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I Zu Japanese Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Japanese Japanese [Edit]
1835 Yonge StToronto, ON M4S 1X8
Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant and Davisville
(416) 932-8349
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 11 pm
Sat-Sun 5 pm - 11 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
9 reviews for I Zu Japanese Restaurant
9 reviews in English
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Review from Imran N.
2/11/2012
Man oh man.
The chef here is amazing and has very high standards. This restaurant has been a regular stop for a group of my friends for years now, and every time i go, i can't believe how impressed i get. I have often been when the house has sent us bottles of sake. It shows generosity, customer service, and recognition for regular clientele (something i don't readily experience at Asian restaurants generally).
The place is clean, large, comfortable booths with lots of room for larger groups. Great. Service is excellent. Feels modern.
As far as the food goes, you really can't beat the quality to price value. It's a mid to mid low priced restaurant, but the prices are under quoted in my opinion. I've eaten at high end and low end Japanese restaurants, and this is the perfect place to go to try out what better quality sushi tastes like (if you're one of those people who think there can't be much of a difference).
The salmon here is like butter, the octopus is to die for, all their tataki's in their ponzu sauce is like a flavour explosion in your mouth, and they make perfectly the delicate age dashi dish.
I can't express how worth it i think this restaurant is and how high the value you are receiving is. Oh i should also mention, Japanese friends introduced us to this place. And they don't live in the mid town area.Listed in: Yonge and Egl
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
I think the Sushi God has not been kind to me! Why every other yelp reviewers has experienced a 4/5 star in term of food quality, presentations and services, and I having a 2 star experience?
Maybe I am here during lunch?
I almost have second thought when I saw that Yellow Sign "Conditional Pass" on I Zu Japanese restaurant.. but I already parked my car and I am hungry.
Lunch Sushi Set ($10.99)
- The fish on my nigiri sushi are all kind of dry... feels like they have been out in the open for awhile... and dull looking
- The maki rolls looks likes something I made at home... they are falling apart even on the plate...
I am really confused... Maybe the usual sushi chef is on leave? Maybe it is almost 2 pm he is on his break?Listed in: Japanese Restaurants in the…
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Review from Dixie Q.
Toronto, ON
3/12/2012
This is one of my regularly frequented restaurants. From other reviews, there is not much I can add, specially since I order my regular sake maki and gyoza.
I will update with specific findings from future visits. -
Review from Monica B.
Toronto, ON
8/20/2011 2 photos
Izu is a modern Japanese restaurant with a clean, spacious and super comfortable dining area. I love their dark red & black colored theme and they also have booths!
Izu offers a variety of appetizers, sushi rolls and maki, sashimi, a la cart, teppanyaki dishes, bento boxes, Japanese curry rice dishes, noodle dishes, donburi, and special combos. They also have lunch specials from 11:30-3:30pm. The prices are a bit higher for some dishes compared to other Japanese restaurants I've been too. Also, on weekends they don't open until 4pm.
I love the food here! The food is fresh, high in quality and super flavorful. The presentation of the food is nice and elegant. My favorites are the katsu don ($9.99 tender breaded chicken mixed in with eggs, veggies and rice- so filling), spicy sake maki ($4.50 6pcs), and the spicy dragon ($9.99 8pcs). I also really liked their salmon sushi pizza ($7.99) but it was too small for the price.
The service here is excellent! The waitresses were friendly, helpful and very efficient. I like how they bring you a wet hot towel to sanitize your hands before the meal, and nicely present some complimentary watermelon after the meal.
Don't forget to try their mochi ice cream ($1.50 each. Golf ball sized ice cream wrapped in rice flour). Sounds like nothing special but I'm addicted to their red bean and green tea mochi.
Overall, Izu is a beautiful Japanese restaurant that offers a variety of yummy dishes for reasonable prices. I would highly recommend this place!Listed in: Yonge & Eglinton, Asian Fusion
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Review from Heather B.
Scarborough, ON
4/26/2011 7 Check-ins Here
This place is so good for me like on a day like today when it's cold and damp - just around the corner for that sushi craving.
I prefer Supreme Sushi over this place because this place is a little pricey.
I like the feel of this place - it's a little more fancier of a setting.
When you come in - you take a seat and the hand you a hot towel to wipe your hands (Kinda like Mandarin buffet).
Just makes you feel cleaner :P
At this place I usually get the Tempura Udon Soup.
It's quite generous - I can never finish it.
It goes for $9.50, which I think is reasonable.
The lunch specials are not really 'specials' I find. The cheapest thing is $10.99. Usually lunch specials are in the $6-7 range.
The staff are friendly and the service is great. I've never had an issue with their food. -
Review from Craig P.
Brampton, ON
10/3/2011
I went there a couple times a few years ago, the sushi tasted average but the prices were higher than average.
So whenever I felt like sushi, but didn't want to go all the way down to Bloor for New Generation sushi, I'd go to Haru Sushi on the northwest corner of Yonge and Davisville. -
Review from Brenda S.
12/1/2009
1 Dec 2009: I am going to give great ratings to any sushi place that has a good vegetarian selection. Izu has several kinds of veggie maki as well as the standard tempura and salads. I got takeout (kamikaze maki) and watched the sushi chef putting it all together. Service is friendly and efficient. It was about 6 pm and the place was deserted -- hope they got more people in later on. I'll go back for eat-in sometime because it's a really pretty and warm environment.
8 Jun 2010: Finally got back there to eat in. It really is nice and quiet and comfy, and not too warm or cold. Again there were still not many people there. Service was friendly and efficient. My friend got the wrong tempura order and it was replaced quickly and without a fuss.
Now, the food -- I read something recently in which a sushi chef explained how each bite of sushi has to have a perfect balance of flavours. I think I might be just starting to understand this idea. I am by no means a sushi expert, but I know that the kamikaze rolls at Izu do it for me -- soft avocado and crunchy panko, mild rice and spicy sauce, and in a perfect big mouthful that you have to savour and pay attention to because you can't talk around it. (And you don't need soy sauce or ginger or wasabi.) Even though the flavours are delicate the combination is like sensory overload, and I'm satisfied after eight bites. -
Review from Anthony D.
Burlington, ON
2/14/2011 1 photo
Great place. Wide menu, great decor, and quite reasonable.
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Review from Grace T.
NORTH YORK, ON
8/6/2010
IZU is just a few steps from the Davisville subway station on Yonge. It is definitely my favourite japanese restaurant in Toronto. Ever since I first went 5 years ago, I rarely go anywhere else for Japanese.
Every time I go, I have a hard time deciding what to order because everything tastes so good.. The sushi here is so good, that it makes you rethink about the ones you had at other places. For example, the Ika (squid) sushi is soft and flavourful, you'd finally know the hard, crunchy stuff you had before was crap. I didn't even know it tasted like that until having it at IZU. As for maki rolls, I definitely recommend the IZU maki. For hot food, the tempura here is the best and absolutely not greasy at all. The soft shell crab is divine with huge chunks of meat and I also recommend the sukiyaki.
As for the restaurant, it was renovated last year and the spacing has tripled. The interior is very comfy and spacious where you would not feel cramped up. This is the place I take when friends come in town for a visit and they always love it.
