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The quality of the sushi was horrible, i've never been so disappointed with sushi in my life. the salmon and tuna sushi for example had no fish, or barely in it, it was filled with tempura instead!! The rice was dry and the food was blend. the only good part was the sashimi and the steak tempura.

Overall I really don't recommend it! there are tons of better sushi place in Ottawa you can go to, including all you can eat sushi places. Oh and the service is really slow (normally i wouldnt mind that too much but considering the food was terrible it was just the cherry on top)

I have been to Yummy Sushi twice in about two months; the first time on a Sunday and last Friday evening.

I have no problem with the quality of the food and ingredients, or the service. Fairly tasty AYCE, good rolls, nice nigiris. The sashimi I tried was meh, nothing particular - a little "solid" and chewy as opposed to something that savours and fish flesh that melts in the mouth. The only roll I was disappointed in was the asparagus, as it had only one asparagus across the entire roll, masked by most of the other ingredients.

They are now licenced. The discount special is weekdays between 2:30 and 4:30. Friday evening price is now part of weekend, at $23.

Service was no problem, and both times the restaurant was about half full. Water replenished properly, and the order sheets taken within a minute or two of being put on the table edge.

We were 4 last time, and ordering three rounds along with some drinks and pleasant conversation lasted about 2.5 hours - but there was a fair amount of time spent just poring over the order sheet each time, deciding what we wanted! I never felt I waited overly long, but we weren't in a particular hurry. If you know in advance the amount you can eat and order it all at the same time, that can considerably reduce the total time.

The order sheet is thorough, but a little confusing for me - I still don't quite understand the small columns labelled "person" and "table" when a list of rolls seems to encompass both, and the description says how many pieces are in each category. But it's really minor; I always got the amount I expected to have.

I was quite full and satisfied when I left, didn't feel cheated in quality, but also didn't expect something from Vancouver. Definitely better than Sushi Kan and Sakura when I went a couple of years ago.

Ok, I probably eat here way too often (once a week so far), but now they're giving a 15% discount, every day I think, between 2:30pm and 5:00pm.

I wonder when this place is going to get licensed. It's too bad I can't have a beer with my sushi.

Now he has mango sushi too. It's not on the menu, because he can't guarantee he will have mangoes of the right ripeness on hand, but if he does he will make it for you. Just write it in on the menu.

I like the sauces at this place. The owner - Sam - says he makes them himself, "because the commercial sauces are too salty for sushi". I have to agree with him, now that I've tried his sauce. It is less salty and I do like it better. I didn't have any problem with the service. They also have a regular/frequent customer card. Fill up 8 stamps on the card and the next meal is free.

Even without the card I think I get my money's worth there. :-)

I dined at Yummy Sushi last night. They are not licensed (yet?) so I ordered a water to start, while my friend ordered tea. The server brought tea for us both, but not a tea pot... which I found strange given that there were empty tables with teapots on them. We were given order sheets, which was a welcome sight, as most AYCE places end up with missed orders or mistaken orders.

The food arrived quickly after ordering. The edamame was fresh and could've used a bit more salt, but that's more a personal thing than anything else. The tempura was good - fresh, hot and crispy. The nigiri we ordered came next, and it was fresh and pretty flavourful. I loved that my tamago (egg) was not a humungous slab of cooked egg! The rolls were well made - very tightly rolled and lots of ingredients. The futomakis were huge (almost too big) and very filling. The presentation wasn't fantastic, but hey, it's AYCE sushi and not Kinki.

The service, however, was lacking. The restaurant was only a quarter full, yet the staff were often standing around doing nothing. It took us a good 10 minutes to get someone's attention to get our water refilled. Even then, she brought a jug of water and just put it on the table, didn't even fill our glasses for us.

Overall, I felt the quality of the rolls was better than in other AYCE places I've visited in Ottawa. Their weekend price for AYCE is on par with the others in the city. The location is much more convenient for Centretown residents who want an AYCE sushi fix. Hopefully they can work on their service.

I went here one day with a friend of mine after waiting for this AYCE sushi restaurant to be opened. After reading people posts about this restaurant, it seems I am not the only one who is going through the same thing.

We were seated but we weren't served for a while until I got attention of a waitress. Their sushi is alright but I wouldn't take friends here if they asked to be taken to a sushi restaurant. Our teas weren't always filled up and they didn't provide us with a tea pot, so everytime a waitress walks past our table I would ask if we could get more tea.

The pros about this restaurant is on Friday their ACYE sushi price is their weekday price and not the weekend price (or it could had change since the last time I went).

Went back to Yummy Sushi on the weekend- it was okay, although I found that they were pretty skimpy on the avocado... Which sucks when you order a bunch of avocado-based rolls. Also, it is a bit more expensive on weekends and holidays (I think $22 or $23 per person), which was a bit of a bummer.

In short, an awful experience here tonight.

Before I relate further, let me preface by saying my standard for AYCE sushi is mainly that it be prompt, safe and relatively tasty. Echoing a previous poster, if I want premium sushi I'll pay a premium price (or not) when I'm in Vancouver. AYCE should be fun and casual, but there still are some minimum requirements.

The restaurant was largely empty when we sat down. Order was taken quickly and then we waited. And waited. And waited. Other tables were sitting...and eating! We were perplexed. The server was cheerful and apologetic when I pointed out we'd been waiting for sometime....and we continued to wait. I asked again with another server and was rewarded 10 minutes later with a forlorn green salad.

After 35min and no food beyond the salad (the restaurant was now half full, most of whom came in after us and were onto a second or third order) the manager stopped by our table. He said they had lost our order and needed us to order again! Inexplicably, apology came not in the form of quick service or a discount but in a bowl of broccoli tempura he noted, "he made himself".

Beyond that, things weren't much better. We missed 4 items out of 10, rolls and fish were nothing special.

Paying the bill, I told the manager we didn't enjoy the experience, especially as it was our first time there. The response of, "sorry, we're busy" irked me. I've worked in service - - yes, you get busy and mistakes happen. But whether it's an AYCE or a $200 a head resto, when a mistake is pointed out it shouldn't repeat throughout the meal.

Too bad, because I was looking forward to trying a place downtown. We won't be back.

I suppose I'm in the minority as well! And my bias with sushi is in Hong Kong...

Was there about 6:30pm, Wednesday night. Restaurant was at least 1/3 full (to over 1/2) during the whole time I was there (3 hrs).

Service was efficient and polite, although the younger girl messed up our order a few times (missing half of the tempera order... nearly giving our sashimi to the table beside us... trying to give us unordered spring rolls... confusing our ice cream flavours). it seems worse now that i type it out, but at the time it really didn't seem so bad as our conversation was more interesting to overlook these things, plus with AYCE, it's just a matter of ordering it again. except for the ice cream mess-up, but that i can live with.

OVERALL the food is decent for what it is (AYCE); the sushi didn't have too much rice; the maki rolls had a really good ratio of filling:rice; tempura was crispy and hot with plump (not wilted/dying) filling, dipping sauce not overpowering; sashimi was T&T quality (not amazing melt-in-your-mouth, but decent), although the salmon was alot better than the other selections.

tamago: denser than what i'm used to, but wasn't too sweet.
salmon sashimi: preferred choice out of the selection; fresh and sweet, not chewy.
white tuna sashimi: i did not expect this... i've only had toro. pretty innocuous though.
mackeral sashimi: didn't seem so good; less buttery and oily than what i'm used to.
squid sushi: just a sliver of squid; didn't get to try it.
tobiko sushi: fish roe; can't complain, is it possible to screw this up?
unagi sushi: eel; this -wasn't- laden in sauce. hurray!
octopus sushi: more than a sliver; good chew.
red/green dragon roll: the difference is the top layer as salmon/avocado. filling includes tempera shrimp PLUS panko crumbs, so that could be a problem for you. i like tasting the difference, so i didn't mind.
spider roll: i don't remember. or because it was so similar to the dragon roll, without the top outer layer.
salmon skin roll: this was the only one i was disappointed with, because i was expecting it to be crispy skin. otherwise, it's fine.
spicy salmon roll: yum! if only it was this flavour + crispy skin... (you see, spicy salmon skin is my favourite)
flying fish egg salad: shredded iceberg mixed with mayo, roe and crab meat; it wasn't bad, but i ordered it not knowing what it was. i don't like to eat things like this.
scallop: deep-fried with a blob of mayo on top. just a touch overdone, but still well-cooked (the residual heat fryer-to-table probably wasn't considered)
salmon neck: caloric-nightmare. lightly battered and fried, but not too oily. nice peppered sauce. it would've been a really nice meal to just have this and plain rice.
straw mushroom and beef rolls: these have shrunk, so i hear. i didn't get to try it. i can say they are twice as big as a thumb.
chicken kidney yakitori: tiny 3 pieces on a stick; did not try.

i have no huge qualms with this place, so i would go back.

*1 dislike: the disposable chopsticks + ice cream spoons, just brings the eating experience down a notch.
*2 dislike: the 'named' items (spider/halifax/yummy roll) isn't described on the menu.

I'm from Vancouver, so somewhat biased about good sushi. Overall I liked it. One of the comments on this page speaks to people expecting too much of all you can eat. I quite agree. If you want EXCELLENT sushi in Ottawa, go to Wasabi in the market, spend $50/each and stop whining. This is just good sushi.

Service was excellent, fast and friendly. Sushi was decent. Did not like the octopus and found a bit too many rolls had tempura batter in them, which seems to be an eastern canadian phenomenon.

Not licensed unfortunately...I like some nice COLD sake with my raw fish.

Oh, my girlfriend wants you to know that the yam tempura was too big :)

Super-full and aside from the pain of cramming too much food in my stomach, feelin' just fine thanks...we got what we went for and will most definitely go back. In a month.

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Yummy sushi... not so yummy sushi.

I don't know about most peoples experiences, but mine... well, first of all let me start by saying I have an iron stomach and never get sick from any food.

But after eating from here.. my head started to pound. I did not feel good afterwards.

We were a party of 3 and decided to eat some nigiri, rolls and appetizers. One thing they did well was the fried tofu, tempura and fried scallop. The nigiri had too much rice and the fish looked dead. It just tasted fishy more than the buttery taste you're accustomed to when eating "fresh fish." Gross.

The rolls were packed with rice and the rice itself was warm. Not much selection to be honest with you. The crispy roll was one of the disgusting things I've tasted on the menu.

The servers weren't awful, but weren't stellar either. No tip for you, server guy.

Nothing special, just bad food.
total came up to 16 dollars (wasn't worth it), Left with a churning feeling in the stomach.
It was probably wiser to pay the extra for better sushi instead of spending the attempted savings on tums and stomach meds.

My experience in Yummy Sushi:
The beef soba, maki and appetizers were not bad.

However tempura was not crispy enough, and white tuna & mackerel not very fresh, 2 of my friends got stomach upset after the meal. Be careful, I think 1000 Islands is better, although a bit farther, but worth the trip ;P

A co-worker and I decided to give this new place a try. Overall a very good experience for an AYCE. The service was fast and attentive, which is rare in my experiences of AYCE sushi places in Ottawa. The tea arrived nice and hot right away. The menu is extensive and even non sushi eaters would find more then enough to eat. We both ordered hand rolls; one of them was a spicy tuna. It was very tasty, the seaweed had a nice crunch. The only thing is, there was not enough fish and it was white, either they made a mistake or it could have been white tuna...
The shrimp tempura was very good, very crunchy, and not too greasy. We ordered a few rolls; I have had better, but still pretty good. The 2 things they need to improve on is the sushi rice. It contained too much water and was "cakey" and soggy. I ordered a green salad to finish my meal. It was nice and crisp (iceberg lettuce), however they serve it with bottled Italian dressing??? A ginger, sesame type of dressing would be much more appropriate. For $12.99 each, I find this to be an excellent lunch deal.

Oh.. and the other great thing is we were served every single items that we ordered, unlike other places...