we were so disappointed. We had 8 different skewer types, and none were great. There was no char, a primary flavour profile of soy sauce, and nothing was hot except the grilled rice with soy sauce which helped us chug the beers we had left in order to leave.
We ended up having a slice of pizza later for 1/10 the price and 10x the satisfaction.
Sorry to leave such a brutal review, but I can't explain how disappointed we were. Staff were friendly, although service was a bit slow. The restaurant is pretty but the wrong vibe.
Again, I admit that apparently everybody else loves the place, so I guess we're wrong. For me, this is not a yakitori restaurant, it's a mock yakitori restaurant.
If you enjoyed different random cuts of grilled meat, I supposed you'll enjoy; I just hope they're served hot.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
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