Ten-Ichi Japanese invites you to their restaurant. They are open late all week and are easily reachable by car but also by public transit. The neighboring location is remarkable for its merchants.
Despite hearing mixed reviews about Ten-ichi, we decided to try it. We made reservations and anxiously awaited the evening. We ended up regretting our decision.
The first thing that shocked me was how dirty the place looked. The carpet, chairs and tables were old and left much to be desired. There were quite a few unidentified small pieces of food remaining on my chair and the waitress didn’t seem to care about it but it was okay, I cleaned it myself. There was a tray storage place right next to my table and it’s hard to believe that they leave that right next to a customer’s table while they were dirty and there were still old pieces of food remaining on them.
After being seated, we waited for over 25 minutes before a waitress took our order and then another 20 minutes before the first dish came out. The wait staff was distracted and no one really seemed to care about the customers satisfaction. Although I don’t expect much from an AYCE restaurant, I’ve never seen such a careless service. Not to mention that the service was terribly slow.
The food was just okay, nothing to write home about. I usually order dishes made with soft shell crabs in AYCE Japanese restaurant and for the price that I’ve paid, I would have expected to at least be able to eat that kind of dish in this restaurant.
The entire experience was a huge disappointment. I find this restaurant to be overpriced for what it is. If you are looking for a decent place to eat with nice food, nice atmosphere and what the heck, a respectful service, this is not the place to go.
All in all we visited several much better AYCE restaurants with better service, food and atmosphere. We'll not be returning to this restaurant again.
They used to be a little understaffed, it maybe fixed over the last couple months... their food is AMAZING!! love their rose maki with the avocado & mango puree!! Their mango-yogurt dessert (home made dessert) is delicious as well! Fresh Sushi/Sashimi selection, well seasoned grilled selection!! Just make sure you get a reservation if you don't want to wait 45-90 minutes for seating!!
I really liked the restaurant. It is reasonable prize range for the variety of food you can get. I always go around 5 or 6 pm and there is no waiting time at all.
FOOD: There is so many variety in the menu, I saw not only Japanese food, I also saw Korean and Chinese food on the menu. And you have to try the mango yogurt. It is reallyl different and only available in ten-ichi.
SERVICE: Waitars and waitresses are extremely friendly. They always served us with a smile on their face and give nice suggestions on the food based on your needs. When the bill arrived, tell they you that they charged you for service so you don't pay tips again. (But the service is great so we gave extra tips)
Atmosphere: the restaurant is so lound when there are a lot of people, and the space is quit crowded. But good music and nice decorations.
It was an OK AYCE sushi restaurant. The selection wasn't the best. Food was good but not great. It's a step lower than the usual AYCE sushi place that I visit regularly.
The service was not bad. Food arrived relatively fast considering the crowd. They even let us change seats when our neighbors were getting too noisy.
I probably would not come to ten-ichi again because it is not worth the drive for me.
This is the best all you can eat sushi in Toronto. Make a reservation for dinner. It is a very popular place so it gets very busy. Expect a wait if you don't make a reservation for dinner.
Has a wide variety of tasty Japanese food Sushi, Steak, Chicken, Fish, Seafood, Desserts etc on All you can eat menu at a reasonable price.
Love the Shrimp Tempura, spicy salmon maki and mango yogurt dessert.
