Yanagi Sushi

This place has been open 4 months and we tried it out after seeing the pics and reviews on Unilocal.
The fish was well portioned, very fresh and had a few twists. The staff were very friendly and on a Monday we were surprised to see 2 families with young kids come in. I always love seeing kids excited about eating sushi!
10% off on Mondays & Tuesday’s with Unilocal check-​in.
Really great addition to the neighbourhood that has been lacking a good sushi place too long!

Went here for lunch with my husband and it’s a fantastic addition to the area (the old place wasn’t bad too). I had their bento with beef teriyaki and sashimi which was one of their lunch specials and it was really great! The sashimi was a good thickness (not too thin, but just thin enough to enjoy), and the beef teriyaki was cooked medium and was a steak vs. the really thinly sliced meat that other places had. Service was great, though it was fairly empty that day.
One thing that would help a bit with the place is the signage and the frontage. We walked by there while LOOKING for it because it looked so dark and there was no signage for people walking by. Either a sandwich board or some signage at eye level would probably help!
I took off a star due to price point, but I would definitely return since I live in the area. There are better priced places north of here but if you’re in the area, definitely a nice regular place to go for quality food.

So thrilled to have such a quality sushi restaurant in our hood!
Great fresh sushi (thin rice later!) great variety, oh so yummy, decent prices. Child-​friendly, excellent service, with a sweet toothpick-​poked orange at the end to say thank you for coming.
This is now or go-​to, hands down!
Do yourself a favor, and stop by. And say hello to Stella and Daniel for me :)

This is authentic and high quality Japanese cuisine. Discover this form the green tea to the orange with your check. Lunch specials are excellent and affordable and the staff/​owners are top notch people. I can’t recommend this place enough. :D

Love this place! The atmosphere is so chilled. I love the music they play. The server is fast, super friendly and such a sweetheart. The food is great too. I love it.

Amazing, delicious and fresh sushi. Great service and always have a memorable experience!

Wow. Words cannot describe our disappointment in this restaurant. We tried the old restaurant and were underwhelmed, so decided to give the new owners a chance. It was a disappointment from the get go.
This was our experience from February 2016, but only getting a chance to post a review now.
Phoned in for a take-​out order and were told it would be 40 minutes since they were a bit busy. We were a bit shocked at that but gave them the benefit of the doubt since it was a Friday evening. We went to the restaurant to pick up our order to find only 4 or 5 tables. We ended up waiting an additional 20 minutes. Really? An hour to get a take-​out order at a place that wasn’t even that busy? An earlier review also commented on understaffing and slow service. Is there only one chef running between the kitchen and sushi bar? They could see our obvious annoyance at having to wait and were nice enough to offer us a 10% discount on our next visit. Next visit? How about something for this visit?
Food was average. Nothing to write home about. The aftermath is another story. Our weekend was a write-​off. I am talking severe food poisoning here. One person recovered by Saturday evening. The other by Monday. Never in our lives have we experienced food poisoning this badly. We both work in healthcare so we knew this was bad and never have we ever been more tempted to go to emerg.
After a phone call to the restaurant to inform them, they were both sympathetic and apologetic. Still not enough to get us back into this establishment.

It was my first time here and to be honest I have been craving their maki rolls ever since. I am definitely planning to come back.
Service is Excellent, servers and chefs were very friendly and welcoming.
We tried sashimi, sushi, maki, karaag, caramri, tempura udon for dinner. Loved them all especially my children really loved them. You can definitely taste the high quality and effort they put into their menu items.

This place surpassed my expectations by a mile. Very decent meal, the sushi rice was flavored very well. The sushi rolls and bibimbap were exceptional for the neighborhood. This is a huge step up from the previous owners IMHO. The Servers were accommodating to our two little ones. We will definitely go back.

Great new sushi restaurant in the neighborhood! We used to order from Sushi Marche in Leslieville but it closed down for a bit and we were looking for a new spot. We have only done delivery, but it was very fresh and delicious! Ordered a sushi Moriawase, avocado and cucumber roll and a spicy tuna roll. Miso soup and green salad with ginger dressing was yummy too. Better than any other sushi spots I’ve tried in the east end.

Understaffed and slow. Ordered twice from this place, first time they added an extra order to my bill which I didn’t see until after.
This used to be the Signature Kitchen, which was pretty good as far as Japanese places go. Not sure what happened.