Mariko Japanese Restaurant

This place was great! The service was good and the fish was fresh. I’m a huge sushi fan and this place delivered. it’s the only place on the Danforth actually run by Japanese people and it shows. This is the best all you can eat in east York. The atmosphere is that of a simple restaurant but don’t be fooled! I will keep coming back for sure.

Damn if I could give this place NO star at all then i would!
Stumble upon this place feeling very hungry. Sat down right away it was quite busy for 8pm on a Sunday. Was seated in the booths they had and the table were DIRTY and sticky! I asked the waitress to wipe it clean but i dont think it helped because the cloth was dirty as well. Wished i left right there and then!
We asked for the AYCE menu ($ 15.99) because it had more items to chose from. I ordered salmon sashimi and white tuna sashimi and Dynamite roll when they arrived i was surprise. The sashimi was sliced into chunks! The white tuna sashimi was terrible! It smelled bad and tasted even worst. After eating the white tuna my stomach felt weird. Complaint to the waitress and she said that the tuna is freshly cut and if i want to have another one the chef will cut me one. Ah… NO THANKS!
Their Dynamite roll was JUST bad. Holding it with my chopsticks and it all fell apart! After 6 pieces of sushi. Paid the bill and left ASAP!
NEVER AGAIN!

I had an okay lunch today, but the fish was a bit slimy and I was worried that I might suffer some intense repercussions, and my chicken teryaki was pretty cold. Also not a great sign. It’s priced about the same as many cheaper sushi places in the city, but I don’t think it was worth what I paid.

Disaster.
Yup, it’s tough to find a 1 star but they’ve managed to do it.
Let’s sum up quickly, we left after 20 minutes having eaten 30% of our meal because the other 70% was either still frozen or had flies on it. The grossness of the latter point is due to the fact that we sat outside and mid-​meal, they brought their compost garbage to the curb (at 6pm for a midnight pickup???) so millions of flies and wasps descended… not to mention the wretched odour.
After complaining and having no response as most of the servers and staff didn’t speak a lick of English we quickly asked for the bill and bolted.
Disaster.

The $ 5.25 lunch deal tastes like it’s worth $ 2.00. It’s edible, but it’s probably the worst Japanese food you can find in the city.
(What! There’s a second location?!)