KoJa Restaurant

This place is great. I’ve been here twice recently and both times didn’t disappoint.
Service was fast and friendly and the food was great.
I really really love the Volcano rolls. Mmmm!

Used to be a regular here. Great sushi combos, with high quality ingredients. Combos are reasonably priced, with very good lunch pricing for the LV folk during the day. A good mix of both Korean and Japanese, and they use purple rice too. A la cartel selection for sushi isn’t as extensive, but understandable given their core demographic. One of the few sushi joints in the city with a patio too.

Practically came here on a whim and decided to give it a whirl. Ended up ordering a platter containing sashimi pieces of salmon, white tuna, otoro albacore, jack mackerel, surf clam, toro (fatty tuna belly), as well as purple-​rice sushi and interestingly enough, vermicelli-​wrapped sushi which I never see at other places that I venture to. The vermicelli-​wrapped sushi had a nice crunch to it and had a blanketed drizzle of spicy mayo as a nice added touch so I thoroughly enjoyed this meal. The entire platter was about $ 36 and does not come with miso soup, so be prepared to have that as an added charge.
The ambiance was fairly quiet as my guest and I were one of the only other customers here, however as we were enjoying our meal, there were plenty others who came in to pick up for take-​out. The vicinity in itself is fairly small considering it sits on a block meshed with other small restaurants and towards the end of the meal, music started playing in the background so that was kind of an odd ending to the night, but at least there was a TV playing some CP24 in the background to drown out the stillness of the chatter. I would recommend this place, but they don’t do ayce sushi (all you can eat).

Come here after work, I think it’s worth to try it. My friend and I love this place. Since their price is reasonable compare with the portion. They have korean and sushi menu. I really like their service. Servers are so kind. Pretty good for dinner time. Hope that i can come here on summer time to sit on their patio.

I’ve been here 2 weeks in a row Nov 15 & 22, 2015. I’ve also been here before but it was a few years ago.
The most recent two times the service was courteous as always. We were seated downstairs the first time and it was kinda odd as there was only 1 other table full. But the food tasted just as good and the waiter came often to check on us. There is a tv down there on CP24 as well as the bathrooms (the female bathroom was clean both times).
We ordered basically the same thing both nights. Yam maki, mountain roll (too big to fit in your mouth in one bite — not good for a date), salmon and butter fish (white tuna) sashimi (3 pcs with each order). It came
to approx $ 32 – 35 + tip each time for 2 people and we were both full. Plus we got tea and lots of frequent refills (unlimited it seemed).
I like the purple rice but it does fall apart with the specialty/​larger rolls.
It’s a great local place, a bit of a hole in the wall and seating is nicer on the main floor then downstairs. Regardless, I would go back again for the food and the service and the convenience. Also good for take out!

Great hole in the wall style sushi place, extensive list and even request for things not on the list can be obtained.
Location is right in the heart of liberty village with amazing décor and an awesome Japanese staff.
In a personal lover of shasimi (raw fish no rice or role)
Pros — location, freshness
Cons — nothing really. Maybe because bathroom is downstairs but that seems the normal in toronto

Popped in for lunch while in Liberty Village today. I’d been once a couple years ago and was unimpressed but decided to give it a second shot.
Glad I did. Had a simple and delicious lunch. For $ 14 including tax and tip, I had tea, soup and a yummy bowl of beef bibimbop. Everything was piping hot, and the fried egg gave a beautiful runny yolk to stir into the mix. A bit of hot sauce and soy sauce and it was a perfect lunch dish. The hot stone bowl left delicious nuggets of crunchy rice and noodles for me to scrape up and enjoy at the end.
Yum!

I did not think I was a sushi connoisseur because I’ve been content on many occasion with pharmacy sushi. I’m talking about Walgreens, Walgreens has sushi! The sushi here at KoJa was still sushi and I would eat it again, but for the first time I can say I would have rather tried the pharmacy sushi. The server was nice but a little slow, maybe he was new. The miso soup was a super small portion and, it’s hard to say this about miso soup, but I think I’ve had much better tasting miso soup.
The edamame was good, it was like edamame on ‘roids and it was hot until the last bite.
There was also no parking.

Decent sushi place if you are looking lots of sushi and a cheaper price. My friends and I came here on a Friday evening and thought it would be busy since it was a Friday night but the restaurant was half empty. We ordered a small boat to share. You truly do get what you pay for the quality of the sushi was average but the part that made it difficult to eat is that their «healthy» purple rice that was used for the rolls did not keep the rolls together. I must say that this is the first sushi restaurant that I’ve been to where the rolls were falling apart before you can even put it in your mouth. It ended up being a waste and unpleasant to eat. Besides that the sake was pretty good, presentation wss pretty impressive and service was decent.

I’ve lived in liberty village for 5 years now and not once have I tried sushi at Koja. So, a couple friends and I thought why not. We ordered the small sashimi+sushi+maki platter (36 pieces) with a special roll on the side. On top of that we got the big tea pot of sake. The presentation was fantastic. See my pics and the purple rice was a nice novelty but that’s all it was. Either they didn’t use enough rice or the purple rice doesn’t get sticky enough. Almost all the maki pieces unrolled when trying to pick them up. Definitely not worth trying. Stick to the sushi and sashimi here.

great place for lunch.
things are priced so well.
portions are huge.
food is fresh.
love the korean rice they use.

This is an amazing Korean restaurant that’s specializes in a slightly Korean twist on sushi. Their signature is ‘purple rice’ which is a combination of white and brown rice, but still healthier than white, but not as bulky and filling as the brown one.
Their bento boxes are awesome, and so are the sushi specials, but the best food is the Korean one, like the Bulgogi and Kimchi dishes, and also the Donburi bowls.

Here’s what I got:
— 18 piece Sashimi Dinner, comes with rice (not sushi rice with vinegar so if you looking for that, look elsewhere)
— Unagi Roll
— Salmon Skin Roll
All three things were good and hit the spot. The best was the salmon skin roll. The sashimi was exactly 18 pieces and had an array of 5 different types of fish. They definitely doubled up on the salmon which I guess is common as it’s the most liked but I would have liked one more variety of fish. The red tuna was too great though, it had these white cartilages which meant it wasn’t high quality. They had these two seared fishes were were good though.
The price is fair value but if you want/​like sushi rice, look elsewhere.

Won’t be visiting again.
Service: I guess we were sat in the «you don’t exist» booth because we had to flag down someone to even take our order. Also had to ask for water from 3 different staff members before getting one glass 15 minutes later (there was 2 of us). Even when we were done we sat for 10 – 15 waiting for them to take our bowls away (after asking for the bill). Eventually started getting dressed and they handed me the bill AS I was walking to the counter.
Food: we both had the chicken Bibimbap, but it wasn’t like bibimbap I had in other restaurants where they bring it to your table, crack an egg in, and mix it with sauce while the sizzling bowl cooks it. Only sign of seasoning was strangely purple rice in the centre; egg was already cooked, sunny side up. Tasted alright, not as flavourful as others as I’ve had (hot sauce helped). Came with rice noodles, rice, bok choy, onions, carrots, bean sprouts, and one lonely piece of broccoli (bad news for those of us who like broccoli).
Terrible service, meh food. Geographic convenience was my main motivator for going there.

Great to eat in. Not so good for take out. It almost feels like experiences from 2 different restaurants.
Service in is fantastic. Attentive, fresh fish, love the black rice, beautiful presentation, great seating area.
I’ve ordered for take out twice from here and the rolls were a mess and seaweed was soggy. Maki rolls are almost too big.

My go to Sushi place in the area. Their sushi is so fresh and the flavours bright and consistent. The service is great and qhen I call for takeout my food’s always ready in 15 – 20 mns tops. Love love their rolls

+.5 for service
KoJa wins the award of the most beautifully presented lunch special dish I’ve ever had. The photo I posted explains for itself. But was it good? With confidence, yes!
I ordered the Sushi Lunch A, as it is the lower cost option (I don’t usually spend more than $ 15 for sushi lunches unless it’s an authentic place). The first thing that definitely surprised me was despite the fact it mentioned 8 pieces of sushi and 6 california rolls, I ended up getting 3 extra rolls! I’ll take it for sure; who doesn’t want free food?
The lunch came with a miso soup and salad. The soup tasted way better than the salad in my opinion.
As for the sushi dish itself, the rolls were simply brilliant. I always loved purple rice, and this restaurant was no exception. The size was quite generous as well! The sushi was just as good, with the minor setback being the fact the fish was very thin. Not a huge issue as the flavour was there, but I’m generally used to thicker slice cuts.
Service was quick and efficient, and the employees made sure my whole meal was satisfying and made sure I was able to find the washroom (it’s down in the basement by the way).
Liberty Village may be hipster, but the residents there sure have a lot of excellent food options!

Went in with a friend for lunch (2:00 PM) on a Friday, only a few other people in the restaurant. The restaurant itself is a little clustered in layout and would benefit from more open space.
As we were sat, we were served a hot tea — I’m not sure the flavour. We informed the server we’d need a minute to look at the menu.
We decided on starting with one wonton soup each followed by small sushi and maki platter, a total of 30 pieces for around $ 30. We let the server know we’d like a can of beer each, but to serve it with the sushi.
The wonton soup was delicious. Fresh vegetables, a flavourful broth and two big dumplings.
The server then brought the platter and beer. The nigiri were smaller than expected, but the maki was bigger than expected. There was a good selection of nigiri, but only one of some kinds of fish, making it hard to share. The nigiri also did not have wasabi between the fish and rice, just as a note. Nevertheless, it was all fresh and tasty.
Apparently we were pretty hungry, so we ordered another small roll each — I had the spicy tuna, and my friend had the tuna and avocado. Both were great.
Overall, relatively cheap for good sushi. Would go back.

Ok I was going to give this place four stars at first, but after consideration of the whole experience I have settled on three.
My friend and I decided to give this place a try because it was open late and had good reviews. We arrived around 8:30pm and the restaurant was moderately full. They gave us a table and menus right away, but then the wait began. We sat at the table for 35 minutes without anyone even offering us drinks. We were about to leave when our waiter finally came over an took our orders. We waited another 15 minutes before our waiter finally brought us our glasses of water and my friends miso soup. Then we waited another 20 minutes for my salad to arrive. We were not impressed!!! While still waiting for our food another table was seated, made their order and had received their drinks and appetizers. We then heard the waiter tell the table behind us that there was about a 30 minute wait for sushi right now. Ummm thanks for letting us know!!! Finally after a total of about 80 minutes of waiting our food came to the table. I had the volcano roll, which is spicy salmon, avocado, crab, and cream cheese. My friend had the combo of tempura and vegetarian sushi. The food was amazing! The portions were way bigger than I expected, but still decent enough for one person. The black rice they use is delicious and all of the ingredients tasted fresh.
I would go back to this restaurant in spite of the service, simply because the food was great. However, I will be asking our server right away how long they expect it to take. I don’t mind waiting for good food, but I expect our server to inform us of the delay. That way we can make the decision whether to wait or not. I find it really inconsiderate that they neglected to tell us about the wait and also that they took so long to even offer us drinks.

I’m not sure why the full name of this place isn’t up– it’s called: Sushi & Bibimbop KoJa
Ordered two of their more creative rolls and man oh man… it was a MASSIVE portion.
Their creative rolls are about 10 – 15 $ and seems a bit steep for just a random sushi craving but these rolls will nock your socks off.
They are really well prepared and constructed– there is a lot of care that is put into the food here and you can tell when they serve you.
It seems Korean owned but I’m not too sure.