The soup was bland. The noodles were lacking the chewiness it should have. The only really positive thing I could say is that the seafood ramen came with a generous portion of mixed seafood and was fresh. Service was also pretty good.
Jennifer L.
Tu valoración: 5 Mississauga, Canada
Best sushi i think I’ve ever had! came with a friend for lunch on Thursday. Got the only two vegetarian sushi options & they were so amazing. The staff was friendly and very observant. Price is very average. I would 100% recommend this place
Lily T.
Tu valoración: 1 Thornhill, Canada
Both my fiancé and I are having stomach ache after eating at this place tonight! We ordered a Home Chili ramen and a BBQ Pork ramen. Taste was so so, we didn’t expect good quality from a mall’s foodcourt anyways. But serving food that are unclean /raw/with bacteria are really unacceptable! Please avoid to go to this restaurant! Good that we didn’t try their sushi or else we will be in the hospital now!
Henry F.
Tu valoración: 2 Markham, Canada
The ramen is mediocre. In fact I can make better ramen out of instant noodles by Nissin. The chicken in the ramen is made of rubber. Yes, it is that bad.
Cindy C.
Tu valoración: 2 Toronto, Canada
Presentation of the Pork Ramen looks good but the taste is disappointing. The soup is watery and flavorless, the texture of the noodle is mushy and the pork is too fatty. Takoyaki(Octopus Balls) is smaller than usual, with tiny amount of octopus inside. The taste is ok, but the portion is unsatisfying. Overall the food is what you would expect from a mall food court.
Shu S.
Tu valoración: 3 Toronto, Canada
Funny enough, when I first came across this restaurant name in yorkdale mall, I was with a Japanese friend. He was surprised that a restaurant would be named vinegar and death. I thought this was funny! Anyways, I went here recently with said Japanese friend and we both had Ramen. I had the seafood Ramen and he had the chicken miso Ramen I believe. Overall, the food day average. Nothing exciting to stimulate the senses. The broth was sufficiently flavoured and the portion size was hearty. Our food arrived quite soon after ordering and was nice and hot. Like I said, overall everything was OK. The flavours could be enhanced, but then again, this is a restaurant in a mall so it is what you would expect. I think next time I’ll try the sushi.
Liam C.
Tu valoración: 1 Toronto, Canada
Wow that was bad. Across the board it was horrible. The restaurant was messy at noon. Sushi was day old fish and imitation crab(they were at least honest on the menu that is fake crab), rice made without rice vinegar, spicy mayo that wasn’t spicy but the presentation was great. Noodle dish was beyond bland and was piss poor. After one bite I could already name three different ingredients that would make the meal acceptable. Servers were beyond disinterested and didn’t care about improving our meal at all. For some reason they were mad when I only left 10%, something about only coming to my table once and not properly clearing it made them feel entitled to 15% or more I suppose. The real kicker is that the owner/management was sitting in the corner eating food from another restaurant with someone else, but had it plated to hide their obvious shame of crappy food. Management should feel more than happy to contact me
Alan K.
Tu valoración: 1 Markham, Canada
Decided to give this place a second chance and not much has changed. Just another bastardization of asian cuisine brought to you by spring rolls. If you have never tried ramen this is an unfair judgement of what ramen should taste like. Firstly the salty and need for water consumption after having a bowl of ramen signifies MSG. A soft boiled egg becomes a full boiled egg; hardly traditional. The broth is definitely made from MSG powder and the noodles. Ive had better noodles out of a bag of instant noodles than what they called ramen. The meats are bland and tasteless I would of expected more from a place using MSG. If it is a ramen noodle bar and the BBQ Pork isnt one of the top dog noodles then you went to the wrong place. Lets say in all my years of eating BBQ Pork whether chinese bbq style or japenese bbq style never once was it over cooked, no bbq flavor or even pork flavor for that matter, and hard to chew. Despite the fassade that spring rolls tries to pull over everyones eyes this place is far from asian food more like the countless chicken ball serving restaurants claiming to be serving asian cuisine. Leave it to a real asian to review asian food cause everyone claiming this to be legit has got to give their head a shake. Starting at $ 11.99/bowl and having tom yum ramen as one of the popular eats gives you a clear indication of what this place is like. Over priced fake asian food, even for food court standards.
Sam D.
Tu valoración: 5 Charlotte, NC
Was visiting Toronto with friends for Caribana and our hotel was across the street. Anyway I’m a huge lover of all things noodle and especially when it has eggs, chicken and all those other amazing veggies in it(drooling). This is a very cool spot and looks very authentic to be in a mall. I don’t do the pre made food that sits in a window so I was excited to find this gem. The staff was very nice and from what the locals tell me the sushi is fresh and amazing. NOTE this place should rename themselves«Amazing Eats» Anyway check out this spot, good food.
Diana S.
Tu valoración: 2 México, D.F., Mexico
1 Ticket for the movies + appetizer in here $ 19.99 1 huge sapporo + 3 appetizers $ 12 something We were on the mall after a Sephora scale, without coffee, breakfast, or anything else but a spoon of olive oil with lemon in our empty stomachs. So, while passing through the electric steps that point towards the food court, I guess the smell of food invaded Mateo and he asked me if we should grab some food and leave grocery shopping for tomorrow… We jumped on the electric stairs thinking where to go eat; I suggested to go look around the fast food but Mateo mentioned in the entrance of this place that in there we could get a cold beer… I just followed hm with the konnichiwa greating while we were entering. This day I finally felted the Spring, so I wasn’t in the mood for sweating more in a soup. We ordered calamari, salmon salad, and Mateo ordered a spicy ramen. Everything was average but the size of those sapporos… I mean, if you are waiting for the movies, loosing time, or you want a neutral place to hook up with someone unknown, this place is open; dynamic; convenient; loud; and if you don’t like your date, the washrooms are far away, so you can run… I love the sealing of this spot with all those red flowers, reminded me one of those beautiful Kenzo commercials.
Ehsan D.
Tu valoración: 1 Willowdale, Toronto, Canada
Oh my god, I regretted that I had suggested to my family to come to this place. First of all, the waitress brought my food and my fiancée’s not at the same time, so basically one was eating while the other ons was watching. Finally when we were about to leave I had only cash with me so I paid the full amount and like 6% tip… guess what happened… the waitress slapped the bill on the table and threw some forks on the plate with very harsh attitude telling me she wants at least 15% tip… I was so surprised… how rude… unbelievable…I just left… I felt attacked… man o man… I’m still in shock about her attitude… the food was average and not even that close to OK… I had the 601 from their menu.
Christopher L.
Tu valoración: 4 Mississauga, Canada
If you want to go for«authentic» ramen and sushi, go elsewhere and do not make any complain, as that’s not what they do here. What they do here are good quality and good tasting Asian-Japanese fusion. The Cutlet Pork Chop Ramen has become our default order, as we ALWAYS order this dish. Today we are not really hungry, so our«side dish» to the ramen was a roll. Ordering a roll is easy-hard. Easy because we haven’t gone wrong with whatever we have chosen; hard because, even they don’t load their rolls with rice like most places, they still not small, so you can’t really order them all… What to choose, what to choose… Their service is above average. They do try to come check on you occasionally to make sure we are happy, orders usually come quickly and accurately. Otherwise, they are usually quick to make it right. This is how an Asian restaurant should run.
Ziqiu Z.
Tu valoración: 2 Toronto, Canada
well seems like we don’t have many options at Yorkdale. I don’t think the soup is really made of chicken/pork as they said. Too salty, makes me want to drink lots of water after. Meat portion was fine, chile ramen came with pork chicken and tempura shrimp.
Sarah S.
Tu valoración: 3 Vaughan, Canada
Here is my take on the restaurant: Pros — friendly staff, made you feel welcome. Décor is very pretty and modern — loving those red flowers on the ceiling! The ramen bowls are a plus. The dishes themselves are good too, though they’re pretty much like any other dishes at a Japanese fusion restaurant. Cons — it can get really busy and you’ll have to wait a while for your seat. Service can be slow at times. Would I recommend this place? Yes, but come only when you know it’s not going to get busy and come for the ramen.
Rainie L.
Tu valoración: 4 Toronto, Canada
Wow, did they do something to their recipe recently? I came here for lunch with my family and we all got different bowls of ramen and they were all really really good. Like, the soup was perfectly hot and flavourful kinda good. And the seafood ramen was loaded with toppings. And the bbq pork ramen was overflowing with bbq pork which were fatty and tender and sooooo gooood! If I recall, it was like 5 or 6 pieces compared with 1 – 3 that you get at other ramen places. I also love the added bean sprouts and the corn in my soup. The ramen is priced at around $ 10 – 12 each and it was so yummy and filling. I’d totally give them a try if you haven’t recently. I can’t say it if it was fluke because I wasn’t very impressed previously but my last visit made me a fan. It’s definitely high quality fast food.
Samantha A.
Tu valoración: 3 Ajax, Canada
Overall great service and ambiance. However, the food is kinda average. My boyfriend and I ordered the kalbi bento and red dragon roll. The presentation was pretty but the food was ok, definitely had better sushi elsewhere at a much more affordable price.
Charlotte W.
Tu valoración: 1 Toronto, Canada
Have to say, really had a fantastic waitress… I believe her name was Mai or May. Super friendly, checked up on us and was eager to help. She deserves 5 stars just for that. But this place sucks. When it’s busy, you have to compete with mountains of shopping bags and coats. People take chairs to put their things on which means not enough chairs. Space is tight. My fiancé and I felt like sushi and decided to try this place. We were brought to a corner table for two but one of the stools was used for a bag by another table. Than another man started cleaning out a table meant for 6 and gave us a speech about how normally this table is reserved for 4 people or more blah… listen buddy, either ask the other table to give up their stool or shush. We just wanted to eat(I was HANGRY!) Food is cheap. Sashimi is cheap. Quality is Walmart-grade. Portions are huge though — this one table ordered some rice or ramen dish… the size of that bowl was like that of a toilet bowl for potty training. And I think for $ 8 – 9 bucks. The man at the«kitchen» kept on coughing… nice sprinkle of germs with our food. Wouldn’t recommend this place. If you really want sushi, make the drive out. If you are really hungry, really, there are so many other better options.
Andrew L.
Tu valoración: 2 Toronto, Canada
Went here on a Sunday with family for lunch. Waited in line for a bit for a group of 3 so that wasn’t too bad. Quality of the food was not up to par. We had a ramen in which the soup was warm at best. When we complained to the server he have us attitude and was not helpful at all. The teriyaki beef dish was average, it had too much sauce in it. The place is understaffed with servers who don’t care.
Alex L.
Tu valoración: 3 Mississauga, Canada
Most of the servers are super nice and pretty young so they’re all cool too. Now the foods pretty good especially for food court quality. I recommend looking for torched mini salmon, tom yum soup and Moscow or submarine roll. Also the new bento boxes are awesome and will fill you up. But honestly you can’t go wrong with most of the stuff there. The servers are always honest and will let you know how they feel about everything. The absolute best part is the alcohol. You can get a large can of Sapporo for 7.99 $. GETTHEALCOHOL. And don’t forget to tip these cool servers at least 15%
Tiff L.
Tu valoración: 3 Toronto, Canada
I would like to rate the service separately as a 5-star because our server was so nice. As for their ramen, I completely agree with Jennifer K’s review. The House chili ramen was not spicy at all and the ingredients were confusing. There was chicken, spinach, bean sprouts, shrimp tempura and really thick and tough Chinese BBQ-ish pork. I couldn’t even chew through it. The chefs were speaking Cantonese so I’m guessing this is a Hong Kong run ramen place. I don’t suggest this place at all if you’re looking for authenticity. I asked my server what kind of pork was used and she apologized advising that the pork is sometimes thin and sometimes thick. So basically pretty inconsistent food. The manager offered us complimentary dessert after I brought the poor quality of their ramen to their attention. I think I’m doing them a favor by letting them know. My friend gives his chicken curry katsu a 3-star. The rice was authentic Japanese rice, the curry was thick but not enough was given and the chicken was very tender. The portions are very small for the price. Food and service combined, I’d give this place a 2.5 star. P.S — don’t expect your food to arrive at the same time either. My friends rice was cold by the time my ramen arrived. Overall a big disappointment for a such nicely decorated place.