Bistro Japonais Furusato

The price is not $$, a normal katsudon costs 12.5, a big sukiyaki costs 55, and I found that there was no ramen in this resto. The worst part is that the waiter didn’t serve us with drinking water until I asked her, which was 20 minutes from when we got seated.

I’ve been coming to Futosato for years now. Way back when it used to be Osaka. Good and simple Japanese food and sushi. I find it a bit overpriced for what it is and the menu is very limited. Here in Montréal, we are blessed with so many good Japanese restaurants and sushi places and this one here doesn’t make the cut anymore! It used to be the place to go to when in search of great and affordable food. The service is ok. Sometimes confusing and long. I just don’t find that it is worth the wait and effort anymore! Be sure to call and make reservation especially on Fridays and Saturdays!

Obviously the Japanese food in Montréal need a lot of improvement in both food quality and presentation.
I went to there at late night 9 pm. Although restaurant was about to close, I had no problem entering and having meal there. When I arrived, there were five groups of people so approximately 13 people were there. I was honestly surprised to see so many people in late 8pm.
The first thing I noticed was that the place was horribly disorganized and dirty in looks. The «sushi bar» was so fully filled with kitchen appliances that there is absolutely no space for a human being to sit down and have a meal. Also, there were dust all over the floor which I assume that they have not cleaned or sanitized for a long time. The owner of this place should put more care to the sanitation of this place.
Despite the messy and dirty appearance inside, I gave myself a confidence that this place’s food should be good since there are so many people in that late night plus some of my friends recommended me this restaurant.
The menu was merely common menu you can see in any Japanese restaurant. There were appetizer, entrée and 2 dollars cheap dessert. As a person grew up in Japan, I found the menu quite boring and unfortunately, I could not find any trait of this restaurant. In addition, the menu was too large for the size of their kitchen which left me a questionable impression on freshness of their food.
I had a grill of saury and katsudon which is a pork frit on rice. The both dish had a bit of problem in terms of their taste and how they are cooked.
First, the saury grill was not fresh AT ALL. It came with guts, which I believe is quite common way to eat saury in Japan. However, if saury is fresh, the guts have a taste of body mixed with bitterness and sweetness. In comparison, old saury gut tastes simply as strong bitterness. Unfortunately, what I taste was only bitterness, not sweetness or body at all. The usual way to grill not fresh saury is to remove all guts, because grilling the old fish with bitter guts will make the edible part of fish smell and taste horrible. I was quite dissapointed at that point.
Secondly, the katsudon was so thin and way over salted that there is barely no flavor of pork. The way they make katsudon is not very impressive to me. Trust me, you do not want to eat a katsu (fried pork with panko) without any crunchy texture with it. The katsu was so small and thin, plus there was a wired flavor with it. I guess the flavor come from the sauce they use, but I do not have any idea what they use because I have never tasted a katsu like that. The egg with katsu was over cooked and over salted. I highly doubt that this is done by a experienced chef. The miso soup was sour which is quite wired and not tasteful.
In my opinion, I think this place is good for people who have no experience with Japanese food, however, personally I would not recommend this place to my friend.

I wanted to love this place, but $ 82 worth of dry sushi later, I’m not impressed. Décor and waitstaff were lovely, but the food just did not hold up. If you’re looking for high quality sushi rolls, I do not suggest here.

I’ve always passed in front of here but never been. And now that I have, I judge myself for not going here before! It’s a really small place, but the food is very good!
We had the salmon sashimi, which was really good quality, and I had the chicken teriyaki. The chicken teriyaki comes with miso soup and rice as a side. Most of their main courses comes with small side orders, which makes it even better! The chicken teriyaki was delicious, and everything was just perfect.

best sushi i ever had in Montréal. we order sashimi and sushi combo, tofu as appetizer, some rolls, like spicy salmon and huwaii. its enough for 3 persons. its around 40 for each person. the food deserves this price.

Had the tempura ramen. I was not impressed, as I wasn’t into the broth and nothing else about it was very good.
The service was good, but I probably won’t go back.

Small cozy Japanese restaurant tucked away in downtown. Really enjoy their lunch menu. Ordered the maki combo and fish was fresh. Nothing pretentious. Nice courteous staff.

Very good japanese food and the cutest service you will ever get. Make sure to get a reservation at night because it’s usually full.

This is my no. 1 Japanese restaurant. The food is great. My favorite choices are unadon and sashimi. In fact, everything tastes good. The service is also wonderful and warm. Very nice place.

Worst Sushi Rolls ever. Mostly composed of rice with very little fish, and the rolls fall apart so easily… These are really not skilled professional sushi chefs. I truly do not understand how they can have such overall rating on Unilocal

La devanture né rend pas hommage a la qualité du restaurant mais il s’agit du poisson le plus frais goûté jusqu’alors. La coupe des morceaux de poissons est parfaitement exécutée, ce qui est de plus en plus rare !

This is the place to go for fresh, delicious sashimi. I agree with other reviewers that the menu feels overpriced — with the exception of the sashimi platter. The platter comes with miso soup, rice, and 2 – 3 pieces each of salmon, tuna, octopus, sole, scallop, yellowtail and mackerel (19 pieces in total) for $ 37. If you’re a fan of sashimi, I don’t see how you can choose anything but this platter. Usually when hubby and I go, he gets the platter, I’ll get a couple appetizers, and we share. Total comes out to about 50 pre-​tax (no drinks) and we leave happy, stuffed, and most importantly, not worried about suffering from food poisoning. Because seriously — is it worth it to spend $ 20 pp on a dodgy sushi buffet so that you can «eat your money’s worth» of sushi only to suffer the consequences later? Not for me.

Been here once, don’t like the food I ordered, probably should give it another try, a little overprice

Stumbled upon it on a visit to Montréal. Small place. Friendly Japanese staff. The sushi was absolutely melt in your mouth good, fish was fresh, rolls well constructed. Wasn’t cheap but quality was good. Didn’t sample a huge amount of the menu because I was on my own, but I would return here.

Wonderful spot for dates, small groups, or alone. Has recently become more popular, so definitely get a reservation if you’re planning to go on the weekend. Very friendly staff. Extremely good sashimi for Montréal, tasty classic dishes. My girlfriend and I usually split the sashimi platter along with a few appetizers: grilled squid, petit sukiyaki, and entrée tempura especially. For dessert, try the black sesame ice cream. I love this place!

Probablement le resto de sushis le plus sous-​estimé de Montréal considérant sa devanture un peu louche. Ce resto offre des sushis simples, mais incroyablement délectables!
Le tempura est, à mon humble avis, le meilleur en ville!
Les plats japonais proposés sont bons, mais on va chez Furusato pour les gros morceaux de sashimis frais, les makis Heiwa et ceux au saumon épicé. Ce n’est pas le genre de resto de sushis fancy et extravagant, mais il reflète davantage l’authenticité d’un izakaya japonais: une ambiance simple et non-​guindée, service respectueux et le chef Akira est tout simplement charmant.
Réservation recommandée.

Not being a big fan of dynamite rolls with tempura flakes, I was looking to find a restaurant that serves fresh fish and authentic Japanese dishes and here we are!
I love the place; nothing fancy, very ordinary but clean, small but cute and cozy. The fish is extremely fresh you can taste them even sweet (no fish odor at all). Katsudon was very tasty also, will definetely return to try more.

This is a below street level tiny restaurant, and most of the tables had reserved labels on there. I suppose we were lucky to have gotten a table there.
Anyway, service was good. We were seated quickly, our orders taken, and they kept our water filled.
However, the restaurant is hot and uncomfortable. I don’t know if they have air conditioning or chose not to run the air conditioning. But if I’m going to eat raw fish, I’d like the place to feel like a refrigerator, not a swamp. So the eating experience was really dampened by the general discomfort I had sitting in the restaurant.
I ordered the sushi/​sashimi sampler, a large platter with lots of very well prepared sushi. I had never tried raw scallops before. I have to say, though slightly slimier than I was expecting, raw scallops are very sweet. I was surprised. The octopus tasted wet. Almost rehydrated. The rest of the fish was good. Mackerel was very fishy though. My kids had some rolls, which they gobbled down because they were hungry. Not sure if they even tasted it.
In any case, the sushi itself was average. The dining experience was not – it was below average. So for that, I give the dreaded two stars.

After searching up the best Japanese/​sushi restaurant in Montréal (and since Kazu was closed) Bistro Japonais Furusato came up. Seeing so many good reviews on Unilocal,I was excited to try it for dinner since me and my boyfriend were visiting from Toronto.
Boy do I wished we just stopped by any other AYCE sushi places around our hotel.
For $ 30, we got the 19 piece sushi and sashimi. After a half an hour wait (with only 4 other customers in the restaurant) the dish that came out was something you can get for half that price in Toronto with better quality.
Honestly, this place was such a disappointment. Everything else was up to par; the ambiance was nice and there’s even a corner with Japanese magazines you can browse while waiting for your food (expect to be). The servers were authentic Japanese and we’re really nice as well. They weren’t as attentive as I would like them to be, but that’s okay.
The food not only took long, but was about AYCE quality except much more expensive. I don’t understand why it has so many 5 star reviews; I’ve experienced much better places in Toronto. I was expected to see aburi but was also disappointed.
The price range is also more of $$$ than $$. Just letting you guys know.

What a great sushi place… The portions were more than satisfying and the service was quick.
The food was very fresh and the menu w
Had a large selection to choose from.
When traveling out of your normal sushi range, it’s always a cap shoot… I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a great sushi experience.

Freshest fish in montreal!

Excellent resto de type Izakaya avec des produits de qualités et des saveurs typiquement nippones. Les sushis sashimis sont fondants comme il se doit. les aubergines une tuerie ! Je me suis fixée comme challenge personnel de reproduire cette recette à la maison. Mes voisines de table ont eu la bonne idée de commander le calamar grillé et je dois dire qu’il m’a fait de l’œil, il fera parti de mon prochain Furusato.
Le service est aimable et courtois. L’ambiance est calme mais nous sommes arrivés avant le rush (18h30) et c’est tant mieux car toutes les tables étaient déjà réservées, et nous avons pu nous installer juste parce que certaines réservations commençaient à 20h. Donc la prochaine fois, on réservera pour être sûr d’avoir une table car tout le monde n’a pas eu notre chance.

Disons le simplement le meilleur Japonais de Montréal. Si vous voulez vraiment manger japonais c’est ici ! Pensez par contre à reserver !

I went there due to the good reviews I saw over the internet. Most of it is true. I went without a reservation on a Saturday night around 8:30pm. Nearly full but we had a spot. Service was good but I guess the kitchen was overloaded because it took a while to get our food. So I guess you have to be ready for this… drinking you free tea.
The food was just amazing and I am delighted to have find that place nearby. It is really good.
I saw the other reviews… I will definitely go back and will update if I experience something bad (forgotten order, etc…).

Great little restaurant, downstairs from the street. Old skool Japanese food served by extremely friendly waitresses. We had grilled yellow tail, egg custard with pieces of fish (special!) and beef tofu soup. The black sesame ice cream for desert was divine. Highly recommended. Only thing was we got the check when not finished yet, because the tables are used more times.