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Echo Sushi
Category: Restaurants Sushi Bars Sushi Bars [Edit]
2036 Yonge StToronto, ON M4S 1Z9
Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant and Davisville
(416) 322-8861
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
21 reviews for Echo Sushi
Review Highlights
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"The mango pudding is awesome and the mango ice cream goes..." In 3 reviews -
"The sashimi was all very fresh, and the nigiri delicious." In 5 reviews -
"Their fish was fresh, and the AYCE price was reasonable." In 12 reviews
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21 reviews in English
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Review from Alex B.
East York, ON
2/27/2012
Liked the big selection for their lunch menu.
The place was clean, smelled clean and the food was great.
To sum it up I was happy and I will go back, hows that? -
Review from Anya L.
Toronto, ON
5/8/2012
We've been going to Echo sushi for almost 8 years now, it's our favourite place. We used to get a lot of "all you can eat" deals, which are always great, and a good value for your money. Now we're less greedy and still enjoy their food. Even our kids like it. Try the grilled eggplant, if you're not into raw fish; or cubed steak w/garlic; or katsu don. And the brown rice sushi is really yummy too. In short, a great place and I hope they stay there for a long, long time.
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Review from Mochi M.
10/29/2011
Everything was good about this place. The portions were great, the price of $19.99 that included sashimi was good and they were not slow at ALL in getting the orders out (they also got them out exactly as we had ordered them)
But at the end of the night, I wasn't feeling so good. I hadn't ordered anything out of ordinary and I think the red snapper might have been a smidge too **something** (watery, tasteless, bland..), and the food sat really heavily on my stomach that night.
I wasn't sick, I was decently hungry and I ---love---- sushi
I left full but not happy, if that makes sense. Even though everything looked and was good, there was something about that food last night that didn't make me feel good like AYCE usually does and I don't know why which puzzles me.
So I'm giving this 3 stars for now and if I ever go back, I'll see if I get the same feeling about the food before I leave. -
Review from Elame G.
Toronto, ON
8/15/2011
This sushi joint beats all other "All you can eat sushi" joints in Toronto hands down. Normally speaking when you put in an order at all you can eat sushi place you have to wait a life time for the waiters to bring you your order and even then they half whatever it is that you order AND the sushi looks either sloppily done and or shames Japanese food.
Boy was I surprised to see my order come after 2 mins top of giving the waitress my order sheet. The sushi is nicely presented and overall the food is well prepared and the taste rivals places such as Non all you can eat places like New Generation. For dessert I loved the mango pudding and loved it even more that it was served beautifully in a baby cup with a baby spoon. :) For $22 on a weekend I say check this place out! -
Review from Am P.
Toronto, ON
10/14/2011
Man oh man this place is a gem. My mind has been blown. I come from Vancouver, the city that pretty much invented the All You Can Eat Sushi, and over there we are grown up spoiled with excellent Japanese food at bargain prices. However, for the past 12 years I have been to countless of these AYCE sushi factories, and I had given up hope that any would be worth the money, whether in Vancouver or else where. So you can imagine my surprise when I came to this place and experienced the best AYCE experience of my life... And in Totonto of all places! The food here is just delicious, and the price worth every penny. The only downside is that the sashimi and the overall quality of fish is only as good and fresh as it gets in Ontario, which is not great by Westcoast standards. Other than that, everything is fantastic, especially the brown rice rolls, and many of the grill and pan fried items from the kitchen.... Dam, that egg plant teriyaki alone was worth the admission price. Most importantly, although you are getting the AYCE option, the portions are still dignified and nicely presented. This is in sharp contrast to almost all places when you opt for the AYCE they insult you as if you are a lower class citizen by bringing sashimi orders that are cut sliver thin or limited to max orders, or by 2 inch thick rolls of rice in the makis, or by putting a peanut sized fish on top of a mountain of rice and calling it nigri, all in their illusion that this somehow maximizes their profits, and the idiotic AYCE customers will still come back to eat that garbage. Nope, this place obviously operates by the right philosophy that if you provide good food at good value, people will come. I will be for sure, keeping fingers crossed that with increased popularity, this place won't start cutting corners and drift down in their quality.
You like Japanese food, and you eat a lot? Run, don't walk to this place and indulge in the deliciousness my friend. -
Review from Shanley W.
Toronto, ON
3/11/2011
Yum! Went yesterday for dinner, did the AYCE and it was great! We went with menu A because my partner and I are vegetarian so the more expensive menu is pointless.
The food is sooo good. The inari roll, avocado salad, veggie tempura.. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the seaweed & avocado salad but I think that's more personal taste preference than anything.
The service is good, if not a bit pushy. They're so quick about clearing away empty dishes, and really fast about bringing new food. The only weird thing was when we finished we had to wait 5-10 minutes before any one came by so we could ask for our bill, not sure what that was about?
Other than that, awesome, beer is cheap, I'd definitely go back and recommend it to friends. -
Review from Terry P.
6/27/2011 ROTD 1/13/2012
Echo has great cheap lunch specials (bento boxes for $7 - $8) but the real reason to come here is the All You Can Eat menu. I prefer to go at lunch. The price is great (about $13 on weekdays and $15 on weekends) and the selection is awesome. They don't have sashimi at lunch but they do have a wide selection of sushi, handrolls, and maki. They also have a huge assortment of hot items. My most favorite of the non-sushi items: avocado seaweed salad, tempura shrimp, garlic beef, beef ribs, and teriaki salmon. There are also a few desserts: ice cream (vanilla, mango, or green tea), ice cream with kiwi, ice cream with tempura banana, and mango pudding. The mango pudding is awesome and the mango ice cream goes well with the tempura banana.
The dinner selection is a little different as you get to choose between Menu A or Menu B, with one of them being about $3 more expensive but including sashimi. I think the dinner prices are about $20 - $25, depending on weekday or weekend.
Regardless of lunch or dinner, if you choose to go with All You Can Eat, you will be given a pen and order form to place your order, and then your food will start coming. Once you're done your first round of food, they will give you another order form. The service is incredibly efficient, and I guess maybe some people could confuse it with rudeness. The servers don't make small talk that's for sure - they really only speak if you ask them a question. But they bring your food and clear your plates so fast your head will spin. I do have two annoyances: One, the food comes in a totally random order, so it is not uncommon for example to get your tempura shrimp before you get your salad. Second, on the order form you have to indicate the quantity of each item. It's obvious how this works when ordering maki rolls or a salad - if you want two red dragon rolls, you write "2". But on the other items, the quantities are a wild guess. If you order "1" calamari, you get two tiny rings. But if you order "1" spicy chicken, you get a big dish of breaded chicken that will make it hard for you to finish your meal. They really need to standardize what it means to order 1 of something. I have been there many times and still struggle to remember sometimes if "1" is a lot of something or just a little bit.
Having said that, this is great value and you can find me here for lunch at least 2 or 3 times a month. -
Review from Giuliana B.
SCARBOROUGH, ON
8/21/2010
My friend and I were driving through the area and decided to go in. The place is small, and it was very busy, but we still got a table right away. We were handed a menu and three sheets on which to tick off our choices. We decided to go for choice B, ($20.99) as it has more options than A ($17.99). We went on a Friday night, and prices are higher by a couple of dollars on fri-sun than on weekdays.
We chose about 6 or 7 of their special rolls, some sashimi, sushi pizza, veggie and shrimp tempura, and some nigiri. We were a little scared that this would be way too much food for two girls, but we were really hungry. The fist part of what we ordered came out very fast and we were impressed. The sashimi was all very fresh, and the nigiri delicious. We finished all we had in fromt of us, but we were still missing all our rolls and a few other things from our order. So we waited. And then we waited some more. And more. 30 minutes went by and no one brought out the rest of our food, cleared our plates, or checked in on us. At this point my friend called over the waitress, who came by, dropped off a new order sheet on our table and walked away. Fine, we'd re- order what we wanted and had clearly gotten lost on its way.
A few minutes later the first half of our second order shows up. The shushi pizza was good, but it had pickled onions on top, which I've never had on sushi pizza before, however I didn't mind it. The spicy salmon roll was good, but no spicy enough for me. The crunchy roll was yummy, as were the green and red salmon rolls, all good. Not great, but good. However we were still missing the second half of the items that we had re-ordered.
I called the waitress over and she told me sorry, but we lost the sheet, so can you please re-order what you are missing? Again? Really? At this point both my friend and I were pretty annoyed, so we told her all we wanted was the "firehouse" roll and our bill, thank you very much. Well, the firehouse roll was good and weird at the same time. It had banana in it, spicy tuna and tempura flakes on top. The combination was yummy, but I'm still surprised to find banana in my sushi.
This AYCE is good, and the selection you get is great for the money, and everything is really fresh, however the service was so attrocious that for the first time in a very long time I found myself wanting to tip less than generously. I'm going to give this place one more shot, since maybe they were just having an off day, but that's all they get, and I hope that the next time around my food doesn't get lost on its way to my table.
Also worh noting, they don't have debit available, so have cash or credit available when you come here.Listed in: Sushi!!!!
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Review from Melissa G.
North York, ON
3/24/2009
Echo Sushi is officially added to my list of great sushi restaurants in this great city we all call Toronto!
I had my first experience at this restaurant tonight but I was very impressed with the freshness and quality of the fish and veggies in the sushi rolls I hungrily devoured.
My friend and I decided to go for the ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI option, but what makes Echo Sushi so smart is that they offer 4 different levels of ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI so you are able to either pay a cheap rate for amazing sushi or go a level or two higher to get insane stuff like octopus.
I selected the first level (BUFFET A) and I had a ton of things to choose from.
In the end, I ordered with my friend the following rolls, which were delicious:
- Rainbow Roll
- Catepillar Veggie Roll
- Spicy Salmon Roll
- Fire and Ice Roll
- Firecracker Roll
- Red Dragon Roll
In addition to the large selection, you can get any roll in hand roll or sushi roll format.
As well, they offer up a ton of appetizers like warming miso soup, crunchy green salad and tons of green tea and water to go around.
The total cost for my meal tonight was $13.99.
This is what I call AMAZING for sushi that was delicious and for a menu that had pages of options to pick from.Listed in: Best Sushi in town!
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
3/2/2010
My partner and I love Echo. The sushi is very fresh and the AYCE menu is quite extensive, with many creative maki. Teriyaki is also excellent here. The tempura is crisp and tasty. Brown rice maki is also on the AYCE menu for a change of pace.
Spend the extra bucks for the "B" menu - there are many more choices including sashimi, if you are watching carbs. The ark clams taste really fresh here as does the white tuna.
Servers are very polite and pleasant and much more attentive than in many AYCE sushi venues.
Green tea ice cream with kiwis is a nice dessert offered with the AYCE menu.
Very busy on weekends.Listed in: Eating Places from Special…
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Review from Karl R.
2/16/2010 11 photos
A great all you can eat sushi place. The format should be familiar by now. You get a tick sheet, indicate which items you want, they bring it to you, and you can get another tick sheet when you're done and order more. The trick to some of these places is getting the items you've actually ticked.
Echo Sushi nails it. Their weekend AYCE is more expensive than a couple previous places I've reviewed but it's worth it. There's a more extensive salad and dessert menu. Fried banana and ice cream? Mmmm. And the avocado salad was a nice change from the salad with soy/vinegar/ginger dressing you usually get at a sushi restaurant.
Service is prompt, attentive, but not effusive or hovering. The items you tick, you get. The salmon and avocado roll was mind blowingly awesome.
It's a fairly small joint. Nothing fancy schmancy here either. But what really matters is the food and service and variety and they nail it nicely. -
Review from Nikolaos N.
Montréal, QC
7/1/2009
One word I will forever associate with Echo Sushi is "choice". But it doesn't end there the sushi was very fresh. Probably the freshest sushi I have ever tasted in a AYCE sushi place. Everything was great the rolls, the Sashimi, and the small "eats" like the tempura battered veggies.
I would defiantly go back there and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of sushi. If you are one of those people who automatically poo poo AYCE sushi I urge you to try Echo Sushi, it might just change your mind.
Not only that the price is just right! It's definitely one of my must visits whenever I'm in the Toronto area. -
Review from Jenny T.
2/6/2010
I went to this place twice for all you can eat sushi. It was recommended by a friend. The place was great, you wouldn't think that a sushi place this far away from all the others would be so good but it is! Like other reviewers have said, the selection is stellar and they don't put too much rice or other fillers in their rolls.
I like the option of having brown rice with the sushi too! The thing is, if you ask for brown rice in substitution for an item that normally has white rice, the server will tell you they charge extra for that. That's definitely a con. I like their fruit with ice cream desert too, but again if you ask for extra fruit, that's an extra charge.
Regardless of that though, I still really like this place and have ventured via TTC twice, and would definitely come back again. -
Review from Joyees Y.
Scarborough, ON
3/13/2010
Nothing special, even by AYCE standards, and far from one of the best AYCE.
First off the start: no all you can drink, I was a little disappointed but that's okay I like tea. Anyways...well the fish was okay, better than most AYCE actually so I'll say splurge for the "B" menu cause the sashimi is the best thing on the menu. Everything else is either average or below average.
Let's talk spicy salmon roll, pretty easy but their sauce was not very good and it's just sloppily topped on salmon, I prefer it to be mixed with the salmon so it evenly coats it. I know being snobby about spicy salmon is like being snobby about reality tv but it just makes more sense.
Their beef sashimi, I always have to talk about beef sashimi. It was crap, normally I'll order tons of it but this I ordered it once and never again, it was so obviously frozen but they didn't even thaw it properly so it was bland with some weird freezer flavors.
Their sirloin cubes were terrible. Over cooked and you can tell they were using a cheap cut and pretty low quality beef, no higher than AA.
Tempura was standard. And their miso soup sucks. But one other thing I liked was the grilled eggplant, I like that they cooked it with what I think is the tempura sauce (or something similar) which matches the eggplant perfectly.
Dessert was very disappointing. They only had one ice cream and it's freaking vanilla! I had a fried banana that looked baked, cause there is no way something deep fried can be so colorless, it looked as white as that vanilla ice cream! The mango pudding is atrocious so don't do it.
I'm sure there were other food ordered but none that is particularly memorable.
Ten-ichi and Akina are better. -
Review from Tina N.
Toronto, ON
1/16/2010
We went to Echo Sushi for the all-you-can-eat sushi (this place is always full every time I pass by). The sushi was very good, and very fresh. I love the variety of different rolls you get to choose from and that they have the option of brown rice too! They have gotten very creative with their rolls!
The food was served very promptly after each order and the servers were very polite and friendly. Overall, tasty food with reasonable prices!Listed in: AYCE Sushi Restaurants!
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Review from Edwin A.
3/20/2010 1 Check-in Here
A disappointment.
Even in terms of AYCE (all you can eat) sushi.
What's different on the menu is the brown rice sushi roll selection. They were the worst thing we ordered. The brown rice on the outside of the rolls look red , red like red bean and tastes sweet to boot. Yuck!
The Udon soup with spicy beef, the beef was sweet not spicy?
The panfried dumplings were steamed?
What the heck?
Just an average all you can eat sushi place with the standard rolls and cooked food selection. Don't expect good food, and if it's good it's a surprise. You can't trust everything on the menu will be done properly.
I had high expectations here. Why? Because yelpers scored this place a 4 star at the time of this writing, plus I saw a sign on the store window being voted best sushi place from dine.to
We had to try it. It sucked and now we know.
2 stars I had much better. -
Review from Jason Y.
6/15/2011
Had to have AYCE sushi in toronto and we chose this place - well worth it! At $21/person, we ate a plethora of sashimi, sushi rolls, salad, assorted hot food, and dessert to account for the price. I would definitely suggest getting sashimi instead of nigiri - the sashimi cuts were worlds better, fresher, and thicker than the cuts on top of the nigiri pieces. Left very full and satisfied!
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Review from Keith C.
Updated - 10/8/2010
Went there again today. For someone reason, the sushi wasn't very fresh. In fact, the avocado's in the sushi's that I ordered looked really old and seemed to have oxidized. Also got some spicy beef udon this time instead of the eel hot pot rice and the beef was not spicy at all.
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10/4/2010
All you can eat sushi that is made in front of you for less than $20? Seriosuly. This is awesome.… Read more »
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Review from Katherine W.
Toronto, ON
11/2/2010
Decent for all you can eat sushi. However, the restaurant gets busy at times and I have had to wait for a table a few times, especially on weekend evenings.
The service is fast and friendly enough. Selection is also quite large with the more expensive "B" menu. Everything is quite fresh and brown rice sushi is offered as part of the AYCE menu. -
Review from Alan G.
London, ON
3/5/2010
I'm not a variety guy when it comes to sushi. I am a bread-and-butter, give me huge quantities of salmon sushi/sashimi type of guy. From this standpoint I was very satisfied with Echo. Their fish was fresh, and the AYCE price was reasonable. Prompt service, and a very tasty fried banana dessert that I've never encountered before at an AYCE sushi place. Good job!
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Review from Jamie B.
North York, ON
7/19/2010
I love this place I've tried various ayce sushi places but the quality matched the price. This place is better. Must try. It can get busy.
