New Generation Grill Fusion

Only place I go to when it comes to sushi or Japanese food in general I’ve tried a bunch of places but this place is the best in my opinion, great place, great prices, great food and excellent staff and service I would highly recommend this place to any one who’s looking to go for sushi lunch or dinner etc

love love love !! I’ve only been for lunch (multiple times), but there $ 6.99 options are so vast. Their rolls are great (I recommend the Tempura and the Spicy Salmon) and another of my favourites is the Udon (amazing), the Bento has great value with the chicken kastu done to perfection. From what I hear the bibambap and some of the other rice dishes are really great too. Service is average but for cheap eats, what can you expect!

If you want AYCE sushi just for the sake of stuffing yourself with sushi, appetizers, and sashimi: go to New Gen. Boyfriend and I love AYCE more than the average person and we can eat A LOT. After hitting up every AYCE sushi on Bloor, New Gen is definitely our favorite now. We went there on a Saturday night which was a full house. Despite it being busy, we got our orders in a timely manner and the biggest perk was that they never missed a single order from us even though they take orders by jotting it down on a notepad unlike other AYCE! I swear to god we ordered over a hundred pieces of salmon sashimi and they were on point with the thickness and count.

A fail safe and well established place in the annex. There are two new generation restaurants, one on the north side of bloor which is newer, and the original on the south side of bloor. Some people prefer the original new generation but I like the newer one on the north side because the menu has more Japanese food.
Can’t really go wrong with any of the menu items. If you are there early as in before 7pm, there’s lots of seats but the place does get very busy with all the students in the area.

I usually make reservations when I come on a weekend evening. The place is usually packed on weekends. However, this AYCE is one of the few that doesn’t try to rush you or conveniently forget an order to hint that you should be on your way. The servers are usually very friendly and attentive. Their food is good too. For these reasons, New Gen is my first pick when it comes to AYCE sushi.

It was a full house when I arrived so I had to wait 15 minutes before I got seated. I had my mind set from the get go to order the ayce option because I was really hungry at the time. Usually ayce sushi restaurants provide you with an order sheet for indicating the quantity of each type of food you want. At this particular restaurant they take your order old school style (i.e. the waitress manually takes your order by jotting it down on a note pad).
The service was surprisingly fast despite there being so many customers to serve. The food was okay for the price but I’ve had better. There were two orders where they goofed and sent me duplicates. For example, I ordered 10 pieces of salmon sashimi and they sent me two plates of salmon sashimi each with 10 pieces on it. That was not so bad because salmon sashimi is one of my favourite dishes. However, there was one dish in particular that left me shaking my head asking myself «WTF is this!!!» If they had not told me it was chicken pad thai, I would not have recognized it because it was just a plate of bean sprouts with chicken on top. The rice noodles, eggs, tofu, and roasted peanut bits were nowhere to be found.
Some of the waitresses were nicer than others. There was one in particular who was very rude and impatient when I asked her for the contents of certain dishes because I didn’t understand the Japanese words they used in the menu. However, when she spoke to the table next to me, she sounded very submissive and accommodating as if she was trying to suck up to them. The only difference that I could see between me and my neighbours was that I was Asian and they were white. So be on the lookout for this type of preferential treatment, especially if you are an Asian eating by yourself.

Food was good
Yet service was subpar. Several orders did not go through and this may have been on purpose. Many expensive dishes were not brought. Even when it was brought it took a rather long time.

I love AYCE sushi and thought I’d try this place for dinner.
The food was ok. I didn’t like the fact that the rolls had so much rice in them that I was full after a few dishes. I usually like to try a lot of dishes. I don’t think I will be going back.

I’m updating this review after about a year and a half. I continue to be impressed by this place. We went again tonight, and they have upgraded the décor with some bare wood lattice and an interesting painted mural. They’ve done away with the table cooking in favor of more tables and booths. The menu is still extensive and varied, although I still get the #66 Ume Box every time. Service continues to be efficient, and food is as fresh and generously portioned as ever. While most restaurants have either jacked up prices or pared back portions, New Gen has managed to keep everything largely the same — even the free ice cream. I still leave full and satisfied after having only dropped ten bucks plus tip. For that, I’m shelling out the elusive fifth star!

Last night was the first time I’ve been in this New Gen location. It’s sleeker than the other, and there was an intimidating line at Sushi On Bloor so we landed on New Generation after a 30 minute spring stroll towards this almighty strip of cheap sushi.
The décor and AYCE here will definitely get me back her again. Cartoon Godzilla? Cool. $ 20 all-​you-​can-​eat dinners with a fairly extensive menu? Cooler. Last night I opted for Maki Set B and some gyozas and it was far too much food, and I enjoyed it immensely, especially the spicy tuna rolls.
In closing, this location is great because it was never closed for murder. Remember that? How could you forget murder…

Love this place! The fusion roll is delicious. It’s casual and you can’t beat the lunch special. Best value for sushi in The Annex. This isn’t the place to impress a date, but more of a friend spot– or a spot to grab something quick and delicious on a Tuesday night. I haven’t had the other food options other than sushi so can’t speak to them. If you want fancier sushi or food there are better places but I just love this! Also you get free ice cream and usually soup or salad on the house! :)

One of my favourite sushi standbys. Unreal lunch specials. $ 6.99 for everything and lots of choices. The quality is always on point too! Great AYCE with a group or regular menu on your own.
I always come back to here!

We went for dinner day and I ordered the makimono set c which came with spicy tuna, unagi and california. The maki were a pretty good size however they were too chewy and the ingredients seemed to be old (yellow avocado???). The spicy tuna itself was the best of all if i had to pick one but i would not say that it was above average.
Overall i would give 2 stars for food
3 stars for cleanliness. The front door of the restaurant was digustingly dirty.
4 stars for the service– very polite and friendly servers and managent.
The manager even gave us a free ice cream at the end of the dinner. However, I wouldnt go back because the of the food which is the most important when I visit a restaurant.

All you. Can eat is the best deal go 21 bucks. We go hungry there eat as much as we can. The sushi is really great taste. The all u can eat used to be 18 bucks and some times 16 on off hours

So it’s not called New Generation Fusion anymore, and serves up the same menu as New Gen (the original down the street) wih a fancy all you can eat menu ($ 21.95)
They fully renovated with sleek modern design reminiscent of Guu but not really. They got rid of the Korean BBQ and the menu is mainly Japanese.
The food is tasty but at a quality that’s Bloor street. This isn’t to say its not good but not as refined as some other higher end restos.
We got a Nabeyaki udon and I ordered a bunch I appetizers including Karaage chicken cartilage (which not many restos have)$ 8.95, beef short ribs $ 8.95 and spider roll $ 9.95.
Reading my last review, they don’t have this $ 10.95 Kalbi Bento anymore, which would have been nice, because all I wanted was short ribs and I could choose from only the appetizer or a $ 19.95 Short Ribs and Chicken Bento.
It was hard to pick because the menu has all the staple Japanese foods. But also not any different than the resto down the street. Would have been nice if they kept some of the Korean
All meals came with soup salad and free ice cream.

Went there last night as a group of 4 adults. Service was fast and very friendly, the restaurant wasn’t very busy as it was after 10:30pm so we were seated right away nice and far from the front door. We had a bento box, some sushi/​sashimi and a veggie udon soup. I received an unexpected complimentary green salad and miso soup with my rainbow maki! We were there up until midnight and despite the fact that they were closing and we were the last customers they offered to top up our teas after our meal was finished! How many restaurants do that? The food portions are generous and reasonably priced. The tables have the cooking unit underneath which makes it pretty uncomfortable (and I“m only 5’2″) and the place is a bit cramped overall but everybody enjoyed their meal and we will definitely go again.

The hubby and I have been going to New Generation (original location aka «MurderGen» — on account of the murder and all) for years until the kid came along and now we’re yearning for more space but refuse to defect and go to that bastard location Sushi on Bloor — so we checked out this new location aptly now dubbed «Non-​MurderGen».
As far as the food goes, Non-​MurderGen is pretty on par with MurderGen, definitely the same sushi menu with some added dishes for the new Korean BBQ menu. And there is definitely space to be had for strollers and such. However what this new location gains in space (and not freezing your ass off in line outside of the original location hoping to God you get a booth and not the bar), it lacks in dish consistency and service.
Our miso soups were different. I had the seaweed and the hubs had the tofu… we decided to split half of each others. And we had to ask a few times for chopsticks, which one would believe to be fairly standard at a sushi restaurant.
Plus it doesn’t have that waiter at this location who remembers who we are and gives us free edamame. No free edamame — no 4^th star!!!

If I had to sum this place up in two words, it would be inconsistent and random. I was drawn into this place based on the hype of their sister company, New Generation Sushi. We were craving sushi, and lets face it, the Annex is filled with tons of random sushi joints. But if I could get my Korean fix while I’m at it, then why not.
The inconsistencies I’m referring to was mostly with our miso soups. One of us had mostly tofu, one of us had mostly seaweed, and one of us had mostly green onion. It wasn’t a problem at all. It was just amusing :)
We each ordered a sushi roll, and my friend’s dragon roll was more appetizing than my spicy salmon roll (which wasn’t all too spicy at all). The dragon roll even came with some salmon sashimi, which was a nice touch.
My two friends ordered two different bento boxes, but we swear that they were practically the same. None of us could recall the difference. And underneath their tempura was a spring roll, which once again, we found amusing :)
I ordered a chicken bibm bahb, which was packed with plenty of chicken. My only disappointment was that the rice was served in a separate bowl, so I had to mix the rice in myself (which didn’t give it the crispiness I like). The server was kind enough though, to offer to mix everything herself. As for the hot sauce, it was served in a mustard looking bottle, which, say it with me, we found amusing :)
All in all, we were all satisfied. The servings are huge though, and with each of us getting a sushi roll, it was more than enough food than we could consumer. To top things off, they offered us some ice cream on the house. With their huge servings, cheap prices, and all-​around amusingness, I’ll definitely be back!

I’m trying to be as unbiased as possible, considering that I am not a Korean BBQ fan (not of this variety, anyhow). I came here with 3 other friends who were taking part in the AYCE meat-​fest, and so I opted for one of my regular orders of sushi, the Ume Box, from the original New Gen.
To try and convince the server that I was there to have sushi, and not partake in the grill portion was a bit of a challenge. Understandably, they were suspicious — damn those few bad apples who’ve ruined it for the rest of us non-​grillers! After speaking with their manager (dramz!) they finally conceded, though not before requesting that I shift one seat over so that I be completely separated from the rest of the group. Really? Really?! Of course, I ignored that request and went about chomping on my skimming-​average sushi to prove a point: yes! I really am NOT going to steal nibble of grilled beef!
The rest of the group seemed to really enjoy the grill though — the beef and kalbi ribs were especially popular, and everyone definitely left with their $ 15 worth of food. Place was pretty clean, though surprisingly busy come 7:00 on a Friday.
And there we have it: an averagely written review for a generally average spot in the Annex.

I went there for lunch on a Tuesday. Not that busy around 1:00pm. They have a decent lunch menu for $ 5.99 which includes miso soup and green salad. The miso was a bit watery and the green salad was cut up lettuce and dressing.
I order the bento box with chicken (or beef) and it was a decent size. It was sliced chicken instead of the usual slab. The bento came with rice, veg tempura and 3 pieces of salmon maki. I was actually full.
I’d come back to try the all you can eat korean BBQ next time. For $ 9, it seems like a great deal — chicken, beef, fish and squid with lots of side dishes.