Oyaji Sushi

This place is great! Service, food, and the traditional Japanese setting all add to a great experience! We had the bento boxes and maki rolls and everything was fabulous. Try it, you won’t be disappointed.

One of our regular places. Excellent and friendly service in conjunction with good food. The sashimi and sushi is very tasty and more importantly fresh. Off the beaten path but that’s not a bad thing since parking is a breeze. Good value, good service, good food! Definitely worth the hunt to find this place the first time since it will be easy to find when you come again.

Oyaji sushi had perfect service and food!
When I walked in, I was greeted by the polite server who let my friend and I sit wherever. As soon as we sat down the server brought out some nice hot green tea. The prices were a little higher than expected but still fair. My friend got the hwae dup bap and I got the chirashi donburi (15pcs sashimi on rice) sashimi was fresh and there was a nice variety. I tried my friends hwae dup bap, it was delicious! I know what I’m ordering next time! The highlight of the night was their service! The servers were super polite and frequently checked up on us. Also you’ll get extra service with a Unilocal check in ;)
I will definitely be returning and I would recommend this place to anyone!

My family loved our lunch here. It is a relatively new restaurant and we hope it stays because it has a nice variety of dishes, they have Korean side dishes even if you order Japanese food! and the family who owns it are very kind and generous. My husband and I ordered Korean (tofu soup and seafood noodle soup) and my parents ordered sushi rolls and a sashimi garden salad. We were all eating from eachother’s plates because everything was delicious! Right amount of spice, homemade noodles and not too much rice in the rolls. A great addition to the Richmond Hill food scene!

Delicious food, everybody is very friendly and good prices. Great alternative to tomo, as it’s not as busy and better prices. Plus we love all of the complimentary food at the beginning of the meal and free ice cream at the end

I’ve been here about 3 – 4 times now, and each time the food quality has been phenomenal. The sushi and hand rolls here are very well made and the quality of ingredients is better than some of the other local Japanese restaurants (e.g. MINE and TOMO).
I’ve tried their bento dinner boxes and their hotstone rice bowls as well, both of which are very good. I think it is family run. They have excellent service and you can tell they take great care in the preparation of the food. The dine in experience is very calming, they play classical music and the ambience isn’t as noisy as other Korean/​Japanese restaurants.

Really fantastic, tucked away restaurant. Was up in Richmond Hill for an event and started the night off here. The owners were extremely attentive and the food came out quickly/​was delicious. Probably because we were a bigger group, but everyone received complementary soups/​salads to start and ice cream to finish. Great place to stop if you’re in the area!

It may have been just bad luck, but the cuts of fish I got in my sashimi platter were thick and full of sinew. The nigiri had way too much wasabi in it, felt like my mouth was burning the entire time.
But then again, I showed up to the restaurant near closing, so I’d take my review with a grain of salt.

Came here when it was almost closing after attending a performance at the Richmond Hill Arts Centre. It was empty and we got to sit in a private booth. The appetizers were generous, with a salad, miso soup, calamari, and some noodles immersed in soya sauce. I don’t know if it’s because they’re closing soon or just our luck but everything fried (calamari and spicy salmon dynamite roll) was EXTREMELY soggy.
Oyaji Sashimi ~$ 18 (18pc raw fish) Definitely not frozen which is the best part about this place.
Matsu Sushi ~$ 15 (12 pc sushi, 3 pc spicy salmon, 3 pc california roll) The california roll was my favourite! However, there was just an inexplicable amount of wasabi hidden in every sushi piece! It was powdered wasabi too which is probably why it had huge bursts of flavour. I felt like crying during the meal.
I’m disappointed and probably won’t come back, despite the good reviews here.

My friends and I have been here twice. The first time we came here, the service was prompt and the waiter/​waitresses were really attentive. So clearly the food was good enough to make us come back here again, since most of us don’t live in the area.
So the second time we came was on their 1^st anniversary event, which offered 50% off all foods. We took into consideration that they would be busy due to the sheer volume of orders and customers, so we didn’t necessarily mind waiting for a table or even our food. However, they were completely unprepared to handle the amount of business that the event would bring.
With that said, I can confidently say that I have never experienced such poor service in my life, at any restaurant. I’ve been to really busy restaurants, and yet they were still able to accommodate for us. So here’s a point form version of why this was a horrid experience.
1. I did not get any of my orders. I ordered a medium combo sushi boat and a salmon avocado tobiko handroll, and got nothing. We asked them multiple times whether our food was coming, and they said they would check. However, long story short– they somehow mixed up our orders, and gave our sushi boat to someone else. We waited 2.5 hours for this, only to be told that they could make it if we gave them another 20 minutes. Honestly, if it was going to take 20 minutes, I feel like they could have mentioned it the second or third time they said they would check on our order. I was literally falling asleep while waiting for food.
2. My friend didn’t get her udon. Our one friend got his food pretty promptly, and the reason is that it was kitchen food rather than sushi. However, I’m pretty sure udon is categorized as kitchen food.
3. We had to keep asking servers for tea or water, because we never got anything the moment we were seated. And it took ~15−30 minutes for us to get drinks.
4. Pretty much every single person who was seated after us, got all their orders, ate, paid and left. We only know this because the restaurant was basically empty with exception to a few people waiting for takeout, by the time we left.
5. It took 1 hour just to get 2 rolls, in which I’m pretty sure my handroll could have been included in that.
6. No one bothered to tend to us, regardless of how many times we pushed the call button. The button was obviously functional because we could hear the ding. So the only time we could actually flag a server down was when they brought food or by physically waving them down as they walked by.
7. No one apologized for the poor customer service, instead they kind of just whispered as we left. One of the waitresses apologized as we asked for our bill, but she didn’t really know how to handle the situation.
Overall, I feel like our patronage was not respected by them. We aren’t any less important than the next customer, and we are still paying for our food. Like I said at the beginning, we understood that they were busy; however, that is no excuse for treating customers so poorly or giving preference to other customers over us.
Time is our greatest currency, and we can never get it back. So that’s approximately 3 hours of my life that I will never get back from this experience. The only thing I got to eat was the complementary miso soup and salad. At least McDonalds gave me my meal promptly after this.

This is really upsetting. For their 1^st Anniversary Event 50%off Day. November 5^th.
I’ve taken into consideration that they were really busy and had a huge line up. I’ve worked in restaurants and even taking into consideration of their backup orders. But they didn’t handle our end result well at all; which is big deal in customer service.
Being said, that was the worst experience I’ve Ever. had.
1. My friend didn’t get any of her 4 orders, zero.
2. We didn’t get our water or tea until 30−40mins after asking 3 different servers.
3. Other people who lined up got seated 45min-​1hour after us got all their orders, ate, paid and left. While we stayed hours later still waiting for our food.
4. No one would come to our table no matter how many times we would hit the call button, we were completely forgotten and neglected.
5. We waited 3 hours… Got Less than half our orders and be told it would take another 30mins to get the food.
6. They gave our big Sushi Boat that takes the longest to make. And gave it to someone else. They didn’t come to tell us and decided not to tell us at all until we asked, and that was after we already waited 2.5hours and they said they could make it but would take another 30mins.
7. The owner didn’t even come to apologize to us, only our waiter for the whole ordeal.
8. The whole place was full, even with a long line up when we were seated and when we left we were the only ones with 2 others at the restaurant.
*This is really upsetting cuz we came for the first time one other time before this and we had an Amazing experience here and then we get this…
Really upset.
Edit: I’ve been contacted by one of the business owners (Kyung K) and been given a sincere lengthy apology and would like for us to experience another 50% off day on them.
One of my friends who was their that day would really like to take on their offer.
I’ll be back with another review once we go back.

Drove right by this restaurant when looking for it. It is tucked away and their sign isn’t all that visible from the main road in the dark. I was there on a Sunday night for dinner with my family. My first impression walking in was that the place was clean, bright and well-​maintained. We were the only table and two other parties came in while we were there.
They first served each person some miso soup, salad and some noodles. We, then, ordered the Oyaji Combo (meant for 2 people but can definitely be for more) and 3 additional rolls: the Tataki roll, the Oyaji roll, and the Tiger Roll. The combo came with 15 pcs of sashimi, 6 pcs of sushi, a dynamite roll, shrimp and vegetable tempura, 6 pcs Galbi, seafood udon and BBQ Salmon Head. For dessert, they served green tea ice cream which was done right. They froze each bowl so the ice cream didn’t melt as fast. Overall, everything was delicious! And what made it sweeter was that the prices were very reasonable!
The service was also great. There was a bell at our table that we could press to notify the server to come to our table. The server was friendly, smiley and made the dining experience very enjoyable.
For the quality of food, the service and the cost, it’d definitely a (hidden) gem… wish more people knew of this place!

Came here in a referral basis was a little shy but I can say, hands down a 5 star experience. The service was wonderfully filled with smiling faces and the food is absolutely fresh and delicious.

Good, fast and friendly service. Nice décor. Servings were decently portioned and comes with a lot of sides. My bf shared an appetizer and a bento box and it was more than enough for the both of us. If only they were situated in a better plaza, Im pretty sure this place would be booming.

Now, one of the best place to sashimi-​takeout for me, and even when I visited near closing time, the server was really kind enough, and also put ice-​pack on top of the sashimi box to keep it fresh for 30 minutes of driving. The last call is until 10:30PM, so it’s very sweet place to order something Japanese at late night, too. Recommended! :-)

Excellent! I came here with my mom for the first time, and it won’t be our last. We came specifically for Korean, so can’t speak to the Japanese part of it.
We ordered a bibimbap (9.95) and seafood pizza (11.95). The customary appetizers came first and were very enjoyable, as they were different from the normal types. We received a tiny noodle soup and herring (?) with radish. We also got soup and salad for both of us, even though it technically is supposed to come with only for the bibimbap (according to the menu).
Seafood pizza came first. It’s huge! Very thick with plenty of shrimp, squid and crab sticks. The veg in it are green onion, cucumber and mushroom. We ate half and packed the rest (8 pieces in total).
To our surprise, a second round of appetizers came, marinated peanuts, kimchi and spinach.
Bibimbap was also huge and had lots of beef, egg, and veg. The stone bowl was sizzling, and gave the rice a nice crunch without burning it. I have to say that the bowl part is impressive, bc so many places just put the food in a hot (or not) bowl, and leave it at that. Our stone bowl actually popped along with the sizzles. Well done!
Last was a nice dessert of green tea ice cream. Just the right size, not too big, not too small :)
The décor of the place was very nice, evenly spaced out so you won’t feel squished in even if the place is full. Plates and dishes were very nice and pretty. Ceramic, not plastic.
Staff was very friendly, polite and everyone was smiling. Great service and prompt!
Last thing, and for all the Asians out there, this is a big point. Elderly Asian parents typically tip 10% of the pretax bill. For us this is $ 21.90, which means they would typically get $ 2.20 tip. My mom asked me if I had a couple of dollars. I threw it in along with some extra, making the tip a bit over $ 4. My mom didn’t say anything and tucked the money into the pocket to make sure it won’t fall out. You can’t get any better than that right? That’s how much she was impressed with this place!

I ordered the sushi lunch special. Sushi pieces had decent amount of sashimi and tasted good. The rolls had a lot of stuff inside and tasted great. The lunch special came with other kinds of food to nibble as well. For a $ 10 meal, I was very pleased with the experience.
Food, service, and the interior were all excellent. I think this restaurant deserves more than a flat 4-​star rating. I definitely want to come back.

Pretty nice place considering its kind of in a crappy plaza, lots of parking and excellent customer service, came here twice and I believe it is a mom and pop place… its a korean owned japanese place serving both food types… we tried 3 of their bento boxes and they are very very filling, they give you miso soup salad, noodle soup, fried tofu and spicy white carrot with fish… generous portions and pretty good food, loved their temperas and we got the tataki sushi which was hmmm hmm hmmmmm, prolly one of the best sushi places in richmond hill… also this is not a ayce place, their quality trumps those ayce
Will come back again

The food was good. We ordered a sushi boat, rice dish, bento box and some appetizers. All food was very good with good portion sizes. We were also given small free appetizers such as miso soup, salad and this small noodle in a cup all very good. We weren’t sure if it was what we ordered that came with all these small free bonuses so I wouldn’t guarantee they will also be given for others. (This was for dinner)
Overall the food was good service was nice and fast. Will most likely return.

Oyaji Sushi did a good job to give this location which used to be a Korean restaurant a brand new look. I love the deco and a lot of tables have partitions that give me a lot of privacy.
Lunch Special has 18 items to choose from with a good mix of Korean and Japanese dish and of course sushi and sashimi starting from $ 8 that includes miso soup and salad.
#9 6 pc Sushi with 3 pc of Spicy Roll and 3 pc of California Roll ($ 10)
Maybe because of the cold weather, I found I was still really hungry after finishing my lunch. The sushi is one of the smallest size I ate. Small piece of fish and where did they get such a small shrimp? Tuna was that funky looking pink colour. The roll though was quite good.
The side includes garden salad, seaweed salad and glass noodle salad.
Service was friendly and efficient. Either wave the staff over or just ring that bell by the table.
This review is based on sushi alone, so I will need to come back and try out other cook food option and specifically the Korean dish. Will definitely do an update after that experience.