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Dai Ichi Sushi Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants Sushi Bars Restaurants Korean Sushi Bars, Korean [Edit]
3105 Winston Churchill BoulevardMississauga, ON L5L 5S3
(905) 820-8869
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
5 reviews for Dai Ichi Sushi Restaurant
5 reviews in English
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Review from Dil F.
3/25/2010
Absolutely stunning Korean food, in the most unlikely nook.
The storefront looks a little crappy... tacky 80s yellow coloring on the back-lit plastic awning, and the window menus (and photos) are all sun-faded, giving this restaurant a slightly run-down, almost sketchy appearance from the outset... IT'S ALL A RUSE, by god! Enter enter enter!
The interior is decked out from back to front in a Korean aesthetic. Your choices of seating are either super roomy booths OR curtained private rooms which seat up to 8 people. You get menus and waters immediately, but the best part of the ordering is that every table has its own silent doorbell, so you push the button when you would like the server's attention, being ready to order or for any other matter. Great idea!
The menu is very large, and despite the name of the restaurant, the menu is weighted 60/40 Korean vs Japanese cuisine, the latter almost exclusively sushi & teriyaki with some udons . My partner and I ordered two different kinds of tea (green and gin seng). Between us both, we ordered a dol sot bibim bop (meat/rice/veggie dish served in a cracklin' hot stone bowl) a spicy Udon seafood soup (Udon is thick, long noodles), and an order of Toro (fatty tuna) sushi. The food was excellent, hot, fresh, flavorful. There's almost nothing I like more than a well-served dol sot bibim bop (it's one of my favorites), except spicy Udon seafood soup from Dai Ichi Sushi, apparently. I couldn't stop sipping from my partner's soup with all it's succulent fish fat flavors, and a spicy punch to finish off each slurp. The sushi was super. I could eat here 100 times a year, if I lived closer.
The only caveat I could possibly muster is that the servers and staff are made to wear "traditional" garb. I'm already ambivalent when the interior of a restaurant aims for some impossibly abstract delivery of "authenticity" - but when the staff is forced to perform some strange trans-historical simulacra of "tradition" - I just feel self-conscious and weirded-out. If you have a costume fetish, however, then this place will meet your need. In any event, it couldn't POSSIBLY effect the 5-star quality of the food and service.
It's listed as being on Winston Churchill (which is where the driveway is located), but the Dai Ichi Sushi storefront is actually in a small strip mall tucked just back from Winston Churchill itself, partially obscured from view... just do a google maps search to find it. -
Review from Karmen Y.
Mississauga, ON
1/5/2012
Definitely one of the better sushi places in Mississauga. Fish is very fresh and good quality. Best spicy salmon roll I have ever tasted - just so refreshing.
The only reason I took off a star was because of the price. If it was not as expensive, I would definitely come more often. The food is very delicious, but sometimes it was not very filling if I only ordered a few rolls. -
Review from Kimberley N.
Mississauga, ON
10/23/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Me and my friend were craving for sushi on Friday. We decided to try Dai Ichi out after a friend of mine told me how great it was.
The prices were a bit more expensive than Sushi One (where we always go to when we hangout) and they didn't have many sushi dinner selections. However, they had a lot of variety for their Japanese and Korean dishes! Me and my friend really wanted to the Yaki udon but we stuck with sushi because that's why we were there in the first place. We both ordered the maki set dinner.
The service is relatively fast because we didn't have to wait very long for our order to arrive. The sushi was amazing! I think I said it was so good at least twice during dinner haha! I was amazed that the maki rolls didn't fall apart and they tasted scrumptious! Usually california rolls are just okay but the california rolls here were yummy. The spicy salmon rolls were quite spicy for me (I can't tolerate spiciness) but they were so good that I just had to eat them. For dessert, they gave us fruit instead of green tea ice cream which was a surprise because many places give out ice cream instead.
I would definitely go back and try their Japanese and Korean dishes. -
Review from RJ S.
Mississauga, ON
As close as it could get to Korea Town.
I was craving one of my favourite Korean dishes, Kam Pong Gi, but didn't feel like driving all the way to Korea Town to get my fix. So the only solution was to find something as good or close to good as Korea Town in Sauga. Yes, I know mission impossible, but I was determined to find something especially since I live in Sauga. After looking up the majority of the Korean restaurants in Sauga I went straight to their online menu to find my dish. This was the only place that actually had it so that made it alot easier. MIND you I did find out later on that there were 5 other places that had the dish I still have yet to try those other places.
So me and my boyz and girlz arrived at the place and all I have to say is WOOD. From the walls, sushi table, booths to all the tables. The waitresses are dressed in a kimono or a Korean outfit, I don't know if there is a difference b/w the two if there is please let me know. BTW don't be mad if you think the service is crappy b/c it isn't, you just have to find the call bell, they answer that bell as soon as you press it. Lastly one thing that I really notice was the T.V monitors playing the golf channel, Koreans love their golf.
The menu was pretty big, containing a good mixture of both Korean and Japanese, price wise for a dinner or lunch deal you're looking at $15-20, which is pretty reasonable considering you get unlimited apps, soup, salad, and rice. Sushi is roughly $1 per piece, maki rolls $10-$15, and a boat can go from $20 and up.
We ended up ordering Kam Pong Gi, Spicy Bulgogi, Bulgogi, Kalbi, Volcano Roll, Lobster Dynamite Roll, and Lobster Tempura. Good amount of food to feed 8 people. The Kam Pong Gi, which is kinda like the Korean version of General Tao Chicken, but way better, fulfilled my craving. My only complaint about it was that it wasn't as spicy as the ones from Korea Town, but don't get me wrong if I were to just order that item I would be very satisfied. The Bulgogi, was just okay, but if you get the Spicy Bulgogi that hit the spot, very flavorful and a lot more depth than the regular Bulgogi. The Kalbi was very well marinated and cooked just right. The maki rolls were good but there were little things that I was not a fan of. For one the sweet potato that was added to the Volcano Roll ruined it however I did like how they lit the roll on fire when they brought it out. Great presentation. As for the lobster roll and tempura I will never get it again b/c honestly it's not worth the price and it just tasted like a bigger version of a shrimp tempura.
One last thing on the dinner items, they are definitely share items, I'd say if you split one of the dinner items b/w two people you would be full.
In the end I found a new Korean Restaurant in Sauga and have been a regular since.
Items to definitely get:
- Kam Pong Gi
- Spicy Bulgogi
- Kalbi
- Spicy cucumber (free app if you get a dinner combo) -
Review from Richard T.
Mississauga, ON
6/25/2009
Really love this place. The food is very good, the service is top notch. The staff wear kimono to complete the experiance. All very Japanese.
