Sakana Sushi & Oyster Bar — Restaurant in Vaughan

After my second time eating here, I think I can give a pretty fair evaluation of my experience! Simply put, it's tasty as heck and the staff is incredibly friendly.

The first time I was here, I ordered a yaki-udon and takoyaki. The second time, I got takoyaki again (it's REALLY tasty, my dudes) and a tuna lover roll. The sushi is very fresh and they have a good selection for all tastes. As a lover of tuna, I wasn't disappointed. Even though this is a sushi and oyster bar, their other dishes don't feel like an afterthought. The takoyaki had a super generous amount of octopus inside and the yaki-udon was cooked to perfection and had a rare chewy spring to the noodles (usually they're very overboiled at most places I've had them at).

The price for the portions is about average but the quality of the food is wonderful.

The service is great and the staff is friendly and efficient. Everyone feels well trained despite the establishment being so new. The manager is particularly attentive to customers and remembers the faces of returning customers scarily well. Masterful levels of hospitality/10.

I think if I could find ONE thing to nitpick, it's that they use sushi rice in their donburi, which, with ingredients like unagi, tastes very overwhelmingly sweet to me (my dad ordered takeout here before and I had a bite). A lot of places do this so I think it's mostly a matter of taste, it is written that it's sushi rice very clearly in the menu, and they have a ton of other things in the menu that I can order instead... so really, it's barely even a problem if at all.

P.S: This place is also located in the same plaza as the bubble tea shop, Ice Babo, and a really nice cake cafe called Victoria K Cakes. If you're feeling like something sweet after your sushi dinner, you're set...

TIPS This restaurant has party rooms, perfect for large groups. They offer training chopsticks if you're unable to use regular chopsticks Lots of vegetarian options!

This sushi restaurant is the perfect place to gather together with a group of friends have a great time! I came here with my friends to celebrate their birthday and we were extremely happy coming here.

I really liked how "homey" this restaurant is. All of the employees were very friendly, they constantly checked in on us to make sure we were ok, offered training chopsticks for my chop-stick incompetent friend (in a very wholesome and lighthearted manner) and they even helped us celebrate my friend's birthday by singing with us and helping us serve our cake!

I also appreciate that there is a wide variety of different items at different price points, I don't feel limited with my choices and it was very accommodating for people with different budgets for eating out.

I ordered the giant roll which came with 10 pieces, it was filling and it was presented very nicely. The quality of the food here is amazing and I definitely do see myself coming back here...

I've been waiting for Sakana sushi & Oyster Bar to open for awhile. Nice and relaxing ambiance. Grand opening special is when you call to make reservations, $1 oysters, one order per table, $5 draft beer and $15 chum churum.

The spicy salmon taco was a good size just like the size of a small book cover in tempura covered crunchy seaweed. My husband loved it and and was starting to get full after eating one and a little more. But he said he will definitely come back to have more of these salmon tacos!

The oysters were nice and fresh. I really enjoyed my salmon lover set, the sashimi were fresh and overall a good portion.

The aburi sushi set was beautifully presented with a small bon in the centre. I loved it! Prefer for instagram and yelp! For the sake, it was warmed in a cool container with a bath or warm water and candle at the bottom. Leo my large sake warm all night! It was a wonderful experience and very good service. I...