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Wasabi
Categories: Restaurants Japanese Restaurants Sushi Bars Japanese, Sushi Bars [Edit]
1730 Bloor St WToronto, ON M6P 1B3
Neighbourhood: High Park
(416) 762-1888
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
11 reviews for Wasabi
11 reviews in English
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Review from Mandy M.
Toronto, ON
1/9/2012
Adding my two cents:
I have to agree with the other reviewers. I live in the area and am looking for some competition price wise (Osaka down the street but SUUUPER expensive there, so we walked in and then out and back to Wasabi). We keep going back for AYCE.
However it never surprises us at about $20/person when we get sllooow hit and miss service, and hit and miss sushi. Once they forgot our order of fried bananas and waited 35 minutes, even after being told that the chef had forgotten about us, and the place is never that busy on a weekday night when we've been around.
Whenever we go there are jerks with their cellphones turned up super high, and crazy bored young children screaming and leaving their seats.
There is a cash discount so bring it.
Watch out for the weird hours and moment of store closure between 3-5pm. I've seen them in there cleaning while tired customers finish their AYCE lunch behind a CLOSED sign.
About time to try some Roncesvailles sushi instead... -
Review from Erwin M.
5/8/2011
as far as service goes, man is this place awful. I generally don't complain about service but this place takes it to a whole new level as far as terrible goes. I've never been to a restaurant where they just don't bring you what you order. We tried the AYCE, ordered a lot of stuff, but when it came to the sushi, it wasn't like they brought the wrong thing, or brought something cold or undercooked, I think what happened was, they took our order, then just decided, screw it, these people don't deserve to eat sushi today. We reminded them around 4 times but it just didn't happen for us (we heard another lady complaining that they didnt get around 5 dishes either and waited very long for nothing).
to sum up, mediocre food, ultra slow service, pretty bad interior decor. I think it is safe to say I'm never coming back and regret even trying them out. The only reason I think people come here is that they probably live around keele and bloor and are too lazy to drive to any other japanese place. Im pretty sure any other japanese restaurant would be better.
(Need to mention this Wasabi in no way resembles Wasabi restaurants found in Markham. I'm pretty sure they are the same by name only) -
Review from Erin B.
1/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
Perhaps prices have gone up since the rest of the reviewers ate at Wasabi, because it wasn't cheap. I generally eat whichever lunch special is cheapest when I stumble into random sushi places, but the cheapest lunch special listed here was $12 something. Instead I had a hamachi roll for 6.50 and miso soup for 1.50. Both were fine, but nothing to write home about. If they were super cheap I would have been happy enough. But they weren't, so I felt like I overpaid.
I'll likely eat here again because I work nearby and sometimes forget to (/am too lazy to) pack my lunch, but I'll try every other place on the street first. The hard, cold booth seating, a very very loud upright fridge, and fully mediocre service, in addition to the mediocre food, do nothing to entice me back any sooner. -
Review from William W.
Toronto, ON
1/29/2011
A bit disappointing. Service is friendly enough but painfully slow. They only gave us the all-u-can-eat menus even though you can order regular dinners. I only discovered this by grabbing a takeout menu and ordering from it-only then did she bring us regular menus.
They brought our food but it was only about 20 minutes later did they bring the food for the kids!? So we waited with our food in front of us. Unbidden she brought us extra teriyaki chicken for the kids because she didn't think it would be enough (we order one dinner for the two of them because they can't finish a whole entre on their own)--not requested and not necessary but thoughtful nonetheless. The california rolls seemed kind of flat to me. The sushi was mediocre. On the whole I can't say that the 45$ we spent for 2 adults and 2 kids was really worth it. -
Review from Fabio N.
Toronto, ON
9/28/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Simple, straightforward and cheap sushi restaurant. I've definitely had better, but you get what you pay for (as others have said).
The service is generally not bad and the place is clean. The decoration is really not their strong suit (green walls, tables, EVERYTHING? Why?), but it's not a place to hang out for too long anyway. If you're hungry and want some straight-up sushi, give it a go. -
Review from RJ S.
Mississauga, ON
3/13/2010
Open summer 2009! Fast forward to November now open!
One of my friends lives in the area and have waited very patiently for this place to open to give it a try. The moment I walked in the walls were covered in wasabi, well, it was painted green so it lived up to its name. It is very small with limited seating and not much decor.
There is the usual items that you can find at any all-you-can eat sushi place. There was one item that really stood out and that was the unagi sushi (bbq eel). Most places I've been to the unagi is smaller than the rice however here the unagi was massive where it could cover the rice no problem. It was very good, and b/c of that one item alone I would go back. The only downfall was the sashmi, it was still frozen, at least some of it was.
If you visit this place make sure you bring cash b/c you'll pay a cheaper price if you do. :-D.
Items to definetly get:
-Unagi sushi
-baby mushroom beef roll -
Review from Renata R.
4/28/2010
You get what you pay for. It's not that good looking, it's like a family restaurant, and it's cheap. I've been there like twice, and they served me pretty well.
I really like their misoshiro, and will come back for it. The sushi was only ok, but was like I expected for the price. I was completely alone in both times I was there, so the waitress only had eyes for me.
Their location is great because is very close to High Park, so if you're on a lazy sunday and want to avoid those all-day fatty breakfasts, it's just across the street, beside the giant Petro-Canada. It'll be definetely healthier (but not more delicious). For those really into good japanese food, I suggest going somewhere else. For your daily bento, it's a good option and I'm in.Listed in: Sushi & Cia
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Review from rowenna g.
York, ON
7/25/2011
What a disappointment the restaurant looked so cute and is so close to my new place. $21.99 for dinner Saturday night which is pricey but tolerable except the maki was all rice no stuffing and the fluffiest most filling unappetizing rice I ever had. It felt like they were deliberately trying to fill you up quickly to cut a bigger profit. The sushi looked lifeless and the gyoza was yucky. I have had supermarket sushi that was so much better and we felt like we were begging and inconveniencing the waitress every time we ordered more food. In the end 50$ two people and we felt yucky, frustrated and disappointed.
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Review from Stefan A.
Toronto, ON
6/13/2010
Wasabi is a relatively new Sushi restaurant. They have an all you can eat sushi deal, which is what I will be writing about.
I'm not sure if this is on purpose or not, but it seems that they do everything possible to make sure you eat as less sushi as possible. Some things that happened:
* They simply forget stuff that you ordered. This is not so strange of course, as they do not write anything down. I've been there with a group of four and ordering like a dozen of items for the first round and the waitress did not write anything down. Maybe things got lost in the kitchen.
* An order is 'one piece'. We were with a group of four and ordered the Chicken Yakitori. How many skewers did we get? Eight? Four? No, just one to share with four people. Did the waitress mention this when we ordered? Did she ask us how many? No. Same thing happened with the other items of which you expect to get at least a good amount.
* Service is slow. I'm used to all you can eat sushi places where you make a good order and the table will be full within a reasonable time. Not so much at this place. You get some items, eat those and then the table is empty and everybody is wondering when the rest of the food will come.
One star because the food is of reasonable quality. I will not go back though. I do not recommend this place. -
Review from Lin H.
Toronto, ON
2/4/2011
I went there a few weeks ago, in the mood for hot soup. The waitress sat the two of us by the window (coldest spot in the restaurant with bad red glare from the neon light) and gave us the all-you-can-eat menus. I hadn't realized it was that kind of restaurant, but just went with it.
Service: ok. She brought everything we ordered (in waves) and took a second order. The place was quite busy.
Quality: the white tuna and unagi were the best. The hand rolls were ok but had too much mayo. The maki was ok. Other sashimi was sub-par.
When we paid up front I saw the regular menus. I would have preferred to order from there. The waitress and chefs were all speaking Chinese.
Overall: Too expensive for what it is. Wouldn't go back for all-you-can-eat. Might try it again from the regular menu, only because it's walking distance from home. -
Review from John F.
North York, ON
Updated - 12/24/2009
Will keep at three stars for now, but these people really need to pay for heat in their establishment if they want customers to eat in.
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11/20/2009 First to Review
Have visited twice. Resonable AYCE sushi buffet. The non-sushi items include very good yakitori… Read more »
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