Taki Japanese Restaurant

Passing through to see the Niagara Falls, and wanted to get some sushi.
After seeing the reviews for this place I figured I'd give it a try.
From the outside, this place doesn't look very appealing. However, once inside it is a very cozy spot. We didn't have reservations but were sat right away.
We started with a miso soup and hot sake. And for our main course we got a Philadelphia roll and a Rainbow roll. They were all really good and the service was very prompt.
For dessert we got the fried ice cream. It was delicious and the perfect size.
If you're visiting and craving sushi, I'd recommend coming here for a good meal and a nice time.

The food here was amazing. I had a couple hours to kill so walked the 1.5 miles from my hotel here.

I loved the atmosphere and the genuine authenticity of the decor, menu, and setup. Plenty of drink options but you'll be blown away by the variety of appetizers and various sushi rolls to choose from and just a selection you can't find elsewhere. Like squid, pumpkin, and more.

They also have some delicious ice cream and green tea lattes.

Everything I had was amazing, and I honestly wanted more, but knew I shouldn't.

My only problem was the service was kind of slow. Food came quick, but after I was sat I wasn't greeted for several minutes and it took awhile for my waitress to come back to take food order.

But other than that, amazing all around.

I was so excited to come here based on the reviews and how close it was to where we were staying. My 5 yr old LOVES sushi so going to a Japanese restaurant is always a must when we travel. I was told the oolong tea was lightly sweetened... which means, not at all. And believe me, I am not a sweet tea drinker (I make my own teas at home so they don't taste like sugar water) but c'mon... lightly means lightly not non-existent.

The place was empty when we showed up around 2pm, and that should have been our first warning. Their miso soups are tiny servings and mostly onions with barely any tofu.

The waitress was very hard to understand and apparently so was my husband as she got his entire order wrong - even his drink order of the house wine. The specialty rolls are so big you can't fit them inside your mouth in one bite. I don't know about most people, but I like having ALL the ingredients of the roll in my mouth at once and not taking a bite from a roll, eating it in pieces instead. They charge extra for spicy mayo and ginger sides (which are small) and I could not wait to try some of the desserts... like the black sesame ice cream! I'd never heard of it.

Well, there's a reason for that. This is the first restaurant that serves that flavor. What does it taste like? Like the smell of burned sesame oil in a pan, and then licking the pan once it gets cold. Probably the most awful ice cream flavor I've ever tried in my life. I mean, SO BAD. Who eats that stuff?!

I wanted to try the Japanese jelly dessert but we were already $70 in at this point... so no. A total waste of $70. I so wish we'd just gone to Hooters for $20. Won't be back. Ever.

Note: This review is based on my experience for lunch on a Saturday. So I cannot comment on dinner or dinner pricing.

A fellow Yelper + friend brought me here on our way to Buffalo and I was actually impressed. From the street, the building doesn't look like much. To be honest, it looks a bit abandoned, but it's a different story from the restaurant which is located on the second level.

(Friend comes here somewhat frequently because he likes it so much. He said staff and chef are actually Japanese.)

Since it's a Japanese restaurant, I wanted to try their sushi for lunch, so I ordered a combo that gave me a bit of 5 nigiri + 6 maki ($13), plus I upgraded my regular salad to a seafood salad for an extra $4 (small). The small size was quite generous portion, you could probably be full on just having a large seafood salad for lunch!

Food was good, sushi was fresh. My friend had some kinda Japanese Hamburg Steak with some grated radish on top. I tasted a bit of that and it was really good!

I rated this a full 5* due to the fact that there aren't many good sushi options in that area and it's great value. If you're in the mood for sushi and you're near the Falls, check this place out!

Still as good as ever! This time, we ordered the sushi roll set for 4. It came with 4 salads (with their signature ginger dressing), 4 miso soups, 8 gyoza (pan fried to a delightfully crispy finish, although the meat on the inside wasn't that tasty), 8 shu mai (fish meat instead of the pork meat - loved it!), edamame, and 48 rolls (soft shelled crab, fried imitation crab, fried shrimp tempura, BBQ eel, spicy salmon crisp, spicy tuna crisp, spicy tuna crisp with shrimp, and california). Each roll type had 6 pieces, with the exception of the soft shelled crab which had 8. They actually gave us two extra pieces!

It was an absolutely filling and delicious meal! My favourite was the soft shelled crab. The California roll was also filled with fish eggs instead of the typical cucumber. My only complaint would be that there was way too much spicy mayo and the crisp. It made me really thirsty after!

We also got scallop sashimi as an appetizer. Their sashimi was so fresh, tender, and sweet! Loved it a ton. We also ordered ankimo (monk fish liver) and tried it for the first time. The taste is a bit fishy, but the onion, ponzu sauce, and scallions balanced out the flavours!

For dessert, we were given the option of ice cream or deep fried ice cream. Unfortunately, they didn't let us order their famous black sesame ice cream. I got the ginger ice cream, which lacked ginger taste and was full of candies ginger. It was super creamy and was a generous portion too!

The waitress was also super friendly and kind. Will definitely come again, but next time for its sashimi!

This place didn't close down because of the owner's retirement, it closed down because of shit service and shittier food.

It's on the 2nd floor, not noticeable outside but quite spacious inside.

They have some special types of sushis, such as pumpkin tempura rolls, spicy lobster mayo rolls, etc. But they made them with too much rice. You could see there were two layers of rice outside of the seaweed rolls.

My boyfriend ordered salmon teriyaki combo and he was happy with it.

Service was good.

Totally Dissatisfied. I asked for a Cabernet and got Chardonnay. I asked for a cucumber with avocado roll on soy paper but she brought two rolls... a cucumber roll and an avocado roll after saying she couldn't do that... both were gross. My salad had more dressing than salad and needed a straw to drink. The lettuce wasn't washed and our waters were never refilled.
And if you want to feel like you licked the inside of a burned oven, try the Black sesame ice cream.

Very nice location, very close to Niagara Falls attractions. On site parking is a nice plus. Restaurant is on the second floor. Comfortable seating. We came for lunch on Thanksgiving Day (not a holiday in Canada). The prices for their lunch menu were very reasonable, a great value. Lunch comes with miso soup, salad and the entree. The miso soup was excellent. The inger dressing on the salad was delicious. The the entrees we each ordered different items and they were all very good.

I really hope they do well! Not much business when we stopped by for lunch on a weekday, but a really pleasant place with free wifi and many different seating arrangements available (traditional Japanese style, privacy curtains, regular seating, etc). We just had sushi so we opted for a lunch special udon as well as a bento fish box. There was so much food that came out! Everything was really very tasty and well done and with such reasonable prices. Would definitely recommend this place to get your cravings satisfied!