Shari Sushi & Maki — Attraction in Whitchurch-Stouffville

UPDATE: tried the take out again today after having a great first experience and I’m disappointed to report that the quality has already dropped substantially from our first visit. Ordering the same thing, this time there was double the salmon in replacement of the higher quality types of cuts. Missing this time was tako (octopus) and ikura (squid). Even the layout and garnishes were no longer as impressive. The rice container had 1/3 less rice than our first visit and I ended the lunch still hungry.

Maybe they are working through the opening kinks, but if this is the standard moving forward, I would highly recommend looking elsewhere.

ORIGINAL REVIEW (Opening day) Had lunch during their soft opening. The owners seem very nice and they mentioned the menu will expand at a later time. We ordered the sushi lunch that I thought was very decent for the price and not overloaded with salmon (a good thing). Miso soup was very good, definitely better than usual and the rice was actually seasoned sushi rice.

They appear to have a very good selection of maki rolls and have pressed...

So excited to give it a try today! Seeing them started renovation in the summer and happy to find they open in the fall. Nothing fancy but everything simple and decent - only two/three pages of menus, easy process to order and go, small cozy store for takeout only. I only tried the Salmon rolls today as a snack as I didn't bring enough for lunch. Food is good: Salmon is fresh, rice is soft and sweet, and the aroma of seaweed hits your face as you open the lid. Wasabi is not spicy enough from my perspective, but I understand not everyone likes strong wasabi. Yellow ginger is also good, instead of pink cheap ones. Price is reasonable - from $6 to under $17. They've just started their business and I believe everything will get better. I hope they will have more illustrations on their menu so that I will find what to expect before I place an order. Looking forward to party trays options in the coming Spring so that I can convince my boss to order it as an office...

Truly well put together with thought. The owner was very personable and nice. Hands down great customer service

We bought the Poppular Box $55 As for the food, gorgeous, well put together presentation.

Taste wise personally, I found it a bit too intense. I feel like the food should speak for itself, this place has great potential but tonight it was a bit too salty for my pallette and blood pressure.

Torched maki, you can Taste the butane. For the price point I feel like there is room for this place to grow and learn.

Simplify the dishes, dont make it so fancy with creativity i.e wasabi sauce, overly spicy, overly salty sauces. The salt really hits you in the mouth after a few bites. Have more of a clean lighter well balanced finish and less extreme.

Just in my opinion but maybe others enjoy the intensity. Its a fairly new establishment, I will come back again to try something...