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    Ichiki

    3.2 (115 reviews)
    ModerateJapanese, Thai, Noodles
    Open 11:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    Ichiki: Sashimi, Beef & Butterfish Tataki
    Mike H.

    Looking for a top-notch AYCE in Vaughan? Well, look no further than ICHIKI. In case you'd like more than Japanese, it has Thai too. If you'd like to order at your own pace, they use tablet menus. And if you wish orders would all show up at your table, I'd say come here for a pleasant meal experience. We were more than happy to try their less common AYCE items such as the refreshing beef & butterfish tataki with ponzu sauce, and the smokey beef torched sushi. Their sashimi tasted fresh and pieces were cut in good size portions. Hot takoyaki balls, crispy coconut shrimps and satay chicken skewers were all on point so we got a second serving. Their grilled squid was fairly tender and flavourful too. Other typical items were on the menu, and we couldn't resist the desserts such as fried milk even after a full meal. We came here on a Saturday night for a family celebration. Good thing we made a reservation because it was completely packed! Once seated, our service was attentive and expeditious in this modern looking restaurant. We didn't wait more than a few minutes before our dishes started to arrive steadily. It's true they charge a few bucks more than usual AYCE but we felt the meal was well worth it. Having also tried Spoon & Fork, my opinion is that ICHIKI offers the better Japanese & Thai AYCE. So how did a star go missing in this review? Our sushi rolls were a little sloppy but hopefully this was just an off-night. There were plenty of more exciting items to avoid filling ourselves on rice in rolls!

    Baked muscle with gross hair and plates we stacked that the staff neglected to remove.
    Victoria N.

    Ichiki has been my favourite AYCE sushi spot in Vaughan for the past few years, but today's visit was disappointing. The food was good overall, as usual, hence the two stars. But service left much to be desired. I was dining with my brother and cousin, and we piled our empty plates on the outer edge of the table. The pile grew larger and was topped with food waste and used napkins, and staff would come to our table to drop off things but ignored the pile. It wasn't until dessert when someone finally cleared the mounting heap of trash. We also found there to be an absurd amount of rice on some of the rolls, and we were told they'd charge us extra if we didn't eat at least half the rice. Last but not least, I noticed a disgusting hair/dirt-looking thing on one of the baked muscles...and after seeing that, I found it on 3 other ones. I showed it to the waitress and she shrugged it off saying it's natural. My cousin looked it up and learned that muscles need to be de-bearded before they are cooked and those ones obviously weren't.

    a variety of sushi and rolls
    Tajinder P.

    This is hands down my favorite sushi spot. Although now I don't live in this area anymore, I always end up going to grab sushi from here. One of my friends a couple of years ago mentioned this spot to me and I completely fell in love with the food/taste. My favorite item on the menu (also the most ordered) is the Golden Cali Roll. Which has a deep fried layer on top of the California roll which tastes amazing. If you haven't tried it already you definitely should. The other roll I have ordered is the avocado roll, when I want a veggie option. As they have a few veggie options on the menu for those that don't eat any type of meat. The prices on take out orders are fairly the same as another restaurant I have tried. Haven't had a chance to sit in at the restaurant but does have plenty of sitting. Try this place out, I think you will like it :D

    Maggie Y.

    Good decent AYCE Japanese! Love how FAST the food order gets delivered, even the hot food came out pipping hot! As soon as you order on the iPad, and hit submit, it was probably less than 60 seconds before someone appears beside you to deliver plates and plates of dishes we ordered! We were very impressed, most AYCE places would just skim or skip some of your order or "lost" your order somewhere or bring it so much later you get full and not want to eat anymore! Not this place! Love their fast order and bam it's at your table in seconds! The quality of sashimi could be a bit better, the salmon wasn't the best I've had. But they did have tasty sweet shrimp sashimi! The grilled "mandarin fish" (I believe it was just cod) was absolutely delicious! So was the grilled king oyster mushrooms! First time we had cooked food as much as we had for sushi and sashimi! We didn't have any thai stir fry, only had the tom yum soup which was also light and brothy for a cold winter night! Awesome fried milk pudding which is my fave!! I hope they add fried banana as well in the future!! Will def come back if in the area, just wish it wasn't so far!

    Amanda L.

    This sushi place is located in the same plaza as the McDonalds and across from Walmart. You order on ipads for ayce sushi and Thai buffet. They have a variety of options with cooked and raw foods such as salmon sashimi tataki, raw beef, cheese wontons, coconut shrimp, sweet and sour pork, torched sushi etc. They also have the standard ayce sushi, sashimi spread. The fish tasted fresh and the cooked foods were good but the sushi rolls were too big in size and packed with too much rice. After ordering a few things, you didn't want to eat anymore because there was soo much rice. I wish they made the rolls smaller so you can try a variety of foods (instead of wasting it). They have some speciality rolls like a 'torched' salmon roll that was over cooked - so it tasted like baked salmon on top of a California roll (which was kinda gross because the sushi was warm as well). Stay away from the pressed or torched sushi, it was just meh. I think the cooked foods are what they do well, which makes it difficult for me to enjoy because they are a sushi place. Service was good, quick and efficient. But when it comes to closing time, they work fast to get the customers out. I think there needs to be some improvement on their rolls. It tasted flavourless and not enough variety because most of their rolls are California roll based.

    Kelly L.

    Came with my parents and sister for my late late bday dinner yesterday. My parents are still on that all you can eat (ayce) sushi tip (I'm over it), but to satisfy their cravings we came to this location since they have red tuna sashimi. They also have a la carte available, but we kill the sashimi so that wouldn't make sense if ayce is available. No reservations on a Tuesday night, they had a pretty packed house, but we got the last big table. Food: Sashimi!! Let's see.... we got red tuna, butterfish, snapper, salmon, surf clam and mackerel. Check out the amazing photo of all that sashimi! My parents laughed and said the restaurant owners took an L with that order. The cuts were all uniform and what I felt was the right size. Temperature was just right as well. For an ayce place, they are probably the best at this temperature control and size. Tataki's were all really good, comparable to straight up a la carte places. I only liked the torched beef pressed sushi. Did I word that right? Haha. The other ones were meh. I also thought it was strange that the salmon ones had more rice than the beef one. The beef one was the right ratio. The rice could have been seasoned better for this kind of dish. Squid was available in sushi form only, not sashimi. Booo, it's a shame they don't offer it in the latter. Maki rolls, too big! Example of them trying to fill you up with rice. I guess these are more catered to the a la carte guests so it's more bang for their buck. I'll pass on these next time. Ugh, cheese wontons were so good. I shouldn't be eating these, but they were absolutely delicious after having all that raw food. Get these. Get lots of these. Pad Thai, pass. My sister said it tasted like ketchup. Grilled squid, get this. Buttered lightly and had just the right bite to them. Now, get more of this. What else... beef mushroom rolls were aight. My mom liked the coconut shrimp and mussels. Hot sake (10 oz). It stayed nice and hot throughout the service, no need to reheat. It was a good amount to be shared for three ppl. Dessert, the only thing that stood out was the deep fried milk. Would get this again over all the other items in the dessert photo. For those of you who like chocolate ice cream, they have it here. Maybe I'll be basic and try this next time. They also have coconut ice cream.... mixing these may save their dessert options. Service: They seated us quickly and asked if we wanted to do a la carte or ayce. We asked for ayce and they set up our iPad menu. Menu was easy to navigate and to order from. They also asked what we wanted to drink right away and brought it promptly. They did refill us on tea once, but we had to ask for more the second time around. She placed the tea thermos on our table this time, which I am always, genuinely happy to get and serve myself. The food came out as quick as possible and they took plates away quickly. The bill came when we asked for it (you would be surprised how many places don't do this well, but they did good!). All the servers were pleasant to be around. Atmosphere: I like the layout and decor of this restaurant. The ambience was nice and the music was not too loud so it was pretty family/conversation friendly. Washrooms were clean, other than the fact that someone either threw up (kind of, maybe) or threw out some food in there. Since I couldn't tell which it was, it didn't bother me. These restaurants have no control over some of their ratchet customers. I also did not notify them to clean it, so I don't blame them for this. Final thoughts: I hate to leave it on that note. So my overall impression of this sushi restaurant is GOOD. With capital letters. Worthy of the five stars because there were some quality items on the ayce menu (red tuna sashimi for an ayce place A+). Obviously not as good as going to a fancy a la carte, but it will do to curb your cravings. Service and ambience was GOOD. GOOD place to take your sashimi loving parents. I'll be back eventually (I'm still full).... but just with them. Not my friends. I'll save the boogee a la carte places for them.

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    Zack I.

    I tried Ichiki for the first time today, and my experience was a very pleasant one Their food is pretty good, and especially the sushi is among the best ones i've had... First of all the restaurant looks very nice from the inside, nice modern design with a rusty feeling to it. All tables were nicely stocked and clean. We were greeted and taken to our table right away, as it was not busy at all ok a Sunday afternoon. Since t was my first visit,The waiteess was very helpful explaining their ordering process. Basically you can order off the menu, or you choose the 'All you can eat" option, for $19.99 lunch rate, you can order as much as you want. Both options/order types are placed easily via a tablet that the waitress give you to keep on the table, that you can easily navigate through, select item, quantity and send to kitchen! Done! The food was delicious, portions are perfect, which is different than other competition on that category where you get a small sampler size. These portions are filling and the quality is superb. Sushi selections are very big, and it covers a wide variety of maki, sushi, sashimi rolls.. They also have a wider variety of Thai and Chinese pad thais, woks, curry plates, etc... My favourite apps are the coconut shrimp, tempura shrimp and Teriyaki beef & chicken satays.. As for all sushi items that we had ordered, they're all superb! The only one thing I would like to see improved here is the service, staff can be a little more friendly/smiley. Other than that, i'm going back soon!

    Bryan D.

    Wow. I can't believe I ate the whole thing. Ever been famished so much so that you just eat what's in front of you ? That was the case here. That said no one took the time to ask how everything' is after they delivered our what they call Pad Thai. We call Pad slop. If Burger King served Pad Thai they'd Probably do a better job. Worse yet after we politely indicated that what we ate was the worst Pad Thai we have ever eaten the waitress who was more concerned about dinging our debit card could care less. We said we'd never come back. Even upon our pre order we specifically said " easy on the oil and extra spicy " what they delivered was a Hospital delight of bland oils and ketchup drenched noodles. Not a single bean sprout to be found let alone garnish of lime. At $17.95 a pop which is not exactly cheap for this dish as average price is around $14-16. This looked like something you see served in a prison movie. Than again it was Halloween. The food and service is very scary here. Your better off to go through the local fast food drive through. This restaurant can't make up its mind Thai food or Japanese. There are no Japanese people working here. Otherwise you'd be greeted walking through the door. We can only imagine the Sushi is probably best enjoyed by your cat here seeing as they DECIMATED the Pad Thai. If your missing your teeth or have seniors that want to eat out this might be a good choice. Or if it's your cats birthday you definitely should add this to your list of fine feline eating. Mind you that's not truly a fair comment as we didn't have the Sushi. We're disappointed we didn't bring our retriever he would have slopped down the PT and licked the plate clean. Guaranteed. Maybe next time when it's Killers Birthday we will bring em here. That is if there are no cats he enjoys cat Sushi more than Pad Slop

    Michael T.

    Came here for dinner with the gf's parents and I usually go here pretty often but this experienced turned me off booked a reservation at 7 30pm for 5 people. Made us wait for a table when we had booked for a time. One of the waitresses asked if we wanted to squeeze into one of the booths that were intended for 4 people instead but obviously it wouldn't work and then one of the hostess had the audacity to say you guys can leave then if you don't like it? Mind you this was a chinese establishment and my gfs parents also speak chinese so we were heated. Why would you ask us to leave when we booked a table for 5. The attitude of the hostess needs to improve. Does she think because we are asian too that she can pull that and we wouldn't start anything? We opted to wait at the booth until a table opened up we were not leaving because we had waited so long already. All in all the food was good here one of the better AYCE sushis in Vaughan. just the attitude of the small hostess and customer service needs to improve. She shouldn't be working front of the house

    Hangr Y.

    Much better experience today at AYCE lunch. Although pricey ($24 top n tax) flavour was good! Portions were big and rice wasn't too overbearing. Service was fast and this time they didn't need a supervisor to cash me out. I will go back!

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    I'm so glad this place opened beside our house :) great food, great service. We will come back with more people

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    It's meh to begin with but one time I ordered the chicken pad thai and it was def. not chicken so we never went back.

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    Maple Sushi

    Maple Sushi

    3.4
    (138 reviews)
    2.6 km
    $$

    Maple Sushi is a solid AYCE spot with an impressively comprehensive menu--even during lunch. We…read morecame in right after a Tabata workout, and it absolutely hit the spot. One highlight was the variety of torched oshizushi options, which added a nice premium touch to the usual AYCE lineup. We also really enjoyed the grilled/teppanyaki items, along with the salads (avocado, imitation crab, and seaweed all delivered). But the real standout? The desserts. The mango sago pomelo and soft serve ice cream were easily the stars of the meal--definitely LEAVE SOME ROOM for them!! The only minor downside is that the space could use a bit of a refresh, as it's starting to show its age. That said, everything was overall clean, and the service was friendly.

    Dropped by during my recent Toronto trip with some family members - and had some All you can eat in…read morethe late afternoon - so that worked out to be there dinner menu - Space is quite large but tables are spread out nicely - so no issues with noise. Space looked clean for the most part. Service was quick - however with most all you can eat places, the amount you order , almost never arrives correctly - some things we had to re-order as they never showed up the first time. Fish was pretty fresh - but not on par with Vancouver's level - but price here seems very reasonable. The wasabi here was somehow underwhelming , i kept mixing and mixing and somehow didn't get a spice kick out of it. Maybe it's a skill issue, don't even know. I will probably find a chance to explore this place again in the future.

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    Maple Sushi
    Maple Sushi
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    Yorokobi Japanese Restaurant

    Yorokobi Japanese Restaurant

    4.3
    (61 reviews)
    10.9 km

    I've been to Yorokobi a couple times before, it's always been great! Just as good as quality sushi…read moreyou may find Downtown or in Asian neighbourhoods in the GTA. We ordered this time the Yorokobi set for 2 and upgraded the sushi to brown rice for $5 extra and upgraded the green dragon roll that came with the meal to volcano salmon roll (which is one of their popular special rolls) and paid the difference. We also added a hamachi carpaccio just for more more protein for my SO because he thinks it might not be enough, but we were left super full. I love that the sushi wasn't loaded with rice and it was thinly included, we did mention that we usually don't like that much and the server said they can even adjust the rice content in the sushi.... We didn't confirm to adjust it but perhaps they went with it because rice is perfectly thin in the maki and less than usual for a nigiri, which is great because otherwise I don't know if we would have finished the meal. $5 to upgrade to brown rice for the sushi set that didn't have that much rice is still IMO a bit steep. Other that, the sushi is fresh, the special rolls are eye catching and tasty and the hamachi carpaccio was good too, LOVE the presentation. I think the best thing here is still their special rolls though! Server is so personable and made sure we were well taken care of. Only feedback I have here is the miso soup that with the Yorokobi set is way too salty I couldn't finish mine after a sip. Ambiance was clean with little Japanese decor throughout. They have a huge parking lot at the back and you can enter and exit from the back instead of trying the front as there is very little parking in the front lot.

    Came here as a party of two and it was pretty easy to get seated. We ordered the sashimi and sushi…read morecombo, along with the bulgogi udon. The food was okay, but nothing really stood out. The waitresses were friendly. Overall, it's a convenient spot for a quick and casual meal.

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    Yorokobi Japanese Restaurant
    Diablo Roll - $12.95
    Diablo Roll - $12.95
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    Veggie tempura

    Ichiki - japanese - Updated August 2026

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