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Asahi Sushi
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
5 reviews for Asahi Sushi
5 reviews in English
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Review from Angie G.
London, ON
6/29/2010
If you're looking for sushi in London, this is the place. The price is decent (usually comes to about $30 for two of us), the food is good, and the selection is great.
They've gotten pretty good inspection reviews as well - always an important thing when you're dealing with raw fish.
http://inspection.heal...
I have only gotten take out, so far - about 10 times - but the restaurant looks decent for eating in. The neighborhood is sketchy (Dundas and Adelaide) but it's worth it. -
Review from Nathayong I.
St Thomas, ON
12/8/2009
I'm a Hardcore Sushi eater and i gotta say for a restaurant like that to be at that end of town they're awesome!
Every Weekend sunday around 4-7 pm I'm always there never missed a week and if i did i would still order take out me and my family we live about 45 -55 min away and yet we're there all the time what does that tell you ? Try it out ! you'll definitely like it sometime there's only 2-3 people working its worth the wait every time never the disappointment
Bloody A ! -
Review from Benjamin T.
2/20/2010
Excellent sushi! We tried all the rest, and finally found the best.
-Price is reasonable (around $27 for two people)
-Fish is fresh, a widely varied menu with some trademark rolls, and some good sashimi. (Try the tempura bananas)
-Servers are great: attentive and always on top of your already-nearly-full glass. They giggle a lot, which is only problematic because I had childhood crush on sailor moon, and it makes me think naughty thoughts.
-Decor scares off trudes, (usually scared of the neighbourhood anyways) so you don't have to overhear vapid conversations about what is playing this season at the Grand. -
Review from Angela M.
7/2/2010
Everyone was right about one thing, this place is in a pretty sketchy neighborhood. As for the rest of it... I can't agree on a lot of it.
When you first enter, you have to get over that overwhelming smell of dirty dish rags. In fact, that smell never goes away, and it overpowers the smell of anything else.
It was also my first experience at a sushi restaurant run by Chinese people. Not that it is any better or worse, but that Chinese music they play consistently throughout your meals makes me search for Mongolian beef on the menu.
We also dropped by at 2PM on a Thursday afternoon, to find that this entire restaurant was empty. And it maintained in this empty state throughout the entirety of our meal.
My boyfriend ordered the Chicken Katsu and I got the spicy tuna crunch roll and Kani Maki. The soup they start you off with misses the wonderful little tofu squares typically found in most miso soups. If you can hear my tofu, I want you back... The miso dressing on the salad though, that was just not appetizing at all. I typically like the salads founds in most sushi spots, but this place had to have the worst dressing ever.
My food order came and it was... ok. The fish was fresh, but the rice just didn't do it for me. As most people know, in sushi, it's always about the rice and fish, and if one of those are bad, it throws off the entire dish. My boyfriends Katsu was good, but the tempura that came with it wasn't very good either. I had never seen a eggplant tempura before, but I can see why now. Eggplant just absorbs all the oil, making the tempura something I didn't want to touch ever again.
As for eating here again, I am not sure I want to trek all the way over here into this neighborhood for ok sushi. I still haven't tried the other sushi spots yet, but if this is the best like you other yelpers say, then I suppose I would have no other choice...\
On a side note: their bathroom (washroom) is terrifying. You open this big heavy door, go down the stairs, into a equally creepy bathroom that wasn't too clean and has a flickering light. -
Review from rick h.
9/12/2009
We have searched high and low for decent sushi in London. This place is cheap, and has the best fish. The neighborhood sucks, but there is usually parking in front. The decor is awesome... a classic 50's diner that hasn't been changed. Pie case in the front, soda fountain, water/coffee station in the middle. Pleather seats, and plastic wood trim. Golden revolvers in a frame above your table. The service is not great(guess she doesn't expect to be tipped, and kinda has a stick up her ass.) None-the-less... if you want good, cheap sushi... this place is awesome. Don't waste your cash anywhere else in London.
