Tokyo Sushi House

I needed a new place for Salmon Oyako Don after Tokyo Kitchen closed down. I saw this place, and hoped it could be a replacement. The fish is not as fresh. The sushi rice is very over seasoned and uses Korean style rice. Also, the waitress and sushi chef tried to scam me by insisting that tobiko was the same as ikura (charging me the ikura price, $ 18 for oyako don). When I persisted that tobiko was not salmon roe, they relented and gave me my ikura on top as ‘extra’ (knowing full well their ‘mistake’). They did not want to make new one. That is very bad business practice. This will be my first and last time here. Be careful what you order here.
We did not receive a refill of our tea unless asked (we were the only couple in the restaurant), and the water we asked for never came.
My partner thought his kamikaze don was okay. But it is $ 19 or $ 20 for a small portion.
Aoyama/​Shinobu prices for sushi on bloor quality.

Absolutely an amazing place to eat in downtown Toronto. Highly recommend sashimi don. The quality of food is one of the best in Toronto. :D

Must try SASHIMI DON (hwae dup bap) there! The best in the city!

The taste of the sushi was okay but the service was good. I had salmon maki and an octopus hand roll. The octopus was on the boring side, the seaweed didn’t seem fresh and crunchy.
The fish was fresh but it was missing some flavour — too much on the average side of things I felt.

A little hole in the wall lunch stop just off Bay (at St. Joseph). The thing that makes this place special is the donburi/​churachi bowls. There are lots of options on the menu and most are not lacking in taste. The portions are lunch sized.
My personal favourite is the Tokyo bowl; salmon, shitaki mushrooms, tuna, avacado, immitation crab, and sea cucumber. Glutinos will need to ask them to not add the tempura flakes.
Most bowls are less than $ 15, the food come quick and are served with cheap salad and miso soup. A great spot for a quick lunch.

Yup, Unilocalers are right, this hidden cozy place is good. Fast service, generous potions of fish for the Suishi. Big menu but lots of activity so you don’t question the freshness. Located on the south east corner of Bay and St Joseph.

Delicious chirashi don lunch take out for 12.5 after tax! I wasn’t a fan of the salad though, it was all iceberg lettuce with a tomato on top…

This joint is pretty tiny, so it wouldn’t be ideal for groups larger than 6. I am a bit perplexed by the 4 star rating; perhaps the raw stuff is better than their cooked meals? Anyhow:
I came here in a party of 7, without reservations, and they were able to seat us right away. Service was friendly, and they came by to refill our tea every once in a while as needed (but I find it strange that they only ever filled our cups ¾ of the way…). They were able to split the bill for us without a fuss.
I had Bento Box E ($ 15; seaweed salad, chicken teriyaki, 6 california rolls, rice, croquette, white rice). While I understand that this price is pretty average for sushi joints closer to the downtown core, I felt that it wasn’t worth it. A) chicken teriyaki (breast, not dark meat) was dry, and the portion wasn’t that generous B) why only one croquette??? C) I didn’t get the promised green salad that accompanies all entrees
I probably won’t come back. There are tastier and more affordable places in Toronto.

My two cousins, brother and I came here on a Friday night for dinner. I was so hungry I was ready for ayce anything lol. My cousin suggested this place and we immediately got to ordering. The place looked very tiny but cozy and traditional.
I settled on a chirashi donburi ($ 14.95) and takoyaki ($ 5/​6pcs). My cousin ordered the Tokyo chirashi donburi ($ 16.95) while my other cousin and brother got bento box c and e. They also shared an Osaka roll ($ 8.95/8pcs). All of our food came with miso soup and a garden salad as well.
Upon ordering, our waitress also brought over one of the chefs to clarify the orders which I thought was a very personal and attentive gesture.
The food came promptly and was so delicious! There was a good assortment of fish that tasted very fresh along with a nice portion of well seasoned rice underneath. The takoyaki was hot, fluffy and creamy with a great chew from the octopus inside. Soo good!
Overall, I know I was incredibly hungry to start but I finished my meal feeling so stuffed and satisfied! Even days after having that chirashi don, I had a massive craving for it every meal. Recommend!

Had their lunch special. They have a wide range of choices, so you’ll never have to settle here. I had the chirashi don as another Unilocaler had suggested.
As with all specials, it came with very good miso soup and fresh salad with a refreshing, tangy and citrus-​hinted dressing. Even the tea was really good, not too strong, not too watered down. Yum. Really got my appetite going, and looking forward to the star of my lunch, the chirashi rice bowl.
The chirashi don came with a very good bed of rice that was less sweet than other places, and was more ‘umami’ (nicely salty). It was a beauty. The rice was covered with a layer of 2 thick pieces of dark-​red tuna, 4 very fresh pieces of pink salmon, 2 pieces of white snapper, a sweet and salty cooked ebi (prawn), 2 white pieces of escolar (aka. butterfish), and a beautifully yellow triangular slice of tamago (seasoned cooked egg). Imagine these colors in your bowl, presented to you on the table… it was a festival of colors for my eyes. And the taste? Very good. Not all sashimi were top-​notch fresh, but it was fresh enough.
This experience, for the price of $ 10.95? Yes, please!!!
They also had two or three bento box lunch specials that were priced very moderately starting at $ 13. That looked good too.
Service was great. Place is very clean. No fishy smell, no oily smell because of the tempura, tables and chairs are very clean.
This place is on a quiet street, but it was quite busy and lots of people came by for pick-​up as well.
I’ll be back!

This place was not at my list at first. I checked it out just because the one I want to go was not open.
I order the K sashimi don. It got different toppings with other chirashi I had got, like eel, uni, roe and even egg. I like the eel and roe. But for the uni, salmon and tuna, it is not fresh.
The rice is the worst I have ever had. It is not bad, but compared to the ones I had before, it is really disappointing. It is sticky like usual sushi rice and they did not flavor it.

A pretty decent spot!
I went for lunch and was surprised to find it to be relatively busy. The service was extremely quick, and the food came even quicker. I ordered a chirashi don and a spicy salmon roll (to get a gauge on fish quality and overall sushi quality).
The chirashi was okay, the quality wasn’t completely up to my expectations. The salmon was good, but not fatty enough (in my opinion at least). Another suprise was that there was no butterfish — instead a extra helping of yellow tail sashimi was provided. Butterfish being my current favourite fish, I was slightly dissappointed in that decision, but an accepted one nonetheless.
The spicy salmon roll… wasn’t that great. Once again this is a matter of taste, but i felt that the rice seasoning was a bit off. Perhaps the vinegar to sugar ratio was not to my normal expectancy? But I generally did not like the SSR.
My experience there was nice, however. They portrayed Japanese customs quite nicely, and their tea was exquisite.

This place is definitely overrated. They are way more expensive than other sushi restaurants I’ve been to. The dishes my friend and I ordered were pretty generic so we were expecting the food to be top notch but meh, they tasted regular, nothing special.

Excellent spot!
After living in the area for almost two years, this is the best spot –in my humble opinion, to get a chirashi!
Came on a Saturday noon and the place wasn’t packed, so service and food was definitely ⁵⁄₅ stars!

One of the better sushi places downtown. Unlike other sushi places in the area, the salmon sashimi is always fresh. :) My favourites are salmon don (i.e., salmon sashimi on a bed of rice) — best deal if you love salmon; and roll set A. The more expensive dons are very fresh and tasty too, I just don’t order those all the time: P
Friendly staff, great service. When it’s packed in other sushi places and loud, I can always bet on coming here to a nice comfortable environment.

My friend wanted chicken teriyaki and rice. Nothing else. Sounds simple enough. Right? Not at this restaurant. We spoke to several staff before they were willing to accommodate her. They finally gave in and served her rice with chicken teriyaki for $ 10.95. Plain ol’ rice with chicken that looked and tasted boiled. Yuck.
I ordered a bento box for lunch for $ 17! Yes, $ 17 for a bento box! Insane! I went with it because of all the positive reviews and because I figured it would have to be pretty amazing. It wasn’t! It was such a waste of money! There was nothing in that bento box that should have made it worth more than $ 10. Oddly enough, it came with a fried potato with corn – much like a hash brown. It was all wrong! I rather they had stuck to what most places offer in their bento boxes; tempura vegetables! The one plus was that it came with a seaweed salad which is unusual in bento boxes. All in all it was such a waste of money!

I told Kathy that she may choose any restaurant in the city, and I will treat her to her heart’s content. From the amber lights of Sotto Sotto, to the arrogance of staring down at pedestrians while sipping wine from the Shangri-​la bar – Toronto was her oyster. So when she said «Tokyo Sushi», the thought of sushi was all I could use to keep my head from falling off. There is such a thing as being ‘too’ down to Earth.
Finding parking is harder than finding true love on the street this restaurant is located. A short winding stretching the length of two buildings that would never conjure tourist or locals to tilt their heads to look, the unassuming restaurant is gilded with photos of Hollywood celebrities that have actually eaten here. Makes sense, celebrities don’t have to park their own cars.
Two sushi chefs, one waitress and a bus boy manned the empty restaurant. Kathy and I took our seats and began scrolling through the massive menu. The sea urchin was out of season, so my wallet breathed a sigh of relief. I didn’t like sea urchin anyway, Kathy was disappointed, and so I got us the soft shell crab, and Kirin beer.
Miso soup, tako wasa, spider roll, salmon roe sushi, squid (10 pcs), jumbo dragon roll, herring roe sashimi, jumbo dragon roll again, soft shell crab. Oh yes, I kept the receipt.
I never had squid sashimi before, and I wouldn’t have been such a big fan if it weren’t for the highly unique and flavourful sauce it came with. The texture was completely different from when it’s cooked, but I managed to gobble down at least four pieces. The jumbo dragon roll was worth ordering again. The waitress was surprised to receive another order from me when she initially approached us for the bill. The sushi chefs were very pleased with this gesture of hunger, and made the second serving extra special. I could just tell they did.
As Kathy and I sat in this sushi house, I pondered the walls for excuses to place negative judgment. I couldn’t really find any. I know that this isn’t completely reflective of the sushi in Tokyo, there is absolutely a whitewashing of the food, but it was good, and retained enough of its authentic characteristic that I didn’t feel pretentious ordering the Japanese beer, despite it being Japanese industrial beer.
Can we change that? Can we start importing Japanese craft beer? Those guys won the international awards more than anyone in the modern world!
My palate is beyond adventurous, but I did have to summon up some courage to devour that octopus sashimi. I wonder how the Korean do it eating that thing whole, alive with no garnish. Crazy savages. Definitely on the bucket list.

Came here with a few of my friends the other night and I have to admit that this place is pretty adorable.
The décor is nice and clean. Love the autographed photos of celebrities that have been there hung proudly on their walls.
Their menu is pretty vast from sashimi/​sushi combos, bento boxes, to sharable appetizers. Everything was made fresh to order. The quality of everything was beyond my expectations for this place.
We had ordered 4 different bento boxes and some appetizers and sushi to share. The only thing that I wish I could change about this place would be the speed of the service. Don’t get me wrong, they are very friendly and have the ability to make you feel very welcomed. However, the service was pretty slow. Sometimes it felt like we had to flag someone down just to get tea refills but it was pretty busy and they only had two servers at the time we were there.
So, with all that being said, if you fancy yourself a good time with friends that can carry a conversation accompanied with some great Japanese food than come on down to this place. You’ll love it! =)

Toronto has a lot of sushi bars, some of which can be a HIT or MISS. TOKYO Sushi House (TSH) made the cut thankfully. Away from the busy Yonge Street, at Bay st and St Joseph across from St Mikes college at UofT, TSH is small, cute, quiet, clean and well priced! The service is friendly and efficient.
Keep in mind they have an extensive menu from combos, to bento boxes, and shareables available.
Our group of four ended up ordering Bento boxes ($ 12 – 17) and some sides; spicy salmin sushi, tuna, gyoza, and edamame (avg $ 3.50−8/ 6pcs)
The sushi and ingredients were fresh, affordable and presentation was perfect. I’m glad this was the place of choice… :-)
Just be sure to make reservations as this venue is small, and street parking is available closeby.

+.5 for service
So close to five stars! Lemme explain.
I was volunteering nearby two nights ago, and brought up Unilocal search to see any nearby affordable minimum 4-​star restaurants. This came up, and the photos shown looked very scrumptious so I decided to give it a shot.
Arrived at around 9:30pm, and the place was about half full. Not bad for late night. I was promptly seated and treated immediately by a waitress who gave me green tea (which by the way tasted very good, as it has that pinch of rice and sweetness flavour). I ordered the Tokyo Sushi Set, and I found the meal to be beautifully crafted with extremely fresh fish that’s between thin and thick. It was simply delicious, and definitely I rate it among one of the best sushi restaurants in the downtown core.
Now why did it lose one star?
The set doesn’t come with miso soup or salad! For $ 15.99 I sorta expected at least a soup or salad to start up, as is typical with all the other Japanese restaurants. However this one came with nothing. Just the sushi. I looked at the menu after and I didn’t see any mentions of soup or salad to come with the sushi sets (didn’t take a look at the lunch specials or the other combos).
Lack of starter aside, I highly recommend this place for high quality sushi at affordable prices. I have a few other places I want to try before giving a final consensus to where I’ll be having my Tuesday dinners from now on, as I’ll be volunteering down by Wellesley for the next 6 – 7 months.