Sushi Queen

Decent food for weekday LUNCH but not the best service.
MAKI: The rolls cost more than the other sushi places in this area (Sushi Time, Sushi Extra, ToNe Sushi) but it’s worth it because they are bigger and put together much nicer. They are packed well and don’t fall apart when picked up.
SASHIMI: The sashimi lunch combos are good. The fish is fresh 80% of the time. but STAY AWAY from their sashimi party trays because those are a rip off. They don’t tell you exactly what is included in the trays/​boats so they count fake crab meat as sashimi (they put a lot of this in there).
Word of Caution: Usually it is ladies staffed here but the last time I visited it was a male that was serving us and he demanded minimum 10% tip. I don’t feel tips should be mandatory, it should be equal to the service you receive. Maybe he should have been more attentive and actually serving us but who knows… The fact that he DEMANDED it is why I will be staying away from here for a while.

I got an extremely bad stomachache from this place!!! Really good prices but absolutely not worth it. STAY AWAY at all costs.

I come here all the time. Thier rolls are so good. Especially the yamakazi. i think that’s what they are called. Price is really good for everything as well and you get house wine for $ 4.50. Can’t go wrong there.

Good value for the sushi. I am a fan of the Salmon Lover dish for dinner… includes rolls, sushi and sashimi. If you’re looking for a quiet spot for a quick sushi fix this is the place to go!

Sushi was mediocre. Salmon sashimi not fresh. Too much rice. Not efficient service.
I will not go here again. It is just not good.

I’ve overall had good experiences, but last night has had me abandon it. We sat down. No one was there to greet us. So we sat ourselves, and waited for 10 minutes or so before I searched around for a waitress.
I ordered pan fried spinach … there were two hairs in it.
One of my sushi rolls had a hair in it. And they only gave us one dish for soya sauce. So, again, I had to get up and search out a waitress.
The table top card holder for specials etc. looked like it hadn’t been washed … ever.

We decided to go here for dinner one night with some friends after our original plans had failed and we all love sushi so we figured we would try Sushi Queen on Queen Street West. When we arrived we were seated pretty quickly and then given a tablet to choose our menu options. It is the type of place that if you don’t eat what you order, they will charge you what you don’t eat but that didn’t really bother us to much because we were all pretty hungry. Everything was delicious, great sushi, nice staff the only problem we had was trying to understand a lot of the items but other then that it was a pretty great experience and we will definitely be back!

It was real so so. I was disappointed with the freshness of the fish and the presentation of the food. The plates and glass looked old and not cleaned properly. On a good note, the Sunomono Salad was pretty good… Nothing more to say

Quality has gone severely downhill since they turned into an AYCE place. Last time I went, I found a bone in my salmon sashimi! Their sushi was surrounded by way too much rice and the ingredients they use are not very fresh. I left feeling mildly ill/​disgusted. The only redeeming thing about this place is their all you can drink bubble tea for 2.99 which is nice.

I went to Sushi Queen on a weekday with a friend for lunch and asked if they were doing all you can eat and the waitress all of a sudden got really mad and started to bolsting out bunch of high prices to scare us. Since all you can ear was what we were hoping for and we were willing to pay the price, we opted for the service. As the waitress walked away from our table, she complained very loudly in mandarin to her work colleagues that we were idiots whom she couldn’t talk down to ordering just a bento box. Little did she knew, my friend was a native mandarin speaker, and he understood everything. Throughout the service we were treated rudely, especially from this certain waitess. When we were paying our bill, we noticed that a 15% tip was already included. We were never given the choice to give her the amount of tip that we thought she deserved. And of course this 15% tip was never mentioned to us. A final note, it was not the first time my mandarin speaking friend has heard Sushi Queen’s employees critizing customers loudly in mandarin to each other, sometimes even with profanity. Except that this time we were the targets.

Horrible Service, Low quality sushi, overall dirty restaurant. Will not go back even if it was free!
I found a hair in my dynamite roll!

THE PRICE (for lunch):
Great! The lunch portions are well sized, and the cost was totally appropriate for location and the quality that we got.
THE FOOD:
Actually, great. I had one of the bento sushi boxes, which came with a variety of salmon/​tuna sushi and some rolls, soup and salad. The portion size was great and I felt sated and happy. The sushi tasted fresh.
THE SERVICE:
Oh my god, awful. We got grunted at as well when we ordered. Like, the only way the service could be worse is if they just ignored you — at least, they don’t ignore you and they are fast. But honestly, expect to feel like you are inconveniencing the waitress.
THE DECOR & LOCATION:
Décor is modern, clean, comfortable. And the location can’t be beat — close to the subway, close to a lot of downtown events, so pretty great to stop over at lunch. And it wasn’t crazy busy!
OVERALL:
If I’m looking for a lunch sushi in the area, I’ll be back. I wouldn’t go out of my way (at all) to be back however, and honestly most of it is the service. The food and place itself is great.

I hate leaving bad reviews but in this case, it is deserved and judging by other comments here, the Sushi Queen owners don’t read their Unilocal reviews.
Very small portions, embarrassingly bad service (youngish waitress who gives you the F Off look as soon as you ask for the menu and throws your plates down when the food is ready). The food did not look, taste and smell safe to eat, I can usually stomach anything within some limits.
My soba noodles had rock hard slices of raw cabbage and almost raw onions, dripping in oil and totally unpalatable. I only order vegetarian but my noodles smelled like meat (recycled oil damnit.). My husband half-​heartedly worked on his eel/​rice dish but kept on making «WTF» faces LOL
We were out $ 50 and still starving, no one wanted to eat their food. I wish we returned everything we ordered but it’s hard when your kids are hungry and you’re hungry-​enough to trust what’s placed in front of you. Never again.

Did she just grunt? Yes, our server grunted at us as she put dishes down. The other server rolled her eyes when I asked what kind of hot tea they had, since it wasn’t on the menu.
I eat a lot of sushi and I’ve never had edamame served at the end of the meal before.
The food was below average and price was average. Wasabi was dry and old, very glad I had ordered vegetarian as I wouldn’t of trusted the fish. My pieces of sushi were falling apart before I even touched them.
The washroom was filthy. My glass of water tasted like soap.
It was all so bad that as potential diners checked out the menu on the window beside me, I gave them yuck faces and thumbs down.

Had a cold welcome and the sushi was not fresh. We were given a bad batch of (expired) mango yogurt dessert and lost appetite after. We watched them throw the whole can of mango out once they tasted it for themselves. The acidic taste still lingers in my mouth even after returning home. Waving down the waiter was also a hassle because of them chattering with each other.
On the good side, the seats were comfortable.
I won’t be coming back ever again because of the bad service and the lack of freshness in their food.

My wife has been going on about this place for years and we finally went. It was not worth the trip. The portions were small, the food didn’t taste fresh & the service wasn’t friendly. We had one nice server but the rest looked like they had something up their butts needless to say I won’t be back.

I have eaten at Sushi Queen every once in a while over the last four years as I live in the neighbourhood. The food has always been acceptable for the price point.
However, after eating at Sushi Queen during the week of the 23^rd of March, I became very sick. I ordered a meal that included Spicy Tuna, Spicy Salmon, and one other spicy fish roll. Certain pieces of one of my rolls were squishy and hard to break apart with my teeth. Despite this I finished my meal, paid, and left.
The food poisoning was so bad that I am still suffering from it. I cannot eat without becoming sick. I have consistent aches in my small intestines and kidneys and have missed two days of work.
I will not be eating here again and I hope this review helps potential customers make a better decision than I have made.

Firstly– the server looked like we had ruined her day just by being there. I can’t remember the last time that I had such a cold welcome at a restaurant.
Anyways– onto the food.
The good points:
Their slushies were great. We had a lychee and a cherry– both delicious and full of ice headaches. Take the plunge and grab one if you’re there.
The tuna sashimi had a good texture and flavor although it was cut pretty small.
The spicy salmon roll had a good crunch and perfect amount of the spicy mayo to be able to enjoy it without burning from the inside for the following five hours.
Prices are okay.
The low points:
Salmon sashimi. Mushy and literally falls apart when you try to pick it up. Was the fish market closed yesterday? Was it previously frozen? Who knows.
The basic green salad. The dressing isn’t good and it tasted like there was wasabi in it, which I’m not really looking for in a salad dressing. Texture also wasn’t good– kind of chunky.
The Philly Roll– actually horrible. The cream cheese was the high point, but the ‘smoked salmon’ was discolored and actually made me gag at one point and I love smoked salmon– but this was some of the most sub par smoked salmon I’ve ever had.
The service. Again, cold reception, gave me an usual look the whole time I was ordering– I have no idea what her deal was, but I’m sorry that she was so miserable today. Or if that’s just her regular personality– I’m sorry for that, too.
We’ll never go here again, but I’d recommend that, if you do– try something other than the actual sushi. There’s too many other GOOD sushi restaurants right in that same area that you should never have to.

Roaming around Eaton Center on Saturday evening after the the Jays game Iriana and I were contemplating where to eat. Thankfully the Unilocal mobile app came to the rescue.
When it came to sushi, the Sushi Queen seemed to be the go-​to place to try. Though the reviews were, for the most part average, we both thought we’d give this place a try.
The restaurant is small, clean and has a modern interior look. however though the looks can be deceiving the true test is in the presentation, freshness, and taste of the food. Both Iri and I were quite impressed. Among notables, the dynamite rolls, guma roll (topped with spinach), Alaska roll, shrimp/​veg tempura and edamame. Overall rating of the food and service is approximately 4.5÷5!
I would definitely come back to this sushi joint and add it to my list of go-​to sushi places in the downtown area. The only drawback to this place was the awful stench in the men’s restroom! Lol I had to hold my breath… Damn people need to have proper aim… if you know what I’m saying.

Came here for a quick lunch on a weekday. They have very reasonably priced bento box/​lunch combos, and their service makes it ideal for a business lunch. On the other hand, the store itself is not as posh or refined as some of the other sushi places along Queen West. The air conditioning seemed off as well, making for a bit of a stuffier environment.
I had the salmon teriyaki box with tempura and California rolls, while my friend had the chicken teriyaki box. I wouldn’t recommend the salmon — it was a bit bitter from the grilling. The tempura was done quite well, actually, and I enjoyed it – the batter was not too heavy and it didn’t have a stale oil taste! The California rolls were not as great as the ones you might get at a place that specializes in sushi.
Overall the food was fine. The ingredients seemed to be fresh. The restaurant isn’t too loud — just a bit warm. I might come back for a good deal and out of convenience, but not necessarily for the food.