Tokyo Noodle Shop

Reviews

• Terence C.

  star star star star star_border 8 June 2026

  TL:DR - This place is pretty good but it varies from day to day! Not as consistent as I would expect a restaurant to be.
  
  Just to preface this all, I've gone there 3 times in the past week or two so I feel my review covers various aspects of this restaurant from food, to service, along with overall atmosphere and feel. The first time I went I had a bowl of tonkotsu ramen, and that was probably the best bowl of ramen I've had in a long time. I also ordered a regular dynamite roll on the side. The broth wasn't too salty and it was flavourful without being over powering, a sign of a good ramen broth (in my opinion of course). There were a lot of add-ons that you could have with your ramen but I chose to just keep it simple. The dynamite roll is a roll that you can't really go wrong with, it has a piece of shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, mayo and tobiko (fish eggs). All in all my first trip here left me with a good experience.
  
  I decided to go back this time with my wife after my first experience as we had been craving sushi. The place wasn't too busy, but it wasn't empty, probably about 5 tables of people scattered throughout the restaurant, with one group being a group of 8 or so. After looking over the menu we decided on the maki platter, rainbow rolls, the special king salmon pressed sushi and fried spring rolls as an appetizer. The service this second time was good, we didn't have to wait very long and they often checked back to make sure everything was okay with our meal. The food came quickly and it was everything we would expect. The spring rolls were hot... like really hot and they didn't taste too oily, which is always a plus. The rice from our rainbow roll and maki rolls were still a bit warm but not hot, the rainbow roll was well made, tightly wrapped, with fresh tasting toppings. The king salmon special pressed sushi wasn't bad because the fish tasted great, but it was exactly that just pressed into a square with no extra flair, just a pressed block of rice (sorta plain but the fish was the star I guess). My only complaint on that night was that the maki rolls were sorta sloppy, the cuts weren't clean and some rice spilled out of the sides but they were still tight and this is sorta nit picky. Everything tasted fine, and really that's all I personally care about.
  
  Last week, we were craving sushi again, so we walked on over to our new favourite Japanese restaurant, as we expected much of the same of what we had experienced before. We were seated fairly quickly however, this trip we were very disappointed with a lot of things. The service was slow despite us being the only ones in the restaurant, I will note that they did have a few take out delivery orders they were preparing, and I did take that in to consideration. We ordered, the spring rolls, vegetable tempura and prawn tempura (both half orders), a red dragon roll, a rainbow roll and pressed blue fin tuna. The tempura was about as perfect of a tempura as I could have expected. This time the rolls were again made very quickly, but I noticed that all the slices of fish were really thin, almost too thin for my liking, as if they were being cheap about the fish. The rainbow roll was okay, but again the thin fish on top sorta made it seem less than appealing. There was a lot of rice and it was sloppily rolled together. The pressed blue fin tuna were small pieces of tuna pressed on top of larger blocks of rice, and some of them had two pieces of fish, as if they made mistakes cutting and they just sorta threw them on top without any thought. After we finished, we sat for about 10-15 minutes without anyone bothering to ask if we wanted anything else or even the bill. After about 10 minutes I tried to wave someone down but no one seemed to notice us. Let me remark that the restaurant was fairly empty, just us and another table at this point, so yes it was busier but it was sorta ridiculous. I did notice that one of the girls serving was new so I don't blame her, but there were more experienced servers who I have seen before who I do blame. So this visit was just, so so.
  
  On the whole, we would come back here but it's not our top sushi place anymore. If you know of any place I should try feel free to message me!

• Shannon S.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 5 June 2026

  We frequent Tokyo Noodle Shop because we dine very late (usually after 9pm) and their hours work for us. This isn't however the best place in the city to get sushi and I feel like the quality over the years is slowly going down.
  
  We ordered a few veggie rolls which were mediocre and consisted mainly of rice. We also got two bowls of the vegetable and tofu ramen with house made noodles. The photo on the menu looked beautiful with a bounty of fresh vegetables. I was pretty disappointed when our soup arrived with a few curls of green onions. Where were my broccoli, carrots, bok choy, peppers and sprouts? The noodles were nice but this dish was sorely disappointing.
  
  The restaurant is really cold and the chairs are ridiculously heavy. I know that seems like an odd thing to write, but you can actually hardly move them in and out of the table.
  
  The company I was dining with was pleasant so I wrote off the underwhelming menu but when I got home reflected that this was actually quite a poor experience.

• Muhammad M.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 3 June 2026

  The food in this restaurant is mediocre at best..we ordered a number of items and none of them were good...the location is nice...overall i will not recommend this place...much better options available for japanese food in that area...

• Jenny H.

  star star star star_border star_border 29 May 2026

  Came here with a friend for supper - no wait time which was nice. Waitress was attentive and courteous. Service was also quite quick!
  
  My friend and I decided to try the rolls since the noodle dishes seemed to get mixed reviews. So we ordered a black and red dragon roll, along with a geisha roll. Honestly...The dragon rolls were alright...Really nothing too special. However, the geisha roll was pretty good. It's also cheaper. Make sure you check side cards on the table, cause that's where we looked.
  
  Overall, I do like the fact that it's quite convenient. I might try the other dishes like the unagi rice etc. But unless I have a sudden sushi craving and want something within minutes walking distance, I might explore my options.
  
  FYI: when we grabbed the chairs they were so heavy! I thought I was dragging a boulder...

• Micheal M.

  star star star star star_border 24 May 2026

  A common spot to take my friends that are new to the ave.
  
  Some of my all time favorite sushi. NEver had a bad dish and the food is worth the slightly higher price tag.
  
  If your looking for the authentic japanneese expierence check this joint out