Akabane Sushi

Average AYCE place. I come here because of the convenient location after I’m done my shopping in the adjoining plazas. Service is friendly and they asked if everything was good multiple times.
My only complaint is no Tempura Shrimp during lunch whereas everywhere else serves it during lunch. If they changed this, they would get way more of my business whenever I need my fix of AYCE Japanese food.

We were going to go to a more well-​known AYCE sushi place but it started pouring buckets so my friends and I sought refuge at this location. Definitely recommend coming to here when there’s no one there; the service is really fast, and the quality of food is decent for AYCE. My group of friends arrived at 4PM and we were the only group there. As peak hours approached, more and more people came and service got slower (but so did our appetites). I was surprised they let us eat there for so long, but it was a really nice comfortable touch to end off an evening.

The restaurant itself is very dark and gloomy. They really need some better lighting (yes, i realize thats the look they are going for, but not everyone that dines there is on a first date). Anyways, the food is decent, and the selection is extensive.
I would agree with other reviewers that the service is weak. Would increase the star rating if service improved.

This place isn’t bad and I think it deserves 2.5 stars, not 2 and not 3.
We did the all you can eat dinner menu at around 3 pm because we couldn’t decide what we wanted.
Had the Moscow Roll, Golden Phoenix roll, some mackerel, salmon and snapper sashimi, green dragon roll, grilled mackerel and a few other dishes including soup.
So how was it?
Service: Friendly, though this could be because we were the only table there.
Décor/​Ambiance: pretty good and clean
Food:
Sashimi — seemed okay, but not amazingly fresh.
Maki rolls (green dragon, moscow and golden phoenix) — I wouldn’t say they are amazing, but they are basically what you expect from an AYCE place in Markham. Very average.
Grilled mackerel — this was probably the best dish. Felt fresh and had a good lemon zest to it. We ended up ordering 3 dishes of this after sharing the 1^st dish.
If I’m in the area and possibly it’s the closest restaurant, I would go, but it’s not super good either. For some reason, the AYCE sushi places in the west end taste better than the east end, which is surprising. Maybe it’s because there are so many that «pop up» in the east end that they treat it like «Canadian Chinese food» and best value instead of focusing on quality.
I have yet to find an AYCE sushi place that I totally enjoy in the east end. :-(

I popped into Akabane for a quick lunch. Despite doing AYCE sushi for $ 10 Monday through Thursday, you could hear a pin drop in there. I was their only customer during what should have been peak hours.
The place is nicely decorated (strikingly similar to Thai Basil on Major Mackenzie and Bayview) but something seemed off as I waited for a menu. Perhaps it was the deafening silence or the damp smell. The service was friendlier than many places of the same caliber but I was put off by the waitress who multitasked serving me and sweeping the floor.
The menu is a merger of Japanese and Thai. I had a shrimp and scallop noodle soup. They skimped me on the scallops; I believe I counted five. Like many have pointed out, they do a 10% service charge, which is typical for AYCE joints.