This is a solid restaurant in all aspects. Service, food, selection, parking, interior, and its AYCE to boot. I'd rate it a 4 if not for one tiny aspect that I actually took for granted. There was something wrong with the wasabi. It had no kick. Not sure what the heck they put in it or if it was stale, but I dumped the entire lump on my plate finished it and didn't really taste anything. Typically, if I dip my sushi into this stuff and I get more than usual, tears roll down my eyes. In this case, I could have eaten it off a spoon like peanut butter and I'd still be wondering what was in my mouth. I can't believe it actually ruined my AYCE experience but it did. lemme note that the beef teriyaki was substandard. Man was it tough. read more

Once again I find myself reviewing a place at the end of a long day with a good friend. For all-you-can-eat it was great. We gorged ourselves and had quite a few Sapporo's and Asahi's and the bill was only $85. The shrimp tempura was very good as were the Gyoza. Everything came very fast and our servers were polite and attentive. I would definitely return. read more

I've come back here about 3 times now, I love love love sushi and the cheese wonton here! First time we went a little crazy and couldn't fit all the food on our table lol! The service was fantastic the first time I came here but the last two times not so much. During my last visit my mother and I came for lunch and we were pretty much the only people there, already placed our order then the lunch rush came in and somehow received their orders before us. So that was a let down especially for a hungry 7 month pregnant woman. So the food I would rate a 4 but the service probably a 2 or 3. read more

They recently changed their name of this location... So it's no longer called Makimono. I imagined it would be under new management and that it would be better than before, and to be honest it is even worse. SERVICE WAS SLOW AND TERRIBLE. I will not be returning as there are plenty other all you can eat sushi spots with much better food, service and pricing. read more

I like the new iPad ordering system. However I do find that this causes a lack of service. Our waiter only checked on our table once when my glass of water had been empty for 15 minutes. We came for AYCE lunch and I was slightly disappointed as our options were limited. I had a "sushi virgin" with me so I wish I could've had them try easier options such as the tempura items or a green dragon roll. The actual restaurant is very nice however but food is just okay, nothing spectacular. Head over to S&F if you're looking for more options and better quality. read more

Okay so this was probably my fourth visit. We came for lunch during the work week. I feel like a lot of other reviewers now, this place is hit or miss. This time was the worst of the past experiences. The sashimi and scallops were good like usual but the gyoza were strange. I was pretty sure they had pork before but now they're vegetable and the filling is green. I was under the impression that gyoza are supposed to be pork. Not to mention there's not a lot of filling, they just tasted weird, not very appealing. The cheese and crab wonton were basically all cheese, I wasn't a fan of that either. The rolls were pretty standard like every time before. I will mention that the knife work on the fish was pretty inconsistent this time. We had a huge piece of salmon on one roll (not that I'd ever complain about that) but on the other roll the snapper was basically transparent it was so thin. Also an order of yam rolls my coworker ordered never ended up coming. My other coworker ordered beef teriyaki which was greasy and not very enjoyable. I would give this visit a 2 but taking into account all the other visits I'll update Makimono's rating to a total of 3. Just be prepared, I guess depending on who's working it'll be good or just okay. And be prepared for no pork in the gyoza. read more

I guess management did listen to earlier reviews since on my visit I found the service to be splendid! Upon entering I was quickly escorted to my table, hot tea was served in a minute and my order was taken as soon as I put the pencil on the table. The waitresses were smiling and very attentive refilling my tea and cleaning away the table very swiftly. As for the food, it was decent AUCE food. Nice tempura, light and crisp without too much batter. The sashimi were fresh and abundant. The rolls were OK, although the rice is somewhat overcooked, it would also be nice to include explanations of what's in them on the menu, as I saw several people ask. I myself was surprised that Hott's roll wasn't spicy, it just had fried salmon...what was I thinking? Decor is interesting, but not overwhelming. Keep in mind that they only take cash or credit, and although there is ATM on site, during my visit it was out of service, so manager did a debit transaction without hesitation, perhaps he was stunned by my beauty so don't bet on that option. Overall if I was a 16 year old on a date, I'd be impressed! If I was 45 year old on a date I'd prefer real sushi place, so truth is somewhere in the middle. read more

My favourite AYCE sushi joint. Been coming here couple of times a year for the past two. Food is excellent quality given the type of restaurant and easily wins over a lot of supposedly higher end a la carte joints I've visited in the downtown core. They've also added some Chinese dishes recently which are quite decent in fact. Atmosphere is great with beautiful, clean and modern lines abound. The bathrooms are also always very clean and no-hand contact friendly. Service is excellent. There is the occasional mix up of orders and sometimes you have to try to grab the attention of the servers but overall the place is managed well. Lastly the price is pretty good given the very wide variety of food they offer and unlike many other places that rip you off on the drinks, it includes tea or soft drinks. Weekends can get busy so either book ahead or visit earlier in the evening if you don't want to wait. Overall excellent restaurant and hope it stays so! read more

My wife and I ordered take-out. It was my first time coming here and was impressed with what I saw, and did not expect to see a nice clean decor with professional staff. It was very busy on a Friday evening. The manager offered us tea while we waited for our order, which was a nice gesture. The food is pretty good, fresh tasting salmon sashimi and sushi, rolls were good, nice selection, wasabi was strong (good!). We did not try any other cooked items. Next time. Plenty of free parking since it's at the shopping centre. Near the highway. read more

Went here for a late night sushi craving. My friend warned me ahead of time that the waitresses almost always mix up your order and since it's an AYCE, I thought I'd just order more. Well there is a fine line when rating a bad service: I mix up your order or I ignore your request to fill up your tea, give you more ginger or pretend to not see you. We were rushed and rushed to leave the restaurant even though there was still another 30 min before their closing time. The fish was fresh, but the sushi kept falling apart. Great decor though. read more

I used to like their food but not anymore. Nice place but food, not so good. I have had better sushi. Everything tastes bland. I don't taste the freshness of the food and it's just ok. I would give it more stars if the price was better...but $23 for dinner is so not worth it. Food is as good as food court sushi...meh...not coming back.. read more

Kayamono - iPad to order food - Japanese Near Me - Woodbridge, Ontario

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Restaurant is very nice inside - new and modern. It is also big and can accomodate large groups. I went for a lunch with a group of 10 people. We all had the all you can eat lunch special for $13.99/person. Food and service was great. read more

I came here with a big group of people and we were promptly seated upstairs. The interior is very nice and the price is reasonable. We had a full range of different menu items that came quickly enough. I felt fine the next day but two of the people in our party did not. Hard to say if it was the food but I saw other reviews for this place that mention the same thing. Anyways I would probably not go back, just because there a couple other places that I find that has fresher items, such as New Generation Sushi in Vaughan. read more

The food at Makimono is fantastic and the price for "all-u-can-eat" SUSHI is amaziing...the only thing that got me was:1. The service comes short.2. They don't share vital information to customers who are NEW to sushi.I went with my entire family and friends to try this amazing thing called SUSHI for the very first time....little did we know that we would not get any advice from the sushi-experts..and more importantly...WHATEVER YOU DON'T EAT, YOU WILL GET CHARGED FOR BY PIECE!!!!***it's in fine print at the bottom of the menu!I felt like it was sooo sneaky of them to make that note sooo small.I don't think I will ever go back because of PRINCIPLE!!!But you all must know the food is AMAZING. read more

Real mixed bag with this place. Mostly brown bag. Decided to grab some take out for lunch. Many good reviews mixed with some bad ones on here but I took a chance anyhow. Friendly service at the front desk. A nice cup of tea while I waited. I ordered the 'premium sushi', 7 or 8 sushi pieces with a dynamite roll. For $20 I figured it couldn't be too low end. Half right, half wrong. The salmon, tuna and butterfish were decent. Tender and fresh, not overly flavourful but not fishy. Shrimp and eel were chewy - complete turn off. I didn't attempt the last 2 pieces, they didn't look very fresh. I've had way better dynamite rolls. Avocado and cucumber outweighed the shrimp tempura 3 to 1. No radish sprouts or anything interesting. Clearly not made to order, as the nori was chewy. That doesn't happen unless it sits a while and soaks up moisture. The tempura was cold and there was no crunch to it. Typical sides of iceberg lettuce salad with carrot ginger dressing and miso soup were completely unremarkable. Contrary to other reviews here, the wasabi had a great heat and bite to it. Unfortunately there are far too many good sushi joints in the GTA to warrant my return. read more

All you can eat options are boring and plain. Rolls are mainly rice and cucumber with a tiny slice of fish. I don't recommend it specially when you can find fantastic restaurants in GTA. read more

This is a very modern all you can eat restaurant. The sushi is great and the dynamit roll is superb:) It is a fairly large restaurant and can accommodate large groups. The service is good when I go here. This is a restaurant I keep going back to. read more

I've been here several times, mostly because it's a convenient location. Each time I'm hoping it'll be better than I remembered but I'm done doing that again and expecting a different result. The food is only so-so, some items like the few salad selections are the pitifully anemic vegetables topped with 1 000 Island dressing, the rolls are a little better as the decent AYCE standard, most of the appetizers and sides are very heavily Americanized (even for chain sushi places) fast food. The decor is nice but all of the times I was there the service was lukewarm and slow, regardless of the time of day or week and level of busyness. It's no worse than your average AYCE value in a nice setting but not the place to go for anyone who wants anything remotely closer to authentic Japanese. read more

So i called the place to make a reservation and was notified that. It's first come first serve basis. Which is fine and under the current protocol with covid-19 I respected. So this is where the experience took a turn for the worse. Arrived at the restaurant at 5pm, was told it's an hour wait and to leave my phone number and they will call me, when my table is ready. I was ok with that and understood the wait is because of current restrictions, before I walked out, I asked the lady how many tables ahead of me, she said 4. So I decided to take the family around the plaza for a walk instead of waiting in the lobby and causing a gathering of people. At around 6:20, still waiting for the call to say the table was ready. We decided to head back to the restaurant and I told my family to wait in the car while I went to the front desk to inquire. When I spoke to the lady she informed me that there was 5 tables still ahead of me. This is when I questioned her and said that is not possible as when i left when i put my number down it was 4 and now it's 5. Which was 1:20 in between. She could not respond to why. Then as I was raising this concern, her partner was on the phone and was taking down a phone for that so called first come first serve list. That explained it and I questioned the integrity of it and why were myself and others told it's first come, and then they are taking phone numbers over the Phone, sounds like a reservation to me, which I was told they don't take.. after about 5-7 mins of causing a scene, she spoke to one of her co-workers in different language and then proceeded to tell me that I was next in line to be seated. Seams really fishy and unprofessional as I was told that there is no reservations and I wasn't the only one told that when called. Then while waiting they were taking a reservation. So I guess they pick and choose what they say to the caller when they call. After we were seated, can't complain about the food as it's typical sushi which was fresh and quick service. If the initial service was better the rating would not be a 1. They should implement a reservation system so you don't have this happen as it caused a gathering of many people within the 6 feet so is distance requirement. In which I didn't feel comfortable having my family in (wife and 3 year old), which why I we went for A walk. Hope they understand the frustration they cause by not having a proper system in place. read more

The sushi here was great. Check out their take out menu and special sushi rolls menu... CHEAP PRICES!!! We got there late and they were closing in 15mins so we could not dine in. We opted for take out and was surprised at their prices... ranging from $2.95 to $12. The sushi was very tasty and portions were good. They presented the sushi nice... some places whe taking out... it looks like a mess. I will definitely go back and try the all you can eat. The service was great too. After we paid... we waited outside. The lady brought out our order for us. read more

It's nice to stumble upon an AYCE sushi place that does it right. I had lunch at Makimono's as I passed through the neighbourhood. I was just going to have a standard lunch, but I noticed they had a bit of sashimi on the AYCE menu. Ordering off of an iPad is easier, since you can see the photos of each item. The variety between Chinese, Thai, Japanese, and sushi was good. I especially liked the hand rolls, made with impossibly snappy, crisp nori, and fish going all the way to the bottom. I tried a few different ones, and the were all great. The sushi in general was also very good, with a nice balance of protein to rice. I also tried the Seafood Pad Thai, which was largely inedible due to a strong antiseptic taste. Also, "seafood" does not mean a few cut up chunks of artificial crab stick. A real turn-off. Overall, a good value, and I would probably order anything off the menu except the Pad Thai. No loss... read more

The sushi itself was okay (hot food was terrible), but the service was absolutely horrendous. Rude waitresses, being rushed out even when there was plenty of time before the place closed etc etc. Go to Spoon and Fork if you're in the area and you're really craving Japanese food . You couldn't pay me to eat here again. read more

I visited this restaurant with my boyfriend on a Saturday night for all you can eat. Upon arrival, no one was at the front to greet us or to help us with seating. About five minutes later, the hostess brought us to our table but didn't even say hi and slapped the iPad ordering device onto the table for us. Once you order on the iPad, the server has to login to verify your order which makes it an extra step for the staff. I didn't feel like this was efficient at all. Anyway, the food arrived about 5-10 minutes later and the salmon, butterfish, tuna and ika were delicious. I would rate the sashimi 4/5. It was thick cut and fresh. Everything else was mediocre and we felt like selection wasn't as wide compared to other sushi AYCEs. We ordered a second and third round and it took us about 15 minutes to get the servers attention each time. I was getting slightly impatient. They seemed understaffed and there really was no service. In terms of cleanliness, we sat in front of the sushi bar and noticed that the workers would literally place the order receipt directly on the sushi itself to help servers indicate the table #. The servers would even pick up the order receipt with their bare hands and place it back directly on the food. This was absolutely disgusting!!!! If it's your birthday month, you get an additional 15% off for the birthday person and 50% off if it's the exact day of your birthday. Needless to say, I will not be visiting again because of poor service and poor food handling. read more

Not a Big deal! I went for the AYCE lunch menu. They got some orders wrong. The menu has nothing special. I had to put a lot of wasabi in my soy sauce because I didn't feel the usual kick! The place is nice, and there is space to move between tables. Service was ok, but I didn't like that treat me as a fool when I said that they got the order wrong TWICE! read more

Went for New Years day lunch AYCE went early so wasn't crowded. Not typical buffet cook to order so everything hot or sushi fresh made Ipad ordering great service was good Tempura hot and fresh Great value for money but never been at peak times so service always good read more

Came here for lunch. Unimpressed with the overall experience. Food = nothing special. Mediocre sushi, not much of a selection. Also, the wait for food to come out took really really really long. Service = poor. I asked to move seats, and heard a girl(maybe supervisor? Or manager) say "NO OF COURSE NOT" and then our server came a little shortly saying no because they're saving it. I understand that they are saving it, but to say it in such a rude way turned me off. No server checked on us throughout our meal either. First and definitely my last time coming here. read more

I visited this place for a quick business lunch at 1 p.m. I thought it was 3.8 but the scoring is even numbers. Compared to all-you-can-eat sushi places that I know around GTA, this probably deserves the 4 anyway. I generally don't buy the all-you-can-eat concept but my guest thought otherwise. As such, he kept eating while I admired his appetite. SERVICE: the service was prompt except for arrival and seating that kept us waiting for a few minutes. The reception and the host were the same person. Not a big a deal. Once we had the high-tech tablet menu, everything arrived promptly and fairly in the order we wanted. The waitress switched our drinks on delivery and it took us a sip to discover that. Again, they corrected that. They don't have the professional waiting staff that know how to schmooze and make recommendation, but again, that is not big on my list for an all-you-can-eat place. Overall they were friendly, attentive, and pleasant. That is a 4 for me. Food: It was pretty good for an all-you-can-feed-your-face place. The Salmon hand roll had the right amount of Salmon and rice and the rice was warm rather than from the fridge which I like. The Salmon-Avocado maki had a thin layer of rice around and that was great. Most places try to thicken the rice and fill you up. They even had a few Sashimi items for lunch including Salmon which again was a great choice to have. The chicken and Salmon teriyaki were cooked to the point and not overly saucy. Everything we tried was pretty good. Now, I don't usually order cooked stuff in a sushi place but my guest differs and I nibbled a bit. The place: the place had a modern décor with lots of windows and it was clean. That is why, I am comfortable with a 4 star for this place for lunch. At $15 per person, I say it was a great deal so don't be cheap and leave a good tip if they are prompt and pleasant, and that they were. read more

Kayamono - Pepper Beef - juicy and tender - Japanese Near Me - Woodbridge, Ontario

I like it.. its one of my favorite Sushi restaurant.. Price is not bad.. You can request a VIP card that gives you a 10% off the whole year.. ITs nice to bring someone in a date.. place is really cool read more

If you come here on boxing day you pay $70 for all you can eat for 2 during lunch. Thats fucking insane. Very very very disappointed. Never again will I be going here. read more

Loved this place, me and my two best friends came here since we were 7 and 10 with one of our moms. Loved the iPad idea fun for kids to order and see the pictures along with the small portions but it goes with the all you can eat. Shrimp tempura, Minso soup and the udon was one of my favourites and most recommended. Great service and very kid friends since me and my friends were loud since we were kids. read more

I've been coming here for years and it's great to see they now make it much easier to order by having an iPad, which also lets you see what the rolls look like rather than wondering or asking for each roll. Service has always been great here, I find they clear your table pretty quickly, but as some have mentioned after your first order the ones after seem to take a bit of time. I personally find their lunch much more *bang for the buck* as it's one of the very few places if any that offers sashimi for lunch. Their dinner menu doesn't have much more in my opinion over lunch unless you like the special rolls. For the lunch alone I'd give it 5 stars, for dinner it's pricier especially during the weekend. One tip I will say is to avoid the pop, or carbonated drinks. Aside from when they first opened I find it has always been flat. I'll periodically order diet coke and find it's been flat after all these years. read more

Food is very good but helpers are dumb. You can order food through iPad that's cool. But sometimes they take it very long. Overall one won't be dissatisfied with the experience. Great all you can eat option. Visit recommended during Lunch hour as lunch is typically $8 cheaper per head in comparison to dinner. read more

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If I could give a zero I would they ruined my card they threw receipts all over my food they declined my card but other people's cards clearly work rushed us out when there were clearly other people there over all shitty experience and they gave us dirty utensils read more

If you are looking for great sushi in Woodbridge, this is where you need to go. I have been coming here for years and they always blow me away. The restaurant is really nicely decorated and if you have a large group of friends they have enough space to accommodate you all. The food is great, and you order by ipad! The only downside is you cant pay with debit and they make you use the ATM machine in the entrance way, which is a bit of a hassle. read more

I have visited many sushi places over the years and this by far falls very close to the bottom. Besides the fact that we had a reservation and still had to wait 20 minutes is not cool but I can respect that and live with it. What I cant live with is when you order chicken teriyaki and it was served under cooked. Yes that's right the chicken was not cooked fully through. It was corrected and remade and was cooked properly the second time but this left me very concerned with ordering any other chicken dishes. Please check all your chicken before eating it. On top of that being disgusting its DANGEROUS. I already had a piece in my mouth when someone told me not to swallow it. Caught it just in time. On top of that all the rolls that I ordered all had avocado in them. Every single one. The avocado was so over powering that it was all I tasted in all the sushi. Up until the next day I had an awful taste in my mouth from the sushi the night before. I have heard from many other people that this place is amazing so I'm not sure if I came on an off day but this was enough to convince me never to visit again. read more

Kayamono used to be a good place to grab sushi, now I think the management has changed and the place is very dirty, I ate there around 3 times and each time I went, I had food poisoning. The sushi isn't fresh and the fried dishes are always dripping in oil and it's very soggy. They overly charge for each person. Do not go here, unless you want food poisoning. read more

I went to Makimono because I had been referred by a family member of mine. First off, the Woodbridge location is pretty busy so waiting for seating takes a while. On my visit there my friend and I were sat down at a table larger than for just two people so we sat down and got comfortable. A couple of minutes later we were asked to move to a smaller table due to reservations of larger parties so we moved. We wouldn't have minded this however the "larger party" turned out also to be only two people and we couldn't understand why we were moved into the stuffy corner for also a party of two people. But hold on, there's more. Although lunch may be all you can eat, the serving sizes you get are similar to that of portion sizes of samples at Costco. On top of that Cosco offers better customer service than the waitresses at Makimono. Waitresses politely seat you and get you drinks then forget about you like you fell of the face of the earth or something. You usually have to flag down different ladies each time to ask for help. When you've finally ordered things, dishes arrive out of order and with really big gaps of time in between each dish. It took my friend and I almost two hours to finish dining at this restaurant and it was not because we were just there having a good time, we were waiting for our dishes and starving! The food at this restaurant is VERY SUB PAR despite what people are saying. When cooking tempura you're supposed to just fry it for a minimal amount of time so the product is crispy and not doused in oil. BUT, the tempura at this restaurant will relentlessly squirt oil at your face when you bite into it. As for the sushi, I ordered the California roll and I noticed the cucumber was not even a chunk of cucumber. It was finely sliced pieces of the skin of a cucumber. No wonder waiting for the food takes so damn long. Their fried rice dishes smell great but taste like nothing but oil. I swear they doused the whole dish in vegetable oil or something... They also get their portions wrong, on their menu it says you receive a certain amount of items but they were always either one or two less than what they had described on the menu. Lastly, when going to pay for our dining experience, we received the bill and left our payment but the waitress said to us "oh, you know this doesn't include a tip! Only the HST, there has to be a tip too!" Excuse me? Tip you for your non-existent serice? No thanks Makimono, no thanks. read more

One word: SLOW. Came in very thirsty and was looking for a server to come by to get us some water first and felt like it took ages as I was drying out like a browning cut apple. Once we were finally served, food also took forever to come, mostly the sushi and sashimi. Felt like they wanted to stuff us with all the less expensive stuff so we won't have any room left for the more costly stuff. Well guess what, it worked! Food took so long that we were starving, so we munched on all the side dishes first and didn't really have an appetite anymore when the sushi and sashimi finally came... a decade later. Taste wise, wasn't bad or fantastic. The udon was actually pretty tasty. But the service won't make me a returning customer. read more

I have been to Kayamono several times in 2018, I haven't had a strong opinion about them until this visit. Today is Boxing Day and we assumed it would be busy so we made reservations for 6pm. We got there earlier and got seated at 5:45pm. Mind you, they were not busy. Most of the tables were empty. There was maybe 8 tables (for 2-4 guests) occupied. We have placed an order at around 5:50pm - we didn't receive our Beef Tataki until 6:30 (mind you, this dish is RAW) - are they slaughtering the beef here or something ? It shouldn't take that long. The beef slices are thick - as if they are just using regular beef they use in their stir fry. Please see attached picture. Our fried items came 10 minutes before the pre-made items such as our soups and salads (which were bland and fridge- cold when they arrived) Also, I've asked for extra wasabi twice in a span of 15 minutes, did not get extra wasabi. At this point, I am done waiting for an order more than 20 mins for each order. As I am writing this review, I'm waiting for the server to approve my dessert request because I am done waiting 20 minutes+ for my food. Not impressed at all. read more

Kayamono - Japanese Near Me - Woodbridge, Ontario

I went to Makimono last Sunday since it was the closest AYCE sushi to where I was at the time. The inside decor is pretty and it looks new. That's pretty much the only positive comment I have about this restaurant. The sushi was mediocre, the chicken karaage wasn't crunchy... even the wasabi wasn't even spicy. Even with the iPad ordering system, they messed up my order. I'm still waiting for them to deliver my miso soup... read more