Japas

It was my first time trying this place and surprisingly the food was very good! The price is fair for the big portions. Definitely worth trying !
I had the salmon sashimi and salmon roe on rice and it was amazing! We also had the PEI mussels in a sake broth and the portion was big and it was delicious. My boyfriend had the ramen lunch special and the ramen is comparable to more expensive ramen restaurants, definitely not as bad as some of the reviews has mentioned below!
Service was great!

Wth is up with these good comments below? Prolly the cheap foamy beer talking I’d say which is mainly the reason why people come to this place anyways. The servers are nice but the owner is fucked up and Japas please stop serving your shitty poutine, its a disgrace to us canadians. Oysters are also shit so i dont know why you guys call yourself an oyster bar. Also why is your main door your fire exit?! It is right infront of your kitchen too! Maybe i should call the fire inspector unless if you are planning to burn everyone inside when your bar is on fire. If you to this DO NOT get an mains, tapas, rice&noodles, and grill food which pretty much their whole menu except for the drinks. Don’t forget to bitchslap the owner when you drop by =)

Honestly the atmosphere is better than anything you can purchase here probably one of my favorite places in Toronto whether it’s with a date or a big group of friends it’s always good times.

HORRIBLE never coming back. How can they call themselves an oyster when they serve bad oysters. The only thing they have going for them is the darts, if it weren’t for that I wouldn’t even go here.
The oysters tasted like they’ve been sitting out for a long time, definitely not fresh. A strong fish odor and taste. I hope I don’t get food poisoning tomorrow.
Save yourselves the money and hit another restaurant/​bar in the area.

Oysters tasted bad, like fish, and made me sick.
On top of that the owner cleared our drinks away and gave it to another customer when we went to play darts.
He took three beers and half a soju bottle away, and wouldn’t compensate us properly for clearing our table without our permission.
Never going back you should stay away too, or always have someone guard your drinks. Owner is an asshole and has no business sense. I would give them zero stars if I could.

Been here numerous time, either on the legendry soju bar crawls or just to play some idarts.
dark and dingy inside, no frills kind of place. The food is average as are the drinks and soju cocktails. Does get busy on weekend nights and they serve food till 1am i think which is a bonus. Usually too short staffed late to get quick service but the girls who are usually on at that time do try their best.
Seating is awkward but if you have a good enough crowd there is fun to be had playing drinking games or the idarts machines.

Food is okay and beer specials are cheap, but the service sucks balls. Maybe because the owner is a prick and never smiling. 15% gratuity added to a group 4/​5+ which is ludicrous and not posted anywhere. Go somewhere else if you care about customer service.

Reasons why japas is going down hill. Japas was the only place which offered electrotics darts, native to japan and south Korea. But here is their new law, you cant throw up in their bar other wise they are going to charge you 50 dollars. What bar charges a customer for over drinking at their bar. If you spend more to drink the penalty is pay us more. Enjoy!

Seriously, they call themselves an Oyster bar?
Japas’ oysters might be one of my worst oysters encounter. The Fanny Bay we ordered for 7 for $ 10 were not fresh. They smelled funky and not of the smell of the ocean. The water it soaked in looked milky. The crushed ice they were served on was half melted.
Service was slow and indifference even when we were the only customers for the afternoon. We were given chopsticks to eat our oysters…
I don’t know if I would be coming back. At least not for any of their oysters!

I had Japas bookmarked after I missed Lady E’s CMYE back in June.
Came by on a Wednesday night after work. It was pretty quiet even though a soccer game was on. We basically had the place to ourselves.
Ordered: a pitcher of Blanche du Chambly ($ 18) which allowed us to get the oyster special (12 malpeque for $ 12), grilled calamari ($ 9), mussels in sake ($ 5) and karaage ($ 4). Snacks were tasty with the exception of the calamari which was overcooked and cold.
Fun place to grab some drinks and a nice twist on traditional wings/​nacho bar food.

This place was introduced to me by Unilocal!At an unofficial Unilocal event. This place is a small bar located close to Christie subway station. The service was pleasant! The staff kept bringing us beer and snacks! The snacks were edamame and crispy battered chicken! I am a big fan of boneless crispy battered chicken, and Japas served us a great one! There batter coating the chicken made it delicious and the perfect partner for the beer! This place also has a cool dart board! An interactive yet casual place to meet friends after work.

The lovely Toronto Unilocal CM was kind of enough to organize an event here and got us some Sapporo, fried chicken and edamane. I have to admit, that despite my attempted aversion to fried food, I took one bite and thought it tasted amazing. It had a good amount of meat in it and wasn’t overly battered.
In addition, I also ordered the sashimi platter. The presentation was very good and all the fish pieces were very fresh. However, they could have been seasoned a bit better. It was refreshing, but it lacked a certain je né sais quois compared to the more authentic sushi joints. Ah well, it was still good and reasonable at 18.95.
In terms of the atmosphere, it’s pretty chill and their electronic dart games are pretty cool.
Verdict: pretty decent place to hang out for drinks and light snacks.

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This is no Guu. And it’s kind of stinky near the entrance. (line up of garbage bins)
BUT… it’s surprisingly fun and cozy. The electronic darts looked fun; although I didn’t get to try it, was too busy chatting up a storm with friends and fellow Unilocalers.
We tried the fried chicken; the best I’ve ever had, I think. I can’t think of any place that had better.
Would love to come back to Japas when I am around Koreatown again.

I came here for a Unilocal event earlier today.
The fried chicken was excellent. As was the company of my fellow Unilocalers.
the drinks where cheap and everyone that I spoke to who ordered of the menu was happy with their food.
I will defiantly come back.

I don’t know of any other place in Koreatown where:
*you can drink $ 7 pitchers of beer with drool worthy fried chicken on a Sunday,
*you can play electronic darts and wake up with a sore forearm the next day, or
*you can order a flaming birthday shot with your squirmy udon noodles.
I’m always shocked the bill isn’t double the price. Also: incredibly friendly staff & customers – you can always make a friend at Japas.

They remedied their poutine situation, and their darts are really, really fun.
Also, on Sunday evenings they do $ 7 pitchers of PBR with food! This kind of deal merits an extra star.

BAH! I was really excited about going here. Out of three different places that I looked up on Unilocal,my mother and I chose this place for my last dinner in Toronto. What a bad choice.
We chose this place because, on their website, they offered buck-​a-​shuck oysters on Tuesdays. We arrived around 5:30pm, so it was fairly early (considering they’re open till 3am). They were out of all the oysters they offer for the special. Should have been our first warning sign that this place wasn’t a good idea. You’d assume that if you are offering a special, that you would have that item in stock, or offer the customer other oysters for the same value. FALSE ADVERTISEMENT! What a rip.
Ordered more things off the menu. The waitress kept coming back and saying they didn’t have those items in stock. I got pretty annoyed and asked her «Can you just tell me what you DO have available». I got kicked under the table by my mum, since she thought I was being rude, but honestly, it was justified. I’m usually very friendly at to people in the service industry… and just in general. But when I get crappy service, I’m going to voice my displeasure.
Here’s what we did order:
NOT buck-​a-​shuck oysters: Good size, and only got one bit of shell. Not worth the price.
Surf Clam sashimi: Good. Not the best I’ve had, but definitely not the worst.
Pork Belly Chashu (A Special): Eh… It wasn’t what I was expecting. I googled what it was supposed to look like, and it DID NOT resemble what the internet expected it to look like. Ewwww.
Deep Fried Smelts: Super greasy. I’ve made deep fried smelts before & had them at other restaurants. My mum ate it, since it’s one of the only things she found edible.
Deep fried oysters: So much batter. The dips they provided did not mesh well.
Monk Fish Liver: I sent this back. I was really excited when I saw it on the menu. NOPE. It was frozen and full of ice crystals. I’m pretty sure it was freezer burned.
Seared B.C. Tuna: Cold (if it was just seared), so the texture made it pretty hard to keep it down. Also did not expect the presentation of raw red onions, cucumber and sliced cherry tomatoes. I did not think we ordered a salad.
Beef on skewers: Actually okay. The sauce had kinda congealed on the meat funny, but it was one of the better things I ordered.
Baby Mushrooms wrapped in bacon: The bacon was almost raw where the grill didn’t hit it. Health hazard?
Lychee Sake Drink (not sure what it was called): I thought I ordered one of those drinks with a popsicle in it (since that’s what it was listed under). I didn’t send it back, I didn’t want to anymore, and we were almost ready to leave. It was REALLY good though… maybe since everything else was such a disappointment lol
I would not suggest this place if you are looking for Japanese Tapas. Apparently there a quite a few better options in the city. Got a feeling this place is only good if you’re already drunk & don’t really care what you eat. Yuck. I’m feeling sick just thinking about this place.

I came back here a month ago for a friend’s birthday. We were the biggest table in the restaurant, and this time it was packed.
They still had those combos with alcohol, which was a great deal. And the food was still as good as I remembered it. With lots of people I got to try almost everything on their menu, and there wasn’t a dish I didn’t like.

Found this dark little corner restaurant on Bloor when we were hunting for last minute oysters. Japas is open until 2am on weekdays too! The place is very dark but not in a bad way — it has a nice feel and the mood music was definitely set well.
Initial hiccup when we walked in and there was no one to greet us. We ended up walking to the back of the restaurant before we found staff to get us seated. It was kind of empty, but with the promotions I was surprised it wasn’t more full. Dollar oysters on Mondays and Tuesdays, and half off their Japanese «tapas» on Wednesdays with the purchase of a pitcher.
We got some beers and a plate of oysters. The oysters were a little slow in coming, but we were pretty pleasantly surprised when they arrived. They were plump, medium sized malpeques in nice, salty brine. They definitely don’t skimp on toppings — you get a cocktail sauce, a gingery orange sauce, and a brown salty sauce. Best part — we got real shredded horseradish instead of the preserved stuff.
I can see how the oysters were a little poorly shucked — there weren’t any shell pieces or anything really gross, and each oyster sat in a delicious pool of brine. A lot of the oysters were still connected to the shell, but honestly that’s OK — it doesn’t take much effort to scoop your fork through before you eat it.
Definitely will be back next week — not perfect, but love the price and the specials.

It’s great during weekdays too!
It’s true that they really need to improve on the service as one of the server really didn’t understand what we want to order.
We tried to order yakitori with salt and 2 with sauce (teriyaki sauce), but we end up missing 1 order of the teriyaki sauced (yakitori/​beef skewer/​chicken wings), so that’s a bit of a miss there.
The men’s washroom finally to the point of ready, as the urinal are working now.
They changed their tuna carpacho, from 5 pieces of thick tuna, to now 8 pieces of thin tuna. I like it the old ways, but totally understandthe change, as it’s better for large group to share.
This time me and my friends had a few more things (on top of things I had last time):
Ikasugatayaki
Enoki Bacon
Chicken wing (as one order has 1 wing, can’t really call it wings, right?)
Mini okonomiyaki
Kaki furai
Japas salad
Ankou karaage (they said it’s «monk fish» on the menu)
And we had Bagna cauda too, it’s in a thick paste, instead of a sauce.
Enoki Bacon is great, how can you not love bacon with mushroom?
Drinks are cool too! (Please see pictures)
Popsicle Hi are really with a popsicle stuck in the glass!
We were the first table of the night, and a lot of people came in after us. After we left, we found out that there is a happy hour menu, but probably we can only take advantage of it on weekends.
Any event in that area? XD