Am amazing food and drinks! Service is great! The sashimi omakase was delicious!
Good atmosphere for a meeting with friends. Place is crowded, it makes sense to make a reservation.Service is good. The food looks simple but made very well. The sauces used make it taste very delicious. I tried a lot of dishes and was positively surprised with all of them. Enjoy!
Stumbled across this restaurant on a Thursday night. Service is great, staff is super friendly. Food came out fresh and piping hot! Everything we tried was amazing.
It is too overpriced for what you are getting. The sashimi 12 pieces for $42. Everything else is too small, and doesn’t taste that good. We spent about $100 for 3 dishes below and one beer. The food is not that special.
Like a classic Japanese yakitori place, love the vibe there. Had few cold app, skewer platter, fried chicken and takoyaki, all tasted great with no complain. We wanted to order a 720ml sake but they ran out(only had small bottle), so we end up ordering a bottle of Japanese soju. Should have stock more sake for a nice lzakaya like this.
I am sorry to write this, because I consider Izakaya Ju as a good restaurant with nice environment and helpful staff.However, being on the employee side I experienced discrimination and racism within one week of working there as a server. I was the only non-Asian employee and everyone from the manager to cooks to servers had an outward bad attitude toward me. Even when I spoke their language and tried to respect and follow cultural social norms.So disappointed that a Japanese restaurant could do this. I have previously worked in Izakayas and I had great experiences and relationships with ex coworkers, but not here.I would not recommend Izakaya Ju to anyone, because I value service much.They should already know that while things may work a certain way in Japan they work differently in Canada and you need to be respectful to each other’s cultural differences.
Came here on a quiet Thursday evening for dinner. I made reservations anyways just in case they got busy. (Note: they only take reservations for 6pm & 8:30pm, as they are currently only open for dinner.) It ended up being pretty quiet, so food was hot, fresh, and delicious.We came with a table of four, so we ordered a few small plates and rice / ramen bowls to share. The karage was fried to a crispy perfection, and the inside was moist and deliciously seasoned. The agedashi tofu was hot and a wonderful palate-cleanser. We ordered the mixed set of skewers, both meat and veggie: both were delicious, but I enjoyed the veggie one a bit more. The fried rice was a little heavy, being it covered with mayo, but the contrasting textures of the chewy octopus and the slight crisp of the fresh bonito flakes. The ramen was very refreshing: the broth was light, but full of flavour.Service was amazing. The staff were friendly, efficient and very helpful. I look forward to coming back to try more of their menu.
Came here on a quiet Thursday evening for dinner. I made reservations anyways just in case they got busy. (Note: they only take reservations for 6pm & 8:30pm, as they are currently only open for dinner.) It ended up being pretty quiet, so food was hot, fresh, and delicious.We came with a table of four, so we ordered a few small plates and rice / ramen bowls to share. The karage was fried to a crispy perfection, and the inside was moist and deliciously seasoned. The agedashi tofu was hot and a wonderful palate-cleanser. We ordered the mixed set of skewers, both meat and veggie: both were delicious, but I enjoyed the veggie one a bit more. The fried rice was a little heavy, being it covered with mayo, but the contrasting textures of the chewy octopus and the slight crisp of the fresh bonito flakes. The ramen was very refreshing: the broth was light, but full of flavour.Service was amazing. The staff were friendly, efficient and very helpful. I look forward to coming back to try more of their menu.
Izakaya Ju is one of the most traditional izakaya place located in J town. Many of the new izakaya restaurant offers more varieties than this place. However, because of the good review of their eel rice, I pick it for dinner tonight. We ordered mushroom salad, grilled chicken salad, baked mushroom and oyster with cheese, takoyaki, fish cake, eel rice, ramen, sashimi platter for 2, grilled whole mackerel and vanilla ice cream. Overall, the quality of food is good. The eel rice is not as stand out and personally i won't come back because of the eel rice. Sashimi is fresh and cut is thick. Fish cake is a bit lack of flavor. The chicken salad has some surprise, reason to say that is I don't expect such a large portion and very good taste at the price point of $12. Finally the vanilla ice cream with brown syrup is excellent. Very special to end with this for a dinner.
First came here some years ago and tried chicken heart for the first time. I enjoyed it so much! I came back recently but unfortunately they've removed chicken heart from their menu :( My friends and I got the yakitori combo, veggie combo, and one of their dons - all of which were delicious! I will say that Izakaya Ju is a little more on the expensive side - the yakitori combo was $20 for 5 skewers, each skewer having roughly 3-5 pieces. Their service is very good, and I look forward to coming back for more yakitori ?