Hokkaido Sushi

Came here for dinner on a Thursday night for 2, there were still plenty of tables available at 7.30pm. The best thing here is that one person can get all you can eat and the other doesn’t if they feel like they cant eat that much that day (no sharing of course), which is what we did. The service was nothing to rave about, she waitress didn’t smile much.
I decided to get the volcano roll ($ 9.95) off the regular menu, with tuna, avocado and asparagus on the inside topped with spicy crab salad on top. The fish felt fresh and it was wrapped nicely, though the rice felt a bit too packed.
The all you can eat had paper menus to mark what you wanted, from what I saw the sushi, sashimi, salads and tempura looked good, the other cooked food looks mediocre the short ribs were quite fatty, and the fried fish cake was all batter. However my friend left very full and satisfied for the price ($ 18.99 on a weekday)
I would come back here just for the location but not the best place for sushi.

Delicious AYCE. I stick to tradtional rolls and some house specials. Their sushi is top-​notch. I have gone back several times.
The meats are not that great, but the seafood is amazing. Plus they have free parking which is awesome.
Nice staff too.

Hokkaido had been functional sushi, at best. It’s one of two sushi options in this area of town, so I have frequented mostly out of convenience. Never memorable. However, today was entirely horrible. I had the lunch menu with chicken teriyaki. The chicken was quite visibly frost-​bitten and taste like leather. There was no sauce. Instead about half-​pound of sprouts floated in sizzling oil. I sent the dish back, but waitress insisted I had to pay for the frost-​bitten chicken, even though I explained the demonstrable sub-​par quality and poor flavor, because I had eaten the *two* broccoli florets on the plate. Nope, not coming back.

The AYCE here is cheaper than at most other places but as always you get what you pay for. Most of the sashimi tasted fresh but some didn’t. Nothing was buttery or high quality but nothing was terrible either. The special rolls weren’t too good either. We got one with grilled salmon and avocado, and the salmon was kind of dry so it didn’t work well. The Ocean Delight roll with crab meat on top was a mishmash of flavours but I’d say it was fine. They give you way too many pieces though so it’s hard to try other rolls. The spicy salmon roll was good. I’m glad they didn’t just put spicy sauce on top of a salmon roll like some cheaper sushi restaurants do. The hand rolls have way too much rice in them. The first seaweed salad I got was great, but then the second tasted fishy. The cooked food was mostly good minus the beef enoki roll which was pretty bad. The waitresses are highly disinterested and look sad but were very efficient. It has been a few days since I ate here and I don’t feel sick so that’s a plus.
Likes:
Spicy salmon roll
Beef tataki
Chicken karaage
Deep fried calamari
Tempura
Ice cream
Dislikes:
Tempura
Sashimi
Special rolls
Hand rolls
Beef enoki roll
Miso soup

I’m on the fence about Hokkaido. The most accurate way I can describe it is «fine». It’s just fine. It’s not mind-​blowing, but it’s decent quality.
DECOR: It’s a nice and casual place, fits the Mount Pleasant & Eglinton standards. I also like that there is a patio. My only gripe would be that every time I’ve gone, the tables are sticky.
SERVICE: The staff are more attentive than they are friendly, but it’s fine. They’re knowledgeable about the items and have made good recommendations. Haven’t done delivery, but take-​out wasn’t too long of a wait which my hungry self always appreciates.
PRICES: Very reasonable and on par with other sushi joints in the city. You’ll likely spend $ 15 upwards depending on how many dishes you order or whether you do AYCE.
FOOD: I’ve only ordered sushi, but I’m definitely open to ordering some of the warm dishes like their don buri or noodle bowls as the weather gets cooler. The sushi is, again, fine — but it’s inconsistent. Sometimes the rice is warm, fresh, and you can taste the rice vinegar (which i love). But other times it’s sticky, dry, and sparse. Basically, when it’s good it’s good, and when it’s bad it’s just meh. I guess what keeps me coming back is how good the good is, and the variety on the AYCE menu. They are pretty generous on how much fish they’ll stuff into the maki rolls and it’s always fresh. The veggie rolls are pretty crisp too — it’s really just the rice that’s the letdown sometimes. I’ve seen other tables order the hot dishes and the portions looked pretty hefty, so that will be next.
OVERALL: The place is nice, it’s convenient to where I live, and there is good variety. The rice is hit or miss, but the fish/​veggies are fresh, and I’ve cleared my plate every time. I wouldn’t recommend it for a party or special night out, but if you’re jonesing for a sushi dinner that’s easy on the wallet, go for it.

Decent sushi, great service and nice place. The sushi’s quality was consistent. Not the greatest but not bad, which is good. The service was better than most places. The staff was very knowledgable and attentive. They know their stuff. The place was clean and seems to be good to stay in.

This place is great! Great lunch menu, excellent dinner menu! The lunch menu even has shrimp tempura, which are my favorite. I wish they would add the Philadelphia roll or the green dragon roll to the lunch menu.
The only thing, I noticed sometimes their roles are not consistent, sometimes it has too much rice in them.

Bad service! fish no fresh !

Not bad for AYCE. The quality is at least consistent, not the best, but always decent. The price is comparable to other AYCE restaurents. The service, however, leaves much to be desired… The serving staff needs a lesson or two on being friendly and courteous.

Pedestrian, but reliable. Everything’s good, but nothing is memorable, at reasonable prices.
Service is spotty at best.

I’ve been to a lot of sushi places around Toronto but this one was by far the worst. Service was especially terrible and it really was like they didn’t want to even be there. A lot of Much better options in the area like Supreme Sushi near Yonge Eglinton.

Horrible, hard-​to-​chew maki sushi (seaweed and rice was very chewy) and it just didn’t taste good, I had to load on the ginger. Even the seaweed salad was very chewy This is the first time that I have ever been dispointed with sushi. Veg tempura was okay. Didnt try their cooked stuff though. Service was normal.

Actually I am very dissappointed as everything was good overthere but I finally endes up with food poisoning and was really sick. Definitely hv to be careful when eating sushi mainly raw fish. I will not be eating sushi for a while now based on this experience as had to go to see doctor. Hubby though didn’t get sick.

Came here because of previous good Unilocal reviews. It was SO BAD. One of the worst AYCE places.
Hardly any of the usual rolls options. No green/​red dragon, dynamite etc.
Place smelt funny, was empty on a Saturday afternoon, staff useless and a few rice flies around.
Enjoy.

Probably should have known better, simply by the review days before mine.
I arrived just as they were finishing my order, so I got to see everything.
The guy making my food allowed the rag used to clean his work station sit on my food for a good 15 seconds before I asked him to move it away. Then the disposable, one time use trays they put your order on surely get reused as the one they were going to give me had dried avocado /​wasabi stains.
Instant refund. I went next door to Granite Brewery and had the most amazing Fish & Chips.
Bottom line if you done want food poisoning don’t eat at Hokkaido.

Went there a couple of times, but last time convinced me that the price wasn’t worth it. We paid $ 50+tax for 2 on a Sunday night for AYCE. We ordered 3 – 4 types of rolls, yakitori, sashimi, shrimp tempura, etc. In the end, I was left with an impression that the ratio of quality of food to price is not that great. I was left with a feeling that some ingredients lacked freshness, while their rolls left me underwhelmed with how small they are. If I were to spend the same money in that neighbourhood, I’d rather go to Fin Izakaya or venture all the way to Ninki (133 Richmond West, Suite 101). You’d get a lesser quantity of food at both joints, but I’m sure it would be much taste better than Hokkaido.

After reading the generally positive reviews and ratings of Hokkaido Sushi, I confidently brought my SO for lunch and we were both eager to experience the deliciousness. However, we were disappointed with our meals and found out by mid-​afternoon we were experiencing some food poisoning; she getting hit worse from it than I based on what we ordered and shared.
Restaurant Size:
Hokkaido Sushi appeared to be pretty spacious, with an entire empty back area (?). Plenty of tables available, but that may have just been because it was a Sunday early afternoon. May you be amused at the feet of the sumo wrestlers painted on the wall.
Portion size:
The Philadelphia Rolls were adequately sized with the amount of rice, and were well accentuated by the gigantic plate. 6 rolls in a giant plate — that’s how the pro’s do it. As for the salmon bento, it was your standard-​sized bento.
Service:
They’re there when you can get their attention…

I actually thought this place had quite good AYCE! I think it was around $ 15 at dinner time. The AYCE menu was extensive but I was gutted they didn’t offer tuna sashimi (my favourite) on it.
I was really impressed with the rolls we ordered off the AYCE. A mango roll, dynamite roll and a california roll. They all came out BIG and nicely presented on individual plates, not at all like what I’m used to receiving for AYCE places.
I was with my giant 260lbs of muscle brother, so we got to sample a LOT of food. Everything was good! Service was fast and friendly, although we came early (530pm) so there were only a few other patrons.
Nothing special in the décor department, but it was clean and tidy with some basic Japanese décor.

I’m starting to think that I’m the only person in Toronto who doesn’t frequent an AYCE sushi joint. For me, sushi is expensive and comes in small quantities. I work in the area so the other day a colleague (an AYCE veteran) invited me to lunch here. He doesn’t live in the area, but knew of (and has eaten at) at least ten AYCE sushi places in the city.
My Summary
— The selection for AYCE is quite extensive (I compared it to the other places in the area); sushi (both maki and nigiri), donburi’s, tempura
— Lunch is $ 12 so the price is great
— Free underground parking
— Service can be a little better; having to constantly ask for free tap water was annoying
Hokkaido will be our ‘go to’ at my workplace.
Until next month…

Hokkaido Sushi is a Japanese restaurant that offers a variety of yummy food in their casual and relaxing atmosphere. I’ve been here plenty of times and the service has always been friendly and efficient.
They have a wide variety of options on their menu, lunch specials, party trays and the all you can eat option for reasonable prices. Every time I’ve come here I’ve opted for the lunch AYCE. The lunch AYCE offers a variety of appetizers, tempura, udon, teriyaki, donburi, sushi pizza’s, sushi, maki rolls, handrolls, drinks and desserts. The dinner AYCE includes house special rolls, more appetizers and sashimi. The food here is fresh and delicious. My favorites have to be the handrolls, fried scallops, sushi pizza’s, chicken teriyaki, calamari, redbean ice cream etc.
Mon-​Thurs
Lunch AYCE $ 11.99 Dinner AYCE $ 17.99
Fri-​Sun & Holidays
Lunch AYCE $ 13.99 Dinner AYCE $ 19.99
Hokkaido Sushi also offers take-​out, outdoor patio in the summer, delivery and has free parking for those dining in. This is defiantly a place to check out if you enjoy Japanese cuisine!