Cho San, we need to talk. If I squint hard enough, I think I understand what you're trying to be. A high-end sushi and sashimi takeout price with a hefty price tag. But if you're going to charge premium prices, the sashimi needs to look and taste like it deserves that price tag. What is preventing you from reaching your biggest potential is the sight of seeing you serve pre-cut sashimi slices even during a rather slow part of the day. Some of the fish had colouring that didn't look quite right, and I was skeptical about eating it. That is not a feeling you want to have at a place that also tries to offer omakase. Cho San, this is an intervention: I know you are aspiring to be a restaurant that is like Yuzuki Fish Market. But this has to start with fresh fish and proper handling of the ingredients. I'm not saying this because I want to see you fail. Quite the opposite. I'm saying it because the concept has potential, but right now, there's a gap between the premium experience you're charging for and the quality that ended up in the box. Consider this a friendly intervention from someone who really wants to see you get it right. read more

My brother and I have been following Cho ever since he was at Zen. The quality of the sushi he serves is always top notch. He's always serving something that we've never heard of before. I took my partner here for their birthday and it didn't disappoint. Every piece that came in the omakase was incredible, each better than the last. We had Japanese chicken fish, which had a delightful bite to it. The shrimp melted in your mouth. Every single piece of nigiri was an adventure. As per my tradition, we followed the omakase off with an order of whatever was our favourite. I got a line of uni that transported me right to the seaside in a hand roll. Truly the only line of anything I could ever enjoy this much. During the meal I got the Look I was waiting for on my partner's face. The Look that says "what is this wizardry?! I did not know that this depth of deliciousness was possible!" I have successfully ruined their ability to enjoy mediocre sushi ever again. The spot seems only open for lunch and early dinner. They do decent takeout business, but I would say that you should take the time to come here for a relaxed and luxurious lunch. read more

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Can't go wrong with ordering from Cho San! First got introduced to Cho San during the pandemic when they were only taking online orders of their omakase boxes. That's what got me hooked! It's premium quality sushi, fish and more and now that they have a storefront it's even better. You can go in person and pick out slabs of fish straight from their fridge. You're also able to order in advance and customize your order completely. That's what we did, ordered a platter enough for five people and was blown away by the platter itself. There was one piece of fish per person just like their omakase set. The presentation was beautiful! However, the only strange part of this experience was that they gave our order to us in a huge expensive platter and asked for it to be returned the following two days. This was not mentioned when ordering the platter, and only mentioned while being picked up. They also did not take any sort of deposit for the platter, so if someone did not return the platter they'd be working at a loss here. This is definitely a pricey meal but worth the money as the fish is so fresh and delicious. Great for sharing or having at a party. read more

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The most ginormous Otoro roll I've ever had! Saw it my friend's IG, and couldn't resist ordering some for ourselves for tonight's dinner! I've actually had their Omakase Box ($100) before and the sushi and fish was really fresh! Highly recommend ^^ For dinner, we ordered: Big Otoro Roll ($90) Sashimi Tray ($30) Tamago Egg Omelet ($6) I DM'd Cho San Sushi on IG to order the Big Otoro Roll or you can call in to place your order. The sashimi tray and tamago were pre-packaged and ready to go in the self-serve fridges... just help yourself and pay at the counter! read more

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I heard a lot about cho San sushi before, so glad that he finally opens a physical location for take out, similar to taro fish or ai sushi. The store is clean and neat, staff are friendly. After we placed the order, the cashier said we need to wait for 10-15 mins. There was only 1 order in front of us, maybe 2 max. Then more people come in, we were asked to wait outside the store, we went back to the car. We waited and waited, it took us 35mins for the order! It's quite ridiculous, we have to go inside and it's still not ready. I noticed the chef was doing 5 omakase at the same time! Yes the fish is good and fresh but the cashier shouldn't tell us it will only take 15mins. We paid $260 for takeout and need to being treated like that, I don't think I'll come back. read more

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** Review only on walk in visit, no food quality tasted ** Walked by to check out this cute little sushi 'supermarket' and take out place. Inside is nicely designed, spacious and clean. There is no dine in option available. There were a lot of employees and sushi chef working at the moment. According to the kind gentleman, the fridge is like a supermarket where you can pick up what you want to purchase (eg. Salmon sashmi whole piece, yuzu, wasabi root etc). He also mentioned that you can have the chef cut for you if needed. They also offer too quality a la carte sushi options, rolls and party trays. read more

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This place is a great option if you're looking for an omakase meal at home. The presentation is and every bite was heavenly. This was delivered to my condo before there was a store front. Highly recommend. read more

Cho San Sushi - Omakase box - Sushi Bars Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Cho San Sushi is a new sushi establishment on Woodbine, in the same plaza as Cafe n One. Chef Zhang, former sushi chef of Zen Sushi (a high end premium sushi restaurant) became well known over the pandemic for making premium omakase sushi boxes ordered via Instagram. With the popularity of the online business, Cho San now has a physical space with beautiful wooden interiors. Fridges with a large selection of fish imported from Japan line one wall of the space. You can order sushi off their menu or select sashimi grade fish by weight from the fridge, and watch as they prepare your food behind the plexiglass enclosed, open concept sushi prep counter. Maki options are more limited than other sushi places. You won't find Dragon Rolls or Rainbow Rolls here. Unique to Cho San is that they offer is a premium chirashi box and omakase takeout box ($100 each). Although steep in price for a takeout order, this includes otoro and similar premium fish. We selected a ready made sashimi tray ($28) from the fridge and ordered a spider salmon roll ($8; which was probably meant to read Spicy salmon roll as there wasn't soft shell crab as one would expect in a spider roll). The sashimi was really really fresh! The scallop and shrimp were deliciously sweet. The spicy salmon roll was made with what looked like brown rice, but more likely it was seasoned. As such it didn't hold together as well and grains of rice fell off the maki as we picked pieces up from the tray. For you uni lovers, they have a great selection of uni from Japan, Vancouver and Boston. Their soy sauce comes in cute little bottles rather than packets. It is really exciting to have another high quality place to buy fresh, high quality sashimi in Markham (that is open throughout the week). We will definitely come back! read more

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Ordered from cho san the omakase sets in the beginning of the pandemic when he did online orders and personally delivered it. Happy to see that his business flourished and now have an offical store front - pretty amazing. Take out centric business. A large selection of different sashimi available for walk ins and some precut sashimi platters as well. They were really busy with preorders already so i wasn't able to order the sushi/temaki/rolls offered on their menu. I walked away with a 15 piece sashimi set for $30. Price did seem relatively steep however after eating it i could really taste the difference in quality. Definitely high quality fresh fish. Some pieces were so fatty and the natural oils of the fish were amazing. read more

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This Japanese cuisine offers delicious and authentic Japanese sushi. We love ordering their chirashi and omakase sushi boxes. Chirashi sushi is typically a bright and colourful dish, with a rice base and a variety of toppings. This chirashi box consisted of torched otoro, otoro, tuna, shrimp, scallop, ikura and Japanese uni. We found all the fish super fresh and delicious. Our favourite part would definitely have the be the Japanese uni! It was creamy, buttery and rich in texture. The rice to fish ratio was also just enough, we found that we didn't have more of one thing over the other. Omakase sushi is what the chef recommends, and is a bit arbitrary depending on the place. Our omakase sushi box was composed of 15 different kinds of assorted nigiri and 1 hand roll. The ingredients are the finest available, and the presentation was elegant and artistic. We didn't quite know what each nigiri roll was, but we still found each one super fresh! As for the hand roll, we didn't find anything special, but liked how the seaweed was separated so that it wouldn't get soggy. Overall, we would come back and order these boxes again on special occasions as we did find the items a little pricey. We appreciated how they presented the food with an aesthetic, and how they packaged the items in cute wooden look alike styrofoam boxes. read more

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I had seen a lot of Cho San Sushi on IG but never ordered, and only tried it once they opened their physical location. I haven't tried the omakase box that many people have raved about. This review is instead for just the takeout sashimi that we picked from the fridge and had them slice for us. The store is nice and big with different options - you can just shop the selection of sashimi from the fridge or order from their menu which has the signature omakase box and chirashi. I thought the sashimi was fresh and good quality, but did not feel it was any better than Taro's Fish which is the one I buy from more frequently. I will be back to try the omakase sushi but for just sashimi I will probably stick to Taro's Fish. read more

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Omakase in a wonderful calm space. I love that they have fridges behind the dining area where people can pick out their own cut of fish to make into a meal there or to take out. They even have real yuzu on the fridge and provide little soy sauce bottles etc if you need to take them home. I keep coming back and recommending people to come. If you want a yummy reasonable meal, they have a $34 lunch plate of sushi. We love adding on the Negi Toro Handroll as an added cost to finish off the meal. read more

Service: The person on the phone recommends placing orders the day before for pickup! We tried to go on Friday but orders were full. The next day, we called at around 2:30 to place an order for 6:30 pick up but they were full for that time. So instead, we decided to order right away for lunch. We picked up the order at around 3 but when we got home, we realized we were missing our Toro Tuna Belly order. We called and they apologized and asked if we could come back, which we did. This situation was a bit frustrating because even though the restaurant was only around 10 minutes away, by the time we came back from getting the missing order 20 minutes later, the seaweed for what we previously received was soggy. However, they did give us an extra piece of Tuna sushi, which was nice of them. Food: Uni Very fresh! No fishy flavour at ALL Toro Tuna Belly SO GOOD, it was very fatty but doesn't leave a greasy feeling in your mouth Ikura Salmonroe Delicious! Very flavourful and not too salty, with no fishy flavour or sliminess I also got the Sake Salmon, Hotate Scallop, Spicy Salmon Roll and Tekka Maki which were good as well. The rice is seasoned in the rolls and sushi which was unique and yummy in the rolls. But I didn't particularly like the rice that seasoned in the sushi. I thought it was too distracting from the flavour of the seafood. Overall: For this price point, I would expect them to ensure they've double check their orders before wrapping it up. But I did appreciate that they gave us an extra piece of sushi. The food was great though, very good quality and worth the price for the freshness of their ingredients. The presentation is beautiful, it comes in a wooden box which is wrapped up like traditional Japanese lunch boxes. I will come back again and try the Omakase to get a bit of everything. read more

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We need a appetizer tonight, so stop by because of the good review but found it very disappointing. The sushi rice are not tranditional style. Its yellow color (check on the picture) with strong vinegar taste, the sushi rice are falling apart on both sushi and maki roll. The scallops taste fresh but again, the sushi rice are come in crumbly. Paid $50 for sushi express quality. Won't go back. read more

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IYKYK! Cho San was a great sushi alternative during the pandemic. Thank god for my foodie fam for helping me discover this place. I personally prefer their chirashi over their omakase boxes tbh. I like how they haven't changed their pricing even after COVID and inflation. For $100 you can get either the chirashi or omakase. The Chirashi has bits of torched tuna, toro, ikura, scallop and uni all served on a bed of seasoned sushi rice. Def my favorite "to-go" sushi spot in Toronto. read more

Cho San Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Markham, Ontario

This place looks quite new and seems they are focusing on take out. The shop looks clean and folks are friendly. This is a good place to buy sushi take out and/or also ingredients if u want to make your own sashimi dinner. You can order from their regular menu just like how you would expect from a restaurant and u can do take out. Or you can select the fish/seafood from the big fridge, like a fish market ... but You can ask them to cut the sashimi fish for you in pieces with no extra charges. But remember they only cut for you so don't forget to buy the wasabi/ginger and soy sauce if u don't have any of those at home. You dont want to leave the place and go home with the sashimi but with no wasabi/ginger/soy. If you order items from the menu, it will come with things like wasabi and soy sauce, just remember to ask for it if they are busy, they sometime may forgot. The fish are fresh and worth the money... If u wanna go fancy, they have the options too for omakase sushi and party tray take out from the menu... other reviewers has shown pics for those. It's a good place and for sure will visit again! read more

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Ordered an omakase (omakase means blind menu) sushi box! It was so good! Every single piece of fish was so fresh. The sushi box contained one maki. Even the seaweed was so crunchy and yet it melt in your mouth. The rice was not ordinary white sushi rice. The quality of every single item was so fresh. Even the wasabi tasted like the fresh and real one. Can't really describe it. One really has to try it. The price is a bit on the higher end but the quality of food is on the upper end. Highly recommended! read more

Cho San Sushi - Omakase sushi box - Sushi Bars Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Ordered and received a wrong order. I offered to return items but they said they ran out of rice. Then promised that I would receive missing items. That sounds reasonable. As for the food, we received 5 bad pieces of uni. I mean they stunk and were blackish. I notified them to no avail. I called a week later to receive the missing items as promised. They chose to not uphold their promises and only offered 1 missing item. I believe their reason was because we received another item that we didn't order. I don't believe they understand when you give someone items that they don't want and miss others it is not one and the same. Not fulfilling promises is another. Overall horrible customer service and poor quality. They tried even saying that giving us the missing item was a "treat"! I will not be returning ever as I have provided the team and owner an opportunity to rectify the situation. Stay away!!! Overpriced sushi takeout at its finest. We paid over $550 and this is the experience that we received. I have since declined the "treat " and instead am happy to give them my overpayment to simply not deal with them anymore. Learn from my mistake and take your money elsewhere. read more

I got an omakase and a chirachi and was disappointed as the fish was precut before assembled and dry. Wasn't fresh as others had described.

Heard of rumours that the owner used to work at zen and it was also mentioned in the Chinese newspaper. I decided to give it a try. The store looks nice and the fish is on the pricy side. Their sea urchin (uni) are over $100 for a tray. Seems to be more $$ than its competitors. On my first visit I tried their pre packed sashimi platter. It looks nice and the price seems to be reasonable so I bought it home and had it with my parents. (We love Japanese food so much even before we came to Canada.) as expected the sashimi was kinda small and thin. That's okay as their price is on the higher end. However, per my parents feedback, the fish was not fish and my mom was not feeling well after eating certain fish. Since that was the pre packed tray, I decided to give it another try by ordering the omakase sushi which costs $100. It looks decent after they placed it in the box and this time my mom said the fish is somehow better, which is the only up-side. If I did not witness how they make this omakase sushi, I would give this a 3.5 rating. I think some restaurants they may price their omakase on avg @100-150. So imo this one is not cheap for sure. Nonetheless, I did not expect them to "pre-slice/cut" the fish to make the sushi. From what I saw, the chef took a container out and the fish was already sliced. So he was just getting some sushi rice and put the fish on top and then placed them in the box. Another thing to note is their hygienic issue. I think other places may be like this too but he used the same cloth that he cleaned his hand with to wipe the inside of box. He dripped some unagi sauce on the hand roll and certain part of the box. So he took some sushi out and then used that cloth to wipe it. And then he also used the same cloth to clean some other stuff and table too. I just felt kinda gross but I had already paid and ... Overall I am not sure if I will go back again. Maybe if I really crave for some sashimi and do not want to go to TaroFish. I may just go get some raw fish from them. read more

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Cho - San sushi rice is the highlight of his sushi! Obviously with fresh fish, $100 for premium fish Is fair pricing now a days. Would def order again. read more

Cho San Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Markham, Ontario

I went to the shop to buy take out sashimi today and after I paid $139.23, I noticed that they did not give me soy source, Ginger slice and wasabi. I asked them and the staff said they do not include them with the sashimi take out. He said if I really want , then I have to pay extra for ginger, for wasabi, and for soy source. Eventually I have to pay extra $ 4 for about two tablespoonful wasabi. This is the first time in my life I experienced that the Japanese cuisine do not include wasabi, ginger, and soy source for their sashimi takeout. I will never come back again. read more