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Osechi Japanese Cuisine
Categories: Restaurants Japanese Restaurants Thai Japanese, Thai [Edit]
230 Commerce Valley Dr EMarkham, ON L3T 7T2
(905) 771-3988
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Noise Level:
- Average
8 reviews for Osechi Japanese Cuisine
8 reviews in English
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Review from Darren S.
Markham, ON
3/8/2012
I have mixed feelings about this place, especially after the shock of wanting to take my girlfriend to Dozo and seeing this in its place. I guess that surprise kind of clouded my judgment here, so take this review for what it's worth.
Firstly, the food was good. It is now an AYCE but you can ask for the a la carte menu. The fact that the regular menu felt "hidden" was a shame because the quality, quantity, and price of the items in it were actually quite good. Sushi felt very fresh, and the rolls were delicious.
The service was a bit meh. Perhaps this was exacerbated by those pearly-like curtains that hang down the middle aisles of the restaurant, but I had to practically wave semaphore flags (does anybody still know what they are?) to get the servers to come. They weren't rude or anything, just a little oblivious, again this is maybe due to the physical layout of the restaurant.
The decor was beautiful, but it felt out of place. The whole pink-modern theme of the restaurant seemed perfect when it was Dozo, but now feels jarringly incompatible with the new restaurant's logo and colours. It clearly felt like something that was shoehorned in a little awkwardly, although the overall atmosphere was still nice.
I would recommend it for people who are curious, but there was nothing too great or too bad about this place. The whole experience felt a little strange, but it was alright overall I guess. -
Review from Fabienne C.
Richmond Hill, ON
1/1/2012
Being less than a year old, we gave this place a try as an alternative to Ten-Ichi as recommended by a family friend. We made a reservation for 8 and upon arrival the place was quite packed (New Year's Eve). The atmosphere was nice and gave the place a light purple ambiance. Decor is quite well done. Seating was decent, unlike the compact Ten-Ichi, which has us elbow to elbow with one another.
Service was terrible. The waiters/waitresses were unresponsive to our orders (of which we think only 60% made its way to the kitchen) and consequently, customer service was terrible. There were only 5 servers visible, and food came in between ridiculously long intervals. Sometimes a single dish would arrive (the salmon belly had a large dish to itself... though it was only the size of my thumb...) and other times large dishes would flood the table.
AYCE sushi is often easily judged by the quality of its sashimi. In this case, the sashimi was served at a good temperature (cold but not frozen), though the texture was a bit on the soft side. 8/10 for me.
We ordered a ton of teriyaki/stir fries... all though they were good, they all tasted the same - we think they used the same sauce for everything, but just changed up the ingredients (i.e. broccoli in one, none in the other)
The tempura was a bit on the chewy side, though the food was all served fresh - hot off the stove you could tell.
Gotta give them points for having creative rolls though - they had mango rolls, asian rolls (avec "special sauce"), and used cream cheese in a lot of it.
The worst part about this place is definitely the dropping of our orders and inconsistent food-serving.
Best part was probably the Black Sesame Ice Cream - to die for.
The Deep fried Bananas were tasteless... the bananas themselves we suspect were not ripe enough...
I would definitely come here again, but not deliberately. For AYCE sushi, Ten-Ichi is still my #1. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
Black Sesame Ice Cream Overdosed!
Osechi Japanese Cuisine is just like DOZO everything is the same, aside from the menu, the staffs and the name of the restaurant.
Grand Opening Special 15% off is sweet... Rana L doesn't realizes that I will go for AYCE as long as I get a discount?!
Rolls, Sushi, More hand rolls made me overdosed with rice... carb high... The sushi itself are not bad at all... but as usual for all AYCE restaurants, rice and rice and more rice.
The hot items were disappointing though... most of them were not cooked fresh as they were served lukewarm.... Tempura Shrimps that have been under a heated lamp for awhile are not good. Most of the dishes were drowned in this teriyaki like starchy sauce.... that's definitely not Japanese.
But if you are like my Yelp Friend thinks highlight of an AYCE is the ice cream, then you won't be disappointed. 6 different ones to choose from, or just ask them to bring you 2 of each??
Services here was fast, efficient, indifferent.... We got food that we didn't order and everything we ordered fast.
Black Sesame Ice Cream.... Black Sesame Ice Cream.....Black Sesame Ice Cream........ -
Review from Craftlover K.
Markham, ON
11/25/2011
I thought it was newly opened, it should be quite decent.
However, when I poured the soya sauce out to the dish, I saw a little fly there (those very tiny ones) ....
ok, asked the waitress to change a new one, and the service seemed ok.
The sashimi is OK, but the Sushi pizza is really really bad, it's cold and harden (the pizza part) . I was very disappointed for that..
I also ordered fried noodles , disappointed, it's not professionally seasoned and cooked, it's more like a CHinese fried noodles.
Terriyaki beef, can't chew it, it's even worse than a bubble gum!
And do I have to mention about the flies again??
I totally saw three flies in my soya sauce dish... it's crazy! How come there were so many flies flying in the restaurant? Now you can judge the cleanness of the environment.
Sorry, I won't go back again!! -
Review from Rana L.
10/3/2011 1 photo
Thought we were coming in to DOZO but instead we found out they had closed !!!! :( So sad... it was one of my favourites places.
This place has now turned into AYCE...Jen K's favourite lol You don't have to order AYCE but if u intend on eating more... that's the way to go.
Portions were a little small imho esp the sushi pizza! But it sure was tasty. I especially loved the eel avocado roll , arctic... ^^ Not a bit sashimi fan but I did have one and it was fresh. However it was on the small side...guess you just have to order more :) Service was good.
Adult 13.95 (lunch), 22.95 (dinner)
Senior (65+) 11.95 (lunch), 19.95 (dinner)
Kids (5-12 ) 9.95 (lunch), 15.95 dinner
4 years under 2.95 (lunch & dinner)
might cost $1-2 more on special weekends.
I don't mind coming back but I might go for lunch instead.
The decor is still the same as Dozo...quite nice :) I'm gonna miss Dozo! -
Review from tom B.
11/4/2011
Apparently changed owners/names since the last time I was in the area. They have an all you care to eat lunch with penalty phase for unfinished Whig I found interesting. What I didn't find interesting was both the soy sauce and wasabi were quite tasteless. What usually would have burnt my nose hairs out quantity of wasabi I tasted nothing and the salty tang of soy sauce was missing. I'm not sure if we got a bad bottle or what but it was flavorless for both of us. The rolls we ordered came out quite fast and the chicken noodle soup I had was good, but the low flavor from the spy sauce and wasabi was a let down. We hit it after the lunch rush and service was a bit I attentive and we had to hunt someone down to pay the bill
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Review from Ed C.
North York, ON
10/31/2011
Try it last weekend. Just like any other AYCE. Service was good. Fish was fresh. The only thing I don't like was the squid - both cook/raw.
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Review from Jacky I.
Markham, ON
2/6/2012
the atmosphere is great but saw the waitress picking her nose across our table, will not go back anymore
