Great place for AYCE dim sum and sushi! Came in and sat with Josh as our waiter - he was attentive and super helpful. Will definitely stick to sushi and dim sum but some of their new dishes are worth trying. Love ordering through the iPad so that you don't have to wait too long for your waiter to return to check on you. Restaurant is clean and spacious. We definitely visit this establishment when we are in the area. read more

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I visited today for lunch and had a wonderful experience. I made my reservation online, which made everything smooth and easy from the start. Jacob greeted me warmly, showed me to my booth, and had my green tea ready in no time. The service was excellent--everyone was polite, attentive, and made me feel welcome without being intrusive. I especially appreciate coming here because it's the perfect spot to enjoy a great meal while getting some work done on my computer without interruptions. They offer a great selection of options, so there's something for everyone. Today had what I'd call a "quiet busy" atmosphere--lively, but still calm and comfortable. I'll definitely be back! read more

The food was amazing, the new feature items on the menu melts in your mouth. The service is wonderful, looking out if anymore drink or food. The are were served was ideal for 2 people. Great experience all around read more

Overall it was a decent, average experience. Pros: - The decor was nice - the fried foods were especially tasty - spring rolls, French fries - nice variety of foods to choose from - I loved the cheesecake, and thought it was a decently generous portion - food came out pretty quickly Cons: - Staff were not particularly enthusiastic, but they got the job done. - most of their sauced rolls/sushi (fried roll, spicy salmon, sushi tacos etc.) had way too much sauce on them - raw fish didn't taste fresh - no senior's pricing - I thought the pricing was kind of expensive for what you get - They charge an extra 2.4% to use a credit card. read more

Was in the mood for some Sushi and so thought I'd give August 8 a try. Wasn't impressed with the food or service. Took a while to get seated and drinks and food were slow to come. No sashimi is served during the lunch service so was rather disappointing. Beef teriyaki was dry and cold, nigirizushi toppings of shrimp, tuna, and salmon were dry. Odon noodle broth had little flavor. Our desert order didn't get served and we had to leave before they could get things sorted out. They did take the drinks off our bill but that couldn't make up for the lackluster food. Wouldn't recommend, especially for lunch. read more

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I went for the All You Can Eat Drive-In. To start with, I parked my car in front of the store and I went in to check in, pay for my meal and receive my QR code. The staff were very friendly and explained everything to me. The price was $48 per person ($36.99 all day dinner + 15% service + tax) and the lady gave me a tray with ginger, wasabi, soy sauce, cutlery and garbage bag. After scanning your QR code, you can order from appetizers, tempura, sashimi, sushi, teriyaki, Maki roll, dim sum and dessert menu. with each order, you can order 5 items per person and then you have to wait until you receive your order and only then, you can order another 5 items. And you have to wait at least 20 minutes for each order to get ready. This makes it a very time consuming process. Also, the rolls are smaller than usual (Maki rolls are 4-5 small pieces). After finishing each order, you can remove the packages from the tray and put them in the garbage bag that you were provided. When you order dessert, they know you are done and come and collect your garbage. Overall, it's a nice experience, but you need to have 4 hours of free time to spend; otherwise, it would be a waste of time, cause you can order more food with this amount of money. read more

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I didn't like this restaurant 1.they put hip hop music loud when you walk in 2. But the food is ok 3.too much Halloween decorations it's annoying to people who don't celebrate it I would like to see a non sushi Cantonese dim sum version of this with Asian classical music instead it's just what I think my opinion about this restaurant read more

The food is always prepared so well. They have so much to choose from and I can't pick a favourite item. Well actually the cheese wontons are top notch. Since it's all you can eat I think the price point is great.. especially for the quality of food. read more

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I stopped in at August 8 for an AYCE sushi lunch. The location is downtown Hamilton which is a little dated and parking can be difficult. The interior is ok but could use an update. Now enough of the boring stuff let get to food. Right if the bat I ordered 24 salmon sushi.. yes all for me! It was fresh and well presented. Next up.. Dim sum. The Sui Mai and Har Gow were exceptional! Continuing on ...they offered tacos. I had the Dynamite tacos which are a spicy shrimp taco with a hard shell...tasty. Service was ok and I did get everything I ordered unlike some places. So as of May/2023 the lunch is 27.99 which I think is pretty fair for what I ate. I recommend this place if your looking to get your Sushi fix. read more

August 8 - Salmon Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Stoney Creek, Ontario

Overall I enjoyed it with my family. I initially thought it was a buffet so I was pleasantly surprised that you just order from a tablet on the table. They have a decent selection of dim sum and sushi, each order usually is a small portion so in a way it encouraged me to try a variety. I wish they had more dim sum pastry / dessert type things like egg tarts, red bean paste bun, etc. read more

Food was amazing and our server Jacob was super generous and great! Maki RollsSalmon Sashimi read more

August 8 - a plate of food with chopsticks - Sushi Bars Near Me - Stoney Creek, Ontario

Great little AYCE sushi place in Stoney creek / Hamilton area . Staff is friendly and helpful. Food is good and lots of selection . Place does get busy especially on weekends so reservations are best . read more

this place is quite good for an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord. You will find sushi options next to dim-sum options next to tacos (!) The quality and freshness of the fish is OK and the execution of the dishes is not bad. For about $30 you can feast like a king for lunch. Simply order the dishes on the table-side tablet and the dishes will start coming from the kitchen just as soon as they are ready. As a testament to the popularity of the place, we were there for a late lunch 3-5 and the place was not completely empty. read more

August 8 has a lot of promise, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt-- going from a two to a three-star at that point. We came in during what we thought would be a moderately-paced time-- midafternoon on a Saturday- and they were pretty slammed, so we had to wait a bit for a table. There was some sort special pricing going on for the all-you-can-eat, which we should have taken advantage of, because we ended up paying damn near that much for a la carte. For this we take responsibility for the error of our ways, though the pricing the server told us was different from two different prices listed on two different menus. This is a pretty basic management error in marketing that should be easily corrected, as you need to be able to make your pricing and offerings instantly legible to your customers. A tempura shrimp roll with eel and roe was great, but came out way later than the rest of our food, and was lukewarm to boot. Sushi's either gotta be cold, or, in the case of the rare tempura-oid sushi rolls, it's gotta be hot. Lukewarm is a bad thing. The seaweed salad was an ample serving, though, and positively delish. One can on occasion get screwed on the meager servings of seaweed salad. The udon chicken bowl, though, was utterly lackluster, with some quite soggy, though quite fried, chicken katsu, a dull broth, and little in the way of any sort of garnish or flavor complements. But the shumai were good, and I saw some other stuff on the menu that I'd love to try next time I'm in. read more

First experience with the August 8 brand was not so good. Given some of the reviews, I was not surprised. Where to start. The place is a zoo. Only allows TWO tablets per 12 person table, I confirmed they actually do even just one. Can you imagine the wait until you get your turn, or being the last. Everyone is eating at the table except you. Draw your own conclusion. This was a Sunday evening dinner for a birthday. Sushi is starting to come, I asked at least 5 servers for ginger and wasabi without which I cannot eat sushi and sashimi, nothing. I had to get up, go where the restaurant manager is to ask for two big bowls of each, just in case other people wanted them. Yes, the place does serve both sushi/sashimi/tempura and dim-sum, but there is a LIMITED menu of each. Nowhere near the variety from other restaurants. If it was my choice, I would never visit this brand, this location. I'd rather go to a real good sushi place or a real good dim-sum place. Plus the Zoo part. The service is so so. They're clueless about who ordered what. nahhh. Not for me. read more

Come pay $40 for a good aesthetic, bad service, and okay food! Lunch today was a joke. We were there for 2 hours, and 3/4 of that was waiting for servers to check on all the things we ordered and never coming back or properly fulfilling our orders. They then proceeded to treat us like we were weird for asking about our orders (which we weren't because the iPad proved everything we ordered), while a bunch of the employees sat behind us at a table, bringing themselves plates and plates of food. That's what your money will buy you at this place. Salmon tasted good, though. read more

August 8 would've gotten a higher review but my last two visits weren't great. I decided to try them for the last time thinking the visit before was a one off. The quality was lacking. The iPads weren't clean when I last dined there; and the attentiveness of the servers were absent. I've found my new go to for Japanese cuisine, I won't be returning unfortunately read more

My friends and I (group of 5) went to August 8 on Sunday, December 11, 2016 for dinner. Overall the food was great! Standouts: - The sesame balls here was the best I've EVER tasted, I could eat those for days! - I usually love the kalbi at any AYCE sushi restaurant and it was no different here - Presentation for sashimi plate was stunning (as shown in picture) Fell a little short: - The salmon sashimi was too thick for my liking, it could have been cut thinner - Green tea is not free here, we thought that it was and they charged us for that on our bill Overall, the food was great! I will definitely be coming back over and over again in the future! read more

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I appreciated the fact that they are willing to book me in advanced that time when I called. The other location disappointed me (Upper James) - I called to book a group of 10 two weeks before the date we wanted to come in but they could not accomodate my request. Instead I was asked to call back a week before to reserve the date- when I called about 4 days to the event, I was told to call back again. I understand the protocol but this was not standard across the franchise. Thank you to the friendly staff in Paramount location. read more

Great Chinese that you really need to try but you have to be careful you may get a surprise

We placed an order at 11:00am for pick up at 5:30. We were told to be prompt picking up our order. We arrived at 5:15, stood outside until 7:00 asking periodically what was going on. Where the person at the door would look at the phone and say no words. At 7:30 finally having enough we left without our order. Terrible restaurant and terrible customer service. Upper James location read more

I absolutely love it here! Yes it is alittle busy near the end of lunch and at dinner but thats just because its great! Food is always hot, fresh and great tasting! Service is fast. Been many times and only 1 one minor problem (ordered a mango icecream before paying and never got it) but it was probably my own fault. Also kinda sucks that u cant use debit there but the staff is friendly and the place is clean. Will continue to go back frequently. read more

Always fresh and tasty sushi their tablet ordering system makes ordering very easy and hassle free

Wasnt very impressed with this August 8 location. Service was extremely slow, we waited 16 minutes to get any of our first order. The pan fried veggies were over cooked, we received the wrong order of maki rolls and the overall quality wasn't great. We also waited again to see our tenderloin steak.... 24 minutes to be exact. The sushi however was delicious. Normally slow service doesnt bother me but the waiters and kitchen staff were hanging out socializing, which was obviously quite annoying. I would highly recommend trying the Burlington location instead of this one, the food is a lot better and the service is much faster. read more

Went here with a large group of friends for a birthday over the weekend. It seems to be a great spot for big parties - there was lots of space to accommodate us and the service was fairly fast. The decor was also really nice and gave it a more upscale feel compared to other sushi restaurants. Everything we ordered was good, although the all you can eat menu was lacking in selection. For $25 per person, I would have liked a better variety of rolls and sushi to order from. read more

Went there on New Years Day with a group of friends. It was slightly slower than usual, however the service was even slower. The food itself was subpar, the waitress messed up our simple drink orders and to top it off the restaurant didn't tell us they were charging a holiday rate for the food so dinner was an extra ten dollars a person. I'm sure there is better sushi in Hamilton, do yourself a favour and find it. read more

Solid service. The food is great for an all you can eat sushi place. I like how you can buy the dinner option during lunch. No complaints here! read more

I've been to this location quite a few times and I highly recommend it to those that want a nice experience. The atmosphere is calming and the staff are very friendly. Now for the food review. Since I usually visit at dinner hours, I find that they have quite a wide range of selections in terms of AYCE. Their many rolls range in flavour from deep and rich to light and refreshing. Personally, I also love ordering their spicy beef udon; the spiciness and saltiness are, in my opinion, perfectly harmonized. I also enjoy the galbi quite a bit. Whatever they use to marinate or flavour that meat is amazing! read more

As an out of towner I was a Novice A8 goer. My teenage niece's fav spot so decided to give it a try. Wonderful lunchtime all-u-can-eat $18 mid week. Was apprehensive from some lack luster reviews but the fun table-based-Tablet ordering system made things VERY easy and understandable. You get to see the food items by category with pictures names and ordering quantities. No mystery as to just words without description SOOOOO easy. Some of my MOST enjoyable items were seaweed salad (1/4 cup size), Large prawn tempura (1 pcs and up order), shrimp dim sum dumplings (3 pcs per order min), grilled salmon with light teriyaki sauce, spicy seafood udon had great flavour. Dessert was delicious tiny yummy mango pudding (3 tbs), green tea ice cream so creamy and refreshing!! Items that DIDNT thrill: shrimp dim sum with green onion LOST the shrimp to too much Gr Onion, then tempura broccoli was thick thick batter way over cooked veg and same with tempura crab spear. I tend to avoid heavy carbs at all you can eats but there were lots of great sushi, cones, rice bowls and maki roll choices. No sashimi during the lunch period and bonus if you're into it fountain drinks (pop/ice tea) are Large size and refillable. Given the many many wonderful Japanese restaurant options in Vancouver I would NOT say tasty if not 100% true. Wish I could pack em up and bring em home. read more

Best Sushi in Hamilton region Great service, fresh tasty food, good selection, nice tasty food. The best part is how quickly your meal is served. Select your menu items and within minutes you are eating. read more

An excellent go to place for dinner. the wait staff are always quick to clear the plates and refill drinks are are quite pleasant. The fish is always fresh and cooked foods are done perfectly. Love coming here! read more

It's good! Like other August 8's. Read about that on other member's posts. But their service needs some improvement. 1. Have someone at the front desk... waited 5+ minutes before being greeted. 2. On every order, they forgot at least one item. No big deal, since it's all you can eat, but still a bit annoying. I'd go back. I think they are still relatively a new location, and maybe kinks need working out. I will re-review on my repeat visit. read more

Chain AYCE Asian fusion restaurant. We like the dim sum, sushi selections & teriyaki dishes. Staff are prompt about serving food but need to be reminded to bring drink orders as well. Love the warm salmon bellies, a rich melt in your mouth dish similar to the salmon collar offered at some Japanese restaurants. Shrimp and chives dumplings, a dim sum selection, are great too. Debit is not accepted but there's an on-site ABM in the lobby. Conveniently located to Silver City Hamilton Mountain Cinemas so you can have an Asian lunch then go to a matinee movie. Our family ritual is to go here and to the movies once a month on Saturday afternoons. read more

I was taken here by a friend, didn't know what kind of food it served. My friend took the electronic menu and started ordering food. Before long our table was full of food. We had one of the soups, a rice dish, shrimp, salmon, chicken, the food just kept coming. Our table filled with food twice and we had desert. I was worried about the bill but when it came I found out it was an all you can eat lunch for $16.99. What a deal. The catch is you can't waste food so it has to all be eaten or get an extra charge and you must be don't by 3p.m. read more

Went here with my daughter for lunch a few days ago never again we went for lunch it was so so slow the food that we did order never came to the table the iPad stopped working before we even started ordering.. we had to ask for water 3 times.. the bathroom was not clean for a minute I thought I was at the mall.. food was cold.. read more

Not as good as it used to be. Nice variety but not as high quality as when it first opened.

If you want real sushi DO NOT GO HERE!I wish i could give half stars because this place was so terrible i would never go back or recommend. To start off you cant even get sushimi for lunch unless you do a la cart. Secondly the fish is NOT fresh! when i told the manager the fish (red tuna) was not fresh and it smelled she told me they always get fresh fish i said oh really you guys get the hole fish she said no we get the fillet only, so i said you get the frozen fillet she said YES i said then its not fresh lol omg this place is a joke. I ended up paying for something i didnt eat because i didnt want to get sick. Horrible! How can you call youself a sushi spot when you cant even get fresh sushimi. The waiter was nice tho read more

I went for the all you can eat drive in tonight with my cousins and to be honest it was the worst experience I've ever had. It took 30 minutes for each order to get ready. I had an appointment at 8 and went there at 5:30. We could only stay there for 2 hours, so i thought I'd definitely make it there at 8. Most of our orders were cancelled because they thought we are 3 people instead of 4 so they rejected the orders cuz they thought we were gonna take them home. Took them an hour to bring us chickens and about 50 minutes to bring us sushi!! We were so mad and told them so they gave us an extra 2 hours but it was even worse. I think they just wanted to stall us to not let us order a lot. I was so excited to try some special sushi rolls that are only in the dinner menu but they were all rejected and none of them were made. Not to mention, they would only bring us half the food we ordered. It took them 40 min to make 3 sesame balls, which I'm pretty sure they could make them in 10-20 min. Also, no it was not busy and there were only 5-6 cars. I used to be a huge fan of this restaurant but as of now I wouldn't recommend to anyone. After getting the last order (sesame balls) i immediately called my friend (who hasn't been to august 8) and told her to not waste her time cuz they legit think we are idiot and it is not worth the money at all. We paid about $160 (2 adults and 2 kids) and my cousin who could only order the veggie sushi, had to wait over one hour and 30 minutes for them to be made.Maki Rolls read more

Very Disappointed! We come here all the time but this time we we're not impressed. First we arrived and the lineup was long, no big deal except the phone rang and the greeter said "don't worry I'll seat them when they get here". Seconds later 3 prissy girls arrive bragging that they don't have to wait in line and low and behold they are seated right away. When I confronted the greeter he said the person who called was "a special customer". When we went to get seated half the place was empty, why the lineup? We got sat right next to those same annoying girls. Twice we got food we didn't order. The first time there was nothing on our order history, the second time there was a separate order just for the one item which we never have and never would order. The waiter got defensive but how would we order and separately without even touching the iPad? Food was sub-par, not cooked as well as normal example: yam potatoes were still hard. This was our favourite sushi restaurant but I guess all good things must come to an end. read more

I do injoy the food it's always fresh. Service is fast. Could be kept a little cleaner for such a nice place. But overall I would say it's good. read more