Osaka Japanese Cuisine

Was so disappointed in this place. Food was ok however the service was not the greatest. Me and a friend came here with our kids. I have a infant and she has a child under 2. Well when the bill came they charged us for the 2 year old (which is fine he only had 2 chicken wings– but that ok). What was more disturbing was the tip change they put on the bill. When we asked about this they stated it was under new management and they put a mandatory 10 percent change for tip for everyone. This does not make sense because the service was not good and a tip is for good service. Needless to say we will not be coming back to this place as the bill for was over $ 75.00 and we didn’t get drinks. We ended up paying for the bill, however be warned. They will make you tip for bad service. NEVER AGIAN!

Grabbed some take out from Osaka on New Year’s Eve. Placed the order over the phone and picked up 20 minutes later. Good was fresh and plentiful. Prices were reasonable and I enjoyed the food I got. I would recommend sticking with the sushi. My husband got curry chicken which wasn’t my favourite. I truly enjoyed the veggie rolls and tempura that I ordered.

3.5 stars.
Décor nice.
Service average.
Price reasonable.
Food quality, surprisingly, this is where I was surprised. My parents and I were trying to decide where to go around this area, East York, and we saw that Osaka had a 2.5 star review, but only two reviews at the time. My mom wanted to go to Matsuda or Ganoe on Don Mills, south of York Mills, but we had already tried Itamae, which is what Osaka was called before they changed names over the last year or so. I was like «itamae wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t memorable either, but since it changed names and probably owners, you have to give a new place a try and you can’t always trust Unilocal», especially the 1 star review that my mom had saw, where the user only had 1 review on Unilocal.
Anyways, kinda got off topic, but we went and our first few items came, tasted good, and was put together well. Our dragon roll and some other special roll came, and the spicy salmon roll… I was not expecting the quality that they provided at this all you can eat. It was better than most a la carte restaurants that we go to, and much better than almost all AYCE sushi restaurants I’ve been to in Toronto. It was put together so nice, rolled nice and firm, with the perfect amount of rice (not a lot of rice, just enough to hold the roll together!), lots of filling, large amount of seaweed on the spicy salmon, the avocado was perfectly ripe and creamy, it was delicious. The steak was quality, perfectly medium rare pieces with a generous portion of sliced fried garlic with it, the shrimp tempura was as expected, but the yam tempura was HUGE and well done (although, nothing out of the ordinary for the batter they used). I think what really stood out and really makes this place stand out far above most AYCE is the quality of their special rolls and the maki. I can’t really begin to describe how surprised I was when I saw it and began eating the rolls we got. The sashimi was good, fresh tasting, a nice size to all their portions, nothing to complain about.
Also read a review about rolls having too much rice, I think, if we got lucky that night and it was a one off, it was our lucky night, but give a «useful» approval if you were also surprised about the quality that went into every roll, and the steak… Mmm.

Third time here and everytime I leave saying «it’s not that great» but why do I keep coming back, simply convenience.
Be sure to bring cash, if you pay with cash you get 10% off the entire bill.
dont fill up on rolls, it’s a lot of rice and not worth it.
service is quick which is what I love!
food is mediocre:
— jumbo shrimp is not jumbo lol
— the short ribs are great
— the beef tataki is super good but they always bring you less than what u order. i swear we had to order it 10x
— cheese wonton is no good, old oil
— flounder is good, lots of bones though
— miso soup is super sweet…
— seaweed salad is good
— mango yogurt is really good
— chocolate mousse is not good, bitter
— salmon sashimi is super tiny cuts, order lots
— eel sushi is good, but I love eel so id eat anything eel, bad or good lol
— fried squid tentscles is not crispy
— zucchini no good
— mushroom rolled in beef, super chewy
— fried dumplings is okay, cant really screw that up
All in all, it’s not a bad place for ayce at 24 $ per person for dinner. The food is okay, depends what you eat. dont bother with rolls, or those rice/​noodle dishes. you wont get your moneys worth. Stick with the sashimi, and tataki. the service is always quick.

This is the worst sushi restaurant I ever been. I hope itamae still here, the service it’s horrible, the waitress can even speak English and they don’t even have Manager because when I asked for the manager they said was he’s day off pls don’t come here !!! Save the bad bad experience

This is my second time visiting.
I went on a weekday at lunch (1:30pm)and it was pack! They had the iPad to order from, and service here is great! I ask one of the staff if I could get no avocado in one of my rolls, and it was no problem for them. The food here taste fresh, I love the meats that they had to offer here. Overall, great sushi, great service, the food came out fast and hot. Better ayce sushi in the area.

The food is delicious, I highly recommend to try gold dragon roll and deep fried dragon roll and beef short ribs. Everything is fresh and tasty.
The waiters and waitresses are friendly even the day I came was very busy.