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Sake Sushi Bar
Category: Restaurants Sushi Bars Sushi Bars [Edit]
699 Bloor St WToronto, ON M6G 1L5
Neighbourhoods: Koreatown, Bickford Park, Seaton Village
(416) 916-0313
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
8 reviews for Sake Sushi Bar
8 reviews in English
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Review from Stephanie C.
Toronto, ON
4/3/2012
My friends and I converged to Sake Sushi bar after spending a night drinking a few bottles of soju and (badly) belting out karaoke tunes.
It was a busy Saturday night in Koreatown and Sake was no exception. We walked in and from first appearances all of the tables were full. But lucky for us, they had a table available for five more slightly inebriated people like ourselves.
I liked their menu: order from the A, B, C's which is a dish and your choice of drink, either five beers or one bottle of soju. The dishes are tapas style and we ordered a variety of plates like spicy salmon, tempura, teriyaki noodles and sushi rolls. The food tasted great and my favourite was salmon pieces served with salad and marinating in a spicy sauce. My friends and I devoured it!
The staff was friendly, accommodating and very patient. We weren't the only drunks in the restaurant and their service was top notch. I'm coming back but slightly more sober. -
Review from Lynn C.
2/12/2012
The first hint about this place is the name of the restaurant--if you're in a sake sushi bar, expect to drink. This place is super awesome for groups of people who is looking to spend the night drinking. Keep ordering the drinks the free food just keeps coming. We were stuffed with alcohol and yummy eats by the end of the night.
Now my knowledge of the Japanese and Korean culture doesn't seem to be up to par, because things here get me a bit confused. The place is in Korea Town, the name is Japanese, the people who work there is japanese, the menu has japanese, but the side dishes that come, the combinations of alcohol and food, dishes like pancakes and fire chicken is pretty Korean.
Not that it matters, because you're not here to be a "foodie", you're here to drink, and then eat yummy whatever food they bring you. The sushi is actually pretty good. The sashimi pretty fresh too. Like someone said below, you can get a 30 piece sashimi+5 beers and a ton of side dishes for $32--why not?
The servers here are super polite, super pretty, and super efficient. For someone's birthday, the had a cake (sashimi cake?) and they flickered the lights on and off and happy birthday music played. Pretty funny.
Honestly, great place for a night out in town.Listed in: Japanese in the GTA, Restaurants that Accommodate…
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Review from Tina H.
Toronto, ON
12/30/2011
My review may be biased because I know the people who run this place. However, I've been to about 30 or more sushi places in Toronto, and I honestly got to say that SAKE when measuring how much quality food I get while placing price constant,- it's a pretty good deal. Individual menus are comparative to other places, but their COMBO menu (which seems difficult but actually is quite straight forward if you understand it) is really affordable.
The crowd is young and loud and most of the time, the place is pretty full, so I guess if you're looking for a quiet candle-lit dinner, this isn't your place unless you come before 7. However, if you like lively, exciting atmosphere, super nice staff, with cheap sake+sushi/sashimi/ other food combination deals, then this place is for you! -
Review from Toronto L.
Toronto, ON
8/6/2011
The Toronto Lover system:
5 stars = Must visit!
4 stars = Really good. I take my friends here.
3 stars = Somewhat worth it... if you have nowhere better to go.
2 stars = Below average. Attend only when necessary.
1 star = Do not visit!
The problem with having a thousand sushi joints in the city is that it makes it ok to offer discount sushi. We forget that sushi is supposed to be a delicacy: the fish should be of the highest quality and flavour. The 30 piece sushi and maki set for $17 or Caterpillar Roll for $9 is now the comparable, but it has to make you wonder.
Let me review Sake Sushi this way... it's a bar: expect loud music, tables full of people drinking sake and beer, and platefuls of food arriving quickly and flavourlessly. The same way one might order nachos or fries at the pub, throngs of youngsters order Philadelphia and Red Dragon Rolls at Sake Sushi as they down their drinks before heading out into the Koreatown area.
The atmosphere is fun. The service is very good. The food is below average.
2 stars -
Review from Emily T.
Toronto, ON
11/10/2008 1 photo
Mmmmmm SUSHI!!
Toronto has hundreds upon hundreds of sushi bars. Many of them are basically the same; bento boxes, sashimi, rolls, etc. What sets Sake apart is the atmosphere and great staff who work there! I've been a regular at Sake (once Mittomi until earlier this Fall) for a couple of years. Every time I go in I get greeted by a cheerful unison of 'hello's' and a warm, friendly embrace of great service.
If you like the White Stripes (the band) you may notice the very red, white, and black colour scheme, offsetted nicely by some neat Japanese art work on the walls. Best of all, they make a killer dynamite roll!
Mmmmmm...sushi..... -
Review from Kat T.
1/31/2011
The authentic Japanese staff generated quite a discussion about the merits of sushi du Vancouver vs T.dot sushi joints largely run by Chinese folks. Sake seemed to me to be authentic because of the sake selection and the crazy cartoon-filled menu. This place has as many bottles as the more upscale Fune Sushi, but a college-town/pre or post Karaoke kind of ambiance. The set menu of 5 beers plus tons of food had to be explained to me, but I ended up with the usual Chirasi bowl and some edamame. The spicy tuna roll at the other end of the table has real hunks of tuna, not just the left over bits mashed up with sauce. So, that's always a plus. Rolls are not cheap, but sashimi was, that confused me a bit. Even the vegetarian crispy roll is $8. So, ordered just fish on top of rice was a bargain at $11.
To complete my authentic Japanese experience, I wanted some sake and since I was drinking solo, ordered the Sake Sochu cup. The cup cracked me up! It's a glass with a sardine-esque roll-back lid. I bought these for 100 yen in Osaka at Don Quixote! Here you can get your sake on for $8.
Kompai! -
Review from Angela L.
7/4/2010
Call us K-town n00bs, cuz that's apparently just what we were until now. Having parked our bikes at the nearest available posts with full intentions of heading to Clinton's, we screached to a halt at the sight of the chalkboard sign that silently screamed: "5" BEERS + "30" PCS SUSHI OR SASHIMI + APPETIZERS "$31.99". What's with all the quotations!?, we sillily asked each other. There must be a catch! We timidly entered to be greeted by an uber cheerful server who handed us a double-sided laminated menu and waited patiently for the okay to seat us.
The dizzying menu consisted of A's, B's, and C's, which allowed you to choose from drinks (assorted beer and sake), sushi, sashimi, dons, udon, the list went on and on. We decided to go with a spicy mixed sashimi bowl (which was actually even cheaper at $22.99 for the combo). With no expectations (but lots of curiosity), we were blown away as dish after dish of appetizers arrived. McCain-type greasily delicious fries drizzled with ketchup, green salad swimming in zippy ginger dressing, spicy salmon and onion stirfry, Japanese pancake drenched in mayo and sweet okonomiyaki sauce, even a bowl of canned peaches too. The spicy mixed sashimi arrived in a towering heap garnished with a whole handful of nori threads.
Although I probably wouldn't come back especially for the food itself, the dishes were all actually pretty good accompaniments to the Canadians. Obviously, it was also a hell of a steal. Beside the crazy combo deals, Sake also has cheap a la carte tapas and sake shots you could buy with mere handfuls of change. -
Review from Rollin S.
Toronto, ON
8/26/2009
Amazing service, great prices and very well made authentic sushi.
Since the place is owned and operated by a young couple, you can expect quality and consistency. I have been going to sake regularly since they started (last year) and they have never failed to disappoint. They also have live jazz music every Thursdays.
