Mikado

I ate here last night and it was amazing. We got to experience inside those little rooms. Our server was super friendly & kind. We ordered the oysters & they were my favourite ! The spider roll, chop chop & tempura is a nuch try. We also got shrimp tempura & more. Overall the experience was great & defined will be coming back ! :)

Used to have the best service but I guess it has died down due to the pandemic impacting everything. I come back after 5 years and it seemed that the service wasn’t as good … it obviously changes over time but I didn’t get the best service. I made an order and it felt almost rushed, I had to tell the server as they quickly walked off that I didnt want any onions in my order. The food was amazing, but then when I was about to give the payment amount on my own accord, the server rudely told me why they needed to give $1 when I was supposed to give that to them to pay for my bill …. and after that they just walked away. I think the servers seem avoidant if you tried to just make a simple compliment too … despite the social distancing still in place.

The food was expensive but excellent. The service was horrid. It's a relatively small restaurant and on the night we went seemed busy but well staffed. It took over 40 min to get our food. That's okay it was worth it for the good meal. The real problem came at the end of the night. We waited and waited and waited for our waitress to return, we were going to a show at Allard Hall after our meal. We finally asked a buss boy for the bill and a box for our food. We got the box right away but the bill still never came. After another 10 min we just got up demanded our bill and left. Seemed like no real excuse for the bad service and other tables didn't seem to be neglected.

This restaurant just never disappoints, always fresh and very flavourful - a favourite go-to place for sure. Can’t say enough about our waitress, she was truly fantastic ! My truck was hemmed-in in the parking lot from a careless persons’ crazy park-job beside me and I was unable to back out. Thankfully our destination was only 2 blocks away, our waitress took my number and called me once a vehicle (that was in front of my truck) had left - they had gone to the lengths of even placing a note on my windshield (to avoid being ticketed) and had put 2 milk crates in the vacated stall to guarantee me being able to get back and remove my truck. Thanks to the staff involved at Mikado, you went above a beyond for your customers!

So good! Went for a lunch date and did not disappoint. Ate chicken karage, some rolls and a bento box. The presentation was great and everything was delicious. Shared a jug of sapporo in chilled glasses, yum! We thought it would be good if there was some sort of music playing especially to help the atmosphere a bit but otherwise was a good time.

Had a friends surprise birthday on April 1 at Mikados. I wasn’t to pleased with how the service works honestly. We had one waitress for 20 people it was abit chaotic and unorganized. The server Karissa could have been more friendly I didn’t find her to be very polite or engaging to anyone. I’m not saying you have to go out of your way to socialize but at least maybe smile. She didn’t seem thrilled to be serving our table. I also don’t understand why they take your order without asking your name so they remember what dishes you ordered. Then they come back not knowing who ordered what and just shout out the dish I don’t think that’s really appropriate it makes it more busy and loud when there is already a lot of people in this room. Between me and my girlfriend we ordered the wild salmon sashimi which I found was fresh but we also ordered three different rolls and I found some of the raw fish to be warm on top and it didn’t seem as appetizing since it should be cold. Overall I feel like Mikado could improve on their service and also the quality of the food that’s being served. I was especially upset about the service since we are paying an automatic gratuity towards the server which I think can be improved for bigger parties.