Sushi Villa Japanese Restaurant & Bar

Ordered through JustEat, which I use for convenience. There was a mixup the last time I ordered through JustEat, but decided to give it another shot. Food wasn’t ready and took an extra 10 minutes. Granted, it was busy and the girl apologized. The quality of the food was not great though and this is what really turned me off. I ordered tempura, and half of the sauce had spilled out by the time I got home. And the maki rolls tasted… stale.
I’ll go back because they’ve given me good service before, and decent quality sushi. But wasn’t too excited about tonight’s experience :(

Ordered delivery through just
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Took an hour and a half to get here. The sushi was awful and I didn’t even get the order that I placed. I ordered 16 pieces of sushi, got 8 pieces, and a small salmon roll. So I paid for twice as much as I got. I do not suggest ordering from this place.

The place seemed nice and we were excited about eating here. We came here for lunch and they got our order completely wrong. It was even repeated. Ah well, we will give this place one more chance but the first impression was not good.

Returning customer but telephoned in to order for pick up last week (cant dine in because it is quite simply an ice box inside this restaurant-​sorry, I know you might be saving on heating bills, but its not so pleasant eating sushi while freezing cold, even the servers were wearing jackets) and spoke to a lovely guy on the phone who took my order. They dont take numbers off the menu when ordering which is so much quicker– im sure you guys have a great laugh listening to my woeful sushi pronunciation! The man said it would be ready in 20 minutes, I turned up 25 mins later and then sat another 20 mins for the food to come. In this time, I paid for the food ($ 46 for take out for two– not cheap) and there seemed to be a lot of tension between the servers and the sushi chefs. They mixed up the bills and the server came back to me to tell me I underpaid them. This happened approximately 3 minutes after I paid? Ummm… Turned out they mixed my order up with someone elses. Not impressed when the bag of food was dumped in front of me and then finding out it was the WRONG order. No apology either. The food is nice (really the rice is the winner here) but there are better quality and value in other restaurants. I won’t be back.

Horrible quality. I ordered two party trays and the tuna, salmon and everything else was not fresh at all, taste is very poor. Will never deal with place again.

Some of the worst delivery sushi I’ve ever had. WAY too much rice in the maki and nigiri, ‘meh’ fish, small pieces. Poorly constructed rolls, mushy and unseasoned rice.
The miso soup had a single piece of seaweed and a single piece of tofu.
I won’t be back.

Decided to check it out cause it was practically across the street from my boyfriends. Heard from another friend that it was good. Boy! Were they wrong. for beverages we ordered half litre of wine. BBQ mixed set, tempura shrimp as appetizers and fly dragon rolls and Alaskan king crab rolls. So usually they come with drinks promptly or soon thereafter. nope! (Plus there is only one other couple in the restaurant) I decide to inquire after 15 minutes… where «The Lady» who I think May be owner snaps at me and says «I know!» Then walks away. I was completely guffawed at how rude and uncustomer service orientated she was. The white wine turns up 10 minutes later warm, sitting in a big bowl of water with a couple of ice cubes! Am pretty sure one of them ran across the street to purchase it. The rolls then show up before the appetizers, and we were never attended to or looked at again, no joke! As my boyfriend and I sat there, we had observed where they were making their money. Through take out and delivery. this might not have been such a bad experience if the food was great, alas it was not. Rolls were tasteless, tempura weighed like bricks, appetizers were swimming in sauce, service a Complete disgrace. indeed I have nothing to rave about. It was $ 50 and experience I will never gain back! Passerby’s beware. do not ever saunter in there!

Definitely not the prettiest of dining rooms, could certainly benefit from a makeover. However, there is a reason why they’ve been there for well over a decade: the food is great quality. The sushi is on the pricier side if you’re used to Bloor/​Annex pricing, but it’s consistently of excellent quality. The rolls and handrolls are always wrapped nicely.
Recently I’ve taken to ordering delivery or take-​out from them instead of dining in to avoid the run down dining room and somewhat slow (but albeit always friendly) service.

Back some years ago, when I lived at Jane and Bloor, this was my go-​to sushi joint.
Everything I tried was good. They had a nice selection of those fancy rolls. Extra care was made in the presentation. Service was great – never rushed. And prices were reasonable. The ambiance was nice. Good place for a first date!
Would I make a special trip out for sushi here? Probably not. But, if you are near Bloor, between Keele and Jane, and desire sushi, this is a good place for it.

The sushi was warm and had me wanting to throw it out. The lettuce in the salad was squeaking against my teeth. This is so far the worst sushi I’ve had in the city. I’m sure there are worse but I’ve been lucky.
I even sat at my table for a while before anyone came to me, and it wasn’t busy. They saw me and just ignored me for a bit.

This tiny place tucked behind the giant No Frills is the best sushi place in my opinion. Lots of people don’ like it BUT I don’t eat seafood so their veggie options are so tasty!
Prices are good, service is great, free delivery, etc. Give it a shot!

By far the worst Sushi I have ever eaten. The Wakame Salad was partially frozen, the sushi was small, unappetizing to look it, tasteless, and some of it tasted off or stale. It was so bad we couldn’t even finish it. I’m hoping I don’t get sick but my stomach is queasy after about 30 minutes.
Gross. Spare yourself and stay clear.

We have been customers of Sushi Villa for over ten years. Originally, we would eat in the restaurant — eventually ordering was more convenient. Service used to be fast and courteous (although dining in was usually an adventure in terms of shoddy wait service).
Over the years, delivery service has slipped a little and food quality has gone down. Sushi Villa is still good compared to other sushi places nearby — which makes it a bit easier to forgive them.
Three Strikes:
1) One day, a few years ago, I got food poisoning from one of the rolls (unagi). I complained to the staff, and they apologized, but I didn’t pursue the issue. To be candid, nothing was ever done other than the apology (disappointing considering we are loyal customers.
2) Another time, they were an hour late and said that they had mixed up the orders. Again, no apology and nothing done to make up for it. We don’t expect much, but after being faithful customers, we expected more than being fed a line about «a new driver» (who had actually delivered to us a few times before).
3) Today, after expressly calling in an hour and a half ahead of time and scheduling a range for delivery, they were 45 minutes late and told me on the phone that no one can expect a driver to arrive exactly to the minute. I reminded them that it was 45 minutes and that I had a hungry family anxiously waiting for dinner. Our dinner came to around $ 64 and the best they could do was give us $ 20 back in cash (I’m watching my credit card statement because they didn’t give me a bill). What is interesting is that forty five minutes before he arrived, Sushi Villa informed me (when I called) that the driver had just left. I find it incredible that after 45 minutes, the fish was still cold and the edamame was piping hot (seriously, it’s pretty clear to see that they forgot us — it’s a good thing that I called).
Needless to say, today will be the last day that I will give this place my business. Sushi Villa was a shining example of good food at one point in their history — but sadly, they are now tarnished in my eyes due to poor customer service and the inability to take any responsibility for dropping the ball. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.

While my first experience with Sushi Villa was lacklustre I thought that everyone deserves a second chance so I’ve now been a total of 3 times… and will never be back. I don’t know if I’ve been spoiled with competitive downtown prices but they seem incredibly overpriced for the quality/​quantity. Especially considering I am a vegetarian and don’t order any seafood/​fish dishes.
Two out of the three times my (2 roll) order was wrong when I opened up the container. Both times they made me new rolls but there was never any offer to keep the incorrect ones or make some kind of restitution for the wait.
The sushi itself is pretty bland, with the exception of the brown/​purple rice rolls. That rice is super tasty… part of the reason that I went back a 3^rd time.
The staff is really friendly but unfortunately it doesn’t make up for poor quality food.

Honestly, I want to give this a 1.5÷5, but that’s not an option.
TERRIBLE sushi. I’ve had crap grocery store sushi with better flavor and at a better price than this place. Also, should the restaurant wreak of fish? Sushi should not smell fishy, this entire restaurant stinks.
And if you aren’t getting sushi, completely skip the cooked menu items. Way too greasy, salty, just absolute crap.
ASA sushi on Jane is 100 x’s better than this, and I think they actually deliver as well.
The only reason why I do not give this restaurant a ¹⁄₁ is because the typical nigiri (sake and maguro) is decent. Otherwise, do yourself a favor, do not eat at this horrible, sad excuse for a sushi restaurant.

Sushi villa has consistent sushi that never seems to change. I’ve been going to this restaurant since it opened about 12 years ago and every time I’m in the neighbourhood and meet for Japanese I go here. Went here last night and it was still an excellent experience. I even turned my friend on to it who lives across the street and had never been. The fish is fresh, the portions are adequately bite sized. The miso soup is good but the salad is rather lacking. The wasabi is a good spicy as sometimes I find wasabi lacking in spice without a huge amount in the soy sauce. With various sized sushi and/​or sashimi plates it gives one a good choice. But I was stuffed with a shared tempura appetizer and a small sushi combo.
It is always a good stop when you go to the Bloor West neighbourhood.

I checked Sushi Villa while wandering Bloor West for a place to have lunch. The atmosphere was relaxing and the staff were pleasant.
I am always skeptical of sushi places that list mayonaise as an ingredient in their rolls. I asked for mine to have this excluded. Along with the tempura, I found the food to be great quality; better than most of the Japanese restaurants I used to in the annex.
I definitely plan to return!

I love these very traditional sushi houses. We asked for a chirashi and some edamame. They serve very well, the food was great and the miso is awesome. I had to ask for some extra shrimp, because it was lovely.
Too bad I went there after eating some snacks, so I couldn’t ask more food. I’d love to ask a bigger combo go further on their menu. But I live close and they can expect me to go back there soon.
Good food, nice for couples (they have those small tables closed by curtains) or small groups and free tea. What else would someone want? It’s even close to the subway!

I’m not sure what it is about sitting for two and a half hours during a taping of The Hour, but I’m always hungry for sushi and miso soup right afterward, so I decided it was time to go to Sushi Villa and try out the Queen Roll.
Their Queen Roll consists of tempura yam and salmon and after snacking on six pieces last night… it’s not half bad. It’s not too sweet, which was something I had wondered about with the sweetest potato being a major part of the mix.
It is one of those creations that you need to have a certain craving for in order for it to hit that spot; definitely not one that I would be inclined to order *every-​single-​time*, but I know there will come a time in the future that I’ll want this one again.
And things just got a little more curious last night. I didn’t think I went to Sushi Villa too often, but one of their chefs said, «Ah! It’s good to see you again!» when I went to the back to pay for my take-​out.
Either I’ve visited enough times to be recognized, or I look like someone they know. Hmm… I also somehow landed a 10% discount for my order, so I’m not complaining. XD
I was also shocked to realise that for the numerous occasions that I’ve frequented this restaurant (enough apparently for recognition from the chef *facepalm*), I had never tried their una-​ju before. This was disconcerting, because unagi in any form is my favourite dish. Meg Ryan still didn’t make an appearance last night, when I finally corrected this erroneous mistake, but I’d have to say that their una-​ju is probably one of the better versions of this dish I’ve tried. It was definitely a bigger proportion of not only the rice, but the unagi itself, than I’ve ever received before.

Since we moved into the neighbourhood back in 2007 l have gone to this place several times & have to say that I have truly enjoyed dining there.
My 2 year old daughter just loves the Edamame & whenever we pass by she always asks for Edamame that now I have resorted to walking on the other side of the street so that she doesn’t make a big fuss if I don’t go in & buy some for her!