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Japanese Restaurants
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Ajisen Ramen (Markham) / Markham
Ajisen Ramen is a global Japanese noodle chain restaurant that has locations in Hong Kong, Japan and the US. Their signature "Ajisen Ramen" bowl is filled with BBQ pork, half...
Arisu Izakaya / Koreatown
Arisu Izakaya is the latest contender for the massive space at the corner of Bloor and Markham. The restaurant offers an extensive selection of Korean dishes including table top BBQ...
Bushi Udon Kappo / Yonge & St. Clair
BUSHI Udon Kappo brings traditional udon to the Yonge and St. Clair set. The super-chill vibe of the sparsely decorated restaurant makes for a pleasant dining experience while slurping up...
Cafe Green Tea / Markham
Cafe Green Tea is adjacent to Heisei Mart in the J-Town complex. The cafeteria-style restaurant offering plates of fried noodles ($5.98), chicken rice omelettes ($6.98), and various tempura dishes. Casual...
Chou Izakaya / Church Wellesley Village
Chou Izakaya is the latest izakaya to surface on what is fast becoming a crowded izakaya scene on Church St. On the menu are plenty of rice and soup dishes,...
Don Don Izakaya / Yonge & Dundas
Don Don Izakaya is a recent entrant to Toronto's growing izakaya scene and offers an immersive experience in the culture of the Japanese-style tavern. The journey began as I entered...
Etsu / Baldwin Village
Etsu, a new addition to Baldwin Village that's taken over the space previously occupied by Bloom Cafe, came to my attention via a recommendation from my friend Heather, who raved...
Guu Izakaya / Church Wellesley Village
Guu Izakaya is the first Toronto outpost of the popular Guu group of restaurants from Vancouver. It's located in an otherwise unassuming strip mall on Church Street, though the striking...
Guu SakaBar / Annex
Guu SakaBar is the second Toronto location of the Vancouver-based Izakaya franchise. Just like Church Street's Guu Izakaya, Guu SakaBar is a blast from the moment you enter until the...
Hapa Izakaya / Little Italy
Hapa Izakaya opened its doors in September 2012 in Little Italy, as yet another Vancouver restaurant chain making a move for Toronto. With 10 years of Izakaya acclaim on the...
Ichiban Spring Garden / North York
Iciban Spring Garden is an area favourite for fresh sushi and tasty sashimi. It will also prepare rolls made with brown rice on request....
Izakaya (College St.) / Little Italy
Izakaya, which opened two months ago, offers traditional sushi a la carte as well as an all-you-can-eat menu. The shiny new sushi joint located near College and Spadina glows like...
Izakaya Arang / North York
Izakaya Arang is a new Korean-Japanese sushi and izakaya house located on Finch Avenue, west of Dufferin. Despite its rather bleak industrial surroundings, the place is unexpectedly rather modern and...
Izakaya Ju / Markham
Izakaya Ju is a popular izakaya tucked away in the J-Town complex in Markham. Open for lunch and dinner, the casual eatery draws hungry diners for its sashimi, yakitori and...
Jyuban / Richmond Hill
Jyuban is a Japanese ramen noodle house located in the Commerce Gate plaza. There are not many other ramen options in the area, so this is a good place to...
Kaiseki Yu-Zen Hashimoto / East York
If you're craving a fast and inexpensive sushi fix, Kaiseki Yu-Zen Hashimoto is probably not the restaurant for you. If you're looking for an unforgettable and authentic Japanese kaiseki experience,...
Kenzo Japanese Noodle House / Yonge & Wellesley
Kenzo Japanese Noodle House is continuing to expand in Toronto as they open up a new Yonge and Wellesley location. They are already known in Toronto for their traditional ramen...
Kenzo Ramen / Yonge & Dundas
Kenzo Ramen is bringing a revolution to our fair city, a ramen revolution that is. With noodle nosheries like Momofuku taking Manhattan by storm and similar chains established on the...
Kenzo Ramen (Annex) / Annex
Kenzo Ramen has expanded beyond its Bay/Dundas location with a new spot in the Annex....
Kingyo Izakaya / Cabbagetown
Kingyo Izakaya serves up an extensive menu of boxed sushi, stone bowls, chicken wings and other izakaya eats in Cabbagetown....
Kinton Ramen / Baldwin Village
Kinton Ramen opened in Baldwin Village last month, upping Toronto's noodle ante, a food trend that's been all the rage in New York City for a few years now. With...
Kokoni Izakaya / Church Wellesley Village
Kokoni Izakaya is the latest Toronto restaurant to jump on the popular Izakaya trend offering a variety of small, tapas-style specialty dishes that go well with beer and cocktails. Found...
Kome Sushi / St. Clair West
Kome Sushi is a Japanese restaurant with a full menu of sushi and sashimi options including Tobiko, Butter Fish, and Tai....
Konnichiwa / Baldwin Village
I've been meaning to write a review of Konnichiwa since I started here at blogTO. I've lived in Toronto for about 4 years now, and throughout those 4 years I've...
Koyoi / Yonge & Wellesley
Koyoi is a newish Japanese restaurant just off Yonge St.. They doesn't serve sushi here and instead focus more on Isakaya-style offerings....
Manpuku / Queen West
It's Friday night, and there's a line of hungry patrons streaming out the door of Manpuku, the new-ish Japanese eatery in the Village Grange complex. I think there's something in...
Naniwa-Taro / Scarborough
Take a look at this quick little movie I shot a few weeks ago at a food court in T&T Supermarket. Anyone care to guess what the hell this spread...
Nejibee Izakaya / Yonge & Wellesley
Nejibee Izakaya may be the newest addition to Toronto's ever expanding izakaya scene, but this import direct from Japan is well known across thirty already established Tokyo locations for its...
New Generation Grill Fusion / Annex
New Generation Grill Fusion is the sister restaurant to the popular New Generation sushi restaurant further east on Bloor. The menu here is less focused on the usual nigiri, maki...
Ninki Izakaya / Financial District
Ninki Izakaya has opened just steps from the Hilton Hotel on Richmond Street. They serve up traditional Japanese eats as well as a long list of sake options....
Niwatei / Markham
Niwatei, which means "Castle of the Feather Boat" in Japanese, is a month old Ramen restaurant found in the J-Town complex in Markham. I heard good things about Niwatei from...
Okonomi House / Yonge & Bloor
Okonomi House is not a sushi restaurant. But inside this authentic looking Japanese restaurant near Yonge and Bloor are expertly prepared meat, chicken and seafood entrees....
Raijin Ramen / Yonge & Dundas
Raijin Ramen is the newest contender in Toronto's rapidly growing ramen scene. Those familiar with Vancouver ramen shops will note that Raijin is operating under the same owner as the...
Ryoji Ramen and Izakaya / Little Italy
Ryoji Ramen & Izakaya recently opened its doors in Little Italy, and we wandered in seeking some warmth. Would inviting service and comfortable surroundings warm our hearts? Would our tongues...
Sansotei Ramen / Yonge & Dundas
Sansotei Ramen is a new Dundas St. hot spot for salty, sensuous, steamy bowls of traditional Japanese soups, and it's a bold move to open up in the shadow of...
Santouka Ramen / Yonge & Dundas
Santouka Ramen is yet more proof that the Toronto ramen craze is at a steady boil. A Japanese original dating back to 1988 with many international outposts, Santouka is happily...
Shiso Tree Cafe / Markham
Shiso Tree Cafe specializes in Japanese-style pasta. Internationally, there are chains that serve this food, most notably Pasta de Waraku which is insanely popular in Asia, but since none of...
Sushi Moto / North York
Sushi Moto is a Japanese restaurant and sake bar offering a full menu of authentic cuisine, including meals for kids and eight flavours of ice cream....
Tako Sushi / Don Mills
Tako Sushi, despite its name, offers more than just sushi. Its dine-in dinner menu includes live lobster, BBQ beef short ribs, grilled salmon, and curry pork cutlets. That's in addition...
Ten-Ichi Japanese / Scarborough
Ten-Ichi Japanese is a huge Japanese restaurant in Scarborough offering both all-you-can-eat and a-la-carte menus. The space also features several teppanyaki tables where you can watch a chef prepare your...
Tokyo Kitchen / Yonge & Bloor
Tokyo Kitchen is an intimate Japanese restaurant near Yonge and Bloor. This place is more about traditional cooked Japanese dishes rather than sushi (though they have that too), listing chicken...
Tsuki Izakaya / North York
Tsuki Izakaya is a Japanese restaurant serving its authentic dishes with exquisite attention to presentation....
Xian / Yonge & St. Clair
The Xian on Yonge St. is part sushi restaurant, part tea shop. One green tea they sell costs $41 for 50 grams....
Yakitori Bar / Baldwin Village
Yakitori Bar brings Japanese and Korean street food to Baldwin Village. Dig into grilled chicken wings, beef short ribs and salmon and wash it all down with one of their...
Yama Sushi / North York
Yama Sushi is a cozy Japanese restaurant with reasonable prices and an all-you-can-eat option....
Zakkushi Toronto / Cabbagetown
Zakkushi isn't the latest of the Vancouver Izakaya chains to touchdown in Toronto, but is it the greatest? As a number of other successful West Coast establishments have set up...
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