Nice place, nice food, awful service

I live right beside this all you can eat japanese sushi restaurant, yet i travel farther everytime to go to other places because of the terrible service here. The waitresses and waitors always look like they want to pick a fight withyou. They are always angry, and always miss my orders. Other
Places i have been to give you a... more

"it was inspected Feb. 1 when one inspection item was found not in compliance (equipment, none food contact surfaces and/or linen were not satisfactorily maintained, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning, and one item was corrected during inspection (proper storage of clean utensils unsatisfactory).

--March edition of Neighborhood News.

Love sushi and have tried tons tons of all you can eat sushi places around Toronto. The rolls here aren't so bad, they are very typical so there is nothing fun and interesting or new that you could try. The service is pretty awful. They are slow, they forget about you and you constantly have to yell out or get up to grab them. They are also pretty rude and a couple of times have put the miso... more

My parents love aji sai and today after work my mom asked me to grab some takeout she ordered. We ordered 3 orders of the dynamite maki (8 pieces each), 1 cali roll, 2 avo rolls, 1 yam temp roll, 1 spicy salmon hand roll, and 1 other veg roll something with an S (it has mayo, avo and temp pieces inside and it is shaped like a tear drop). They placed it all on a big tray and it came out to... more

Every time I go to this restaurant, I am reminded of why I hate it so much. The staff that works at this restaurant is very unpleasant, disrespectful, and downright rude. However, the manager wins the award for worst employee in my opinion. He was very rude to me, and walked away from me while I was talking to him twice.
The food is mediocre at best, and coupled with the bad service, this... more

I think I have reviewed enough amazing places to open door number "bad review". I'm not THAT picky, I eat absolutely everything and I do have the occasional taste bud so I won't exactly eat garbage. I went to Aji Sai over 10 times. At first it was great. The sushi was great, I think Hockey and 168 are better but I haven't tried them before my Aji Sai experience so this was fine. I took all my... more

Overall: decent food, good value... horrible service.

This is a nice place to go when you're craving sushi and really hungry. The decor of the restaurant is nice, and they have an extensive selection of sushi as well as many other dishes. I recommend the spicy salmon, green and black dragon rolls... and DO NOT recommend the sushi with banana in it . Forgot what it was called, but there was no... more

I felt like beer so for "date" night with my bf, I wanted to go to the Wild Wings location on Bayview Ave. But then, my bf said he didn't feel like wings, rather sushi. And as luck would have it, there was an AYCE place right beside Wild Wings. I wasn't expecting much, but I knew they would have beer so I was more than happy to try out a new place.

Intro. It was pretty busy at 7pm. There are... more

I will give the food 3 stars. The service is not friendly. Still a good place for Sushi.

Best all you can eat so far.
Consistently good. Menu is wide ranging. Salmon is the best mmmm
Yes the mugs are covered in bleach, and ive told them but they do nothing. Wait staff is always short too so service is slow.
Overall i continually will drive up from downtown for this place its so good.

Menu is identical to the downtown place. Fish was very fresh - much better than our last visit downtown which was disappointing. Atmosphere is a bit more suburban and this location has private booths.

Took a chance on this place and it delivered. Nothing extraordinary, but satisfied my sushi craving! Service a bit slow. Very busy place, decent decor on the more modern side.

I visited Aji Sai last night with some friends who had been to another location. I've been to a lot of sushi restaurants and this one was by far the worst. Aside from the horrible service, which sometime is expected in these all you can eat place, the sushi pieces were tiny, everything tasted the same, and each piece had way too much rice. The restaurant was nicely decorated, but I am not... more

If extreme sushi eating were an olympic sport, I'd...well I'll be honest. I probably wouldn't win. But at least I'd make it to the little leagues.

This aji sai would be my training grounds. Get ready, competitors!

Clean, spacious, almost quadruple the size of the one downtown on queen street west, the waits are not nearly as deadly. They even have individual rooms off to the sides for large... more

Another AYCE sushi place. During our visit on Wednesday the a/c was not working very well. I found the chair a bit too low and the banquette is not padded...its just wood.

The place looks pleasant enough, but the service was desultory. I did not experience what others had (re bleach), but the tea cups were kinda sticky and greasy.

The Salmon sashimi was ok, as was the mackerel sashimi. Aside... more

We most part the food was pretty good. My only complaint is that my favorite dishes tend to be Spicy Tuna and Salman Rolls. Well, they were good but not that spicy. The atmosphere was nice as it was busy enough but not crazy. The service was quite quick, but at the same time patient. The food was very good for a cost efficient all you can eat sushi shop.

My family and I went to Aji Sai last weekend for lunch. They renovated their FOTH and it looks pretty decent. They also printed new menus since the last time we were there. We've always enjoyed coming to this place in the past, but we had a different experience this time.

Food:
- Their wakame salad (a cooked seaweed salad) is tasty.
- Their fish does not taste fresh and has a mushy texture
-... more

I live literally 2 mins away from this place and I can say that's the only reason I still go from time to time, even though I despise it.

Their AYCE is $21 on the weekend and it sucks. First of all, in my opinion 21 is a little much for AYCE anyway, but what irritates me more is that the sushi is bland and borderline falling apart. That's why it comes out so fast. And it's the exact same if... more

I thought the food was pretty good for an AYCE joint. We got there at 6.15 and it was still relatively quiet. But it filled up in about 15 minutes!

We were really happy with the sushi and sashimi but not so impressed with the rest of the menu items.

Service was about as expected for a busy Saturday night yet they still managed to bring everything we ordered. This will probably become our... more

Do yourself a favour and become a patron of another establishment.

The quality of the victuals served at Aji Sai should only be measured in the amount of calories it contains as the use of any other metric would be offensive and unfair to food intended for human consumption.

Hand rolls are too ricey, seaweed is chewy and its presentation; despicable.
Gyoza dumplings were burnt on one side,... more

My friends and I wanted to find an AYCE place that wasn't too far in the boonies since we lived all over the place. So we decided to head to Aji Sai in Thornhill - conveniently located in the middle of all 6 of us.

It was a typical AYCE restaurant - owend by Chinese people and what not. We were seated in a room. Considering that it was 5 guys.. and me, we ordered quite a lot. Surprisingly, our... more

Giving 2 out of 5 seems a bit harsh but the "I've experienced better" description is really spot on. The selection here is pretty standard, the food is OK, service I found to be on the slow side. On the plus, parking is well adequate and the interior is nice and cozy. It's a convenient and easy place to go to and that's probably the main reason I'd come here again.

In one word, Average.

Generally: It's a Okay I would say - went there with my GF's family today to celebrate Chinese new year. The food was the typical Chinese-made-Japanese-food. They do have a bit more variety than restaurants like Wasabi, but again, they really dont have much difference.

Food: Their Sashimi is better than average. Recommended special dishes are their seafood steamed eggs, Cheese Dumplings, Fried... more

This place is typically bustling with customers on weekday afternoons. As far as the AYCE Sushi($11-14) is concerned -yes, generally conveyor belt sushi and AYCE are sub-par when compared to a slow sit down sushi bar. The menu features a lot of variety, yet everything tends to be drowned in rice. Still, you can get some decent Katsu and Grilled Salmon from their list of non-sushi items. Avoid... more

I haven't sat down in this place for a long time but when I had I didn't take any bad thoughts with me.
I do though order take out VERY often from here. Specifically the; Crispy Salmon Sushi, Dynamite Sushi, Miso Soup, Salmon Sashimi.
I have never had a problem in all the years I have ordered and am happy dealt with by the manager himself. I call in advance my order in and the moment I walk in... more

WARNING: STAY AWAY! DO NOT EAT HERE!
(Is there a way I can rate this below a zero star?!)

Normally, I would jump for joy when it's all-you-can-eat sushi and I'm shocked I consumed the food, but lucky enough for Aji Sai Restaurant, they only remembered to give us green tea toward the end of our meal.

BLEACH! No not BLEH, not BLECH or not even BLAH, but BLEACH!

Our green tea smelled like... more

poor service