Sushi Queen Izakaya

I always order lunch take out quite a bit from Sushi Queen on Bay. Their sushi isn’t super amazing, pretty standard but it’s the cheapest around the area where I work. They have very good lunch specials that come with salad and miso soup. I usually get the Spicy Salmon Roll, California Roll & Dynamite Roll lunch special $ 12 or I’ll do a teriyaki lunch which is very affordable at $ 7-​$ 8. some days I’ll order hand rolls which are about $ 2.95 -$ 4. They are pretty fast and efficient which is why my colleagues and I order take out but I wouldn’t say the taste is anything above average.

Subpar sushi, not memorable sashimi, awful service.

I came here for dinner the other night with my boyfriend and another friend. It was one of those evenings after work where I just didn’t want to cook and I was in the mood for sushi. I have walked by this place many times on my way home, but I have not tried. I have to say, I have been to better sushi places. The dinner menu is very big with lots of choices. But the food quality was not very good. I definitely have been to better sushi places. The pricing of their menu is average and the service was also «okay». The servers are nice, but, they are way too eager to clear the table — for instance, my friend wasn’t able to finish her dish and shared the rest of her food with me and my boyfriend. While the food on our plates were finished, we were still eating. The server just came and took our plates and chopsticks away, we had to stop the server. Overall, this place would not really be my first choice for sushi.

Poor service! One older waitress did not seat us right away, even if there were tables available. I asked her ‘how about those tables?’ she said ‘they are for 6 people!’. Mind you, the tables could be separated to accommodate 4 and 2 ppl separately. Then, by some miracle she came to her senses; she dropped the menus on the available table, which she said was for ‘6 ppl’, and pointed to it as she passed in front of us to say we could just sit there! Such a rude cow and kept being one until the end of our meal! Saving factor for this place were the nice younger waitresses and good food! Will I come back or recommend to other people! Not at this time!

Definitely come here if you want to try crappy sushi.
We came here twice, once in 2010, and once in 2015. Both times it was horrible and everybody hated the food. If you want japanese food, go to japango or yuku no hana.
This place is horrid.

If you want cheap hard and water tasting like rice go for it! add sharp weird tasting spices to the mix, $ 24 CAD or about $ 20 USD for unlimited sushi, they have one ipad for the whole place to make orders from. The good thing about this place is it’s clean, and the waitresses are fast and the food comes out quick.

I was here for dinner with my parents and my daughter (baby). Service started out nice. But it didn’t finish very nicely. We did AYCE, and we order two e through their iPad system. They gave us the iPad for the second order after my father asked if we still had additional dishes coming. (There’s definitely a language barrier with the waiters). After the second order, we were missing a bunch of items we ordered and even got a dish we didn’t order. It took a while to get the bill after I asked for it. Then I saw I got charged 15% s.c. I know restaurants charge gratuity fee for large groups, but this was ridiculous.
Food quality ranged from average to poor. Beef and chicken dishes were dry.
I wouldn’t come back.

Affordable and tasty sushi while in Toronto.
Had lunch there, and came back with some coworkers for dinner a few days later. Several ordered sushi boats – one was called sushi unversity, and my coworker somehow managed to put all of it away!
However, just be aware that the iced teas are canned, something I’m not used to…
My other coworkers who had hot items like tempura were very happy with their meals too.
So, would definitely dine there again if in Toronto again.

Came here for lunch with a large group from work and was very disappointed with the service and generally unimpressed by the food. We had reservations for 10 and were seated in the back room. While this was a quieter area of the restaurant it also meant we were easily and often ignored by the wait staff). As we were perusing the menus another group was seated in the same room.
Strike 1: Only the lunch specials menu was on the table so my colleague had to go to the front and grab a stack of menus for our group since the waiter was no where to be found.
Strike 2: The adjacent table was served their main courses before we were (even though they were seated after us) and our meals came out very slowly and incorrectly (Brought out the wrong lunch combo for my colleague)
Strike 3: Another colleague’s meal was cold (this is after waiting an hour for our food) and as she was eating the replacement, discovered a tempura sweet potato with a bite taken out of it! It was stacked underneath the other tempura items which would indicate that it wasn’t eaten by her.
Sufficed to say we were all pretty unhappy with the place and felt slightly ill from the whole experience.
Lesson learned! Never again!

I’m always here for AYCE sushi and I tried their fresh oysters once.
I always ordered a bunch of sashimi and have never been disappointed. Their sashimi is always fresh. I love their mussels that were covered with spicy mayo. They are amazing! But the oysters on AYCE menu is a disappointment. I could only taste the mushroom and the sauce. Where were my oysters???
However, their fresh oysters $ ⁶⁄₆ are pretty good. Oh, I forget to mention that their sashimi cocktail is the bomb! I always order 2 or 3 every time.
You may have to pay extra for soft drinks or tea but they’re both free refill (and you only have to pay $ 1 extra for tea, not bad)
The menu is simple. They divide into different categories so you won’t get lost. After choosing what you want, you can pass the iPad back to the waitress and she will take care of your order. The service was fast. I didn’t have to wait long for my order to come.
The atmosphere is friendly yet quiet. It’s a nice place for couples since those window seats look very romantic. But it’s also a nice place for a group of friends. It got busy for a certain time when I was there with my friends, but I’ve never been in a rush to finish my food quickly. My friends and I once sat and talked for another 30 minutes after paying the bill.
AYCE sushi at Queen Izakaya is nothing special compare to other places. However, the price is very good and reasonable for such a good quality of sashimi. Plus, it’s downtown!
I just don’t like the geisha doll inside, close to the entrance. Woo, it freaks me out all the time! And the waitress need to be friendlier. 4 times I’ve been here and I haven’t seen a smile on their faces. Were we that annoying to you?

I brought my business here no less than twice in two days. I thought the typically Toronto surly service on the first day was just a misstep. The second day I received quite possibly the rudest treatment I have ever had in Toronto. Outrageous, for sushi that is ok in an area that is overrun with sushi joints. DONE. Never again. Boo.

Went here for dinner — all you can eat. We ordered a bunch of sushi, sashimi, rolls, kitchen stuff. They brought some of it at a leisurely pace, but some food never came out. Only when we asked they informed us that they were out of tuna.
Ordering was done through an iPad, and we also had to request it back each time as it seems as though they only had a couple iPads for the entire restaurant. After the first food order mishap they brought our food out slightly more quickly, and made sure to not miss anything on our order — I’ll commend them on this.
The food was subpar; it didn’t taste very fresh and they loaded the sushi with rice. They didn’t serve us tea, and told us the kitchen was closing a couple minutes before we had to make our final order.
I’m ranting now but overall it was a bad experience. The servers didn’t seem to care, even giving us strange looks when we requested things such as extra sauce.
After about half an hour my stomach was feeling queasy, and my boyfriend’s stomach didn’t feel so great either.
I would definitely not recommend this restaurant.

Pretty good spot. Service was OK. Great value. Nice interior. Good location. Patio looks huge. Never very busy.

There really isn’t a ton to say about this place except that I wasn’t underwhelmed or overwhelmed. Everything was just… there. There’s nothing really special about this particular sushi joint to make it stand out. Prices are average and while the serving sizes are good, the lunch combos are fairly limiting unless you choose to go for one of the larger combos that gives you more food. Nothing was bad but nothing was stand out amazing about my meal.
The service is prompt and cold, not very friendly or very warm servers here. It’s unfortunate that nothing really stood out at this place, otherwise I’d write a longer review. I’ll probably come back but at the request of someone else. I think I’d look for another sushi joint in the area to try before choosing this one again.

I come very often to this place and I have never been disappointed. The décor is not great but really what sells here is the food. The menu is huge! lots of options to choose from. I have tried both A la Carte and All you can eat and both offer great value for your money.
The fish is very fresh, presentation is amazing. I like that you can find the traditional sushi and also new modern combinations with non Japanese ingredients, is a very well balanced menu.
Price is always great. The only thing that they could improve is the costumer service as there some of the waitress are not especially friendly.
Anyways I will come back as the quality-​price speak for itself!

This is a review of the all you can eat option (AYCE for you acronym lovers).
Sashimi (⁴⁄₅): sashimi is the most important part of AYCE sushi — secretly we all want to believe that as a cost benefit analysis, we are costing the restaurant money due to the sheer amount of sashimi we can ingest. In return, we want sashimi to be fresh, and plentiful. Some sashimi is easy to make good — most salmon is terrific. Some sashimi is harder — good surf clam is not easy to find. The sashimi here is high quality through and through. The one thing that could be better is that there is no red tuna.
Sushi (⁴⁄₅) Nigiri, Maki, and Hand Rolls. Most important for me are the quality of rice and ratio of topping to rice. The rice is always soft with a touché of sweetness — I have never had bad rice here. The hand rolls would be ⁵⁄₅ for sure based on the stuffing to rice ratio. The maki gets a ⁵⁄₅ too — there are creative options and also all the classics too, presented nicely. The dynamite rolls come warm because of the freshly fried shrimp tempura (the all-​important mark of a good dynamite rolls!). Nigiri gets a ³⁄₅ because, sadly, the rice to fish ratio is not as good as it might be. This is not a huge insult as you would still find it at par with other restaurants.
Appetizers (⁴⁄₅): I have had many appetizers and in broad strokes will say that they range from average (eg tempura) to excellent (eh the izikaya is especially tender), to downright bizarre (eh balsamic salmon). A cool selection and worth trying new things!
Ambiance (⁴⁄₅): as far as AYCE sushi places go this one has decent service speed and the food usually comes in a good amount of time with very few screw ups in the order of at all. The place is large, usually quiet, and the washrooms are of good quality (and much better than many other sushi places I have been to!). There is also a patio which makes for a nice option.
Bottom line: one of the better sushi places in the city especially for the AYCE option. Worth walking 20 minutes or taking a short subway ride.

I came here for some sushi to go so I could bring it on my bus trip. I had a few errands to run, and ask if I can order and come back when it’s ready. I was told to come back in 10 minutes.
I returned 15 minutes later. My food was not ready. I had a seat and waited for my food. After waiting for 25 minutes, I realized that I needed to leave for the bus station. The person at the cash register did not remember me, and the staff had lost my order. There was a lot of yelling in language I did not understand and I waited another 10 minutes. I finally got my lunch after at least 35 minutes.
The food itself was delicious, but I almost missed my bus. The miso was fresh and I could taste the bonito in it. The salad was typical Japanese iceburg lettuce salad. The meal, which was a sushi, nigiri and sashi mix, was amazing!
I’m torn; the food here was terrific, but the service was lacking. Had the staff offered me something in compensation, even a free soda, I would have given the restaurant a better review. But waiting 35 minutes for take-​out sushi when told the wait will be 10 is unacceptable in my view.

Great downtown sushi with an extremely user-​friendly full-​colour lunch menu. The service is good and the seating is comfortable. It’s very busy and fast-​paced during the weekday lunch rush, but I’ve been here twice and I’ve never felt any pressure to eat quickly. The food is very good and the prices are reasonable, especially given the location and the clientele.

Sometimes 4 stars, sometimes 2. Really inconsistent. But when they get it right, it’s a good value for your money. (I prefer Mount Fugi around the corner, but they’re more expensive.) I usually go with lunch special #6 with salmon. Not a fan of their salad dressing though, it’s like a spicy dressing with lots of ginger and pepper. Miso soup is also sub-​standard. They’re always packed during lunch but getting your food usually doesn’t take too long. Waiting to pay, however, can take an eternity. Once, our waitress just left the debit machine on the table and took off, leaving the 4 of us to process our own debit transactions, lol. Guess we could have waited for her, but then we would have been late getting back to work. But because they are so busy, the food is always fresh. There are about 40 people in our office and no one has ever gotten sick from their raw fish (and our office eats a lot of sushi!)
Not bad if you’re in the area and want sushi (or if Mount Fuji is full).

Redemption!
Service was pleasant. Mean, unhappy lady smiled and gave us free mango dessert custard! Food was good as always, water and tea refilled every time it needed to be. Added back to my list… hope they keep it up.