Aji Sai Plus Resto Lounge

I ordered food online on Christmas Eve and trying to have a relax night with friends. It said on the confirmation email that the order would be delivered in an hour, so we were just waiting in patience since it was Christmas Eve. Until an hour and half, we were still waiting and we tried to call the restaurant numerous times with no one answering the phone. We left few voice messages and we were angry with hunger.
This restaurant is ridiculous! Will never ever go to this restaurant or order online from it. Even if it’s Christmas Eve, it doesn’t give them any excuse to mistreat their customers. I got no call back from them nor know if they even got the order at the first place.
We ordered thru
, after that, we did a complaint and got our refund back.
Honestly, I’ve never tried the food so I can’t judge the quality of the food. However, some of my friends have dined-​in before and they don’t recommend it. I ordered because it was almost the only Japanese restaurant open for delivery at that time and we were craving for it.

Came here today for all you can eat sushi. Got basically everything on the lunch menu (12.99). The food varied from decent (the sushi rolls, the kimchi, the seaweed salad) to mediocre (the udon soup, the chicken teriyaki). The service was okay but not super attentive. The décor and vibe is also a bit strange. There are better AYCE sushi options not far from here.

I love oysters BUT I don’t love them here. Ordered a dozen and ate a few, left, came home and kept the receipt so I would know what my source of food poisoning was. The oysters were really horrific. I won’t be returning.

The service is okay here. But my issue is really the food itself. Was here for AYCE. The rolls were all lopsided and uneven with a ridiculous amount of rice. It wasn’t even an even coating of rice. They include a 13% tip in their bill. The door kept being opened wide, letting in cold air, and as we had been seated right in front of the door, we kept getting blasted by frigid winds. I think I’ve been mostly unimpressed with the sushi houses in this neighbourhood. There are many, but nothing is worthy of $ 20/​per for lunch (with the tax and tip), IMO.
I will say this, the first time I visited this place, they had just opened and did not have AYCE for dinner at the time (a couple years ago). The service was good and the a la carte food was delicious. So something’s changed in that time, and not for the better.

1.5 stars.
I was hoping for more out of the sushi bento box but to my disappointment, the food that was in my bento box didn’t contain a lot of sushi and didn’t look too appetizing. It’s literally as though someone took the sushi, deep fried dumplings and tofu out of a sushi to-​go pack and arranged them in a bento tray. There was definitely room for more sashimi and California rolls. The bento didn’t taste very fresh either. That meal was definitely not worth $ 10. I’m also shocked that it’s $ 22 for AYCE dinners. The other Aji Sai location (the one on Queen) is so much better. I would say that one of the few redeeming factors about the Aji Sai on Yonge would be how clean it is. Apart from that, I probably won’t be coming back here any time soon.

Good was lower than average and not as fresh as I hoped. This new location is not as good as the other aji sai location, maybe because this is one focuses more on drinks than food. I decided to give this one a try because it’s closer to me. But I have to say that I’m really disappointed with the food and service.
Food
The sushis are not as fresh as other sushi places. The avocados were all overripe and already brown. I asked them to change it but as I assumed they probably all overripe. So I tried to avoid everything without avocado. It’s a big minus as avocado is in almost every other dish or sushi, and I love avocado. The dimsum are obviously not as good as the dimsum restaurants but even Springrolls has much better dimsums. I tried the siumai and hargaw/​shrimp wonton, which tasted different from what I know and not as fresh. The sushis have way too much rice compared to the other ingredients.
Service
The service was ok, but the but very experienced. I assume they are trainees and seem very overwhelmed. We had to ask different waitresses to get our orders and requests because they kept forgetting. We were waiting for 1,5 hours just to get 2 or 3 dishes and then nothing came anymore. After asking a few times, the waitress confirmed that they might have lost or forgot to punch in the rest of our order. So we had to order again. This time it came out fairly fast. The waitress apologized a few times and we weren’t too mad, because she is new and she tried her best to fix it. Some were really friendly while others were stressed. Overall, the service was ok.
This location is very limited in space, and not recommended for big groups.
I would not come here again, just because the food was below average and waiting time is very long. The other aji sai locations are a bit better than this one. But I wouldn’t mind giving the bar a try.

Great first time. My husband and I were looking for somewhere now for dinner tonight and liked the regular menu, if we had known it was a all you can eat we would have brought more people with us.

All you can eat sushi is not new to me, I’ve been to 2 other Aji Sai chain restaurants and both were better experiences.
The food: Nothing special, below average sushi but what you would expect from the average all you can eat sushi.
Service: The service was not bad but not incredible. They never checked up on us but were there when we wanted them. The only thing I really didn’t enjoy that really ruined my experience was they charged us for the small amount we had left over. (Otherwise a 3 star)
Both other Aji Sai restaurants I’ve been to won’t bother to charge you for remaining food if it’s not a significant amount. We had 2 hand rolls left over and we were charged $ 3. If you ask me, that’s just ridiculous.
Price: fair around $ 17 for lunch after everything and $ 25 for dinner
I would not recommend this place. Not worth your money and you can find better sushi

Aji Sai restaurant is one of my all time favourites! Best AYCE restaurant in Toronto with great food and reasonable prices.
The Queen St. location is better though.

Went here yesterday, and well the sushi was fresh and yummy. So why two stars? Well read this as 1.5 stars and I will tell you why:
1: My friend and I waited 10 minutes just to be seated when the place was only half full (around 15 people). Then we had to waive down our server in order to be served after waiting another 12 minutes of her ignoring us.
2: My friend noticed they have a bar rail special on Mondays, so we asked to get one. The waitress replied that she could not give us the Monday bar rail special because the bartender was not working that day. However the waitress told us we can order other alcoholic beverages, just not the special. How does that make any sense!!! If there is no bartender working how can we order other alcoholic beverages? They just wanted to make more $ by not giving out the advertised special!
3: The only other time the servers came around to our table was when it was time to pay. No water refills, no empty plates taken away.
4: They only allow a 2 hour table time limit for all you can eat (why do they call it all you can eat when they kick you out after 2 hours)???

This place is pretty good. Has well price lunch time AYCE. Came here with a friend and brought baby. They have high chairs, so that was a win. The service was a wee bit slow, but we did come during lunch hour, so that’s to be expected. The seaweed salad portions were super small. And they actually kept bringing the stuff we ordered to the table next to us, so that was a bit weird. Overall, its wasn’t bad.

I have never been so disappointed in my life with the service at a sushi place. You expect slow service at AYCE but this was beyond ridiculous.
30 minutes to bring out 2 rolls.
There are better sushi places in the neighborhood.
On the pro side — the sushi was fresh.

Came here after work with a few co-​workers on a Tuesday night. Was pretty dead when we got to Aji Sai. The place itself looks clean and modern. Space wise it was pretty big with enough tables to not feel cramp. Food itself was decent but it is mostly an ayce place but we decided to do a la carte since not everyone was hungry. Pricing a little higher than the typical sushi joints in the area but the quality of the raw fish was pretty good. The wait staff was attentive and came to check on us throughout the night. The mixed out orders up and they didn’t know which order belong to who so that was a big mess. Besides that it is a decent place to grab some sushi and hang out with friends.

Not too bad for an AYCE place. Orders came out quite fast and it was satisfying. Bonus for checking in on Unilocal: 15% off on cash payments for the AYCE. The waiter made a bit of a fuss for it, but I insisted and they were happy to oblige. Good place with variety of rolls and sashimi.

Aji Sai is a large «resto lounge» offering menu and all you can eat sushi. The bathrooms are not accessible and most of the menu is not vegan with a little bit of vegetarian sprinkled in. Their lunch all you can eat is $ 12, which is very competitive for the area.
I came by towards the end of the lunch service, which I wasn’t hungry enough to order. Their were many people finishing up who looked like they were enjoying themselves. The food was coming out quickly and regularly.
I was seated immediately and ordered some tea and edamame. I ended up having a couple of bowls of soup before filing up. All of my food was delicious and warm. It came out quickly. I was also provided with the wifi password.
I’m not a huge fan of AYCE ordering, but I like AYCE places ’cause you can often order a bunch of stuff off the menu at reasonable prices. Aji Sai was no exception. I plan on returning.

They dont take the 15% off coupon that was on Unilocal as per the waitress. Calling bs on that. Service was horrible. I ended up putting up one order of green tea because they kept skipping my order… everytime. Food was meh at best and i only liked the edamame.
Not worth going for lunch.

The reviews are deceiving, this place is great and the food is top notch for an AYCE restaurant. The sushi is on par with most places in Toronto and the sashimi is fresh and tasty. The food comes out quick and the service is pretty quick as long as you are a familiar face and tip well.
My first few experiences here were good and I have eatten the $ 1 oyster specials before. They are larger than your typical oyster restaurants and they still taste very rich and smooth. The sushi itself is well made and it is made fresh and to order.
The dessert is my favorite thing about this place. The fried bananas and green tea iced cream keeps me going even after a huge sushi meal! I will definitely be coming back here in the future again with my healthy appetite!

All 3 cups of Jasmine tea were served cold — The Sashimi portions are ever so small. Thin little piece of salmon in each order. Ordered 5 and if you put them together as one it would be about the size of a regular portion anywhere else. The fish was for the most part fresh. The tempura was ok-​ay I guess.
The cold tofu was disgusting — don’t know if tofu can spoil, but waiting 30 min for what was incredibly disappointing — tofu out of the package, cut in Squares and the put soy sauce on it — it was slimy, ice cold and gross!
The wasabi was not good and the ginger was very fake tasting.
I know I sound harsh — but as I write this I realize it was not very good here. I will say the service was great and the 4^th cup of tea was finally hot… just as I was leaving… they poured hot tea… great !

I just had lunch here with my sister. It was my first time, and i am not impressed. The food were either salty, TOO sweet (especially the eel sauce they use in almost everything) or too spicy… Nothing caught my eye. Service was a 2.5÷5 — forgetful waiters, and didn’t know english. I showed her my coupon and had to repeat myself like 6 times… She said she’d ask her manager about it which she didn’t. The food was OK… Ive had way better. The menu is pretty easy to understand and is pretty much like other menus from head to toe so you know what they have to offer. Menu is some paper and yeah… we only ordered one round of food and left after 35 minutes or 30. I dont recommend this place… But give it a try if you wanna waste your money.

Read my previous review first. I really enjoyed the food quality the first time and this time as well. The service wasn’t great the first time but my coworker told me to give it another chance.
This time, however the speed of food coming out is absolutely unacceptable for an ayce restaurant. It’s almost like they purposely serve you slow or are understaffed in the kitchen so that you eat less. It took a full hour for all our sushi, rolls and kitchen food to come out even though there were only 2 – 3 tables. It was very awkward as some people don’t want rolls, some don’t want sushi and some don’t want hot food. It made for a very uncomfortable lunch. Also, servers are so frowny.
Verdict: not for work lunch and need to be patient. Never coming back.