Hands down best sushi in Hamilton. Don't even talk to me about anywhere else. Seriously. Don't. Freshest, yummiest, fastest, cheapest, cleanest, trendiest, and many more -iest (meaning THE BEST) adjectives describe August 8. Just go. Right now. read more

The select of Sushi and Dim Sum on the AYCE menu is quite good and the items were of reasonably good quality if not exceptional. Decor is pleasant but could be a bit mellower. The drawback here was the service - they seem to have a lot of trouble getting orders correct. read more

I want a place like this in Seattle! i was visiting some cousins in Hamilton when one of them got married recently and we came here on my last night in town. Super reasonable, it's about $20 for all you can eat form their menu: dim sum, teppanyaki, sushi, and other Asian dishes. I loved the variety. A word to the wise: be clear if you only want ONE order of something. The waiter may just bring out 2 plates of something for the table when you were the only one who wanted to try it in the first place. ' I'm going to keep hoping someone in Seattle opens something like this soon! read more

Best all you can eat in Hamilton, actually probably the best sushi in Hamilton. The iPads make ordering really easy and removes the mess of using paper and pencils. The staff are always on their feet taking plates and bringing more food. Personally I love the eel they serve and the mango smoothies are quite tasty. Now it should be mentioned that this is a very westernised sushi. So do not expect things like Natto or extremely niche Japanese dishes. That being said they so serve chicken feed it you do request it. The dessert is pretty good. I personally go for the steamed bun with Green Tea ice cream. read more

So while my friends and I were in Niagara Falls we were craving dim sum and we didn't want to drive super far to where I usually go when I visit my relatives in Canada. We fell upon this place it's a little less than an hour from Niagara Falls and at first we didn't know what to think, an all you can eat dim sum and sushi place is so out of the ordinary. Although I was skeptical my cravings for dim sum were pretty big so we decided to give it a try. Although it's dim sum menu is small, I overall LOVE this place. It's such a good price for an all you can eat place and had relatively good quality food! Love how contemporary the place was and all the orders are placed on an iPad which serves as a menu. It made service easy and fast. The staff were really kind and the food was good. It's such a unique place! Definitely coming back for more. read more

August 8 - Japanese Near Me - Hamilton, Ontario

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Generous vegetarian selection.

This place is one of my staples with my co-workers who enjoy AYCC restaurants. (All You Can CRAM) They have a great selection of excellent food, but make sure you get everything you asked for. They often "forget" when you're with larger groups. Don't be all polite/western at this place. Wave your arms at the server and ask again. If you sit politely and wait in your passive-aggressive stupor giving the servers cut-eye, they won't know what the heck your problem is. Wave your arm, ask again for what you missed. It will appear, and you will be happy. The quality of food is excellent. It's not award winning but it is tasty with a fantastic variety. $19.99 for AYCC dinner. Awesome! read more

Who ever thought of putting sushi & dim sum together is an absolute genius in my books. For years my friends and I always argued about either going out for sushi or dim sum. It was always one or the either - but now we can have both!! The best part about August 8 is there is no compromise to quality when they decided to join them together. I've been going to this August 8 even before they decided to add dim sum items to the menu and I can say the sushi quality has stayed the same and the dim sum dishes are just as good as the ones served at restaurants specializing in dim sum. They're fried shrimp rolls, tripe, and chicken feet are always spot on and are just as good as some of the best dim sum places I've been. The service is always pretty good as well. The food comes out fast and I always have a full glass of tea. There is another location in Burlington and now Oakville but I prefer the Hamilton location because there execution of some of the dishes are slightly different in Burlington. read more

Welcome to another "all you can eat" sushi place. This establishment doesn't qualify as a "good sushi" place for the following reasons: 1. Limited seating 2. Limited menu 3. Long waiting times for orders 4. Sub par Japanese food 5. Untrained Chinese cooks making Japanese food. 6. Being ignored in a foreign language 7. Having to explain my order over 6 times to a waitress that obviously didn't understand the basics of the English language 8. Dim sum was completely limited on the menu. 9. Why have Chinese food and Japanese food in the same place? It's like going to MacDonald's and ordering KFC or Taco Bell. 10. Sushi was horrible. I have been to Japan. If you want sub par sushi and a good chance of getting food poisoning then this is your place. Enjoy the sickness. read more

Delicious for Hamilton. One of the best AYCE sushi places in Hamilton, though there are many places in Toronto that are better. The portion sizes are relatively small (they don't stuff the sushi with a ton of rice) or make their maki rolls ginormous. There is also a selection for dimsum for those who like to eat it combined, which is very unique for a sushi place. read more

ORDER THE FIRST ITEM ON THE MENU! TENDERLOIN STEAK! You will not regret it. Best thing they have. beeeefy. In general, the best place for dim-sum and the like in Hamilton. I don't really enjoy sushi, as I hate the taste of seaweed, but they have plenty on the menu here that I do enjoy, aside from the sushi. LIke the other reviewers said, as with every other sushi place I've ever been to, they do start to "forget" your orders after a while, but thats kinda industry standard at this point. read more

Who doesn't like ayce sushi and who wouldn't want to have dim sum, too? The service was fast and attentive. It was cool and efficient to make an order using an iPad. Unlike other iPad restaurants, this place has a nice custom-made casing for each iPad as well. This place is good for groups. In terms of quality of food and pricing, it's similar to places like 168 Sushi Asian Buffet. Everything tasted very fresh. Note when I got to the restaurant, I was pretty hungry, so I could have rated this place better than it should have been. Likes: -Seaweed salad -Salmon sashimi -White tuna (butterfish) tataki -Sticky rice -Deep fried squid -Beef mushroom roll -Tiramisu -Bonus points for the cool name of the restaurant Ok: -Scallop tempura -Har gow -Lover sushi was interesting; made on a Pringles chip -Red dragon roll -Spicy seafood udon soup Dislikes: -Chicken feet: I shouldn't have given this a try. Just not for me. -Miso soup Price: -$30+ per person for dinner including taxes and tips read more

Food was not delivered fresh at all. My friend and I got food poisoning from our order. The tuna in my rolls were a dark brown and had a fishy smell. When we called the restaurant, they were very rude and offered no help. Would not recommend. read more

OK, I'm a little ashamed to admit my skepticism about finding decent ethnic food in the Hammer - I wasn't expecting much. And I CERTAINLY wasn't expecting much from a place that on paper seems like a lot of Fusion Confusion. An AYCE one at that. But this place? Ass kickingly great! The room was well appointed and clean. All the servers were quick and extremely nice! And the food? Freaking delicious! My only qualm was that lunch ($14.99, a steal!) doesn't offer sashimi. But that's pretty much it from the complaint department. Everything we had was properly executed and freaking tasty. We'll definitely be back for seconds and thirds! read more

Omg yum, who doesn't love all-you-can eat sushi and ordering on fancy ipads? Although I've only been in Hamilton for 3 months, I can venture to say August 8 is my favorite Japanese restaurant in the area (although coming from Vancouver, I'm kind of a Japanese food snob). If you're not ordering all you can eat, they have the usual selection of rolls, sashimi, tempura, salads, soups, hands rolls etc. AND DIM SUM! This one is a little strange, yet somehow they make it work. I tried their shrimp dumplings and hot and sour soup, and I have to say, definitely a fan. Their rolls are massive and generally a great deal, ranging between $3 for your basic California roll to $11-12 for their most complicated. Usually I can order a soup and a roll and be completely satisfied. 5 pieces of salmon sashimi is only $5-6, so if you're looking for something light, you can definitely order some soup, edamame and sashimi, and still feel relatively full. In terms of all you can eat, their lunch is under $16 (which is an amazing deal), and their dinner is $26.99 (kind of pricey after tax and tip). I've gotten both before, and I really wish I had been more hungry for the all you can eat dinner. However, they don't have a limit on the number of sashimi pieces you can order, like usual all you can eat places. They also don't really charge you for leftovers (just don't be wasteful)! Food comes out pretty quickly, and everything tastes pretty fresh. In Hamilton, I've also been to Sapporo, which I thought was pretty good as well, especially their sashimi, however I prefer the atmosphere, service and options at August 8. Would I come again? YES DEFINITELY. Next time I get a Japanese food craving, I'll be back! read more

Variety of different items, not so much variety of sushi. I only like two different kinds of sushi on the menu. Wish they gave single servings of edamame. Their shrimp rolls are really tasty. Dumplings, rice, udon, etc. Are all good. I really like the crab sushi roll. (There's no picture on the menu at this location though). For dessert I get any flavour of ice cream with fried banana. The other deserts are okay, not that great. Very clean environment and service is quick. Although sushi is my favourite at AYCE places, and this place lacks variety of sushis I like, overall this place is better than other AYCE sushi places I've been to. Their variety of different items is what has me. read more

I frequent this place almost once a week, so as you might guess I recommend it over all other sushi places in Hamilton - especially on a student budget. ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT You can leave there with tip and tax on your bill for just about $20 flat. The food is great, selection unbeatable and the fact they have dim sum also is an added bonus adding 10s of items to the menu. They also offer takeout! The only complaint might be the service, as they forget your order often (i suggest asking for an order card/sheet). I recommend the Dragon Rolls and Tempura read more

The AYCE sushi is just ok. Nothing amazing. The dim sum on the other hand was barely passable and everything on the menu was far too greasy even by AYCE standards. What really did this place in was the slow, inattentive and curt service from start to finish. No welcome, stood at the front for a good while before someone noticed and offered a table, nobody returned a smile the entire time. Over an hour for one round of food and no plates were cleared at any time during the meal. Drinks sat empty for 20 minutes lined up at the edge of the table in plain view of manager and staff. No one cared. Attempted to get a servers attention on several occasions as they walked right past the table by politely saying "Excuse me miss" even the manager passed by several times without so much as glancing at the table. Totally ignored. Maybe I went on an off day but I doubt it. The modern, designer decor and dim lighting is meant to make you forget that you are eating in a poorly managed grease pit with bad service. The end. read more

Normally I sing this restaurant's praises but tonight I made reservations which they neglected to reserve all of my seats for. I reserved five seats and they gave me a table for four. They then proceeded to place a seat adjacent to the table with the back facing another table and squeezed my sister in uncomfortably close to another table. All of the seafood was perfectly acceptable but when they brought the table any food that was meant to be warm it came cold and they neglected to bring all of the items we ordered. This has come to be expected when dining at sushi restaurants but when we explained that not all of our food had come they argued with us instead of apologising. They actually proceeded to argue with us for over twenty minutes regarding the quality and warmth of the food. We asked to only pay for two members of our party because only those two actually received any of the food they ordered. They then argued with us more and told us we could pay for just what we ate which we realised right away would have cost us more than five party members considering how much fish my brother and I had eaten. Then the manager came to the table and explained if we didn't pay in full she was going to make our server pay for the remainder of our bill. We argued the point that this wasn't fair to our server and explained that we'd be reporting that to the authorities. Finally, fed up we left $50 on the table and left as they threatened to call the police. Happy Birthday to me. read more

A very contemporary restaurant. Great decor. All you can eat sushi and dim sum. You Order off an iPad that each table gets when they are seated. The food come out fast and quality was good. Definitely coming back when I'm back in the area. Great service and great food. read more

Best all you can eat in Hamilton. Good selection. Can get very busy on weekends so good idea to make reservation. read more

All the times I've been there the food has been great! It's always tasted exactly like it was supposed to, I'm just really happy there's deep fried bananas on the menu... Service is okay, it's faster on weekdays, which makes sense, but they guy who took our order sheet kind of left with it in his apron so it made for a long wait time before asking about it. The remaining waitresses were super understanding though! Looking from the outside, it looks like a really sketchy place, but once you walk in, you get the high quality feel. I wish they had ipad menus, but it's not a huge deal. read more

Had a fun time with the family at August 8! Since it is an all you can eat restaurant, it was well worth our time. The food selection is out of this world the short beef ribs, the salmon were most definitely my favorite dishes. read more

Perfect! It was a bit of a drive through an endless industrial park off the highway but the GPS did not steer us wrong. We had the lunch AYCE menu around lunchtime on a Thursday. We waited momentarily for a table to be cleaned in the busy restaurant. It took about 90 minutes for us to work our way through the packed menu. Order a handful of items at a time, handing your written list of items to a passing worker. Most items were small except the teriyaki selections seemed to be bigger. Our favorites were the dynamite rolls, white tuna - so delicious, shrimp tempura, fried rice. The Asian desserts were odd on our palate. The ice cream scoops perfectly ended the meal for the kids. We also ordered them various tempura and plain steamed rice. We didn't get any funny looks for also sneaking in peanut butter and crackers for the 6 year-old. read more

My family loves sushi. Pepper and salt for our fried octopus tentacles. Roasted seaweed for red caviars sushi. Wife tea was never empty. Washroom have private cubicles very clean. Tuna sashimi are fresh. Squid are divine. Chicken skewers slight touch of curry spice are soft. Garlic tumbles cubes of teriyaki steak melt in your mouth. My daughter loves her udon, my wife thought sweet and sour soup was touch bit spicy though she have to admit it is her favorite in Hamilton. I should order some drink but since I was only driver I held back. Service was a bit slow since restaurant was at full capacity. read more

Very good fast service. Order are accurate as they don't forget to bring stuff like other restaurants of this type. Excellent sashimi Excellent sushi I found they didn't have a good selection of Maki. They had a lot listed but they were pretty much the same. read more

Sushi wise, it isn't the greatest, but it is a good spot when you're craving dim sum. This is to be expected as it is, after all, AYCE. Dim Sum wise, my favourite dish were the shrimp and chive dumplings. read more

love this place!! love the sushi and dim-sum here! I 'm a big fan of salmon fish and tuna fish. The shrimp dumpling and meat ball tastes really great. Highly recommend read more

The ordering process is very easy. Great environment. Good food quality for AYCE. read more

Fresh ingredients, large all you can eat menu, and fair price...highly recommend. Special rolls are excellent. We really enjoyed the miso! read more

This place is consistently awesome. Great rolls and sashimi. Steak is tender and tasty.

I love this place when I go with friends we take r time no rush order a Lili order more talk tea order more always 2 hr they don't rush u out I always over eat when I go read more

I used to love this place but I find their quality had gone down a lot throughout the years. The only August 8 I find still good is the one up on paramount. I have yet to try the upper James location however, since I find I would rather go to spring where I have yet to be disappointed read more

Nothing but good things to say, but they are often very cheap and don't give you your full order on certain items. If I ordered 10 saba sushi, they would only bring 3. I would then order 7. I would get 2. Why bother taking my order? Food's great but the service is stupid and annoying. It doesn't matter how decent your food is when you leave pissed off. TIP: ASK TO FILL OUT YOUR OWN ORDER, they give you a sheet with the items and pencil. Its faster than talking to the servers who do not understand any of the words that come out of your mouth and are reciprocally difficult to understand. read more

Great sushi place. I Keep coming back . They Keepthe amount of rice toa minimum which i like. Neatly made rolls. well priced as well read more

ha a friend who almost lived there he loved it so much I thought it was great food for your buck and go anytime im up that way

Not the best sushi place in Hamilton, but it does have advantages that other places don't. The biggest advantage it has is that it's sushi AND dim sum, which means that the menu is bigger than most other sushi places, and it offers more variety. Another advantage is that it's beautiful inside - very classy and well decorated. It's all you can eat to the table, which means that it's better to bring bigger groups, especially considering the huge variety on the menu - it'll take quite a few visits before you'll have tried everything, and it's all delicious. I really loved the mango chicken in particular - very delicious. The service is decent, but they do have a tendency to forget that you've ordered an item, or bring you the wrong thing. Sometimes you can also feel a bit ignored if they're busy. The food is worth it though. read more

August 8 is great, the selection's fairly good and as an added bonus from other sushi restaurants...they have dim sum. The price is like most other all you can eat sushi place: around $11 for lunch and $20 for dinner. Also, like most other places, the service slows down after the second order, and they start "forgetting" what you ordered. As @Rosie R. said, make sure you are CLEAR on your orders. Overall though, it's a great sushi all-you-can restaurant, so try it out! read more

One of my favourites! Great service and delicious food every time. They're always quick and their menu is big enough to always try something new. Get the garlic steak and the pumpkin tempura! The custard buns for dessert are also awesome. read more

You can't go wrong with all you can eat dim sum and sushi for $16! Dim sum dishes are good and most rolls are well made, I recommend the spicy salmon sushi (not roll - the sushi), the steamed bbq pork buns and shrimp dumplings. You can pass on the futo maki, hot and sour soup and cheese wontons. Lots of space, fast service and great atmosphere :) read more