KIBO Sushi & Tapas

I am so happy that I discovered Kibo for delivery. I live in the area so have picked up from here a few times. It is always fresh and made to order. They once forgot one of the rolls and called us and apologized over and over. My husband went back to pick it up and they gave us a credit for next time which was nice. You could tell they want to correct the mistake and for us not to be upset. Lots of options and very nice service.

Top dumplings and sushi. Great deal on ice-​cold Sapporo served in chilled steins. Teriyaki was three star but let’s be honest — it’s just to round out the menu for mangiacakes like me.

Absolutely fantastic sushi at a reasonable price — what’s not to love? The staff are very welcoming and attentive. Sushi chef greets you traditionally in Japanese. The fish is fresh and importantly, the sushi rice is perfectly seasoned. Have been there a few times since they opened. Highly recommend.

This is probably the best Japanese restaurant we’ve ever been to. Service was a little slow when it got busy but the sushi was beyond fresh. Also the sushi pizza was the best I’ve had. Everyone was friendly and accommodating and the spicy sauce is not to be missed. Portions were generous and of the highest quality.
This is now our go-​to Japanese place here in Toronto.

This sushi was very good! I got yam and avocado roll, spicy salmon roll and seaweed salad! All rolls were awesome and seaweed salad had avocado on top (nice touch). They have a small tray for your soya sauce which I though was neat!

I came here for a friend’s private dinner party to celebrate a special occasion. The restaurant doesn’t have a private room but we were seated at the back next to the sushi bar and there was a screen to partition our party from the rest of the restaurant. The décor is really nice, it’s cozy yet modern. The food we had was a special menu created just for the party and it was very good! The service was very hospitable, on a whim the sushi chef created cute little rice rolls shaped like afternoon tea sandwiches to help us celebrate the occasion!
Grace was our hostess for the night and she paid a lot of care and attention to our table. Yuni was our chef and she created some amazingly tasty dishes. I also learned she was trained at the Cordon Bleu in France so no wonder the food was so amazing!

Went to the place last night with few of friends.
It was a cozy place with some Japanese + western fusion like decoration.
we had a seat near the window and served with a bottle of cold sake — which was great!
It was cold enough to cool us down from the heat outside and smooth (and sweet) enough for me to take. I really loved it.
The lady who served our table was kind and helpful. also everything came as ordered, too. — I really like the fact that we were taken a good care for the whole time.
Now, Let’s talk about our foods.
1^st, we — 4 of us — ordered The love boat — which came with miso soups, edamame, salads, 10pcs of kara-​age (Fired Chicken bits) and tempuras
I really loved Miso soup — it was tasty — not too salty or watery as some places. amount of Miso was enough and 3 pieces of small fried tofu added little complexities to taste.
Salad — lovely color composition and everything looked and tasted fresh.
I think they use a bit of sushi rice vinegar on their sauce but it’s just my guess.
but wished if they could make it a bit thick. The most of sauce was kept on the
bottom so veg on the top tasted a bit dull and one’s on the bottom — a bit strong.
Edamame — I really don’t like them so just passed. ^^;
Kara-​age — Perfect Perfect and Perfect. (Yes I repeated it, 3 times…)
Crispy outside and Juicy on the inside! Just how I like them! The quality of meat was well above other similarly priced restaurants. They may used some herbs in the batter — those little pieces were finger licking good~!
Tempura — Not too thick but every pieces were covered evenly. They were delightful!
Sashimi — they were fresh. If you love ‘thick cut’ pieces like me, You will love them.
If I may point out — they shall put more white tuna — escolar. Yes I’m aware of health issue regarding that fish. but can’t help it. I just love them so much.
Sushi & Rolls — Amount of rice was about right. They were not too sweet but not too dull.
Slices of each fish were fresh and established good ensemble with rice on the bottom.
As you may see from my pictures, the chef used spicy mayo as the primary sauce but for fried rolls, I wish if he could use different sauces like reduced soy sauce. But in over all, they all tasted god and I was satisfied. ^^
Udon — We order this separately. Lovely stock matched well with tempura bits, pieces of mussels and shrimps. I ordered it for myself but we ended up sharing it between everyone in our table — yes it was delicious and suited every1’s taste. ^^
Will I be recommanding this restaurant to others? Yes.
Was I satisfied? Yes.
Will I come back for more? Definitely!
In Overall, It was such a pleasure and I shall say,
Gochisou sama deshita~!!!

I have come here 6 times now (one week I came twice) and I have to say this place is fantastical! Everything I have eaten here has clearly been made with pride… Someone else wrote a bizarre review about the poor quality of the sushi and I’m honestly having a hard time believing it. The sushi chef here is an artist, I’ve actually never appreciated it until coming here.
The miso soup is the most flavorful I’ve ever had, it even has these delicious little croûton thingys in it and sliced mushrooms! Yum! The salad is beautiful with it’s homemade citrus dressing and these delicious strings of raw beets. So good!
The sauces all get thumbs up and I high fived the waitress on the tempura once: P true story!
Give this place a go before this gem is packed every night! Also thanks the the staff for always being so accommodating and making me feel so welcome!

Overall, i have good experience for this place. The decoration is pretty good but it’s in modern western than oriental way. They are working on the LLBO license so hopefully next time I can try some shoju when am eating sushi.
Service: quick and nice, ⁵⁄₅
Atmosphere: it’s busy in dinner time.
However, it’s not noisy as much. ⁵⁄₅
Food: sushi is fresh and their tataki is amazing. On the other hand, the rice is bot firm enough. Rice’s taste is good (right amount of vinegar and wasabi) but it keeps falling off after you put in soy sauce.
They don’t have parking in the back so you might have to park on the street and call for reservation if your groups is from 12ppl and up.
I will come back next time and try their loveboat.