when we went into the restaurant, there weren't a lot of patrons. There should be some reasons for it; and I think the reasons would be its outlook/location (at the corner), its opening hours and its price. It closes at 10:30p.m. most of the days (if I remember correctly, from Monday-Saturday)! The deco inside wasn't fancy at all. You can see the Japanese menu on the wall, the Japanese magazines near the entrance, and Japanese waitresses and Chef. The Japanese waitresses are extremely polite... and the Chef seems to be very professional. Everything somehow makes you feel that you're in Japan.

Looking at the menu... a bit pricy. e.g. Edamame would costs you about $4-5. We ordered a Sushi Deluxe, a Katsu Don, a Spicy tuna roll, green tea ice-cream (which is actually pretty good! Not too sweet and have the taste of green tea) and 1 pop . The spicy tuna roll was DELICIOUS!!! I love it! If there's a chance, you gotta try this! The Katsu Don was good, right portion (might be a bit small for big guys). The Sushi Deluxe was like... over $20 bucks and as you can see, the portion isn't big.

But if you're looking for quality, this is absolutely not over-priced (in Toronto). The nigiri were very fresh with right amount of rice. The food there is very "Japanese". Another restaurant that it can be compared with would be Tokyo Sushi was around $50.

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Miyabi is one of those rare 'authentic Japanese run' sushi restaurant. Small and cozy. Lots of Japanese businessman in the evening. Hot food and food involving fresh fish is pretty good, the service/staff at Miyabi refreshing and for me, recalls the experience of the casual eateries I visited in Japan. I find many of the Japanese-run restaurants in Toronto to suffer from the Shogun/Kurosawa-esque sobriety (perhaps playing into the expectations of western audiences enamoured with the myth of Japanese culture) when in fact there is an entirely "other" side of Japanese culture, as seen in Tampopo, Shall We Dance, etc.... sorry, I digress, but there's a female server at Miyabi who was very entertaining when I was there and she reminded me of the hero in Tampopo...

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