Kenkou Sushi Bar

Seeing the positive reviews here really make me wonder if were going to the same resturant. Granted, Im here on a lunch buffet (yes present tense because Im still here, waiting for the bill to arrive) so I might not have had the best items the menu has to offer. The sushi is just terrible, no other way to put it. The rice was warm and moist? Theres now a limit on the beef short ribs (3 per person) which was really the only redeeming item on the menu. It seems like the layer the golden shrimps with more and more fried coating every time I come here. (my friend keeps suggesting it) The menu selection vastly pales in comparison to every other sushi ayce Ive been to in toronto. Never coming here again if I could help it, giving it 2 stars because the staff was fairly fast and the price is dirt cheap but you get what you pay for.

The food is alright. It’s a cheap price for AYCE, but I would personally spend a bit more at a better place.
Service is not the best. They did not greet us well and they hardly spoke to us. When they did answer our questions, they were quite rude. By the end, when we had to walk up to the register to pay, the lady told us «tip is not included» while we got our change. Personally, I don’t like being hustled for a tip that isn’t even deserved. We tipped anyway, to avoid any more awkwardness.
The sushi isn’t wrapped tight enough. Our rolls kept falling apart.
The chicken was almost too soft/​raw.
The sauce for tempura was barely filled into the deep container they provide. couldn’t even dip properly.
The best things I tried were the Osaka shrimp (sweet potato wrapped shrimp) and the short rib.
I don’t plan on coming back here.

Kenkou provided an average experience for an AYCE sushi dinner. The service was alright, but I had to leave my table to get some soya sauce from the bar. Otherwise the service towards bringing our food was was pretty good, and the food came fast enough for myself a group of nine others. However the table was not entirely clean, and some of the employees were unenthusiastic.
Overall, Kenkou is not a bad restaurant, but not the first sushi place that I wood recommend.

The service was rude. The server kept coming back to question us on whether we were going to finish all the food we ordered. It made our party feel threatened. The food was mediocre and the rice fell apart.

3.5
Kenkou is a nice little spot located in a small plaza on Steeles. Thanks to Unilocal for helping find this place.
Pros:
Lots to choose from in AYCE menu
Service is quick even when busy
Cons:
No Tuna in AYCE
Ice cream not divided?
We were felling AYCE sushi one weekend night and didn’t want to travel to far. A quick search on Unilocal revealed this place. I go by this plaza all the time and never knew there was a sushi restaurant here at all. It’s looks very tiny on the outside but is actually very big when you come in. This place also lets you order a la cart so if you’re not feeling AYCE, you have that option as well.
One look at the AYCE menu shows Kenkou offers a lot of options. They have your sushi, sashimi, some fried foods, teppenyaki options, udon and a bunch more I can’t remember off the top of my head. One notable omission is tuna. They don’t seem to have that on the AYCE menu which kinda sucks. Other than that, I was quite satisfied with what was available.
The service here is very quick and friendly. We didn’t have to wait long for any items we ordered. The sushi here is pretty good, not the best but great for what you’re paying. I loved the teppenyaki items. The garlic shrimp was definitely one of my favorite items. The sashimi was well done as well. The sushi and anything else with rice comes with a lot of rice (which is standard at any AYCE place if you ask me) so I avoid those when I can.
When it came to the ice cream at the end of the meal, they did something strange. We ordered 3 orders of chocolate and 2 orders of ginger ice cream. I was thinking we were getting separate little bowls for each order like all other places. They out all 3 orders of chocolate in the same bowl and all the ginger in another. I don’t know if they did that because they knew we were family, but it was still awkward to eat. I can’t imagine if I came out with acquaintances that I’m not as close to. Just weird if you ask me.
Overall, a nice little place to go for sushi. It’s a hidden gem if you ask me. It won’t be the best, but will definitely satisfy.

Great quiet atmosphere unlike most AYCE places where it’s literally a fish market. This establishment is an AYCE place where you can actually have a conversation with your party so you’re not matching decibel levels with the next table.
The food is fresh and fast!
I Def love the mushroom pork roll which is essentially enoki mushrooms wrapped in bacon…
Mhmmmm
Ps. Free WiFi! HELL YEAH

This is not a AYCE sushi review.
I have been to Kenkou once and it wasn’t very memorable. I go to this plaza a lot but I don’t usually come for food.
Lately we discovered the lunch special and the deal is pretty good. For $ 7.99, the bento box includes miso soup, salad, A LOT of stir-​fried vegetables, rice, spring rolls, California rolls and cucumber rolls, and your choice of beef/​chicken/​salmon teriyaki, beef ribs, shrimp/​vegetable tempura, pork/​chicken katsu. The portion of the bento box was really big. As I said there was a lot of vegetables (I love bean sprouts) and rice. The beef teriyaki and pork katsu are my favorites. I could split the bento box in half and save the rest for the next meal. Overall a satisfied and reasonable priced lunch deal.

I usually don’t go for all you can eat sushi but after years of eating terrible sushi in Italy I have grown accustomed to buffet style servings.
This place was surprisingly great. The portions were small, which allowed us to try a larger variety of dishes, the fish fresh, and the service quick and friendly. The rice was well cooked and didn’t leave me feeling like a bloated rice ball. A great deal for the price, especially at lunch. Lots of space for groups. The ambiance is bright and pretty quiet. Hot dishes are also available on the all you can eat menu as are desserts and non alcoholic beverages.

Amazing price of 18.99 for all you can eat, and you can get an extra 10% discount if you pay in cash!
Food is delicious, both raw and cooked varieties. My friends and I have reordered the short ribs many many times. The one con is that the rice tastes underseasoned.
Service is very polite :)

Appetizers were really good (especially the spicy fish soup). Sushi and sashimi were horrible. The restaurants ambience is nice. Overall, I probably won’t return since there are many other Japanese restaurants to choose from.

I came here on a Wednesday night with my huge family — we were 2 rows of tables, for 21 hungry people. Borderline hangry…
Orders are still placed by pencil & paper, and although they may be able to accommodate large groups in terms of seating, they are a little overwhelmed by trying to serve them.
Restaurant size:
Spacious, yet the tables near the entrance will be somewhat poorly lit. Perhaps the elegant term is… ambient?
Portion size:
What you order is what you get; sushi and sashimi orders are per piece. Maki rolls aren’t completely full of rice!
Service:
Back to the point about being overwhelmed…
For my immediate table, we decided to be a section of 4 people — it’s impossible to get an entire row of 16 to agree on food items, let alone pass them around! Some other family members did their own sectioning, and the service staff were OK with this. However, sushi and sashimi orders were sent to other tables (as in, other CUSTOMERS), and some order sheets were conveniently misplaced. This resulted in one group sitting without food for around 30 minutes. There is a 2 hour time limit. Hangriness takes over, and an argument between a family member and the staff ensues…
While we were all waiting for our food, the service staff, including the cooks, decide to do stuff with their garbage bins and start doing some cleaning. We’re not sick, so I guess nothing to really be worried about — they totally washed their hands after, right? Right!
They do have children’s booster seats available if needed.
Food quality:
Quality was quite acceptable. Sashimi wasn’t too thick, wasn’t too frozen, wasn’t too thin. Maki wasn’t too full of rice. Some really delicious dishes, like bacon & asparagus and grilled salmon belly.
Final thoughts:
You get your money’s worth here, but if you’re coming with a large group you may have to exercise your patience.
Also, you’ll get a bicep workout with their heavy washroom doors ;-)

$ 18.99 for all you can eat (AYCE) on a weekday is not bad, especially when you get 10% off when you pay in cash.
The food is good, not outstanding, but slightly above the usual AYCE quality.
– Rolls aren’t padded with rice to make you full
– Sashimi is good
– Tempura and other fried food are prepared well too, especially the two types of shrimp they have (shrimp tempura and Osaka golden shrimp)
– Pork cutlets are super thin so they tend to be on the drier side
– Salmon is great, but the belly is my favourite
– Calamari? Not the fried kind. It wasn’t great.
– Beef tataki has always been a miss for me, either warm or sliced too thick.
Service is economical and efficient. They’re good with refilling tea if they see it, but otherwise, there isn’t much interaction to judge.
During our most recent visit, they missed a few orders entirely, which hasn’t happened before. But they’re pretty good with giving you what you ordered unlike those other AYCE places that decide you’ll only get half the quantity of sashimi you ordered.

Good food, nice service. Great price can’t complain! But I over ordered so most of the sushi at the end tasted like mushy :/​the beginning was nice

Don’t be fooled by the entrance. This place is quite spacey. Great for groups. $ 20.99 for AYCE dinner. 10% off if you pay ca$h.
My favorite items here are sashimi (all of them!) And short ribs. Place was not very crowded so service was quick and efficient. Oh ya and they got chocolate ice cream.
Overall nice place for AYCE dinner.

Kenkou is a surprisingly spacious AYCE restaurant when you walk in, there is a very modern and clean interior. Food was pretty good for a cheaply priced AYCE dinner (20.99 on weekdays except friday)! However, it’s pretty empty (literally) most of the time during our stay.
Service was NOT, as I felt, the best. It took us numerous calls to get something simple like a coke to the table. There was a lot of cursing in cantonese that we heard from the servers right before they closed, it was quite unpleasant.

Kenkou is a small AYCE sushi spot near Steeles and Bayview. Though I said small, it actually is rather large when you walk in. The place is clean and reminds me a lot of Sushi Kiku. The lunch menu is $ 13.99 and I found myself a bit disappointed by the options.
The sushi was decent enough. The salmon and surf clam sushi were pretty good and I found the rolls to be pretty decent as well. The spicy crab roll and the hand rolls were done very well and they definitely have more meat than rice in this place. The hot foods like udon and skewers were subpar. Smaller portions (which is OK for AYCE), but quality wasn’t there either.
Most of my AYCE favorites like seaweed salad and shrimp sushi can only be found for dinner, which is disappointing. The place is OK but being that its the same price as almost every AYCE sushi spot, there is nothing to really differentiate this place from others.

Can’t beat the 12.99 Mon — Sun lunch price.
Came here for Saturday lunch and was pretty much the first people there. The service was slow initially but picked up. Fish wasn’t really super fresh, which is disappointing.
Good food: beef short ribs, deep fried calamari
Beware: the noodles and rice have gigantic portions
That 10% off cash payment thing was never mentioned to us, since we only got to see the AYCE menu.

Nothing to complain about. Nice, small restaurant with attentive staff. Not hungry enough to spring for AYCE but portions were fairly big. Price point reasonable. Didn’t find anything unique on their menu that would have me returning anytime soon (somewhat out of the way for me).
All food is well-​prepared and presented in an appealing manner. If you live in the area and feel like sushi this would be a place to check out.

Lunch buffet was awesome! The photo attached didn’t tell the full story, but it’s a good enough representation. The food were prepared fresh, and since it’s AYCE, the portion didn’t really matter. Speed of service was on par, today it was a tad slow for lunch, but they are very attentive so it’s all good.

2.5 — Based on the food alone. Deep fried/​tempura items were completely tasteless. Shrimp were previously frozen which I expect, but they weren’t seasoned and neither was the batter.
Service was fine, tea was refilled in a timely matter. Empty dishes were eventually taken away. Although English wasn’t very polished, they answered our questions about certain items — not correctly, but they were answered. ;)
(Btw, I’m not super picky about servers not being able to speak English ’cause I almost expect them NOT to in certain ethnic restaurants. What’s important to me is that they *try* to answer questions and don’t look bothered by them.)
Nice interior, but the chairs are waaay too low for the height of the tables. Not super comfortable.
To be honest, food wasn’t anything special. There seemed to be a lot of options, especially for dinner, but as soon as I tasted that most of the non-​sushi items were bland, I didn’t bother ordering a second round.
Sushi itself was tasteless and unremarkable in terms of presentation. Hence the no pics.
DISCOUNT: 10% off if you pay with cash, but REMIND them. And if it’s your bday, you hafta have 6 people in your party before the bday boy/​girl gets to dine free!