Service is very very slow. We went to August 8 on weekday lunch and although it was relatively quiet, it took forever for them to bring our food. When we finally got our sushi, the fish were a thinnest sliver, you would need to order twice as much. Food wasn't great either. I would probably never go back there again. read more

August 8 - Each piece of sushi is sooooo tiny, you would have to order twice as much or more. - Dim Sum Near Me - Oakville, Ontario

I'm giving them a 5 as the dim sum was delicious along with the sushi and BBQ ribs!! My favorite was the Mochi balls and black sesame balls. I recommend it as well as the service is very efficient and super fast!! Will be back for sure. Service is fast and great!! read more

1. Outrageously over priced ($150 for 4 people total kids 10,14) 2. Terrible service (except when you call for the bill) 3. They intentionally avoid bringing you the more expensive items you ordered in the hopes that you will forget about them (happened to us on the last 2 visits at dinner time when it's most expensive and they have the full menu) We've been eating here for the last 9 years. It's gone straight downhill in the last 3 months! Avoid this place. read more

This was the worst dinner experience I have had in years. - The service was terrible. Servers were hard to find - and when you finally did see them, it was almost as if they were doing you a favour to talk to you. - We ordered food and never received it! - We ordered food again - and never received it! - Once we had enough and the bill came, they were certainly quick to pick up the payment and visibly inspected the area for a tip!! I will NEVER eat here again. Tim D read more

Alas, I cannot give a zero-star review. Because I would. The food tonight was great, fresh fish, but the service was horrible. HORRIBLE. No-one asked how things were. No-one asked if we wanted another drink. Nothing. No personality. And we were served the wrong food-twice, by a learner, but her "supervisor" was bored and seemed more interested in looking at the attractive guests than at her. They would not take Amex, and when I mentioned how odd this was, the same young man listened to me say that, and just walked away without saying one word. Huh? Then when our own waiter came and I tried to explain why I did not feel in the mood to leave a tip, she also walked off, tearing up my receipt in the mean time, without saying one word. Of course there was no-one at the exit to talk to. No-one said goodbye. Worst service in a decade or two, and I've been in about 40 countries in those decades. Go for the food but expect horrendous "service". read more

1. Food - Really Good, Well made sushi and their hot items are good too! 2. Cleanliness& Décor - Clean and Beautiful inside 3. Service - Good, always had enough water and tea, food came out fast 4. Pricing -Typical for All you can eat sushi 5. Originality - some special rolls, I like the sponge cake for dessert and the bacon wrapped asparagus too read more

2.5* Food was better when it first opened. I'm sad to report this, but the taste of the food has declined since my last review. :( Shrimp were overcooked, both shrimp/rice (in sushi) were bland, and some of the dim sum were slightly on the dry side. Usually I'm excited to submit my next order sheet, but this time, I didn't eat as much as I would if the food was actually tasty! Service: We had to reorder 1-2 since some items never arrived. Honestly, sometimes it's a GOOD thing this happens as you overeat anyway! So I almost EXPECT this to happen at any ayce place. No biggie unless it's a pattern. I noticed the servers really try to push their cocktail menu...which had no prices. Not cool, no thanks, I'll stick to water! Service-wise, I find all the servers at August 8, both Burlington & Oakville locations, very nice and professional. Water is always being refilled, dirty dishes are changed, empty serving plates are taken away. So their service definitely sets them apart from other ayce sushi restaurants! Plus *s for that. read more

Outstanding in every way. They were even doing all you can eat out to your car- terrific restaurant with fabulous food.

First time to this chain restaurant. When we arrived at 6pm on Saturday, there wasn't too many people in the whole restaurant. Later the inner section was all full. The décor is modern. Our male server was very nice and always smile. He some time will ask and make suggestion on our AYCE choices. The Sashimi was fresh. The Sushi and Maki were well prepared. The Maki and Sushi could stay together even if lifted high unlike some restaurants would fall apart. The price was $24.99 pp, not very cheap but was good when you compared the food quality. A surprise to me was Dim Sum on the menu which my Mom was delighted read more

I go back and forth between 3 and 4 on August 8. They were so good when they opened, then there was a questionable period and now the food and service is good again. The blowtorch items on their menu are amazing and the new sunshine roll is great too. We had a party of 12 with latecomers and little kids but our waitress Maddie pulled it off with flawless execution. The iPad navigation is a lot easier to use than in other ayce places. read more

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Came here on a Saturday night with a large group of people and both service & food were great! Highlights: - accommodating with seating half of the group first and then quickly setting up the next table for reining group - food ordered was brought out relatively quickly. No wait time - food was tasty and portion size was roughly 5-6 pieces per dish read more

Love, love, love! THE place for great quality sushi (for ayce, not even that, just great sushi in general), and dim-sum!! Always busy, but cozy once you sit down. Great staff, great food, great atmosphere! read more

By far the best sushi place we've been to yet. I go with 3 other people and we always go for the all you can eat at dinner. We're all big sushi people so we order in hoards. Never had a complaint yet about this place, the sushi is always brought to us within 10-20 minutes and you can tell it's fresh. They give you the option to edit any rolls and request anything as it's all ordered through an iPad (no more waiters forgetting to input your order) We've gone here every week for the past 3 weeks and we plan on going back with more people ! read more

August 8 - Dim Sum Near Me - Oakville, Ontario

I'm sorry but this place has gone downhill over the past six to eight months. They changed the menu's and while I still recommended the dim sum, I feel like their sushi quality has gone down a lot and they've added more rice. I still go here if I want a combination of sushi and decent dim sum, but it's become your standard AYCE quality as opposed to the premium they had before. read more

Service is okay, but the quality of food was not worth the hype. The one thing I absolutely love is their dim sums. I always order them all at once and make a huge stack/tower. I was disappointed how the take out menu was limited comparing to the instore menu. If it's possible to take out miso soup, anything is possible. read more

Fantastic spot for lunch. The interactive way to order is a great idea using the iPads at the tables. Service is quick and tasty and reasonably priced for lunch (2 guest, $45 approx.) buffet. Diet coke did not taste good at all as it was watered down or tasted like with was half mixed with flat ginger ale or something. Other than that, this was a great restaurant and a great experience and I will always consider for lunch and would like to try for dinners also going forward. read more

Service Was actually really good the food on the other hand sort of like fast food dim sum sushi

Pretty gross food and it's pretty expensive for the low quality you get. Also we kept getting food that we didn't order and we didn't get food that we actually did order. Won't be coming back read more

Good selection of sushi and other items . Their service is a hit or miss , but you order food through an iPad so that's not really a deal breaker for me.. since the food is good lol . read more

August 8 is one of my favourite AYCE sushi restaurants. I went here on Boxing Day with family and friends. It was a last minute desicion, so we called to see if they had any reservations left which they didn't. The hostess said that if we came right away we wouldn't have to wait. Sure enough, no wait time at 6pm. As the evening went on it was full. Thank you hostess! The iPad was ready to go when we sat down at the table and our drink orders were taken promptly. What I really love is that despite our large order, not everything came out at once. We received out tampura, then a edemame a little while later. Sashimi after, then sushi and eventually our hot entrees. It was nice to have it spread out and try little bits of everything. The rolls are pretty basic, nothing new or crazy. The spicy salmon is good - always my go-to. Wish they had more fish options that didn't contain shrimp or eel as I am allergic. The rolls are fresh and tasty though. Sashimi is fresh and delicious. We even placed a second order of the salmon. Teppanyaki was delicious as well. The marinade on the meat was great and it wasn't so overcooked that it was tough. The staff came around often to take away the empty plates. The only problem we had was getting our drinks refilled. The server took our order and then didn't return for 10min. Dessert was good. The usual suspects - deep fried banana, custard roll, ice cream, etc. Our bill came quickly. The price is comparable to all other AYCE sushi restaurants in Oakville and Burlington. We will definitely be returning! read more

This place is about as mediocre as you can get. Upon arrival, the place is dark. Hard to see where you are walking. After being seated, we wanted to order, but the iPad was locked. It took nearly 10 Minutes to flag down someone who knew the passcode to the iPad. On to the food... the dim sum is all frozen. You can taste it. The ha gow and sieu mi tasted like something I could just defrost and microwave at home. Our sushi arrived on chipped plates and was average. It would be totally possible that the fish was a few days old. It didn't taste fresh. Dessert was on par. Overall this place is expensive, dark and the service and overall experience wasn't the greatest. I won't come here again. There are plenty of restaurants that specialize in dim sum or in sushi, August 8 does neither very well. read more

I will say from the get-go that I would probably give August 8 an extra star if the value was there. The food is good but I feel that $28.00 per person ($26.00 on weekdays) is quite expensive compared to other AYCE sushi places I have tried in the GTA. The price doesn't even include tea, which I found a little crazy. Clean and modern restaurant interior. Ordering via iPad at the table is convenient, and it's nice to see photos of the menu items. Tempura was great, thin crispy batter and not too greasy. Dim Sum was quite forgettable--wouldn't recommend it. Sushi was fresh, and had good flavor. They also have Sapporo on tap. The service could be improved upon a bit--we had to ask for more water a few times, asked for wasabi and ginger twice (which was brought out in one small bowl that was not easy to share). To be fair though, everything we ordered on the iPad came out quickly. All in all, I will go back, but for lunch instead as the price is almost $10.00 cheaper for the same AYCE menu. read more

I definitely did not enjoy this location. The only good thing about it was that the wait times are short to sit and receive your food. My boyfriend & I ordered quite a few things, but the very first thing we received was chicken wings. The chicken wings were bloody ... So I stopped eating them and didn't get to enjoy them as I hoped. The tempura shrimp was good, everything else was fine. While we were eating, our plates were overcrowding the table so I stacked my plates up and left them on the side for the server to come get. Someone kept coming, but only picked up my boyfriend's plates so my side was getting more fuller. Finally, near the end my boyfriend could tell I was super irritated with the place, we just paid our bill.. I would've at least tipped 10% but the machine allows the lowest amount to be tipped is 12%. I would definitely go back to August 8, but perhaps the Burlington location ... Not this one at all. ***Here's the link to the bloody chicken: http://tinypic.com/r/5vt3f7/9 read more

Ordered sushi and some dim sum items. Beware the dim sum items are not fresh, hand prepared items. They are definitely prepared from frozen and of poor quality as the shui mae was still partially frozen on the inside. Very disappointing and probably one of the worst meals I've had lately. read more

Creepy management rules People can opt for the Lunch or Dinner (more complete and expensive) menu. The problem is, if anyone at the table opts for the Dinner menu, then everybody else needs to pay for the Dinner menu as well. If you don't accept that (paying extra for something that you don't need), the management gives you the option to move to another table. So, the friends that pay for Dinner menu stay at one table, while the others stay at the Lunch menu table. In other words, the management is afraid of customers stealing food from friends and because of that is enforcing crazy rules on its customers. read more

The selection seems to be pretty limited in terms of AYCE. The ipad I had was having glitches where it would freeze, needed the server to put through or duplicated orders would come through. Although limited the food was good and came our pretty fast most of the time surprisingly because I came on a holiday during lunch but it could be because this is a smaller city? I like their child pricing where its $1.20/yr of age up until 12yrs old because its more realistic. It sucks when your charged at almost adult pricing for your kids and they have a small appetite. Overall decent place to go to for a decent price! Their cheese wontons are delicious and addictive! Their mango pudding is was decently sized (like a double shot glass) and tasted pretty good read more

Fantastic variety of Japanese, Thai, and Chinese food here. All quite tasty. Service is good. On the pricey side though.

We visited this place earlier this week. It's one of the more decent AYCE sushi joints in Oakville. The host and most of the servers are friendly, but avoid the Asian guy with a slight ponytail-he comes off as rude (forgetting to bring drinks, banging plates/glasses) and for the price you pay, brings down the service rating. As far as food goes, the sashimi is fresh and teppanyaki (chicken and beef) are well cooked and well marinated. Dim sum is okay, but you're better off ordering from their sushi list. Also avoid take out and a la carte, this place is great if you're looking for a buffet of food as it is better served fresh. read more

I only signed up to leave this review. To be honest, I used to be a huge fan. Service is good (but why bring extra food?), but the quality has been going down food-wise, although I frequented in the past with my friends with great experience. Since their menu change, some of my favourite items were unavailable. In my opinion their use of ingredients seem redundant. As a sushi lover, I felt offended by the options I had. I would rather go to August 8 in Hamilton which is actually getting better each visit (also recommend Kampai in downtown Hamilton). In short, I would spend my money elsewhere. read more

Fusion cuisine: I liked how there was a good variety of Japanese and Chinese food available. The raw sashimi was pretty fresh; blowtorch sushi is a "must try"; a lot variety of mango dishes; the dessert is the best I've had in any buffets. Overall, I would recommend friends and family, and will definitely come back again. read more

We went for lunch today. Sushi was decent. It was busy which is good to see. I took off a star as their Ice Cream machine was broken and there was literally no flavors of ice cream available. They didn't want to provide a discount for that. Dishes were picked up fast. My water glass was exchanged as it had lipstick on it from a previous customer. read more

Host is a little rude. Rest of staff is friendly. Food is good, worth it to come for lunch AYCE menu

I love the iPad concept. So easy and your meal comes out quickly. I wish we had something like this back home.. definitely coming back if I'm in the area again. Be hungry and be ready to eat if you go here! read more

Went there with a group of 10 including 2 toddlers on a Wed evening. Place was booked with ppl waiting for tables. Service was attentive, effecient and very friendly. Food was good especially the fried selections along with the desserts. The sushi portion was lacking however. Modern decor and lively atmosphere added to the enjoyable evening. read more

Great sushi! Great friendly service. Fresh taste, lots of choices, very clean and beautiful inside. Fast service, always consistent. The sushi is an art at august 8. You can tell they care and love what they do. I've Been to august 8 countless times and it's always a great atmosphere, great service and awesome sushi and sashimi. Their cooked dishes and soups are fantastic aswell. 5 star establishment in my books read more

Amazing food! Good portion sizes, great flavors, killer variety. Extremely friendly and attentive staff. Very quick service from the hostess, bus boys, and servers. I'd happily recommend this place to anyone (in fact I have already urged people to go on multiple occasions...I even wanted to go back the very next day), so I will DEFINITELY be returning for another fabulous sushi feast!!! Thank you August 8!!! 100% satisfied. read more

When I think of the worst sushi restaurant in the GTA, I generally think of August 8, specifically, the Oakville Location. Everything tasted stale, and everything had a gross rotten fish aftertaste. For example, even the salad tasted like fish, and there was no fish in the salad. It was evident that everything was cheap quality, from the chicken to the beef to the sushi. Rice was overly starchy. Everything had a stale feel to it. Wouldn't recommend. read more

I was extremely upset with this place that I myself, and my family have been regular customers of. We have been regulars of the August 8 Oakville location for nearly 4 years. I think pretty much since it has opened. As many other reviews have stated, the service here has always been a little rude, however it was tolerable because the food was decent. That all changed a few weeks ago. While eating one of the roles that they had made, my daughter found a hair in one of her dishes. It threw me off however I was willing to give this place a bit of the benefit of the doubt, however within 10 minutes I found another long hair in my own food. At this point I I lost my appetite completely. When the waiter came by which was very slow and infrequently, I mention the hair in my food and then he went to go get his manager. The manager of the restaurant then comes over to our table and explains to us that it couldn't have possibly been a hair from their kitchen staff. I then proceeded to tell him that I'm not going to be eating what's on my table. The manager of the restaurant then tells me I have to eat what's left on my table and whatever food portions Ive left uneaten, I have to pay for. I agreed to pay my bill but I refused to pay for the leftover portion of food. He then calls the police, the police walk in I told the entire story of my history with them including how often we frequent this place and we have held birthday parties within my family at this location. The officer instructed me to pay the bill which I did and I did not have to pay for the leftover food. It's a shame really because I used to love the short ribs at this place. However with or without the police, the hair in my food and the rude service confirmed prior to the arrival of the police officers that I will never eat here again. read more

GREAT food, thoroughly enjoyed everything. Service was fast and presentation was neat. However the waitress brought us the bill before we even asked for it then brought us the machine for us to pay.. it wasn't even busy and it just felt like they were trying to kick us out. read more

This is one of the most enjoyable sushi restaurants I have been to, to date. It's delicious, the food comes fast and it is amazing. Today I ordered from delivery for the first time from here and it is so yummy and packed with such care. I recommend this place to all my friends. Keep up the good work guys! read more