Kibo Sushi House - Avenue — Restaurant in Toronto

After over six years of enjoying Kibo Sushi, it's time to find a new local sushi place.

1. An auto tip was added to our order. We double checked this by testing the software, and sure enough, a 15% tip was being added after clicking purchase. I hope this money makes it to the employees. EDIT: The restaurant contacted me and confirmed that this seems to be an isolated incident. They've promised a refund and as far as I'm concerned, this is resolved.

2. We generally order the same thing. BC Special Roll and sushi/sashimi combo. Both had reduced portions. The BC Roll, by 50%! The Sushi/Sashimi combo by about 20%. This after a significant price hike about 5 months ago. EDIT: I'm told the combo is unchanged, but it felt reduced to me. It may be I was grumpy by this point and was seeing a reduction where there wasn't one.

The portion reduction was indirectly acknowledged by the restaurant itself. Our order has always been an order for two and included two sets of chopsticks. Today one set... because this $45 meal was from their perspective, only enough food for one.

EDIT: After further research, it seems that they've changed the menu. Comparing two past receipt to the recent one, here's how things have changed.

Nov 2021 10 pc BC Special $14.95 1 Sashimi & Sushi Combo - $16.95

Oct 2022 10 pc BC Maki - $15.95 1 Sashimi & Sushi Combo - $17.95 Total = $33.90

April 2023 5 pc BC Maki - $11.00 1 Sashimi & Sushi Combo - $23.00 Total = $34.00

BC Maki - 38% 1 yr increase; 47% 2 yr increase. 1 Sashimi & Sushi Combo - 28% 1 yr increase; 36% 2 yr increase.

Based on some other changes, it appears there's likely a change of ownership.

All that said, quality is still good. But just not worth it for what they're charging.

EDIT: Management also let us know that other sushi places in the nieghbourhood have even higher prices. We'll have to shop around. It may just mean that we'll have to re-assess our Friday night...

This is a review for delivery:

Even then, I cautiously ordered the maki set B ($14.95) where the uncooked ingredient was limited to the salmon in the spicy salmon roll. In hindsight, there was so much tempura bits incorporated into the roll – on top and mixed with the salmon – that I had little to worry about with the raw fish. Tempura bits are such an oily condiment that can ruin the maki; after wiping off the bits on top, the roll tasted better.

The dynamite roll was delicious incorporating a warm tempura shrimp, julienned cucumbers for crunch, avocado, and surimi. Given the rice wasn’t too thick, all the ingredients really shone through creating a flavourful bite and the maki is large (10 pieces instead of the typical eight). Compared to everything else, this was the tastiest bite of the evening.

Kibo’s maki sets also arrive with soup and salad, fairly standard versions of the sides. Instead of diving into the soup, I should have taken the time to reheat it as lukewarm and grainy miso isn’t the tastiest thing. At least the soup was flavourful and bits of fried dough were added in lieu of tofu - you won’t get away from fried carbs at Kibo Sushi House!

I was expecting the ebi siu mai ($6.95) to be a har gow shrimp filling in a siu mai wonton wrapper. Instead, the wrapper was filled with shrimp paste incorporating a lot of flour, so you’re met with a mushy bite. I even pan fried them the next day to give it a crust and only marginally improved...

Our family went out for Friday night out dinner and we found this little take-out sushi restaurant which is very conveniently located near Avenue Road and Old Orchard Grove. We just wanted to give this take-out restaurant a try since both my husband and I are sushi freak ;) and guess what, we would definitely go back again to try other rolls! Their food, especially the rolls were extremely delicious!!

It was very welcoming from the moment we stepped in, the lady who was taking our order was so friendly, helpful and very courteous. We had one beautifully presented Maki, Sushi & Sashimi platter and they were really really fresh and delicious. Even our 2-yr-old daughter liked it. Both sushi and sashimi were extremely fresh, very tender, and each piece was very generous portion. We also had one extra roll the owner had recommended, "Kamikaze Roll" and we absolutely recommend trying out this roll. Wow... this roll was "Out-of-this-world" taste experience, so yummy and very interesting and pleasing textured roll. You've gotta try this, I mean really ;)

Overall, it was great value with a lot of flavour. Thank you kibo sushi, Our new absolute favourite sushi and roll place in our...