Senbazuru Sushi Bar

My colleagues and I had lunch here and we all ended up sitting at the bathroom stalls next to each other in our office a few hours later. On a positive note, our conversations at the restaurant continued in our office bathroom.

Food was good, portions are decent. Service was a bit slow even though it wasn't busy. Place starting to look a little run down.

The customer service was nice as the waiters were kind and patient. However, the food was quite ordinary as there was nothing in particular that was necessarily better than other restaurants. Overall, the rating I am giving is three stars because the food was average.

Probably the most mediocre rolls that I've ever had. This is probably due to the fact that there were no raw fish in this tray, our choice. We had a party tray takeout and it was bland and somewhat flavourless. The teriyakiv sauce that came with our tempura was not good. It tasted like straight soy sauce but a lighter colour and yes I used the correct one. I've had supermarket party trays that were better than this. I'm full but definitely not satisfied. I've been here for Bento lunch in person and it was fine but this takeout was average at best.

Definitely one of my go to sushi spots close to home. The food is made with fresh ingredients. Definitely recommend the salmon love set. Great selection and good value!

The service was good but the rolls were nothing special. I would not give them 2 stars because it's unfair, but neither would I give them 4 or 5 stars because the quality of food was meh. I most likely won't be going back to Senbazuru Sushi Bar. IMHO, Ichiban on Leslie 5 min away is way better.

Ordered via Uber eats, app show ready to pick up but it wasn’t. The lady/ sever didn’t tell me how long I need to wait, so I asked. I was told to wait for another 10 mins, without any apology.

The man behind the sushi bar was so rude and he’s saying in Chinese that “the store just opened, how could we possibly have your food ready?”

May be he thought I don’t understand Cantonese or may be he just couldn’t care less how customer feel.

I ordered 11:30am, app show food is ready at 11:40am. If the food is not ready, then don’t click “ready” on the app .....

I ordered a sashimi on rice combo. It’s very sad looking with 2 surf clams (not too fresh), 3 slices of snapper (not too fresh either) and 2 thick slices of salmon. Rice is warm and cooked just right, which is good.

I’ll let the picture do the talking.....

Small little Japanese sushi bar tucked in the village gate plaza off Bayview Ave - amazingly fresh sushi/sashimi of good quality at an affordable price!! ($$).

Sashimi was served over ice keeping the sashimi at a goos temperature keeping it fresh and not leaving you feel like you had to wolf it down before it became room temperature. It was super fresh and pieces were a good thickness and slightly bigger than bite size. Loved the dish!

Beef roll with enoki mushrooms is one of my favorite dishes but without bias, it was a little heavy on the oil but still delicious. The meat was dripping in juice and had great flavor paired with my favorite enoki mushrooms.

Rainbow roll. Loved the combination of ingredients in the right amounts. If I had to comment on something, the roll was a little bigger than bite size so had to take two bites to eat it however, the roll kept together even after being bit into two halves which is good to note! The rice was also a good texture, soft and sticky, made just right. My favorite was the flavor of smoke salmon just bursting in flavor at every bite, they don't jip you on that part! 👌🏾

The Phoenix roll. Loved the variety of fish on this roll, it claims to have spicy mayo but for those who can't eat spicy (like me), it was not spicy at all! The roll was delicious and I'd order it again!

The tempura shrimp is good. Not as oily as some other Japanese restaurants, but nothing too epic to write home about. It was good.

The ramen is good, the best part of it was the pork belly and the egg. Even though the egg is not your traditional Japanese egg but they have their own style and it is just as delicious in their own recipe kind of way. The ramen itself was good but it could be a little bit more chewy and tender to make it even better. Overall this ramen is good, would order it again!

Overall, it's a cute little restaurant located in a plaza with plenty of parking. Perfect place for meet ups with friends, casual dates and small family dinners. Price is very affordable and it's a place I would go to when I feel like a quick Japanese meal in the area without killing the wallet but getting good quality. They also do take out with 10% off cash only and free deliver with orders over $30. Recommend! 👌🏾