Echo Sushi

it is waste to gi...

it is waste to give even only one star. Honestly, it is very waste money to pay about $24 as "all you can eat" to eat in there. It is not too low price even though there is "all you can it" restaurant. But, there service is the worst. Especially, one of the staff in there who is a waitress and wears eyeglasses Asian woman, she is the worst I have never seen before. It was very unpleasant that she came to accost not to leave rice while eating a meal and uncomfortable when I was forced to speak "

Fast service, goo...

Fast service, good prices and good food.

Consistent, delic...

Consistent, delicious, friendly. We go there every week.

I ordered a la carte. Three friends ordered the 'all you can eat buffet'. Found food excellent. Service prompt and friendly. Food display excellent. New additions to the menu. We were given a free dish to taste their new salmon plate. Very nice. We would all go again.

Echo Sushi - NO MORE!

My husband I use to be faithful patron's of Echo Sushi. Their food is fresh and for the price; you really can't complain. We've taken numerous out-ot-town guests there; spent many memorable dates there and have energetically promoted the restaurant to many of our friends and acquaintences. However, last night after a terrible dining experience, we decided to break-up with Echo Sushi. We've been involved with Echo for 4 years. There was even a time period where we would be at the restaurant at least once a week gorging ourself on various sushi and japanese tapas. Unfortunately, about a year and a half ago everything started going downhill. We should have seen the signs.... all the servers were suddenly different and the menu was altered....It was a like a husband who had hit a mid-life crisis and suddenly brought home a mustang convertible. While it was different and we certainly didn't like the change; we were still in love with Echo and decided to continue going as there was no real reason to stop. The food was still fresh, the menu selection was still quite large and the location was fantastic! Last night was when our rose-colored spectacles finally came off. My husband and I are moving downtown this weekend and we thought it would be nice to have one last sushi night out at Echo. When we got there, it was quite busy; but there was one lone table left in the middle of the restaurant for 2. To be fair, I am particularly fussy about where I sit - I'm not sure why, but it's a pet peeve of mine if I get a really cramped and crappy table next to the restroom - it ruins the experience. But, while this was not an ideal table, we decided to take it anyway because we tickets to a movie and were limited on time. About 1 minute after we sat down, the couple in the booth next to us decided to leave. We quickly asked the waitress if we could have the table and she said yes. However, as soon as the table was cleaned off, another couple jumped up from their table and grabbed it. Instead of telling the other party that the table was already promised to us, they did nothing. When I asked the waitress, she simply shrugged. No apology. I felt like I had caught my highschool boyfriend flirting with a cheerleader at a basketball game. Yet, I bit my tongue and decided to play it cool. Another minute later, another couple in the booth across from us left and again I asked the waitress if we could take it. Now, you would think that she would feel slightly bad that since she had given our table to someone else that she would most definitely give us that table - especially since there was no one waiting for a table. NOPE! She told us that it was reserved for a party of 4. Fine, I thought - fair enough. However, 1/2 hour later, there was still no one who had come to claim this "reserved" table and when a couple walks into the restaurant, the waitress just gives them the booth! This time I felt like I had caught my highschool boyfriend making out with the cheerleader under the bleachers. I can completely understand what the waitress is thinking "why should I give this couple who is already eating at this restaurant a table of four, when I could potentially have another party of four come in". However, what she doesn't realize is that "service" at a restaurant ALWAYS trumps the food. While people go to restaurants to eat, it's the experience and the service that keeps them coming back. While ECHO may have potentially made more money from a table of four; they have lost far more revenue from us from never returning or recommending them to anyone we know. Now, before you judge us on breaking up with a restaurant over one experience; you must understand that this was not the first bad experience we've encountered. Throughout our relationship with Echo there have been numerous spats that's we've ridden out; like, extremely long wait times for orders, completely missed orders, wrong orders. However, after 4 years of being faithful customers, you ca

Awesome All You Can Eat Sushi!

Great sushi in Midtown Toronto, very happy and have returned 5+ times over the last few months!

BEST SUSHI! Echo Sushi would be one of the best places to eat AYCE sushi. They have the best selection sushi here! I love the variety of different rolls you get to choose from and that they have the option of brown rice too! They have gotten very creative with their rolls! The fish - especially the salmon, is always fresh. It just melts in your mouth! They also have some very good tempura and other kitchen items like the teriyaki. I would also recommend the rice bowls served in a steaming hot pot. Their prices are also very reasonable and affordable! They have different AYCE menus for the adventurous who enjoy sashimi or for the less adventurous who don't want the sashimi and still have AYCE sushi at a fraction of the cost! They currently also have a lunch buffet at a very generous price with A LOT of selections. If you do not want to eat AYCE, they also have a great a-la-carte menu and very affordable lunch specials. I have tried many other AYCE sushi places and none offer the variety and quality that Echo Sushi does. I would surely recommend this place !

I'm usually go to sushi restaurants further east...

I'm usually go to sushi restaurants further east and north, where the sushi places are really good. On weeknights, the price at good sushi places is around $20 (some even include all-you-can-drink beverages), and of course higher on the weekends. I paid $18.99 on a Wednesday night at Echo Sushi for their Buffet C without a drink. Since there wasn't a huge difference, I was expecting good sushi. I was wrong. Here's my break-down of my dining experience: 3 Buffet Choices - Great idea? Nope. They wouldn't let my party order different buffets. I understand they don't want us to share the more expensive food, but that also meant the two with me had to pay $2 extra each for me to get my sashimi. Afterall, why go to an All-You-Can-Eat if you're not going to fill up on sashimi? There are tons of places elsewhere who only serve sushi for MUCH less. Sasimi - The good thing was that the salmon sashimi was fresh. The bad thing was that the red snapper was not. It was soggy, not sweet and a bit of water was coming out of it. I avoided that after one round. Sushi - I mostly ordered the BBQ eel and flying fish eggs for the sushi. The flying fish eggs was not good at all - the fish eggs were squishy when they're supposed to be crunchy, and the rice was overcooked and sticky. Rolls - Baaad rolls. The rice was too sticky - it stuck to my teeth! And the seaweed was chewy and not fresh! Not good at all. Tempura - I thought this was a safe choice since it's deep-fried - how can you go wrong? But...the tempura wasn't authentic at all. It had no taste to it; plus, it was hard. Tempura batter should be crispy! And don't order the oyster; they use clams or mussels instead . A lot of other sushi places do this, but this place's "oysters" were small and really chewy. Service - Our waitress wasn't as rude as I had expected after reading other reviews of the restaurant before I went. But I didn't get the "you're welcomed" feeling or that she wanted me to return at all. She ignored us a couple of times and rudely told us "no" when we asked if we could choose different buffets. The Redeeming Factors: The green tea ice cream was good. They were really quick at clearing away empty plates. Oh, and the washroom was really clean. But I'd only return if I was only borrowing the washroom.

incredibly rude staff

All but one of us ordered the buffet. One ordered a la carte. The watress stood at the end of our table watching to ensure that the person who ordered a la carte didn't eat any of our buffet food. We didn't order any drinks at all. The bill was $150. I let the person who ordered a la carte taste a bite of my food and the watress gave me a lecture. There were a couple of sushi pieces left at the end and the watress charged $2 because of the couple of pieces remaining. The staff is rude, arrogant and condesending.

Extremely rude staff

Very rude staff, We had booked a table for 5 people in advance. When arrived there, nobody even came to the door to ask us what we are waiting for. We had to wait for about 20 minutes and finally they asked us to wait for more 10 minutes because they don't have any table!!! It was the rudest behaviour I had ever seen in a restaurant.

Just INCREDIBLE

Fantastic service for AYCE Sushi. We ordered tons of sashimi, no complaints. Incredibly Quick. Selection is decent. Food was tastey. I highly recommend. Downside... Place is very dark (who cares), and water was room temperature. Go here ASAP!!!!

Awesome

This restaurant at first when I heard of it, I thought that the food would not be very good based on the prices, since I generally frequent very high end japanese restaurants... well, was I ever wrong! The food surpassed some of the best japanese food I have ever had, the service was prompt, and the wait staff were very friendly. I would definiely put Echo Suchi at the top of my list for a place where I would like to go for some japanese food (ie. sushi, sashimi, etc.)

Great place, great food, great personal...

Great place, great food, great personal!!!! Sushi is fresh and delicious, great selection and very prompt and friendly service! Highly recommend!

The Fish was fresh. However the sashimi pieces...

The Fish was fresh. However the sashimi pieces were unevenly cut. In addition, at least 10+ sashimi peaces were attached to each other. We only ordered in 2 rounds and in both orders there was food that was missing. On the first order, a roll was missing. On the second order 4 sushi pieces were missing. The waiter was nice and plesant to deal with though. I even noticed that the sushi chef was eating at the table where he was making food! I definetly won't be going back there again.

This is the second time I went here for lunch and...

This is the second time I went here for lunch and it lived up to the first visit! Great place and very prompt service. The sushi is fresh and fantastic! Great selection and their lunch menu has alot of variety. Highly recommend!

I eat here all the time and they have the best...

I eat here all the time and they have the best red rice-brown rice, spicy salmon sushi. I have tried practically everything on the menue and it's all good.

We went to Echo Sushi in the early evening on a...

We went to Echo Sushi in the early evening on a Friday night. We went there for all-you-can-eat sushi. On the windows they posted a notice saying their liquor license has been revoked which made us question whether we should enter or not, but we decided to give it a try. Also on the window was their buffet menus and prices. They have three different buffet menus: A, B, and C, each one including more than the previous and increasing in price. The cheapest was 15.99 (17.99 on week-ends incl. Fri.) and offered more than enough. The sushi was very good, and very fresh. They also had a wide variety of choices for any palette. They also offered many other things such as tempura and teriyaki. One of highlight that we found was the salmon teriyaki. The food was served very promptly with the waiter and waitress informing us of the name of every dish that came, unlike many other sushi places. The servers were very polite and friendly and the restaurant very clean. A word of warning, you are expected to eat everything that you order or else you pay full price for what is left, as well you are not allowed to stay longer than an hour and a half. Overall, we were very please with the restaurant and will definitely be returning.

Tasty food, prompt service, reasonable prices...

Tasty food, prompt service, reasonable prices. The place is always full every time I pass by, and rightfully so.