August 8

Loved this place! The digital/​tablet ordering service is phenomenal as it removes the majority of your wait time. Presentation here is beautiful and food is top-​notch. Atmosphere and ambience is perfect as the darker lighting can create a romantic vibe if on a date. I definitely suggest trying them out and experiencing the place yourself if you’re ever in the area.

It’s a hit or miss with the servers. Some are exceptionally good and some are just ok.

Absolutely disgusted with their service. I’ve never had such a horrendous experience with a restaurant. To start, the food tastes day old, and took twenty five minutes to reach the table, per order, even when we ordered ONE piece mango chicken. I’m allergic tea bean, and can’t consume byproducts, including their green tea ice cream. During dessert, I noticed there was a big chink at the bottom of the bowl. The server didn’t apologize, just asked if I wanted another one. Management didn’t even take my drink off the bill. Please, stay away from here

iPad ordering. The food comes out FAST. Service is efficient. And the sushi is quite excellent. August 8 has some unique items too you don’t normally see. Love the mango ice cream here. No red bean, though. This place can get very busy on Saturday night so reservations are recommended. The only down side is the serving plates are huge. Great for presentation but your table gets quickly filled up with plates. Small quibble.

I’m surprised by the terrible reviews; in my opinion, August 8 is a solidly middle-​of-​the-​road AYCE place. It’s right off the highway, and I visited as a lunch break while driving back to London area from Niagara. Prices are fair for an all-​you-​can-​eat weekday lunch.
The look of the restaurant is very slick: the interior feels like a place you could take a date, or even a work associate. The service is inconsistent: some dishes came out fast, others (such as a request for more ginger) didn’t arrive at all. The check was processed very quickly when we decided we were ready to leave.
Overall, the food was all decent: nothing was terrible, but nothing was stellar, either. Even at lunch, you can choose from a nice variety of sushi and other food.
The tempura veggies were alright; the tempura scallop was excellent. Skip the beef roll appetizer! The shrimp and chive dumpling was decent, but could have used a dipping sauce. The cream cheese wontons (a recent addition to the menu, I believe) were only okay.
The sushi rolls I tried were all very good. It tasted fresh for the most part; one bite of one roll tasty very fishy, which concerned me, although I didn’t get sick from it. The mango ice cream tasted a little strange, but the tempura banana for dessert was probably the highlight of the meal.
I probably wouldn’t go back when there are so many other AYCE sushi places around, but I’m not sad that I visited.

Went to this location last week. I know August 8 is a franchise so I was disappointed by our experience. It started out great we got seated right away, our drinks came fairly quickly. After we started receiving our food is when it went downhill. We ordered dimsum and when our first basket came there was short rib bones in the bamboo. They kept screwing up our sushi/​sashimi order, not to mention the rolls were super small! I do get it is AYCE but the rolls were tiny! We order dessert and the spoon was dirty! It had something sticky caked on the back. So un-​impressed; second time at this location and I will not be returning!