Sushi Kiku

Nestled in a plaza at York Mills and Leslie in North York is a all you can eat Japanese restaurant. In terms of AYCE, this restaurant provides a variety of items all ordered on an iPad. This iPad ordering was neat, never made any mistakes with it. The service was quick to clear plates and refill drinks. However they don’t smile or greet you at the door — just a bunch of awkward staff. Okay! so the food isn’t bad for AYCE. The sushi and maki rolls portions are great because they aren’t try to fill you with rice like other places. The shrimp tempura was really good! Overall pretty good and satisfied my sushi cravings.

Food quality is mediocre.
Serving is mediocre.
Ordering using the iPad is nice, since you can see what was ordered and they are less likely to miss your order.
There are other better AYCE sushi places around the area.

The last time I went to Sushi Kiku two years ago, I had a completely different experience compared to my experience last weekend.
Needless to say, the service was awful. When my sister and I first walked in, nobody even came by to tell us how long the wait would be, or that they would be with us momentarily.
I waited a few minutes, and finally went up to a waiter to ask her how long it would be, because it was a full restaurant. I understand they were busy, but they also seemed understaffed.
The only time the wait staff came by without me asking was to take our order. Luckily we were sitting by the POS system, so somebody was always nearby.
I got the chicken teriyaki bento box, which was OK. I also ordered some mango and green tea ice cream in the end which was not bad either. The food in my opinion was very standard.
Unfortunately the service just ruined the whole experience for me. I will not be coming back in the future, sorry Kiku.

Walked in to an empty restaurant, that should have been my first sign.
Worst sushi I have ever had and they server was so rude, I actually left 0 tip! They counted our shrimp and complained because there was two left.
The waitress stood in the empty restaurant staring at you table the whole time (see photo)

I’m still started by the service I received as mentioned in my previous review, but my previous review says nothing about their food or their value.
Ordered takeout from here on New Year’s. Thankfully, they were open. I’ve never had a terrible food experience here. I just haven’t ordered here in a while. Last time I came, they had pretty good bento box sets. I enjoy bento boxes because usually, they give you a good amount of food for a fairly reasonable price. Sushi Kiku’s bento boxes are no different. I ordered a salmon terriyaki bento box ($ 13.95) and it came with 3 pieces of salmon sashimi, 6 pieces of California roll, miso soup, salad (dressing served on the side), 2 shrimp tempura and 5 of the largest pieces of veggie tempura I’ve ever seen (2 yam, 1 zucchini, 1 eggplant, 1 broccoli), 2 decent sized pieces of salmon terriyaki, 2 pieces of agedashi tofu, and rice. I’m not a small eater, but I only managed to finish sashimi, the sushi, and the tempura before I gave up… and this was at dinner. Taste-​wise, everything was not bad. The tempura was crispy. The salmon sashimi was, for lack of better words, creamy (and slightly warm, but that’s probably because I ordered takeout and it was packed with all the hot food, so I won’t dock them marks on that), the California roll was freshly made (I’m not pleased when I find avocado in my rolls that is turning brown). I heard the miso soup had enoki mushrooms in it.
I’ll come again for the food. Hopefully, their service gets better.

iPad ordering allows quicker service for the customers and the seaweed in the hand rolld and maki rolls is what i noticed; it was super crispy and dry. I really prefer the rolls with seaweed like this and in some AYCE Sushi restaurants you dont really get this kind of quality. Tasted fresh and everything on the menu is on point ! Definitely my go to ayce place this year !

Before even entering the restaurant, the decal on the exterior covered all their windows and you could barely tell where the front door was unless someone was exiting the restaurant. It looks closed on the outside basically. Pretty unwelcoming in my opinion.
Came here for a birthday dinner. Food was alright — sashimi was a-​ok. Glad they got the number of pieces right when we ordered salmon sashimi. Most places don’t serve the right number of pieces — just so they could pace us. Although we had a group of 20 people.
Reason why I am giving only 2 stars is because the service. The service here is SLOW. We ordered about 15 dishes the first time. About half of them showed up within 40 minutes. At one point, we had finished all those dishes and waited for another 20 minutes for another dish to arrive. Not sure if we were really that hungry or they couldn’t keep up with us. We submitted another order (2^nd order) and we got some items on the 2^nd order 15 minutes later. Mind you, there were still some dishes missing from the first order. After finishing our 2^nd order of food, our remaining items from the 1^st order FINALLY came. About time! We ordered our dessert and we still had more food arrive from our first order! Talk about working backwards here… The server ended up taking it back because we had already finished our dessert and he was fine taking it back.
Paid $ 33 for poor service, fruit flies and poorly positioned exterior decal.

So I came here today with some of my fire buds as one their recommendations. We ordered food via Ipad, but there was 8 of us so it took some time for all of us to order. The food however didn’t seem to be the freshest of fish I’ve eaten. The salmon sushi had a dark dry texture and I was kind of skeptical about eating it. I was right about how it looked because that’s how it tasted… very dry. The other food we ordered tasted more fresh, which was weird seeing how some was really dry.
Overall this wasn’t bad. Maybe some days they have fresher salmon or certain types of fish. Service is a meh for me wasn’t too spectacular just seemed average to me. The parking is quite hectic as it’s beside a longos. So Goodluck with parking or try the back!

I went in and looked at the menu. There was very little options. It was like a lunch ayce restaurant. The price was expensive considering the food selection. The sushi was average. I just wish they had more options. The service was bad. The server was rude and not welcoming.

Sushi is always fresh. This is my go-​to sushi restaurants for years now. Staff is very nice and the all you can eat is always satisfying. I’ve eaten in and done take-​out and would high recommend both. Price is comparable and they are very kid friendly.
The sushi rolls are large and unlike most places, I’d recommend the sushi pizza.
So, when you find yourself looking for that sushi kick, I highly recommend the Kiku.

Pretty good sushi for a great price! Can’t complain about that!
We didn’t have AYCE, but found that the prices were pretty good. The sushi combos were very filling for 1 person and around $ 11-​$ 15.
The maki tastes pretty good, but I found the rice to be more on the soft/​mushier side compared to other sushi places. I prefer to have my maki rice cooked with a little more texture. But my sister ordered the Chirashi Don, which is Sashimi over a bed of rice, and I really liked the rice on its own. They sprinkle some Japanese seasoning on top of it to give it extra flavour.
I tried «Deep Fried Milk» for the first time and I must say that it’s pretty interesting… There’s a semi-​sweet creamy milk custard/​pudding filling on the inside of deep-​fried tempura with chocolate fondue on the side. 5 pieces for $ 3.99. If you like deep fried banana, but want to try something more soft, I would recommend trying this.
The service here is pretty good. Although the waitresses don’t smile much, they are polite for the most part. The food comes really fast compared to most sushi places I’ve been to! We just finished ordering and we got our soup and salad within 2 minutes! So if you’re starving, the good news is that you won’t have to wait long.
I also really like the interior. It’s very modern and cozy.
I would definitely come here again. Especially since you get 5% off for paying with cash. ;)

One of the worst service I ever had in my life!
The waitresses were very rude, they seemed miserable, and obviously hated their jobs.
The food was hit or miss. Nothing great or special.
Ultimately, avoid if you can. They didn’t even give us our change after we paid. Come here if you want to pay to be treated awfully. Definitely never returning.

More or less like your typical ayce sushi place. Here are some bullet points
— ordered a mango slush drink for 3.60. Very diluted mango taste, if any. ⁴⁄₁₀ (ended up ordering some mango ice cream and putting it in the rest of my drink lol but even the mango ice cream taste is different)
— baked mussels were pretty good. ⁸⁄₁₀
— breaded scallop was mostly hollow inside. What did they do to the scallop?!? ⁴⁄₁₀
— shrimp tempura — shrimp itself was pretty huge, but managed to be even bigger with a huge load of batter. ⁶⁄₁₀
— beef ribs were hot and tasty. 8.5÷10
— miso soup was a bit diluted. ⁶⁄₁₀
— sushi and sashimi were generally decent for an ayce place. 7.5÷10
— deep dried milk was interesting. ⁷⁄₁₀
— ipad ordering was pretty easy. Food came fairly quickly.
Okay food, speedy service. Prob won’t return tho, since I don’t really do ayce much anymore-​just today cuz I was craving loads of food.
⁶⁄₁₀ for quality, ⁸⁄₁₀ for service. ⁷⁄₁₀ for value. 6.5÷10 overall (not an average)

Sushi Kiku is one of the better AYCE sushi spots in North York. Located right by the Longos on York Mills and Leslie. The place is pretty large but like most AYCE sushi places, they fill quickly. Menu has quite a bit of options (picture below) for lunch.
The sushi rolls here are pretty standard. They have a good enough rice to fish ratio. The green dragon and red dragon rolls are must haves, like most places, The nigiri is better than average. The hot food here is actually surprisingly good. They have all kinds of teriyaki, stir-​frys, and tempura items. The cheese mussels are pretty popular as well, but they’re merely OK. The short ribs and steak teriyaki are the real items on the menu to be adored.

I’ve been to this restaurant before, both at this location and their hwy 7 one and loved their food. Great deal but I was quite disappointed this time when I ordered off their a la carte menu. We ordered a caterpillar tool but there was hardly a trace of bbq eel. Not to mention the terrible service! Our waitress just threw our food on the table and had the worst attitude. It was as if we were her worst enemies. Apparently this happens all the time when the manager’s not around.

Ordered off the AYCE menu (they have iPads) food came fast and to temperature. Decent variety of menu items (didn’t have a lot of special rolls though). Servers were attentive even though they were super busy that night.
I recommend coming here for all you can eat, however probably best not on a weekend as the pricing is a bit more for the same stuff.

The food was quite delicious and wasn’t busy when I checked out this place but it wasn’t spectacular. The food was tasty (though the chicken items were bland) and the service was decent. I enjoyed the ice cream and the chicken fried rice the most. Sushi was delicious but avoid the chicken teriyaki roll at all costs! Dry, hard to eat and didn’t sit well at all! I do like that you can place your order on the iPad instead of trying to get the attention of the waitress, so that is a plus. Overall decent but not spectacular.

It was my first time coming here and I enjoyed my food at Sushi Kiku, although I think that Heart land Sushi can put Kiku to shame.
I wish the ingredients were fresher, (avocado felt like it was soggy) but I really like the fact that I was able to order my food with an ipad (makes ordering super quick without having to wait for a waitress).
They only had ice cream on the lunch buffet menu, which was a shame, I~m not sure whether they have more variety on their dinner menu (I hope so), if not, I wouldn’t bother spending 23 $ on dinner here.
Overall, I think I will be coming back. The waitress’ were friendly and kept filling up my water and cleaning the table which was nice.

They have a lunch special for around 9 $+ tax and tip that u can’t beat, choice of short ribs, beef, chicken, tempura.
As an Ayce it’s not the best, quality is good, but just the preparation and presentation isn’t «wow»
iPad ordering is cool tho.

Well, after I decided to come check out this place with my family after hearing a lot of appraisal from my mother and her friends.
The décor of this restaurant is very warm and welcoming. The service was very decent where the waiters were friendly and wanting to make our meal a pleasurable experience. The waiters were very attentive and they come around constantly to clear the table, which was great since we were running out of space for our food since we ordered a lot in the first round.
The food was very delicious from the All You Can Eat menu. They have the classics (Tempura, Miso Soup, Ramen, Maki, Sashimi) and they have some new items I have not heard of before like Sushi Pizza. I was very impressed with the freshness and quality of the seafood, especially from the yellowtail and salmon sashimi we ordered. The restuarant offers a lot of specialty rolls, which was very pleasant to see as I was interested in tasting some of the flavour combinations.
This establishment is a great place if you just want to sit back, enjoy some Japanese cuisine, and have a great time with family and friends.