Simon Sushi

Just terrible. Tried here a few times. Aways ice cold and never bring the whole order. No wasbi no soy sauce. BAD

Disclaimer: This review is based on take out experiences only
This is a fantastic place and I’d recommend it to any person looking for cheap sushi. I can’t think of another place in downtown Toronto that provides cheap sushi that’s still tasty and comes with friendly service.
The sushi roll selection is standard for Toronto and will likely have your favourites. The thing with cheap sushi places is that typically the fish isn’t too flavourful. That is the case with this place, but even so it doesn’t have too much of that frozen taste quality that other joints do. Also nice is the fact that their rice is very nicely seasoned, providing a bit of a kick to the whole roll.
But perhaps my favourite thing overall, is the free roll or side dish they give without fail to my take out orders. I’ve had the chance to try new rolls for free which has lead me to order them later.
This place is also staffed by some really nice folk. They talk to you and ask you about your day. This can be a bit of a rarity in any restaurant you visit, so I found the experience a nice change.
Again, this is cheap sushi. But for your cheap sushi needs this place is can’t be beat in the area.

I’ve never actually eaten in person here, but ordered take out from Just-​Eat a few times. Personally I love eating expensive Japanese food, sea urchin, roe, toro etc., usually expensive Japanese ingredients are only served in higher-​end restaurants that don’t do take out, so I was pleasantly surprised and drawn to this restaurant to order my fix of uni.
Often, the most crucial part to a nice Japanese meal is the quality of its ingredients; too often have I gone to legitimate Japanese restaurants, order the uni only to taste its putrid stale week-​old uni. Fortunately my order of uni, salmon roe, and toro came was quiet fresh, and every time my order came with a complimentary maki roll. A nice touch and an honest attempt at serving up good Japanese food! If you’re a massive foodie like me this place is a great pick even for take out.

I have only ordered delivery from Simon Sushi and their service and quality is reliable.
One time I wanted an earlier delivery and they were able to cater to my request.
Three important things:
1. They consistently deliver an hour earlier than expected… so make sure someone is home!
2. They always include something on the house, sometimes it could be maki and sometimes it is edamame. Yay free stuff!
3. You can order from JustEat or from their website, I have tried both and for some reason… ordering from their website turned out to be cheaper (due to the tax calculation I think).
They have a lot of turnover so the fish is quite fresh. Fried foods often arrive still crispy and warm.
I like the BC Roll, which I learnt is not at all like the BC Roll in BC as it contains scallop (in generous portions).
Their salmon sashimi and maki are good! Big pieces and fresh.
The party trays are also a good deal to split between friends.
Not a big fan of their tempura veggies – the batter makes me a bit nauseated after a few bites.
I don’t like the spicy tuna rolls either because the tuna is all mushed up… why?
The spicy salmon hand cone was a ripoff ($ 3.45) but I needed something to bump my order up to $ 25. It was dinky and there was wayyy too much hot sauce in the spicy mayo sauce. It ruined the taste of salmon. Poor fishy.
All in all, it is a good choice if you need a cheap, fairly good sushi fix.

I ordered this as delivery from just eat. It came fast. The portions were large. The Udon noodle soup (I was sick) hit the spot and the rolls were decent. They threw in free edamame which was nice. I’ll order from here again.

I ordered delivery tonight from Simon’s for the first time. While I wasn’t overly wowed by anything i had, there were stand-​out points that I appreciated.
The clams cooked in Sake were nice — a unique flavour that complimented the sweetness of the clams. The only taste that didn’t seem to make sense in that dish was the green onion. They send a free maki roll (first time thats ever happened to me!) which was a fantastic gesture. I’ve read a few negative reviews about the miso soup, but it was standard and enjoyable. Now, there were a couple things that confused me, or weren’t what I was expecting. Two of my rolls seemed wrong — one was a specialty roll that I think I either misread the description of, or just got the wrong roll. It was still ok. The other roll was a spicy roll, but it wasn’t spicy at all — no traditional spicy mayo or anything. It was just a salmon roll with roe in it.
I also, thanks to a documentary I saw once, tend to judge a restaurant on their tamago. I found the tamago at simon’s to be unusually sweet, but still a good texture. Not the best I’ve ever had. Oh, and the rice was good. I’ve read some bad reviews about it as well, but I had no qualms with the rice. Texture, stickiness and taste was pretty on par with what I would expect from your standard sushi place.
Anyways, I rate tough, and I’ve had better sushi. When it comes down to it, next time I order, I’ll probably try another sushi joint. There are too many options in this city not to.

Service was quite nice. Other than that, the quality of food was pretty bad (I had the bento box) and certainly not worth the price tag. The only half– decent thing I had there were the salmon rolls.

Came here with 3 friends on a Friday evening, under a recommendation of a friend who had eaten at the restaurant before, with a positive experience. Walking in and being seated, my friends and I were one of the only ones in the restaurant around the time we arrived (around 8:30pm), so the service was efficient with orders and it came in a timely manner. The menu has a nice and diverse selection, and the dishes ordered tasted good. The rolls I got satisfied my craving for sushi and my overall hunger for under $ 10, I’m glad. If I am in the CT area again and craving sushi (but let’s be honest, when am I not?), I would come again! I like that the place has free WiFi btw. Very good for instagramming food (just kidding. I didn’t, I do take pictures for Unilocal and blogging purposes though!)

I just ordered this for delivery and everything i ordered was delicious.
My meal was delivered quickly and the quality was still delicious.
I will order from here again.

Been to this restaurant two times. They have very friendly staff! As usual, I would get my usual, a bento box. It was average tasting, like most other sushi restaurants. However, it wasn’t as pricey as others which is a good sign. Bonus, they have free wifi!

We always order takeout from here so I can’t comment on the restaurant experience. The sushi is always fresh, much cheaper than other places, and comes within 30 minutes. The sushi platter has about 40 – 45 pieces on it and is only $ 32.00 or so. They also throw in a free order of edamame sometimes! I will definitely keep ordering takeout from here.

Add one more star for the service.
The food was really below average sushi restaurants.
It is all about the cut in sashimi culinary art and the chef doesn’t have any cutting skills. All their sashimi come in a big bulk like being bought right away from a supermarket with some random slicing.
It is all about the rice when it comes to make sushi. The rice should be sticky enough to make the raw fish attached so it will not easily fall off when you pick it up. But here, the sushi comes in a gigantic chunk and the raw fish is not at all attached to the rice.
I am surprised to see they have such a high rating everywhere. I guess their good service made people happy. But if you have any knowledge of tasting Japanese food, you will not appreciate this place.

I originally had a review here, but deleted it as I felt I was being a bit biased (Simon is actually my uncle, let’s just say). I decided to wait for my next visit to give a more unbiased review on how I really think of this restaurant. That next visit was last night.
A few things to note: Simon, while still the owner, is no longer the main sushi chef. He recently hired a chef for the sushi counter, and Simon these days either works in the kitchen or does deliveries. He only works in the sushi counter when the main sushi chef isn’t available.
As for the food, the starters remain consistently good: Miso soup (with the real seaweed instead of wakame), salad with the thousand island sauce, and edamane. Occasionally Simon even offers cooked salmon head as a starter, although I’m unfortunately not a cooked fish person.
I ordered a la carte sashimi with toro, tako, ikura, tobiko, and ika. I liked the ika the most, and was disappointed with the toro (true toro sashimis are supposed to be «tough», this one just melted in my mouth). The ikura and tobiko sashimi are both okay, though I keep forgetting they have the cucumber as the base for sashimi orders instead of roll-​style for sushi orders.
The oranges to finish up the meal are always a welcome option, and they usually taste very good after waiting about a minute as they come straight from the refrigerator.
Service tonight was on the poor side. They had 3 waitresses on shift, but I never saw more than one in the actual dining area serving customers. Definitely a lack of organization compared to other restaurants I’ve been to; despite the fact Simon Sushi has been around for the better part of 10 years, the employees felt like it was their first month on shift.
That being said though, I won’t argue when the total cost I paid for the whole meal was $ 20 including taxes and tips.
Free wifi! Ask for password.

Simon Sushi is a decent spot for reasonably priced sushi and Asian lunch plates. The California roll I had was über fresh, but the tuna roll was just ok. I wished they had low sodium soy sauce.
Service here could improve, but the same could be said for every sushi place in town.
At the end of the day, this place is good, but needs a little freshening of décor, better service, and the freshest sushi to stand out.
They do a neatly sliced orange at the end of the meal, which is a nice touch that helps cut the salt .
3 ½ stars.

So this review is mostly about the incredible service at Simon Sushi. When I tell you it’s above and beyond, I’m not joking. I never joke about serious things. They run a brisk operation at Simon Sushi, but it’s totally friendly and accommodating.
When my friend was ordering, the gentleman taking our order suggested she opt for the lunch menu item which was essentially the same but «more economical». The woman who was sorting out our bills was thrilled to be giving us change which included the new Canadian $ 10 bill, and deeply regretted that she was unable to provide the third member of our dining party with a shiny new banknote as well. My dining partners were also delighted with the scooped and segmented orange which finishes off the meal, adorned with a simple yet effective toothpick.
I only take off one star because the sushi itself is average, but it’s quite appropriate considering the menu’s price point. In the future, when dining as a couple, I’d also like to take advantage of the romantic alcove near the front of the restaurant.

The prices here are very good especially being in a downtown location. They have a lunch special that goes from 11am to 5pm which is $ 6.50 for a good variety of bento boxes of sorts with maki and stuff. We opted to try something else since we were hungry. We ordered 5 different maki rolls.
BC Scallop Roll: Tasty, and one of their better rolls.
Uni Roll: Didn’t taste super fresh, and wasn’t too much filled with Uni.
Hamachi Deep Fried Roll: A bit dry, and probably the worst out of the 5 rolls.
Deep Fried Unagi Roll: This is the usual tasty one with avocado.
Yam/​Avocado Roll: This is sweet creamy combo. Great for vegetarian!
We also got fried tofu with some sauce.
Overall, the rolls were of decent quality and portion was good anywhere from 6 – 8 pieces per roll. Their spider roll and lobster roll were fairly cheap at under $ 10. We would come back just to eat more variety of cheap rolls.

Used to be my favourite place until this spring, food is inexpensive and I’m in the area often so I was a reoccurring customer. I used to go there and always get the same thing, tofu, suicide roll and/​or yam tempura roll. Always tasted great. Sometimes the service is nice, sometimes they just don’t care. The place looks great and is well decorated and the tv is a great plus. I’ve been coming for years and it just seems the quality is depleting.
Unfortunately for me my last visit resulted in FOOD POISONING. As I always get the same thing, I believe it was a hygienic problem. I’ve not been since and don’t plan on returning.

3.5÷5 stars!
I really like Simon Sushi! This place serves miso soup to every customer who comes in to dine. I used to work in the area, so I would get their lunch specials for $ 5.99. For lunch, I’ve tried the avocado/​cucumber rolls with yam rolls; House noodle soup, crispy rolls, bento box, etc. All delicious.
I have also been here for dinner a couple of times, and it tends to be a lot less busy during this time. The great thing about dinner is that the chef gives a complimentary piece of their suicide roll as well as edamame!
The atmosphere is sort of run down a bit. They really should renovate and fix up the walls and décor. The service is decent; however, most of the waitresses don’t speak English very well, so it’s difficult to make any special requests if you have any.

I had to run some errands on my lunch break and needed to grab something fast in the area. A sudden craving for sushi led us to Simon Sushi.
This busy Chinatown sushi joint was packed with hungry U of T students and lunchers a like. We ordered from a long list of lunch specials (all $ 6.50) — California & Crunchy Rolls and the Teriyaki Beef Bento Box. Our meals came with free green tea, miso soup and salad which is pretty standard.
Service is quick and food came not too long after ordering. The bento box is definitely the better value for the money and big eaters. It comes with rice, 3 pieces of sushi, 6 pieces of tempura veggies and tender pieces of medium done beef teriyaki. The sushi special wasn’t anything special. Standard, run of the mill rolls, slightly better than getting them at Loblaws.
The bill was accompanied by fresh chunks of orange. They were sour but it was a nice added touch. Overall, not a horrible experience for us as described by a few reviews below.
Simon sez eat the passable sushi.

WOW. from ‘myeh’ it turned to ‘NEVER AGAIN’ in less than 5visits.
The food is HORRID! Edemame was cold. From the skin you can tell it’s been out for a while. *Barf*
the deep friend claifornia rolls could easily be the worst mush mixture I have ever tasted. Now I know, if ever there is a time I need to puke, I will picture this dish and just like that… the hurling feeling comes to the pit of my stomach.
I am so so sad. This is the end of this place for me.
There should seriously be an option of NO star rating.
xoxo
M.